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Sunday, July 10, 2005
 
Overrated Songs

Michele put up a list of 8 of the most overrated songs in her opinion. One of the typical problems with a list like this is that the immediate question becomes: Who rated them highly in the first place. However, with the exception of November Rain by Guns N Roses, which I've never heard, I think we can safely say that the songs on her list have been generally rated highly by critics and certainly by DJs:

Led Zepellin, Stairway to Heaven: If the question is whether this is one of the greatest rock songs ever, then I'd say that's overrating. Good song, but played to death.

Don McLean, American Pie: I disagree here. It's a terrific song.

Lynyrd Skynyrd, Free Bird: Another good song, but overrated, yeah. It blew everybody away when it it was released because it was one of the first studio songs to have a great guitar jam like a live concert.

Eagles, Hotel California: No arguments here. Never liked the Eagles (except for the Joe Walsh cut, In the City).

Meatloaf, Paradise by the Dashboard Light. I loved it when it came out, especially the way the other Yankees' announcers would give Phil Rizzuto a hard time about appearing on an "X-Rated" record.

The Beatles, Hey Jude. Agreed. Not even close to my favorite Beatles tune.

Bruce Springstein: Born to Run in the USA in His Glory Days. Okay, I guess that's a three-fer. Loved Born to Run when it came out and I still think it holds up. Born in the USA is crap, especially since the song is not particularly patriotic. Glory Days is dull and predictable.

My additions:

Derek & the Dominos, Layla. I like the instrumental portion of the song, but the vocals drive me crazy. Sounds like two guys having a competition to see who can shout "Layla!" the loudest.

Pink Floyd, Money. Don't know how this became their signature hit; probably because it was the single on the monster album.

Supertramp, the Logical Song. The lyrics are just a little too precious for words.

Aerosmith, Walk This Way. I liked some Aerosmith, but this song was annoying the first time I heard it and did not improve with thousands of repititions.

Blogcritics has another list, with many of the same songs as Michele. Oddly, they include Def Leppard's Pour Some Sugar on Me, which gets me back to the problem I mentioned at the beginning of the post: Who rates that song highly?
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