Most Overratted Songs Ever

[fordep1]

What do people think the most overrated songs ever are?
After seeing a recent Q magazine list of greatest songs ever, I could not figure out how "Live Forever" was voted the best ever song. Its not even the best Oasis song. The lyrics are a joke, they sound like they were written by a 12 year-old: "Maybe I dont really want to know / How your garden grows / I just want to fly / Lately did you ever feel the pain / In the morning rain..." I could do way better myself!

So my top ten of most overrated songs ever are as follows:

10. Beastie Boys - Fight for your right to party
9. Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
8. Madonna - Like a Prayer
7. AC/DC - Back in Black
6. Oasis - Dont Look Back In Anger
5. The Beatles - Taxman
4. The Beatles - Yellow Submarine
3. Beach Boys - God Only Knows
2. Robbie Williams - Angels
1. Oasis - Live Forever

[YellowBook]

good shout with Taxman, a song I don't like much. Also, I don't rate Oasis at all, so for me their whole repertoire is over-rated. I find Paranoid Android by Radiohead to be overrated but I'm probably in the minority here. I happen to like God Only Knows so I'll disagree on that one on your list.

[The_111th_Beatle]

Oasis are something of a guilty pleasure for me. I like them and consider them a good band, at their best really exciting and charismatic. But I'm almost embarressed to admit it because I don't want to be grouped with their uber devotees who consider them one of the greatest band in history.

Bohemian Rhapsody and Imagine are overated for me, they're both good songs but their presence in the top 10 of so many best songs lists irritates me no end.
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[Existciel]

stairway to heaven

[JohnnyRocketFingers]

Just a quick list:

10 You're Beautiful-James Blunt
9 Back In Black-AC/DC
8 The Real Slim Shady-Eminem
7 I Wanna Be Sedated-Ramones
6 Under the Bridge-Chili Peppers
5 We Will Rock You-Queen
4 Iron Man-Black Sabbath
3 (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction-Rolling Stones
2 Smells Like Teen Spirit-Nirvana
1 Stairway to Heaven-Led Zeppelin
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[banana brother]

Hotel California - Eagles
Another Brick in The Wall pt.2 - Pink Floyd
Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits
Tom Sawyer - Rush
You Shook Me All night Long - ACDC
Sweet Child of Mine - Guns n Roses

[maxxy]

Smells like teen spirit-Nirvana
Paradise City-Gun's N' Roses
Back in Black/Highway to Hell-ACDC
Enter Sandman-Metallica
Comfortably Numb-Pink Floyd
*note* I really like pink floyd but there are better songs than comfortably numb and another brick pt. 2. (which is what most people I know thinks of when they think Pink Floyd and that pisses me off)
and also anything by Michael Jackson or Madonna

[thomas697]

Stan - Eminem

Another Brick in the Wall - Pink Floyd

Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana

November Rain - Guns n Roses

Master of Puppets - Metallica

Reign in Blood - Slayer

Hey Jude - The Beatles

Like a Rolling Stone - Bob dylan

Yellow - Coldplay

Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Beautiful People - Marilyn Manson

Everything by the Doors
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[thomas697]

Dont let me ruin your day .. Im just in one of my moods where ive been over analyzing too much .. Ill probably post a completely different list in a few days, but the doors wont change!
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