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Post by sabre14 on Sept 3, 2015 16:35:02 GMT -5
How about your "least favorite song titles?" It can be just a pet peeve of yours or just a weird phrase of words that have no business in the English language.
Billy Ray Cyrus - "Wher'm I Gonna Live" (just, why?)
Thomas Rhett - "Get Me Some Of That"
Terri Clark - "Everytime I Cry" (please separate "every" and "time": #OCD)
Lonestar - "Mr. Mom"
Rodney Atkins - "Eat Sleep Love You Repeat"
Chase Rice - "Ready Set Roll" (again with the OCD; commas please...)
Fast Ryde - "That Thang"
Brad Paisley - "Then" (the title is almost as boring as the song)
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2015 16:48:04 GMT -5
Blackjack Billy- "Get Some"
Danielle Bradbery- "Friend Zone"
Blake Shelton- "Gonna"
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Post by defying gravity on Sept 3, 2015 16:49:52 GMT -5
Tim McGraw - "Felt Good On My Lips" (sends very weird vibes) Blake Shelton - "Hillbilly Bone" (just awkward) Luke Bryan - "Drink A Beer" (very inappropriately titled for such a meaningful song) Zac Brown Band - "Toes" (just awkward) sabre14, why do you think that "Then" is a boring song? That is definitely one of Brad's signature songs and it's so sweet and emotional. Just wondering lol. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2015 16:51:51 GMT -5
Tim McGraw - "Felt Good On My Lips" (sends very weird vibes) Blake Shelton - "Hillbilly Bone" (just awkward) Luke Bryan - "Drink A Beer" (very inappropriately titled for such a meaningful song) Zac Brown Band - "Toes" (just awkward) sabre14, why do you think that "Then" is a boring song? That is definitely one of Brad's signature songs and it's so sweet and emotional. Just wondering lol. No real melody and Brad sounds so boring sorry sabre14 |
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Post by defying gravity on Sept 3, 2015 16:53:05 GMT -5
I think you guys are thinking of "I Can't Change the World"... Now that is a boring Brad love song with no melody.
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Post by sabre14 on Sept 3, 2015 16:54:24 GMT -5
Tim McGraw - "Felt Good On My Lips" (sends very weird vibes) Blake Shelton - "Hillbilly Bone" (just awkward) Luke Bryan - "Drink A Beer" (very inappropriately titled for such a meaningful song) Zac Brown Band - "Toes" (just awkward) sabre14, why do you think that "Then" is a boring song? That is definitely one of Brad's signature songs and it's so sweet and emotional. Just wondering lol. No real melody and Brad sounds so boring sorry sabre14Why are you apologizing to me? |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2015 16:58:32 GMT -5
No real melody and Brad sounds so boring sorry sabre14Why are you apologizing to me? I'm the one explaining it cause I couldn't help. |
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Post by sabre14 on Sept 3, 2015 17:01:29 GMT -5
sabre14, why do you think that "Then" is a boring song? That is definitely one of Brad's signature songs and it's so sweet and emotional. Just wondering lol. Cliche parade, weak melody, and an even weaker hook line and title. Easily my least favorite Brad single. Why are you apologizing to me? I'm the one explaining it cause I couldn't help. Okay...lol. |
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Post by lyhom on Sept 3, 2015 17:23:34 GMT -5
Chase Rice - "Gonna Wanna Tonight" (it sounds like what a nine year old would call kissing so they don't get caught by their parents...)
A Thousand Horses - "(This Ain't No) Drunk Dial" (having the "this ain't no" in brackets where they are just seems so unnecessary)
Keith Urban - "John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16" (love the song and it probably is the best title it could have gotten, but it's just so clunky to me)
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2015 17:27:15 GMT -5
Jana Kramer- Why Ya Wanna Luke Bryan- Country Girl (Shake It For Me) Taylor Swift- Begin Again Rascal Flatts- Bob That Head Carrie Underwood- Mama's Song, Undo It Blake Shelton- Over Miranda Lambert- Over You Tim McGraw- Truck Yeah, Still Shania Twain- Up! (or any of her song titles with exclamations) Dixie Chicks- Let 'Er Rip Brad Paisley- Ticks, Then, Water It's funny because while I don't correlate my like/dislike of a song with the title, I don't like any of the songs I listed, or the titles themselves.  I also agree with sabre14 about his dislike for "Then;" everything from the title to the lyrics to Brad's vocal performance is about as dull and unspired as it gets. I've never understood the praise for it, I can't stand the song, and it's always been an instant station-changer for me. |
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Post by dm2081 on Sept 3, 2015 23:08:36 GMT -5
Sippin' On Fire - Florida Georgia Line (just makes it sound like an uneventful song)
Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident) - John Michael Montgomery (they couldn't shorten this one up?)
You've Never Been This Far Before - Conway Twitty (Just sounds creepy)
19 You + Me - Dan + Shay (the whole plus sign thing bothers me)
Fine / Are You Sure - Kacey Musgraves (just separate the two damn songs)
Leave The Night On - Sam Hunt (I don't think its as clever as Sam does)
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Post by tim on Sept 4, 2015 7:10:05 GMT -5
"Yup" - Easton Corbin
That's the most recent song that came to my mind...I'll have to swing back around again for more.
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Post by sabre14 on Sept 4, 2015 13:03:16 GMT -5
Joe Nichols - "Gimmie That Girl"
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Sept 16, 2015 22:59:18 GMT -5
"She Likes It in the Morning" by Clay Walker (number one, it kind of bugs me when a song has a chorus but the title occurs in a totally different spot [unless it builds up to it at the end like "Good Directions"]; number two, all I can think of is "hey baby, take care of my morning wood, would you?")
"(There's) No Getting Over Me" by Ronnie Milsap (why put parentheses just one word?)
"'You've Got' the Touch" by Alabama (why quotation marks and not parentheses? Or if you're going to use quotation marks, wouldn't it make sense to put them around "The Touch" instead?)
"He Broke Your Memory Last Night" by Reba (how, exactly, does one break a memory?)
"Unburn All Our Bridges" by Josh Turner ("Unburn" isn't a word, and how would you unburn anything anyway? "Rebuild Our Burnt Bridges" would be a little unwieldy, but would at least make sense)
"You're Gonna Be (Always Loved By Me)" by Reba (it's sung the other way around in the song, and that only makes it even worse)
"House of Negotiable Affections" by Zona Jones (the hell does that even mean?)
"I Don't Mind the Thorns (If You're the Rose)" by Lee Greenwood (if you're singing "when you're the rose" instead, then why not change the title?)
"Just Don't Wait Around 'Til She's Leavin'" by David Lee Murphy (really clunky to say)
"(Blue, Blue, Blue) Blue, Blue" by Jo-El Sonnier (what are those parentheses doing there?)
"Six of One, Half a Dozen (Of the Other)" by Joe Nichols (since the parentheses break up what's already an existing expression)
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Post by tim on Sept 16, 2015 23:23:51 GMT -5
"She Likes It in the Morning" by Clay Walker (number one, it kind of bugs me when a song has a chorus but the title occurs in a totally different spot [unless it builds up to it at the end like "Good Directions"]; number two, all I can think of is "hey baby, take care of my morning wood, would you?") Glad you said it...that's just about what I think of whenever I see this song title. |
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Post by .indulgecountry on Sept 17, 2015 18:47:26 GMT -5
"You're Gonna Be (Always Loved By Me)" by Reba (it's sung the other way around in the song, and that only makes it even worse) This is actually an example of using the parentheses correctly. Like, it wouldn't make sense at all if it were titled "(Always Loved By Me) You're Gonna Be."  But it's technically just titled "You're Gonna Be" on the album, so I suppose it doesn't matter much. |
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Sept 17, 2015 18:53:46 GMT -5
"You're Gonna Be (Always Loved By Me)" by Reba (it's sung the other way around in the song, and that only makes it even worse) This is actually an example of using the parentheses correctly. Like, it wouldn't make sense at all if it were titled "(Always Loved By Me) You're Gonna Be." But it's technically just titled "You're Gonna Be" on the album, so I suppose it doesn't matter much. The thing is, it bugs me because she sings it "Always loved by me, you're gonna be." So the way it is in the song bothers me more than the way it's written on the charts. Written by Yoda, this song was. |
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Post by .indulgecountry on Sept 17, 2015 19:07:54 GMT -5
This is actually an example of using the parentheses correctly. Like, it wouldn't make sense at all if it were titled "(Always Loved By Me) You're Gonna Be." But it's technically just titled "You're Gonna Be" on the album, so I suppose it doesn't matter much. The thing is, it bugs me because she sings it "Always loved by me, you're gonna be." So the way it is in the song bothers me more than the way it's written on the charts. Written by Yoda, this song was. It's never bothered me I guess because I think it honestly fits the flow of the song perfectly fine. Nothing about it is jarring or off to me. It's obvious that 'you're gonna be' is supposed to be the phrase with the most weight and the song is structured so that it gets the punch, even if its an unusual approach. It was also just an effective way to end the chorus on that line, lol. |
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Post by sabre14 on Sept 17, 2015 19:11:13 GMT -5
The song was always credited as simply "You're Gonna Be" on the R&R charts, so I never even consider it "You're Gonna Be (Always Loved By Me)."
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Post by bboat11 on Sept 17, 2015 20:01:46 GMT -5
This is actually an example of using the parentheses correctly. Like, it wouldn't make sense at all if it were titled "(Always Loved By Me) You're Gonna Be." But it's technically just titled "You're Gonna Be" on the album, so I suppose it doesn't matter much. The thing is, it bugs me because she sings it "Always loved by me, you're gonna be." So the way it is in the song bothers me more than the way it's written on the charts. Written by Yoda, this song was. Actually the very last line of the song is "You're gonna be always loved by me." So maybe the way the title is written pays homage to the last line of the song! Of course, that would also be a good reason to dislike the title, because why would they suddenly switch the phrasing only once in the song, and then name it after that isolated incident rather than every other time it was used in the opposite way before? Either way, I have always loved this song, and I agree with Indulge that it has always worked lyrically, and the Yoda-twisting of the phrase does not seem weird in the context of the song. But I have also heard frequently that people dislike the song, so I guess maybe it for me a guilty pleasure is :) |
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Sept 17, 2015 20:06:48 GMT -5
I was the only person on this forum who didn't hate "Bob That Head", so I really have no room to argue guilty pleasures. "Lucky 4 You (Tonight I'm Just Me)" always bothered me a bit with the random 4. If you're going to do that, then why not 4 U? Or better yet, "you should never write words using numbers / Unless you're seven or your name is Prince." |
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Post by .indulgecountry on Sept 17, 2015 23:15:55 GMT -5
"Lucky 4 You (Tonight I'm Just Me)" always bothered me a bit with the random 4. If you're going to do that, then why not 4 U? Or better yet, "you should never write words using numbers / Unless you're seven or your name is Prince." Normally these bother me too (in country music only though -- in pop music it's fine to use numbers), like with Keith Urban's "Even the Stars Fall 4 U."  But in this case, I think the 4 works because the song consists of them listing a bunch of different numbered women so I think of it as a clever use of it because the song actually refers to numbers, whereas in like the Keith Urban song, there's no good reason for that damn 4 to be in there instead of "for." |
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Sept 18, 2015 1:15:45 GMT -5
"Lucky 4 You (Tonight I'm Just Me)" always bothered me a bit with the random 4. If you're going to do that, then why not 4 U? Or better yet, "you should never write words using numbers / Unless you're seven or your name is Prince." Normally these bother me too (in country music only though -- in pop music it's fine to use numbers), like with Keith Urban's "Even the Stars Fall 4 U." But in this case, I think the 4 works because the song consists of them listing a bunch of different numbered women so I think of it as a clever use of it because the song actually refers to numbers, whereas in like the Keith Urban song, there's no good reason for that damn 4 to be in there instead of "for." It doesn't really bother me. That was really just a halfhearted attempt to get the thread back on-topic and drop Weird Al lyrics at the same time. |
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Sept 19, 2015 17:06:20 GMT -5
Sorry for the double post but I thought of another. "She'll Go on You" by Josh Turner always made me think of a baby peeing on someone.
That's two off Josh's debut. I keep forgetting what a terrible album it was outside the amazing title track...
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2015 17:16:33 GMT -5
Wel we have a new one to add for this list.
Abi Ann Truck Candy
Just why?
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Post by trustypepper on Jan 23, 2016 1:29:56 GMT -5
Brad Paisley - "Alcohol"
Cole Swindell - "Chillin' It"
Jerrod Niemann - "Donkey"
Toby Keith - "Drunk Americans"
Frankie Ballard - "Helluva Life"
Scotty McCreery - "I Love You This Big"
Rodney Atkins - "If You're Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows)"
Gloriana - "(Kissed You) Good Night" ------ This one applies to any song title that begins with parenthesis. Always bugged me.
Dustin Lynch - "She Cranks My Tractor"
Kip Moore - "Somethin' 'Bout a Truck" ------ The back-to-back apostrophes bugs me for some reason.
Dustin Lynch - "Where It's At (Yep, Yep)"
Please note that I do like a lot of these songs, just not the titles. :)
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Post by Uncle Lumpy on Jan 26, 2016 19:29:10 GMT -5
"House of Negotiable Affections" by Zona Jones (the hell does that even mean?) Umm. That songs about a whore house .... so it kind of makes sense. The title from Zonas album (and Johnny Bush before him) that bothered me was "One Fool On A Stool (Green Snakes On A Ceiling)". Ive been known to drink a little and never once have I seen anything remotely resembling "snakes on the ceiling". That sounds more like a bad acid trip. I would add the literary masterpiece "Achy Breaky Heart" to the song titles that make me nauseous. |
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Post by sabre14 on Jan 26, 2016 20:15:57 GMT -5
"House of Negotiable Affections" by Zona Jones (the hell does that even mean?) Umm. That songs about a whore house .... so it kind of makes sense. The title from Zonas album (and Johnny Bush before him) that bothered me was "One Fool On A Stool (Green Snakes On A Ceiling)". Ive been known to drink a little and never once have I seen anything remotely resembling "snakes on the ceiling". That sounds more like a bad acid trip. I would add the literary masterpiece "Achy Breaky Heart" to the song titles that make me nauseous. A whore house? Lol |
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Jan 26, 2016 20:33:52 GMT -5
"House of Negotiable Affections" by Zona Jones (the hell does that even mean?) Umm. That songs about a whore house .... so it kind of makes sense. Yes, but I don't get what "negotiable affections" is. Is it a term I've never heard of? Bad pun? What? |
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Post by Andy on Jan 26, 2016 20:45:35 GMT -5
Umm. That songs about a whore house .... so it kind of makes sense. Yes, but I don't get what "negotiable affections" is. Is it a term I've never heard of? Bad pun? What? I'm not familiar with the song, but just going by the information provided in this thread, think of the "affections" (or "acts of affection") that might be "negotiated" at a house of prostitution. |
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