Songs that prove even great bands can do some really bad things.

[Glenn's take]

The Beatles- Back In The USSR.
Bruce Springsteen-Dancing in the Dark
Billy Joel-Uptown Girl.
The Beach Boys-Their entire catalog

 

[gamecockcat]

Styx - Mr Roboto (debatable that Styx is a great band, but that song? Horrific)
The Beatles - imo, a lot more than just Back in the USSR; Rocky Raccoon, Lovely Rita, hate I Am the Walrus, lot of their psychodelic experimentation
The Stones - Hot Stuff, lot of their later albums
Dire Straits - Les Boys

At some point in the creative process, bands have to put out product so it's not surprising some half-baked ideas end up being released

 

[WildcatFan1982]

I’d mention a Led Zeppelin song I hate but I feel I will be murdered

 

[Tskware]

Eagles followed up their masterpiece album Hotel California with The Long Run. Reportedly they recorded a ton of songs for The Long Run, which prompted critic William Ruhlmann to state in its review 'if this crap is what ended up on the record, can you imagine the shit they decided wasn't worthy?' The Greeks Don't Want No Freaks is particularly "memorable"

EDIT: I looked it up and it was actually William Ruhlmann that gave that review, not RS.

Think they wisely decided to take a 15 year break shortly after that release.

 

[HymanKaplan]

I’d mention a Led Zeppelin song I hate but I feel I will be murdered

Allow me:

Stairway to Heaven - What a boring, seemingly endless, and self-indulgent piece of trash.

 

[Someguywhodoesntlikeyou]

Allow me:

Stairway to Heaven - What a boring, seemingly endless, and self-indulgent piece of trash.

And arguably stolen.

 

[WildcatFan1982]

Allow me:

Stairway to Heaven - What a boring, seemingly endless, and self-indulgent piece of trash.

I was gonna say ‘fool in the rain’.

 

[Creed Bratton]

The Beatles- Back In The USSR.
Bruce Springsteen-Dancing in the Dark
Billy Joel-Uptown Girl.
The Beach Boys-Their entire catalog

 

[WildcatFan1982]

‘God only knows’ is one of the best songs ever

 

[SWFLwildcat06]

I’ve always loved the song Rocky Raccoon 🤷‍♂️

 

[Creed Bratton]

‘God only knows’ is one of the best songs ever

Anyone who has Bruce Springsteen on a list of "great bands" and then besmirches the good name of the Beach Boys deserves to have their genitals' boiled in hot honey and then thrown into a cage of grizzly bears.

 

[WildcatFan1982]

Anyone who has Bruce Springsteen on a list of "great bands" and then besmirches the good name of the Beach Boys deserves to have their genitals' boiled in hot honey and then thrown into a cage of grizzly bears.

The general public doesn’t understand how great Brian Wilson is.

 

[CaptainBoogerBuns]

Rolling Stones
-Sympathy for the Devil
- You can't always Get What you WNt

 

[Tskware]

Rolling Stones
-Sympathy for the Devil
- You can't always Get What you WNt

Hope you're being sarcastic

Turd on the Run however was aptly named