songs you love by artists/bands you hate.

[amazingjourney]

"Spirit of the Radio" by Rush

"Fly By Night" is the only Rush I can tolerate.

[buffcoat]

"Tuesday's Gone" by Lynyrd Skynyrd.

[buffcoat]

I killed this thread, let me briefly reanimate it.

ANTICHRIST TELEVISION BLUES - ARCADE FIRE - GLASTONBURY 2007

I think this song is one of the most amazing things I've ever heard, I've disliked everything else I've ever heard by or about them, and the way these people mug for the camera is grossly inappropriate for anyone over 14.  But I love this song a lot.

The version I love is the album version, but I wanted people to see the fake dancing and real mugging to get the extremes I'm talking about here.

[nec13]

Chicago 25 Or 6 To 4

This song contains, what has to be, one of the best guitar solos ever committed to tape.

[fonpr]

Chicago 25 Or 6 To 4

This song contains, what has to be, one of the best guitar solos ever committed to tape.

With you on this one, Nec.

[RickInSaltLake]

Ted Nugent - Great White Buffalo (Studio Version)

I personally would have gone with "Stranglehold"...

[masterofsparks]

"Love" may be overselling it, but "Only the Good Die Young" is, to my way of thinking, by far the best song by the otherwise-odious William Joel.

[cavorting with nudists]

From the moment I heard "I Hung My Head" on Johnny Cash's American IV album, I was utterly in awe of that song. Chilling, uncanny, the perfect summation of everything Johnny Cash stood for and just an unbelievable, perfectly written song by any standard. I was reminded of this today when I saw Bruce Springsteen do an awesome version, not quite as shattering as Johnny Cash's only because he isn't Johnny Cash. I can't embed it, it's on YouTube.

It's gotta be one of the greatest songs ever written and I really really don't know what to do with the horrible fact that it was written by Sting.