Find a song that everybody on ILM likes

Or else something by Dio.

I got it! One of these must be universally liked:

'Staying Alive', 'I Feel Love', and hell even the most rockist of rockers loves 'Le Freak', yes?

i have one : Ring Of Fire

another: Ace of Spades.

Has anyone disliked Waterloo Sunset yet? I by no means think it's great but it's quite a pleasant listen, so that may be our best bet.

I still back Tom E on the Kinks. People that don't like it can resign. I like 'Wichita Lineman' too, though, like everybody else.

'Rattlesnakes'. 'Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken?'.

Infact i am willing to bet a years worth of G&T's on the outcome.

I'm glad you don't mean it when you say we don't know country music (if that's what you're saying; it can be hard to tell). I mean, Tim Hopkins is reading this. Possibly.

I'll nix both 'Waterloo Sunshite' and 'Candy Says'...sorry.

Okay another path, how about Blondie - Heart of Glass. Surely anyone who does not like this song also has no soul, yeah? And if that does not work we'll have to pull out the big one, yep, ABBA.

'Tears of a Clown' is a yes btw.

'Heart Of Glass' is acceptable but not my favourite Blondie.

I don't think that that was the real fake Tanya Headon above - rather a fake fake one. Right?

Tanya - Okay, songs enjoyed by all ILMers who aren't professed music- haters then :).

Masonic Kate - oh, it would be fairly easy to find a performer no one here likes, I think. I don't think anyone has yet found a way to rehabilitate Michael Bolton.

As for 'Heart of Glass', without being able to see Debbie Harry her voice is far too annoying.

I back 'Waterloo Sunset', but some miserable bugger has already scuppered that I believe. So I'll have to canvas opinion for 'Hi-Ho Silver Lining'. What a stomper! Or failing that, 'Sunday Morning' by the Velvets. Possibly.

again with the disco, I fear

Or "Rebel Rebel"?

Or something by Meatloaf...

What about The Magic Number by DeLa Soul? Or Sitting On The Dock of the Bay? Or The Man Don't Give A Fuck by SFA?

I veto all Kraftwerk records.

But, Boney M = excellent choice!

Rebel Rebel is 6 out of 10 but 6 in this case is enough.

"Surfin Bird"?

And yes, 'Rasputin' is silly, that's the bleedin' point...jeez, a black guy sporting an afro with a fake beard doing a russian dance isn't exactly Tolstoy, innit? ;)

Yet to elicit any complaints: "Louie Louie", "Let's Stay Together", "Bring The Noise", "Don't You Want Me", "Common People", "Love Hangover" and "Theme From Mahogany" (unless they're on Motown, in which case Omar says nay), "Upside Down", "Ace Of Spades", "Unfinished Sympathy", "Rockafeller Skank", "Rasputin" and "Rebel Rebel" (I have chosen not to read anything into Pinefox's "ouch" comment).

Nixed on account of not famous enough: "The Man Don't Give A Fuck", "Out Of Space", "Hi-Ho Silver Lining", "Walter Carlos", "Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken", "Rattlesnakes" and "Maple Leaf Rag".

And ahem...I'll say all of Motown except Smokey Robinson.

How about these boots are made for walking

...anyone?

1. My 'ouch' comment meant: I don't like this '"dance" 'music' "stuff"' of yours.

2. 'Rattlesnakes' and 'Heartbroken?', not famous??? Who are you trying to kid? Foul on Lloyd, I say. Referee!!

If we're going to nominate an AC/DC song, it should be "Back In Black". And get that namby-pamby disco shit out of here. 10,000+ people in Old Comiskey Park burning vinyl can't be wrong.

(sorry, these boots are covered in shite)

First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack's version Buffalo Stance - Neneh Cherry Sign O The Times - Prince New England - Billy Bragg but sung by Kirsty to be on the safe side?

Well I'm sure Lloyd Cole's mom really likes them.

So do we disqualify any and all dance music in advance, Pinefox ? That would be sad.

Incidentally, "I Melt With You" blows.

Roadrunner = no; Pablo Picasso (or whatever the name is of that song by Modern Lovers) = yes

Don't you want me = allright.

And no Beatles songs??? Am I missing something here? Granted, they'll get shot down as easily as anything else on this list. I'll pony up "I'm Only Sleeping".

And, hot damn, I DO have "Waterloo Sunset" in my mess of a music collection! (A purty song, sho nuff.) I should start spelunking for those Brian Wilson demos. You know - the RARE ones.

oh, and "flash light" too.

Hey, Sundar just vetoed one of the 2 remaining songs ("Be My Baby"), so we have a winner !

Onto records everyone hates, but it has to be something otherwise acclaimed. Surely no one actually likes "Yesterday"?

🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈BUSY SIGNAL • BALLOON (floating, floating, everybody floating)🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈

Even I like it. Even LJ likes it.

Will the naysayer(s) please step forward?

I mean, it’s not my style, so no I don’t enjoy it

This new flag button is fiddly but it works

It's pleasant, and I don't have any problem with it, but I wouldn't say it grabs me in an exceptional way yet, as a relative outsider to the genre. I'll give it time.

Tbf I don't love it. But I do like it.

can't say I give a shit about this song. the sound is super-tinny, I don't like that.

balloon

On one hand, I'm a dancehall stan and I wouldn't necessarily have picked this as a world-uniting crowd-pleaser (Koffee's "Toast" would be a safer bet I'd think?). On the other, I sent this song to a friend after she got harassed by nazis on twitter all day and she said it cheered her up

xpost on my third hand, just seeing the word balloon now puts this song in my head

"Toast" does a lot more for me on first listen.

BALLOON

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Kinda can't believe it hasn't been suggested yet but I think we'll be able to lock thread with this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBiHysKnvGs