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A. K. A. Which song do you hate the most?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Toss up between Jenny (867-5309) for being absolutely disgusting on a conceptual level for glorifying stalker behavior or Owner of a Lonely Heart for going fucking nowhere and then having the audacity to drop a blaring synth note like it's a crescendo before going back to nothing.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

That's not what Jenny is about. Jenny was a friend of the band that Jim Keller (song's author) was dating. There's lots of songs from back then that actually are creepy but I don't think that's one of them.

Also, a song about something bad is not an endorsment. For example Angel of Death by Slayer. Nirvana covered a Leadbelly song called Ain't It a Shame which is about the narrator beating his wife. Not an endorsment of spousal abuse from one of music's most famous feminists.

Sometimes s song is just telling a story, be it positive or negative.

As for Owner of a Lonely Heart, agreed. Annoying and over-played.