This week's #ThursdayFiveList theme is #SideEyeSongs: Music you have either given or received judgement for.

Only a select few individuals on this planet still appreciate McFerrin's absolute genius. On my deathbed I suspect I will still insist this is better than Cream's original, despite how amazing that was. It's just that good, and so is Bobby. (Ignore the cheesy album art; I think his agent forced him at gunpoint)

New Order droned this joyless anthem and defined "understated" in underground 80s music. The pain and meaning come from what isn't said, and the agony that is not expressed; Bernard et al. achieved the first or second derivative of interpersonal trauma by painting at least half of it in the negative spaces. 20 years later some edgy 20somethings decided what this track was missing was screaming the pain at high, overly-theatrical volume. They walked into a room where everyone was enjoying a dark joke and assumed everyone needed them to get on stage and explain the joke in cringeworthy detail.

Yes, they sang that "oh yeah" song from Ferris Beuller (and yes, it is also cooler than you think). No, this is not "real metal". Yes, they are a niche Swiss electropop band. If I turn up the screaming part I can't year you.

I know, I KNOW! The Trio were the Wonder White Bread in the rich focaccia bread shop of the 60s folk movement. Yes, they took a folk classic sung by the likes of Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger and changed the lyrics to be about a suburban white guy. What can I say? I was young. They got under my skin.

This song was overplayed in the 80s when I first heard it, and it got worse the longer it was on the radio. The fact that it really seems to have creepy hebephile vibes (which the writer/singer eventually found the energy to deny) doesn't help. It seems to come back in vogue every few years, now, with very young people, for reasons I cannot begin to understand.

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#ThursdayFiveList #SideEyeSongs

While I certainly have musical preferences and odd things I enjoy, I spent the day pondering if there was something I just default judge.
I tend to be more focused on individual content/lyrics, so that's the area where disinterest is most likely for me.

Then I realized.

Kidz Bop.

I just can't even. You're gonna turn real songs into stripped down synth elevator music because you think that's what makes it kid friendly?
It's the musical equivalent of baby talk

#SideEyeSongs are requested for this #thursdayFiveList
As i was entering the world of hardrock at the local rock venue (De Wip) as a teenager, i thought #Manowar was a very cool band. I was young, naive.. what can i say?
Fast Forward 25 years later i was playing in a stoner band. One of the guitarists mocked me for liking Manowar. I used to tease him by playing a Manowar riff in jams. He'd go: that was cool, and i'd reply yeah, it's from Manowar 🤪

https://youtu.be/qI5wk3B3QeQ

#KingsOfMetal #music

This week's #ThursdayFiveList theme is #SideEyeSongs and while I normally include links and thoughts, this week I'm not going to because ... look, I don't judge other people's tastes, but I sure do get judged for mine, so ... if you want, look them up on your service of choice?

1. Gackt - Vanilla
2. Eminem - Stan
3. Spin Doctors - Cleopatra's Cat
4. LH x KW - Coffee
5. EXO - MAMA | Wolf | Ko Ko Bop
(yeah, I know, but I couldn't pick between them)

Haha! Loving today’s #thursdayfivelist and #SideEyeSongs

So many songs I have judged or have been judged upon.

Here’s a quick five-
1️⃣ Hold my Hand by Jess Glyne
2️⃣ We don’t have to take our clothes off - Jermaine Stewart
3️⃣ Brown Eyes Girl - Van Morrison
4️⃣ You’ll never walk alone (a Liverpool anthem and as Man Utd fan this triggers me!).

And here’s one that many peeps judge me on (but I don’t care):
5️⃣ Rock me Amadeus - Falco

https://song.link/s/0DfG1ltJnZyq4Tx3ZLL7ZU

This week's #ThursdayFiveList theme is #SideEyeSongs - music you've been side-eyed for liking, so let's keep it sweet and simple:

Scooter - The Logical Song (Ramp)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YxTa1AUqps

Electric Callboy - Hypa Hypa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75Mw8r5gW8E

Billy Talent - Fallen Leaves
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BXNKyoW_Ow

Cruxshadows - Winter Born (This Sacrifice)
https://ww.youtube.com/watch?v=AoF02JPf7W0

Van Canto - Holding Out For A Hero
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnDx90ecLXk

#ThursdayFiveList #SideEyeSongs
I get side-👀 for these.

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4. SID Chip Music
(the wife moans about my plinky-plonky music)
https://youtu.be/c1iY-7ZhVJM

5. Homayoun Shajarian
(yes, a metalhead who deeply appreciates Persian traditional music)
https://youtu.be/r3Hgfk9GNWA

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#ThursdayFiveList #SideEyeSongs
I get side-👀 for these.

1. Adam and the Ants - Antmusic
(the first band I got into at age nine and still love)
https://youtu.be/Rm9drIwmmU4

2. Björk - Hunter
(frequently get the sideeye from people who don't think a dyed-in-the-wool metalhead could possibly like Björk)
https://youtu.be/o4RV4spF0cQ

3. Roopa Panesar
(A variety of hers and other works, similar reactions from folks as to two really)
https://youtu.be/HLdSJ1CXgz8

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Do you ever see my playlists and your eyes involuntarily roll? Well today's #ThursdayFiveList theme is just that: #SideEyeSongs that you like but might be cringey. Fair warning: there is brief yodeling*.

• Peter Gabriel – Solsbury Hill
https://song.link/y/WeYqJxlSv-Y

• Patti Smith & Bruce Springsteen – Because The Night
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=be8YuyneES4&list=RDbe8YuyneES4&start_radio=1&pp=ygUvQmVjc3VzZSB0aGUgbmlnaHQgYnJ1Y2Ugc3ByaW5nc3RlZW4gcGF0dGkgc21pdGigBwE%3D

• Jens Sundberg – La Valse d'Amélie
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nRED-oVwhc8

• Laura Love – Anyway*
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3vTAFx7uW7w&list=RD3vTAFx7uW7w&start_radio=1&pp=ygURTGF1cmEgbG92ZSBhbnl3YXmgBwHSBwkJPAoBhyohjO8%3D

• Faithless – God Is a DJ
https://song.link/y/bhSB8EEnCAM