There are bad songs, and then there are bad songs. I have to confess that some songs, like "Seasons in the Sun" and "Kung Fu Fighting" have a quality of badness that is almost transcendental--when you hear them, you get that feeling of shock and amazement, almost like seeing a great whale--there are a bunch of other songs, like "Billy, Don't Be a Hero" "The Night Chicago Died", "Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree", "Joy to the World" that were profoundly trite, and which annoy to the point of delight--Or those wonderful "Lobo" and Bread songs--that are so gooey that they make you laugh. Then there are the weird songs, like DOA, or the maudlin, morbid songs, that are fun because they are so far over the edge.

The songs that I don't like are the ones that are not particularly memorable, except for their insincerity--things like "Evergreen", which is a vehicle for gushing fake emotions, or "I Want to Be an Engineer" in which the songwriter debases a pathetic protagonist to make some political points--Then there is "Little Willie", I never wanted that mindless, drunken goon at my party!