You are the Target Audience! In a good way. And possibly in a bad way.

Oh yes — a "Slacker" feature.

"Olive Cecile" would be a great song title in its own-damn-self.

"American Pie" doesn't bother me, overall. It has many elements that detract from it (most of those have been covered, often many times).

It's passionately hateful, but he's also conflicted about it. Perfectly Barlowesque.

One aspect I liked — he has some amount of respect for the output (and stature) of the artist in question, plus a little hesitation to choose one song from the catalog — but still despises the song on its own terms.

My opinion about "Hotel California" puzzles me.

I haven't read this one yet, but it's refreshing that HateSong returned to a music-person instead of a comic.

I'd like a copy of that mix.

Halfway through the piece — I'm feeling good about it. But: Editing note: Slim DUNLAP, not Dunlop.

Nearly as bad as the fade-out-CLICK-fade-in was the "solution": Repeating a song for "time balance."

At least he sort of had a definitive reason for his distaste for this song — unlike a few recent HateSong entries —  until we reachedt a segue into his dislike of U2 and The Police, and other things.

The Marx Brothers were fine without Zeppo. Karl's departure, however … there wasn't much Left after that.

Oh yes.

Another good example - could have worked for this article, too, the visual art inspiration. For some reason the "Kite" story doesn't annoy me as much as "Lucy" — maybe it's the music fits the theme so well.

Even with my longtime indulgence in Beatles lore, the "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" thing (was it Julian's drawing, or a "disguised" reference to L-S-D?!) has become one of the least-interesting legends of the era.

Mine is sort of a combination of your experience and Pope Spanky IV — 1983 was transitional for me.

If Kiss had done that in 1979, it would've made a huge difference.

Take it from someone old enough to know — few people "experienced" the release of "Kill 'Em All" unless they were a member or acquaintance of Metallica. That doesn't mean the album wasn't Damned Good.

You beat me to the 10-5-60 reference. (I didn't read all the posts first!)