Who is a band or a musician who you think has never had a bad song?

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In my opinion, Johnny Cash has never had a bad song. I mean the guy covered Tom Petty, CCR, Depeche Mode, 9 Inch Nails and did just as good as they did.

WhiteSteve · Accepted Answer

NO bad songs? At all? Like the whole entire catalogue, not just the famous singles? Hmm…I guess that depends how tight we’re being about songs being legitimately bad or just songs I don’t care for as much (and in the case of some rappers, it might just be more that I didn’t like the beat they were going over, the lyrics and flow might still be quality).

I don’t know if I could say anyone if we’re being very strict and I have to decidedly like the song. It’s also possible I’ve missed some songs from artists, especially bad ones, haha. But doing the best I can, I could name a few that I’d say “almost” have no bad songs. Keeping it relatively short, off the top of my head I think of: Pink Floyd, Lynyrd Skynyrd, maybe Sublime, the first couple Greta Van Fleet EP’s were really good (kind of fell off the last couple years, so maybe they made more stuff that I haven’t heard yet, can’t give full marks yet), Notorious B. I. G. was also pretty close to back-to-back albums that were good from cover to cover before he died. I don’t know how to grade this song, though, it’s obviously terrible, on purpose, yet I love it so much lmfao.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/Oq30K8EZe7k

That album was hot my freshman year of college (that song never was, only in my circle of friends, really), and TO THIS DAY, literally 25 years later, we still reference it regularly. A lot of times when I play hockey and the goalie makes a great save, I’ll sing off-key “yOu’Ve BeEn RoBbEdDdDdDd…”😂

But yeah, real tough to come up with anyone with no blemishes. Modern musicians are so pressured to come up with albums to sell that most of them eventually have some weak filler on their albums, unfortunately. My first thoughts were to try to think of artists who died early into their careers, haha, and just didn’t have a chance to fall off like most people do. I’m not as familiar with Cash as you seem to be, but I’ve liked what I’ve heard from him, I just can’t list him myself because I haven’t heard all of his music. He was a long time artist who’s revered in his genre though, gotta respect that.

WindAtMyBack · Accepted Answer

I've listened to a fair amount of Kate Wolf over the last few years. I haven't heard all of her music. Some songs are average, but I've never heard one that is bad.

Johnny Cash's 9 Inch Nails cover was great. The writer of that song heard it and said that it's not even his song any more. Johnny stole the show.

OldSchool_Metalhead · Accepted Answer

Johnny Cash was awesome.

For me, closest I can say to being perfect is AC/DC, even though their only questionable album was Black Ice. I bought it and haven't played it in a long time lol, and no one is in a hurry buying it off the shelves compared to other albums of theirs.

jennifer_bloom · Accepted Answer

Celine Dion has never had a song I do not like and Phil Collins has never had a song I do not like and Bryan Adams has never had a song that sounded bad and neither has Beethoven or Mozart.

JustinTheGreat · Answer

Honestly nobody. There are a lot of artists that I love but there’s always a few songs by them that I’m not a fan of

MTC29 · Answer

I find your opinion of the Man in Black hard to argue... so I won't.  "I Walk The Line" is my personal favorite.

Nikki1989 · Answer

Wow, I can't think of any. Even my favourites have some songs I don't like.

AviatorTom · Answer

ABBA was pretty good at only producing good songs. Off the top of my head, I can't think of a bad ABBA song.

Starlight007 · Answer

i wanna say radio head so bad but there are some songs they made that i'm not too fond of so i can't say radio head😭.

IsoUser · Answer

To be perfectly honest " The Great Sachmo " in " A beautiful World"

dolemite89 · Answer

i agree with johnny cash, prob creedence clear water revival too

Lyndsielee666 · Answer

I’d like to say Neck Deep but there’s a new song by them that does in fact, not slap.

Sevenpointfive · Answer

third eye blind. at least the first album. not one song is bad

exitseven · Answer

I can't think of a single Beatles song that sucked.

888theGreat · Answer

Of course all of them used "filler" to get albums out in time. They had to create so many minutes of music.

Iwant2kno · Answer

Frank Sinatra and Luis Miguel

MysteriousDarkness · Answer

Every misical act that I can think of has at least one sone I don't like.

TransAm85 · Answer

Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty, and Santana

RuthlessAggression · Answer

Metallica but they're my fav. so I might be biased

JosyJosy · Answer

I really liked linkin park

Smashingdoozy · Answer

Pink Floyd

Chazmatazz269 · Answer

Goo Goo Dolls & Linkin Park

dreamyserena · Answer

Blackpink, Mamamoo & Micheal Jackson

Graci_e · Answer

Taylor swift 100%

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