Songs that start well but become really disappointing

Inspired by a brief mention of Dido on another thread:

Most of us probably heard the start of this song via Stan by Eminem. Lovely melancholy verse, nice voice, worked with Faithless. And then the syrupy nonsense of the rest of the song

There must be more recent examples / better examples. Apologies if the thread has been done before - it’s ok not to remember every thread from the music board.

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Spaceman babylon zoo

Oooh proto kasabian, bit prodigy…oh no what’s this shit

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I actually quite like the prechorus and then back into the chorus at half speed. But that verse (something about pungent smells?) is very crap

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It starts off like literal perfection but i don’t like the rest from the photographs bit

Storm by Godspeed. Builds up into something amazing, before ending quite drably

Feel Mr Oizo is in the same category as Babylon Zoo.

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No way. This is a great track all the way through.

(plus his films are always worth a watch, too)

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I havent even clicked play and I immediately started doing this on sight

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I don’t know. It’s all a bit one trick pony repetition for me.

But it’s an important cultural moment in the world of puppets in the music industry.

Genuinely amazing how pants this gets after the first couple of minutes

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This always disappointed me

Tonight, Tonight by the Smashing Pumpkins

Promises so much with the build up and then…damp squib

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Maps - Yeah yeah yeahs

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Lots of Oasis songs tbh - decent verse, nice chorus, then Noel got bored of writing the song and the coke kicked in and 7 minutes later here we all are

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Wtf

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