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3 Satirical Songs Dissing Mainstream Success That Ironically Became Mainstream Successes

The irony of these three songs becoming mainstream successes is so painful, but the songs are just so good.

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How is it that songs written to satirize mainstream success or criticize the music industry always seem to become so successful? The irony is painful, but the songs are just so good. Here are three songs meant as disses of mainstream music that ended up finding mainstream popularity.

“In Bloom” by Nirvana

“In Bloom” was released on Nirvana’s 1991 album Nevermind, re-recorded from an older song around the time Nirvana was first gaining traction in the underground grunge scene. The lyrics are critical of fans who don’t really listen to lyrics, which made its mainstream success so painfully ironic.

The chorus makes this abundantly clear. “He’s the one who likes all out pretty songs, and he / Likes to sing along and he likes to shoot his gun, but he / Knows not what it means / Knows not what it means and I say ‘Yeah’”. Its........

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