You could just enjoy the song and ignore the association with Shrek, because it wasn't written for that movie, and there's nothing specifically in the song itself that refers to it.
Personally, I'm more annoyed by "Holding Out for a Hero" being in Shrek 2, because that's an actual cover version I find worse than the original.
"Universally" is a strong term.
I mean, there are other people than just Millennials in the world. Your childhood wasn't as awesome as you remember it being.
If you're apathetic about the music, the fact that the band is overpraised to the moon and back (and also potentially overplayed) can make you kind of resent it by proxy. So something you'd otherwise be neutral about becomes something you dislike because other people won't shut up about it. That's not strictly hating something because it's popular, but its popularity does influence your opinion.
(Incidentally, this is why I've reached the point of disliking both Chrono Trigger and Earthbound, after years of the Internet endlessly sucking their digital cocks.)
Some people might also dislike Beatles songs because they find Lennon to be an utterly repugnant human being, and it colors how they perceive everything he was involved with. I've personally noticed I don't mind some of Paul, George, or even Ringo's solo stuff post-Beatles, but I either dislike or am apathetic about nearly every song they did together as a group (Yesterday is about the only song I kind of like... and maybe I Saw Her Standing There. Twist and Shout wasn't too bad, but that was just a cover).
I mean, fuck - I like most Monkees songs better than I like Beatles songs.
I'd agree with this.
I actually like the monkees better than the Beatles too lol. And yeah it's partially the popularity angle. I just find them incredibly mediocre so everyone forcefully telling me that they're the greatest but can't explain why because music taste is subjective is just irritating. 'OH but they inspired so many other bands'. I mean AIDS inspired Philadelphia but that doesn't mean that AIDS is good. And yes, John being a pretentious POS has a good bit to do with it. I do like George's solo stuff, Paul has amazing talent and I like some of his songs a lot but him writing one of the top three worst Christmas songs of all time and then converting to Judaism is the musical equivalent of farting in an elevator
I don't affiliate all star with shrek but others do. Mystery Men is such an underrated movie with an all star cast, and shrek is just.... shrek