Ha! They're not all bad; just those written after about 1960. The Parish you're attending must be playing the 70's and 80's repertoire. Now that IS bad!
Frankly, when it comes to hymns, I love High Anglican music from the 15th through the 19th centuries, with some Ralph Vaughn Williams thrown in for the more modern touch. But then, I also love Gregorian Chant, and music from the early Middle Ages, like that of Hildegard of Bingen. ;o)
Both Catholic churches we’ve been to here have used the same basic repetoire of semi-lameness and the same dirge-like speed. Oddly the dirgieness seems consistent whether there’s a little praise band (those range from good to really, really bad) or just a pianist and soloist, or whatever.