The most ANNOYING song ever.

[UdoKier]

For me, it's not necessarily bad songs. Usually it's songs that have been played to death by too much radio airplay.

The most annoying song to me on first listen was: Pet Shop Boys' "Domino Dancing".

"All dayall day, watch them all fall down
all dayall day, domino dancing" :puke:


The most annoying after too much airplay (and most annoying overall was:

"Highway to the Danger Zone" by Kenny Loggins

It was the most odious and obnoxious thing in a stunningly annoying movie.

[angee_is_mad]

1. Debbie Boone

"you light up my life," and I believe she won a grammy for that damn song.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

76. Voices Carry by 'Til Tuesday

I think it is an 80's girl band type song. I can't stand it.

[Archae]

2. Hotel California

Not a bad song, just played...to...DEATH!!!

[jonnyblitz]

45. no, its a BAD song. anything by the Eagles makes me ill, though

Mainly because i heard them to DEATH waaaay back when I was young....

[Warren DeMontague]

52. "And I Hate The Fuckin' Eagles, Maaaan!"

[elperromagico]

3. "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston.

God, I remember being in the fifth grade and hating that song with a passion. I just can't stand that damned, howling, "Diva" delivery. And it was on the radio and TV all the fucking time.

Dolly Parton wrote it; her version's better.

[jpgray]

5. Good choice. I'll put up the obligatory "My Heart Will Go On" (nt)

[elperromagico]

8. Another B.S. song from a B.S. "diva."

I nearly nominated that one myself.

[Mad_Dem_X]

55. Definitely OVERPLAYED!

I agree - Dolly's version is so much better. Much more low-key and emotional.

[realisticphish]

68. great story about that song...

a friend of mine was in Rome a few years ago, and happened to turn on the tv about 1 in the morning. apparently, a lot of stations there switch over to porn that late, and this one featured a women...enjoying herself to that song. i started out hating that song, but i have to admit, that makes it a LOT funnier

:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat

[Art_from_Ark]

95. I also hated that song with a passion

Absolutely detested it. Made me want to hurl every time I heard it. Almost lost a good radio because of that song

But Toby Keith has now taken the cake for Worst Song Ever

[oxymoron]

4. Wayne Newton

"Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast"

[CanuckAmok]

6. Glen Frey - "The Heat is On". What heat? Turn it off, already!

Yeesh, talk about nonsense.

I swear, there were some songs written specifically because the writers knew they'd be licensed to be re-worded and used to sell shitty cars, and that's one of them.

[UdoKier]

22. Very annoying and overplayed indeed.

Songs like that, as well as the aforementioned "Danger Zone", as well as the pop-culture imagery they are associated with never fail to remind me of how out of touch I am with mainstream American tastes.

[jakefrep]

61. I used to like that song...

...until some area high school used it as their basketball team theme song, and the fans made the local radio station play it at least once per hour during the state playoffs.

[CanuckAmok]

7. Oh, and ANYTHING by the Beach Boys.

Yeah, yeah...I know..."Musical Genius", and so forth. Whatever. Meh. Double meh.

Hey, Emperor, your new suit is ready.

[jpgray]

11. Blasphemy!

:D

In all seriousness, like Dylan or the Beatles, I think whoever says "I hate the Beach Boys" just hasn't been exposed to a song they'd like yet. All the critical focus is on the early hits and the Today!-Pet Sounds era, so a lot of people miss out on some of their best tunes.

[elperromagico]

15. For (I think) the third time tonight, I find myself agreeing with you.

I think a little "Sail On Sailor" is in order. ;)

[fudge stripe cookays]

36. Ha! That was the one I was going to mention...

that got me liking the Beach Boys. My brother had it on an 8 track when I was little.

[CanuckAmok]

16. No, I've tried.

It's dreck. All of it.

I'm with James Watt on this one.

[jpgray]

20. Well, there are people I respect who have the same opinion

But I still think they're nuts (and I of course try to convert them at every opportunity). Some Beach Boys songs to me are just perfect pop craftsmanship. I'm with Bob Dylan and George Martin on this one.

[elperromagico]

23. And Leonard Bernstein. And Stevie Wonder. And Eric Clapton.

And Tom Petty. And Paul McCartney. And Elvis Costello.

This is what Bernstein said about "Surf's Up":

Poetic, beautiful even in its obscurity, 'Surf's Up' is one aspect of new things happening in pop music today. As such, it is a symbol of the change many of these young musicians see in our future.

[jpgray]

24. To balance that there's Jimi Hendrix

Who dismissed them using 'psychedelic barbershop' as a pejorative. :D

[elperromagico]

26. "You'll never hear surf music again." n/t

[Screaming Lord Byron]

50. The inventor of the steam engine?

:D

[JVS]

38. Amen!

[TransitJohn]

43. Cocomo

Bermuda Bahama come on pretty mama

[Screaming Lord Byron]

60. That wasn't the Beach Boys though.

[CanuckAmok]

9. Oh, and the Ghosbusters theme... that was on 24/7. Talk about payola!

ack.

[elperromagico]

12. Oh, come on! Ray Parker, Jr. is a genius!

;)



WHO YOU GONNA CALL?!? I SAID, WHO THE FUCK YOU GONNA CALL?!?

[jpgray]

13. Plus it ripped off Huey Lewis and the News

Of all the bands to rip off...

[CanuckAmok]

18. Yeah, it's like stealing a script from "Saved by the Bell"

ugh.

[JohnnyRingo]

10. "Kung Fu Fighting" since the Geico Gecco regurgitated it....

Before that..."Xanadu"

[Jim Sagle]

14. I love that song. Guilty pleasure I guess.

[alphafemale]

31. Okay...that image...spit take. Ritter 1.

There are some things you feel really BAD for laughing at.

But...wtf.

I got new wallpaper.

[Jim Sagle]

17. "Hooked on a Feeling." Ooga chugga, ooga chugga!

[Placebo]

19. "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It" by: Will Smith

need.......shooting........in........the................head............. :hurts:

[7th_Sephiroth]

21. Heeey Yaaaa

HEY YAAAAAAA!

[Chomskyite]

25. Ying Yang Twins Saltshaker

I was recently in a place where this was played at least four times an hour . . . and I could not escape.

You probably havent heard it. It was never that popular. But here are a couple lyrics:

Ooooo...Shawty crunk on the floor wide open
Skeet so much they call her billy ocean
Roll, like a 18-wheeler
That hoe fine, but this hoe a killa'
She leakin', she soakin' wet
She leakin', soakin' wet

Shake it like a salt shaker!
Shake it like a salt shaker!
Shake it like a salt shaker!
Shake it like a salt shaker!

[Must_B_Free]

27. list

The Macarena

Coco De Rasta

Come on Shake your body baby, do that Conga

Wake Me Up, Before you Go Go

Sweet Child Of Mine

[alphafemale]

28. "Don't Worry. Be Happy"

HatN it!

[Baja Margie]

30. How about...

Sugar, da, da, da, da, da, da, oh honey, honey, da, da, da, da, da, da, you are my cannndy girl, and you got me lovin' you, oh sugar, da, da, da, da, da, da, my honey, honey ........


or...

in a gadda de vida, baby, don't you know I looove you a...

boy, I hated that song.

or....

knock three times on the table if you love me, twice on the door...

or something like that.

[sampsonblk]

93. I second that

hate it!

[Warren DeMontague]

29. Boy, that's tough..

And these overlap---

There's irritating in terms of singing style, particularly that ersatz cheez whiz diva thing-- Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Celine Dion.

There's irritating in terms of utter crap that, for some reason, stupid people seem to love; particularly when it is a rip-off of something that was, actually, good. I'll never forgive Vanilla Ice (who doesn't suck any less just because 10 years later he took time off from his burger king gig to announce that he knows he sucked) for what he did to Queen's "Under Pressure", for example... Made all the worse by the fact that certain (ahem) younger people LOVE that song, for god knows what reason. It's POO! PLAIN AND SIMPLE! Listen to the queen song or don't listen to anything.

There's songs that are irritating in terms of intellectual content, or lack thereof: Think, "Yummy, Yummy Yummy, I've got love in my tummy"

There's songs that are irritating because the message they contain is so hateful or onerous or negative or all of the above. Misogynist hip-hop, homophobic speed metal, that kind of crap.

There's songs that are irritating because they come from teenagers or twentysomething poseurs with "attitude" who think they're too cool for their own good. A certain whiny style of corporate pseudo wannabe punk that was popular a couple years ago is a prime example. I could name a few bands, but, why bother.

Last, but certainly not least, there are songs that are irritating because of their asinine political content. You know, the songs by the people that Laura Ingraham would never dream of saying "shut up and sing" to. For some reason a line about "We'll stick a boot in yer ass" springs, immediately, to mind.

Bottom line is, there's a helluva lot more crappy music than there is genuinely good music, if you ask me. I think there are a few rare characteristics that make an artist have longevity and his or her catalog remain relevant with staying power: These folks are few and far between (but I can think of at least 3, off the bat, that are on the Moveonpac tour) I would sum the traits up as follows: integrity, originality, intelligence, an ability to change and evolve and continually challenge oneself as an artist, and a willingness to listen to one's own inner voice and remain true to one's beliefs and artistic vision, as opposed to following the dollars or the whims of the public or the tides of changing fashion.

Very few musicians seem to do that, but the ones that do stand out all the more.

[Baja Margie]

32. Wow,

that about sums it up. But I still have a soft spot in my heart for the Beach Boys, when I was twelve years old and dreaming of boys and days on the beach and good waves. I think surf music is getting a bad rap here,and never forget the king of the surf guitar, Dick Dale and the Deltones, man they blew us all away. Rock on.

[Warren DeMontague]

33. I didn't say anything about the Beach Boys, personally.

I can get burned out on em, but I certainly think they've got their place. One of my favorite bands in the world has been displaying very beach-boys influenced tendencies, of late.

And "pet sounds" is psychedelic, bottom line.

[andino]

34. Barbie Girl - Aqua

Nuf Said!!!

[Ruffhowse]

35. "Hey Mickey" by Toni Basil-once it's in your head, it's there forever.

[fudge stripe cookays]

37. There are so many....

but one I REALLY hate is that Crystal Waters' song about the homeless woman.

A freaking DANCE song about someone being homeless! How bleeping SHALLOW is that?

And that chorus!!!! AGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! (rips out eyes)

"da da DA da da DEE, da da DA da da DUH"

[JVS]

39. "She drives me crazy" by the Fine Young Cannibals

[LuCifer]

40. the entire Celine Dion catalogue!!!

Sure fire way to tell if one of her songs is being played? Every dog within a 4 mile radius is howling.

[terrya]

41. No message.

[lastknowngood]

42. achy breaky heart pure pain

n/t

[timtom]

44. Neil Diamond

Anything by him.

("Songs she sang me, joy she brang me")

[Martin Eden]

46. Lovin', Touchin' Squeezin' by Journey

I like "classic" rock, but for some reason I could never stomach Journey, and the absolute most annoying song of theirs is the one that ends

na na na na na na
na na na na na
na na na na na
na na na na na na

[Liberal Veteran]

47. "I've Never Been to Me" by Charlene (?)

God, what a hideously bad and annoyingly awful song.

[bobthedrummer]

48. "We Built This City (on rock and roll)" by Jefferson Starship

:+ :puke: :silly: :puke:

[gollygee]

65. ITA ! I HATE this song!

[buycitgo]

49. snoop dogg

ANYthing having to do with that waste of DNA

I loathe him even more than members of the junta

seriously

[Cheswick2.0]

51. we had joy we had fun we had seasons in the sun..........

or possibly

Billy don't be a hero, don't be a fool with you life.
Billy don't be a hero, come back and make my your wife..

Ugh

[CBHagman]

54. Thanks for dragging me kicking and screaming back into the '70s.

Terry Jacks -- :puke:

True story: My very first job was in an amusement park, and I worked at the theater where the concerts took place. Guess who appeared there? Right -- Bo Donaldson and Heywoods. :puke:

As for most annoying song currently, it's any of the sampling songs on at the Giant (What is that piece of crap which incorporates the opening of "Jack and Diane"?) and anything people play on their car stereos at a volume that reaches the whole neighborhood.

[MrScorpio]

53. "I'm proud to be an American" - Lee Greenwood

Usually the house is chock full of republicans when this is played

[Mad_Dem_X]

56. First time I heard that...

I thought, "Republican propaganda!" After 9/11, you couldn't get away from it, and I felt kinda bad not liking it. Now I loathe it.

[MrScorpio]

57. The good ole boys in the Air Force loves that song

I hate it when it's played at official functions.

Then, I can't avoid the shit

[flamingyouth]

58. Rock Me Amadeus

:crazy:

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

70. I like that song.

[DemWitch]

59. that Lion sleeps tonight song...

ARRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

My ears, my ears...

Or "Who let the dogs out" woof, woof woof, woof

Maybe it's just something about animal songs?

[skygazer]

62. Hey Jude

La la la la la la la, la la la la, hey Jude!

La la la la la la la, la la la la, hey Jude!

[Chomskyite]

82. You evidently havent heard it enough times

n/t

[skygazer]

63. Darn double post

Sorry about that. This thread is causing me severe flashbacks!

[Bluebear]

64. "Pass the Dutchie on the left hand side"

Slowly I turned.....

[aQuArius]

66. "Don't Worry, Be Happy"

Booby McFerrin makes me want to :puke: with that song!!!

[Lefty48197]

67. Saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaturday in the park

that song really makes me want to barf.

[IconoclastIlene]

69. Safety Dance

Men without hats!!!

[LiveWire]

71. Oh I know you arent dogging on the Men Without Hats!

WE CAN DANCE IF WE WANT TO!
WE CAN LEAVE YOUR FRIENDS BEHIND!

[Mz Pip]

72. Mac Arthur Park

All that sweet green icing flowing down made me want to :puke: everytime I heard it.

MzPip
:dem:

[PittPoliSci]

75. I think I always choose this one.

But some of the stuff I've been hearing on the radio recently rivals it.

MacArthur's Park...is melting in the dark...

BLEEEEEEEEECH!!

[AwakeAtLast]

73. Walkin' On Sunshine

Seriously wanted to shoot myself in the head every time I heard that one.

[LiberalManiacfromOC]

74. psh, "my milkshake brings all the boys to the yard"

I'm sorry but that song is SO annoying

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

78. Why was that song even popular?

I just don't get it.

[LiberalManiacfromOC]

81. I have no idea

It just pissed me off :shrug:

[RetroLounge]

77. 70's Dreck: Precious and Few by Climax

AAAAAAAAAAahhhhhhhhhhrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggggggg

:puke:

RL

[Art_from_Ark]

96. They were always playing that song in my junior high lunchroom

No wonder I always felt like :puke: after lunch!

[MissAnnThrope]

79. Songs Not Mentioned Yet

I know people are going to tell me I'm wrong, but I think "Freebird" is one of the most overplayed songs of all time. I couldn't even stand it when it was new.

Others that always got on my nerves:

Feelings

Traces by Classic IV

Anything by Madonna.

[LDS Jock]

80. Macarena

and that stupid dance too.

[The Great Escape]

83. Electric Slide...

the song and the dance

[UdoKier]

85. I love Electric Slide!

G'night!

[The Great Escape]

87. OK...Here's Just For You....

It's Electric!

-You can't see it (It's electric)

You gotta feel it (It's electric)

Ooh, it's shakin' (It's electric)

(Jiggle-a-mesa-cara

She's a pumpin' like a matic

She's a movin' like electric

She sure got the boogie)

-You gotta know it (It's electric-Boogie, woogie, woogie!)

Now you can't hold it (It's electric-Boogie, woogie, woogie!)

But you know it's there, yeah here there everywhere

-I've got to move, I'm on a party ride

I've got to groove, groove, groove

And from this music I just can't hide

-Are you comin' with me?

Come let me take you on a party ride

And I'll teach you, teach you, teach you

I'll teach you the electric slide

-Some say it's mystic (It's electric-Boogie, woogie, woogie!)

You can't resist it (It's electric-Boogie, woogie, woogie!)

You can't do without it (It's electric-Boogie, woogie, woogie!)

Jiggle-a-mesa-cara

She's a pumpin' like a matic

She's movin' like electric

She sure got the boogie

-Don't wanna lose it (It's electric-Boogie, woogie, woogie!)

But you can't choose it (It's electric-Boogie, woogie, woogie!)

But you know it's there, yeah here there everywhere

(Horn Instrumental)

-I've got to move

Come let me take you on a party ride

And I'll teach you, teach you, teach you

I'll teach you the electric slide

(Horn Instrumental)

-Some say it's mystic (It's electric-Boogie, woogie, woogie!)

You can't resist it (It's electric-Boogie, woogie, woogie!)

You can't do without it (It's electric-Boogie, woogie, woogie!)

Jiggle-a-mesa-cara

She's pumpin' like a matic

She's movin' like electric

She sure got the boogie

-Don't wanna lose it (It's electric-Boogie, woogie, woogie!)

But you can't choose it (It's electric-Boogie, woogie, woogie!)

But you know it's there, yeah here there everywhere

[KeepItReal]

91. That song is a PARTY STARTER!!

How can you not love that??

[enigmatic]

84. "I've Never Been To Me"- Charlene...

and it's not even close..

[politicat]

86. Honestly? Anything on my mother's play list....

She's got a tin ear. (Where I got perfect pitch from is anyone's guess.) She likes new country. Has a serious thing for most of it -- we've got an agreement that Dixie Chicks are okay given I get to pick the album.

Other than that....

#1 may be boot scooting bullshit followed by that achey breaking-shit song.

Pcat (who wonders why the fuck people are surprised that she turned out goth (now outgrown), educated and metropolitan when they see the foundations.....)

[Cybergata]

88. Yummie, Yummie, I got love in my tummy

and I don't know who sang this horrid song! :hippie:

[The Great Escape]

89. The Ohio Express.....

the kings of bubble gum pop rock.

[The Blue Knight]

90. WHO LET THE DOGS OUT?

May that song and the Baja men burn in hell.

[UdoKier]

92. There's something vulgar ans suggestive about it too.

nt

[LSdemocrat]

94. "Who will sa eee ave your soul?" by Jewel

[ariesgem]

97. Super Freak

I loved Rick James (RIP) but THAT SONG was played to death. He had a string of hits in the late 70's and early 80's but when he died, all the lazy media whores said about him was he was known for the hit "Super Freak". YUCK!!! My favorite song was Mary Jane.