# Anyone else getting sick to death of Rihanna? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 29, 2011, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-sick-to-death-of-rihanna/598030 "2011-09-29T16:41:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-sick-to-death-of-rihanna/598030/21 "2011-09-29T21:13:30Z")
I thankfully am able to avoid Rihanna mostly, but I am one of the few people I know who will admit to liking that Umbrella song. There was a dancehall mix of that song that I had on repeat for a good while. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-sick-to-death-of-rihanna/598030/22 "2011-09-29T21:33:45Z")
Don’t listen to mainstream music. With all the channels we now have to access music and opinions about music, there is absolutely no reason to be listening to the generic tripe that makes up “Top 40”. Seriously, you’re listening to the aural equivalent of carpet bombing, and complaining about over-saturation? What I can’t understand is with all the easy access to different genres and performers, the trend is towards more generic music. What’s up with that? Is it the paradox of choice? All these choices are too confusing, so instead I want everything I listen to to sound exactly the same, and be exactly what everyone else I know is listening to. I don’t get that at all. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-sick-to-death-of-rihanna/598030/23 "2011-09-29T21:39:09Z")
> [@Greg\_Charles](#): > > Don’t listen to mainstream music. With all the channels we now have to access music and opinions about music, there is absolutely no reason to be listening to the generic tripe that makes up “Top 40”. Seriously, you’re listening to the aural equivalent of carpet bombing, and complaining about over-saturation? > > What I can’t understand is with all the easy access to different genres and performers, the trend is towards more generic music. What’s up with that? Is it the paradox of choice? All these choices are too confusing, so instead I want everything I listen to to sound exactly the same, and be exactly what everyone else I know is listening to. I don’t get that at all. In other words, get off my lawn? No seriously, I think plenty of kids listen to lots of varied music, but often they’ll use things like youtube to discover that music, which doesn’t register on any chart. Looking at the US Billboard Top 40 there is plenty of variety even if it’s mainly stuff that isn’t your cup of tea. ---
**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-sick-to-death-of-rihanna/598030/24 "2011-09-30T02:32:11Z")
Saturated by Rihanna? Clearly what you need is an umbrella (rella rella). ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-sick-to-death-of-rihanna/598030/25 "2011-09-30T02:54:38Z")
I don’t listen to that genre of music so I’ll comment on her appearance. I thought she was crazy hot when she had short hair, as on her first \*Shy Ronnie \*SNL appearance. That long neon red mess is horrible though. And she is rapidly approaching tattoo victim status. I thought the stars behind her ear and down her neck was great but she didn’t know when to quit. Unless the ink on her arms and hand is fake. In that case, disregard. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-sick-to-death-of-rihanna/598030/26 "2011-09-30T03:29:48Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > Is she the one prancing around topless filming a video in a field in Ireland, and the farmer got off his tractor to yell at her, LOL? See, I’m thinking that you have a naked Rihanna dancing in your field and you’re getting pissed? I’m getting out the camera. But the, I don’t listen to much radio (I have an iPod and can listen to whatever I want), so I avoid most overexposure. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-sick-to-death-of-rihanna/598030/27 "2011-09-30T04:01:41Z")
I think I’ve heard of her. If I knew who she was, I’d probably be sick to death of her. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-sick-to-death-of-rihanna/598030/28 "2011-09-30T08:33:54Z")
I was saturated with her by the second time I heard her say “umber-ella”… ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-sick-to-death-of-rihanna/598030/29 "2011-09-30T12:51:48Z")
I’m curious where you guys seem to hear so much music that you don’t like. I know I’ve been a homebody for the past three years, but I don’t remember often hearing songs of any particular artist, unless they were just really old and got in commercial jingles or something. Then again, I was never really a partier or clubber. ---
**Author:** ![Terraplane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Terraplane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terraplane)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-sick-to-death-of-rihanna/598030/30 "2011-09-30T13:32:19Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I’m curious where you guys seem to hear so much music that you don’t like. I know I’ve been a homebody for the past three years, but I don’t remember often hearing songs of any particular artist, unless they were just really old and got in commercial jingles or something. > > Then again, I was never really a partier or clubber. [Radio](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_broadcasting). Newfangled contraption, grabs invisible energy waves right outta the air and converts them to audio. They’re even puttin’ em in cars these days! ---
**Author:** ![Brandus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Brandus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brandus)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-sick-to-death-of-rihanna/598030/31 "2011-09-30T13:33:46Z")
She has one of the worst voices in pop today. A vocal range from A to B. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-sick-to-death-of-rihanna/598030/32 "2011-09-30T13:48:25Z")
> [@Terraplane](#): > > [Radio](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_broadcasting). Newfangled contraption, grabs invisible energy waves right outta the air and converts them to audio. They’re even puttin’ em in cars these days! Switch to amplitude modulated news programs. Your sanity will thank you. ---
**Author:** ![nate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nate/32/13085_2.png) [@nate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nate)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-sick-to-death-of-rihanna/598030/33 "2011-09-30T14:28:44Z")
> [@Greg\_Charles](#): > > Don’t listen to mainstream music. With all the channels we now have to access music and opinions about music, there is absolutely no reason to be listening to the generic tripe that makes up “Top 40”. Seriously, you’re listening to the aural equivalent of carpet bombing, and complaining about over-saturation? > > What I can’t understand is with all the easy access to different genres and performers, the trend is towards more generic music. What’s up with that? Is it the paradox of choice? All these choices are too confusing, so instead I want everything I listen to to sound exactly the same, and be exactly what everyone else I know is listening to. I don’t get that at all. I tend to think that people don’t necessarily enjoy choosing music, they like it fed to them. I, like a lot of people, have a huge music collection but sometimes I just want to hear something new/novel and I don’t feel like searching for it. Top 40 radio is the path of least resistance for this and most of the songs, musically and creatively, aren’t bad. They are made for people who don’t like music, easy to digest and easy to get stuck in your head. They are simple and catchy, on purpose, engineered for mass acceptance. ---
**Author:** ![MegaBee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@MegaBee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MegaBee)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-sick-to-death-of-rihanna/598030/34 "2011-09-30T16:26:08Z")
She’s smokin’ hot and makes catchy music that’s fun to dance to. She can stay. ---
**Author:** ![Terraplane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Terraplane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terraplane)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-sick-to-death-of-rihanna/598030/35 "2011-10-01T16:47:58Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Switch to amplitude modulated news programs. Your sanity will thank you. Most of the AM around here is Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and the like. They do my sanity no favors. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-sick-to-death-of-rihanna/598030.md?page=1)