# Enough with the fucking "Hey, Soul Sister" goddamn fucking shit already! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 13, 2010, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-fucking-hey-soul-sister-goddamn-fucking-shit-already/556945 "2010-10-13T01:35:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-fucking-hey-soul-sister-goddamn-fucking-shit-already/556945/21 "2010-10-13T13:16:49Z")
You guys are confusing me - is this the song you’re talking about? [Hey, Soul Sister by Train.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVpv8-5XWOI) ETA: Forgot to say, I did a survey for a car commercial a little while ago, and I got to tell them repeatedly that their commercial was stupid. That was good for my soul. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-fucking-hey-soul-sister-goddamn-fucking-shit-already/556945/22 "2010-10-13T13:23:51Z")
> [@devilsknew](#): > > it was a moderately enjoyable upbeat folksy Pop song. Your opinion is wrong. It’s banal, annoying garbage. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-fucking-hey-soul-sister-goddamn-fucking-shit-already/556945/23 "2010-10-13T13:25:01Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > You guys are confusing me - is this the song you’re talking about? [Hey, Soul Sister by Train.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVpv8-5XWOI) No, I think they’re talking about Rio, by Duran Duran. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-fucking-hey-soul-sister-goddamn-fucking-shit-already/556945/24 "2010-10-13T13:26:05Z")
_Soul Sacrifice Soul Junction_ ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-fucking-hey-soul-sister-goddamn-fucking-shit-already/556945/25 "2010-10-13T13:27:05Z")
How odd to see this thread today. This song was stuck in my head when I got up this morning (and unfortunately, still is). I was trying to decide whether they came up with “soul sister” or “Mister Mister” first in that execrable lyric, and which Mister Mister song, and whether any of today’s young’uns even know what the heck that line’s referring to. I think the damn song was on Dancing With the Stars last night. ---
**Author:** ![nikonikosuru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@nikonikosuru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nikonikosuru)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-fucking-hey-soul-sister-goddamn-fucking-shit-already/556945/26 "2010-10-13T14:24:33Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > I hated _Soul Sister_ with a violent passion ever since the very first time I heard it. “My untrimmed chest?” Seriously. I always throw up in my mouth a little bit every time I hear this line. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-fucking-hey-soul-sister-goddamn-fucking-shit-already/556945/27 "2010-10-13T14:30:43Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > You forgot a certain Beatles album. Yeah. Rub Her Sole. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-fucking-hey-soul-sister-goddamn-fucking-shit-already/556945/28 "2010-10-13T14:36:28Z")
It’s in commercials?! In a way, I feel better, I thought some law had changed requiring every DJ in California to play that song at least once an hour, twice if I’m in the car. Now if we can just also get rid of that “Daisy Dukes bikinis on top” song my commute will have less button-pushing. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-fucking-hey-soul-sister-goddamn-fucking-shit-already/556945/29 "2010-10-13T14:45:44Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > This song was stuck in my head when I got up this morning (and unfortunately, still is). Posting this thread must have done something good for my karma, because I woke up this morning with the theme from _Buffy_ in my head. It’s a good day so far. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-fucking-hey-soul-sister-goddamn-fucking-shit-already/556945/30 "2010-10-13T14:45:59Z")
Song: _Novocaine for the Soul_ - The Eels Bands: Soul Asylum Soul Coughing Collective Soul ---
**Author:** ![heatmiserfl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df705f/32.png) [@heatmiserfl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heatmiserfl)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-fucking-hey-soul-sister-goddamn-fucking-shit-already/556945/31 "2010-10-13T14:49:03Z")
I’m just happy they don’t use the “Calling All Angels” song in commercials. Hate that song. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-fucking-hey-soul-sister-goddamn-fucking-shit-already/556945/32 "2010-10-13T15:47:55Z")
> [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](#): > > It’s in commercials?! In a way, I feel better, I thought some law had changed requiring every DJ in California to play that song at least once an hour, twice if I’m in the car. > Now if we can just also get rid of that “Daisy Dukes bikinis on top” song my commute will have less button-pushing. Gaaah, I loathe that song by Boobs Perry almost as much as the Hey Soul Sister, and there is NO way to avoid either. I daren’t turn on the radio in the car any more. Yes, the Soul Sister song is in at least two commercials, and ALSO in the commercial for the sure-to-flop romantic comedy they’re flogging now, (forgot the name, but it’s basically three men and a baby only starring a cute couple who inherit a little pooper). ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-fucking-hey-soul-sister-goddamn-fucking-shit-already/556945/33 "2010-10-13T15:58:56Z")
I never much cared about this song one way or the other. Now I can pinpoint the exact moment when I began to hate it. Chuck E. Cheese’s. We were at goddamn motherfucking Chuck E. Cheese’s. One of my daughter’s friends was having a birthday party. And the syphilitic animatronic Chuck E. Cheese robot bastards began playing a version of the song while the window-to-hell TV screen showed people in Chuck E. Cheese outfits pretending to do some kind of music video tortured cavorting. I threw up a little bit in my brain. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-fucking-hey-soul-sister-goddamn-fucking-shit-already/556945/34 "2010-10-13T16:04:11Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > > [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](#): > > > > Soul Man > > Soul Power (x at least 2) > > Soul to Soul > > Body and Soul > > Birdhouse in Your Soul > > Who Stole the Soul > > Soulville > > The Soul of a Man > > Soul Station > > Soultrane > > You Don’t Love Me/ Soul Serenade > > > > Jimmy Soul > > De La Soul > > Sir Joe Quarterman and Free Soul > > > > … and I’m not even trying hard. > > You forgot a certain Beatles album. So far, you guys are supporting my statement, at least as far as I am concerned. Please remember what I said originally: > [@](#): > > A rule of thumb that has served **me** well over the years. If the word 'soul" is in the title or the description, it’s probably not going to be worth listening to. This song was no exception. Not everyone has the same size thumb. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-fucking-hey-soul-sister-goddamn-fucking-shit-already/556945/35 "2010-10-13T16:09:44Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > How odd to see this thread today. This song was stuck in my head when I got up this morning (and unfortunately, still is). I was trying to decide whether they came up with “soul sister” or “Mister Mister” first in that execrable lyric, and which Mister Mister song, and whether any of today’s young’uns even know what the heck that line’s referring to. I think the damn song was on Dancing With the Stars last night. These are the same guys who rhymed president with president and beautiful with beautiful in the horrible “Meet Virginia”. IMO, the worst Train song ever. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-fucking-hey-soul-sister-goddamn-fucking-shit-already/556945/36 "2010-10-13T16:13:29Z")
Tell that to the folks who continue to use Blur’s _Song 2_ in television ads, to give them an X-TREEM! vibe. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-fucking-hey-soul-sister-goddamn-fucking-shit-already/556945/37 "2010-10-13T16:15:26Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > I like that song. So do I. Then again, I don’t watch much commercial TV, so I’ve probably been spared the inundation. > [@elmwood](#): > > Tell that to the folks who continue to use Blur’s _Song 2_ in television ads, to give them an X-TREEM! vibe. Now THAT is getting old. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-fucking-hey-soul-sister-goddamn-fucking-shit-already/556945/38 "2010-10-13T17:30:41Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > > [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > > > How odd to see this thread today. This song was stuck in my head when I got up this morning (and unfortunately, still is). I was trying to decide whether they came up with “soul sister” or “Mister Mister” first in that execrable lyric, and which Mister Mister song, and whether any of today’s young’uns even know what the heck that line’s referring to. I think the damn song was on Dancing With the Stars last night. > > These are the same guys who rhymed president with president and beautiful with beautiful in the horrible “Meet Virginia”. IMO, the worst Train song ever. “Meet Virginia” isn’t nearly as bad as “Drops of Jupiter,” which includes the worst lyric ever written: _Can you imagine no love, pride, deep fried chicken Best friend always stickin Up for you even when you know you’re wrong_ Not to mention: _She checks out Mozart while she does tae-bo_ No way “Meet Virginia” is that bad. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-fucking-hey-soul-sister-goddamn-fucking-shit-already/556945/39 "2010-10-13T18:11:21Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > Yes, the Soul Sister song is in at least two commercials, and ALSO in the commercial for the sure-to-flop romantic comedy they’re flogging now, (forgot the name, but it’s basically three men and a baby only starring a cute couple who inherit a little pooper). Maybe that’s one of the reasons that particular movie trailer annoys the piss out of me. “Oh honey, look! A movie where a guy and a girl hate each other (until they don’t), plus a baby! We simply must go see it, for the diaper jokes if nothing else!” Who _are_ these people? ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-fucking-hey-soul-sister-goddamn-fucking-shit-already/556945/40 "2010-10-13T18:43:13Z")
At least it seems like movie trailers have stopped using Smash Mouth’s _All Star_. Or as I used to call it “Some bo–” because that’s all the further it would ever get on the radio station in my car. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-fucking-hey-soul-sister-goddamn-fucking-shit-already/556945.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-fucking-hey-soul-sister-goddamn-fucking-shit-already/556945.md?page=3)