# Moratoriums needed in music **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 2, 2004, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moratoriums-needed-in-music/272602 "2004-11-02T20:21:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![todd33rpm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@todd33rpm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/todd33rpm)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moratoriums-needed-in-music/272602/81 "2004-11-08T11:21:06Z")
The “never needing to hear a song ever again” syndrome is true in almost every radio format…for oldies locally, it was “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” for the longest time. For adult contemporary it’s “Don’t You Forget About Me.” Trust me, I gotta LONG list of songs burned permanently into my head that I’ll never need to hear again. My pet peeve is the one-beat-later echo on a vocal, probably initially made popular by Pink Floyd in “Comfortably Numb.” It seems like everybody has to use it at least once, even the Foo Fighters (“Learn To Fly”). That gimmick played itself out a long time ago for me. And count me in as another someone who hates digital pitch correction. It makes it sound like every vocalist sings through his/her nose. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moratoriums-needed-in-music/272602/82 "2004-11-08T11:42:48Z")
Unless you are, in fact, Chuck Berry, performance of “Johnny B. Goode” is strictly forbidden. Fines will be doubled if it is played as an encore. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moratoriums-needed-in-music/272602/83 "2004-11-08T19:43:11Z")
> [@DoctorJ](#): > > Unless you are, in fact, Chuck Berry, performance of “Johnny B. Goode” is strictly forbidden. > > Fines will be doubled if it is played as an encore. Preach it, brother! ---
**Author:** ![hybrid\_dogfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a587f6/32.png) [@hybrid\_dogfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hybrid_dogfish)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moratoriums-needed-in-music/272602/84 "2004-11-08T20:27:11Z")
Mobile phone ringtones are irritating, especially when it is not actually being made by a mobile phone, but instead forms part of a track playing on the radio, DO NOT INCLUDE THEM IN YOUR SONGS! The same goes for police/fire/ambulance sirens, they don’t add anything except to have me frantically check my mirrors for blue lights when I hear the sound of them. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moratoriums-needed-in-music/272602/85 "2004-11-08T20:59:51Z")
No glam or hair metal metal should ever be allowed to do a love ballad. Your voices are for screaming at fast tempos, not for emoting sap in slow time. By the same token, backing the love ballad up with an orchestra doesn’t make it any better. You can’t polish a turd. If somebody wrote your drum track on a computer, it’s not rock. If you sang your tracks over the telephone and somebody recorded it and dubbed it on a studio track, it’s not music. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moratoriums-needed-in-music/272602/86 "2004-11-08T21:01:08Z")
> [@Knowed Out](#): > > If you sang your tracks over the telephone and somebody recorded it and dubbed it on a studio track, it’s not music. Why? ---
**Author:** ![PaulFitzroy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2acd7d/32.png) [@PaulFitzroy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulFitzroy)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moratoriums-needed-in-music/272602/87 "2004-11-08T21:27:32Z")
I’m surprised nobody has mentioned references to “shaking it.” I’m sick of hearing “shake it” or some variation thereof in songs. ---
**Author:** ![PookahMacPhellimey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pookahmacphellimey/32/3175_2.png) [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2004, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moratoriums-needed-in-music/272602/88 "2004-11-09T14:04:47Z")
A bit late, but can we also ban songs about “you”? Especially if they want to put their arms around, be with or need “you”. ---
**Author:** ![Jurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2004, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moratoriums-needed-in-music/272602/89 "2004-11-09T15:11:41Z")
Oh, for heaven’s sake people: It’s spelled **Led Zeppelin**. Four E’s, two P’s, two L’s, one D, one Z. It’s the name of an airship, too, so you can Google it and get the right spelling, or maybe look on the album covers. If you can’t spell it, just call them “Zep”. Do not rely on your pirated MP3s to have the band name spelled right. Speaking of which, it’s **The Grateful Dead** , as in “when you spell it **Greatful** it **grates** on my nerves.” And they did not sing or play “Stuck in the Middle With You.” Oh, and while I’m being a total asshole, a quick memo to Avril Lavigne: it’s pronounced **DAY-vid BOH-wee**. ---
**Author:** ![Jurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2004, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moratoriums-needed-in-music/272602/90 "2004-11-09T15:14:12Z")
> [@hybrid\_dogfish](#): > > The same goes for police/fire/ambulance sirens, they don’t add anything except to have me frantically check my mirrors for blue lights when I hear the sound of them. Can we expand this to include car horns? I’ve only heard the Rolling Stones’ _Country Honk_ once or twice on the road, but that was enough. BEEP BEEP! ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2004, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moratoriums-needed-in-music/272602/91 "2004-11-09T15:41:10Z")
> [@Jurph](#): > > it’s pronounced **DAY-vid BOH-wee**. Except that in England they consistently pronounce it BOW-wee (as in bow-wow, or the front of a ship). Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2004, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moratoriums-needed-in-music/272602/92 "2004-11-09T21:03:35Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Why? If you have to ask, you’d never get it. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moratoriums-needed-in-music/272602/93 "2004-11-10T09:30:15Z")
> [@Knowed Out](#): > > If you have to ask, you’d never get it. Is that French for “I don’t know either?” ---
**Author:** ![Halfling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9adbd/32.png) [@Halfling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Halfling)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moratoriums-needed-in-music/272602/94 "2004-11-10T19:07:35Z")
yeah, it’s Zeppelin alright but they managed to mispell the “Led” all by themselves. (Being from the UK it should be “Lead” 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moratoriums-needed-in-music/272602/95 "2004-11-10T19:15:17Z")
The spelling was on purpose, they figured that we Merkins would mispronounce it “LEE-d Zepplin” if it was spelled correctly. ---
**Author:** ![Halfling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9adbd/32.png) [@Halfling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Halfling)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moratoriums-needed-in-music/272602/96 "2004-11-10T20:38:37Z")
> [@Cluricaun](#): > > The spelling was on purpose, they figured that we Merkins would mispronounce it “LEE-d Zepplin” if it was spelled correctly. 😉😉 ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moratoriums-needed-in-music/272602/97 "2004-11-10T23:15:59Z")
Anyone who says anything bad about U2 can bite me. Biiiite meeeee! 😛 We probably don’t need more songs containing the phrase “out in/on the streets”. I really feel like we’re done with that one. ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moratoriums-needed-in-music/272602/98 "2004-11-11T00:01:45Z")
You, mister sensitive pony-tail singer that’s standing in the pouring rain. Get the hell back inside. You are not John Cusack and you’re not impressing your lost love by getting all soggy and smelling like wet dog. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moratoriums-needed-in-music/272602/99 "2004-11-11T05:48:02Z")
> [@todd33rpm](#): > > My pet peeve is the one-beat-later echo on a vocal, probably initially made popular by Pink Floyd in “Comfortably Numb.” It seems like everybody has to use it at least once, even the Foo Fighters (“Learn To Fly”). That gimmick played itself out a long time ago for me. Also done 5 years earlier by Pink Floyd on _Us and Them_. Effective when done well and no one else has done it already. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moratoriums-needed-in-music/272602/100 "2004-11-11T17:14:54Z")
While we’re talking about U2 and counting, what the heck is the joke in counting off the tempo as “Uno, dos, tres, catorce?” U2 sounds a lot better to me after Bono learned to sing without dropping an anvil on his foot before each song. And **cbawlmer?** Go bite yourself, if you’re so tasty. I don’t need your permission to talk about Bono and “Mr. Reverb” Edge. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moratoriums-needed-in-music/272602.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moratoriums-needed-in-music/272602.md?page=6)