# Most annoying song you could play on an actual jukebox? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 19, 2017, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-song-you-could-play-on-an-actual-jukebox/802058 "2017-11-19T07:42:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-song-you-could-play-on-an-actual-jukebox/802058/62 "2017-11-20T16:32:24Z")
**MaxTorque** I hope never to find those on a Jukebox ever, in the meantime if you remember any more like that - keep them to yourself - its you little secret, OK? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-song-you-could-play-on-an-actual-jukebox/802058/63 "2017-11-20T16:40:39Z")
One time is (sorta) fun, but 10 plays in a row of, “The Chipmunk [Christmas] Song,” would have me reaching for pencils to jam in my ears, point first. Tis the season. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-song-you-could-play-on-an-actual-jukebox/802058/64 "2017-11-20T17:00:38Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > Back in college, a friend and I used to like to go into the campus recreation center (pool tables, ping pong, etc.) and we’d plunk some change into the jukebox and enter “Jingle Bell Rock” 5 or so times in a row and then we’d walk out. > > Since we never waited around to see the results, I can’t say for sure that it was annoying. > It’s possible the rec center regulars each time thought to themselves, “Hey, great! _THIS_ is happening again!” No. Just no. If I had been in the rec center and had known who did that, much non-hilarity would ensue. That song is an abomination. If I had a time machine, I would go back and use a shotgun on the composer, and probably his parents just to make sure. And his dog. ---
**Author:** ![PlumBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@PlumBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlumBob)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-song-you-could-play-on-an-actual-jukebox/802058/65 "2017-11-20T17:28:04Z")
Elvira, Giddy Up ahoom Papa Mau Mau. Winner winner chicken dinner. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-song-you-could-play-on-an-actual-jukebox/802058/66 "2017-11-20T17:47:12Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > No. Just no. If I had been in the rec center and had known who did that, much non-hilarity would ensue. > > That song is an abomination. If I had a time machine, I would go back and use a shotgun on the composer, and probably his parents just to make sure. And his dog. A man after my own heart. As I said up-thread. Since you bring up the dog, how about this version of [_Jingle Bells_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xam01uaj6Vg)? :evil grin: ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-song-you-could-play-on-an-actual-jukebox/802058/67 "2017-11-20T17:51:18Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > From the 70’s > Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover Paul Simon > > That’s the Way I Like It KC Sunshine Band > > Hearing them occasionally is ok. Ten times in a row? Very irritating For the second example, even once is not okay. Hearing it once is like hearing it ten times in a row, very irritating. Who knew you could have an entire song by just repeating something stupid. > [@](#): > > That’s the way, uh-huh, uh-huh > I like it, uh-huh, uh-huh > That’s the way, uh-huh, uh-huh > I like it, uh-huh, uh-huh ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-song-you-could-play-on-an-actual-jukebox/802058/68 "2017-11-20T18:24:54Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > A man after my own heart. As I said up-thread. > > Since you bring up the dog, how about this version of [_Jingle Bells_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xam01uaj6Vg)? :evil grin: [No this is the most annoying version of “Jingle Bells”.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60TP3v8xHuY) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-song-you-could-play-on-an-actual-jukebox/802058/69 "2017-11-20T18:43:54Z")
I like the cut of your jib, mister! Ouch my ears, MY EARS!! The frenetic pacing, the prominent NYC adenoidal accent, the mindlessly repetitive words. Truly EEEvil! ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-song-you-could-play-on-an-actual-jukebox/802058/70 "2017-11-20T19:17:21Z")
> [@Tom\_Terrific](#): > > I expected to see Tiny Tim and Tiptoe through the tulips. This may be the most alliterative username/message combo I’ve ever seen. Intentional? ---
**Author:** ![misling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@misling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misling)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-song-you-could-play-on-an-actual-jukebox/802058/71 "2017-11-20T21:09:36Z")
Somebody actually did this many many years ago in a pizza place I was in with my parents and siblings. (Shakey’s I think? it was too long ago). The song was “Seasons in the Sun” by Terry Jacks. Just shoot me now. ---
**Author:** ![Haunted\_Pasta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/94ad74/32.png) [@Haunted\_Pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Haunted_Pasta)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-song-you-could-play-on-an-actual-jukebox/802058/72 "2017-11-20T22:19:46Z")
My sister and brother-in-law have a favorite bar, across the street from which is a biker bar. Well, it seems there is, or more likely (due entirely to episodes like this) was, a smart-phone app that could stream all manner of songs to any jukebox with the same app installed. It could also let you see any nearby jukebox with this capability. You of course see where this is headed. While sitting in their favorite bar and programming a couple of songs they liked into its jukebox, they discovered that the biker bar across the street had an accessible jukebox as well. And thus were the bikers in that bar that night treated to the entire “Muppet Movie” soundtrack. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-song-you-could-play-on-an-actual-jukebox/802058/73 "2017-11-21T00:51:15Z")
> [@somepumpkin](#): > > [The Tokens - The Lion Sleeps Tonight](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQlByoPdG6c) Or Jethro Tull’s “Bungle in the Jungle”. That one had its major fans for a month or two. > [@Tom\_Terrific](#): > > I expected to see Tiny Tim and Tiptoe through the tulips. I don’t recall that getting juke play even back in the big Rowen&Martin/Carson Show days. > [@Colibri](#): > > I would think “Snoopy vs. the Red Baron” might do the trick too. Snoopy’s Christmas ------ of all the Snoopy/Red Baron songs that one still gets the heaviest play. Especially with the bells. Which reminds me of the Exorcist theme: although the B-side version was always IMHO the better one especially with how he announces all the instruments as they get added to the base notes. If you never heard that one do click the link - THAT I could take 5 times in a row. Just for being different. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Terrific](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tom_terrific/32/342_2.png) [@Tom\_Terrific](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Terrific)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-song-you-could-play-on-an-actual-jukebox/802058/74 "2017-11-21T00:56:47Z")
I just thought of the Singing Nuns and Dominique. Way to high pitched for my ears. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-song-you-could-play-on-an-actual-jukebox/802058/75 "2017-11-21T01:23:54Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > \ > Which reminds me of the Exorcist theme: > > although the B-side version was always IMHO the better one > > especially with how he announces all the instruments as they get added to the base notes. If you never heard that one do click the link - THAT I could take 5 times in a row. Just for being different. I’m sure you love musical info tidbits as much as I, so: There _was_ a 45 of Mike Oldfield’s “Tubular Bells (Exorcist Theme).” I had it and was insane over it. The first link is not it. They took several snippets from the entire 25 minute A-side of TB and started over for a few seconds at the end 'til the fadeout. ETA: Should have searched first, [here it is](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TuSrLPMvpk). The second link _is_ the B-side of the 45. The instrument announcing is done by Vivian Stanshall of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-song-you-could-play-on-an-actual-jukebox/802058/76 "2017-11-21T01:39:27Z")
For your consideration, I submit “They’re Coming To Take Me Away” by Napoleon XIV. It made the charts in 1966. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-song-you-could-play-on-an-actual-jukebox/802058/77 "2017-11-21T01:48:14Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > I’m sure you love musical info tidbits as much as I, so: > > There _was_ a 45 of Mike Oldfield’s “Tubular Bells (Exorcist Theme).” I had it and was insane over it. The first link is not it. They took several snippets from the entire 25 minute A-side of TB and started over for a few seconds at the end 'til the fadeout. ETA: Should have searched first, [here it is](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TuSrLPMvpk). My Google-fu and YouTube were weak tonight and I couldn’t find the A-side. I had the .45 as well - still did until a couple years back when I passed all that stuff on to the third generation behind me as they got into vinyl. The B was far and away always my favorite. ---
**Author:** ![Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Backwater_Under_Duck)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-song-you-could-play-on-an-actual-jukebox/802058/78 "2017-11-21T01:55:52Z")
> [@installLSC](#): > > [Muskrat Love. This thread is over.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjqeNoi6EmM) “My Dingaling”, Chuck Berry. ---
**Author:** ![Tempe\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tempe_jeff/32/7328_2.png) [@Tempe\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tempe_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-song-you-could-play-on-an-actual-jukebox/802058/79 "2017-11-21T02:02:50Z")
There’s a Tear in my Beer. I heard an old drunk play it repeatedly. 10+ times. He actually pulled a chair up next to the Jukebox to replay it. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-song-you-could-play-on-an-actual-jukebox/802058/80 "2017-11-21T02:51:33Z")
> [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](#): > > “My Dingaling”, Chuck Berry. That’s a very good song. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-song-you-could-play-on-an-actual-jukebox/802058/81 "2017-11-21T03:34:17Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > My Google-fu and YouTube were weak tonight and I couldn’t find the A-side. I had the .45 as well - still did until a couple years back when I passed all that stuff on to the third generation behind me as they got into vinyl. The B was far and away always my favorite. Whenever I would play that, my brother would yell out bogus instruments: “Comb-and-tissue-paper,” “Ocarina,” “Jaw Harp,” etc… The wank. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-song-you-could-play-on-an-actual-jukebox/802058.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-song-you-could-play-on-an-actual-jukebox/802058.md?page=5)