I can state from personal experience that about 8 or 10 repeats of Kung Fu Fighting by Carl Douglas will really do the trick.
Neanderthal Man by Hotlegs far and away the leader of this pack for me
followed by
Crimson And Clover by Tommy James & the Shondells
and
Green Tambourine by The Lemon Pipers
Honorable mentions for the 1910 FruitGum Company among others.
And yes ------- I do know a diner with those and more still in the machine. Where the owner finds usable copies on 45s I’ll never know or ask.
MacArthur Park Richard Harris
YOU will be left out in the rain!What, no hate here for Cattle Call ?
There was (and for all I know, still is) a large bar / pizza joint in Berkeley, ½ block from campus, where somebody (or somebodies) played this nearly incessantly. Made me want to order my pizzas to go.
I expected to see Tiny Tim and Tiptoe through the tulips.
Damn! I was in a bar tonight. They had a jukebox thing that connected to the internet! (Total fucking hole in the wall, too)
But no Arbouretum*. Had to play Foo Fighters and Drive-By Truckers.
*Was gonna play Sister Ray. Fifty-one minutes of pure crunky joy!
I know YMMV but I don’t think it’s that bad a song. Granted, I might think differently after being forced to listen to it hour after hour.
Also, since it was the video that was being played, I’m guessing the inconsiderate student wasn’t so much into continuously listening to Lisa Stansfied as continuously looking atLisa Stansfield.
I would think “Snoopy vs. the Red Baron” might do the trick too.
“American Pie”
No mention of “Cover of the Rolling Stone” by Dr Hook?
“Breakout” by Swing Out Sister.
One that would annoy me had it been played over and over: I’ll Be There For You by The Rembrandts (Friends title track; awful song, worse show, at least IMO)
I’m surprised nobody has said what I thought would be an obvious choice. Because The Doors’ Greatest Hits is on lots of jukeboxes I see, “The End” seems like a no-brainer. Just playing it 6 times will consume over an hour, and it’s got enough spoken word, Oedipal screams and meandering organ that you can’t just go with the flow the way you might with most other songs.
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Late 70s, I wasn’t 21 yet, but I was in a bar and in a foul mood (don’t remember why). I put all my change into the jukebox and punched in Bellbottom Blues repeatedly. The bartender eventually came over to fix things, and I objected, trying to pick a fight. He gave me two dollars and apologized. I’d love to know what I was so grumpy about.
Lately, anytime I’m at YellowBridge Brewing (a local brewpub) I play Sweet Caroline and everyone joins in.
I mean, I like that song, but five times would be too much.
A friend and I back in college discovered a jukebox with Sisters of Mercy - Floodland on it. We got through 4 plays of “This Corrosion” (at 11:00 minutes each) before getting yelled at by the bartender.
You’re a better man than I.
Once is about 10x the amount of that I need. Which is why it makes a good prank, not good entertainment. Pranks should be whimsical, not mean. Christmas songs not in Dec is whimsical.