# Most embarrassing songs on your iPod? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 8, 2008, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-embarrassing-songs-on-your-ipod/462575 "2008-09-08T05:14:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Goblin\_Queen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Goblin\_Queen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Goblin_Queen)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-embarrassing-songs-on-your-ipod/462575/41 "2008-09-09T03:11:57Z")
Okay, so I have “Toxic” and “Crazy” on my mp3 player, but I’m not embarrassed about those. I am embarrassed to have “The Macarena”, “Major Tom” by Peter Schilling, “Low” by Flo Rida, and both versions of “Numa Numa” on my computer… …but the only thing that makes me feel silly on my mp3 player is the song “Gay Boyfriend” by the Hazards. Well, that and “Girlfriend” by Aviril Lavinge. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-embarrassing-songs-on-your-ipod/462575/42 "2008-09-09T03:51:25Z")
I have several Britney Spears songs, including “Toxic,” and a couple T.A.T.U. songs too. Actually, I have a genre called Lame Pop that includes those, songs by Nine Days, The Backstreet Boys, Savage Garden, Blessid Union of Souls, Semisonic and Five For Fighting. Plus single tracks by Hillary Duff, Evan and Jaron, and Eagle Eye Cherry. I make up for that two hour chunk of my MP3 collection with the other 340 hours 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-embarrassing-songs-on-your-ipod/462575/43 "2008-09-09T04:07:17Z")
I am about to leap into the lead here: _The Spaniard Who Blighted My Life_ by Bing Crosby ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-embarrassing-songs-on-your-ipod/462575/44 "2008-09-09T04:25:34Z")
> [@Antinor01](#): > > I have several songs by T.A.T.U. on mine. Yes, the fake lesbian russian girl duo. I would probably never let anyone see that they are there. > > The embarrassing part is that I actually enjoy them. My piano teacher and vocal coach would both slap me upside the head for that. Me, too. I have a good handful of them. Maybe we can start a support group? The worst? Hmm. Well, it’s tough to embarrass me, I like a wide enough range that even some of the songs that pop on that make friends give me the old :dubious: look, I simply smile at them and ask if they’d prefer something else. I love punk (the Clash, NOFX), gay disco (PSB, Scissor Sisters), disco (Gloria Gaynor, Yvonne Elliman), anyone from the Minty Fresh label (Komeda, Doktor Kosmos, the Prototypes), industrial (NIN, KMFDM), funk (Earth, Wind and Fire)classic pop, current pop/R&B/some rap/etc (I love that Estelle song with Kanye, and I actually like and laugh my ass off at Black Eyed Peas), Britpop (Blur, Sleeper, Pulp), some 80s stuff (I heart Der Kommisar by After the Fire, the Smiths/Morrissey), J-Pop (hee), many foreign bands (Belle and Sebastian, Air, too damn many to name here)… so it’s tough to pick. But the tunes I will turn red if someone catches me listening to? Asereje - Las Ketchup New Age Girl - Deadeye Dick Annie, I’m Not Your Daddy - Kid Creole ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-embarrassing-songs-on-your-ipod/462575/45 "2008-09-09T12:03:38Z")
> [@TNWPsycho](#): > > My ipod is filled with metal, black metal, nu metal, heavy rock. > > However i have a couple **Elton John and Simon and Garfunkle songs**. 😕 Elton John is one of the most talented and accomplished artists of our time. Simon and Garfunkle are vastly underrated (particularly Simon) and many of their songs are on the soundtrack of my life. I don’t think there’s any reason to think of their music as embarrassing. But if you mean you’re a hard rock guy and you enjoy an easy listening song now and again, well, that just makes you well rounded. ---
**Author:** ![chocolatefrog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/41988e/32.png) [@chocolatefrog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chocolatefrog)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-embarrassing-songs-on-your-ipod/462575/46 "2008-09-09T13:37:12Z")
I have Miley Cyrus’ “See You Again” :o. And a Savage Garden song (“Break Me Shake Me”) as well as some awful J-pop. I’m pretty prone to earworms and they won’t go away unless I give in and listen to the whole song. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-embarrassing-songs-on-your-ipod/462575/47 "2008-09-09T14:39:59Z")
Sexbomb by Tom Jones. ---
**Author:** ![YoudNeverGuess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a587f6/32.png) [@YoudNeverGuess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YoudNeverGuess)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-embarrassing-songs-on-your-ipod/462575/48 "2008-09-09T14:52:04Z")
Far too many to mention but here are a few ‘gems’ of embarrassments: Crazy - Britney Spears An entire album called ‘Invincible’ by a, now disappeared, boyband called Five given to me as a present Cowboys und Indianer - a TERRIBLE German pop song got for novelty reasons and aprés ski nostalgia Nothing’s gonna stop us now - Starship Mr Vain - also got for novelty reasons/ sheer perversion of taste Who do you think you are - Spice Girls No matter what - Boyzone - it was part of a compilation album that had loads of GOOD stuff on it and two major turkeys like this and the next one Love is all around - Wet, wet, wet - remember? From the film Four weddings and a funeral ⭕o:o:o Disclaimer: but i have loads of cools stuff too - jazz greats, loads of heavy duty serious classical music, avant garde music, classics of rock and pop like Kate Bush, Kraftwerk, Radiohead, Pink Floyd just to mention a few 😉 ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-embarrassing-songs-on-your-ipod/462575/49 "2008-09-09T15:18:59Z")
> [@Small\_Hen](#): > > We should meet. 🙂 I can’t wait for his album. squeee ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-embarrassing-songs-on-your-ipod/462575/50 "2008-09-09T15:30:34Z")
I’ve got lots of PDQ Bach. Lots and lots of it. That I will set up in playlists to go through several shows worth at once. I’ve also got Clint Black’s Greatest Hits and Billy Joel’s Greatest Hits. And am a bit embarrassed to admit enjoying many of the songs from both those albums. I’m not embarassed by the J-pop, though. That’s just fun. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-embarrassing-songs-on-your-ipod/462575/51 "2008-09-09T15:47:13Z")
When ever the list of the 100 worst songs ever made is published my first thought is, gee someone stole all my mix tapes, in the days before the I-pod. Now I say somebody has accessed my playlists. I have you all beat. Sunshine Day-BradyBunch Kids ABBA Lost in Love-Air Supply How Deep is your Love-Bee Gees Horse with no Name-America Safety Dance In a Big Country-Big Country Sweet Pea-Tommy Roe Year of the Cat-AL Stewart Somewhere in the Night-Barry Manilow Took the Last Train-Bread Woman in Love-Barbara Streisand Lady in Red-Chris de Burgh Foolish Beat-Debby Gibson Reminiscing-Little River Band Lucky Stars-Red Sauce Undercover Angle-Alan O’Day And that is just the beginning! ---
**Author:** ![SweetLime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@SweetLime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SweetLime)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-embarrassing-songs-on-your-ipod/462575/52 "2008-09-09T16:03:53Z")
Stars are Blind by none other than… Paris Hilton And then worse part is that my boyfriend put that on there. I’ve got ABBA on there too, but I think that one’s the worst. ---
**Author:** ![YoudNeverGuess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a587f6/32.png) [@YoudNeverGuess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YoudNeverGuess)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-embarrassing-songs-on-your-ipod/462575/53 "2008-09-09T16:16:59Z")
> [@OtakuLoki](#): > > I’ve got lots of PDQ Bach. Lots and lots of it. That I will set up in playlists to go through several shows worth at once. 😃 What’s embarrassing about that. PDQ Bach rules. ---
**Author:** ![Arglefraster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3bc359/32.png) [@Arglefraster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arglefraster)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-embarrassing-songs-on-your-ipod/462575/54 "2008-09-09T18:14:38Z")
I have some very nerdy music on my Muvo. Like the Picard song (Captain Jean-Luc Picard quotes set to techno music), System of a Down’s rendition of the theme from Legend of Zelda, Still Alive from the Portal video game, and The Device Has Been Modified (GLADOS quotes form Portal set to techno music). Also lots of They Might be Giants. Probably the most embarrasing song on there, though, is Total Eclipse of the Heart. :o ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-embarrassing-songs-on-your-ipod/462575/55 "2008-09-09T18:16:32Z")
_Everything_ on my 'Pod would embarrass most of you. Though probably not as much as [Doodoocaca](http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/audio/doodoocaca) embarrasses me. ---
**Author:** ![CircleofWillis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/54ee81/32.png) [@CircleofWillis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CircleofWillis)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-embarrassing-songs-on-your-ipod/462575/56 "2008-09-09T18:24:25Z")
Being that I recently loaned my mp3 player to my 12 year old daughter, pretty much everything she put on there… from the Jonas Brothers to the Naked Brothers Band to the soundtrack from A Goofy Movie… ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-embarrassing-songs-on-your-ipod/462575/57 "2008-09-09T18:42:21Z")
> [@Icerigger](#): > > ABBA Check oput who was performing in [St Martin this past January!](http://s153.photobucket.com/albums/s218/vetbridge/?action=view¤t=ABBA.jpg)😉 ---
**Author:** ![Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-embarrassing-songs-on-your-ipod/462575/58 "2008-09-09T19:03:16Z")
Technically not on my iPod anymore, since it got demolished in a car crash (somehow fell out of my backpack at the scene, got driven over several times by emergency workers, then someone put it back in my car - you could see two separate tire tracks on the case). But they are on my iTunes: Naked Brothers Band Hannah Montana High School Musical 1 & 2 Disney Princess songs (CircleofWillis, we should start a club.) Most embarrassing music of **mine**? Probably “I’m the Man” by Anthrax (horrible, awful proto-metal/rap, to the tune of “Hava Nagila”). It was very late, I was tired, and feeling overly nostalgic, so I bought it on Amazon’s MP3 service. Worst $0.99 I ever spent. ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-embarrassing-songs-on-your-ipod/462575/59 "2008-09-09T22:25:46Z")
“Convoy” by CW McCall it’s cute. ---
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-embarrassing-songs-on-your-ipod/462575/60 "2008-09-10T00:15:55Z")
> [@kittenblue](#): > > “Boogie Wonderland” from that penguin movie, **Happy Feet** Please tell me you misspelled **Saturday Night Fever** before I feel really old… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-embarrassing-songs-on-your-ipod/462575.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-embarrassing-songs-on-your-ipod/462575.md?page=4)