# Quit playing that fucking song now, or... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 13, 2005, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quit-playing-that-fucking-song-now-or/308131 "2005-06-13T19:31:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quit-playing-that-fucking-song-now-or/308131/21 "2005-06-14T00:58:27Z")
And I’m not saying that I love Meatloaf. It is just and example of a song that they have rotated into play. For some reason they have rotated into play “Sweet Home Alabama” and I have a really hard time picturing hip Londoners walking over some bridge on the Thames and saying ‘Turn it up’ at the appropriate moment. But I’m sorry, that song is best enjoyed when dead. It sounds like someone is torturing Enya. I’m sure that only dogs and some species of dolphin can hear all of the lyrics. Yes, if forced I would listen to Debbie Boon sing You Light up my Life rather than this ‘song’. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quit-playing-that-fucking-song-now-or/308131/22 "2005-06-14T13:02:18Z")
I tried to listen to that song via Amazon, but my computer wouldn’t let me. I swear, this thing is protecting me. The funniest part is the name of the file it refused: hurl.exe ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quit-playing-that-fucking-song-now-or/308131/23 "2005-06-14T13:04:47Z")
And by “this song” I mean Wuthering Heights. ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quit-playing-that-fucking-song-now-or/308131/24 "2005-06-14T13:55:11Z")
As if Prince Charles’ ears weren’t enough proof! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quit-playing-that-fucking-song-now-or/308131/25 "2005-06-14T13:58:07Z")
Oops. I meant to precede my comment with Zebra’s comment: “Further proof that something wrong with ears in the UK.” ::Spiff slinks away meekly.:: ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quit-playing-that-fucking-song-now-or/308131/26 "2005-06-14T14:28:34Z")
Isn’t there a big British pop song right now that samples **Axel F** and has a guy making high pitched mo-ped sounds with his mouth? I heard part of it on NPR recently. I can’t imagine something worse than that. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quit-playing-that-fucking-song-now-or/308131/27 "2005-06-14T15:13:52Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > I forbid Wuthering Heights > by Kate Bush to ever be played again on this planet. Just for you, I have put this song on repeat on my computer, and am now blasting it out to the entire neighbourhood. Suck it up, sucker! “Ohh it gets dark, it gets lonely…” ---
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quit-playing-that-fucking-song-now-or/308131/28 "2005-06-14T15:21:00Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > Isn’t there a big British pop song right now that samples **Axel F** and has a guy making high pitched mo-ped sounds with his mouth? > > I heard part of it on NPR recently. I can’t imagine something worse than that. You mean “Crazy Frog Axel F”? It’s worse than you think. It’s a _ring tone_. And it was recently the most popular song in Britain. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quit-playing-that-fucking-song-now-or/308131/29 "2005-06-14T15:34:08Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > Isn’t there a big British pop song right now that samples **Axel F** and has a guy making high pitched mo-ped sounds with his mouth? > > I heard part of it on NPR recently. I can’t imagine something worse than that. This is completely inaccurate. The high pitched noises are made by a **frog** (riding a motorbike). I blame teenagers and their mobile phone ringtone mania. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quit-playing-that-fucking-song-now-or/308131/30 "2005-06-14T15:44:57Z")
So does Kate Bush have any songs that are less like an ice-pick to the eyeball? Is this her big hit? Who the hell makes pop songs out of gothic romances. Is there a semifore version of this song? ---
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quit-playing-that-fucking-song-now-or/308131/31 "2005-06-14T16:19:07Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > So does Kate Bush have any songs that are less like an ice-pick to the eyeball? Is this her big hit? Who the hell makes pop songs out of gothic romances. Is there a semifore version of this song? Well, personally, I like Kate Bush. But she’s very much an acquired taste; really not for everyone. If I’d heard her for the first time as an adult, rather than as a high school student, I might not like her as much today. But…check out “Running Up That Hill” or “Hounds of Love”. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2005, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quit-playing-that-fucking-song-now-or/308131/32 "2005-06-14T16:43:55Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > The song sounds like… > > Remember that version of The Island of Dr. Moreau with Brando and the original, sad mini-me. Imagine that version of the good Doktor interbred Sarah Brightman with a Siamese cat that was perpetually in heat. (and if you must, that she has four asses) Now, take the ultimate Grizabella from hell and strap her to a bed of nails with her head hanging off the bed. Now place the bed on a trebuchet and launch it with great force. Just as the bed of nails reached the apex of it’s arc, it slams into a cliff face of slate. Now imagine the tortured screams of the beast as the nails slide down a mile of cliff face and you will get some idea of what this song is like. Oh, this was so wonderful! 😃 But…I love that song. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quit-playing-that-fucking-song-now-or/308131/33 "2005-06-14T16:46:51Z")
I had the same kind of disdain for Kate until I really listened to her. You can’t really get a feel for what she’s about until you give her a chance. Once you get past the odd singing style and listen to what’s going on in the music and lyrics, then you could start to appreciate her. However, there’s a reason why she completely redid the vocal on “Wuthering Heights” for her greatest hits album - on the original, she was practically screeching. In the intervening years, she learned how to sing much better, and the version on “The Whole Story” is a LOT better. Kate is definitely an acquired taste, but it’s worth the effort. I mean, no wonder David Gilmour got her a record deal when she was still quite young. He could see it. Try listening to “Babooshka” and “The Man With The Child In His Eyes” and “James And The Cold Gun” for starters, and see if you hate her any less. And there’s her later material, like “Running Up That Hill”, “Cloudbusting”, “Experiment IV” etc. By this time, she had mastered her art. Not to mention she might have been the world’s most beautiful young woman for a number of years. Watching her sing helps tremendously. ---
**Author:** ![Cynical\_Optimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Cynical\_Optimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cynical_Optimist)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quit-playing-that-fucking-song-now-or/308131/34 "2005-06-14T16:58:04Z")
Meatloaf is fun music for driving too fast & reliving your high-school years. Kate Bush is what happens when Sarah Brightman takes a hit off the helium bong. The UK has produced far too much musical genius over the decades to decry them the occasional stumble, no matter how painful. Germany, on the other hand, needs a major bitchslapping right about now. How else can you explain making [David Fucking Hasselhoff](http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2433520?htv=12) a popular musician? And whisky-tango-foxtrot is with the chanting?!? ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quit-playing-that-fucking-song-now-or/308131/35 "2005-06-14T19:25:46Z")
Okay, I came home and tried hurl.exe on my own computer. It was aptly named. My cats are giving me a horrified look, as if I shoud count myself lucky that they haven’t clawed me to death yet for playing that shrill yodeling. I apologize to yodeling for comparing it to hurl.exe (which should really be the name of that song). I have to listen to Rammstein loudly to burn the remnants of that shrieking from my brain. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quit-playing-that-fucking-song-now-or/308131/36 "2005-06-14T19:54:58Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > My cats are giving me a horrified look, as if I shoud count myself lucky that they haven’t clawed me to death yet for playing that shrill yodeling…I have to listen to Rammstein loudly to burn the remnants of that shrieking from my brain. You & the resident felines may wanna purge any unwanted Kate Bush memories with:[Rathergood’s looping video of Tanz Mit Laibach](http://www.rathergood.com/laibach/) ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quit-playing-that-fucking-song-now-or/308131/37 "2005-06-14T20:23:22Z")
Kate Bush is a goddess, Wuthering Heights is one of her best songs. Heathcliff, it’s me, I’m Cathy, I’ve come home I’m so cold, let me in in-a-your-window Heathcliff, it’s me, I’m Cathy, I’ve come home I’m so cold, let me in in-a-your-window Bwahahahahahahha ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quit-playing-that-fucking-song-now-or/308131/38 "2005-06-15T13:51:10Z")
> [@LindyHopper](#): > > Well, personally, I like Kate Bush. But she’s very much an acquired taste; really not for everyone. If I’d heard her for the first time as an adult, rather than as a high school student, I might not like her as much today. But…check out “Running Up That Hill” or “Hounds of Love”. Definitely good choices there, **Lindy** I would also recommend “Love and Anger” from _The Sensual World_. ---
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quit-playing-that-fucking-song-now-or/308131/39 "2005-06-15T23:14:26Z")
> [@Sean Factotum](#): > > Definitely good choices there, **Lindy** I would also recommend “Love and Anger” from _The Sensual World_. That one I haven’t heard. Is it one of her newer albums? By which I mean “after _Hounds of Love_”. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quit-playing-that-fucking-song-now-or/308131/40 "2005-06-15T23:29:57Z")
> [@LindyHopper](#): > > That one I haven’t heard. Is it one of her newer albums? By which I mean “after _Hounds of Love_”. Yes, Sensual World is the name of the Album. I envy you that you will now be able to get hold of some Kate Bush material you haven’t yet heard, many fans have heard everything and are losing hope that Kate will ever produce any new music. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quit-playing-that-fucking-song-now-or/308131.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quit-playing-that-fucking-song-now-or/308131.md?page=3)