# Sappy Songs You Turn (Punch) Off Instantly **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 16, 2005, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-turn-punch-off-instantly/321904 "2005-09-16T01:58:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-turn-punch-off-instantly/321904/1 "2005-09-16T01:58:41Z")
OK. Self-explanatory. To kick it off: I want to Know what love is (Foreigner) ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-turn-punch-off-instantly/321904/2 "2005-09-16T02:00:25Z")
“Say a Little Prayer” – not sure who it’s by, but it appears in a lot of romantic comedy trailers. “This Will Be Everlasting Love” – from that damn [eHarmony.com](http://eHarmony.com) commercial. Makes me think of Oprah-esque glurge, and pisses me off from the opening notes. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-turn-punch-off-instantly/321904/3 "2005-09-16T02:15:28Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > “Say a Little Prayer” – not sure who it’s by, but it appears in a lot of romantic comedy trailers. Dionne Warwick > [@](#): > > “This Will Be Everlasting Love” – from that damn [eHarmony.com](http://eHarmony.com) commercial. Makes me think of Oprah-esque glurge, and pisses me off from the opening notes. Natalie Cole ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-turn-punch-off-instantly/321904/4 "2005-09-16T02:18:44Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > “Say a Little Prayer” – not sure who it’s by, but it appears in a lot of romantic comedy trailers. > “This Will Be Everlasting Love” – from that damn [eHarmony.com](http://eHarmony.com) commercial. Makes me think of Oprah-esque glurge, and pisses me off from the opening notes. I thought “Say a little Prayer” might have been Dionne Warwick, but I’m too lazy to Google. Don’t know about the second one. There are dozens, and dozens, and dozens of thesse sappy songs though. Come on SDMB - who’s next? Bryan Adams? Celine Dione? Bobby Goldsborrow (sp?) Air Supply Elvis? ---
**Author:** ![Mal\_Adroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@Mal\_Adroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mal_Adroit)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-turn-punch-off-instantly/321904/5 "2005-09-16T02:24:49Z")
Seasons in the Fucking Sun (Terry Jacks) ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-turn-punch-off-instantly/321904/6 "2005-09-16T02:27:41Z")
> [@Mal Adroit](#): > > Seasons in the Fucking Sun (Terry Jacks) I hate that damn song too, but Black Box Recorder, a British band with a sultry girl singer, Sarah Nixey, actually did a good cover of it. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-turn-punch-off-instantly/321904/7 "2005-09-16T02:32:25Z")
> [@Mal Adroit](#): > > Seasons in the Fucking Sun (Terry Jacks) Good bye Michelle my little one (sniff, sniff, sniff…) Oh, man, I’m such a hypocrite, because that song actually does pull some heartstrings. (Sounds like cancer, early death, and it reminds me of a friend.) But - AHEM! - The rest of the sickly love-ballad stuff is crrrrrap. (wipe, wipe…) ---
**Author:** ![Kitchen\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@Kitchen\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitchen_Wench)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-turn-punch-off-instantly/321904/8 "2005-09-16T02:34:26Z")
Anything by Cliff Richard “Reunited” from Peaches and Herb (?) “I’ll Make Love To You” Boys 2 Men (?) “Amanda” Boston (don’t know if that fits here) “Beth” from Kiss (same as above) “I Can’t Live If Living Is Without You” (?) Any crap love song from Journey REO released this ultra-sappy song in the 80s… Can’t remember the name, but it makes me want to spew. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-turn-punch-off-instantly/321904/9 "2005-09-16T02:40:22Z")
_You Light up My Life_ - Debbie Boone. Gah!!! _Daughters_ - or whatever it was called, has the line about “mothers be good to your daughters” - I honestly didn’t think I’d ever come to dislike a song as much as _You Light up My Life_, but at least that one took some horrendous overplaying before I got that sick of it. **THIS ONE** , though, I hated the first time I heard it. I cannot believe the perpetrator got a Grammy for it. _goes to put on Locomotive Breath to get the incredible blahness out of her ears and mind_ ---
**Author:** ![Mal\_Adroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@Mal\_Adroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mal_Adroit)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-turn-punch-off-instantly/321904/10 "2005-09-16T02:42:09Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Good bye Michelle my little one (sniff, sniff, sniff…) > > Oh, man, I’m such a hypocrite, because that song actually does pull some heartstrings. I’m just hoping no one lists “Watching Scotty Grow.” I’m loathe to admit the effect that wrecthed, beautiful tripe has on me. wipe wipe ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-turn-punch-off-instantly/321904/11 "2005-09-16T02:46:51Z")
> [@Mal Adroit](#): > > I’m just hoping no one lists “Watching Scotty Grow.” I’m loathe to admit the effect that wrecthed, beautiful tripe has on me. wipe wipe LOL And I seriously mean: LOL. Because with a 7 year old daughter and a six year old son, I am completely in sync. Ok - I’m a loving, hypocritical father who hates losing friend to cancer. Apart from that, I hate SAPPY SONGS!!! ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-turn-punch-off-instantly/321904/12 "2005-09-16T02:51:15Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > _You Light up My Life_ - Debbie Boone. Gah!!! > > _Daughters_ - or whatever it was called, has the line about “mothers be good to your daughters” - I honestly didn’t think I’d ever come to dislike a song as much as _You Light up My Life_, but at least that one took some horrendous overplaying before I got that sick of it. **THIS ONE** , though, I hated the first time I heard it. I cannot believe the perpetrator got a Grammy for it. > > _goes to put on Locomotive Breath to get the incredible blahness out of her ears and mind_ ## The “daughters” song is by John Mayer, isn’t it? “She’s out of my Life” and “Lost without your love” are two more offenders. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-turn-punch-off-instantly/321904/13 "2005-09-16T03:01:59Z")
“Rocky” - Austin Roberts Sample lyric: "She said, “Rocky, I never had to die before. Don’t know if I can do it.” ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-turn-punch-off-instantly/321904/14 "2005-09-16T03:03:56Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > "She said, “Rocky, I never had to die before. > Don’t know if I can do it.” _changes the station, quickly_ :eek: ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-turn-punch-off-instantly/321904/15 "2005-09-16T03:12:26Z")
I can’t even remember the name of the song (falling in love?) but the the singer seems to be tongue tied and sings “Fawin’ in luv, I’m Fawin’ in luv wif you” Ack! get it away from me! Also “Hypmotized” get his vocal chords off that black board! ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-turn-punch-off-instantly/321904/16 "2005-09-16T03:25:30Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > “Say a Little Prayer” – not sure who it’s by, but it appears in a lot of romantic comedy trailers. It is most likely by Diana King. ---
**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-turn-punch-off-instantly/321904/17 "2005-09-16T03:28:56Z")
Ewwww…the satellite radio at work has a bunch of sappy wonders on an endless loop. Makes me want to puncture my eardrums. GAH! Most cringe-worthy: “You Light Up My Life” (Debbie Boone) “Having My Baby” (Paul Anka) “Mandy” (Barry Manilow) “Here I Am, The One That You Love” (Air Supply – actually, _anything_ by Air Supply) “Reunited” (Peaches and Herb) what I call the “Titanic Theme Song” (Celine Dion) This is just skimming the list, mind you. _trying not to cringe too violently just thinking of them_ ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-turn-punch-off-instantly/321904/18 "2005-09-16T03:45:22Z")
> [@kiz](#): > > Ewwww…the satellite radio at work has a bunch of sappy wonders on an endless loop. Makes me want to puncture my eardrums. GAH! > > Most cringe-worthy: > > “You Light Up My Life” (Debbie Boone) > “Having My Baby” (Paul Anka) > “Mandy” (Barry Manilow) > “Here I Am, The One That You Love” (Air Supply – actually, _anything_ by Air Supply) > “Reunited” (Peaches and Herb) > what I call the “Titanic Theme Song” (Celine Dion) > > This is just skimming the list, mind you. > > _trying not to cringe too violently just thinking of them_ Yeah, I once had to work at a place that played a radio station with similar content, but being in Canada, had to also include similar Canadian-content sappy songs. And it was on the night shift. My sanity was susceptible… ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-turn-punch-off-instantly/321904/19 "2005-09-16T03:59:24Z")
I should also note “Butterfly Kisses” by Bob Carlysle, a creepy little glurgefest, and another sappy tearjerker called “Christmas Shoes.” Destroy all copies! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-turn-punch-off-instantly/321904/20 "2005-09-16T04:01:22Z")
“More Than a Feeling,” by Boston. “100 Years,” Five for Fighting. Words can scarcely describe how much I hate this song. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sappy-songs-you-turn-punch-off-instantly/321904.md?page=2)