Anything by Van Halen during the David Lee Roth era. Every time I hear that stupid screamy noise he makes, I want to chuck something through the speakers to shut him up.
I am woman, hear me roar!
I’m not googling any of these songs, so please forgive me if I’m wrong about the “artist.” I’m desperately afraid to search for them, lest some site plays them without my consent, and I’m forced to toss my laptop across the room.
Beautiful - James Blunt
Escape (The Pina Colada Song) - Ol’ What’s-His-Face… Rupert Holmes?
Wildfire - Terry Jacks (?)
Barbie Girl - Aqua
My Humps - Blackeyed Peas
Oh, that reminds me: whatever that song is that goes “From a distance G-d is watching us, yadda, yadda,”
People who are just learning sign language love to interpret that for projects. Once, when I was at a new signers retreat (hearing new signers), three different people did renditions of that song, which I already hated. Is it theologically correct in any major religion? Like, the reason the world is messed up is that G-d needs glasses?
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The last I heard, Rupert Holmes agrees with you.
A contribution from the UK: “Streets of London”, and “Where do You Go To, My Lovely?” – greatly favoured by talentless tenth-rate British buskers who solicit money for their singing these, guitar-accompanied, in public places. If I were dictator, I’d make performing either of these in public a capital offence.
Don’t Worry, Be Happy (I like Bobby McFerrin, but I can’t take that song anymore.)
Free Bird
The Joker…
& since woodstock mentioned it, I also agree on the majority of '70s rock.
I grew up on it & my mom won’t ever listen to anything but that & on her local rock station, I swear, it’s the same 20-30 songs over & over & over & over… /wrists
Same thing goes for ANYTHING by the Beatles.
I admit to loving Red, Red Wine. My mom hated that song so much & I’d go to my room & crank it up just to annoy her.
(I’ve never been drunk in my life, but it has such a lazy, relaxing feeling of letting go. When I was going through some difficult times, that made it comforting to me + the bonus of annoying mom.)
COMPLETELY agree. Dolly, who wrote the song, does it perfectly. I do remember an interview she had when the Whitney version went stellar…she liked it, but I seem to recall her saying that she appreciated the royalties more…fwiw
You guys only reminded me of more songs…From a Distance…bleychhhhh …as a wanna be Christian , the messed up theology (for me that is) is laughable
Oh and Rupert Holmes’ “escape”…umm let’s see…you’re in a relationship, but you are both placing and answering personal ads? Let’s glorify infidelity, ok…
I made a vow to myself about 20 years ago that I would never willingly suffer Free Bird again. If I were locked in a room and forced to hear it, I’d scream and smack myself like Rainman in the tub scene. There may actually be songs I hate more, but avoiding Free Bird is my thing now. (Hey, I should have put this in the personal peculiarities thread!)
Lou Reed Waiting For My Man
I think that’s the title. Can’t be anything else.
Sweet Emotion
Walk This Way
You Shook Me All Night Long
Highway to Hell
These are not bad songs, I like these songs, but seriously, these two band have at least 30 albums between them. Classic rock radio, PLAY SOMETHING ELSE!
Abracadabra - this song, OTOH, is a piece of shit. In fact, most of Steve Miller’s stuff is garbage. His best song is “Jet Airliner” and of course, he didn’t write it.
Turn the Page, Like a Rock, Against the Wind: three of the whiniest, braggiest songs ever written.
Free Bird: liked it the first few times, started hating it after the first hundred or so.
Roundabout: interminable drivel.
Oh god yes. The Pearl Jam version is one of the worst crimes against humanity ever recorded.
80s songs that have been played to death and need to be permanently retired:
Tainted Love
Come On Eileen
Mickey
Jessie’s Girl
Anything by Air Supply, including songs I haven’t heard.
Pilot of the Airwaves
Sometimes When We Touch
“I’m Waiting for the Man” --The Velvet Underground
“My man” would be his boyfriend. “The man” is his heroin dealer.
(I know he actually says “my” in the song)
I’m going to second “American Pie.” I loved it the first 583 times, and then one day it just started being excruciatingly painful. “Starry Starry Night,” OTOH, I still like.
That god-awful Christmas song about the mouse that befriends a cat and the cat dies while keeping the mouse warm then gets taken to heaven by Santa. What in the actual hell is that.
I was a bartender for ~4 years in a college town.
I don’t need to hear “Margaritaville” ever again. I’ve exceeded my quota already.
Scads of the songs above fit my list. Also, anything by Meat Loaf or Taylor Swift can get right out of here, forever. I never want to hear their songs ever again.