# Songs that make you want to stick pencils in your ears **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 27, 2019, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-want-to-stick-pencils-in-your-ears/836163 "2019-06-27T16:21:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-want-to-stick-pencils-in-your-ears/836163/41 "2019-06-27T21:39:23Z")
Re: Sugar, sugar, by The Archies > [@campp](#): > > The very first song I actively hated. I felt bad about not liking it. But, it sucked! As it turned out, I was right all those years ago. This cannot pass uncorrected. May I refer you to Post #15, where our colleague pulykamell noted: > [@](#): > > Perfect piece of bubblegum pop. Exactly. j ---
**Author:** ![Grestarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grestarian/32/3227_2.png) [@Grestarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grestarian)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-want-to-stick-pencils-in-your-ears/836163/42 "2019-06-27T21:43:12Z")
> [@xizor](#): > > I don’t know the name of the song, but there is something by Mariah Carey where she starts screeching in the middle of the song trying to get as high pitched as possible, perhaps to break a wine glass. Are you talking about …well…90% of her catalogue because that’s just her vocal range or are you talking about that disgusting let’s show the world I’m (not) just as good as Olivia Newton-John and remake her “Loving You” and butcher the signature aria? > [@CookingWithGas](#): > > …_Muskrat Love_, the Captain and Tennille … The scary thing is that their version is the up-beat remake of America’s tune – it’s even on their Greatest Hits album. The original practically sounds like a dirge! I’ll nominate Anything by Nirvana and quote my guitar teacher who answered a fellow student, “What’s wrong with them? Seriously? Aside from the fact that they don’t understand chord structure, play the wrong chord shapes just because they think it’s cool, and can’t carry a tune atop their background noise, the stuff they sing about is depressing as hell – it’s like they want to commit suicide and have the audience join in for a major bloodbath!” Weeks later, Cobain was dead… > [@RobDog](#): > > Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It For You That was the song behind the credits on Costner’s Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. It summed up the [end of the] movie quite well. Adams was hot in Hollywood around that time. The one that eclipsed this one was _A Night In Heaven_ which also played at the theater where I worked. It’s a rather sick movie and I had to hear that song three times a night for several weeks. –G! ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-want-to-stick-pencils-in-your-ears/836163/43 "2019-06-27T21:53:18Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > DING. DING. DING. > > Winner winner, lame ass dinner! The “some reason” is the shitty, lackluster “melody”, the inane lyrics and the soulless singer’s grating, unhip, moronic voice. GRRRRRRRR. > > Phew! I feel so much better now 😛 I actually was called a few years ago as a referral to photograph a house party here in the Chicago suburbs. I gave my standard (competitive) rate, and the person hosting the party tried to get me to lower my rate because the singer of the Plain White T’s would be performing there. I was _this_ tempted to quote an even higher rate. Needless to say, I did not do that job. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-want-to-stick-pencils-in-your-ears/836163/44 "2019-06-27T21:54:55Z")
“My Way” “Christmas Shoes” - thank goodness that one gets airplay only a few months a year ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-want-to-stick-pencils-in-your-ears/836163/45 "2019-06-27T21:58:24Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > As if you needed more reasons to hate it, [it’s kind of a scam](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kars4Kids#Criticism). It goes to a Jewish nonprofit which has a high overhead and invested in a Ponzi scheme. But disclose none of that. Found that out a few years ago, and, man, as much as I hated that commercial, I hated it even more knowing the charity is for a specific religious subset of people, and that it is not disclosed or even hinted at in any of their commercials. (That info is on their webpage if you look deep enough. From the website: “Your donation will benefit Kars4Kids, a national organization dedicated to addressing the educational, material, emotional and spiritual needs of Jewish children and their families.” That’s all fine and dandy, but please disclose that upfront. I’d be just as irked to find out a charity I’m donating to that I think is helping all kids is only helping Christian children and their families. But that’s another thread.) ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-want-to-stick-pencils-in-your-ears/836163/46 "2019-06-27T22:03:13Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > As if you needed more reasons to hate it, [it’s kind of a scam](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kars4Kids#Criticism). It goes to a Jewish nonprofit which has a high overhead and invested in a Ponzi scheme. But disclose none of that. Yeah. Kind of > [@](#): > > $34.7 million and expenses of $30.8 million ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-want-to-stick-pencils-in-your-ears/836163/47 "2019-06-27T22:03:35Z")
I’ve got a few. First and foremost, that horrible “Let It Go” song from that equally horrible movie. Somehow my daughter (then four) got to see this movie, despite my ban on Disney princess movies. I guess she saw it at a friend’s house or something. Anyway, she loves the song. I don’t. And after that, the absolute worst song ever written, “Sometimes When We Touch,” by Dan Hill. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-want-to-stick-pencils-in-your-ears/836163/48 "2019-06-27T23:40:42Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > " > Also, “Hey There Deliliah” by the Plain White T’s makes me uncharacteristically stabby for some reason. Luckily, the popularity of that one has waned quite a bit. Yass. This one. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-want-to-stick-pencils-in-your-ears/836163/49 "2019-06-27T23:42:19Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > That song that goes “One eight seven seven Kars for Kids…” _spontaneously combusts_ ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-want-to-stick-pencils-in-your-ears/836163/50 "2019-06-27T23:44:59Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > As if you needed more reasons to hate it, [it’s kind of a scam](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kars4Kids#Criticism). It goes to a Jewish nonprofit which has a high overhead and invested in a Ponzi scheme. But disclose none of that. I know, I don’t donate any money to it. I mean, cars for kids? They can’t even drive! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-want-to-stick-pencils-in-your-ears/836163/51 "2019-06-27T23:55:20Z")
When I was working in radio in the '90s, “All I Wanna Do” got a lot of airplay. To this day, I loathe the song. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-want-to-stick-pencils-in-your-ears/836163/52 "2019-06-27T23:59:51Z")
Marilyn Manson’s cover of “God’s Gonna Cut You Down”. I everyone at YouTube is gushing over it and I’m like, I want to gouge my ear drums out with a spork. “We Built This City”. How could the same people who did masterpieces like “White Rabbit” and “Somebody To Love”, manage to produce crap like this? Is this what happens when you go sober? (WERE they sober at the time?) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-want-to-stick-pencils-in-your-ears/836163/53 "2019-06-28T00:07:38Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Here, [this will clear that earworm](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlW7T0SUH0E). > > I feel like a kid hipster because I’ve been hating Baby Shark for like 2 solid years before it became a meme and everybody learned about it. Haha. I have to somewhat admire the song for the sheer ridiculousness and chutzpah. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-want-to-stick-pencils-in-your-ears/836163/54 "2019-06-28T00:07:49Z")
Some truly terrible ‘songs’ have been mentioned so far, but the absolute worst, IMHO, was _horse with no name_, followed closely by _take it easy_ by the eagles. Actually anything by the eagles was utter shiite. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-want-to-stick-pencils-in-your-ears/836163/55 "2019-06-28T00:22:42Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Marilyn Manson’s cover of “God’s Gonna Cut You Down”. I everyone at YouTube is gushing over it and I’m like, I want to gouge my ear drums out with a spork. Come on! ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-want-to-stick-pencils-in-your-ears/836163/56 "2019-06-28T00:39:22Z")
> [@Grestarian](#): > > > [@CookingWithGas](#): > > > > …Muskrat Love, the Captain and Tennille … > > The scary thing is that their version is the up-beat remake of America’s tune – it’s even on their Greatest Hits album. The original practically sounds like a dirge! You are _shitting_ me. \ No you’re not. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-want-to-stick-pencils-in-your-ears/836163/57 "2019-06-28T00:42:58Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > Come on! Nope. Sorry, I hate Manson. I think he’s trying to hard to be Rob Zombie, and it doesn’t work. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-want-to-stick-pencils-in-your-ears/836163/58 "2019-06-28T00:53:12Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Nope. Sorry, I hate Manson. I think he’s trying to hard to be Rob Zombie, and it doesn’t work. Hate seems a strong word. Then again, I hate Rush, so maybe it’s not so strong. ---
**Author:** ![Mcmechanic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Mcmechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mcmechanic)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-want-to-stick-pencils-in-your-ears/836163/59 "2019-06-28T02:28:53Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > “Dame Tu Cosita” by El Chombo. Apparently, this came out in the late 90s, but was resurrected by some minion of Satan last year. It only barely broke the Top 40 in the US, but it hit #1 on the Latin charts. Drives me up a wall, and I have two kids, ages 5 and 3, who love it. > > Also, “Hey There Deliliah” by the Plain White T’s makes me uncharacteristically stabby for some reason. Luckily, the popularity of that one has waned quite a bit. Yes! I still hear “Hey there Delilah” at least once a week still and can’t change the station fast enough before it gets stuck in my head and I want to drive my car into on coming traffic. Also that “I chime in with a haven’t you people ever heard of, closing the goddamn door” song. It irks me. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-want-to-stick-pencils-in-your-ears/836163/60 "2019-06-28T03:21:00Z")
System of a Down, “Chop Suey”. Well, I can’t really stand any of their songs, but for some reason, this one annoys me the most. > [@Slash1972](#): > > Hate seems a strong word. Then again, I hate Rush, so maybe it’s not so strong. That’s what this whole thread is about, remember? And I can’t stand Rush either. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-want-to-stick-pencils-in-your-ears/836163.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-want-to-stick-pencils-in-your-ears/836163.md?page=4)