What do you have against radioactive mineshafts?
Turn the Page or “Pity me, I’m a rock star”
And I’ll say it, yes, I will.
If I hear Free Bird ONE MORE TIME, I will destroy the planet.
I think the danger has passed now, but there were a few weeks when I honestly feared I might suffer a psychotic break, commit indiscriminate mass murder, and face a life sentence (or more likely, capital punishment) if I continued to hear The Black Eyed Peas’ “My Humps” at least once, every single time I went to the gym.
Santa Baby - I don’t give a flying fuck who the artist is. I worked a Christmas season in Sears a few years back, and they had one of those sappy Christmas albums on a loop. That abomination would come through about seven or eight times each shift. That song doesn’t make me stabby. That song makes me Patrick Bateman-y.
Seriously. I’m not an easy guy to rattle, but whenever I hear it, I run screaming from the room. I dread being anywhere near a shopping center around the holidays for fear of those poisoned notes rupturing my frontal lobe.
“Kyrie Eleison” by Mr. Mister from…1985 or 1986. And yeah, overplayed like a mother, but if we’re throwing that on the fire I want to add "Broken Wings " as well. When I hear “Take these broken wings and learn to fly” I’d better be listening to the Beatles.
Stopping back in to pile on Steve Miller - “The Joker,” “Fly Like and Eagle”, and especially “Take the Money and Run!” Good God, what trash! :mad:
But I have to be fair. Back in the late 60’s, The Steve Miller Band put out three stunning albums: Children of the Future, Sailor, and Brave New World. I think that’s why I hate those latter Miller tunes so much. His early stuff is positively brilliant. Why couldn’t he have gotten rich and famous with that material?
So this is OK? 
:d&r:
Years after he’d been ruined in the Crash of '29, Groucho Marx stood on the observation platform overlooking the New York Stock Exchange and in revenge sang, what for him, must have been the most annoying song he could think of: “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling.”
Me, I’d sing
“And I’m proud to be an American,
where at least I know I’m free.
And I wont forget the men who died,
who gave that right to me.”
annoying on so many levels, including grammatical.
C’mon, just about everything that comes out of a Borders or Barnes & Noble sound system sucks. I quit my job at one of those noble establishments for several reasons, but what pushed me over the edge was that I couldn’t bear to hear Sting warbling John Dowland one more fucking time.
So yeah, Sting singing John Dowland. I don’t know the song title that helped put an end to my bookselling career, but the chorus repeated “till death” over and over and over.
Just kill me.
Band on the Run
Simply Having a Wonderful Christmas Time
OK, I admit to loving half these songs. I won’t say which ones.
But back to Centerfield…I love baseball. Been a fan all my life, coached and umpired Little League. (During LL’s post season they pull out all the stops and play music over the PA between innings, so I get to hear Centerfield a lot.) and I can tell that Fogerty grew up listening to Lon Simmons (as I did) – “you can tell it goodbye” was Lon’s home run call.
But jeez, it’s an awful song.
“beat up glove, homemade bat, and a brand new pair of shoes”??? wtf? any kid would play barefoot if he could have a new glove.
and “say hey willie, and tell the cow, and Joe Dimaggio”.
Music my parents listened to during my formative years:
- The Moody Blues (dad–mom made fun of him)
- The Bee Gees (mom–dad made fun of her)
- Bob Seger
- Dr. Hook
I hid.
Also, that stupid smarmy disgusting charity-relief song: Do They Know It’s Christmas?
First of all, it was written over 20 years ago for a specific purpose. Who likes this? Why won’t it die? Why can’t musicians doing charity concerts maybe come up with a new song that doesn’t suck? It always sneaks onto the radio sometime during December when I’m coming off a happy Jingle Bells high.
SECOND, the lyrics contain these gems:
“There won’t be snow in Africa this Christmas.” No shit? Really? A continent that is mostly desert in the northern half and has its southern half in the southern hemisphere?
and: “Tonight, thank God it’s THEM, insteeeeeeeeaaad of YOUUUU!” Wow. You really convinced me of your charitable motives there, bucko. Expresses such a lovely sentiment, too. I…that line just leaves me speechless. Not to mention the fact that the whole song ignores the non-Christian needy…but I need to save my ire for this song until December, when I’m sure to hear it again. grrr.
Dear god–it has religious underpinnings? I swear I thought it went, “carrion lays on the road I must travel.” Yes, Broken Wings can go as well.
What about that Barbra Streisand, Kris Kristofferson (or someone) melange-something about a boxer or a fight. It’s been so long since I actually heard it, I’ve forgotten the lyrics. It was awful. “You Gotta Be a Hero”–that was it. Gah.
I’ll second Santa Baby and the one about Grandma and the reindeer and the I’me gettin’ nothing for Xmas. That one makes me homicidal.
I liked Chicaog for one summer, between my 13th and 14th year. Now I cringe when I hear them-overblown schmaltz.
That said, I do like some of the songs posted. I loved Seasons in the Sun, but I was 7 when it became a big hit.
Paper Roses; Puppy Love. <screams>
anything by the Chipmunks. Anything by Rick Springfield.
What about the Alanis Morriset version?
The crazy thing is, Fergie then released her solo album and dropped two straight singles that were dumber than “My Humps.” I speak, of course, of “Fergilicious” and “Glamorous.” :mad:
“Mmmmm mmmm mmmmm” by the Crash Test Dummies makes me throw up in my mouth everytime.
Neither is my preferred style of music but I have a half-dozen songs by each in my music folder.
“Tiny Dancer,” by Sir Elton John. Dear God in Heaven I hate that song so much. Not even singing “Tony Danza” can save it these days.
Second post for me. This time I nominate:
Old Time Rock and Roll - Bob Seger
Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum
We Will Rock You / We are the Champions - Queen
(I like the hatred for “The Joker.” I turn the radio off every time I hear it.)
I am highly unfond of Rihana’s
“…my umbrella-ella-ella-ella-ella-ella”
I’ll take that over the excresence he recorded with Kiki Dee or whoever–god I hate that song. I have expunged the title from my memory.