Songs that need to be put out of their misery

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I’m not talking about the latest and greatest hit that’s currently playing ad nauseum, nor even slightly-old songs that we hate but never hear anymore (ala “My Heart Will Go On”), but those “standards” that are played everywhere - from oldies stations to commercials to movies. Junk like

My Girl. An overplayed song so banal that they finally made a movie out of it, hoping that it would go away. Tragically, this great offering to the displeased music Gods was refused and you can still hear it if you’re not wary.

You’ve Lost that Lovin’ Feeling. Never had it to begin with, never will.

Sha-na-na-na. Hey, hey hey - goodbye!. Possibly amusing the first time you heard a crowd sing it at a sporting event, but never since. But you’re heart sickens with the realization that you’ll have to listen to this crap for the rest of your miserable existence.

Believe. Yeah, it was recent, but MY GOD THIS SONG SUCKS!!! Who the hell thought Cher could sing in the first place? Oh, yeah: Sonny Bono. And you see how he ended up.

Stand By Me. :zzz: Better movie than song (something that even “My Girl” can’t claim), but for Jesus’ sake, does it have to be the theme song for every other charity organizations’ commercials?

Lean on Me. The other half of the charity repitroire (sp!). :vomit: You can lean on me as soon as you stop singing that damnable song.

Twist and Shout. Got a special hate moment with this song: Laura and I were going through a minor “ER” thing a number of years ago - it was fast paced, exciting, and soapy enough for the ladies while being gruesome enough for the guys. Well, we watched a couple of episodes, when it happened: A staff of doctors, nurses, etc, not a one who was over the age of 32 broke out into song. And what did they all sing? Something from their childhoods? No! They started singing Twist and Shout, a song that none of them would’ve bothered to remember the lyrics to even if they were the biggest Ferris Bueller fans in America. While asking for continuity on a TV show is just begging to be disappointed, was it a bit too difficult to find a more age-appropriate song for these people to sing?

Anything from the Four Seasons: Sherry (Sher-er Sher-r-r-y, ba-a-by. (Sherry baby), Big Girls Don’t Cry, Walk Like a Man, Rag Doll, Stay, and that’s enough of THAT list!)

So, what are songs that you absolutely hate, but fear that you’re gonna have to listen to for the rest of your lives?

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There are a few especially insipid pop songs I hate, mainly due to their overuse in movie trailers. And most of these movie trailers are for “chick flicks,” where the songs accompany women hugging, crying, singing while driving cars, singing in front of mirrors, using hairbrushes as microphones, or “celebrating life.” Damn, do I hate the following:

“Say A Little Prayer”… like fingernails down a blackboard for me.

“Everlasting Love”… the one that goes “This will be! An everlasting love for MEEEEEEE!” Even worse, I hear it every time I walk by the CD section at Target. I don’t know why, but the song has given me a very negative impression of shopping at Target. There is another song called “Everlasting Love” that isn’t much better.

“Good Lovin” by the Young Rascals… every time anyone has to run or do something vaguely whimsical in a movie trailer, they play this shite. A close second is Steve Winwood’s “Gimme Some Lovin.” Oh no, someone has to run! It’s a zany race against time! Let’s play a bad song with “Lovin” in the title!

The aforementioned trilogy of “My Girl,” “Stand By Me,” and “Lean On Me.” Haven’t they written any annoying saccharine ballads in the last 30 years to replace these? At least it would be a change of pace.

“I’m Every Woman” by Whitney Houston. OK, if I had to make a list of 100 singers I liked, Whitney Houston would probably be #1,715. But this song was exceptionally rotten, and even worse, it used to be Oprah’s theme song. Gaaaah!

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“Hooked on a feeling”. Gawd I’m sick of that song! It might be a little more tolerable if it wasn’t for that absolutely moronic “ooga chuga ooga ooga ooga chuga” Ally McBeal dancing baby bit.

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Freebird- I swear, some stations think that is the ONLY LS song in existence :rolleyes:

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“Mony, Mony” – Too many drunken barflies yelling “Get laid, get f*cked!” and thinking they’re clever. I can’t help hearing that stupid line whenever I hear the song, even if nobody’s saying it.

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Not just “Mony, Mony”, but that hideous “I Think We’re Alone Now.” To quote Howard Dean: “YEEEEEAAAAARRRRGGGGHHHHH!”

:JohnT cuts his ears off:

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“I Am, I Said” by Neil Diamond must be taken out and shot.

“Bark at the Moon” by Ozzy Osbourne. OK, it doesn’t get much airplay these days, but my Og, what a horrible song, from a horrible album. This was the point where I decided it might be a good idea to stop buying Ozzy’s records until he had worked through his grief over Randy Rhoades’ death and started writing good songs again.

Anything and everything by Gary Lewis and the Playboys.

“Lightening Strikes” by Lou Christie.

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How about that stupis “If I Had a Million Dollars” by Barenaked Ladies? That song drives me crazy, and it is always in movies when people get $$$.

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I Will Survive. Odds that you’ll hear this on the radio during the course of your day: .01%. Odds you’ll hear it watching a movie about plucky women / plucky gay guys / movie with a gay bar scene: 85%.

Rock N Roll Part 2. I’d like to meet the stadium music guy that re-introduced this crappy song, and beat him senseless with a tiny souvenir baseball bat in each hand to the beat, singing “Hey!” every time the crowd does.

Bang On The Drum All Day. No real reason, other than I hear it all the time and I hate it.

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If we’re shooting songs, particularly Neil Diamond songs, “Play Me” better be up against the wall.

Songs she sang to me/songs she brang to me…

Someone should have applied a clue stick.

For the record, I am an early Neil Diamond fan.

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Dooku preach it bro’ I Will Survive must die.

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How could you forget “The Greatest Love of All?” No, seriously, I’d like to know how it’s possible. I’ve been trying to forget it for years, and every time I get close, it comes up on the radio or on a commercial or at every freaking graduation I’ve been at since the goddamned thing came out!!! I just want the bad song to go away. Please make the bad song go away.

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Seriously!! Like we always say at our local Pub, “No Stairway- No Freebird”!!
I am SO sick of that song!!

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“Oh what a night
Late december back in '63
What a very special time for me
I remember, what a night”

Gaaaahahahahahaaahhh please God MAKE IT STOP

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I heartily second “Believe” by Cher. I absolutely cannot stand that song. When it plays, I have to get out of earshot or the gag reflex starts kicking in.

Also: “All Star” by Smash Mouth. I liked some of their other songs, but this is the only one that gets played. C’mon, you guys, write another song, because “All Star” just makes me want to find the offending source of music and smash it repeatedly with the nearest blunt object.

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The only somewhat-redeeming thing about “The Greatest Love Of All” was how it was butchered by “legendary entertainer” Randy Watson (Eddie Murphy) and his band, Sexual Chocolate, in Coming To America.

“Randy Watson? That boy’s GOOD!”

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“We are strong
No one can tell us we’re wrong
Searching our hearts for so long
Both of us knowing
Love is a battlefield”

Vomit.

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Thin Lizzy’s “The Boy’s Are Back In Town”. I HATE THIS SONG.

“…That night over at johnny’s place
Well this chick got up and she slapped johnny’s face
Man we just fell about the place
If that chick don’t want to know, forget her…”

               ...perhaps the worst F@#$ing lyric ever written.  Makes me angry every time I hear it, and I don't quite know why... (-:

I could also live without “Is He Really Going Out With Her?” by Joe Jackson.

  • Freewill39.
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JohnT, like I said on the same thread in another forum, ‘Twist and Shout’ NEVER gets old!

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“And iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii will always looove youuuuuuuuuuuuuuhuuuuaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii”

Whitney should be shot, not only for what is the uttermost destruction of a sweet little song Dolly Parton wrote, but for being part of the inspiration for singers to find it necessary to vocally masturbate when the original theme calls for a single note. This is on the top of my hate list, making me want to smack my coworker excessively against an Acme anvil for keeping the radio in his cubicle on the local soft rock hits station that requires this song to be played at least three times a day.

“Take it to the limit”… Take it already, and keep it beyond my earshot.

I eagerly anticipate the expiration of the current McDonald’s “I’m loving it”

“You’re my inspiration”… I hate Peter’s voice, which is just as painful as anything by the Four Seasons.

“Layla”… the never ending song. It reels you in when it rocks, but then you can’t escape was is the most boring and unnecessary outro in all of rockdom.