# Songs that need to be put out of their misery **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 4, 2004, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-need-to-be-put-out-of-their-misery/227533 "2004-02-04T20:11:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-need-to-be-put-out-of-their-misery/227533/21 "2004-02-05T03:38:49Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > “Randy Watson? That boy’s _GOOD_!” Good and TERRIBLE. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-need-to-be-put-out-of-their-misery/227533/22 "2004-02-05T03:45:00Z")
How about that “Making Whoopie” song? Oh my dear sweet lord Jesus, spare me from having to listen to that insipid song again. I also grit my teeth whenever I hear “Drops of Jupiter” by Train. It isn’t heaven that’s over-rated, it’s this song. ---
**Author:** ![freewill39](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d2c977/32.png) [@freewill39](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freewill39)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-need-to-be-put-out-of-their-misery/227533/23 "2004-02-05T04:04:19Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > 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_!” “You must be crazy.” “He good!” “You must be crazy.” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-need-to-be-put-out-of-their-misery/227533/24 "2004-02-05T04:12:08Z")
“American Woman” – The Guess Who “We Are Family” – The Pointer Sisters (I actually like the song, but it’s become a huge movie cliche. Maybe it should just be prohibited from being added to more movie soundtracks.) “Every Breath You Take” – The Police “I Melt With You” – Modern English “Ebony and Ivory” – P. McCartney and S. Wonder “I Love Rock and Roll” – Joan Jett “We Built This City (On Rock and Roll)” – Starship (formerly Jefferson Starship, formerly Jefferson Airplane. Oh, the shame of it… ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-need-to-be-put-out-of-their-misery/227533/25 "2004-02-05T04:16:47Z")
Shitty commerical radio stations need to stop playing the following three songs, immediately: - R.E.M., “Everybody Hurts”; - Red Hot Chili Peppers, “Under the Bridge”; and - Pearl Jam, “Better Man”. Not that they’re bad music, but PLAYING THEM EVERYDAY FOR THE LAST FREAKIN’ **DECADE** IS ENOUGH ALREADY! \ ---
**Author:** ![7\_up\_yours](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/7/919ad9/32.png) [@7\_up\_yours](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/7_up_yours)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-need-to-be-put-out-of-their-misery/227533/26 "2004-02-05T04:32:50Z")
I vote for Green Day’s Good Riddance (Time of your life). Around May/June, they keep playing it and playing it and playing, for those kids who are graduating high school. FIND A NEW FRIGGIN SONG!!! ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-need-to-be-put-out-of-their-misery/227533/27 "2004-02-05T04:48:32Z")
“The First Cut is the Deepest” AAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHHH!!! Just cut the freakin’ _song_, PLEASE!!! All versions. ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-need-to-be-put-out-of-their-misery/227533/28 "2004-02-05T04:51:10Z")
Anything by Steve Miller, but particularly _Take the Money and Run._ ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-need-to-be-put-out-of-their-misery/227533/29 "2004-02-05T05:16:16Z")
> [@The Scrivener](#): > > “American Woman” – The Guess Who AAAAAAAAAAGGGGHHH!!! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-need-to-be-put-out-of-their-misery/227533/30 "2004-02-05T06:46:18Z")
“You are the Sun I am the Moon You are the words I am the tune _Play me_” 'Ey, why dontcha play THIS, pal. ---
**Author:** ![percypercy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@percypercy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/percypercy)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-need-to-be-put-out-of-their-misery/227533/31 "2004-02-05T06:49:23Z")
> [@look!ninjas](#): > > 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. Aaahhh! No, I thought I’d repressed it! For about a year when I was a kid, my dad made copies of [http://www.piamellody.com](http://www.piamellody.com) this woman’s tapes for all of his friends. But not only did we have to hear her horrible platitudes over and over, we had to listen to them at high speed dubbing with the volume up. And since the tapes weren’t quite long enough, he put “The Greatest Love of All” at the end. This also had to be recorded at high speed. My sister and I were about to go insane by the time he tired of her, thank God. -Lil ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-need-to-be-put-out-of-their-misery/227533/32 "2004-02-05T13:36:38Z")
“Working My Way Back to You Babe.” This song makes me scream. ---
**Author:** ![TERRA\_Rising](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TERRA\_Rising](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TERRA_Rising)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-need-to-be-put-out-of-their-misery/227533/33 "2004-02-05T13:49:41Z")
_“Macarena”_ _“Who Let the Dogs Out”_ _“Heartbeat”_ _“Party all the Time”_ Anything from _Titanic_ Women: anything involving Celene Dion, Barbra Streisand and/or Madonna (post-_American Pie_)… Men: Anything by Barry Manilow, Kenny G, Michael Bolton… Groups: Anything by the Bee Gees, KC and the Sunshine Band… ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-need-to-be-put-out-of-their-misery/227533/34 "2004-02-05T14:46:26Z")
I was relieved when Hollywood finally started producing movie trailers that _didn’t_ feaure Chumbawumba’s “Tupthumping”. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-need-to-be-put-out-of-their-misery/227533/35 "2004-02-05T15:40:30Z")
“Takin’ Care of Business” - Bachman Turner Overdrive ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-need-to-be-put-out-of-their-misery/227533/36 "2004-02-05T15:49:45Z")
> [@zoogirl](#): > > “The First Cut is the Deepest” > > AAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHHH!!! > > Just cut the freakin’ _song_, PLEASE!!! > > All versions. ☹ I like Sheryl’s and Rod’s, Rod’s better. Please tell me your goal in life is not to be “Queen Who Decides On The Existance Of Certain Songs”. * * * Beautiful? - Justin Timberlake. Ugh. I don’t know the title or artist but: _Baby you’re all that I want When I’m lying here in your arms. Isn’t it hard to believe we’re in heaven._ Um, no, it’s hard to believe I’ve heard this song a jillion times. And there are _two versions of it!_ ---
**Author:** ![Psycho\_Pirate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Psycho\_Pirate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Psycho_Pirate)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-need-to-be-put-out-of-their-misery/227533/37 "2004-02-05T18:09:57Z")
36 posts into this thread and nobody has mentioned _I Feel Good_ by James Brown? What an overused mediocre song. And _Old Time Rock N Roll_? That kind of music just destroys your soul. I reminisce about the days of old when this song wasn’t played in every cruddy B movie coming out. _YMCA_. - It may be fun to stay there, but it isn’t fun to listen to anymore. _Wild Thing_ - I think I hate you. _Louie Louie, Wooly Bully_ - gag me, gag me. ---
**Author:** ![Anonymous\_Coward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@Anonymous\_Coward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anonymous_Coward)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-need-to-be-put-out-of-their-misery/227533/38 "2004-02-05T18:46:37Z")
_The Joker_ - Steve Miller Band. ---
**Author:** ![threeorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@threeorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threeorange)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-need-to-be-put-out-of-their-misery/227533/39 "2004-02-05T20:00:07Z")
In the spirit pre-emptive strikes, I’d like to nominate a current hit single, a piece of musical fungus that will inevitably infect every other movie trailer and sitcom promo for the next few years: **Are You Gonna Be My Girl** by **Jet** ---
**Author:** ![N.Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f19dbf/32.png) [@N.Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N.Sane)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-need-to-be-put-out-of-their-misery/227533/40 "2004-02-05T20:53:53Z")
I’d like to nominate _Unchained Melody_. One of my visions of hell involves being chained to a chair and forced to listen to that song over and over. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-need-to-be-put-out-of-their-misery/227533.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-need-to-be-put-out-of-their-misery/227533.md?page=3)