# Songs which should never be played in a movie,TV show or commercial ever again **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 1, 2008, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-which-should-never-be-played-in-a-movie-tv-show-or-commercial-ever-again/435826 "2008-02-01T05:38:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-which-should-never-be-played-in-a-movie-tv-show-or-commercial-ever-again/435826/41 "2008-02-04T16:25:55Z")
[QUOTE=jjimm] That’s Solsbury Hill (near Bath), not Salisbury, which is in Wiltshire and has no hills because it’s on a plain. [/QUOTE] In other words, like the hill, not like the steak. ---
**Author:** ![KSO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-which-should-never-be-played-in-a-movie-tv-show-or-commercial-ever-again/435826/42 "2008-02-04T16:37:20Z")
That horrible song from the e-Harmony ads. Enough already. Pretty much anything Nora Ephron puts in a movie. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-which-should-never-be-played-in-a-movie-tv-show-or-commercial-ever-again/435826/43 "2008-02-04T16:52:56Z")
[QUOTE=John DiFool] “What I Like About You” by the Romantics. I last ranted against the use of this song about a year ago (here), and of course since that time **yet another** ad campaign started using it. I think it’s now been in at least a dozen ad campaigns since the song first was shown on MTV in the early 80’s. [/QUOTE] This is the exact song I had in mind. It was never even that great of a song to begin with. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-which-should-never-be-played-in-a-movie-tv-show-or-commercial-ever-again/435826/44 "2008-02-04T17:18:22Z")
There’s a version of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” that sounds like it’s played on a ukuele, and the intro has a guy singing “Oooooo” vaguely in tune with the melody. I’ve heard it everywhere from _ER_ to a Rice Krispies commercial, and it needs to be banned immediately. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-which-should-never-be-played-in-a-movie-tv-show-or-commercial-ever-again/435826/45 "2008-02-04T18:39:14Z")
[QUOTE=Jeep’s Phoenix] There’s a version of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” that sounds like it’s played on a ukuele, and the intro has a guy singing “Oooooo” vaguely in tune with the melody. I’ve heard it everywhere from _ER_ to a Rice Krispies commercial, and it needs to be banned immediately. [/QUOTE] That’s [Israel Kamakawiwo’ole’s](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Kamakawiwo'ole) (or just “Iz”) version. He was a native Hawaiian singer whose rendition of that song just burst out everywhere around the early 2000s. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-which-should-never-be-played-in-a-movie-tv-show-or-commercial-ever-again/435826/46 "2008-02-04T18:47:02Z")
[QUOTE=Beadalin] **Lust for Life**. Just stop it already. Considering what the song is actually about, I have never seen an appropriate use of it. [/QUOTE] And here folks is the winner of the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-which-should-never-be-played-in-a-movie-tv-show-or-commercial-ever-again/435826/47 "2008-02-04T19:12:41Z")
> [@](#): > > Breath Me - Sia (Six Feet Under, a multitude of “very special episode” trailers) I think you mean “Breathe me” 😉 However I completely disagree with that one - I will never get enough of that song and have pretty much decided to have it at my funeral. I don’t think it’s used ENOUGH! 😃 Personally I think the theme from the Piano (the heart asks pleasure first) should stopped being rolled out. It seems to be in a new advert every six months. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-which-should-never-be-played-in-a-movie-tv-show-or-commercial-ever-again/435826/48 "2008-02-04T19:18:43Z")
[QUOTE=Illuminatiprimus] I think you mean “Breathe me” 😉 However I completely disagree with that one - I will never get enough of that song and have pretty much decided to have it at my funeral. I don’t think it’s used ENOUGH! 😃 [/QUOTE] Well…if you want your funeral to feel like a very special episode of CSI, go right ahead. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-which-should-never-be-played-in-a-movie-tv-show-or-commercial-ever-again/435826/49 "2008-02-04T19:21:51Z")
I might catch some shit for this but I’d be cool with never hearing _Gimme Shelter_ in another movie. Double cool for Scorcese movies. ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-which-should-never-be-played-in-a-movie-tv-show-or-commercial-ever-again/435826/50 "2008-02-04T19:29:49Z")
_Who Let the Dogs out?_ Hell, this never even sounded like it was anything _but_ a commercial! ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-which-should-never-be-played-in-a-movie-tv-show-or-commercial-ever-again/435826/51 "2008-02-04T19:35:05Z")
[QUOTE=msmith537] Well…if you want your funeral to feel like a very special episode of CSI, go right ahead. 😃 [/QUOTE] I was going for the Six Feet Under vibe but now you’ve made that point I may have to change my plans… Aw heck, now I’ve been talking about it I have to play it again! “Help I have done it again” indeed. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-which-should-never-be-played-in-a-movie-tv-show-or-commercial-ever-again/435826/52 "2008-02-04T20:04:58Z")
[QUOTE=jayjay] That’s [Israel Kamakawiwo’ole’s](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Kamakawiwo'ole) (or just “Iz”) version. He was a native Hawaiian singer whose rendition of that song just burst out everywhere around the early 2000s. [/QUOTE] The combination of a 700-pound man and “burst out everywhere” is probably a coincidence, but it fits so well. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-which-should-never-be-played-in-a-movie-tv-show-or-commercial-ever-again/435826/53 "2008-02-04T21:00:57Z")
It feels like they use “The Passenger” by Iggy Pop a lot. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-which-should-never-be-played-in-a-movie-tv-show-or-commercial-ever-again/435826/54 "2008-02-04T21:37:12Z")
[QUOTE=mobo85] The combination of a 700-pound man and “burst out everywhere” is probably a coincidence, but it fits so well. [/QUOTE] But it was only one wafer-thin mint! ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-which-should-never-be-played-in-a-movie-tv-show-or-commercial-ever-again/435826/55 "2008-02-04T23:24:49Z")
[QUOTE=Jeep’s Phoenix] There’s a version of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” that sounds like it’s played on a ukuele, and the intro has a guy singing “Oooooo” vaguely in tune with the melody. I’ve heard it everywhere from _ER_ to a Rice Krispies commercial, and it needs to be banned immediately. [/QUOTE] The first time I ever heard it was for that episode of ER, Mark Green’s last episode. It was very moving but then it got used for other stuff, like Rice Krispies and it ruined all my memories of that episode. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-which-should-never-be-played-in-a-movie-tv-show-or-commercial-ever-again/435826/56 "2008-02-05T01:08:46Z")
[QUOTE=Beadalin] **Lust for Life**. Just stop it already. Considering what the song is actually about, I have never seen an appropriate use of it. [/QUOTE] Ugh. I can hear it playing on a Royal Carribean Cruises commercial in the background. ---
**Author:** ![Charger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@Charger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charger)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-which-should-never-be-played-in-a-movie-tv-show-or-commercial-ever-again/435826/57 "2008-02-05T02:31:11Z")
In the 90s, it was “Tubthumping” by Chumawumba. Well, that’s if it wasn’t “Get Ready 4 This” by 2 Unlimited. I haven’t heard them used in a long time, but it would be funny to see either one show up. Especially if it was used in a trailer for a movie which takes place in the 90s. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-which-should-never-be-played-in-a-movie-tv-show-or-commercial-ever-again/435826/58 "2008-02-05T02:43:52Z")
Buffalo Springfield’s _For What It’s Worth_- it’s evidently against the law to have any part of a movie take place in, reference, or even show anyone or anything native to Vietnam without sampling that song. Big Ditto on Carmina Burana/O Fortuna (the one I came in here to mention). I don’t know if it’s a specific song or not, but that low pitched mournful bluesy gospel music that seems to come out of the cornfields and cotton stalks whenever a car goes into a poor black area of the south in any of a number of movies (_Mississippi Burning_, _Heat of the Night_ [movie and series], _Time to Kill_). The same areas gave birth to rock-n-roll and spirited gospel for Gawd’s sake. “Yeah I hope that stock music’s dead, I hope it burns in Hayull!” ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-which-should-never-be-played-in-a-movie-tv-show-or-commercial-ever-again/435826/59 "2008-02-05T03:20:10Z")
> [@](#): > > Songs which should never be played in a movie,TV show or commercial ever again Christmas music of any kind. Period, end of statement. By the time 12/25 rolls around, I am ready to take a shotgun to the speakers in the malls/radios/boomboxes/etc. that are within earshot of me. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-which-should-never-be-played-in-a-movie-tv-show-or-commercial-ever-again/435826/60 "2008-02-05T04:13:58Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] Buffalo Springfield’s _For What It’s Worth_- it’s evidently against the law to have any part of a movie take place in, reference, or even show anyone or anything native to Vietnam without sampling that song. [/QUOTE] …and likewise, combat scenes in movies or television shows about the War in Vietnam should be accompanied by music other than _Purple Haze_, _All Along the Watchtower_, the song mentioned above and anything by The Doors or Wagner. That war raged on for more than a decade, surely there are other choices. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-which-should-never-be-played-in-a-movie-tv-show-or-commercial-ever-again/435826.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-which-should-never-be-played-in-a-movie-tv-show-or-commercial-ever-again/435826.md?page=4)