# Songs you do not need to hear again in this lifetime **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 23, 2005, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-do-not-need-to-hear-again-in-this-lifetime/332353 "2005-11-23T00:23:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-do-not-need-to-hear-again-in-this-lifetime/332353/41 "2005-11-23T15:13:19Z")
> [@Redsland](#): > > That’s what _I_ came here to type. > > 🙂 Toss in \*Sweet Home Alabama \* while you’re at it. I think \*Free Bird \* and \*Sweet Home Alabama \* are both good songs, but I’ve heard so many times (often from a neighbor’s booming car stereo when I was trying to sleep) that I wouldn’t miss 'em if I never heard 'em again. I once had a neighbor who played the Allman Brothers constantly. If he was awake and at home, he was playing the Allman Brothers, usually at high volume. Numerous complaints and even visits from the police never stopped him for long. (Can you say “drunken a\*\*hole”? I knew you could! Yo, bro! Sober up and get a job!) It was seven or eight years after moving away from that place before I could enjoy the Allman Brothers again. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-do-not-need-to-hear-again-in-this-lifetime/332353/42 "2005-11-23T15:21:15Z")
Lonesome Polecat’s story reminded me…because of my ex-husband’s endless high volume playing of the Beach Boys, I can never hear them again. I used to think of them as harmless radio filler, and now they are the fate worse than death. I would sooner choose to listen to cats fucking. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-do-not-need-to-hear-again-in-this-lifetime/332353/43 "2005-11-23T16:48:04Z")
I tended bar for 5 years. I have no need to ever hear “Margaritaville” again as long as I live. And no Steve Miller Band just because I don’t like the Steve Miller Band. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-do-not-need-to-hear-again-in-this-lifetime/332353/44 "2005-11-23T17:05:47Z")
“Breakfast in America” by Supertramp. Or anything by Supertramp, really. ---
**Author:** ![nameless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/779978/32.png) [@nameless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nameless)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-do-not-need-to-hear-again-in-this-lifetime/332353/45 "2005-11-23T17:17:21Z")
> [@](#): > > Holy Diver! > You’ve been down too long in the midnight sea– > Oh what’s becoming of me? > > Ride the tiger! > You can see his stripes but you know he’s clean > Oh don’t you see what I mean? …no Dio, we don’t. You’re too old to rock, no more rocking for you. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-do-not-need-to-hear-again-in-this-lifetime/332353/46 "2005-11-23T17:23:39Z")
I started a thread on this subject a year or so ago, with the difference that you could only list songs you liked (or once liked) that you never need to hear again. That would be the Doors, Bob. Nothing wrong with the Doors. I used to listen to the Doors. I never need to hear another Doors song, for the rest of my life. ---
**Author:** ![Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophistry_and_Illusion)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-do-not-need-to-hear-again-in-this-lifetime/332353/47 "2005-11-23T17:29:46Z")
How 'bout “We Built This City on Rock and Roll” Where’s the puky smiley when you need it? ---
**Author:** ![Good\_Egg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Good\_Egg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Good_Egg)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-do-not-need-to-hear-again-in-this-lifetime/332353/48 "2005-11-23T17:33:32Z")
ANYTHING at all by Hillary Duff. I hate her voice. She could ruin a good song. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-do-not-need-to-hear-again-in-this-lifetime/332353/49 "2005-11-23T17:39:02Z")
> [@soulmurk](#): > > The “lite” radio station at the place I worked when [My Heart Will Go On] was popular had the same song list every day, and that one played three times per day. Never blended in as background noise like all the rest… always stood out and made my skin crawl. Same here. Hate that song. I think I could live a happy life if I never heard Who Let the Dogs Out again. I remember in the 2000 postseason, when the Giants were playing the Mets (?), the local sports guy would show clips of fans from SF and NY each “claiming” that song for their team. I thought, “Why the fuck are we fighting over _this_?!” ---
**Author:** ![Wartime\_Consigliori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9d8465/32.png) [@Wartime\_Consigliori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wartime_Consigliori)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-do-not-need-to-hear-again-in-this-lifetime/332353/50 "2005-11-23T17:43:59Z")
Anything by the Eagles. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-do-not-need-to-hear-again-in-this-lifetime/332353/51 "2005-11-23T19:06:47Z")
The Twelve Days of Christmas or any variant thereof. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-do-not-need-to-hear-again-in-this-lifetime/332353/52 "2005-11-23T20:02:48Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > _Christmas Shoes_ Word. ---
**Author:** ![VegaBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ee7513/32.png) [@VegaBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VegaBean)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-do-not-need-to-hear-again-in-this-lifetime/332353/53 "2005-11-23T20:19:48Z")
The one about heaven a place on earth ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-do-not-need-to-hear-again-in-this-lifetime/332353/54 "2005-11-23T21:59:49Z")
> [@Wartime Consigliori](#): > > Anything by the Eagles. :eek: Blasphemy !!! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-do-not-need-to-hear-again-in-this-lifetime/332353/55 "2005-11-23T22:07:41Z")
Anything by the Eagles or Steve Miller Band. ESPECIALLY Hotel California. And Fly like an Eagle or whatever the feck that fecking sing is called. And the stupid one that starts with something studid about being called a space cowboy. No more Margaritaville, while we’re at it. No more Christmas carols, either. They’re burned into my psyche, and I don’t even believe in Jebus. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-do-not-need-to-hear-again-in-this-lifetime/332353/56 "2005-11-23T23:45:03Z")
Ditto Steve Miller, especially Space Cowboy. Yech. Summer Breeze by Seals and Crofts is my nominee. When we drove from Boston to Florida to see the Apollo XVII launch, it was played every other slot. Oddly, Crocodile Rock was played when Summer Breeze wasn’t. and I still don’t mind it. I can do without Candles in the Wind, though. Or the Princess Goddess version. I don’t listen to schlock radio much anymore, but has MacArthur’s Park been banned due to Dave Barry’s fine efforts? That would usually show up on a list like this. ---
**Author:** ![Thirty-Nine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@Thirty-Nine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thirty-Nine)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-do-not-need-to-hear-again-in-this-lifetime/332353/57 "2005-11-24T00:26:34Z")
Mc Hammer - U Can’t Touch This 50 Cent - In Da Club Queen - Don’t Stop Me Now Reported dead, primary suspects include several cheesy student clubs. The Friends Theme (The Rembrandts - I’ll Be There For You, apparently). I know it’s barely played outside of the show, but that’s still too much. > [@Dark Side of the Floyd](#): > > Vangelis- um… something about chariots. “Chariots of Fire?” Seconded… They played that at my high school graduation. Try walking out with a straight face when that’s playing. I suppose it didn’t help that the only suggestions we made were Flight of the Valkyries and The Imperial March. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-do-not-need-to-hear-again-in-this-lifetime/332353/58 "2005-11-24T00:30:10Z")
Christmas music. If I never, ever hear another Christmas song, it won’t be soon enough. We start getting swamped with them before Labor Day. I’m not joking. There is a store that I will no longer frequent because they started playing Christmas music on the p.a. and had decorations up the week before Labor Day. They’re now on the radio, on the TV, on the p.a.s everyfrigginwhere. I sometimes want to crawl into a cave for the last quarter of the year. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-do-not-need-to-hear-again-in-this-lifetime/332353/59 "2005-11-24T00:35:28Z")
> [@capybara](#): > > And the stupid one that starts with something studid about being called a space cowboy. That would be “The Joker”. C’mon, now. Steve loves your peaches and wants to shake your tree. Doesn’t that count for something? 😃 As for Xmas music, two local radio stations went to 24hr Xmas music on November 1. ---
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-do-not-need-to-hear-again-in-this-lifetime/332353/60 "2005-11-24T00:41:50Z")
_Did you ever know you were my here-o_ - Better Midler Anything by Styx That _Pina Colada_ song _Jesse’s Girl_ - Rick Springfield Ashlee Simpson, Kelly Clarkson, Beyonce, Mariah, Christina, Shakira, Britney Something about _Hot like me_ by the Pussy Cat Dolls (WTF?) or is that the one by aforementioned Ashlee Simpson? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-do-not-need-to-hear-again-in-this-lifetime/332353.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-do-not-need-to-hear-again-in-this-lifetime/332353.md?page=4)