# What is the song you can no longer listen to **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [March 25, 2026, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-song-you-can-no-longer-listen-to/1028758 "2026-03-25T15:14:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-song-you-can-no-longer-listen-to/1028758/81 "2026-04-20T19:07:06Z")
I suppose it’s fortunate for me that I have rarely listened to OTA radio, so the whole _overindulged-so-much-that-the-faintest-hint-makes-me-nauseous_ effect doesn’t happen very often (carve out some seasonal Christmas songs as an excption), but I _do_ have a list of tracks that will cause me to switch to a curated playlist of Rush Limbaugh rants rather than listen to them. It includes: _IOU_ - Jimmy Dean _Teddy Bear_ - Red Sovine _Teen Angel_ - Mark Dinning _Leader of the Pack_ - The Shangri-Las _Last Kiss_ - Wayne Cochran (and every asshole that chose to cover it) _(You’re) Having My Baby_ - Paul Anka _I’ve Never Been to Me_ - Charlene (AKA Charlene Marilyn Oliver, née D’Angelo) N.B. This list may not be comprehensive. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-song-you-can-no-longer-listen-to/1028758/82 "2026-04-20T19:31:09Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Toni Basil was the only female cheerleader in that video. The others were men in drag. I doubt that, there is no cite for that and the Wiki page does not say anything about that. > [@kenobi\_65](#): > > I find no corroborated evidence that they are men in drag (though some of them do look husky), and a lot of cites that they were from a high school cheerleader squad in southern California. Do you have a cite other than your eyes? Yeah, gonna need a cite. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-song-you-can-no-longer-listen-to/1028758/83 "2026-04-20T19:41:05Z")
The Toni Basil drag thing is a crappy rumor that started because Carson High, where the cheerleaders are from, is largely Samoan, and some of the cheerleaders fit the typical Samoan body type. I suspect it started as a joke to ridicule those “big foreign girls.” [https://medium.com/cuepoint/toni-basils-tenacious-tumble-to-mickey-e0c5c6fd4eed](https://medium.com/cuepoint/toni-basils-tenacious-tumble-to-mickey-e0c5c6fd4eed) ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-song-you-can-no-longer-listen-to/1028758/84 "2026-04-20T20:00:38Z")
Phil Collins. Look, he’s a nice guy and an ok drummer, but I was alive in the summer of 1985 and can’t just listen to the Phil Collins song anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-song-you-can-no-longer-listen-to/1028758/85 "2026-04-20T20:03:42Z")
You can’t hear it coming in the air tonight? ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-song-you-can-no-longer-listen-to/1028758/86 "2026-04-20T20:05:02Z")
You know I can’t respond to this without breaking several foundational SDMB rules. ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-song-you-can-no-longer-listen-to/1028758/87 "2026-04-20T20:06:56Z")
Which one? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-song-you-can-no-longer-listen-to/1028758/88 "2026-04-20T20:07:38Z")
So… you don’t care anymore? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-song-you-can-no-longer-listen-to/1028758/89 "2026-04-20T20:12:06Z")
> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#): > > You know I can’t respond to this without breaking several foundational SDMB rules. The chances of this happening are, really, against all odds. ---
**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:** [April 20, 2026, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-song-you-can-no-longer-listen-to/1028758/90 "2026-04-20T20:52:56Z")
Su, su, sudi I know what you mean! ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-song-you-can-no-longer-listen-to/1028758/91 "2026-04-20T21:46:53Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > Interesting, but not enough to make me endure that song or video again! It’s one of those songs where the best thing about it is [Weird Al’s parody](https://youtu.be/xyEhnMaKXhM). ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-song-you-can-no-longer-listen-to/1028758/92 "2026-04-20T23:43:39Z")
I would say a lot by the Eagles simply because I’m tired of hearing them. ---
**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:** [April 20, 2026, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-song-you-can-no-longer-listen-to/1028758/93 "2026-04-20T23:56:11Z")
Anything by The Cars. I must have liked them because I have a cassette, but I hope I never hear another Cars song in my life. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-song-you-can-no-longer-listen-to/1028758/94 "2026-04-21T01:27:42Z")
Fine. We’ll just go on living our separate lives. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-song-you-can-no-longer-listen-to/1028758/95 "2026-04-21T09:40:33Z")
> [@iamatractorboy](#): > > Which one? Exactly! ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-song-you-can-no-longer-listen-to/1028758/96 "2026-04-21T10:06:57Z")
As a fan of NFL football, I simply cannot stand the way they have used Phil Collins’ drum solo from “In The Air Tonight” as an anthem. Like others, I see it’s coming, so that’s when I mute the TV, get some beer and snacks, and come back when the broadcast has returned to normal, and the game begins. If it is not clear, I hate that song. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-song-you-can-no-longer-listen-to/1028758/97 "2026-04-21T15:55:42Z")
Similarly, I loved 7 Nation Army the first several dozen times I heard it. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-song-you-can-no-longer-listen-to/1028758/98 "2026-04-21T16:20:49Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Anything by The Cars. I must have liked them because I have a cassette, but I hope I never hear another Cars song in my life. I swear, I almost never hear songs by the Cars in the wild anymore. But on a recent cruise with my wife, a DJ put on “My Best Friend’s Girl” and we hit the dance floor for the first time in years. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-song-you-can-no-longer-listen-to/1028758/99 "2026-04-21T19:11:49Z")
I loved Bawitdaba, Cowboy and All Summer Long when they came out. Won’t be caught death listening to Kid Rock this days. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-song-you-can-no-longer-listen-to/1028758.md?page=4)