Songs You Never Want to Hear Again

[scotpens]

Not exactly "classic rock," but I'd be perfectly happy if I never heard any of those Christmas oldies again. You know the list: "Jingle Bell Rock," "Sleigh Ride" (any version), "Winter Wonderland," "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree," "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," and that goddamn Chipmunk song.

At least, I only have to put up with hearing them over and over for one month each year.

Anything by Pink Floyd and the Rolling Stones. I've never liked either groups' music.

You never liked the Rolling Stones?

BLASPHEMY! SACRILEGE! HERESY! How can anyone not like the Rolling Stones?

OTOH, I never understood what the big deal was with Jimi Hendrix. And I never liked Led Zeppelin either. To me, they always sounded like cats fucking.

 

[Lookingglassman]

"Dont worry, Be Happy"
"I've had the time of my life"
Anything by Justin Timberlake
Anything by Miley Cyrus who is only famous because of her dad

 

[Garm Bel Iblis]

mmmmmmmmmbop <shudder>

Peter: If you could be stranded on a desert island with any woman in the world, who would it be?
Quagmire: Taylor Hanson.
Joe Swanson: Taylor Hanson is a guy.
Quagmire: [Laughs] You guys are yankin' me. "Hey, let's put one over on Quagmire."
Peter: No, he's actually a guy, Quagmire.
Quagmire: What? That's insane. That's impossible.
[Pause]
Quagmire: Oh God. Oh my God. I've got all these magazines. Oh God.

 

[Lapis Exilis]

And I never liked Led Zeppelin either. To me, they always sounded like cats fucking.

I must agree. Never felt the love there.

The funny thing is, on my initial list, except for Every Breath You Take (which I never cared for), I used to love every song on it. Now, I've OD'd. We've heard them enough. We need some new staples on the classic rock menu. And the sad thing is, there are a ton of good songs by the bands who form the backbone of classic rock that never get air time in favor of the same five songs that are considered their representative tunes. Does anyone really need to hear Honky Tonk Woman one more time? They can't play I'm Just Waiting on a Friend instead? Just every once in a while?

 

[The Borgified Corpse]

^Amen! And while I love Queen, I'm a bit tired of overplayed songs like "Bohemian Rhapsody," "Fat Bottom Girls," "We Will Rock You," & "We Are the Champions." Can't we replace them with "The Prophet's Song," "Great King Rat," "'39," & "Princes of the Universe"?

I could die happy never hearing "Hotel California" ever again.

See, for me, a tired song can be easily rehabilitated with a great parody, like the "Hotel California" filk "Starship Voyager" by the Volehunters.

Or this gem that actually makes "Total Eclipse of the Heart" both tolerable & hilarious! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj-x9ygQEGA

Not exactly "classic rock," but I'd be perfectly happy if I never heard any of those Christmas oldies again. You know the list: "Jingle Bell Rock," "Sleigh Ride" (any version), "Winter Wonderland," "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree," "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," and that goddamn Chipmunk song.

At least, I only have to put up with hearing them over and over for one month each year.

I used to work at a used bookstore. Every December, the store manager & customer service manager would force us to have that accursed Christmas station on all the time. Supposedly, by musically reminding everyone that it's Christmas, it encourages them to buy things, regardless of how annoyed they are in the process. Thankfully, whenever they were out of the store, the other managers allowed us to change it to something else.

Anything by Miley Cyrus who is only famous because of her dad

While she may have the Cyrus name, I'm still convinced that Hannah Montana is the secret love child of Chris Gaines!

 

[tharpdevenport]

Anything by Britany Spears. I'll hit you once more time. Or two times. Or three -- how ever many it gets you to stop fucking singing.

Anything by a rap artist.

Any heavy metal song.

Any hard rock song.

 

[Goliath]

You know, there's a simple solution to this problem:

Stop listening to the radio.

I tuned out twenty-five years ago. As a result, I don't hate any of these songs. Not even the crappy ones.

 

[The Boy Who Cried Worf]

You Shook Me All Night Long

Not only should you never get tired of hearing that, but people should be required to have headphones on 24/7 that play nothing but AC/DC. Both the Bon Scott and Brian Johnson years. Trust me America's productivity and happiness quotient will skyrocket.

 

[Trilliam]

Anything sung by Sarah Brightman, well really ANYTHING written by Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber.

 

[tharpdevenport]

You know, there's a simple solution to this problem:

Stop listening to the radio.

I tuned out twenty-five years ago. As a result, I don't hate any of these songs. Not even the crappy ones.

Turning a blind eye, or in this case a deaf ear to it, doesn't solve the problem.

Eventually these shitty songs make their way into the films and TV series we watch, get onto the soundtrack albums some people buy, or even get used in TV commercials, or blared over speakers in stores and resturants.

It's gotten to where when I go to a resturant (though rare as it is), I can't sit in it because of the music playing. I'd rather eat in my car.

I have to MUTE the TV when crappy songs play in films or TV series I am trying to watch.


Turning away only encourages this crap to keep diluting quality musical entertainment.

 

[MeanJoePhaser]

"The Boys are Back In Town"...sort of "safe classic rock" that they can and did use for a TOY STORY movie ad. It's like a cliche made into song form.

"Turn the Page"...it's so hard to be a rock star ...you always seem outnumbered...and Metallica wants to cover your songs...*saxamphone here*

"Thriller"...the monster at the end of the book was Jacko himself. I'd sooner leave my kid with an actual zombie.

"Vogue"...yeah, Madonna made gay dancing cool for a year or so in the early 90's.

"I don't wanna miss a thing"...Aerosmith's last shred of credibility died with this lite-rock fav (or the Gap ad).

"She's One in a Million Girls"...I hate this song, why would I lie?

"Angel is a Centerfold"...my memory should be sold just to get this song outta my head.

"Torn"...okay, Natalie Imbruglia (pronounced "I'm Buggin' Ya") had her one big hit and radio stations still play it twice a day in every broadcast area in the USA.

"Who I Am"...bitch's grandma isn't even named Rosemary. YOU LIED TO US IN SONG!

"Losing my Religion"...That's me in the corner, covering my ears, trying not to hear...Michael Stipe's whiny voice...

 

[Goliath]

You know, there's a simple solution to this problem:

Stop listening to the radio.

I tuned out twenty-five years ago. As a result, I don't hate any of these songs. Not even the crappy ones.

Turning a blind eye, or in this case a deaf ear to it, doesn't solve the problem.

Eventually these shitty songs make their way into the films and TV series we watch, get onto the soundtrack albums some people buy, or even get used in TV commercials, or blared over speakers in stores and resturants.

Yes. But if you don't listen to the radio, then you haven't already heard those shitty songs a thousand million times. It really does help make them endurable.

What's more, I think you're approaching this whole issue from the wrong angle. The pervasiveness of shitty music isn't a "problem" that can be "solved". It's an inescapable condition of existence, like breathing, or gravity.

Birds gotta fly, fish gotta swim, and ordinary people gotta listen to shitty music. It's their nature. It's what Spinoza would have called their "attribute."

You might as well curse the wind for blowing, or the tide for going in and out. All you can do is adapt yourself to the situation as well as you can.

Now, that said--I did remember a few songs I would happily not hear for the rest of my life.

First: all Christmas songs, with the exception of "O Holy Night." Please.

Second: "Peaches," by The Presidents of the United States of America. I was forced, for a brief period, to listen to the radio for a while, at work, on the night shift. This was the period when "Peaches" was popular. This experience taught me that my decision to avoid the radio was, in fact, the correct one.

 

[MeanJoePhaser]

That would've been a good group if they wore rubber president masks like in POINT BREAK.

 

[Goliath]

I like the way you think.

 

[Trekker4747]

"Party Like it's 1999."

I mean, really, I think we're well past it.

 

[Zulu Romeo]

"Party Like it's 1999."

I mean, really, I think we're well past it.

Not nearly as far past it as "September '63." Oh, what a night that was.

 

[Orac Zen]

I stopped listening to the local "classics" station years ago because although they claim to have thousands!!! of CDs, they seem to play the same 20-30 all the time. But I sometimes get stuck listening to it at work so as much as I want to I still can't get away from the following:

"Hotel California" (never, ever again, please. Never. And did I mention never?)
"Don't Stop Believin'"
"We Will Rock You", "We Are the Champions" and almost every other Queen song in existence (no, I'm not a Queen fan and I make no apology for it)
"Joyride" (a craptacular abomination of a song even before some horrible memories became associated with it)
"Don't Worry Be Happy"
"You're Beautiful" (once was enough. After about 15 seconds of that mawkish, nauseating crap I'd have gladly embraced deafness; repetitions are completely unnecessary)
anything by AC/DC (someone I worked with recently reckoned they've been making the same album for the past 25 years. I couldn't disagree with that assessment)
"Two Outta Three Ain't Bad" (a song I only ever thought was okay but which has been completely done to death by said radio station)
anything from Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon

There are plenty of others but that will do for a start.

 

[scotpens]

“You're Beautiful” (once was enough. After about 15 seconds of that mawkish, nauseating crap I'd have gladly embraced deafness; repetitions are completely unnecessary)

It's not only one of the worst songs of the last ten years, it's sung by a guy with an irritating, screechy tenor voice. There's nothing worse than a bad tenor.

“Party Like it's 1999.”

I mean, really, I think we're well past it.

Not nearly as far past it as “September '63.” Oh, what a night that was.

Or “New York Mining Disaster 1941.”

Have you seen my wife, Mr. Jones?
Yes, I've seen your wife, and she's ugly. . .

 

[Dancing Doctor]

Anything by Taylor Swift or Justin Bieber.

Whatever that one Lady Antebellum song is about it being a quarter after one and being a little drunk...played TOO.DAMN.MUCH.

Forever Young by Jay-Z and that blonde guy.

Whadda Want From Me by Adam Lambert. What do I want from you? To STFU.

 

[Gecko of Gorn]

American Pie.

I actually headbutt-torpedoed a Rockola 481 to death in the early nineties because of that fucking song.