Songs You Never Want to Hear Again

[Daneel]

^ I was going to say that I can't really think of too many "classic rock" songs that I would put in this category --I've been developing quite the appreciation for the genre in recent years, and the classic rock radio stations are my refuge from all the crappy contemporary music that's popular with all the teenies these days-- but I think I can agree with this one. If I never heard "American Pie" again, I would not mind one bit.

And whoever said Christmas music, I agree one hundred fucking percent. Some people wonder why I hate that time of year so much... aside from the cold weather, it's the terrible, terrible Christmas music on almost every station. Ugh.

 

[MeanJoePhaser]

"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.

Yeah, who wants to hear about gramps losing his virginity again?

 

[O'Dib]

I think I'm beyond nearly anything by Green Day at this point, actually. They were an acquired taste for me to begin with.

 

[Australis]

I like classic rock. So there. I do agree there are some songs that get played to death and I never want to hear them again.

As for m'self:

Anything by Racey (mid 70s UK pop band. Been lucky this year)
'Rock Lobster'. Absolutely sick to fucking death of it. I don't want to hear it again in this life, or the next.
John Cougar Mellencamp. He's not bad, but he gets played on Aussie radio WAAAAAYY too much, and I can't relate to songs like 'Jack and Diane'.

 

[RandyS]

Any kind of Rap.

Not a fan.

And, whenever I hear myself saying "turn that evil shit off!" to some punk kid that wouldn't know good music if it jumped up and bit him in the ass, I feel old.

 

[Sakrysta]

That little ditty about Jack & Diane. I hope to never, ever, EVER hear it again.

 

[Lapis Exilis]

I like classic rock. So there. I do agree there are some songs that get played to death and I never want to hear them again.

I like classic rock too, from time to time. It's not my favorite - I'm a soul/funk/jazz/blues girl myself, but every once in a while, I like to hear some Stones, some Queen, a few tunes by Tom Petty, a little Aerosmith and a bit of Fleetwood Mac. I just can't stand that every time I've turned on the radio in the last 30 years, the same 20 songs seem to be on.

Really? There's not been anyone worth adding to the canon in all this time? Bands that have been playing for 20 years and have 30 albums under their belts only have five songs on the roster? Who decides this?

 

[John Picard]

I like classic rock. So there. I do agree there are some songs that get played to death and I never want to hear them again.

I like classic rock too, from time to time. It's not my favorite - I'm a soul/funk/jazz/blues girl myself, but every once in a while, I like to hear some Stones, some Queen, a few tunes by Tom Petty, a little Aerosmith and a bit of Fleetwood Mac. I just can't stand that every time I've turned on the radio in the last 30 years, the same 20 songs seem to be on.

Really? There's not been anyone worth adding to the canon in all this time? Bands that have been playing for 20 years and have 30 albums under their belts only have five songs on the roster? Who decides this?

Idiots who call themselves "consultants".

 

[clint g]

Anything by the Beatles.

 

[Gaith]

"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)

This.

 

[Smiley]

I honestly don't understand the thinking behind current radio programming. There are enough singles for radio stations to go for weeks without repeating a single song, but they put 20-40 songs in heavy rotation and 60 others in moderate rotation, sprinkling in other stuff only once in a while or during nonpeak hours. People are going to want to hear the new stuff and their favorite songs, but there needs to be more balance.

If I'm in the car, and I hear a song that I've heard more than about three times in the last week, I will immediately change the station. I know that if I listen to a song every time it's played, it will get overdone very fast. Even songs that I love like "Need You Now" and "Hillbilly Bone" get way too much airplay. If radio stations put more variety in their playlists, then I would have a greater incentive to listen to them. The cable and satellite radio stations do a much better job of this, so why can't the free stations follow suit?

 

[Neeka Keet]

My Heart Will Go On, Macarena, any Britney Spears song from her first two albums, boy band music from the late 90s, Korn, Limp Bizkit.

Ok, that's basically what I abhor most.

 

[tharpdevenport]

Um Bop, Hansen Brothers. I felt like hurting somebody every time that song came on.

 

[John Picard]

I honestly don't understand the thinking behind current radio programming. There are enough singles for radio stations to go for weeks without repeating a single song, but they put 20-40 songs in heavy rotation and 60 others in moderate rotation, sprinkling in other stuff only once in a while or during nonpeak hours. People are going to want to hear the new stuff and their favorite songs, but there needs to be more balance.

If I'm in the car, and I hear a song that I've heard more than about three times in the last week, I will immediately change the station. I know that if I listen to a song every time it's played, it will get overdone very fast. Even songs that I love like "Need You Now" and "Hillbilly Bone" get way too much airplay. If radio stations put more variety in their playlists, then I would have a greater incentive to listen to them. The cable and satellite radio stations do a much better job of this, so why can't the free stations follow suit?

This is correct, and why station management continues to pay and follow the recommendations of consultants is beyond understanding.

I recently finished a class in Financial Accounting in which we had a group project of analyzing a company to see if it was both a worthwhile investment and someplace we'd want to work. My group chose Sirius XM Radio, and our findings were astounding. Overall, Internet radio, iPods, WiFi, and MP3 players are all putting nails in the coffin of Sirius. The company is deep in debt and has yet to turn a profit. Users want control of their content and not what someone else decides to offer, hence what will become to growth in Internet radio. Terrestrial radio is going to die as well unless the business model changes for the very complaints listed.

 

[Trilliam]

Anything by the Beatles.

And Wings.

 

[mythme]

Anything by the Beatles.

And Wings.

Wings, maybe

Beatles, NEVER

But anything can be OVERPLAYED. it all depends on your radio station, your DJ and your geographical area. For example, I love the Beatles and will never truly get tired of them; there are so many execellent songs to chose from. However, there's a DJ on the classic rock station here during the daytime hours and I swear the only Beatles song she knows is "Hello Goodbye". She plays it practically every day. Of all the stellar Beatles songs, she's totally burned out this one, which certainly isn't a highlight of their career.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

'Rock Lobster'. Absolutely sick to fucking death of it. I don't want to hear it again in this life, or the next.

The VeggieTales version is better.

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[M'Sharak]

There are songs I never cared for and there are songs I've gotten tired of, but the one song I really could do without ever hearing again is "Freebird". I like Lynyrd Skynyrd and I'll still enjoy listening to some of their other tunes on occasion, but I hit my limit with that song some years back and now will actively avoid having to listen to it any more.

 

[LitmusDragon]

Come on people now, smile on your brother ...

 

[Locutus of Bored]

That song Don't Stop Believing is from Glee

If I never hear that godforsaken 'What's Up?' song by 4 Non Blondes again I will die a happy man. That song's as stale as the lead singer's ratty dreadlocks. It gets dragged out for every alternative rock countdown and remains in the rotation for alternative stations - which I fortunately rarely listen to any more. "Hey, ey, ey, ey, ey, what's goin' on" is that this song friggin' blows. Stop playing it. They were one-hit wonders for a reason.