Annoying songs.

[NEOWatcher]

This is on our local news site, and I have no clue where it comes from or why.
But; Just in case you finally got that repeating, annoying tune out of your head, I thought I'd fill the void.
Most Annoying Songs Of All-Time (http://www.newsnet5.com/slideshow/boredroom/9858029/detail.html)

[Tucson_Tim]

"It's a Small, Small World". Yes - most annoying. Have you been to Disney World and gone on that water ride where 75 million puppets sing it? I wanted so much to camoflauge the small boat - make it look like a duck blind - and then pop up in the middle and start blasting away with a 10-gauge shotgun.

[NEOWatcher]

"It's a Small, Small World"...
Well; the ride at the Mexican pavillion in Epcot wasn't much better. But; (at least when I was there) you are able to take a Margurita on the ride with you.

[John Mendenhall]

"It's a Small, Small World". Yes - most annoying. Have you been to Disney World and gone on that water ride where 75 million puppets sing it? I wanted so much to camoflauge the small boat - make it look like a duck blind - and then pop up in the middle and start blasting away with a 10-gauge shotgun.

Disney knows it. One of the best lines in the Lion King is when the king lion says "Not that song!" when the mouse or whatever starts to sing it.

[SeanF]

Just the other day, I asked my daughter what her favorite song was.

She thought about it for a bit and finally decided on "I love you."

I said, "How does that go?"

She started singing, "I love you, you love me, we're a happy family..."

Granted, she's not quite four years old yet, so it's still cute when she sings it. :)

[Tucson_Tim]

She started singing, "I love you, you love me, we're a happy family..."


I know he's a favorite with little kids but don't you want to see him in the middle of the gridiron, tackled by the entire Minnesota Vikings kick-off special team?

[Swift]

Just the other day, I asked my daughter what her favorite song was.

She thought about it for a bit and finally decided on "I love you."

I said, "How does that go?"

She started singing, "I love you, you love me, we're a happy family..."

Granted, she's not quite four years old yet, so it's still cute when she sings it. :)
Having seen the photos, I suspect she is cute when she does just about anything. ;)

[hawaii50girl]

I can't believe that they include the Spice Girls Wannabe as a annoying song. I like that song and the Spice Girls and the song is not annoying. I can't wait until their greatest hits album comes out and when their tour starts. Which I hope to go see them in New York in December.

[novaderrik]

that one country song by that girl from American Idle about trashing her boyfriend's truck because she thought that he was cheating on her is pretty annoying. every time i hear it, i wish some guy would write the same song, but turn it around so the girl is the cheating one and make it about him getting sweet, sweet revenge on her by trashing her car.
but i guess that song would be sexist as well as annoying, so it can't happen.

[ABR.]

I know he's a favorite with little kids but don't you want to see him in the middle of the gridiron, tackled by the entire Minnesota Vikings kick-off special team?

That works! Or how about T-3: Bahney Must Die!

As for annoying "music"...anything by the Wiggles, any of the end of tape Thomas the Tank Engine songs, Ravel's Bolero.

[PetersCreek]

I love you. You love me.
We're a happy family.
Then a shot rang out and Barney hit the floor.
Now he won't sing that song any more.

[KaiYeves]

Bad Day. Man, I destest that one.
American Pie is good, but it may be the most spoofed song ever:
"Pi, Pi, mathematical Pi-
Three point one four, one five nine..."
"My, my, this here Anakin guy
Someday Vader maybe later but for now a small fry..."

[PetersCreek]

Song from my first wedding: You Light Up My Life by Debbie Boone. Hate it...and not just for the bad memories.
Don't Worry, Be Happy by Bobby Ferrin. It was kinda catchy the first 49,287 times I heard it on the radio but then they overplayed it.
Believe by Cher. I almost lost my belief in life after that song.
Who Let the Dogs Out by the Baha Men. Sic him, boy!
Achy Breaky Heart by Billy Ray Cyrus. Time of death: 1992.

[Delvo]

I know he's a favorite with little kids but don't you want to see him in the middle of the gridiron, tackled by the entire Minnesota Vikings kick-off special team?You had to pick the NFL's only team that wears purple?!

[Tucson_Tim]

You had to pick the NFL's only team that wears purple?!

I'd like to say it was intentional but no - it was just an accident. Nice observation!

[novaderrik]

not only are they the only team that wears purple- they are probably the only "special team" that wouldn't be able to catch a 10 foot tall slightly obese purple dinosaur- let alone tackle him..

[Tucson_Tim]

not only are they the only team that wears purple- they are probably the only "special team" that wouldn't be able to catch a 10 foot tall slightly obese purple dinosaur- let alone tackle him..

That's harsh. But you live there so you can get away with it. :)

[Whirlpool]

Just the other day, I asked my daughter what her favorite song was.

She thought about it for a bit and finally decided on "I love you."

I said, "How does that go?"

She started singing, "I love you, you love me, we're a happy family..."

Granted, she's not quite four years old yet, so it's still cute when she sings it. :)

My kid too sings that " I love you" song.

I don't know if it's he's favorite.

And admittedly, if you are annoyed at that song , I am not.

:neutral:

[Graybeard6]

"Loving You" by Minnie Ripperton.

[Celestial Mechanic]

"Loving You" by Minnie Ripperton.
I like that song, but that still doesn't stop me from fantasizing about a remix I'd like to make of it. I would take the song, and about 30 seconds into it I would mix in another track of birds, and then a few seconds later another, and then another, and so on until you can barely hear her. And at the end I would dub in a muffled scream. Just think of it as "Loving You" as Alfred Hitchcock might have produced it. :D

[davidlpf]

Macarena,I think they use it in torture nowadays.

[phaishazamkhan]

I dislike most modern music like the fuzzbox heavy WWE music. What the heck is with these young'uns?
A long while ago, 2004-ish, there was a song where some guy was nasally whining "Sorry, can't be perfect". After hearing it for more than a year I finally figured out that he WASNT singing "Sorry, Happy Birthday". Either way I wanted to wrap my hands around his neck and give him a great big hug.
More recently there's a song by an urban performer who is singing something I presume to be a ballad because the main lyric is "Nobody wants to see us together. No matter no." The second bit is how it sounds so it may be a mondegreen. The tune is overplayed, lacking in melody and the voices of the back up singers remind me of the Muppets.
On a more light-hearted note the most annoying song is the song that never ends because it just goes on and on my friends. Someone people started singing it not knowing what it was but they continued singing it just because this is the song that never ends it just goes on and on my friends. Some people started singing it not knowing what it was but they continued singing it just because this is the song that never ends.
You get the idea.

[Whirlpool]

More recently there's a song by an urban performer who is singing something I presume to be a ballad because the main lyric is "Nobody wants to see us together. No matter no."

I think it's Akon.
"Nobody wanna see us together. But it don't matter no."

[Maksutov]

Everything Is Beautiful-Ray Stevens
He might change his mind after I get through stomping on his face and he looks in a mirror.

The Wedding Song-Noel "Paul" Stookey
Don't bother with the spoon, I'm gagging already. Where's the sequel: The Divorce Song?

Lady Love-Lou Rawls
Arrgghh! Helped foster the entire black lounge singer genre. Blecchh!

Music Box Dancer-Frank Mills
Restaurant scene: Don't pass the sugar, I'm being forced to listen to Music Box Dancer. Was that syncopation really necessary?

Any Country Song About How Important It Is To Be Honest, Faithful, And Moral
Live it, don't just sing it!

Xmas Music
Thank Nature for December 26th!

[Laguna]

Disney knows it. One of the best lines in the Lion King is when the king lion says "Not that song!" when the mouse or whatever starts to sing it.
Well, the "King" was Scar the Kings brother and the future King's uncle.
The singer was Zazu the Hornbill

[BigDon]

"It's a Small, Small World". Yes - most annoying. Have you been to Disney World and gone on that water ride where 75 million puppets sing it? I wanted so much to camoflauge the small boat - make it look like a duck blind - and then pop up in the middle and start blasting away with a 10-gauge shotgun.

Once when I was in the Navy my whole avionics dept plus the ordinancemen went to Disney land. That was about 35 of us. Half of whom dropped acid in the parking lot prior to entrance. It was quite the holiday outing. Anyway the It's a small world ride broke down and we were stuck in there for close to an hour. We started to sing along and after a bit got it to sound like one of those WWII German drinking songs. They were many adventures that day, but time and decorum restraints prevent me from relating them here.

[Casus_belli]

I work on North sea standby/supply boats and I'm lucky enough to share a watch with a flatulent tone-deaf skipper who loves country and western.

He is a fan of Isla Grant who is, even by C&W standards, appalling.

Bored to distraction one day I counted the tears she cried during one of her Cd's.

A single tear upon her cheek (a very common theme) counts as one
"Tears" I counted as two unless she specified an actual number.

The final count from one Cd (I think it was called Isla Grant, The manic depressive years) was 30,000,054. (One of the songs had in the chorus the line "I cried ten million tears")

I think that woman has by now, if her songs are the literal truth, cried enough tears to erode her entire face off or hopefully enough to drown herself in.

However the most brain cell destroying, suicide induceing, vomit ridden, God awful song ever is called "Roses for Mama" by Red Sovine. Listen to it once if you dare. Now imagine having to listen to it 3 times a day every day for a month.

When I do finally end up in court for murdering my Skipper I'm using that song as my motive. Not a jury in the land will convict me.

[NEOWatcher]

On a more light-hearted note the most annoying song is the song that never ends because it just goes on and on my friends.
Oh yeah; that reminds me... It involves bus trips and the number 99. :sick:

[Doodler]

One Thing by Finger 11. If it weren't for the fact the rest of their music was relatively good, I'd disown them for this one.

Water's Edge by Seven Mary Three. Subject material not exactly the most comfortable, but then again, also presented in the most whiney manner possible. Doodlermode Response: Ok, you're a stinkin' coward, please die now.

Give it away Red Hot Chilli Peppers. Go away, go away, go away NOW!!! Actually, these guys haven't done anything worth listening to, in my book, since the Coneheads movie...

One and only Smashing Pumpkins. I just want to give Billy Corgan an anti-hystamine so he'll stop channeling Fran Drescher in his vocals. Whiney and nasal just don't do it for me.

Growing on me The Darkness. Ok, so the guy sounds like he enjoys wearing a vice on his testicles. Its really only in this song that it comes off just godawful. One way ticket to Hell and back by these guys currently sits on my iPod. Sometimes it works, sometimes it hurts.

[Palomar]

Nearly all Country-Western songs are annoying. :lol:

Don't play that crap,
that twangy-wangy crap
I just can't take it anymore

And if you play that crap,
that twangy-wangy crap
I'm already late for the bathroom door...

[Moose]

On a more light-hearted note the most annoying song is the song that never ends because it just goes on and on my friends.

"I know a song that'll GET ON YOUR NERVES. GET ON YOUR NERVES. GET ON YOUR NERVES... I know a song that'll GET ON YOUR NERVES..." Ahem. Yes. Well. You get the idea.

In the power-point that somehow passed for a news story, one of the "annoying songs" was the Chicken Dance. The image was of a yellow (and orange) fowl. The stuffed chicken sings-and-dances the song when you squeeze one of its feet. I know this because that chicken's identical twin cousin is sitting on my desk just out of throttle-distance. My former cow-orkers idea of a gag. (A good one, I'll admit.)

[Doodler]

And may I give special honors to Amy Winehouse's Rehab? Please?

[farmerjumperdon]

I know he's a favorite with little kids but don't you want to see him in the middle of the gridiron, tackled by the entire Minnesota Vikings kick-off special team?

He'd probably break thru for a long return.

[Moose]

And may I give special honors to Amy Winehouse's Rehab? Please?

You may indeed. It's one of three songs that will make me get up from wherever I am and turn the radio off.

that one country song by that girl from American Idle about trashing her boyfriend's truck because she thought that he was cheating on her is pretty annoying.

Carrie Underwood, and agreed. It is irritating. And while I'm on the subject, the woman depicted in the song is a psycho, and a rather dumb one at that. (Handle with extreme distance, medicate heavily.) I sincerely hope that Underwood is being extremely sarcastic with this song.

1) She uses the word "probably" an awful lot. Given the available information, he could just as easily be out celebrating his Mom's birthday at the library with the spokesperson for the local children's charity or something. Conclusions based on zero evidence are worthless.

2) She vandalizes his truck. That's pretty bad on its own. But the damage she did is over $1000. Cops tend to be willing to do more than document a brief statement so the insurance can get a case number when it's more than $1000. Particularly considering point 3.

3) The prosecutor is going to get a real easy conviction with the photos of her name carved in the seats.

[darkhunter]

The Whitney Houston version of "I Will Always Love You": Massively overplayed when it came out.

The country song where he'll "just sit here and cry": OK the first time I heard it, but after hearing it nearly non-stop on a 20 hour drive it got really annoying...

[farmerjumperdon]

For the most part I agree; but there are a couple in there that I actually liked the 1st 75 bajillion times I heard them. Then they got annoying. The little kids songs shouldn't be on the list. Of course they are annoying; they are written and performed for toddlers. It'd be like putting Candyland on a list of games you least like to play. NO KIDDING, YOU DON'T SAY!

The most common trait in what annoys individual adults is repitition. Yeah, there are a couple in there that make you wonder; like the Mr. Roboto. Is there any explanation for that at all?

But to prove the point on repitition; many years ago there was a radio station in the Twin Cities (MN, USA) that was changing owners and/or format. During an interlude, that lasted about 2 weeks, they played a single song over and over - REM's The End of the World. I have only now, about 15 years later, been able to hear that song without diving for the tuner.

Lots of others must feel the same, because we went and saw them a couple years after the radio replay extravaganza and when they played that one the crowd went wierd. Not wild, not booing, just wierd. I think everybody in the audience must have collectively turned to the people they came with and said OMG, or maybe "They don't know about the radio thing, do they?"

[Doodler]

Carrie Underwood,


Is it just me, or does "Jesus, Take the Wheel" promote negative stereotypes about women drivers? :p

[NEOWatcher]

For the most part I agree; but there are a couple in there that I actually liked the 1st 75 bajillion times I heard them. Then they got annoying.
Yep; me too, but I think the list is meant to be more universally heard.

In other words...I can understand an irritating song in a specific genre to be annoying, but if you don't listen to that genre to begin with, then you're not going to hear that song.

It's the one's that you hear at weddings, stadiums, sing-alongs, etc. where you cant get away from it that made the list. And; yes that applies to children's songs, most parents cant get away from them even if it is understandable.

And yes; I wondered about Mr Roboto myself. I am a Styx fan, and that one is low on my list, but to be universally annoying? I really haven't heard it that much other than in specific circumstances. I would have put "Queen: We are the Champions" on the list before it because that one is played in sports arenas all over.

[Aquarius22]

Most annoying song Mambo #5 or maybe "wake me up before you go go" by WHAM!

[Moose]

Yeah, that's actually something I found funny. I kind of like Mr. Roboto and Mambo #5. But then, I like novelty and I don't hear those songs very often, so...

[Delvo]

Carrie Underwood... the woman depicted in the song is a psycho, and a rather dumb one at that.Songs depicting characters who are psycho or dumb or both are pretty standard, really. I guess they just don't expect anyone to really pay attention to the lyrics. To use another American Idol contestant as an example, Gay Clay's biggest single's chorus lyrics amount to "If I was invisible, then I could get away with stalking and rape"? And Sting was shocked to find out about people playing "Every Breath You Take" at weddings and dance events as if it were romantic, because it's so clearly, plainly done from the perspective of a delusional stalker who's about ready to engage in kidnapping and horrific violence against the target of his obsession because she just doesn't seem to understand that she's his property. But people just don't listen to what the music really says in a lot of cases.

[farmerjumperdon]

Yep; me too, but I think the list is meant to be more universally heard.

In other words...I can understand an irritating song in a specific genre to be annoying, but if you don't listen to that genre to begin with, then you're not going to hear that song.

It's the one's that you hear at weddings, stadiums, sing-alongs, etc. where you cant get away from it that made the list. And; yes that applies to children's songs, most parents cant get away from them even if it is understandable.

And yes; I wondered about Mr Roboto myself. I am a Styx fan, and that one is low on my list, but to be universally annoying? I really haven't heard it that much other than in specific circumstances. I would have put "Queen: We are the Champions" on the list before it because that one is played in sports arenas all over.

Interesting nugget for you. I grew up a good chunk of my early life in the extremely far southern suburbs of Chicago. Styx was comprised of a few record store employees who used to play the sock-hops at many of the local high schools. (Do they have sock-hops anymore?) It was the nearest record store for us yokels, located in the Park Forest Plaza, which I believe holds the distinction of being the 1st shopping mall in the USA. Park Forest was a very early planned community, with one of it's notable innovations being a quad of shops with a big stores like Goldblatt's and Sear's anchoring each corner; all connected by neat little covered walkways. I think it was called Plaza Records, and you could go in there and browse the stax of wax and chat with the Styx guys.

[peteshimmon]

When you get to a certain age you realise that
the background of dross gives something new an
edge and it sounds fresh. Sonny and Cher with
I got you babe had this quality. Released
before many readers here were born I suspect.
The attempt by Groundhog Day to bury it does
not quite succeed. Now going right back was I
knew an old lady who swallowed a fly. Not very
appealing after only 3 broadcasts. But there
were more. Unfortunately.

[KaiYeves]

And may I give special honors to Amy Winehouse's Rehab? Please?
Yeah, I hate that song.
Carrie Underwood, and agreed. It is irritating. And while I'm on the subject, the woman depicted in the song is a psycho, and a rather dumb one at that. (Handle with extreme distance, medicate heavily.) I sincerely hope that Underwood is being extremely sarcastic with this song.
Don't like it either, but my little brother does. Just to appease him, I had an idea to write a few scripts in FinalDraft for a TV show about two pranksters who use their talents to drive woo-woos and crooks buggy, and said that maybe it would make a good theme song.

[Trebuchet]

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.

Not because it's bad, but because the slightest reminder will put it into my head going round and round for 2 or 3 hours.

[novaderrik]

But to prove the point on repitition; many years ago there was a radio station in the Twin Cities (MN, USA) that was changing owners and/or format. During an interlude, that lasted about 2 weeks, they played a single song over and over - REM's The End of the World. I have only now, about 15 years later, been able to hear that song without diving for the tuner.

i remember that. fall of 1993, i think. out of nowhere, my favorite rock station- 93X- became a crappy alternative station- 93.7 "the edge". and it wasn't played for a couple of weeks- it was only from Friday night to Monday morning, i believe. i know that myself and a bunch of my drunk friends tried to figure out all the lyrics one verse at a time.. each person had a verse to concentrate on as it played..
ahh, life before the interweb thingy..
but "the Edge" was thankfully short lived- only a couple of years later, Metallica came out with Load and they were forced by the corporate honcho's at Disney to play "Until it Sleeps" on the station (a few of the DJ's protested loudly on air about that, since Metallica wasn't what they considered to be "real" music, since it wasn't whiny enough or whatever and the guitars are actually in tune-0and "the Edge" became 93X again a few months later after they kept getting tons of requests for Metallica and other bands like them.

and Southdale Mall in Eden Prairie, MN, is credited as the first enclosed multi level shopping mall in the world. it opened in the mid 60's, i think. i've been there, and it definitely has a 60's vibe to it. it is just a few miles from the Mall of America, which was at one time the largest mall in the world.

[huckabuck]

anything considered "rap". i got my alarm set to the local rap station. it sits across the room. ya GOTTA git up!!!!!

[Neverfly]

anything considered "rap". i got my alarm set to the local rap station. it sits across the room. ya GOTTA git up!!!!!

I did that with a Country station.

Excellent avatar;)

[farmerjumperdon]

i remember that. fall of 1993, i think. out of nowhere, my favorite rock station- 93X- became a crappy alternative station- 93.7 "the edge". and it wasn't played for a couple of weeks- it was only from Friday night to Monday morning, i believe. i know that myself and a bunch of my drunk friends tried to figure out all the lyrics one verse at a time.. each person had a verse to concentrate on as it played..
ahh, life before the interweb thingy..
but "the Edge" was thankfully short lived- only a couple of years later, Metallica came out with Load and they were forced by the corporate honcho's at Disney to play "Until it Sleeps" on the station (a few of the DJ's protested loudly on air about that, since Metallica wasn't what they considered to be "real" music, since it wasn't whiny enough or whatever and the guitars are actually in tune-0and "the Edge" became 93X again a few months later after they kept getting tons of requests for Metallica and other bands like them.

and Southdale Mall in Eden Prairie, MN, is credited as the first enclosed multi level shopping mall in the world. it opened in the mid 60's, i think. i've been there, and it definitely has a 60's vibe to it. it is just a few miles from the Mall of America, which was at one time the largest mall in the world.

They had to use the qualifer of enclosed to claim their first. Park Forest was covered, but not enclosed, and was the first shopping mall, or at least the first officially designated as such. It had covered walkways between the blocks of merchants. I mean sure, there were undoubtedly markets in the Fertile Crescent as long as about 8,000 years ago. But they weren't anchored by Goldblatt's & Sears.

[farmerjumperdon]

And I still say they played it for at least a week. But I could be wrong. Age does that.

[closetgeek]

I am sorry, I have to say, the most annoying tune ever written is Flight of the Bumblebee. That song good turn my mood from good to horrible monster in about 2.3 seconds.

[Moose]

I am sorry, I have to say, the most annoying tune ever written is Flight of the Bumblebee. That song good turn my mood from good to horrible monster in about 2.3 seconds.

Ironically, that's how long it takes to play the song.

[KaiYeves]

The Sweet Escape. Ug!

[Donnie B.]

My vote goes to In the Year 2525.

[mfumbesi]

I am surprised James Blunt You're beautiful... hasn't received an honorary mention.

[Michael Noonan]

I forgive you all :)

How could so many of my favourite songs have appeared on this one thread.

[Trebuchet]

I am surprised James Blunt You're beautiful... hasn't received an honorary mention.

Dishonorary, more like it. My first thought was "the guy's a stalker."

[Krel]

Sting was shocked to find out about people playing "Every Breath You Take" at weddings and dance events as if it were romantic, because it's so clearly, plainly done from the perspective of a delusional stalker who's about ready to engage in kidnapping and horrific violence against the target of his obsession because she just doesn't seem to understand that she's his property.


Perhaps they are playing it as a warning to their spouse? :whistle:

Another one along those lines is Fine Young Cannibals "She Drive Me Crazy". Yeah, if you're involved with someone like that, then it is time for a restraining order, very good locks, an alarm system, and at least one (preferably more) large caliber weapon. :exclaim:

David.

[Tucson_Tim]

Any song by William Hung . . .

I was searching Yahoo Music for different covers of one of my favorite songs, Rocket Man, and I came across a version by William Hung. I listened to it and was floored. It's in the "so bad it's funny" category. I learned later (don't watch any network TV) that he is relatively famous and making pretty good money singing badly.

[Paracelsus]

For me it would have to be:

1) I'll Be There For You
2) Drops of Jupiter
3) The 'I Love You' song from Barney the dinosaur
4) Anything by Hootie and the Blowfish

[Noclevername]

Any country song except those used in The Blues Brothers*. And the Spongebob theme song.


*I suspect if I heard the original versions I'd add them to the list too.

[Tucson_Tim]

Any country song .

Every once in a while there's a country song that I like - but they are few and far between. The Mavericks come to mind.

[Palomar]

Just about anything by B.J. Thomas, though ironically I do like his singing voice.

[SeanF]

Any country song except those used in The Blues Brothers*.
Those would be just "Rawhide" and "Stand By Your Man," right?

When I told my mom (a country music fan - in fact, a former country music radio DJ - as well as a Rawhide fan) about that scene, she just said, "The theme from 'Rawhide' is not a country song." :)

[Paracelsus]

I like 'I hope You Dance' by Lee Ann Womak, but I agree with the hatred of country songs in principle.

[KaiYeves]

Drops of Jupiter
I don't want to start a fight, but that is a great song.
I never thought of I'll Be Watching You as romantic, but rather as a challenge to an enemy or rival as you walk away.

[Donnie B.]

Those would be just "Rawhide" and "Stand By Your Man," right?

When I told my mom (a country music fan - in fact, a former country music radio DJ - as well as a Rawhide fan) about that scene, she just said, "The theme from 'Rawhide' is not a country song." :)
True, but don't forget, that bar had both kinds of music -- Country and Western.

[Noclevername]

Those would be just "Rawhide" and "Stand By Your Man," right?

When I told my mom (a country music fan - in fact, a former country music radio DJ - as well as a Rawhide fan) about that scene, she just said, "The theme from 'Rawhide' is not a country song." :)

No, it's one of the only three good Western songs, the other two being The Gambler and Coward of the County, both by Kenny Rogers.

Tell your mom that the waitress said that bar had "both kinds of music-- country and western."

EDIT: D'oh, I see Donnie B. beat me to it.

[closetgeek]

Yeah, try the song Sweet Escape from the Kidsbop cd, over and over and over... It's like beavers are gnawing on my eardrums. The only thing that makes it tolerable is peaking through the doorway and watching her dance to it.

The Sweet Escape. Ug!

[triplebird]

Most of the songs previously mentioned make my list, if nothing else because they're overplayed and get old fast. In fact, I've had Carrie Underwood's gem stuck in my head this morning, so I wrote a version having her attack an alien spacecraft...

Macarena is the most annoying song of all time, IMO.

My Heart Will Go On by Celine Dion is a close second. Almost a decade after the movie came out, and it's still played to death on the radio.

Anything Britney Spears, especially Baby One More Time, makes me gag, again because of overplayment*

Hannah Montana, aka Billy Ray Cyrus Jr., also currently is at the top of my Hall of Shame--she had a concert here in SLC over the weekend, with it's attendant absurd amount of publicity and screaming teenybopper girls...

As far as Barney goes, you do know the theme is merely a re-tread of a traditional kid's song? Speed up the tempo a bit, and substitute:


This old man, he played one
He played knick-knack on my thumb
With a knick-knack, paddy-whack
Give a dog a bone
This old man came rolling home


So, Mr. Purple Dinosaur's writers can't even come up with an original annoying song...


*Is that a word?

[Trebuchet]

For me it would have to be:

1) I'll Be There For You
2) Drops of Jupiter
3) The 'I Love You' song from Barney the dinosaur
4) Anything by Hootie and the Blowfish

Drops of Jupiter belongs in the Mondegreen thread. Something or somebody is overrated, I think they're saying. What the heck is that all about.

[KaiYeves]

Something or somebody is overrated, I think they're saying. What the heck is that all about.
"Val Halen is overrated."

[Krel]

I never thought of I'll Be Watching You as romantic, but rather as a challenge to an enemy or rival as you walk away.

I think that one belongs with "She Drives Me Crazy" as a stalker song. Once again if you are involve with someone like that, then it is restraining order, and shotgun time.

The funny thing is, that I like both songs. :lol:


David.

[NEOWatcher]

And of course, the News needs to keep up... so they have released thier Christmas version of the article.

The Ten Most Annoying Christmas Songs Of All Time (http://www.newsnet5.com/boredroom/10430474/detail.html)

Once again; I disagree with the use of the word "annoying". Some of those, I have never heard, so I can't consider them annoying no matter how horrible they may be.
To me, "annoying" includes a trait of repetition.

I would put Elvis's "Blue Christmas" on the list. It's played way to much, and the background singing "woo woo" is too much for me.

[Moose]

Believe me they're right about "What Can You Get a Wookiee for Christmas (When He Already Owns a Comb)", although it's sorta-kinda clever the first time you hear it.

I think I said it earlier this thread, but Bonnie Em's christmas stuff really annoys me.

[Delvo]

Christmas songs themselves aren't annoying; what's annoying is companies that take Christmas song melodies and change the words so the singers are singing about furniture or electronics or whatever.

[KaiYeves]

Christmas songs themselves aren't annoying; what's annoying is companies that take Christmas song melodies and change the words so the singers are singing about furniture or electronics or whatever.
What about all of those great songs some BAUTers made a few years back by changing the words in Christmas songs to be about Apollo 8? I liked reading those.

[Donnie B.]

Christmas songs themselves aren't annoying; what's annoying is companies that take Christmas song melodies and change the words so the singers are singing about furniture or electronics or whatever.
Seconded! The current worst offender is Garmin.

I'd also add any traditional Christmas song redone in a rock style, or performed by dogs.

[mike alexander]

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

[NEOWatcher]

Apparently, the annoying songs still sells products.
'Grandma Got Run Over' show leads to lawsuit (http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/11/28/grandmareindeersuit.ap/index.html)
Elmo Shropshire was sued for breach of contract Monday by a company that claims he interfered in a $1 million-plus deal to sell musical trucks, bobblehead dolls, snow globes and cookie jars featuring characters from an animated show based on the novelty song.

[Doodler]

I like 'I hope You Dance' by Lee Ann Womak, but I agree with the hatred of country songs in principle.


ARRRRRRRGH!!!

That was a great song murdered by unbelievable overplay.

[Doodler]

Christmas songs themselves aren't annoying; what's annoying is companies that take Christmas song melodies and change the words so the singers are singing about furniture or electronics or whatever.

Speak for thyself. Christmas songs are horribly overplayed.

[Kaptain K]

Christmas songs are horribly overplayed.
And it's getting worse! The local "soft rock" station has, for years, played Christmas songs from Thanksgiving to Christmas. This year, they started the Friday before Thanksgiving, adding another 8 days of over-kill! :mad:

[Maksutov]

And of course, the News needs to keep up... so they have released thier Christmas version of the article.

The Ten Most Annoying Christmas Songs Of All Time (http://www.newsnet5.com/boredroom/10430474/detail.html)To me all xmas songs are annoying. But the most annoying is the one whose lyrics have been parodied as follows:Na na na na
Da da de da
Da da de da
Da da de da

Da da de da
Da da de da
Da da de da
Da da de da

I work at Burger King
Making flame broiled Whoppers
I wear paper hats

Would you like an apple pie with that?
Would you like an apple pie with that?

Ding! Fries are done
Ding! Fries are done
Ding! Fries are done
Ding! Fries are done

I gotta run
I gotta run
I gotta run
I gotta run

Don't bob for fries in hot fat
It really hurts bad
And so do skin grafts

Would you like an apple pie with that?
Would you like an apple pie with that?

Where is the bell?
Wait for the bell
Can't hear the bell
Where is the bell?

Ding! Fries are done
Ding! Fries are done
Ding! Fries are done
Ding! Fries are done

I work at Burger King
Making flame broiled Whoppers
I wear paper hats

Would you like an apple pie with that?
Would you like an apple pie with that?

Ding! Fries are done
Ding! Fries are done
Ding! Fries are done
Ding! Fries are doneAn "animated" YouTube version is available here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFQyib5ZQZY). Its current commercial incarnation (pun intended) to push Hyundais, with the lyrics consisting of "Duh!" (at least that's all I heard before hitting the mute button).

[mike alexander]

The above is similar to "Land of 1,000 Santas"


Uh! Ho ho-ho-ho-ho ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho ho-ho-ho-ho!
I need somebody to help me say it one time
Ho ho-ho-ho-ho ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho ho-ho-ho-ho!
Wow!

[djellison]

Umberella ella ella ehhh ehhh ehhh ARHGHGHGHGHGHGHGH

[NEOWatcher]

Umberella ella ella ehhh ehhh ehhh ARHGHGHGHGHGHGHGH
Which somewhat rhymes with Kelly, Kelly, Kelly, Kelly, Kelly, Kelly.

[ktesibios]

Does anyone remember You Sexy thing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Sexy_Thing) by Hot Chocolate?

That song hit the radio just when some friends and I were taking a road trip down to the Outer Banks. There was just no getting away from it; the full extent of the brain damage I suffered has yet to be determined.

Not only were the lyrics perfectly inane, the lead singer's voice was like a dental drill to my ears, and there seemd to be only two chords in the verses- both of them wrong.

And since someone mentioned Christmas music, I regret that I have not time to write two or three volumes of my opinion of "The Little Drummer Boy" and why it's the stupidest song in recorded history.

[Celestial Mechanic]

Does anyone remember "You Sexy Thing" by Hot Chocolate? [Snip!] Not only were the lyrics perfectly inane, the lead singer's voice was like a dental drill to my ears, and there seemd to be only two chords in the verses- both of them wrong. [Snip!]
I second your opinion on the vocals. Fortunately we used to parody it as:
I believe in mucus,
You slippery thang!

[mike alexander]

Afternoon Delight by the Starlight Vocal Band, or somesuch.

Kentucky Rain by Elvis. From his fried bologna period. Compare to, say, Viva Las Vegas, which if it don't get your toe tapping, you're daid.

[Maksutov]

Wasn't that kid with the snare who hung out in stables, of Lebanese origin? If so they got the name of the song wrong. It should have been The Little Drummer Goy.

Can I get a rim shot? Or at least someone to shoot that percussionist so the interminable drumming finally stops? And while we're at it, let's found some bells into something useful and quiet.

[Kaptain K]

Starland Vocal Band

[mike alexander]

Ah, I may have confused it with Starlight Express. About which, same.

[toejam]

Nearly all Country-Western songs are annoying. :lol:

Don't play that crap,
that twangy-wangy crap
I just can't take it anymore

And if you play that crap,
that twangy-wangy crap
I'm already late for the bathroom door...

What?! You don't like s---kicking music? Not even Shania Twain's efforts? You must like Shania.

[Donnie B.]

You must like Shania.
Is that an order?

[toejam]

Is that an order?


:)

No, more of a half-baked question or assumption.

[Kaptain K]

A local musician/DJ wrote a song called "I gave my soul to Rock and Roll,
but Country pays the bills"!