Name what you feel is/are the most annoying pop song /songs. any time frame. Mine is Muskrat Love. Love Will Keep us

[debm55]

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Together and a Debbie Boone song that was so annoying I can;t remember the title.

[Deuxcents]

1. Who let the dogs out..😵‍💫

[debm55]

4. Wolf, wolf wolf. ty Deuxcents.

[GoodRaisin]

293. Yeah not many worse than that.

[underpants]

2. Anything by Pat Benatar or "Suddenly Last Summer" by The Motels

God I hate that song.

[debm55]

6. Thank you underpants. I don't remember the Motels.

[Coventina]

28. I also despise the Motels.

I never understood their appeal.

"Only the Lonely" is also horrible.

[underpants]

35. Yeah hated that one too.

[Lunabell]

3. Centerfold by the J. Geils band.

The old virgin/whore syndrome and it has pissed me off ever since I first heard it!! If it's so bad to be a centerfold, why is he looking at a centerfold? I turn that song off every time it comes on the radio!!!

[debm55]

8. Agree with you Lunabell TY

[Shermann]

134. I don't think the song pushes any sort of narrative

He is infatuated with the centerfold but is tormented by her exhibitionism. Great song!

[Lunabell]

164. On that you are most incorrect!

The song is about a man who is shocked to discover that his high school crush appeared in a centerfold spread for an unspecified men's magazine.[5] The song's narrator is torn between conflicting feelings: his disappointment due to her loss of innocence, and his lust until the end of the song.


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centerfold

Here's a sample of the misogynist lyrics.

She was pure like snowflakes
No one could ever stain
The memory of my angel
Could never cause me pain

Years go by I'm lookin' through a girly magazine
And there's my homeroom angel on the pages in-between

My blood runs cold
My memory has just been sold
My angel is the centerfold
Angel is the centerfold.

So what if she's an exhibitionist? Sex work is sex work. She is not "stained." Perhaps you should look into yourself about your own feelings.

[Shermann]

174. "She was pure like snowflakes no one could ever stain"

He doesn't retract this beautiful statement and never says she is stained. This is all subject to interpretation and listeners can make it their own. You made it song about misogyny. Perhaps you should look inward?

[Lunabell]

215. nope.

There are none so blind as those who will not see.

A lot of people, particularly men, don't see misogyny even when it slaps them in the face. They too, are a product of the patriarchal system.

[Shermann]

266. You are committing an argument by repetition fallacy

You are even flirting with an ad hominem fallacy.

The song is a merely a lament about his angel being objectified, and you haven't made a convincing case otherwise.

[Lunabell]

273. Google it.

Your opinion is irrelevant when every interpretation of this song except yours is in line with mine.
But, believe what you want. I don't give any fucks whatsoever.

[Shermann]

276. Question posed to Copilot: Is Centerfold by the J. Geils Band misogynistic?

Answer: In summary, while “Centerfold” doesn’t explicitly endorse misogyny, it does depict a situation where a woman’s image is commodified. Interpretations may vary, but it’s essential to consider the context and intent behind the song.

[Lunabell]

286. seriously.

[Shermann]

288. You redirected me to go search for evidence to support your claims for you and I did.

However, the summaries provided by the most powerful web crawlers on Earth don't get us to misogyny here.

[hlthe2b]

5. "Having my Baby" (Paul Anka)

Cringe-worthy on the first play. Sappy, sappy, sappy.

[debm55]

10. I was going to put that. It was neck and neck with Muskrat Love.

[hlthe2b]

13. I liked America and though I didn't know the meaning of that song, I think I'd rather "love" a muskrat

(but yeah, it could be annoying)

[debm55]

18. Did America do that song???? I had their first album.

[wolfie001]

110. Isn't that Captain and Tennille?.....nt

[debm55]

114. I thought it was Captain and Tennille, Maybe America did a version.

[hlthe2b]

169. Nope. Muskrat Love: America. Here you go.

And, I liked America. Captain and Tenille, not so much (actually detested)

[wolfie001]

171. The Captain and Tenille's version was forgettable but....

....I just couldn't stomach that mess. Thanks though

[debm55]

195. I wonder if Muskrats smoke a cig after Muskrat Love, I never checked. Does anyone know?

[rsdsharp]

61. I was in radio when that was a hit. The station owner, a Catholic with six kids, loved that song.

He would wax euphoric about how great it was, how it was the quintessential expression of love and devotion between two people who had pledged themselves to each other for life.

This went on, day after day, every time it played — blah, blah, blah. Finally, one of the staff had enough. He waited until the guy was in mid rant, looked him in the eye, and said “They’re not married, Jim,” and walked away.

[debm55]

62. That's funny. Thank you rsdsharp.

[Demovictory9]

209. Sexist too. He changed the lyrics when singibg it live to "having OUR baby"

[hlthe2b]

226. Yes. That is a big part of why it was so creepy originally.

However changing that did not make it much better.

[SarahD]

7. Good choice. I felt sorry for Toni Tenille.

I always suspected neither of them was really warm to the idea of performing icky pop songs. After Daryl died, Toni revealed that their relationship was essentially affection-free.

[debm55]

12. Oh I didn't know that. Thanks for the information. SarahD

[TexasBushwhacker]

224. They were kind of bullied into getting married by their label

Nevertheless, Toni chose to stay in the marriage for long after they were releasing new music.

[rubbersole]

9. The 'Pina Colada' song.

'If you have half a brain...'

[debm55]

14. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Thank you rubbersole.

[SarahD]

22. Waaaaaay overplayed.

The song was moderately annoying all by itself, but they compounded the damage by playing it at least once every hour. Same situation as Tie Yellow Ribbon (around Tony Orlando's neck and throttle him with it).

[Ritabert]

89. I used to hate it until I rewrote it as the Sobpoena Colada Song

...for Trump.

I was tired of my lawyer
We'd been together too long
He kept demanding payment
Which was totally totally wrong
...

If you hate subpoena coladas
Getting caught and arraigned
If you're full into MAGA
If you have half a brain

If you like stealing docs at midnight
But need help when you're caught
I'm the lawyer you've looked for
Write to me and I'm bought...

[rubbersole]

120. Joni Mitchell 2!!

Nice!

[Ritabert]

143. Thanks. There are more stanzas but I remembered these

[debm55]

122. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA I like it . Thank you. Ritabert.

[Ritabert]

144. You're welcome.

[FemDemERA]

123. thanks for my first laugh out loud of the day

[Ritabert]

145. You're welcome

[Judi Lynn]

139. Exquisite! So well done. . .

[Ritabert]

146. Thanks!

[bucolic_frolic]

11. Only one?

My short list would ones that don't puke me out.

[debm55]

15. I will edit the OP

[SarahD]

16. If you google Muskrat Love, you get a list of similar songs.

The "people also searched for" feature compiles quite a list.

[debm55]

23. SarahD, You mean there are more then one?

[malthaussen]

17. "Put Your Hand in the Hand of the Man from Galilee"

There are many annoying pop songs. There are many annoying quasi-Christian pop songs. This is one of the most annoying.

"Muskrat Love," IMO, is just silly, not really annoying.

-- Mal

[debm55]

21. I remember the Hand song. I agree with you.

[yankee87]

19. Macarena

Every day for a year.

[debm55]

24. I hated that song. Then they started playing it at wedding receptions.

[yankee87]

29. Weddings

That also. Good catch

[debm55]

47. That and the Chicken Dance.

[EYESORE 9001]

52. I went to a couple of quinceanaras when the Macarena was at its height of popularity

I felt like telling them it wasn’t a marathon.

[debm55]

55. Funny EYESORE9001 , TY

[Judi Lynn]

148. A little of that one goes a long way! Wow!

It seemed to be taking over the world!

Do you remember seeing people dancing to the song during a break at a political convention, during a break? I could never forget it!

In the good ol' days, we forced politicians to do the Macarena
Bring it back.
By Heather Dockray on September 9, 2018

As President Donald Trump's election proved, it doesn't take much to get elected anymore. In the '90s, the bar was higher: politicians were at least forced to dance the Macarena.

You've probably seen gifs from the infamous '96 Democratic National Convention, where Hillary Clinton was made to dance to the song. Friends, I'm pleased to report that the full video is incredible, and the trend runs so much deeper.

More:
https://mashable.com/article/political-nostalgia-politicians-doing-the-macarena

[Demobrat]

97. I learned to dance the Macarena

on a beach in Costa Rica with a class of six year olds. It’s one of my favorite memories, and I love the song.

[debm55]

124. Thank you , Demobrat. We all have our different likes and dislikes.

[Demobrat]

147. And memories associated with a song change everything.

If not for that experience I would probably find it as annoying as everyone else does.

[Aviation Pro]

20. Afternoon Delight

…..

[debm55]

25. Agree. overplayed, annoying song.

[malthaussen]

30. It's such a quintessential piece of early-70s feelgood pop...

... I actually kinda like it. More as a symbol of the times than on any merit it might possess (not much).

-- Mal

[debm55]

36. Agree with you . Thanks.

[Shermann]

137. Feelgood pop...I see what you did there! nt

[relayerbob]

109. God awful.

[Coventina]

26. We Built This City - Starship

Nominee for possibly the worst song EVER!!!!!

[underpants]

37. We have the same dislikes

Horrible song.

[debm55]

39. Agree, Agree,Agree. pompous song.

[Upthevibe]

155. Coventina..........

HORRIBLE SONG! But there are many....

[Diamond_Dog]

27. "Honey" by Bobby Goldsboro

[debm55]

40. Agree with you Diamond_Dog. Terrible song. Turned it off as soon as it came on.

[SarahD]

31. The official worst song is "We Built This City."

That's the one that always makes the lists of worst songs. Grace Slick called it the worst song ever recorded, but I don't know if she meant worst song ever, by anyone or just the worst she was a part of. It was a monster number one hit. Of course.

[Coventina]

45. GMTA!!!

[NBachers]

32. My Sharona- the Knack; What's Goin' On- 5 non blondes; Honey- Bobby Goldsboro; anything by Foreigner or Michael Bolton

[debm55]

54. Agree. Ty

[ms liberty]

87. I am reccing this specifically for "anything by Foreigner" n/t

[debm55]

128. HAHAhAhAHAHAHAHAH TY

[AltairIV]

184. Zappa!

[debm55]

197. TY AltairIV

[Jamesm9164]

33. Not sure these count but

Feliz Navidad and Jingle Bell Rock. Maybe it is a Christmas thing. Cheers.

[debm55]

50. Jamesm9164 , we will count it this time,

[SarahD]

88. Most Christmas songs.

Every artist feels the need to put out a Christmas album. So many of the songs are obvious throw away filler material. Very sad.

[debm55]

130. Agree. SarahD. ty

[consider_this]

34. Thong song

lemme see that thong, 'g thong thong thong
yuk

[debm55]

43. TY consider_this annoying terrible song.

[Aristus]

38. "I Want It that Way."

The lyrics make no sense. And this is thrown into sharp relief when you realize the guy who wrote it had only a shaky grasp of English. Most boy band music is shit. But this one is at the top (or the bottom) of the list.

[debm55]

41. Agree with you Aristus. It is crappy. Ty.

[Coventina]

48. But, it did birth an awesome Weird Al version!!!

video is fan-made but pretty good!!

?si=O1Z_rgqNZzb33f2n

[debm55]

73. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA. Thanks Coventina.

[Dear_Prudence]

42. Loved muskrat

Oh, debm55, I remember thinking as a college junior that the muskrat song should be played at my wedding; I just loved it. What was I thinking (or drinking)? Luckily, by the time I married, that notion had left my noggin. I am thinking maybe I would have ended up with a nutty spouse if I had stuck with that tune!

[debm55]

44. Ty Dear_Prudence. It was crappy and annoying . Glad you changed your mind.

[revmclaren]

65. I love the parity version played on Dr Demento

in the late 70s. Of course I've always had a strange sense of humor.

Hamster Love.

?si=vxowmTvnu7d2TUCJ

[debm55]

74. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH. That is great, Ty revmclaren.

[lastlib]

46. "Danny's (Dumb) Song" --Anne Murray, but esp. Loggins/Messina!

Dear GOD, I HATE that song!
Next: "For The Longest Time," -- Billy Joel. Also, "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)," --Billy Joel
Oh, and EVERYTHING that damned Leo F-ing Sayer EVER recorded!

[SarahD]

51. My parents loved Ann Murray.

Particularly "Snowbird." Not a bad song, maybe little too sappy, but they played it a LOT.

[lastlib]

172. I kinda like Ann Murray myself (though not at the top of my list......), but---

that one song just makes me retch.

[debm55]

57. I agree with you and my son's name is Danny. Once or twice those songs were good , but they were terribly overplayed.

[TlalocW]

49. UB40's Red, Red Wine

More like Red, Red Whiiiiiiiiine

[debm55]

58. HAHAHAHAHAH Agree here. and Ty.

[RoadRunner]

53. danke schoen, Wayne Newton

It’s kinda been run in the ground. Very annoying.

[debm55]

60. You got that right! Overplayed, way overplayed. I always wondered if he knew how to play any other song.

[SarahD]

91. Yes! The pronunciation makes me grind my teeth.

And I only have beginner German. Real German speakers must want to kill themselves. Or him.

[SarahD]

56. Almost forgot. Debbie Boone did "You Light Up My Life."

Made me want to light her ass on fire.

[debm55]

59. THAT'S IT!!!!! I hated that damn song. TY

[enid602]

63. Hooked

Baby, baby don’t get hooked on me.

[debm55]

72. That was a very annoying song. I hated it. and really overplayed. TY enid602

[rsdsharp]

64. Oh, there are so many.

The Night Chicago Died — Paper Lace

Kung Foo Fighting — Carl Douglas

Billy Don’t Be a Hero — Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods

Afternoon Delight — The Starland Vocal Band

Daddy Don’t You Walk So Fast — Wayne Newton (and I know the guy who had the radio gold record).

There are more — many more — but that’s enough.

[debm55]

75. TY rsdsharp, I guess Wayne Newton knows 2 songs. Your other picks are spot on.

[rsdsharp]

78. Somebody liked it. The didn't give out gold records unless it sold a million copies.

[Chipper Chat]

66. Walking on Broken Glass

The ketchup song.
One More Night.
Grandma Got Run over by a Reindeer

[debm55]

77. great annoying choices. Chipper Chat. ty

[MOMFUDSKI]

67. Anything by

Captain and Tennille

[debm55]

81. HAHAHAHAHAHAHHA. Try driving from Pittsburgh to Huston during the height of the song. It was on every darn channel.

[Diamond_Dog]

152. Agree MOMFUDSKI hate Captain and Tennille and Carpenters.

[hlthe2b]

170. Absolutely. I could not stand Captain & Tennile...

WTF were there "fans" thinking?

[3catwoman3]

68. Copa Cabana by Barry Manilow.

I hesitate to type the title because even that may cause it to got stuck in my head, let alone actually hearing it.

Any of the songs about dead or dying boyfriends/girlfriends.

Why is it that it's never a song you like that gets stuck in your head?

[debm55]

84. Ty, it was from his Disco Collection. If you stay up late you will see these songs in collectible form. Puts me right to

sleep.

[nocoincidences]

162. I'll go even further:

ANY song by Barry Manilow.

Yuck.

[3catwoman3]

165. Yeah, pretty much.

I always punch the mute button if any of his stuff comes on my car radio.

[Fla Dem]

69. One post short of 22,000 debm55!!!!!!!!!

EDIT: AND YOU MADE IT !!!!!! 22,000 posts! Congratulations!

[debm55]

85. Thank you Fla Dem. All these posts that I forgot about are popping up and I like to answer each of the posters for

posting.

[thucythucy]

70. My Dingaling

by Chuck Berry.

There are others I hate more but they've already been covered here.

I used to hate "Maxwell's Silverhammer" by the Beatles, but it was partially redeemed for me by the parody about Ghisleane Maxwell-- "Bang Bang Maxwell's in the Slammer..." which I thought justified its existence. Otherwise, "Blech!"

[debm55]

76. HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH. there was a song called My Dingaling. ??????

TY

[LoisB]

221. Yes.

Believe it or not, that "song" made it to Billboard #1. Chuck Berry's only #1 song.

[debm55]

231. That's funny. TY LoisB.

[Backseat Driver]

71. Never liked "Spill the Wine," "Honey", "Where Oh Where Can My Baby Be" (Last Kiss), or "Harper Valley PTA"....

We used to irritate Mom with "96 Tears" and "They're Coming to Take Me Away"; I can hear her now, "Turn that thing off!"

[SarahD]

95. Coming to ban that song.

"Coming to Take Me Away" got banned pretty quickly. There was an enormous uproar from mental health professionals, family members, etc.

[debm55]

102. It was a terrible song with a terrible message.

[debm55]

100. Those would be on my list too. Ty Backseat Driver.

[debm55]

198. You were a bad kid. TY you BackseatDriver.

[Walleye]

79. There are lots of them, and I usually like Jimmy Buffett, but "Come Monday "gets stuck in my head

I hear it in the supermarket sometimes it just seems kind of sing- song. There are so many others but that’s one I just heard recently. I also really hate “American Woman” by the Guess Who, I know I’ll get pushback on that one. It would come on the radio while I was driving, and I couldn’t push the button fast enough

[debm55]

103. Sorry Walleye, I liked American Woman.

[Walleye]

113. That's OK I know a lot of people do. To me it's too frenetic. Makes me nervous

That’s a good thing about music, tastes are so individual

[debm55]

115. Yes, I hope you weren't offended I liked it. TY .

[Walleye]

228. Not at all, never. Musical tastes belong to you. Nobody can tell you what to like

I think it was Duke Ellington that said there are two kinds of music, good and bad. And I would like to add we all get to decide which one is good and which one is bad for ourselves individually. I remember once seeing a street musician, a one-man band. His music wasn’t technically very good but he was playing with so much heart that it was really entertaining

[CCExile]

80. Band on the Run

[debm55]

107. Agree. CCExile.

[Jeebo]

82. Hey Jude

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I love the Beatles, I think they are the best band ever, nobody else is even close, but I can't stand that song. It is SO monotonous, all the na-na-nas keep going on and on for way too long, and it drives me nuts. Even before the monotony starts, that song is merely okay, but then when the na-na-nas start, they'd have to send for the guys in the white coats and straitjacket to come get me if I had to listen to it. I listen often to the Beatles channel on Sirius satellite radio, but when that song comes on, I change the channel. What I just don't understand is that Hey Jude is one of the most popular Beatles songs. Every year when the Beatles channel does its fan poll, Hey Jude is always one of the top five. I just don't get it.

-- Ron

[debm55]

104. I thought all of the Wings songs were annoying.

[Demobrat]

149. I cannot stand Maybe I'm Amazed.

I find it sappy and boring. People love it though.

[debm55]

199. I had the album RAM and I liked it. Wings stunk.

[Demobrat]

202. Yup

Silly love songs was not a favorite either. More of a nursery rhyme than a song

[Glorfindel]

253. Surely not "Mull of Kintyre!"

That's one of the greatest songs of all time, maybe the greatest.

[debm55]

254. I am annoyed at anything done by Wings. He was better on his own. I felt the group was riding on his shirt tails.JMO

Thank you, Glorifindel..

[debm55]

111. I can take it or leave it. It is not my favorite Beatle song. I like :Let it Be" Thank you Jeebo.

[Freddie]

142. Ever see McCartney in concert?

I adore him but he makes a huge production of Hey Jude and the audience singalong (“now the fellas”..). He’s giving the crowd what they want.

[LoisB]

222. That was the only Beatles song I liked.

[sdfernando]

83. Never Gonna Give You Up

?t=25

I hate being rickrolled!

[Shermann]

116. Annoying is the point

It is so annoying it became awesome again.

[debm55]

119. HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAH Good one. TY sdfernando

[LakeArenal]

86. Anything by Bread.

[debm55]

121. They call it "soft rock" around here. The songs all sound the same. Ty LakeArenal

[ms liberty]

90. So many excellent examples, all of them would be on my list!

[WestMichRad]

92. Ding Dong the witch is dead.

May whoever recorded this abomination follow the witch’s example.

Also Yummy yummy yummy (Ohio Express). Saccharine crap.

[debm55]

93. WestMichRad. I agree with the second sound, but I take issue with the first. I makes me want to get up and dance and

sing "Wake up, wake up you sleepy heads. "

[rurallib]

179. couldn't stop singing "Ding Dong" after Margaret Thatcher crapped out

maybe the circumstances made that song palatable.

[debm55]

201. Agree, Thank you rurallib.

[ProfessorGAC]

94. Lots Of Good Choices On This Thread

I agree with nearly all of them.
I don't get the Foreigner hate, though. And, I'll push back on Hey, Jude.
But, the vast majority of the choices here are well chosen.
I'll only add 2:
Yummy Yummy Yummy & Sugar Sugar. Dreck!

[debm55]

135. Got that right Professor on Yummy yummy yummy and sugar sugar. Were they both done by the Archies?

[ProfessorGAC]

150. YYY Was Done By The Ohio Express

They had a crappy band name, too. (Wasn't really a band, just a production company near Mansfield.)
Knew a guy whose uncle played bass with that outfit in the 60s. Studio cats that mostly did commercials & jingles.

[debm55]

193. Thanks ProfessorGAC. That's what I thought the Archies were---a put together band.

[BluesRunTheGame]

96. Springsteen's cover of "Santa Claus Coming To Town"

Any cover or version of “Little Drummer Boy”

[debm55]

138. Agree. Sorry Bruce, I love you, but that version was annoying. Ty BluesRunThe Game

[Cartoonist]

98. The Lion Sleeps Tonight

I break all speed records in changing the channel when that comes on.

[relayerbob]

112. Said that one, also

They need to stop squeezing the poor guy’s balls

[Diamond_Dog]

161. Oh DEFINITELY the Lion Sleeps one!! You just can't get it out of your head!

[hlthe2b]

175. I like to hear it--once every decade...

That seems about right.

[debm55]

203. Agree. Thank you Cartoonist.

[yankee87]

99. My Sharona

I remember when this song took over when disco was king.
Finally had a top ten song not disco.
Also remember when the lead singer said they would be bigger than the Beatles.

[Brother Buzz]

126. Juxtaposition, I love Weird Al Yankovic's cover

My Bologna was recorded while he was still attending Cal Poly

My Bologna - 1979

Ooh, my little hungry one, hungry one
Open up a package of my bologna
Ooh, I think the toast is done, the toast is done
Top it with a little of my bologna
Never gonna stop, eat it up
Such a tasty snack I always eat too much, then throw up
But I'll soon be back for my, my, my, yi, yi, woo
M-m-m-my bologna
Spreadin' on the mustard now, show me how
Spread it on a litle of this bologna
Hopin' that we don't run out, don't run out
If we do I'm sure that I'll miss bologna
Never gonna stop, eat it up
Such a tasty snack I always eat too much, then throw up
But I'll soon be back for my, my, my, yi, yi, woo
M-m-m-my bologna
M-m-m-my bologna
Goin' to the market now, market now
I'm the city's biggest bologna buyer
Walkin' down the shopping isles, shopping isles
Filling up my basket with Oscar Meyer
Never gonna stop, eat it up
Such a tasty snack I always eat too much, then throw up
But I'll soon be back for my, my, my, yi, yi, woo
M-m-m-m-m-m-m-my, my, my, yi, yi, woo
M-m-m-my bologna
M-m-m-my bologna
M-m-m-my bologna
M-m-m-my bologna

[debm55]

275. Weren't they one hit wonders? Never heard of them after that song.That was good because the song was annoying.

[calguy]

101. You... Light up my life

The Debbie Boone song we all hate

[yankee87]

132. So annoying

Agree

[rzemanfl]

105. That "Oh Mickey" song. Ear worm of that when I was hunting nearly caused me to turn the gun on myself.

[debm55]

234. Oh Mickey, with the chearleaders video. ANNOYING. Ty, rzemanfl.

[relayerbob]

106. A Lion Sleeps Tonight

[Chainfire]

108. Sugar Sugar by the Archies.

[SarahD]

177. Bubblegum music.

Sugar Sugar might be the ultimate example of the genre. There is no such band as The Archies, of course. They were musicians recruited for the project. I seem to remember some well known musicians involved. I will Google it because I know you are yearning to know. (on edit) Ron Dante and Andy Kim were involved.

[debm55]

241. It was so annoying , Played all the time. . thank you, SarahD

[3catwoman3]

219. This stupid ass song was #1 Song of the Year when I graduated...

...from high school, in 1969. Flanked on either side by Hey, Jude (1968) and Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970).

What an embarrassment.

[debm55]

235. Agree with you 3catwoman3. TY

[Shermann]

117. Ace Of Base - The Sign

Please make that song stop.

[debm55]

118. HAHAhAhAHAHAHH, Agree. TY Shermann.

[Judi Lynn]

125. The Debbie Boone song is "You Light Up My Liiiiife." She strained so hard it seemed you could see her tonsils.

[debm55]

232. Thank you , Judi Lynn.

[Thunderbeast]

127. My annoying choice was the NUMBER ONE SONG in 1969...

A real generational embarrassment!

"Sugar Sugar" by the Archies!

[debm55]

133. Where they even a group? I always thought that is was just a promo for the show. PS Horrible song

[Thunderbeast]

140. Sadly... They were...

?si=cCdZhl_cMduwDBpS

[debm55]

274. TY for that info, Thunderbeast

[GenThePerservering]

129. The Pina Colada Song nt

[debm55]

240. Very annoying . Man cheats on his girlfriend with his girlfriend. I would have told him to hit the road. Annoying and

overplayed, Tym GenThePerservering.

[jg10003]

287. his girlfriend was doing the same thing.

[debm55]

290. TY, I didn't get that from the song but maybe I missed something.

[Chainfire]

131. On reconsideration perhaps The Tennessee Birdwalk.

I worked in an office building where the kept the radio on a C&W station all fucking day. The Tennessee Birdwalk was playing at least once every ten minutes.

[debm55]

257. TY, Chainfire. I can see where that would really annoying. So sorry, was it popular?

[mobeau69]

136. Hotel California

[debm55]

141. I liked it when it first came out but it was so overplayed. that it annoyed me. TY mobeau69

[Easterncedar]

156. With you on that!

Terrible ear worm!

[snpsmom]

151. De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da

by The Police. I generally like their music, but that song annoys me.

[debm55]

271. I used to like their stuff. Then they were everywhere and started to be annoying, TY snpsmom

[CanonRay]

153. The Night Chocago Died

Paper Lace. There is no East Side...its the lake.

[debm55]

242. HAHAHAHAHAHHAHA. Ty, CanonRay.

[Celerity]

292. Yes, Chicago Really Has an East Side

The neighborhood is bounded by the Calumet River on the north and west, Lake Michigan on the east and Egger’s Grove on the south.

https://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/yes-chicago-really-has-an-east-side/

Houses sit under the Chicago Skyway toll road on South Avenue M Tuesday, March 9, 2021, in the East Side neighborhood of Chicago.

I’m going to settle an old Chicago debate, one that usually begins when someone quotes the first line of the song “The Night Chicago Died,” by Paper Lace: “My daddy was a cop on the east side of Chicago.”

It came up again on Reddit, a year ago, when a Redditor wrote, “TIL the song ‘The Night Chicago Died’ by Paper Lace references an east side of Chicago, which does not exist. There are North, South, and West Downtown Chicago, but the east is occupied by Lake Michigan. Songwriters Peter Callander and Mitch Murray had never been to Chicago.”

Callander and Murray, who hail from Nottingham, England, may have known as much about Chicago’s geography as Steve Perry did about Detroit’s, but they weren’t wrong. Chicago does, in fact, have an East Side. It’s one of our 77 community areas. Located in the far southeastern corner of the city, the East Side is bounded by the Calumet River on the north and west, Lake Michigan on the east and Egger’s Grove on the south. That Redditor may not have heard of the East Side because it’s one of Chicago’s most remote neighborhoods: the ‘L’ doesn’t go to the East Side, the Skyway carries cars hundreds of feet overhead, and driving there requires crossing a lift bridge. (When the Bluesmobile jumped the 95th Street Bridge, it took off from South Chicago and landed on the East Side.)

East Side native Robert Stanley, a former Wisconsin Steel worker, began his self-published memoir Once Upon a Time in South Chicago with a photo of a half-raised bridge and the legend, “Oh shit! The bridge is up. (Quote from) anyone that ever went to the (East Side).”

snip

[Easterncedar]

154. If I were a carpenter...

Would you have my baby

Gag

[debm55]

263. Ty Eastercedar. I sort of liked it but it was overplayed and lost it's touch. My boyfriend was a carpenter and when he

gave me my engagement ring , ring he sang it to me. He abused me, I didn't see it , but my friends did. I called it off.

[Easterncedar]

267. Sorry to have stepped on the painful memory

Hugs, Deb.

[debm55]

269. That's okay ---too young. He married the blond cheerleader/ homecomeing queen and I put myself through college and met

my true love, It hurt at the time, But it all worked out for the best.

[dameatball]

157. I would answer this but first I have to go get that damn cake out of the rain!

Second Place: Lee Greenwood....."Proud To Be An American" really gets on my nerves.

[debm55]

208. And it took so long to bake it , and you'll never have that recipe againnnnnnn, oh no. Ty demeatball, annoying and LONG

song. Totally agree with the Lee Greenwood song. Does he know of any other songs?????????

[GreenWave]

158. Sweet Home Alabama. Shut up already puveyor of ignorance!

My local oldies but goldies plays it about once an hour.
I hope Neil Young kicks their butts. Yes Watergate bothers me.

[Goonch]

166. Leningrad Cowboys Red Army Choir SWEET HOME ALABAMA (best version LOL!)

[lpbk2713]

178. Looks like it was a Special Military Operation.

[debm55]

183. They were all killed in an AIr Plane Crash. Ty you Gooch, I forget about them, Funny but sad too.

[Goonch]

230. The Red Army Choir sang backup to a cover of "Sweet Home Alabama" done by the Leningrad Cowboys a Finnish rock band

Red Army Choir wiped out in tragic Black Sea plane crash
By
Harold C. Hutchison
Feb 5, 2020 7:03 PM PST
The Christmas Day crash of a Tupelov Tu-154 off the coast of Sochi, a Black Sea resort town in Russia, killed all 92 people on board. Among the dead are 60 members of the Red Army Choir.

The Red Army Choir had a viral moment when they sang backup to a cover of "Sweet Home Alabama" done by the Leningrad Cowboys. One Youtube video is below:
The choir members killed were part of the Alexandrov Ensemble, according to a CNN report. The choir was slated to perform for Russian military personnel at the Khmeimim air base in Syria.

According to the choir's iTunes page, the group took first place at the Paris International Exposition in 1937, and features a male chorus, with dancers and an orchestra.

The impact of this crash on Russia could be compared to the Feb. 3, 1959, plane crash that killed rock-and-roll artists Buddy Holly and Richie Valens, or the loss of band leader Glenn Miller in unexplained circumstances while en route to Europe on Dec, 15, 1944.
https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-trending/red-army-choir-wiped-out-in-tragic-black-sea-plane-crash/
The last Leningrad Cowboys concert was on July 31, 2015 at Festplatz Seebronn in Rottenburg, Germany

[MichMan]

206. Neil and Ronnie VanZandt were good friends

[debm55]

213. Thank you MichMan, I think I read that somewhere but forgot about it.

[Upthevibe]

159. debm55........

I have such a strong dislike for Disco. OMG.......Disco Duck!?!?!

And not Disco but a joke of a song, Billy Don't Be A Hero............

[debm55]

204. TY Upthevibe. I thought both were annoying especially Disco Duck.

[OAITW r.2.0]

160. Fire - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown

?si=36tDpMP2-AuMTRcp

I think the organist also played with Iron Butterfly....at least on " Inna Godda Davida"....which I also hate.

[debm55]

233. Yep , both songs were annoying . InnaGoddaDavida way too long. TY

[Goonch]

163. Kyu Sakamoto - Sukiyaki

[solara]

167. I agree with almost ever song posted here

My picks:

"Wives and Lovers" -Jack Jones "Run to his arms the moment he comes home to you.. I'm warning you"
The lyrics are pretty horrifying.. plus the fact it was a hit

"I Beg Your Pardon I Never Promised you a Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson --the worst and corniest set of lyrics ever..

"Honey" by Bobby Goldsboro - way too much airplay

"That's The Way I Like It" - K.C. and the Sunshine Band - over kill

P.S. Debbie Boone supposedly sang "You Light Up My Life" to Jesus-

[debm55]

200. She won a Grammy for You Light Up My Life. Ty for the information., solara Great choices.

[MichMan]

168. Lovin' You by Minnie Ripperton

[debm55]

188. Ty MichMan. The shrilling high voice.

[justaprogressive]

173. Nothing comes close to

The Green Berets (Barry Sadler). ...I'd change stations!

[rurallib]

180. good gawd yes - just horrible

[debm55]

192. Agree, rurallib. Was that for the film John Wayne made? Like he would know about fighting in a war. coward that he was.

[debm55]

191. OH that is so true! TY justaprogressive and they played it ALL the time.

[Glorfindel]

176. Billie Jean by Michael Jackson

[debm55]

187. TY Glorifingel. Yes. Man refusing to take responsibility for child. Lets all dance.

[rurallib]

181. My vague memory says most of the stuff before the Beatles was very weak

Any time Elvis came on it was time to {switch} stations.

"Little Sister" in particular sticks out to me.

[debm55]

186. Young Elvis, was sexy, I guess, I just remember the bloated years.TY ruralib.

[GReedDiamond]

182. From the Reagan era, Lee Greenwood's...

..."I'm Proud To Be An American."

Between Raygun and that shitty song, I almost wanted to seek political asylum in effin Cuba!

[debm55]

185. That song goes that far back? Wow,that song sucks,.TY GReed Diamond. I fixed sticks to sucks. Not used to using bad

words.

[GReedDiamond]

189. Did you mean "sucks"? But yeah...

...it was released around 1984.

Anyway, instead of fleeing the country, I decided to help organize and to perform with my band at some "Rock Against Reagan" concerts outside the Federal Building in Los Angeles.

[debm55]

190. HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH. so sorry

I will change,

[GReedDiamond]

194. Sucks, stinks - it's all good (bad)! - nt

[GP6971]

196. Anything by Andy Kim.

[debm55]

205. Ty GP6971 Agree.

[mockmonkey]

207. Mike Douglas "The Men in My Little Girl's Life"

I don't like to be negative about music because if it's a song you enjoy then it's given you something that made your life easier.

On the other hand...

?si=PnjcuZR0fYNPHhN3

Years ago The Captain and Tennille were invited to entertain at one of Reagan's White House receptions honoring Queen Elizabeth. They did Muskrat Love and a there was a British man doing commentary for whatever channel he was with and he was aghast that they would play such a song in front of The Queen. It was so funny at the time that I never forgot it.

[debm55]

237. He had a show out of Cleveland and then moved to Philadelphia. Used to have a guest on for the whole week. He had John.

and Yoko on for one of those weeks as guest hosts.

[mockmonkey]

245. I used to watch Mike Douglas when I was a kid.

Mike Douglas had some interesting co-hosts and guests. I think I've seen bits of the John and Yoko shows. I remember when he had Moe Howard on from The Three Stooges. I didn't recognize him until he combed his hair forward.

I think Phil Donahue did his show out of Cleveland before he went to Chicago and then later New York. Must be something about Cleveland. It could have been Cincinnati.

I also used to watch The Merv Griffin show in the afternoon. Like Mike Douglas, he liked to sing a song at the opening of his show. He used to joke around with his Bass Player Ray Brown? and his Trumpet player Jack Sheldon who sang the "I'm just a Bill" song from Schoolhouse Rock. I liked that kidding around the best.

[debm55]

246. Thank you mockmonkey. I remember it was on at 4:00 PM after the soaps. He had some very interesting weekly guests.

[patphil]

210. Yummy Yummy Yummy - Ohio Express.

and:
Grandma got run over by a Reindeer - originally sung by Elmo Shropshire

[Demovictory9]

211. Dont worry be happy

[debm55]

282. Thank you Demovictory9. What started up as a nice song got the heck beaten out of it by overplaying.

[Demovictory9]

212. That trucker song from the 70s "convoy"?

[MichMan]

214. I just heard that again a few weeks ago

I found it wildly entertaining

[Demovictory9]

217. Arrrrrrgggg!

[debm55]

218. For real? I found it so annoying, Car Radio went off everytime it was on. I think it was called "convoy"Ty MichMan.

[woodsprite]

216. Bobby Goldsborough - Honey.

I couldn't stand that song and my Mom loved it.

[debm55]

272. Ty woodsprite. Agree, Very annoying. In fact all his songs were annoying.

[LoisB]

220. Nancy Sinatra - These Boots are Made for Walking.

Couldn't stand that "song".

[debm55]

262. I was young and everyone wanted white go go boots. The song was like an ad for boots. Annoying and constantly playes. TY

[LoisB]

264. OMG, debm55, I had totally forgotten about "Go-Go".

Remember go-go dancers? I can't remember the name of that American Bandstand like show that had them.

[debm55]

265. Hollapalew or something like that. Maybe some one can help us out Ty LoisB

[LoisB]

268. Got it! Hullabaloo was one and Shindig!

I looked up Go-Go dancers.

[debm55]

270. So sorry LoisB , Boy did I mess that up. Shindig, i watched too,

[LoisB]

281. Nah, you were close. I couldn't remember at all.

[Grins]

223. "Sugar Sugar"

And “The Candy Man.”

[debm55]

261. Yes two popular but very, very annoying songs. TY , Grins.

[jg10003]

225. Sweet Home Alabama: news flash - the sky is blue everywhere

Is that the best they can say about Alabama, that the sky is blue? Why not sing "sweet home Alabama, where the grass is green"? Or maybe "sweet home Alabama, where the rain is wet".

[debm55]

236. HAHAHAHAHAHaha. that's funny. Ty you jg10003,

[retread]

227. ALL "hits" sung by Pat Boone. Especially April Love, Speedy Gonzales, etc.

[debm55]

229. Agree. retread. and add his daughter Debbie Boone's You Light Up My Life a Grammy Winner, Ty, retread.

[OAITW r.2.0]

239. Pat's rendition of "Tutti Fruity" is a classic....

a classically awful take on a Little Richard song.

[debm55]

243. HAHAHAHAHAHA I bet it was. and annoying.

[retread]

294. Couldn't have all those white kids dancing to "jungle music".

[Doc_Technical]

238. Earworms all

The Syncopated Clock
I Gotcha -Joe Tex
Rock me Amadeus
All Together Now - The Beatles
Jam Up and Jelly Tight
Moody River - Pat Boone
The Day Chicago Died
Ring My Bell;

[debm55]

248. Agree with you, Doc_Technical. TY

[Harker]

244. "Brand New Key", "Midnight at the Oasis"...

"Raindrops Keep Fallin' on my Head", "Loving You", "MacArthur Park"...

(sigh)

"Music, Music, Music", "Playground in my Mind."

I'd continue were it not for fear of the needle getting stuck in my head.

[debm55]

247. Hahahahahhaha. Yes those are annoying songs. TY Harker. I left my cake out in the rain and I don't think I can remake it

because I don't have the recipe again. OOOOHHHH NOOOOO

[Mad_Dem_X]

249. OMG, yes - "Midnight at the Oasis"! Terrible song.

[Harker]

250. So bad that I regret having mentioned it.

Popularity and personal suitability don't always intersect.

[debm55]

259. Agree.

[SarahD]

277. Saw Maria Muldaur in a bar about 1995 or so.

She sang the big hit, of course. I kind of, sort of liked that song, but very poppy.

[Bristlecone]

251. We Built This City on Rock n Roll

Jefferson Starship.
Cannot change it fast enough.

Also, “Sewing the Seeds of Love”
Tears for Fears

“Under the Milkyway”
The Church

All complete drivel imo

[debm55]

256. Gee, just by the titles they sound annoying. TY you Bristlecone.

[marble falls]

252. fox

?si=NDy8HHSVZ1iEfS_C

[debm55]

255. HAHAHHAHAH. is that for real??? TY marble falls. And yes it is annoying.

[marble falls]

258. Yep. And it was a novelty hit here in the states.

[debm55]

260. Thank you. marble falls.

[SarahD]

278. Country versions of many, many, many rock n roll songs.

The one that comes to mind is "Piece of My Heart" by Faith Hill. She does OK and you would think it's pretty good if you never beard the Janis Joplin version. But we have heard Janis, haven't we, and it makes us judge harshly.

[debm55]

283. TY SarahD, How could anyone do a remake of Janis Joplin's song. How could it not be annoying and worthless piece of crap

[Charlie Chapulin]

279. Let's see...

Billy, Don’t Be a Hero; The Night Chicago Died;
Oh Oh Oh It’s Magic; Daddy Don’t You Walk So Fast
for starters.

[debm55]

284. Bingo! annoying, annoying, annoying. TY Charlie Chapulin.

[Mike Nelson]

280. I liked...

... a lot of the songs above! But I do agree with Muskrat Love being very annoying.

[debm55]

285. Ty Mike Nelson, Muskrat Love is very annoying and never made sense to me. PS We all have our own taste in music. You are

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free to like any of the songs.

[SarahD]

289. Oh darn! Forgot "Ballad of the Green Beret."

Song about a dad who hopes his son will be one of the brave young men who "jump and die." Thanks, Dad. Right back at ya."

[debm55]

291. Yes, that was a stinker song. TY SarahD.