i just realized what the most irritating song of all time is

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

'that's what friends are for" by stevie wonder and co.

heard it at the gas station and now it will be in my head for days

argh!
so sappy, cheesy, and just plain fluff
and throw in all the bad covers on disney and family tv specials over the last 20 years and you have a case for the most annoying song ever

[Bouncy Ball]

1. No it's this one:

"We built this city! We built this city on ROOOOCK AND ROLL! Built this city! We built this city on ROOOOCK AND ROLL!"

I swear I want to gouge my eardrums out when I hear that song.

(Though I have to admit yours is a VERY close second.)

[Deja Q]

17. I second that! WBTC(or&r) is so pretentious, shallow, and PHONY*...

* By PHONY I mean the hippie generation, the (then) "young generation", grew up to be the reaganites. If they built anything it'd be on their own original ideals and not their greed.

Yes, one has to pay the bills. But such shallow claptrap? ugh.

[stlsaxman]

18. "she bit my titty- bit my titty and I- yelled- 'ohhhhhh!'"

heheheh

[Clintmax]

25. Hey, I like that song!

It was a number one as well in 1985!

[I Know How To Do it]

2. "Cherish" makes me puke in my mouth a little bit.

[caty]

11. There's something about

that song that makes me think: :"will it ever end?":boring:

[Spider Jerusalem]

3. Is that worse than the mindless horror of...

"Heeey! Macarena!"?

I'd say there are a few dozen solid contenders for the title of "most irritating song ever".

[Clintmax]

24. That song hit number one...

on 8/6/1996 and STAYED at number one for 14 (yes, I said 14!) WEEKS!

[Benhurst]

4. Most Irritating Song of All Time: And the winner is ...

Proud to be an American. Lee Greenwood, performing "artist."

[Skittles]

5. "Gonna find my baby gonna hold her tight......

gonna a grab some afternoon delight"..............how they can take a song about a good afternoon f*** and turn it into Sap Central is beyond me but they did it

[Warren Stupidity]

6. There are two essential qualities.

1) the song lyrics have to be truly awful, hideous, dreadful, beyond bad.
2) the tune, while also dreadful, has to be 'catchy' enough to stick in your head, forcing you to mentally replay it for hours.

The classic example is 'My Baby Takes the Morning Train'.

[ltfranklin]

7. Paper Roses...

Imagine, if you will, working at an automated country western radio station in Florida back in the 70's. Imagine working the graveyard shift, 11 to 7. Then imagine hearing this song, popular right then, no less than 3 times an hour throughout the night into the morning.

Paaaaaper Roses....Paaaaaaper Roses...

And those lyrics...

I realized the way your eyes deceived me
with tender looks that i mistook for love
So take away the flowers that you gave me
And send the kind that you remind me of
Paper Roses
Paper Roses
Oh How real those roses seem to be
But there only imitation like your imitation love for me
I thought that you would be a perfect lover
You seemed full of sweetness at the start
But like a big red rose thats' made of paper
There isnt any sweetness in your heart
Paper Roses
Paper Roses
Oh how real those roses seem to be
But there only imitation like your imitation love
for me


Marie Osmand has much to answer for!

[trof]

13. Always liked "Sal's got a meat skin laid away

for to grease her wooden leg on a rainy day"
Gets me every time.

[Glorfindel]

22. "Chevy Van" O God, the horror....the horror....

I gave a girl a ride in my wagon
Now she crawled in and took control
She was tired as her mind was draggin'
And I said get some sleep--we'll get on down the road

Like a picture she was laying there
And moonlight dancing off her hair
She woke up and took me by the hand
She's gonna love me in my Chevy van
And that's all right with me

Her young face was like that of an angel
And her long legs were tanned and brown
Better keep your eyes on the road son
Better slow this vehicle down 'cause

'Cause like a picture she was laying there
And moonlight dancing off her hair
She woke up and took me by the hand
She's gonna love me in my Chevy van
And that's all right with me

I put her out in a town that was so small
You could throw a rock from end to end
A dirt road main street, she walked off in her barefeet
And it's a shame I won't be passin' through again

Like a picture she was laying there
And moonlight dancing off her hair
She woke up and took me by the hand
We made love me in my Chevy van
And that's all right with me

Yeah like a picture she was laying there
And moonlight dancing off her hair
She woke up and took me by the hand
We made love me in my Chevy van
And that's all right with me

All right with me

[lpbk2713]

8. You really think it beats out the Piña Colada song?

?

[Spinzonner]

9. Ah, I see that the weekend afternoon music snob thread is in full flower

Here's a clue:

Your music tastes - which you are fully entitled to - are not measures of music quality.

And how many commercial tunes - much less SUCCESSFUL - have YOU written.

Please return to your exercise of self-appointed superiority

:-)

[Warren Stupidity]

16. I don't remember that song.

[ltfranklin]

20. Ah, so you don't find ANY songs irritating.

Well, a bit undiscriminating, but I suppose the world needs all types.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

10. "It's A Small World After All" is one that tends to stick in the head

for days. FOR DAYS!!!

[Warren Stupidity]

15. Oh thanks

Now I have that dreadful ditty running around my empty skull.

I have a fantasy of an updated version of that ride where the stupid boats are equipped with machine guns and the riders get to blow the crap out of the singing machines.

[ltfranklin]

19. Thanks, I've got that same vision

which I see everytime I remember the first and only time I rode that ride, not realizing the sheer utter bone-grinding mind-bending BANALITY of the ride, thinking my Disney experience would not be complete without riding all the rides, not realizing....oh, god, the flashbacks are beginning....


For you see...when I rode...the ride....GOT STUUUUUCK! AAAAAAA!!!

15 minutes of non-stop horror...the boats stopped BUT THE SONG DIDN'T!

uh uh uh uh...

[musette_sf]

12. I think the newest most irritating song of all time

is the Vonage commercial song. We have guys at work who stroll down the hall absent-mindedly singing it.

"Woo-hoo, woo-hoo-hoo..."
(Repeat ad nauseum)

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

14. I think the theme of that ad is "People Do Stupid Things"

When I see that ad, I imagine one with George Bush in it (take your pick among a multitude of stupid things) and playing that "woo-hoo, woo-hoo-hoo" music in the background.

[CBHagman]

21. I didn't know I could hate a song that much.

I'd never even heard "Woo Hoo" until about a year ago, when a client asked me to look it up for him (I work part-time for a book and music store). Thanks to the wonders of the Internet, I was able to locate it on a collection of rock instrumentals. I think it was also on the Kill Bill soundtrack or something like that.

Well, that was before that @&$%*#!! ad started airing. :puke: Now I'm wondering why my customer wanted an actual RECORDING of the stinking thing.

The best part is, I have never remembered what product is being advertised in that commercial. So much for effective advertising...

[Wapsie B]

23. I write the songs that make the whole world sing.

I think we have a toss-up here. :rofl: