The Most Annoying Songs

[alohabear]

SOURCE (http://www.stereogum.com/archives/005188.html#more)

WNBC recently asked their listeners what are the most annoying songs of all time. They came up with 22. Here they are: 2. "Jump" - Kris Kross
21. "It's A Sunshine Day" - The Brady Bunch
20. "Thank God I'm A Country Boy" - John Denver"
19. The Theme From Good Times
18. "Wannabe" - The Spice Girls
17. "Play That Funky Music" - Wild Cherry
16. "Mmm Bop" - Hanson
15. "Muskrat Love" - The Captain & Tennille
14. The Theme From I Dream Of Jeannie
13. "Mambo No. 5" - Lou Bega
12. "Hot In Herre" - Nelly
11. "Y.M.C.A." - The Village People

10. The Theme From Scooby Doo
09. "Macarena" - Los Del Río
08. "Copacabana" - Barry Manilow
07. "The Chicken Dance" - Werner Thomas
06. "Achy Breaky Heart" - Billy Ray Cyrus
05. "Who Let The Dogs Out" - Baha Men
04. The Meow Mix Jingle
03. "Mr. Roboto" - Styx
02. "I Love You, You Love Me" - Barney & Friends
01. "It's A Small World After All" - Robert and Richard ShermanI wonder what are some local songs you folks can't stand or find annoying? It can be a jingle, a tune , old , classic,etc. if not add to the above list.:D

I'll start, I can't stand the Exchange orange base song . That tune is still stuck in my head. A recent song drives me crazy nowdays, Gwen Stefani's Sweet Escape. That "wheee oh, Wheee Oh" is too much.

[blueyecicle]

Tim McGraw's new song.....the bird one....I think it's called Fly Away....most overplayed song in the universe right now

[tikiyaki]

Hey

I resent the Brady Bunch "Sunshine Day" being on that list.:mad:

[TATTRAT]

Anything by Limp Bizcut, Staind, Insane Clown Posse, Linkin Park, hmmmm I know there are more, just thinking of what I have told some of my employees to turn off, lol.

As far as individual songs, there are a few that come to mind.
Strawberry wine, I'm not sure who sings it.
Butterfly, Luckytown(I think).
Just Bought A Caddilik, Rich Boy.


I will add as I remember...

[Leo Lakio]

Hey

I resent the Brady Bunch "Sunshine Day" being on that list.:mad:...only at position #21; it deserves a higher ranking than that!

(Just kidding, tk.:D )

I do agree on #12, 13 & 16, however.

[tikiyaki]

My top five for this list.

1. Fergalicious
2. My Humps
3. Holla Back Girl
4. Anything Eddie Vedder sings on
5. Beautiful by James Blunt

[LocoBoy]

I cant think of any particular song right now but maybe some polka should be on the list somewhere :).

BTW, to each his/her own cause Staind rocks!!

[Pua'i Mana'o]

I got yer polka riiight here!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pag45E_ihwY

love freaking Weird Al, but if you aren't familiar with "Stars on 45", you won't understand this spoof.

[tutusue]

I'm surprised "The Chipmunk Song" isn't on that list! Aaargh!

[LocoBoy]

LOL Pua'i, I listened for about 30 seconds before turning it off :P

[DiverDown808]

The two songs I despise the most:

I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston

Theme From Titanic - Celine Dion

Gouge my eardrums out with a rusty screwdriver, please !!

DD

[alohabear]

Funny thing a song that used to annoy me a like again. My Sharona was over played and got annoying ,but after about 25 years of not hearing it, I love it again.

[Da Rolling Eye]

Funny thing a song that used to annoy me a like again. My Sharona was over played and got annoying ,but after about 25 years of not hearing it, I love it again.
M,m,m,m,m, myyyyy Sharona. ;)

I suppose the same will happen to that song about someone's bad day. :rolleyes: :D

[Keanu]

Copacabana at 8? wtf? That song is one of the greatest songs of all time sung beautifully by one of the greatest performers of all time, my main man...Barry Manilow. I can agree with some of the songs on the list but Copacabana annoying? no way!! :mad:

[Keanu]

I Can't Stand "Kiss Me" by Sixpence None the Richer. Everytime I hear that song, I feel like slapping someone in the face with my slipper. :mad:

[Pua'i Mana'o]

Copacabana at 8? wtf? That song is one of the greatest songs of all time sung beautifully by one of the greatest performers of all time, my main man...Barry Manilow. I can agree with some of the songs on the list but Copacabana annoying? no way!! :mad:

you are out of your mango-pickin' mind, aren't you? Or tell me true: was it the drama of the 2nd verse, or the ha'ina verse that rips at your na'au. Enquiring minds need to know. :p

[tutusue]

Copacabana at 8? wtf? That song is one of the greatest songs of all time sung beautifully by one of the greatest performers of all time, my main man...Barry Manilow. I can agree with some of the songs on the list but Copacabana annoying? no way!! :mad:
you are out of your mango-pickin' mind, aren't you?[...]
Ooooh man...I, too, like "Copacabana"...and Barry Manilow! :o But, I'm a gramma! What's your excuse, Keanu? :D Regardless...high 5! I also really like "Muskrat Love" and have too many sweet memories of "It's a Small World" to dislike it.

[craigwatanabe]

Her name was Lola...she was a showgirl...

I honestly think the most annoying song that rakes my ears is: Tip toe thru the Tulips...with meeeeeeeeee!!! What's worse is the video by the singer Tiny Tim.

Then there's that Hawaiian song with the donkey sounds!!

[cezanne]

I Think I Love You-- Partridge Family dude David Cassidy. It was annoying to me as a kid. That pretty much set the bar for me. Since then, everything else is bearable.

[Surfingfarmboy]

Sometimes When We Touch by Dan Hill.

I once read a music critic in the Chicago Tribune write that Hill sounds like he is having his prostate examined by Captain Hook while singing this most annoying song to me.

[oceanpacific]

COPACABANA - I like the beat.

I may get "hate mail" for this, but one local-type song which has annoyed me for years is LOVE AND HONESTY ......... "honestly." Too sappy!

[mel]

Annoying songs:

"Butterfly Kisses"

"Feelings"

gangsta rap music...

Jawaiian remakes of popular old songs.

[MonkeyMan]

Oh, no. Local songs? Gotta be:

"Love, 10 Feet Away" Kolea.

What about Loyal Garners song about the blind man at the football game? Yaaaagh!

Jesse Rivera? YOW! "My Dad" and others.

Oh boy.

[Vanguard]

Disco Hippy by Play

[tikiyaki]

I Can't Stand "Kiss Me" by Sixpence None the Richer. Everytime I hear that song, I feel like slapping someone in the face with my slipper. :mad:

LOL !!! :D

[alohabear]

COPACABANA - I like the beat.

I may get "hate mail" for this, but one local-type song which has annoyed me for years is LOVE AND HONESTY ......... "honestly." Too sappy!It's not as bad as Lovers and Friends

[Leo Lakio]

I also really like "Muskrat Love"The original by Willis Alan Ramsey and the remake by America are nice - but the twittery sound-effects in the Captain & Tennille version sound like gerbils trying to escape from the backside of a famous actor.

I'd have to put Cazimeros' "One Small Favor" on the list of local ones that I dislike.
Hill sounds like he is having his prostate examined by Captain Hook while singing thisThat's hilarious!:D

[Pomai]

As far as individual songs, there are a few that come to mind.>>
Butterfly, Luckytown(I think).Awe man... I love that song! The band's name is Crazytown. Of course, if it were replayed over and over (like on the radio!), like most songs, I'd probably end up annoyed.

Here's a few more "most annoying" to add to the list (including YouTube video links, just in case you need to be reminded how annoying these songs really are):

Mickey - Toni Basil (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3l5-MLkaE0)
Yeah - Usher (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQRtQAsA238) (I love Usher, but that repetitious synthesizer riff in this song kills me!)
Welcome to the Jungle - Guns 'N Roses (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysFhDfGwbys) (the lyrics, combined with the way it's sang and the musical composition gives me a headache). Ditto for "You Could Be Mine (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlzptZ9wieQ)".
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1Qdcdw22Sw) (The ultimate grunge crap)

[tutusue]

The original by Willis Alan Ramsey and the remake by America are nice - but the twittery sound-effects in the Captain & Tennille version sound like gerbils trying to escape from the backside of a famous actor.[...]
No wonder I like the C & T version...I'm used that gerbil/actor sound! :D

[tikiyaki]

Awe man... I love that song! The band's name is Crazytown. Of course, if it were replayed over and over (like on the radio!), like most songs, I'd probably end up annoyed.

Here's a few more "most annoying" to add to the list (including YouTube video links, just in case you need to be reminded how annoying these songs really are):

Mickey - Toni Basil (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3l5-MLkaE0)
Yeah - Usher (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQRtQAsA238) (I love Usher, but that repetitious synthesizer riff in this song kills me!)
Welcome to the Jungle - Guns 'N Roses (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysFhDfGwbys) (the lyrics, combined with the way it's sang and the musical composition gives me a headache). Ditto for "You Could Be Mine (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlzptZ9wieQ)".
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1Qdcdw22Sw) (The ultimate grunge crap)



I was gonna say "Teen Spirit" only because it has been beaten to death on the radio. I liked it the first 1000 times I heard it tho'. ;)

[jdub]

My all time most annoying song is the "Closing Time" song that played at last call in pretty much every club I ever gigged in for 5 years.

[Pua'i Mana'o]

if we are going to go there, I would like to toss in the majority of Robi Kahakalaaauu's and Keali'i Youknowwho's songs into the bin. And Hawn Style Band. Fill that black trash bag up!

[tikiyaki]

My all time most annoying song is the "Closing Time" song that played at last call in pretty much every club I ever gigged in for 5 years.


On the flipside.....
JDub...as artists and songwriters ourselves, we should ALL be so lucky as to have an annoying song like Closing Time that garners that much airtime at pubs, and events around the world.

The Semisonic guy that wrote that song annoyed us all the way to the bank, then up to his big fat house on the hill. :rolleyes:

Give me the luck of writing one annoying song that sells millions, I'll take it any day. :p

[Peshkwe]

Lovin' You - Minnie Ripperton

That high note is like nails on a chalkboard for me.

[LocoBoy]

Anything by Sanjaya :P

[modpirate]

It's not as bad as Lovers and Friends

OMG I HATED THAT DAMNED SONG. Seriously. I wanted to shoot ther radio every time I heard it.

And the same goes for "Rock and Roll part 2", otherwise known as that idiotic "Hey!" song that they play at hockey games.

[Lei K]

I Can't Stand "Kiss Me" by Sixpence None the Richer. Everytime I hear that song, I feel like slapping someone in the face with my slipper. :mad:


This made me laugh hysterically! I use this song as a form of torture and sing it over and over again if my husband does something that deserves more than da stink eye. He disliked that song with such a fierce passion ever since the first time he heard it.

[craigwatanabe]

Lovin' You - Minnie Ripperton

That high note is like nails on a chalkboard for me.

When I was a kid hearing that song I always wondered what she was thinking when she sang: And everytime when we...ooooooooooooo...I'm so in love with you...

Talk about 70's flashback...There's Monty Python's Shaving Cream and the Vagina Song. And who does that song about a new pairk of roller skates: I got a brand new pair of roller skates...you got a brand new key.

And Spiders and Snakes.

[mel]

"Brand New Key" is the name of the song about "a brand new pair of roller skates." Was a #1 hit by Melanie in 1972.

"Spiders & Snakes" was a top 20 hit for Jim Stafford in 1974.

The versions of "Shaving Cream" I am familiar with are the ones by Benny Bell, which was a reissue of a 1930s era record in 1975, and a remake by Dr. DeMento of the Dr. DeMento Radio Show.

Not familiar with anything by Monty Python.

[WindwardOahuRN]

COPACABANA - I like the beat.

I may get "hate mail" for this, but one local-type song which has annoyed me for years is LOVE AND HONESTY ......... "honestly." Too sappy!

I'll probably win on the hate mail count for this one: "Friends" by Cecilio and Kapono.

I didn't care for Barry Manilow years ago. My idea of a personal hell twenty years ago would have consisted of being trapped in a subway toilet with Barry Manilow recordings piped in on the PA system.

But I kinda like the guy now. Double hip surgery and still dancing (okay, shuffling) on top of a grand piano.

And "Copacabana" always had me singing along in spite of myself.

"And then the punches flew...and chairs were smashed in two...and there was blood and a single gunshot but just who shot who?"

:::embarrassed::: :D

[Random]

I wonder what are some local songs you folks can't stand or find annoying? It can be a jingle, a tune , old , classic,etc. if not add to the above list.:D
Well, you hit on the nose on Exchange jingle, though I love the metallic-tasting juice. :p

The "Aloha Friday" song. It's now pushing all my buttons.

[jdub]

On the flipside.....
JDub...as artists and songwriters ourselves, we should ALL be so lucky as to have an annoying song like Closing Time that garners that much airtime at pubs, and events around the world.

The Semisonic guy that wrote that song annoyed us all the way to the bank, then up to his big fat house on the hill. :rolleyes:

Give me the luck of writing one annoying song that sells millions, I'll take it any day. :p
Don't I know it. I think what makes these kinds of songs so annoying is that not only do they irk, we know that they're making someone else millions.

[tikiyaki]

I'll probably win on the hate mail count for this one: "Friends" by Cecilio and Kapono.

I didn't care for Barry Manilow years ago. My idea of a personal hell twenty years ago would have consisted of being trapped in a subway toilet with Barry Manilow recordings piped in on the PA system.


That still sounds like hell to me. :eek:

[Peshkwe]

When I was a kid hearing that song I always wondered what she was thinking when she sang: And everytime when we...ooooooooooooo...I'm so in love with you...

Talk about 70's flashback...There's Monty Python's Shaving Cream and the Vagina Song. And who does that song about a new pairk of roller skates: I got a brand new pair of roller skates...you got a brand new key.

And Spiders and Snakes.

It's especially bad now that it's shown up in a couple of commercials.

One of those things come on, I'll dive across the room to get the remote so I can hit the mute button.


Didn't mind Spiders and Snakes so much, but when Short People came out, being somewhat altitude challenged, my life turned to hell.

[Pua'i Mana'o]

here's some mele-veeta for you, and no, I am not going to name them. Click as you mainline your insulin, if you dare.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hSydUKfG5U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0TztROwDk0&mode=related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0SWCkSBl-0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpQRTjjaBYY

*crumbles to the floor from pancreatic shock*.....help....need....metal...or george clinton....bowwowwowugh...:eek:

[Peshkwe]

here's some mele-veeta for you, and no, I am not going to name them. Click as you mainline your insulin, if you dare.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hSydUKfG5U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0TztROwDk0&mode=related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0SWCkSBl-0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpQRTjjaBYY

*crumbles to the floor from pancreatic shock*.....help....need....metal...or george clinton....bowwowwowugh...:eek:



*passes over a spike fulla Zug Izland*:

http://www.zugizland.com/downloads/audio/slam.mp3

[Keanu]

This made me laugh hysterically! I use this song as a form of torture and sing it over and over again if my husband does something that deserves more than da stink eye. He disliked that song with such a fierce passion ever since the first time he heard it.

You're mean Lei.;)

[Lei K]

You're mean Lei.;)


In times of war you do what you have to. ;)

[PoiBoy]

I'm too sexy for my car too sexy for my car
Too sexy by far
And I'm too sexy for my hat
Too sexy for my hat what do you think about that

I'm a model you know what I mean
And I do my little turn on the catwalk
Yeah on the catwalk on the catwalk yeah
I shake my little touche on the catwalk

I'm too sexy for my too sexy for my too sexy for my

'Cos I'm a model you know what I mean
And I do my little turn on the catwalk
Yeah on the catwalk on the catwalk yeah
I shake my little touche on the catwalk

I'm too sexy for my cat too sexy for my cat
Poor pussy poor pussy cat
I'm too sexy for my love too sexy for my love
Love's going to leave me

And I'm too sexy for this song

-right said fred

-right said fred

[tutusue]

here's some mele-veeta for you, and no, I am not going to name them. Click as you mainline your insulin, if you dare.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hSydUKfG5U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0TztROwDk0&mode=related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0SWCkSBl-0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpQRTjjaBYY

*crumbles to the floor from pancreatic shock*.....help....need....metal...or george clinton....bowwowwowugh...:eek:
Waaaaaaaaaaah!!! I feel a major generation gap in progress! :D I have many really great memories associated with all of these songs!
*passes over a spike fulla Zug Izland*:

http://www.zugizland.com/downloads/audio/slam.mp3
Ummm...make that a monstrous generation gap! :eek:

[Peshkwe]

I'm of the same generation as you Sue...or close enough I think.

[Random]

-right said fred
It's only annoying when my very vain friend does it.

Made only worse when he added, "I'm too sexy for my Spam."

[WindwardOahuRN]

That still sounds like hell to me. :eek:

The subway toilet component still applies but the overhead audio has been replaced by "we are friends....friends friends friends...."

A few years ago Kuakini had a TV commercial featuring the song.

:::MUTE:::

[TATTRAT]

I had to add, I just saw a commercial for "Rock Ballads" or something to that effect...add all of those too.

[Lei K]

I had to add, I just saw a commercial for "Rock Ballads" or something to that effect...add all of those too.

Nooooooo! Them are classics! :D

How can you not lurrrrrrve Wind Of Change, I Still Love You, Cats In The Cradle, Lightning Crashes, or Home Sweet Home? Yes, I own it. Yes, I am a 80s metal geek.

You know I'm a dreamerrrrrrrrrr, but my heart's of gold.........

[TATTRAT]

Nooooooo! Them are classics! :D

How can you not lurrrrrrve Wind Of Change, I Still Love You, Cats In The Cradle, Lightning Crashes, or Home Sweet Home? Yes, I own it. Yes, I am a 80s metal geek.

You know I'm a dreamerrrrrrrrrr, but my heart's of gold.........


No no no, not those:D

This was one of the newer ones(96-07) with lifehouse, the cranberries, Creed, 4 non blondes, and such.

[Lei K]

Uh oh.

I. am. a. Lifehouse. fan.

I. am. also. a. Cranberries. fan.

:D

I forgive you since you heart 80s songs. I can look past your dislike of the new Rock Ballads cd, which I think is called Buzz something or another.

[TATTRAT]

in the imortal words of Homer Simpson, "DOH!"

I guess that egg on my avatars face is spot on about now:D

[Keanu]

You know I'm a dreamerrrrrrrrrr, but my heart's of gold.........

...I had to run away high so I wouldn't come home low...

I use to sing that song while mowing our huge yard as a teen. I'm wasn't much of a Motely Crue fan but I liked "Home Sweet Home".

[speedtek]

That Barney song. I like the parody where he gets shot at the end!
wannabe - spice girls
Titanic theme - celine dion.

Thank GOD She Bangs by Will Hung is not on that list!

[cynsaligia]

imagine that you're at sunset on the beach, and the movie that's about to play is child-friendly, as most movies at sunset on the beach are. as usual, there's live local entertainment in the late afternoon until the sun goes down and they can show the movie.

imagine that you're a local born filipina, sitting on the beach, surrounded by lil kids playing in the sand, enjoying a local band's performance (tho you'd never heard of them before), the sun warming your skin, the wind lightly playing through your hair, the sand toasting grittily but pleasantly between your toes...then you hear a male voice "chant":

boto boto suk suk boto boto suk suk....

:mad:

i have never been, in my life, ever offended by a song. but natural vibration's performance of "one on one" at a honolulu city and county sponsored event came REEEEEEE HEEEEEE HEEEEEEE LY close. i almost wrote a letter to the mayor over that one.

i'm sure most of you know what a boto is (besides an amazon river dolphin) but suksuk colloquially is to make the ooofy...or at least the oral version of it.

*mumbles something about the inane incongruence of a hawaiian reggae band singing in very dirty ilocano*