Most annoying song, period.


Sorry if I'm replicating a thread.    I've been wanting to say this for years:  Rick Astley - Never gonna give you up.  What's yours?
shtinkydog
Blowing in the Wind

Far too many catholic folk masses as a boy. Michael Row Your Boat Ashore and Kumbaya get special mentions.
I agree w/vplayer on "Freebird" , it's not just the guitar solos,it's waaaay too long!
Rockysantoro,

i remember an an episode of “The Gong Show” where every contestant sang “Feelings”. Worst TV episode ever.  
When driving, any country music that comes on the radio while changing stations . Followed by any music enjoyed by those two dastardly clowns who don't like the Beach Boys. 

Mike
Mitchagain, Wow...I had completely forgotten The Pipkins: Gimme Day Ding. (Probably suppressed it).
The disgust for the song was only rivaled by the shame of remembering the words.
Can't believe that they used to play that on the radio all the time!

https://youtu.be/aNrmR6M1KtI
Sure, some of these are pretty bad, but until you crank up Ravels's Daphnis Et Chloe with Charles Munch and the Boston Symphony, you ain't heard the worst of the worst.

Just don't do it...your system may explode.

Cheers!
@richopp, why would I want my audio system to explode? I realize that all of us who've contributed to this thread are gluttons for punishment for having to be reminded of these god awful songs; but, blowing up my audio system is a bridge too far.
@mwinkc, something tells me that you can appreciate how painful it was for me to dredge that song out of my memory bank. A friend told me that he remembers Wal - Mart using that song in a TV commercial; but, I have no memory of that. So, both of our memory suppression systems must be working pretty good. Sorry if the memory of that song was painful for you too.
Alright,I'm going way back into the Rocky Santoro archives for this stinker, "Watching Scotty Grow" by Bobby Goldsboro.  Yuck!
@mitchagain You are so right!  Sorry that I went that far, but bad is bad, so maybe just turn it off and smash the recording to bits and recycle the cover AND the bits to make sure this never surfaces again.

Mea culpa!

Cheers,

Richard

PS  Upon further "Direct-Reflection," there ARE systems that maybe should be destroyed...possibly blowing them up is a bit extreme, but one never knows, right?  I could name some names (Bose) but will refrain for now... https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/more-furniture-collectibles/collectibles-curiosities/musical-instruments/awesome-pair-of-bose-speakers-on-saarinen-tulip-bases-mid-century-modern/id-f_891021/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI99Tqw7qy5QIVEfDACh2C4w7aEAQYASABEgK51vD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Peace!
@richopp, no apology necessary as I was just teasing; however, thanks for the laugh. God knows this thread has provided plenty of those, which is always needed.

It's funny that you should mention "smashing the recording." One of my fondest musical memories was smashing a disco album to pieces and then reassembling the broken pieces on the wall as part of a record store promotion. I felt like a kid at Christmas as I sat in the floor of the record store and smashed that album. I even drew a small crowd that cheered me on. It obviously didn't rival the disco demolition at the White Sox vs Tigers game in Comiskey Park; but, it was still very fun and emotionally satisfying.
@skyscraper, I have "scraped" better things than the beach boys off the bottom of my shoe. Currently listening to Pat Donahue, you can’t hate that.
I'm gonna cheat cuz i just heard another steaming bucket of perfect runny  $&*#:  the Locomotion by none other than Debbie Gibson.  
Here's one that might just take the title of most annoying ever; from 1963,the Singing Nun gave us "Dominique". Worst ever? Whadaya think?
Anything you don't like that gets played enough that it sticks in your head like a cancer that won't EVER go away....;)

Songs backing ads on the screen that are so out of context that you'll not buy or accept the thought of using the offered product, service, or whatever is being hawked.

Thankfully, there's 'Mute' on remotes.
@mitchagain  No worries!  Fun is fun, and like many I enjoy the game a bit, I guess.

It is interesting to read what some posters hate--Beatles and Beach Boys and Springsteen and so forth.

As I like to think, that is what makes things go around.  If everyone liked the same things all the time, life would be very boring!

Now, if you wish to discuss the revelation that groups like the Beatles brought to marketing and industry types, that is another discussion.  Every since these people figured out that they could TELL us what we like, things here have been rather strange.  Social media has, of course, taken this to the extreme, unfortunately.  The pendulum is due to swing back any time now, I can only hope.  

Until then, keep laughing and enjoy the music--no matter how bad it is...

Cheers,

Richard

Duran Duran’s "Wild Boys."

Any song in the category of "The Blues." (E.g. the stuff the loose-jeans-crowd want to hear at audio shows).


I don't know who the singers are but these songs have me reach for the earplugs everytime I involuntarily hear them on the radio:

Take me to church
Hello
Happy
The tone of take me to church makes me feel like im walking towards something that's gonna immediately end my life.  it is horrible.  and it makes me uncomfortable, like the soundtrack towards your final walk to the gas chamber or firing squad or any other brutal crap you can imagine.   eeeeeeeeeeeeeeekkkk 
GQ magazine wrote a long essay 5 years ago titled 'The Worst Song of all Time.' The loser?

We built this city on r&r by 'starship.' They interviewed everyone involved. All agreed they thought it was shat at the time. Literally everyone: players, engineers, the label, etc. 
Take your pick! Abracadabra-Swingtown and The Joker. All recorded by The Steve Miller Band.
I can list a few
1. Africa Toto
2. Baby Shark (trust me I have kids)
3. ghostbusters - ray Parker junior
4. any song by PINK - they all sound the same - ghastly - can't even be bothered to name a song by the artist
5. candle in the wind (lady Diana version) Elton John
6. Heal the world - Michael Jackson 
7. brown girl in the ring - Boney M (reminds me of racism and taunts as a child of the late 70's and early 80's)
8. shout out to my ex - little mix - all that is wrong in pop music now
9. we are family - sister sledge - just a crap disco track that is played too much
10. somebody else guy - Jocelyn brown - the worst of acid jazz
OMG, I just found out the name of the song that for me was the most ear-tearing experience of 1990.



Stevie B - Because I Love You


It is THE most soppy R&Bish ballad ever, with the most horrible mincing, mewling, wining, embarrassing vocal ever produced by a male vocalist.I remember constantly hearing it crooning out of speakers at grocery stores, drug marts, whatever, and it made me want to start ripping down shelves just to get the thing out of my ears.

"Seasons in the Sun" by Terry Jacks. Hated it back in '74 and it still annoys me today.
Grama got run over by a reindeer.Lou Monte? That song so over played on Holidays.