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A place to put songs that piss you off, or that everyone says are great but you just don't get them. Could have gone in the "trivial" thread but lets start another pointless thread instead.

1. This is getting on my tits. What's the point of Muse anyway

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8KQmps-Sog

2. Anything by The Wedding Present (except "Kennedy")

3. I blame GWR for playing this on average every 4 minues:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnWntap-ymc

Sweet Caroline. Absolutely fucking hate it with a passion

Definitely been overdone to death. ba ba baaa

Ditto.

Angels by Robbie Williams. Fucking fuck the fuck off. Cunt.

Anything by Queen

Novelty band, novelty songs

Sweet Caroline seems to have been about for years.  No idea why England adopted it during the Euros, Northern Ireland sang it for years, was also always played at The Boston Red Sox and probably a whole host of other places. Can't do to boxing without hearing it now.

Its had its day, seriously needs to fuck off now.

You'll never walk alone - just no

Cheerleader by Omi - aaagghhhh

Single Ladies by Beyonce -  :no:

Any UB40 cover version.

Controversial for many on here but anything by the Smiths. Morrisey is like Thrush...irritating.

Agreed. Boring, miserable drivel. And Morissey is a complete cunt.

Anything by Fleetwood Mac post Pete Green

Anything by Police/Stink

I'll agree with that bit :)

Also, Eton John. Just don't get it.

Messy.

Rifles?  :sherlock:

Thud  :D

Oi

1. The Calling- Wherever You Will Go

2. Black Eyed Peas- I Gotta Feeling

Absolutely hate these songs!  :puke:

I change the radio station immediately if they are playing.  :smugfu:

 ;D

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https://youtu.be/m1g-Hd6Exd0

THUD, it's THUD :D

Anything by:
Muse
Smiths/Morrissey
Florence & The Machine
Madonna

Oh and yeah, Sweet Caroline can absolutely fuck off, hate it so much.

Caroline by Staus Quo is the cure for exposure to Sweet Caroline.

Too many too mention really but "Imagine".Sanctimonious,sentimental drivel

The vast majority of national anthems with lyrics.
Instrumentals only please.

Rap / Hip Hop...

and it's not an age thing as it's been around for 40+ years but I've never 'got it'...

Hate it, hate it.

To sing the lyric "imagine no possessions" in a video in which you are chauffeured to your mansion in a white rolls and then settle down at your white Steinway grand piano to sing it is just taking the piss.

ITT: Grumpy white men with a one dimensional view of the world

:)

The worst fucking song ever "The Birdie song"  :chuckle:

It depends where you experience it, before it suddenly got popular again a few years back we went (for a few years pre covid), to watch the Ronde in Flanders (tour of flanders cycle race). it is literally like combining cup final day, national holiday with a royal wedding over there with the whole population out on the route and on the booze!

Come late afternoon when everyone (8-80) is well oiled it begins and its brilliant fun, that song is now just a reminder of bloody good times.


It's tricky, I actually like some of the smiths stuff but have always thought morrissey was an unsufferable prick, even when my sister worshipped him in the 80s I held that opinion and before it became fashionable to acknowledge the wanker in him....

Walking on sunshine. Absolute dogshite!

Toploader 'Dancing in the Moonlight'. Words cannot express how much I hate this song.

Bloody good shout that. Music for people that don't "do" music

Two good shouts above.

The Smiths have done some cracking songs, but yes there are some sombre ones that I tend to skip.

Apart from the scene in Four Lions...

I think most songs I don't like are largely just overplayed (I Gotta Feeling, Chasing Cars).

I'm not generally anti Beatles but Hey Jude is immensely annoying. Same with Sweet Caroline - would probably be fine without the endless singalongs.

Tried multiple times but just cannot get into this film. Annoying.

I hate the song too. Didn't realise till recently it's a cover version, i thought they'd written it.

PDC's version is a particular highlight, however.

RE: The Smiths. Many are quite right in that Morrissey is a complete and utter dick but they do have some absolute belting tunes. Plus Johnny Marr is actually the better (lead) half of them and imo the real talent behind the band. Morrissey was very much just "he who shouted/sang loudest".

Still a good band of its era!

Can't stand THE ISLAND BOYS, fucking pointless, talentless, dickwads!

I love The Smiths, but I get it.

I can't stand The Smiths, have never got it, never will..  I know that is not the popular opinion, but there it is..

Same here.

This sums up my view rather well.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VVQfJcN0Tqw

Love Mitch Benn, met him many times and seen his live show at least 7 times, a great bloke for a scouser :) and yes totally agree on the Smiths :) most over rated band since Oasis ;)

Girls just wanna have fun

The Killers - Mr Brightside

Saw it live on the first album tour, it was amazing a they were amazing. But fuck me, I can't stand that song and all the pricks singing along to it.

A man once requested Scatman in a bar. I remembered it as being shit but he was nice enough so I played it and the place went mental. I think it's always worth revisiting things - I have it fixed in my mind that tunes that I thought were crap 10/20 years ago are always that way. Vengaboys - Boom, Boom, Boom, for example. Would've turned my nose up at it a couple of years ago but it's actually brilliant.

Yeah, top bloke.

Did you ever see him do his 'Oasis' song? About 15 different Beatles songs in it!

We will rock you - Queen
Lost in love - Donna Summer

Both been played to death over the the past 40 years.

I made you all a playlist.

Songs for grumpy cunts (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1yyOfZ0FR814DfavVMtSV4?si=VZ3o1T4RRs2ZYRaoOGyhig&utm_source=copy-link)

Well unplayed Sam

Cliff Richard.

Especially the lord's prayer one, and mistletoe and wine

For nearly 50 years that bloke who's been lamenting his next door neighbour leaving, has everyone in earshot loudly demanding to know who she is. Personally, I couldn't give a flyer who Alice is, and I just don't get why anyone else should.

 :crash:

https://youtu.be/qs1bbJFLLN8

https://youtu.be/IogPHjiS_HU

Macarena (and Wigfield's 'Saturday Night') are shite songs. But they served a purpose in many a pissed up (student) nightclub.

Nobody knows the word to Macarena

something something mumble mumble
something something mumble mumble
something something mumble mumble
Hey Macarena

Yes but the more pertinent question is where did the the Saturday Night dance come from and how comes everyone knew it (…or knew of it)

Osmosis. Alien implant. I assumed the video, but that's just her prancing around in a towel.

Whigfield is 52 now. Then I realised that's not much older than me. Bollocks.

52 is a good age  :toocool:

Nice one Sam but I demand to know who's irritated by the Wedding Present!🙂

He is a great bloke and yes I have seen him perform Oasis several times, he is not a fan of Mancs :) although my favourite is "Ikea".

Loved him when he was on Steve Wrights afternoon show as "Ask Elvis" utterly brilliant.

Not when used in conjunction with the words "(insert name) has died and was only aged 52". :)

Batch.

Yup me.

Pointless band with one redeeming song (Kennedy). Obviously I am world authority on such matters.

I only had one song on the do not play list at my wedding and that was Come on Eileen.

Saw Mr Brightside mentioned earlier in this thread. I never listen to that song and would skip it whenever it comes on the radio but there's something about it when it comes on in a room full of drunk people. I always wonder if its a thing for people my age....

And still absolutely banging

I'm with you on Muse🙂Ha. I'm with you on Muse,pointless,overblown and irritating

Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby.

Everything they did really, but that one makes me feel particularly violent.

If you don't like RATM - Killing in the name, steer clear of this radio station... https://www.kissradio.ca/

Love Shack - B52s

Chain Reaction - Diana Ross

A random mix

Used to be totally in agreement with this. But to make peace with it you just have to go with the flow, resistance is futile.

100% agree

 I used to like it but it gets over played

Rolling Stones - Satisfaction. I really don't get any satisfaction at all listening to it.

Great call. Used to wind me up with constant play on VH1 growing up. Loathe it.

Especially since some of their other songs (even on that album) are so good!