What songs/song were so overplayed, that you never want to hear them again? Mine are

[debm55]

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You Light Up My Life by Debbie Boone. And Love Will Keep Us Together--Captain and Tennille:facepalm
Edited to add- they were good songs but way over played. Honestly, we drove from Pittsburgh to Dallas listening to Muskrat Love on the radio zone we were passing into.

[Walleye]

1. Lately I've had that Billy Joel "Brenda and Eddie" thing I can't get it out of my head

[debm55]

2. yep

[dchill]

4. Oh, THANKS! Thanks a HEAP!

[Walleye]

7. My profound apologies

[dchill]

9. My counter-present to you - another Billy Joel worm...

Now Paul is a real estate novelist
Who never had time for a wife
And he's talkin' with Davy, who's still in the Navy
And probably will be for life
And the waitress is practicing politics
As the businessmen slowly get stoned
Yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness
But it's better than drinkin' alone

Oh la de dah di di da da...

[Walleye]

11. Yep, Davey who's still in the Navy, stuck in my head

[dchill]

12. Yep. With that line still flogging my brain...

He quickly follows with the ever-emetic "they're sharing a drink they call loneliness..."

Oh. The humanity.

[Walleye]

16. And he pairs it with some really catchy tunes

[dchill]

21. Usually very good. Just occasionally too much corn starch.

[Walleye]

22. Good description

[dchill]

29. Appreciated.

[yardwork]

77. Stop, stop, stop! I hated Billy Joel the first time I heard him and it went downhill from there.

[marble falls]

3. Local radio played Sinead O'Conner's "Nothing Compares to You" to shreds. I still hate it ...

... the tempo's too slow. Yeah. I know I am the only one.

[Srkdqltr]

6. Kroger uses it in adds .can't stand when they use music like that.

[marble falls]

18. There are a lot of songs that are so abused by corporate advertising. Sorry to hear about this ...

... one. I imagine Prince would be very unhappy about this.

[debm55]

35. Wasn't too much here in Western PA. I listened to it on YouTube. I did like it,

[Otto_Harper]

5. Has to be "Good Morning Starshine"

Back in 1969, they played it so often that summer that I am, still to this day, suffering PTSD from it.

[debm55]

36. I liked it when it first came out. But like American Pie way overplayed.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

8. OMG I have so, so many songs I'd prefer to never, ever hear one single more time

I'd be updating my post all day if I tried to make a comprehensive list. Most are from the 70's and 80's. I'm sure I'd offend many if I posted them all.

As much as I basically love Zeppelin, The Stones, The Beatles, The Who, Creedence, Skynyrd, Pink Floyd, Bad Company, Kansas, Boston, John Mellencamp, and omfg the Eagles and Fleetwood Mac ... there's a LOT of songs by these bands I could EASILY never hear again.

And just about anything by an 80's one or two hit wonder artist. Think 'Take on Me' or 'Take My Breath Away' or 'Voices Carry', to name a few.

[dchill]

10. Yes.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

13. Now that you mention it, there's also some Yessongs ;) nt

[dchill]

14. Don't I know it.

[Walleye]

19. I guess flamed for this, but Stairway to Heaven sets my teeth on edge

[Hugh_Lebowski]

23. To the contrary, being sick of Stairway is probably the most socially accepted position

There wasn't a 'No Stairway To Heaven' notice posted in the guitar store in Wayne's World for nothing.

Now, if you say that about Achille's Last Stand or Ten Years Gone ... that's another matter

[highplainsdem]

60. LOL! It might not be "socially acceptable" but I never tired of that song.

It's a masterpiece.

For a song to be one I never want to hear again, it has to be one I always disliked.

Not one I loved the first time I heard it.

You think something's overplayed? Just switch stations, or turn off the radio.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

63. Imagine you've been to the Louvre 500 times and seen the Mona Lisa every time

You think you wake up excited tomorrow to see the Mona Lisa for the 501st time?

[highplainsdem]

65. I've probably run across print and video images of the Mona Lisa much more

often than that in my life. I don't recall ever being excited to see it. But I don't think it's any worse because I have seen it so often before.

Most of the times we hear music it's as background music, unless we're listening to a specific record or watching TV or video or a film for that artist/song.

All the previous times I've heard a song don't stop me from being able to focus on a great song again and still appreciate why it's great.

A bad song that gets airplay, though, will have me switching channels or switching off.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

66. 100% agree my patience for crap songs is exponentially shorter than it is for great ones

But there's just a LOT of songs, this one included, where if I never freaking heard them again in my life, I would not miss them, nor probably purposefully play them again. Maybe if someone told me "gosh I've never even heard 'Stairway to Heaven?"

[debm55]

67. I like Stairway to Heaven. It really didn't get alot of radio time back then, More from listen to

albums. It was long and most stations didn't play it that often. As it took up too much airtime. Though they did overplay Freebird and American Pie.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

68. It's not at all that I 'don't like it' and probably most times I heard it was because

I was purposefully playing LZ IV.

I'm just saying if I never heard it again, I'd be perfectly fine with that, and I'm likely to skip it or change the station at this point because I'm just tired of it.

[Duncanpup]

40. I agree

[debm55]

38. Yes, good songs --way overplayed.

[The Magistrate]

15. Does It Matter If It Was Something Hated At First Hearing That Became A Radio Plague?

Because if it doesn't 'I shot the Sheriff' by Clapton and Co. would be mine, I hated it the first time, and each and every single subsequent time and time again I heard the damn thing....

[Hugh_Lebowski]

17. Do you similarly hate the original, Sir? (nt)

[The Magistrate]

26. No Idea, Never Heard It, But I Doubt I Would Like It

It's the idiocy of the alibi gets right up my left nostril, not how the ditty is presented.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

32. You've never heard this (or thereabouts)?

I'd hope one would admit it, at least, it sucks quite a bit less

[debm55]

39. I really like Bob Marley's version. Clapton did it no justice.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

47. Hence my question to The Magistrate

Seeing Bob doing the original (i.e. that he wrote) basically reinforces the idea that Clapton's cover ... sucks.

[Walleye]

20. I go along with that choice

[dchill]

28. Clapton can be very authentic with the blues...

Reggae - not so much. I still think his work with Cream is the high water mark. I say that as a guitar player, not so much as a critic.

[The Magistrate]

31. I Don't Think Much Of Him As Bluesman

I heard a lot of old blues growing up. I do agree Cream did a lot of good work, and Yardbirds were something else....

[global1]

24. 1-877-Kars For Kids.....nt

[Hugh_Lebowski]

27. There is truly no better answer than this

Kudos

[3catwoman3]

37. I cannot reach for the mute button fast enough when this...

...dreck comes on. Someone must like it, because they keep using it, but I've never seen anyone admit to it.

[debm55]

41. Oh my, reminds me of the Partridge Family

[Ocelot II]

46. This. I can't grab the remote fast enough when that ad appears.

[emulatorloo]

25. Muskrat Love. Afternoon Delight.

Like you, You Light Up My Life is on the list too. May as well add the Celine Dion Titanic song while I am at it!

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RUNNERS UP:

[debm55]

42. So true.

[hlthe2b]

49. Yeah. All of those.

[Otto_Harper]

30. I suppose it will be showing my age to choose this one,but

"Tammy" sung by Debbie Reynolds. It was a hit in 1957, and just never ever went away from the AM radio stations ever again.

[The Magistrate]

33. Oh Good Lord, Man

You've done it, I haven't thought of that one in ages but now...

I'm going to have to go play Thunder Road by Mitchum to clear my ears....

[emulatorloo]

34. ARRGH!!!!!!!!!!

Can’t beat that one!

[debm55]

43. I remember that song because I was named after Debby Reynolds and my mother constantly played ii

when I was older.

[malaise]

96. Bwaaaaah

You win the thread

[Mister Ed]

44. Band on the run band on the run band on the run band on the run band

on the run band on the run band on the run band on the run band on the run band on the run band on the run band on the run band on the...

[Gidney N Cloyd]

45. Sweet Child of Mine is getting closer and closer to making my list.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

70. Definitely. And I really, really never need to hear Welcome to the Jungle again

Or Paradise City.

Some of the more obscure cuts from Appetite though, I'll still rock out to like Night Train and Rocket Queen.

[Diamond_Dog]

48. That song by Sia

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Unstoppable. I wish it WAS stoppable.

Turn the Page. PLEASE turn that page.

Turn Around Bright Eyes. Blecch

Red red wine by UB40

[rsdsharp]

50. The most overplayed song of all time: Rolling Stone Satisfaction.

There is actually a radio web site owned by former KHJ jock Johnny Williams called 440 Satisfaction, because that was the number of the song in the KHJ oldies catalog.

[NotASurfer]

51. After I hear a song enough, my mind starts to change the song

You and I can be in the car, and you hear The Village People's "YMCA" blasting out. I'm sitting three feet away listening in my mind as Weird Al fires up his mighty accordion and sings about TCBY...

[Clash City Rocker]

52. For about five years, Hotel California was constantly on the radio

You just couldn’t avoid it. And then it seemed to disappear for several years, as if everyone got sick of hearing it at the same time. Gradually, it then occasionally would play again, especially on oldies stations.

Side note, nothing makes me feel old faster than hearing a song on an oldies station that came out when I was in high school.

[debm55]

56. Isn't that true.

[Xavier Breath]

72. I came here just to mention Hotel California.

I'm still in the "annoyed to hear it" phase, and I doubt I'll ever progress beyond that. Conversely, I could hear Desperado another million times and never tire of it.

[hlthe2b]

53. I liked America, but Muskrat Love is apparently the one song they stopped playing

Lots of backlash, I guess. Not on my top 100 of worst songs, but I was tired of hearing it.

[Coventina]

54. DON'T STOP BELIEVING!!!

I always hated it, but I hate it so much more, now!!!!

[thatcrowwoman]

55. Just off the top of my head

Brandy

Joy to the World/Jeremiah was a Bullfrog.
Seriously
You’ve never heard it until you hear it by The Singing Sergeants in the Astrodome. Oy!
It did not bring joy to my world.

Sugar, honey, honey

Summertime at the public swimming pool, everybody smelling of coconut oil…
But I still like this one

🕊thatcrowwoman

[debm55]

58. thatcrowwoman --yes to those and add I Think I love You by the Partridge Family

[thatcrowwoman]

57. My husband says this was a Moose Lodge favorite when his folks dragged him there when he was little.

He doesn’t care if he never hears it again.
🕊tcw

[debm55]

59. HA, I rememeber that Yackety Yack, Don't talk back.

[NBachers]

61. "These songs shall never be played again in My Kingdom!" My Sharona and the simpering warbling

What’s Going On by 4 Non Blondes

Honey by Bobby Goldsboro

I agree with the puke - inducing Piña Colada Song

I love J Geils band, but Freeze Frame and Centerfold were a Wrong Turn.

I think we’ve heard enough of Michael McDonald choking on his own vomit to never hear any of it again.

I agree with Garth on Kenny G - it’s dental drill music.

And, I am prepared to circle the Village Square in a hay wagon and be pelted with rotten eggs and tomatoes for this: I loved Janis Joplin at first, but, as a traitor to my generation, I just can’t listen to her now.

Edited to add: I think we can give Foreigner a rest. The epitome of commercial radio dreck.

[debm55]

64. I agree with some of your choices. I think when we were younger, we had transistors and the music

was played on a loop. American Pie was great when it first came out. However, it was very long and overplayed. AM music did not to teens. It played to the mass. And that's what we got. Only when FM stations came out was there more of a diversitiy of music.

[Hestia]

62. Margaritaville & Cheeseburger in Paradise - this from a Parrothead

Of all the fantastic albums he's recorded over the years, those two songs are the one's "everyone" wants him to play when he does something like Summer on the Plaza or some such when he plays on the Today Show's summer concert series.

[debm55]

69. I noticed that too--like he is a two hit wonder.

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[Dulcinea]

71. Stairway to Heaven. Free Bird.

If I never hear either of them again, it'll be too soon.

And Sweet Fucking Caroline. I hate that fucking song. I would like to hunt down the shitstain who decided it needed to be played at every sports event.

[Mad_Dem_X]

73. Yes and yes

to Freebird and Stairway to Heaven. It doesn't help that they are both kind of lengthy.

[Mr.Bill]

74. YMCA

[Emile]

75. American Pie

[debm55]

80. Agree--over played

[Dulcinea]

76. Anything on the Yacht Rock channel.

[yardwork]

78. The problem is that ALL these songs are played endlessly now, instead of new music.

I think it's sad. When I was a kid the radio was interesting! There were new releases, new songs all the time. Music was evolving. You'd hear a catchy song by a band you'd never heard of and go to the record store and buy the album.

I was driving with a 19-year old the other day and his personal playlist was a collection of songs from the 1970s and 80s. Think about that. It would be like if we, in 1971, were listening only to music released in the 1920s and 30s.

Where is the new music? What an impoverishment of our culture.

[debm55]

79. yardwork, very true. I agree that is why people are getting tired of them. It's like a loop of

certain songs. Remember when radio stations would take call ins for songs? My songs in the OP were very popular but even back then they were like teen songs.

[yardwork]

81. Yes, I remember when the radio had live DJs you could call.

Sure, there was corruption and graft controlling what artists got recording contracts, but still, every day new songs were released, new artists were introduced. We'd be excited that "a new album by so and so is out - I heard the new single last night and it sounded great!" Or, "I heard the new single by so and so and I don't think I like it..." - big argument would ensue: "No, it's good! I like their new direction!"

Now, popular music is nothing but reruns from fifty years ago.

[highplainsdem]

90. Yardwork, there's a LOT of new music out there, but you won't hear it on

stations or channels or playlists focusing on classic rock, pop, etc. - and the newer music may not be to your taste.

How much hip-hop do you listen to?

How big a fan are you of Taylor Swift or Harry Styles or Rihanna?

Do you like auto tune, or do you hate it? Most DUers seem to hate it.

How well do you like this?

https://democraticunderground.com/103484785


Or this?

https://democraticunderground.com/103499740


It's a shame that independent radio stations, and DJs who could decide what to play, are almost nonexistent now. Unfortunately that's likely to get worse with AI being pushef into radio now - I've posted about that. Plus there's more and more AI-generated music, with one company alone having uploaded 15 million AI-generated tracks to Spotify.

But there's still new music out there. Genuine music from real artists, as opposed to AI crap.

I won't fault that 19-year-old you mentioned for listening to classic rock, though. Not only is it new to him, but it ISN'T comparable to a Baby Boomer when young listening only or mostly to music from the 1920s and 1930s. There was so much more popular music in the '60s-'80s, from a wide array of diverse artists, many of them pushing the envelope and incorporating other musical genres. It was an explosion of creativity, enabled by a huge audience that still bought albums, and a large number of radio stations catering to diverse tastes.

And much of it was great music. Not all of it, but much of it.

[parkia00]

82. Yellow Submarine sung by the Chipmunks

Was riding in a minivan with a family whose little kid will ONLY listen to that song. It was a single CD, set on repeat... endlessly... from Santa Barbara all the way to San Francisco. So many years back. Even to this day when I hear that song, I leave.

[debm55]

85. Anything from the Chipmunks. The kid should have had earphones.

[malaise]

83. Whitney's cover of

I’ll Always Love you

[debm55]

84. Yes, when The Body Guard came out it was played constantly. It's a good example of overplaying a

a good song until listeners get tired of it.

[malaise]

86. And it was sung at nearly every wedding I attended for ages

No wonder many of them are divorced

[debm55]

87. That too. We had Roberta Flack's song--The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face. at ours but that was

back in 1979, I always felt Dolly's version of the song had more personal feeling to it as she wrote the song from the heart. Whitney's version was very good but way overplayed.

[malaise]

92. Ha for Roberta

I still love that one😀

[debm55]

93. Just like Eric Clapton could not capture the soul and dept of I Shot the Sheriff by Bob Marley.

[malaise]

94. A classic

[milestogo]

88. all songs by Prince, Cher, Madonna, and Kelly Clarkson.

For some reason my local radio station plays their stuff over and over, and i am sick of it.

[debm55]

89. Yes, I was going to say do you think it depends on the station you are listening to?

[milestogo]

91. Definitely.

I mean, who wants to hear Madonna every day?

[IcyPeas]

95. Hey Jude

I love the Beatles.

But Hey Jude, IMO, is so boring and monotonous and long...