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In reply to the discussion: What songs/song were so overplayed, that you never want to hear them again? Mine are [View all]Gidney N Cloyd
(19,847 posts)45. Sweet Child of Mine is getting closer and closer to making my list.
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What songs/song were so overplayed, that you never want to hear them again? Mine are [View all]
debm55
Jul 2023
OP
Lately I've had that Billy Joel "Brenda and Eddie" thing I can't get it out of my head
Walleye
Jul 2023
#1
Stop, stop, stop! I hated Billy Joel the first time I heard him and it went downhill from there.
yardwork
Jul 2023
#77
Local radio played Sinead O'Conner's "Nothing Compares to You" to shreds. I still hate it ...
marble falls
Jul 2023
#3
There are a lot of songs that are so abused by corporate advertising. Sorry to hear about this ...
marble falls
Jul 2023
#18
OMG I have so, so many songs I'd prefer to never, ever hear one single more time
Hugh_Lebowski
Jul 2023
#8
To the contrary, being sick of Stairway is probably the most socially accepted position
Hugh_Lebowski
Jul 2023
#23
LOL! It might not be "socially acceptable" but I never tired of that song.
highplainsdem
Jul 2023
#60
Imagine you've been to the Louvre 500 times and seen the Mona Lisa every time
Hugh_Lebowski
Jul 2023
#63
I've probably run across print and video images of the Mona Lisa much more
highplainsdem
Jul 2023
#65
100% agree my patience for crap songs is exponentially shorter than it is for great ones
Hugh_Lebowski
Jul 2023
#66
I like Stairway to Heaven. It really didn't get alot of radio time back then, More from listen to
debm55
Jul 2023
#67
It's not at all that I 'don't like it' and probably most times I heard it was because
Hugh_Lebowski
Jul 2023
#68
Does It Matter If It Was Something Hated At First Hearing That Became A Radio Plague?
The Magistrate
Jul 2023
#15
I remember that song because I was named after Debby Reynolds and my mother constantly played ii
debm55
Jul 2023
#43
Definitely. And I really, really never need to hear Welcome to the Jungle again
Hugh_Lebowski
Jul 2023
#70
I liked America, but Muskrat Love is apparently the one song they stopped playing
hlthe2b
Jul 2023
#53
My husband says this was a Moose Lodge favorite when his folks dragged him there when he was little.
thatcrowwoman
Jul 2023
#57
"These songs shall never be played again in My Kingdom!" My Sharona and the simpering warbling
NBachers
Jul 2023
#61
I agree with some of your choices. I think when we were younger, we had transistors and the music
debm55
Jul 2023
#64
The problem is that ALL these songs are played endlessly now, instead of new music.
yardwork
Jul 2023
#78
yardwork, very true. I agree that is why people are getting tired of them. It's like a loop of
debm55
Jul 2023
#79
Yes, when The Body Guard came out it was played constantly. It's a good example of overplaying a
debm55
Jul 2023
#84
That too. We had Roberta Flack's song--The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face. at ours but that was
debm55
Jul 2023
#87
Just like Eric Clapton could not capture the soul and dept of I Shot the Sheriff by Bob Marley.
debm55
Jul 2023
#93