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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]thatcrowwoman
(1,230 posts)55. Just off the top of my head
Brandy
Joy to the World/Jeremiah was a Bullfrog.
Seriously
Youve 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
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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