TheGreek Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Relating to my thread about "Stairway to Heaven on bass" - I sent the link to a guitarist friend who replied "aren't you sick to death of that song?". Well TBH, yes....but there are other songs which I could quite happily never listen to again. Firstly, "Hey Joe" - the Hendrix version, the full length version of Layla, including the 4 hour piano solo - by Eric Clapton and (for now) "A Bat out of hell" - actually anything on that whole album - by Meatloaf. IMO the world would be a much better place if none of these were ever played again. Your turn... 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lozkerr Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 I'm rapidly falling out of love with Blondie's Call Me because we've played it at every gig my 80s band has done, but I don't hate it, at least not yet. The two songs I really do loathe are Wonderwall and Frankie Valli's Sherry. Apparently the see-you-next-Tuesday responsible for that horrible noise wrote it in fifteen minutes - I reckon he must have had writers' block. I genuinely have to leave the room if I hear Sherry on the radio because I hate it so much. 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Although I can appreciate it as a good song Fairy Tale of New York by The Pogues. I just can’t stand it. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chezz55 Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Come On Eileen American Pie Bohemian Rhapsody 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJE Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Brown eyed girl, Get Lucky, Valerie and Summer of 69. Mostly due to them being played and murdered by many covers bands (including ones I have played in). 7 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamIAm Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Way out at the front of the pack for me is Valerie. If I never hear it again it will still be too soon! Sam x 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobiewharton Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Sweet Caroline, Mr Brightside, Sex on Fire. Anything by U2, R.E.M and The Beach Boys can go and jump in the lake too, along with the work of David Bowie, The Who and Pink Floyd 🤣 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knirirr Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 There's one horrendous piece I used to hear on repeat over and over again in the mid 90s when I worked in a lab where someone insisted that they couldn't work unless a radio was on. I know it as "the naa song" but I think it might be called "here comes the hot stepper". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 55 minutes ago, Lozz196 said: Although I can appreciate it as a good song Fairy Tale of New York by The Pogues. I just can’t stand it. +1 I used to really love it, but at some point I got sick to death of it seemingly being every 3rd song you hear wherever you go in December. If it comes on while I'm listening to the radio I'll kill the volume before the first bar is over. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 (edited) Not many songs I intrinsically hate as I tend to zone out if I'm uninterested but there are definitely many that have outstayed their welcome in my head thanks to radio saturation e.g 'Dont stop me now' (Queen), 'Alright now', 'Born in the USA', 'Livin' on a prayer', 'With or without you', 'Come on Eileen'. Oh yes, come to think of it there are 3 tunes that have me trying to rip my ears off...'Perfect' by Fairground Attraction, 'Young at heart' by The Bluebells and 'Real gone kid' by Deacon Blue. Edited March 27 by Barking Spiders 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 I think we’ve had similar threads before and nothing has changed for me, no 1 is mustang sally😬, and I find it hard to listen to ed sheeran and George Ezra for more than a few minutes 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lozkerr Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 56 minutes ago, SamIAm said: Way out at the front of the pack for me is Valerie. If I never hear it again it will still be too soon! Sam x The Zutons original or the Amy Winehouse cover? I'm with you all the way on the Winehouse cover but the original's bassline is great fun! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbiscuits Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Wonderwall. I will go out of my way never to play that again. If it comes on the radio I will turn it off. I can’t stand it. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubinga5 Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 ABBA, all of them.. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lozkerr Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 4 minutes ago, bassbiscuits said: Wonderwall. I will go out of my way never to play that again. If it comes on the radio I will turn it off. I can’t stand it. Rispek, bruv. I hate that song, too. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Hate bad people, don't bother to hate songs!! In the last 10 years I've played at least 50% of the songs listed so far. Played but never "murdered". If it's a good band, good audience and we're getting paid, I'll happily play them as many times as I'm asked. I have to admit, I do a mean Mustang Sally. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linus27 Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Red Red Wine by UB40. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorris Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Well there seems to be some psychological issues at play here 😳 But I'll go with "We Will Rock You" 🤣 If only because chorus is pure cringe 😳 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahpook Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 I can't think of a single song I hate. Not see the appeal of, or find boring, yes. But actually hate ? No. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr4stringz Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 (edited) There are many, but I try to focus on the positives wherever possible as all of those songs will mean a lot to far more people than will ever give a hoot about owt I ever produce. That said… Enter Bloody Sandman! 🤬 Turgid. Edited March 28 by mr4stringz 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Another vote for Red Red Whine - indeed, any of UB40's later cod-reggae covers, especially "I Got You Babe" - if you can't play 3/4 time, just don't bloody play songs written in it. Continuing the red theme, "Little Red Corvette" and "Raspberry Beret". Irritating trite little ditties. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JottoSW1 Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 500 miles . Proclaimers Yellow. Coldplay Superman. Laurie Anderson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 4 hours ago, JottoSW1 said: Superman. Laurie Anderson Nooooo!! Now if you had said Superman, Black Lace I would have wholeheartedly agreed. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_lefty Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 (edited) 7 hours ago, Linus27 said: Red Red Wine by UB40. I'm with you. Ship Called Dignity is my all time top most worstest song in the world ever. I can't put my finger on what about it makes it so awful, it's just the entire thing. Edited March 28 by uk_lefty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 The one that really makes me want to start breaking things is 'Walking On Broken Glass' by Annie Lennox. Our local BBC radio station (Berkshire) just seems to have such a limited playlist and I'd hear this song maybe once every couple of days. At work, the consultants have a terrible oldies station on at the other end of the office and I hear it twice, sometimes three times a day. It's torture. I can't bear her or The Eurythmics at the best of times. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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