The Five Songs You Never-Ever Wanna Hear Again

Lots of hatred for "American Pie," and I can understand it, it's been played to death.

But for me it's a great memory. Two friends and I had Sabres season tickets in 1971-72, my senior year in high school. "American Pie" played on WKBW on every drive from the burbs into the Aud, from the first exhibition to the Gerry Meehan goal game on Easter Sunday against the Flyers that ended the season on April 2, 1972.

 

The guys who ran the dingiest bar in my college town were also the house band every Saturday night. And every Saturday night, they'd sing "American Pie" and every Saturday night it would take half an hour to finish the song b/c someone bought them shots every verse. So they'd pause and down their shots before resuming. Thus, two-plus decades after you, I as well have fond memories of the overplayed song.

 

Kid Leo played Born To Run every Friday at 5 p.m. on WMMS

 

My 14-year-old can sing the whole American Pie. I'm an old, and I can't do it as well.

 

Mambo No. 5. Starts with a beat that sounds like a fart noise, doesn't get a lot better.
I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles). Overstayed its welcome
Octopus's Garden. I don't like it. My least favorite Beatles song.
Auto-tune country music in the vein of Florida-Georgia line

 

That really is the most tedious song ever. The song is discussed more for the interpretation of the lyrics rather than any appreciation of it as a song. Fuck it. It's some hacky version of rock music with sentimental and ultimately meaningless lyrics.

 

Is there any other job, besides being in a band, where it's perfectly OK to drink while you're at work? Stand-up comedian, maybe?

 

I once saw a band play the "Gilligan's Island" theme to the tune of "Born to Run," and they made it work, too. ... Crowd ate it up.

Never really need to hear that done again, but for that one night it was pretty cool.

 

Much like the aforementioned "(You're) Having My Baby," does MacArthur Park even get played anymore to even be annoying?

I live right in the middle of Oldiesville, and I haven't heard either on the radio in my 2+ years here.

Lots of "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" and "Don't You (Forget About Me)," however.

 

I don’t hear those novelty type songs often enough to be bothered by them.

The two classic rock stations in my city are wildly repetitive though. I’m not in the car much but I feel like I hear “Boys of Summer” five times a week. If they play Petty, 75 per cent of the time it’s Free Fallin’. In the Air Tonight is approaching my top 5 just through sheer repetition.

Add in the Canadian Content regulations (50 per cent Tragically Hip) and it feels like the two stations share a playlist of about 150 songs.

 

Only reason to ever remember "Mambo No. 5" is if you're doing a Sporcle "Top Baby Girl Names from the 1970s" quiz.

 

Which is super depressing for people my age.