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Song that you irrationally hate…

394 replies

Forwardthinkinglobster · 22/08/2023 12:45

Mine is (I’ve Had) the Time of My Life, from ‘Dirty Dancing’.

It’s like nails on a chalk board and I can’t even explain why. It’s not even the worst song but it gives me rage and I always have to turn over the radio when it’s on.

Add to that any song by Anastacia, although these days she is rarely played on the radio.

I’m hoping that it’s not just me and suspect everyone has “that song” that they just cannot stand, for no rhyme nor reason. What is yours?

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MissDollyMix · 23/08/2023 17:38

Alanis Morisette’s Ironic. No it isn’t!!! Rahh! Gives me the rage. That and her breathy effected singing.

AllProperTeaIsTheft · 23/08/2023 17:42

Breakfast At Tiffany's. What a bloody stupid song!

Knocking On Heaven's Door by Guns 'N Roses. Well... anything by then in fact. Axl Rose is a spectacularly irritating singer in general, but the way he sings the word 'door' makes me apoplectic.

WorriedMillie · 23/08/2023 17:44

Moving’ on up by the M People. I have no idea why I object to it so much 🤣

90sbab8 · 23/08/2023 19:13

Timber by Kesha/Ke$ha (however you spell it)- everything about it absolutely grates on me: the lyrics, the harmonica (or whatever instrument it is) tune that, for some reason to me, reminds me of a Cockerel (it starts at the beginning and goes on throughout), the rapping bits. It sounds like a proper hillbilly song, and all I can think of when I hear it is those chavvy women in the pub in short dresses and loads of makeup, stomping their heels and clutching those massive goblets of pink gin

UnctuousUnicorns · 23/08/2023 19:17

JaneJeffer · 23/08/2023 17:34

You can't lump Coldplay in with the wonderwall Oasis

I can, quite easily; they're both turgid shite.

Ihateboris · 23/08/2023 19:37

Beyonce- Put a ring on it. 😡

NeverDropYourMooncup · 23/08/2023 19:39

UnctuousUnicorns · 23/08/2023 19:17

I can, quite easily; they're both turgid shite.

Add Adele and Sam Smith into your category of utter turgidity.

Woahtherehoney · 23/08/2023 19:48

Imagine by John Lennon is one of my fave songs, I have it as a tattoo 🤣

Songs I irrationally hate;

I’ll Stand By You (especially the Girls Aloud version)
Michael Jackson - Earth Song makes me cringe
Ellie Goulding - Burn (and most other songs by her tbf)
Anything at all that involves the sound of bagpipes 🤢

Justleaveitblankthen · 23/08/2023 19:57

Someone Like You, or practically anything else by Adele.
Horrendous.

WhereTheTeapotsJibberJabberJoo · 23/08/2023 19:58

Woahtherehoney · 23/08/2023 19:48

Imagine by John Lennon is one of my fave songs, I have it as a tattoo 🤣

Songs I irrationally hate;

I’ll Stand By You (especially the Girls Aloud version)
Michael Jackson - Earth Song makes me cringe
Ellie Goulding - Burn (and most other songs by her tbf)
Anything at all that involves the sound of bagpipes 🤢

I hate earth song. And bagpipes.

AuroraForever · 23/08/2023 20:02

Loving You - by Minnie Riperton - with all the high pitched squealy awfulness. Goes right through me.

aaahshoot · 23/08/2023 20:03

Mambo number 5. Hate hate hate

Bunlass · 23/08/2023 20:04

Ronan Keating -life is a rollercoaster. Simply Red- Fairground.

Woahtherehoney · 23/08/2023 20:05

WhereTheTeapotsJibberJabberJoo · 23/08/2023 19:58

I hate earth song. And bagpipes.

They just both go right through me, haha!

WhereTheTeapotsJibberJabberJoo · 23/08/2023 20:06

Woahtherehoney · 23/08/2023 20:05

They just both go right through me, haha!

Northumbrian pipes aren't so bad. Less raucous than the Scottish ones.

Elle2018 · 23/08/2023 20:08

New York by Alicia Keys, makes me want to cut my own ears off!

Wonderwhyibother · 23/08/2023 20:09

JaneJeffer · 23/08/2023 17:34

You can't lump Coldplay in with the wonderwall Oasis

I can and I am, they are both abysmal and utterly depressing.

RG89 · 23/08/2023 20:10

Happy by Farrel Williams
That new Calm Down song has overtaken it in my hatred though, it does not calm me down with all its repetitive sounds....

Allyliz · 23/08/2023 20:24

Total eclipse of the heart by Bonnie Tyler....makes me feel murderous

WhereTheTeapotsJibberJabberJoo · 23/08/2023 20:25

Anything by Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift, Britney Spears. Oh, and Jason Derulo.

@Allyliz me too with total eclipse.

EverythingButTheName · 23/08/2023 20:27

Toploader - dancing in the moonlight. I’ve always hated it and take comfort in the hate it’s getting here! 😂

also Rock DJ - Robbie Williams.

there’s so many more but those are the two that instantly spring to mind!

UnctuousUnicorns · 23/08/2023 20:29

NeverDropYourMooncup · 23/08/2023 19:39

Add Adele and Sam Smith into your category of utter turgidity.

Amen to that!

UnctuousUnicorns · 23/08/2023 20:32

And no, SS, you don't have "feminine curves" or whatever bollocks you came out with; you're just fat. Fuck off, you deluded knobber.

the80sweregreat · 23/08/2023 20:48

That ' loving you ' song with the whittering birds and high notes was on the radio all the time once
Made me want to rip my ears off it was so awful

GinJeanie · 23/08/2023 20:50

Anything sung by Heather Small

"Get Back!" by The Beatles 😱