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To ask which songs give you the rage?

738 replies

Chocolattay · 20/02/2022 14:40

Heart Of Glass makes me want to be violent, I cannot stand it. I’m not sure what it is. But something about the lyrics, voice and tune trigger something inside me. It came on the radio in the delivery room whilst I was in active labour and it made me distressed until it was turned off.

Also, Ed Sheeran’s songs. Mainly due to the weird lyrics. “My bedsheets smell like you.” Wtf? And in a recent one “I want to drink your smile.” How does one ‘drink a smile’? On the rocks? Also the song where he goes on about all of the depressing hardships his (I’m guessing made-up for the song) friends have fallen upon. One doesn’t see his kids, one is divorced, bla bla bla. It annoys me because it’s not his place to go on about their (made-up, in all fairness) problems for a good song. If the friends are real I hope he asked for permission. This is the same song where he goes on about driving 90mph down country lanes. And the less said about Galway Girl the better.

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eenymeenymineymo · 20/02/2022 16:12

Adele's latest Easy on Me. I used to like her music but i cannot stand this one, she sounds so whingy-whiny in it (the point of the lyrics maybe, but too bad)
Her Oprah interview & the other crying one re her Las Vegas shows didnt do her any favors here either.

wolfmom · 20/02/2022 16:12

So many. Bohemian Rhapsody really gets to me and I like Queen. Teenage dirtbag makes me physically sick, most forced 'life is great let's all hold hands and skip through fields' type songs and Oasis due to the god awful nasal vocals

DriveMeCrazy1974 · 20/02/2022 16:13

I hate Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas is You - it's so fake and annoying.
Also, get annoyed with Imagine - overplayed, trite, nonsense.

HeartshapedFox · 20/02/2022 16:13

99 Red Balloons. I just really, really hate it. Her stupid simpering voice and the stupid simpering tune, it’s just awful.

OnaBegonia · 20/02/2022 16:14

Dolly Parton; Jolene
begging a woman to leave her man alone, how about your man keeps it zipped.

supersop60 · 20/02/2022 16:14

You were always on my mind, by Elvis Presley.
That's nice dear- how does that affect my life in any way at all?

Chocolattay · 20/02/2022 16:14

@Momicrone

Yes I know the rapper you mean and I can’t bloody stand him. He did a really racist song as well that disgusted me. Going on about an ‘African girl called Adeola’

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the80sweregreat · 20/02/2022 16:14

Ahh, I love 99 red balloons !! Especially the German version too. Great track
The ' Gorky park ' one ? Can't remember its name ? That is a bit whiney

OperationDog · 20/02/2022 16:18

John Lennon's Imagine - definitely. an awful dirge indeed.

That dreadful song where the cake was left out in the rain, Macarthur Park.

SinisterBumFacedCat · 20/02/2022 16:18

Yes, I bloody hate 99 red balloons, even when it came out I thought it sounded like a child had written it.

ApathyMartha · 20/02/2022 16:19

Razorlight America - will jump across the room rugby tackle style shouting ‘noooooo’ to turn the radio off 😣

LetsGoFlyAKiteee · 20/02/2022 16:20

@Funkyslippers

Drunkpanda I don't think there's any line in the song that says he gave her a scar....!
'My seat's been taken by some sunglasses asking 'bout a scar, and I know I gave it to you months ago I know you're trying to forget'

And so on...

Agree about Adele. Guess it's her thing and people seem to love it...mostly.

Don't mind my name song..gets annoying but there is definitely worse ones out there.

dropthevipers · 20/02/2022 16:21

@Stevearnottsbeard

John Lennon's imagine. I really don't understand how so many people think it's one of the greatest songs in the world, including my husband. I actually hate it so much it makes me angry. Really don't know why 🤔🤷🏻‍♀️
I know why-it's the fucking rank hipocrisy. At the time of writing the author owned a temperature and humidity controlled apartment to keep his collection of fur coats in top condition. "Imagine no possesions, I wonder if you can". Fuck off you lying wanky twat.
Chocolattay · 20/02/2022 16:21

Oh, I also hate the one where he’s shagging the woman next door and was caught in the shower, on camera bla bla bla. They played it in a restaurant once, not what I want to hear when eating my food lol

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GreyPaw · 20/02/2022 16:23

"Pull up to the bumper baby". Does she not know that only a fool breaks the two second rule?

PuppyMonkey · 20/02/2022 16:23

I know it’s tantamount to blasphemy but I’m not a fan at all of Bob Marley and the No Woman No Cry thing. OMG it’s the dullest record ever made.

the80sweregreat · 20/02/2022 16:24

Shaggy , I always found his songs a bit dubious.
That one by Kevin Lytle ( might be spelled incorrectly) about ' pushing things down on me'
Another song whose title escapes me , but they play it a lot on heart.

AnybodyAnywhere · 20/02/2022 16:24

I’m an elderly Rock fan and only listen to Planet Rock so happily unfamiliar with a lot of modern popular stuff 😊.

When I had to listen to the radio at work I remember absolutely hating This Girl Is On Fire and Moves Like Jagger 😳. Sorry, no idea who they are by.

But in the Rock genre I really don’t like Meatloaf (RIP), especially Paradise By The Dashboard Light….it absolutely creeps me out.

DevonTF · 20/02/2022 16:25

Anything by Coldplay or Simply Red. I have left pubs due to that shite

yourestandingonmyneck · 20/02/2022 16:27

@Chocolattay

Heart Of Glass makes me want to be violent, I cannot stand it. I’m not sure what it is. But something about the lyrics, voice and tune trigger something inside me. It came on the radio in the delivery room whilst I was in active labour and it made me distressed until it was turned off.

Also, Ed Sheeran’s songs. Mainly due to the weird lyrics. “My bedsheets smell like you.” Wtf? And in a recent one “I want to drink your smile.” How does one ‘drink a smile’? On the rocks? Also the song where he goes on about all of the depressing hardships his (I’m guessing made-up for the song) friends have fallen upon. One doesn’t see his kids, one is divorced, bla bla bla. It annoys me because it’s not his place to go on about their (made-up, in all fairness) problems for a good song. If the friends are real I hope he asked for permission. This is the same song where he goes on about driving 90mph down country lanes. And the less said about Galway Girl the better.

@Chocolattay I agree about that Ed Sheeran one going on about his friends.

"Ones brother overdosed" Confused

Very sad situation; just find its inclusion in the song, along with all the others, a bit odd.

the80sweregreat · 20/02/2022 16:28

Some lyrics do not make sense , it is funny looking them up and then realizing I've been singing most of them incorrectly most of the time! Or singers tend to just mumble.
Sting was amazed that anyone found ' every breath you take ' could be a love song when it clearly isn't!

Squaffle · 20/02/2022 16:28

Fairground by Simply Red makes me want to rip my ears off. Likewise, Missing by Everything But The Girl. Both huge hits in their day which drive me absolutely bonkers!

yourestandingonmyneck · 20/02/2022 16:29

@NameChangeCity123

I like the way you move.

The guys voice gives me the absolute creeps

Oh yeah, the laugh / chuckle thing Blush
ElizabethinherGermanGarden · 20/02/2022 16:30

Reef - Place Your Hands

The lyrics make me so cross as they either make no sense or are so filthy they have no place on the radio! 😂

Winniewonka · 20/02/2022 16:30

Another one here for Jennifer Rush - Power of Love. As well being an awful song, it reminds me of an awful time in my life
Karma Chameleon

I would do anything for love (Sorry, Meatloaf - R.I.P.)

Gypsy Woman - Can't stand all the lardy dee/lardy daa nonsense

I actually quite like Bill Withers Lovely Day😀