To ask which songs give you the rage?

[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.

XTC - Sgt. Rock (is going to help me). Absolutely vile lyrics - misogynistic and advocates treating women like objects to be possessed. Ugh.

Ride on Time - Black Box

Simply red are an acquired taste, but stars is good and they were very popular in their day
He could hold a note or two.
I've no idea who is number one these days..
It was THE thing to know on a Sunday night in my day!

Rick Astley Never going to give you up. Sounds like a stalker.

@AnybodyAnywhere

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.

You sound like me (although I'm a stickler for 6 Music, too).

I couldn't name an 'Ed Sheehan' song at gunpoint. Doesn't sound as though I've missed much, though.

Preparing to be flamed for this, but I find the Beatles really overrated in general (McCartney's everlasting peace signs also make me homicidal), not just the woeful dirges he and Lennon came up with as solo efforts. The Christmas ones are unmitigated bilge: even worse than Christmas songs usually are, and in December the bar goes waaaaaaay down. As for the Frogs' Chorus, WTF is that about?

Likewise, Simon Cowell and Stock, Aitken and Waterman should all be tried in the Court of Human Rights for crimes against eardrums.

Thankfully only at Christmas but Bruce Springsteen's Santa Claus is coming to town

It's the stupid laughing. Makes me see red

@NoNameNoGane

OP What even are the lyrics to Heart of Glass? I swear at one point Blondie sings "you're cheesy like a dead girl"

I hate Just The Way You Are - it's meant to be very flattering but really he's just saying "you are terribly dull and I am fine with it". He's probably shagging someone else. She should LTB 😂

Also hate that song that says "when your body's had enough of me... I'm gonna love you a little bit more". Eeeeew! When you've had enough, you've had enough mate! The whole thing is fraught with cystitis.

Fraught with cystitis 😂

It is dreadful, utterly dreadful. I get so embarrassed just hearing it.

Neil Diamond - I am I said.
Sorry, what?
' no one heard at all, not even the chair'.
Did you write this when you were 6?

@yourestandingonmyneck

Yes, it unsettles me so much. Not his place to put that in a song at all. Imagine being the friend.

And even if the friend isn’t real, it’s still just a horrible lyric to put in a pop song. He’s done another song about drugs telling the story of a girl who has to turn to prostitution, “Class A Team” but that one isn’t so bad because with that song it’s a narrative (rather than Ed going on about himself) and there’s a story within it. But Castle On The Hill just throws it in there randomly.

Awful if you’ve lost somebody (specifically a brother) to drugs to just randomly hear that in what is otherwise a generic commercial pop song.

Just something really weird and grim making a song going on all about your childhood and casually mentioning your friend’s brother’s tragic death. It’s not about you Ed

Most Christmas songs are terrible.
I dread the 1st December when they all dust off the Christmas CDs on the radio
Especially Michael Buble.
Or ' do they know it's Christmas?'

Agree about Mr Brightside.
I hate One day like this-Elbow, don't know why but just hate it!
The Fugees-No woman no cry

Lisa Stansfield, "Been around the world and aye aye aye.....I can't find my baby." Urgh.

Shola Ama. "NEED-SOMEBOOODY!!"

Anything by M People.

Kiss from a rose by Seal.raaaaage.

Jet by Paul McCartney.Could genuinely punch someone if I hear it.

Tik tok by Kesha.Annoying as fuck.

@Mangoberries it's about a couple who aren't working out but don't want to give up on their relationship.I love that song!

Love Mr Brightside !
Halo by Beyoncé is dirge. I do have to turn that off

Loads of raving about it before I heard ‘Mr Bright side’ I listened to it and couldn’t understand what was so great.

Anything by Oasis. Liam Gallaghers voice makes my blood boil.

@Minniem2020

Anything by Oasis. Liam Gallaghers voice makes my blood boil.

Wonderwall is THE worst.

Don’t stand so close to me by The Police.

And ex teacher, singing a song about how the teenage girl pupil was trying to tempt him 🤔

His stalker’s anthem “every breath you take” is a close second. The guy has major issues.

”Lovely Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay" by Bill Withers.
Fuck off Bill, just fuck off.

I have fond memories of my mum yelling “turn it off!” every time it came on the radio.

Look at ' the killers ' at Glastonbury doing ' mr brightside ' , on u tube it is utterly brilliant!

@the80sweregreat

Look at ' the killers ' at Glastonbury doing ' mr brightside ' , on u tube it is utterly brilliant!

Ok, I will do that now. I am preparing to be blown away...

Yes to Ed Sheeran, Heather Small, Florence Welch and Adele.
To which I add Everything But The Girl, UB40 and Beautiful South.

Narrowing it down, I hate More Than A Woman by Bee Gees. What's that then lads - an actual proper human equal?

Someone on another thread once said they have been cross with Bruce ever since he sang that he'd a wife and kids in Baltimore Jack, got in his car and never looked back. Really tickled me.

Thatsplentyjack
I won't say which exact song because it has my name in it. That's why I hate it. Guaranteed anytime I meet someone new (male) in a situation where alcohol is involved they will sing the song at me.

Apart from that there are probably at least 100 more songs that I just can't stand

Some good guesses on this one - I immediately assumed it was Alice....who the fuck is Alice.

And Bulletproof by La Roux. Really painful.

@caranations

XTC - Sgt. Rock (is going to help me). Absolutely vile lyrics - misogynistic and advocates treating women like objects to be possessed. Ugh.

I love that song and senses working overtime