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What songs make you mad?

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Millana · 15/02/2023 08:22

My local radio station have started playing What Would You Do? (City High song) a lot. It makes me mad everytime I hear it. It makes me even madder because it sticks in your head.

It's about a man going to a party with strippers. Then finding out one stripper is a single mum forced into prostitution and was sexually abused as a child. He gets all judgy about how she's letting herself and child down. No offers of help or solutions, no criticising the failure of the child's druggy dad, just lots of mysognony and vicgim shaming of her trying to look after her child. Also, he fails to see the irony that he/his friends are enjoying her striping and it's only an issue because he knew her at school. The other strippers are still just meat.

Grrr.

What songs make you mad but Just. Won't. Die?

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Theresacatonmylap · 15/02/2023 19:29

Scrumbleton · 15/02/2023 08:42

Whitney Houston - I will always love you

If you specifically mean her horrific version of the SEMINAL Dolly Parton song then I’m right there with you. If you mean the song itself, Nooooooooo.

HelloBunny · 15/02/2023 19:29

Saw the video for Britney’s “One More Time” recently. The words, the outfits, the whole thing... It’s just so jarring, now. I don’t think anyone took any notice at the time! But, knowing what Britney went through. It all seems so wrong!

LavenderSloe · 15/02/2023 19:40

Coca Cola by CamelPhat....way too date rapey

tellmewhentheLangshiplandscoz · 15/02/2023 19:47

lumpybums · 15/02/2023 19:03

Baby it's cold outside, all versions - obviously, and dislike how Cerys Matthews dismisses the criticism

Your sixteen, Ringo Starr. "Ooh what a girl ribbons and curls" and "ooh when we kissed I could not stop" I bet you couldn't

She's always a woman, Billy Joel - woman in question is a complete horror

Lonely boy, Andrew Gold. such a weird song. Not sure if the boy is being a brat or if he gets pushed out when the next kid arrives

A song I do love is Cuddly Toy, because of Roachford's delivery. His deception is clear

I used to love Cuddly Toy until Partridge air guitared to it

LetsGoFlyAKiteee · 15/02/2023 19:50

Shape of you...just no. The whole chorus the buffet lyrics I mean ehhhh and for some reason they used to play it in clubs. The first few notes used to send us to the bar

minidancer · 15/02/2023 20:04

Adele .....everything she sings but easy on me bugs me most. Making excuses for her divorce saying she wasn't old enough to choose. Wasn't she 33 when she got married?!?
It's probably a cover but I relate it to her divorce and it makes me irrationally angry!

Undermyumberellaellaella · 15/02/2023 20:05

Happy - Pharrell Williams. It makes me unhappy every time.

Anyotherdude · 15/02/2023 20:47

Fairground, Simply Red. The drumbeat at the end of the chorus gives me the rage!

Funkyslippers · 15/02/2023 21:13

Chickoletta it's supposed to be abusive. It's about a woman taking advantage of the man. But I agree it's shite especially when couples think it's a love song and sing it to each other!

Millana · 15/02/2023 22:38

I went to a "retro night". I was expecting 80s. They played Year 3000, Stacey's Mom, Take That, Outkast...

I may have embarrassed myself by enthusiastically dancing (in a non ironic way) to American Idiot and shouting about how I remember when it came out...

In hindsight, I don't think I was their target market! 🤣

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Whitney168 · 16/02/2023 08:18

PlaitBilledDuckyPuss · 15/02/2023 12:08

It's not glorifying it - his 'blood runs cold' and his 'memory has just been sold' to discover the classmate he had a longstanding crush on is now in Playboy.

Have had this as an earworm since this thread, and then it was on the radio this morning - and now it's annoying ME too.

Fine for him to wank over other people's friends/sisters/daughters/mothers, but heaven forfend that the memory of HIS angel be sullied. Twat. 😂

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