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To hate Sweet Caroline

103 replies

ExecutionersBong · 06/07/2024 15:38

It used to be a good song but it's been so overplayed it's become unbearable. And with the extra "So Good" x 3 that seems to have become an official part of the lyrics over the years makes me want to tear my ears off.

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Funnywonder · 06/07/2024 16:10

NeiIDiamond · 06/07/2024 15:46

Personally I love it.

Self praise is no recommendation Neil😆

Sondheimisademigod · 06/07/2024 16:15

Neil Diamond must be both gutted and pleased simultaneously. I mean, they have ruined what was a great song, but royalties...

StinkerTroll · 06/07/2024 16:16

I HAVE FOUND MY PEOPLE!!! I despise it with a vengeance!!!! I actually leave the room when it's playing if I can or switch off the radio

allthemiddlechildrenoftheworld · 06/07/2024 16:17

@ExecutionersBong we played this at the end of our daughters funeral because that was her name. then england football team took it over and ruined it. it still makes me cry

Wazzypants · 06/07/2024 16:23

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feellikeanalien · 06/07/2024 16:25

My niece loathes it but she is a Celtic supporter!!

Toddlerteaplease · 06/07/2024 16:26

Omg I totally agree. Going on a pilgrimage in a couple of weeks and it's one of the few songs the music group play. Along with country roads, and wonderwall. I can't bear any of them!

Caswallonthefox · 06/07/2024 16:40

You'd hate living where I do.
Right next to a pub that does karaoke every Saturday from 8pm to 12pm. It's usually played at least twice.
I wear headphones and listen to a book to drown it all out.

HeChokedOnAChorizo · 06/07/2024 16:46

flapjackfairy · 06/07/2024 15:46

me too ! I hate it. Along with Come on Eileen ! And I would walk 500 miles !
Basically anything that is sung as a drunken anthem !

I hate all of them too

Geiyotue · 06/07/2024 16:51

It's a terrible song, made worse by tuneless idiots droning it out.

GymBergerac · 06/07/2024 16:51

Laughing my head off at this as it's a conversation my friends and I were having this morning. I loathe this song with a passion, reminds me of hideous drunken family parties with XH.... It really grates on me, especially, as someone else mentioned above, the stupid additional "so good, so good" that's been added of late.

Bloody song ended up being played at a dance anthems festival I was at recently, I can't escape from it! 😱 😂

ByCupidStunt · 06/07/2024 16:53

NeiIDiamond · 06/07/2024 15:46

Personally I love it.

😀

GymBergerac · 06/07/2024 16:54

StinkerTroll · 06/07/2024 16:16

I HAVE FOUND MY PEOPLE!!! I despise it with a vengeance!!!! I actually leave the room when it's playing if I can or switch off the radio

I love the feature on my playlist where I can block it from suggesting certain songs on it's random smart play setting. It was the first song I blocked.... 😂

flapjackfairy · 06/07/2024 16:58

wasn't the lib dem leader singing it yesterday ?
And I voted for the lib dems ! Made me regret my vote

Thetroutofnocraic1 · 06/07/2024 16:58

flapjackfairy · 06/07/2024 15:46

me too ! I hate it. Along with Come on Eileen ! And I would walk 500 miles !
Basically anything that is sung as a drunken anthem !

Ugh I live next to a rural pub that plays crappy live music. Wedding bands every week. I have to listen to Sweet Caroline, come on Eileen, 500 miles and stuff like the killers as well. It’s just so repetitive and boring . I hate wedding band music !

NashvilleQueen · 06/07/2024 17:00

It's better for singing along to than the national anthem

GoodHeavens99 · 06/07/2024 17:01

ExecutionersBong · 06/07/2024 15:38

It used to be a good song but it's been so overplayed it's become unbearable. And with the extra "So Good" x 3 that seems to have become an official part of the lyrics over the years makes me want to tear my ears off.

It's the number one song choice in karaoke.

Some useless trivia for you!

PauliesWalnuts · 06/07/2024 17:03

It’s my name and I hate it. Every wedding, football match, family get together I have to tolerate it.

Whithersoever · 06/07/2024 17:03

You lot are miserable!

PuppyMonkey · 06/07/2024 17:07

When people do the ‘so good, so good, so good’ bit, it makes me feel quite stabby because it doesn’t fit the arrangement of the song at all imho. Neil Diamond would be turning in his grave - if he were actually dead. Grin

I like Vindaloo though TBF.

HighOnMaiden · 06/07/2024 17:11

Despise it. And can only hear this...

To hate Sweet Caroline
HauntedBungalow · 06/07/2024 17:24

SO GOOD
SO GOOD
SO GOOD

Coastalcreeksider · 06/07/2024 17:35

I noticed Ed Davey cavorting about yesterday to Sweet Caroline during the election euphoria and had to swiftly leave the room.

Dislike it intensely.

abracadabra1980 · 06/07/2024 17:35

I hate it so much-it's not a football song in my humble opinion. Three Lions is - I love an anthem!

Lemonade2011 · 06/07/2024 17:40

Don’t watch football/scottish so don’t mind it rarely hear it.tbh