Overplayed songs

[LadyBarbossa]

Needy has taken to singing/whistling that song while at work. I'm going to spaz on her. Or I could put "Sexy and I Know It" on repeat as payback because she hates it.

[Amanita]

I read the funniest comment on youtube about "Whistle"- one person related how they caught a 6 year old relative listening to that song, and they tried to stop her, saying she was too young for that stuff. The little girl responded "What? It's about a boy buying a whistle and getting a girl to blow it for him!"

[fireheart17]

The worst thing about "Whistle" is it gets stuck in my head like crazy, and then I go around singing about blowjobs all day.

It's freakin' classy.

I've been guilty of doing that. Not so much in front of children though! (since my jobs involve being around young children)

[the_std]

The worst thing about "Whistle" is it gets stuck in my head like crazy, and then I go around singing about blowjobs all day.

It's freakin' classy.

[Rageaholic]

Ugh "Whistle" is another one. Easily the worst song of the year. Brain Bleach is required after listening to it.

[Jaden]

Autotune is the worst thing ever.

Also, even though I know intellectually that songs like Stairway to Heaven, Sweet Home Alabama, Money, anything off of Who's Next, etc. are overplayed, I don't listen to the radio ever, unless I'm at work. So those songs haven't been ruined for me, I can still listen to them without cringing, and the songs that I hear all the time at work, or while wandering around the mall or a store or something, are the ones that are overplayed in my mind.

[TheHuckster]

Ugh. I don't mind Stairway, since it's not played all that much locally. But, Sweet Home Alabama...needs to go back there, and *stay* there. That song is played on every station, at every sporting event, and in every Wal-Mart store. I don't mind a little Skynyrd now and then. But seriously, play another song!

Free Bird!

[protege]

To me overplayed is Stairway to Heaven and Sweet Home Alabama.

Ugh. I don't mind Stairway, since it's not played all that much locally. But, Sweet Home Alabama...needs to go back there, and *stay* there. That song is played on every station, at every sporting event, and in every Wal-Mart store. I don't mind a little Skynyrd now and then. But seriously, play another song!

[DGoddess]

I don't even know the songs you are all mentioning as being overplayed Boy do I feel old

To me overplayed is Stairway to Heaven and Sweet Home Alabama.

Thank you! I thought I was the only one.

I had to quit listening to our local classic rock station (Rock92) b/c of those two songs were constantly being played to the tune of at least twice a day.

Come to think of it, I pretty much stopped listening to local radio stations about 5 or so years ago. Too little variety now since our then only oldies station changed over to new country (seriously? We already have 3 channels of new country on the dial now and we needed another one? I'd rather have a hole in my head.)

I usually just upload music to my iPhone and listen to what I want to, when I want to.

[AdminAssistant]

Fuck autotune.

Great song about autotune. Of course, then he went on to do an album with Kanye West, but...the sentiment is nice.

[Eisa]

When Seether: "Remedy" came out the local rock/metal station played it like mad. I wanted to shoot it. I liked the song, but now...RARE times I can manage to listen to it without going mad.

[bunnyboy]

Fuck autotune.

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If you mean that damn talk like a robot crap then yeah.

If you mean using it for its intended use, which is to smooth slight pitch problems (usually the vocalist being just up or down a little then no.

It's a tool like multi-track recording and mixing, and as a tool it has its uses, which are rarely utilized well.

The real problem isn't autotune, its all these damn half-spoken songs and whispered songs.

[Andara Bledin]

Fuck autotune.

There's some really decent songs out there that are just destroyed by autotune.

Not sure if it's 'cause the singers are crap or if the labels figure it's cheaper to do a crappy take and then tun it rather than get a good take in the can. >_>

^-.-^

[Rageaholic]

"Call Me Maybe" *shudder*

Didn't mind it at first, but there is a such thing as too cutesy. (her autotuned voice doesn't help).

[blas87]

My song choices change every time we have threads similar to this, and as time goes on. What irritates the poo out of me is the fact that most radio stations here who play popular music....seem to pick the same 10 songs or so, and they ONLY play them over and over and over and over and over all damn day.

You can hear "Call Me Maybe" five times in two hours, then the local DJ goes home for the day so they put on the Ryan Seacrest show or whatever, and then that same fucking song is on AGAIN.