If I Never Hear Them Again It Will Be Too Soon

There are a lot of songs out there that one likes or doesn’t care for. But there are also those songs that just annoy you, get under your skin, terrorize your last nerve and make you want to punch a wall. So I thought I’d blog today about the ones that will really annoy me.

I picked these songs for my “Top 5 Songs That Annoy Me” list on Facebook. When I started thinking about what songs I’d put on the list I had more than five that came to mind. A couple that didn’t make the cut but are probably just as annoying are “Macarena” and “Mambo No 5”. Ugh.

Without further ado, here are my top 5, in descending order:

5) “One Week” by Barenaked Ladies. I’m trying to remember if I liked this song when it first came out. Nope, don’t think so.

4) “Signs” by Five Man Electrical Band, annoyingly remade by Tesla. I don’t know what it is about this song that annoys me so much other than EVERYTHING about the song annoys me. I find the lyrics and the music irritating, and it must be the song and not the band because I don’t like either version.

3) “Old Time Rock ‘n’ Roll” by Bob Seger. Now, I do think I liked this one originally. I believe one of the contributing factors is that this is played at EVERY wedding reception. But it’s more than that, because “Celebration” by Kool & the Gang is a song I actually like and that is played at nearly every reception as well. I think the difference between the two songs is that Old Time is played on the radio a lot, too, where I couldn’t tell you the last time I’ve heard Celebration on the radio. It’s been years. But back to Old Time, I think the part that annoys me more than anything is that Bob Seger is so much better than this song. The rest of his catalog with a couple possible exceptions is really quite good. I wish everyone would “take this old record off their shelves” and destroy it.

2) “Mickey” by Toni Basil. Honestly. Really? Come on. This song almost annoys me to the point of hating cheerleaders in general. Almost.

1) “We Built This City” by Starship. As much as I can’t stand Mickey it’s practically a classic compared to this fingernails-on-a-chalkboard song. Nothing comes close to this one on my annoyance meter – even the other four combined.

What songs annoy you?