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BBC's "The 100 Most Annoying Pop Songs We Hate To Love"

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* 100. Jennifer Lopez - Jenny from the Block
* 99. Beautiful South - Perfect 10
* 98. 'Weird Al' Yankovic - Eat It
* 97. Lionel Richie - Hello
* 96. Art Garfunkel - Bright Eyes
* 95. Nizlopi - JCB Song
* 94. Blur - Parklife
* 93. Color Me Badd - I Wanna Sex You Up
* 92. Craig David - 7 Days
* 91. 4 Non Blondes - What's Up
* 90. Enya - Orinoco Flow
* 89. Coldplay - Yellow
* 88. Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart
* 87. Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight
* 86. Shania Twain - That Don't Impress Me Much
* 85. The Streets - Dry Your Eyes
* 84. The Police - Every Breath You Take
* 83. Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
* 82. Tori Amos - Cornflake Girl
* 81. Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays
* 80. D:Ream - Things Can Only Get Better
* 79. Simply Red - Holding Back The Years
* 78. Sinitta - So Macho
* 77. James - Sit Down
* 76. Meat Loaf - I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)
* 75. UB40 - Red Red Wine
* 74. Michael Jackson - Earth Song
* 73. Robson Green & Jerome Flynn - Unchained Melody
* 72. Elton John - Nikita
* 71. M People - Moving On Up
* 70. Toni Basil - Mickey
* 69. Leo Sayer - You Make Me Feel Like Dancing
* 68. Shamen - Ebeneezer Goode
* 67. Europe - The Final Countdown
* 66. Tony Christie - (Is This The Way To) Amarillo
* 65. Crash Test Dummies - Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
* 64. Pussycat Dolls - Don'tcha
* 63. Manic Street Preachers - If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
* 62. Chesney Hawkes - The One & Only
* 61. Billy Ray Cyrus - Achy Breaky Heart
* 60. Gwen Stefani - Wind It Up
* 59. Ricky Martin - Livin' La Vida Loca
* 58. 2 Unlimited - No Limit
* 57. Dido - Thank You
* 56. Michael Bolton - How Am I Supposed To Live Without You
* 55. R.E.M. - Shiny Happy People
* 54. Akon - Lonely
* 53. Reynolds Girls - I'd Rather Jack
* 52. Shakira - Wherever Whenever
* 51. Dire Straits - Money for Nothing
* 50. Westlife - Flying Without Wings
* 49. Starship - We Built This City
* 48. B*Witched - C'est la Vie
* 47. Ultravox - Vienna
* 46. Fast Food Rockers - Fast Food Song
* 45. Jimmy Nail - Ain't No Doubt
* 44. Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On the Dancefloor
* 43. Sandi Thom - I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker (With Flowers In My Hair)
* 42. Lighthouse Family - Lifted
* 41. Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan - Especially For You
* 40. All Saints - Never Ever
* 39. Alanis Morissette - Ironic
* 38. Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U
* 37. Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry, Be Happy
* 36. Whigfield - Saturday Night
* 35. The Darkness - I Believe In A Thing Called Love
* 34. Wings - Mull of Kintyre
* 33. Spandau Ballet - True
* 32. Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It For You
* 31. Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy
* 30. Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire
* 29. MC Hammer - U Can't Touch This
* 28. James Blunt - You're Beautiful
* 27. Sisqo - Thong Song
* 26. Katie Melua - 9 Million Bicycles
* 25. Shaggy - It Wasn't Me
* 24. Babybird - You're Gorgeous
* 23. Geri Halliwell - Look At Me
* 22. Gloria ***nor - I Will Survive
* 21. Cliff Richard - Millennium Prayer
* 20. Lou Bega - Mambo No. 5
* 19. Wet Wet Wet - Love Is All Around
* 18. Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You
* 17. Toploader - Dancing in the Moonlight
* 16. Afroman - Because I Got High
* 15. Billie - Because We Want To
* 14. TATU - All the Things She Said
* 13. Ace of Base - All That She Wants
* 12. True Steppers ft. Dane Bowers and Victoria Beckham - Out of Your Mind
* 11. Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
* 10. Aqua - Barbie Girl
* 9. Cher - Believe
* 8. Nickelback - How You Remind Me
* 7. Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby
* 6. Daniel Bedingfield - If You're Not The One
* 5. Band Aid 20 - Do They Know It's Christmas?
* 4. Chumbawamba - Tubthumping
* 3. Robbie Williams - Angels
* 2. Crazy Frog - Axel F
* 1. Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On

Anyone else watch this, it's been on repeat on bbc three for **** knows how long now, possibly years.

....I've found a new love, and it's for people who appear on these shows and criticise for the sheer point of criticism.
Music critics, people who get paid to criticise music ....

"shiny hapy people, well i dont know what its like over in california but over here in britian were not so shiny and happy, so you can just **** off back to sunny california"

"what rock band writes a song about war anyway?" - That being refered to the manics who were portrayed as these studenty, self-loving whiney immitation intelectuals.

There was no real reasoning behind the criticisms, I got to watch a bunch of people count down this list and make complete arses of themselves. If you don't have a genuine criticism then why ****ing bother coming up with one!!!

On the other hand Most of the list seemed agreeable...

However im rather fond of

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Also I feel you can't really criticise a song for being over-played, or for the people that listen to it. I will srvive, although immediately i think of desperate unattractive rat-women with bad karaoke, was a great number. Can't knock it because the people around you are doing bad version of it.

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"shiny hapy people, well i dont know what its like over in california but over here in britian were not so shiny and happy, so you can just **** off back to sunny california"

That seems like a weird comment to make about a band from Georgia. Am I missing something here?

no....thats exactly it.
That and a complete misunderstanding of the song, lyrically.

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Originally Posted by littleknowitall (Post 577436)

no....thats exactly it.
That and a complete misunderstanding of the song, lyrically.

Heh. Yeah that too.

Perfect 10 is a great song and even better if you get what the lyrics are about.

What about Lambada??

And Macarena?!

Complete lack of Kim Wilde.

I'm down with 18, but only because I have fond memories of my brother doing a quite theatrical and hilarious rendition of this song.

And I like 92 also. :o:

I love Parklife, Every Breath You Take, and Nikita, and I don't hate myself for it.

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44 - all fine by me.

Ah, Livin' La Vida Loca, there's a title I haven't come across for a good ten years. Kinda hoped I'd never have to again.

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Originally Posted by Bulldog (Post 577764)

Ah, Livin' La Vida Loca, there's a title I haven't come across for a good ten years. Kinda hoped I'd never have to again.

I think it's actually kind of a catchy song but damn does it have some awful lyrics. I really don't ask much from pop lyrics, honestly, but in that song they're distractingly bad.

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Originally Posted by Janszoon (Post 577768)

I think it's actually kind of a catchy song but damn does it have some awful lyrics. I really don't ask much from pop lyrics, honestly, but in that song they're distractingly bad.

I can hardly remember a thing about it to be honest. Can't wait to youtube it now :D

I like Cornflake Girl, Money for Nothing (even though it's not even close to the best Dire Straits song)...and...so far as I can see...that's just about it.

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Originally Posted by mr. goth glam (Post 578200)

I like Cornflake Girl, Money for Nothing (even though it's not even close to the best Dire Straits song)...and...so far as I can see...that's just about it.

I'm torn about Money For Nothing. The full length version goes on way too long, but the single edit (on the Money For Nothing comp) doesn't have the "***got" verse, so whatcha gonna do? Still, yeah, nowhere near the best DS song no matter how they edit it...

For migrane inducing annoyance nothing beats "Surfer Bird" by the Trashmen. I've had people threaten to kill me if I ever played that song in their presence again.

99. Beautiful South - Perfect 10
77. James - Sit Down
are ok songs

44. Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On the Dancefloor:crazy:
no way this should be in the list

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Originally Posted by Gavin B. (Post 578282)

For migrane inducing annoyance nothing beats "Surfer Bird" by the Trashmen. I've had people threaten to kill me if I ever played that song in their presence again.

Really? Don't they know that the bird is the word?

etc etc etc

My 19th Nervous Breakdown in MacArthur Park

Someone left the cake out in the rain

I don't think I can take it, cause it took

so long to bake it and I'll never have

that recipie again. OH NOOOOOOOOO!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8...986948965t.jpg

Devo really oughta be on there!

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Originally Posted by littleknowitall (Post 577418)

Anyone else watch this, it's been on repeat on bbc three for **** knows how long now, possibly years.

....I've found a new love, and it's for people who appear on these shows and criticise for the sheer point of criticism.
Music critics, people who get paid to criticise music ....

"shiny hapy people, well i dont know what its like over in california but over here in britian were not so shiny and happy, so you can just **** off back to sunny california"

"what rock band writes a song about war anyway?" - That being refered to the manics who were portrayed as these studenty, self-loving whiney immitation intelectuals.

There was no real reasoning behind the criticisms, I got to watch a bunch of people count down this list and make complete arses of themselves. If you don't have a genuine criticism then why ****ing bother coming up with one!!!

On the other hand Most of the list seemed agreeable...

However im rather fond of

97
94
84
75
67
63
51
49
44
37
35
33
29
22
11

Also I feel you can't really criticise a song for being over-played, or for the people that listen to it. I will srvive, although immediately i think of desperate unattractive rat-women with bad karaoke, was a great number. Can't knock it because the people around you are doing bad version of it.

I love MSP but i would say this is fairly accurate. And that song is appalling.

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Originally Posted by spark10036 (Post 578346)

44. Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On the Dancefloor:crazy:
no way this should be in the list

That's what I was thinking...

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Originally Posted by Gareth Brown (Post 581156)

I love MSP but i would say this is fairly accurate. And that song is appalling.

That's debatable, and contrary to popular opinion. I've never met someone who actually 'hated' that song. Or the Manic Street Preachers for that matter. I just can't believe it was in that list.

No Guns and Roses? I'm insulted.

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Originally Posted by littleknowitall (Post 577418)

"shiny hapy people, well i dont know what its like over in california but over here in britian were not so shiny and happy, so you can just **** off back to sunny california"

Someone should tell them that Shiny Happy People is actually about satirising the prescription of Prozac.

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger (Post 583632)

Someone should tell them that Shiny Happy People is actually about satirising the prescription of Prozac.

Bare in mind these people work as music critics and get payed well, I thought the meaning of that song would have been a given...but aparently, it's not. And they let these people tell us what to think :)

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger (Post 583632)

Someone should tell them that Shiny Happy People is actually about satirising the prescription of Prozac.

They mentioned this in the programme actually.

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Originally Posted by Gareth Brown (Post 583737)

They mentioned this in the programme actually.

I think they actually mentioned it just before they shot to the clip of the guy completely missing it....beautiful :D

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Originally Posted by Gareth Brown (Post 583737)

They mentioned this in the programme actually.

I don't think that's what the song is really about though. According to what I've read the chorus is a sarcastic take on a Chinese propaganda poster relating to the Tiananmen Square uprising.

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger (Post 583739)

I didn't watch it.

I asssumed that from your previous remarks.

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Originally Posted by littleknowitall (Post 577418)

Anyone else watch this, it's been on repeat on bbc three for **** knows how long now, possibly years.

....I've found a new love, and it's for people who appear on these shows and criticise for the sheer point of criticism.
Music critics, people who get paid to criticise music ....

"shiny hapy people, well i dont know what its like over in california but over here in britian were not so shiny and happy, so you can just **** off back to sunny california"

"what rock band writes a song about war anyway?" - That being refered to the manics who were portrayed as these studenty, self-loving whiney immitation intelectuals.

There was no real reasoning behind the criticisms, I got to watch a bunch of people count down this list and make complete arses of themselves. If you don't have a genuine criticism then why ****ing bother coming up with one!!!

On the other hand Most of the list seemed agreeable...

However im rather fond of

Also I feel you can't really criticise a song for being over-played, or for the people that listen to it. I will srvive, although immediately i think of desperate unattractive rat-women with bad karaoke, was a great number. Can't knock it because the people around you are doing bad version of it.

You seem to miss the point that the subject matter concerns the songs being 'ANNOYING', and not necessarily 'bad'. In which case, 'over-play' and the frequent contexts in which a given song might appear are certainly valid reasons. As if a reason for finding a song 'annoying' could be INvalid, anyway. It's the most subjective factor there is...

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Originally Posted by Rainard Jalen (Post 583777)

You have to admit that telling a band from Georgia to "fuck off back to sunny California" makes the person saying it sound like an idiot though.

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* 98. 'Weird Al' Yankovic - Eat It

* 87. Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight

* 84. The Police - Every Breath You Take

* 67. Europe - The Final Countdown

* 30. Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire

* 20. Lou Bega - Mambo No. 5

* 2. Crazy Frog - Axel F

98-I tolerate it, its not horrible
87-I think its a good song
84-Ehh, once again not horrible
67-Too many remixes and covers, but its a decent song
30-EXCUSE ME BBC, THATS MY FAVORITE SONG OF ALL TIME THAT YOU'RE BAD MOUTHING, GRRRR, I HAVE THE THING MEMORIZED!!!
20-About 2/5, don't hate it, but....
2-The Axel F Frog ruined it, how about the ORIGINAL VERSION, the theme to "Beverly Hills Cop", by Harold Faltermeyer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu9jFLM6lec

id have to say that #16 is just an annoying song altogether. that loser is known for it, makes money because of it and is just a pathetic artist