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Don't play it again, Sam...
Eccentric blog site the Donnybrook Writing Academy has published a list of tracks which it feels should never be played on radio ever again, a list which includes evergreen tunes from the likes of The Who, Queen, Bruce Springsteen, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin and Metallica.
Blog author Colonel Hector Bravado says: "Some of these songs we love. Some of them, if they were people, we’d burn to death in front of their families. But what do they have in common? All have succumbed to the putrefaction of overplay. None of them should be played anywhere for any reason."
Is there anything in the list that shouldn't be there? Or anything missing that ought to be? Let us know!
Donnybrook Bottom 100
'…Baby One More Time'
Britney Spears
'American Pie'
Don McLean
'Baba O’Riley'
The Who
'Bad to the Bone'
George Thorogood & The Destroyers
'Bawitdaba'
Kid Rock
'Been Caught Stealing'
Jane’s Addiction
'Black Hole Sun'
Soundgarden
'Black Velvet'
Alannah Myles
'Blister in the Sun'
The Violent Femmes
'Bohemian Rhapsody'
Queen
'Born in the U.S.A.'
Bruce Springsteen
'Born to be Wild'
Steppenwolf
'Boys of Summer'
Don Henley
'Brown Eyed Girl'
Van Morrison
'Butterfly'
Crazy Town
'Can I Get A…'
Jay-Z
'Celebration'
Kool and the Gang
'Closing Time'
Semisonic
'Crazy Train'
Ozzy Osbourne
'Creep'
Radiohead
'Don’t Stop Believin’'
Journey
'Don’t Speak'
No Doubt
'Don’t Worry Be Happy'
Bobby McFerrin
'Down'
311
'Enter Sandman'
Metallica
'Fade Into You'
Mazzy Star
'Feel Like Making Love'
Bad Company
'Fernando'
ABBA
'Fireflies'
Owl City
'Fortunate Son'
Creedence Clearwater Revival
'Freak on a Leash'
Korn
'Free Bird'
Lynard Skynard
'Friday I’m in Love'
The Cure
'Girls'
Beastie Boys
'God Bless the U.S.A.'
Lee Greenwood
'Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)'
Green Day
'Good Times'
Chic
'Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer'
Elmo and Patsy
'Higher'
Creed
'Hold My Hand'
Hootie and the Blowfish
'I Want to Hold Your Hand'
The Beatles
'How to Save a Life'
The Fray
'Can’t Help Falling In Love'
Elvis Presley
'Tubthumping'
Chumbawumba
'I Just Called to Say I Love You'
Stevie Wonder
'I Melt With You'
Modern English
'I Touch Myself'
The Divinyls
'I Want to Know What Love Is'
Foreigner
'If I Had $1,000,000?
Barenaked Ladies
'In the Air Tonight'
Phil Collins
'Ironic'
Alanis Morissette
'Jammin’'
Bob Marley
'Janie’s Got a Gun'
Aerosmith
'Jeremy'
Pearl Jam
'Jump Around'
House of Pain
'Lady'
Styx
'Light My Fire'
The Doors
'Lisztomania'
Phoenix
'Lithium'
Nirvana
'Livin’ on a Prayer'
Bon Jovi
'Loser'
Beck
'Love Rollercoaster'
The Ohio Players
'Love Story'
Taylor Swift
'You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’'
The Righteous Brothers
'Luka'
Suzanne Vega
'Magic Man'
Heart
'Margaritaville'
Jimmie Buffett
'Money'
Pink Floyd
'Mony Mony'
Billy Idol
'More Than A Feeling'
Boston
'My Humps'
Black Eyed Peas
'Nuthin’ But A ‘G’ Thang'
Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Dogg
'Poker Face'
Lady Gaga
'Pour Some Sugar On Me'
Def Leppard
'Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)'
The Offspring
'Rooster'
Alice in Chains
'Run-Around'
Blues Traveler
'Santeria'
Sublime
'Speed of Sound'
Coldplay
'Stairway to Heaven'
Led Zeppelin
'Start Me Up'
The Rolling Stones
'Super Freak'
Rick James
'Kryptonite'
Three Doors Down
'Take It Easy'
The Eagles
'Take the Money and Run'
Steve Miller
'The Boys Are Back in Town'
Thin Lizzy
'The Gambler'
Kenny Rogers
'Thriller'
Michael Jackson
'Ants Marching'
Dave Matthews Band
'Walkin’ in Memphis'
Marc Cohn
'Waterfalls'
T.L.C.
'What a Wonderful World'
Louis Armstrong
'Whip It'
Devo
'Wicked Game'
Chris Isaak
'Yeah'
Usher
'YMCA'
The Village People
'You Shook Me All Night Long'
AC/DC
'Your Body is a Wonderland'
John Mayer
'Zombie'
Cranberries
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Comments
How about "Louie Louie" The Kingsmen, "Smoke on the Water" Deep Purple, "Sunday Bloody Sunday" U2, or the ever-popular "You Light Up My Life" Debbie Boone? "Safety Dance" Men Without Hats? "Close to You" The Carpenters? Anything by Gary Glitter.
There are so many bad songs, it's hard to choose. "The Purple People Eater" Sheb Wooley (although just on the merits of a really great name--I mean who names their kid Sheb any more? Such a shame--maybe we should keep playing it. REALLY LOUD. Rock on, Sheb.)
All sound suggestions Z...keep 'em coming, folks...
I'm surprised not to see "You aint seen nothin yet" by BTO, or anything by Michael Bolton! Strongly disagree about "Baba O'Riley" being on the list tho....
GH...again, solid suggestions...more, please!
Wouldn't have thought Baba O'Riley suffered from too much airplay either...
How about Africa by Toto?
"As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti" etc. etc.
Most of these songs aren't overplayed in Australia (clearly this is a U.S. list as I don't think Hootie and the Blowfish has had much play here since the 90s). Some of them are my favs and shouldn't be on the list.
Particularly:
'Blister in the Sun'
The Violent Femmes
'Creep'
Radiohead
'Fade Into You'
Mazzy Star
Fortunate Son'
Creedence Clearwater Revival
'I Want to Hold Your Hand'
The Beatles
Lisztomania'
Phoenix
At the moment it seems like every time I turn on commercial radio there is a Katy Perry, Lady Gaga or Ke$sha on so they are on the top of my current never want to hear again list
My friend Cory sez "Muskrat Love" Captain and Tenille or "Afternoon Delight" Starlight Vocal Band and esp. "D.O.A." by Blood Rock which, unfortunately, we tend to break into during a bender. Sorry, Cory. I'm really surprised more people didn't comment on this story. Cory and agree this was a great issue to discuss.
For the first time ever I was forced to leave Dig when Norman Greenbaum spirit in the sky was played tonight. Terrible song, totally deluded subject. Hopefully NEVER to be played again.
Keep 'em coming...this is great...!
Pleased to see "Your Body Is A Wonderland " made the list; but YMCA??? Really???? C'mon people, let he (or she) who has never done the YMCA dance cast the first stone.
Anything by Lady bloody Gaga...
Isn't this the triple-M playlist?
Bad to the Bone - George Thorogood
find the inclusion of Baba O' Riley a bit offensive - its one of my personal anthems!
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