I know a blogger
that’ll get on your nerves, get on your nerves etc.
Yes yet another music based blog (brace yourselves for the
impending Christmas music blog!)
This one comes with a slight twist though. I’d like to think that
I couldn’t often be accused of being a negative sort and I rarely, if ever,
even say the word ‘hate’ (I hate it!)… But this list is made up of songs that
have somehow managed to really grate me. Maybe unfairly, maybe justifiably, but
regardless there are some songs that make me impulsively change the radio
station:
Doop by Doop
I remember when this came out and people saying to me that I
would love it, as I loved ‘oldies’ music. Yes I do love ‘oldies’ – meaning 50s,
60s and 70s music though, not ancient before the war music hall Joanna
swingfests!
Whilst all music has its place, I’m just not over keen on the Charleston personally. I do like a bit
pre-war / wartime music, along the lines of Glenn Miller etc. and Jive Bunny’s
mash up of the Glenn Miller classic In the Mood was favourable (though not to
some!) but Doop just annoyed the hell out of
me, and even if I never heard it again, it would be too soon.
Achy Breaky Heart by Billy Ray Cyrus
For some reason there was a desire from some of the British
public to fill the void of their being too few Country and Western songs in the
UK
POP charts for a while. Erm there was probably a reason for that void being
there!
To be fair though, I quite like some C&W songs: Blanket on the Ground by Billie Jo Spears for example, or Dolly Parton’s Jolene and Ray Stevens excellent version of Misty. But Miley’s dad released this at a time when I was more
interested in the New Jack Swing sound of Michael Jackson’s Dangerous album and such like, so Billy Ray just didn’t do it for me
at all.
Weird Al Yankovic said it best in his parody: Achy Breaky Song
Jenny from the Block by Jennifer Lopez
It took 11 writers to compose this song! ELEVEN!!!!!!!!
“Don’t be fooled by the
rocks that I’ve got – I’m still, I’m still Jenny from the block”
Nope. No you’re not.
And that’s all I have to say about that.
No Limits by 2 Unlimited
For several weeks this song was at number one – probably in
direct protest to the previous incumbent being Whitney Houston’s I Will Always Love You which sat on the throne for over two months.
I actually didn’t mind a couple of 2 Unlimited’s other tracks.
Both Tribal Dance and Get Ready For This (alternativeversion parental advisory!) were pretty good and listenable, but not this one.
In fact No No, No-No No No, No-No No No, No No THERE’S NO LYRICS!
The good news is I could only come up with four songs!
