What songs would you like your worst enemy to hear over and over again?

[Vox Imperatoris]

by Aqua.

You only thought Barbie Girl was the worst they could do. So...many...puns... :twisted:

The video is pretty funny, by the way. Wait until 1:16 into it. I don't know what the deal is with the "Presented in AquaScope" (subtitled in a random foreign script; looks like Arabic in this one) and the Timpani beat at the beginning of all their videos, but it is pretty distinctive (or a fair warning, if that's your point of view ).

[hocow]

Mexican Radio - Wall of Voodoo

Immediately started playing in my head when I read the thread title. *shudder*

[OneCentStamp]

Mexican Radio - Wall of Voodoo

Immediately started playing in my head when I read the thread title. *shudder*

Hey!! :evil:

[dread pirate jimbo]

F-R-E-E
That spells Free
Credit Report dot com, baby!

Here, let me get that out of your head for you:

The say a guy should always dress
for the job he wants
So why'm I dressed up like a pirate
in this restaurant?

You're welcome! :mrgreen:

Not helping!!!!1! :x

[garygnu]

You’d better have a good idea of what that enemy likes and doesn’t like, because I like quite a few of the songs mentioned, including “It’s a Small World.”

ANY song, however, even your mostest favorite, will destroy you if repeated ad infinitum. (Except “Oo-De-Lally.”)

[Exy]

My very first thought reading the thread title was this:

The dance song "lilali" by Kimkay, a belgian singer who sings in mangled french. A hit in 1999. It's also an earworm song!

Oh, wow . . . that's catchy, and yet simultaneously extremely annoying even on the first listen. It's echoing in my head.

Anyway, I'm betting by Diamanda Galas would get old pretty quickly.

[TheFlame]

Rather than using this as an opportunity to list my most-hated songs, here's two I like, but I also think are well-suited for this:

[Vox Imperatoris]

by Jade, as featured in the Final Fantasy X-2 opening video.

Not really because it sucks, but because I had it stuck in my head for around two years. Chinese water torture! (Or should that be Japanese water torture? )

ETA: The song (it's not the full version) starts at 1:12 in.

[Vox Imperatoris]

My very first thought reading the thread title was this:

The dance song "lilali" by Kimkay, a belgian singer who sings in mangled french. A hit in 1999. It's also an earworm song!

This one isn't really an earworm for me, mostly because she is a such a terrible singer that your mind just blocks it out.

Two more:

" " by the Vengaboys, better known as the "Six Flags commerical song" to Americans.

" " by Fright Ranger. I listened to this song 90 times in less than a week.

?I forgot to wear my cross tonight. I left my garlic at home. It's so dumb, but it's so fun to wander 'round the city alone! I'm running, falling down; chased me all around this town, and now you've finally got me. What am I to do?

Oh Oh Oh [really should be Ooh, IMO] Sexy Vampire, I'm falling in love,
so just bite me, baby, and drink all my blood (Oh yeah!).
Sexy Vampire, I'm falling in love with you, so do what you want to do.
Sexy Vampire, I'm falling in love,
so just bite me, baby, and drink all my blood (Oh yeah!).
Sexy Vampire, I'm falling in love with you, as you need my plasma more than I do.?

The people who made this song swear that they were unaware of Twilight when they recorded it.

[Hatshepsut]

Ooh, these responses are excellent! Driving a railroad spike through my own ears would be preferable to listening to a playlist made from the songs in this thread.

Now. About Claire. I'm willing to concede that pedophila did not occur to Gilbert O'Sullivan when he wrote the lyrics. But I warmly endorse the only possible alternative, which is that he is well and truly an idiot. An idiot who never read Lolita.

For those of you with the good fortune to be too young to know the song, I reproduce the lyrics below.

Clair, the moment I met you I swear
I felt as if something somewhere
Had happened to me
Which I couldn’t see
And then
The moment I met you again
I knew in my heart we were friends
It had to be so
It couldn’t be no
But try as hard as I might do I don’t know why
You get to me in a way I can’t describe
Words mean so little when you look up and smile
I don’t care what people say,
To me you’re more than a child
Oh! Clair, Clair
Clair, if ever a moment so rare
Was captured for all to compare
That moment is you
It’s all that you do
But why in spite of our age difference do I cry
Each time I leave you I feel I could die
Nothing means more to me than hearing you say
I’m going to marry you
Will you marry me Uncle Ray?
Oh! Clair, Clair
Clair, I’ve told you before
Don’t you dare
Get back into bed
Can’t you see that it’s late
No, you can’t have a drink
Oh! all right then but wait just a bit
While I, in an effort to baby sit,
Catch of my breath what there is left of it
You can be murder at this hour of the day
But in the morning this hour
Will seem a lifetime away
Oh! Clair, Clair.
[Song ends with the sound of a small girl giggling.]

[BiblioCat]

Anything by Kelly Clarkson...

My choice would be 'Jesus, Take The Wheel."

[garygnu]

Anything by Kelly Clarkson...

My choice would be 'Jesus, Take The Wheel."

That one’s by Carrie Underwood.

[OneCentStamp]

That one’s by Carrie Underwood.

You only know that because she carved her name into your leather seeeeeeeeeeeeeats.

[Taumpy]

I love this song. You're right, though, and I think most of her work could be used for torture, considering the number of people that complain about not being able to stand her voice. I'm amused that I can say that about an artist I'm always trying to share with people I like!

[Goes To Eleven]

Am I really going to be the first one to mention "You Light Up My Life"?

[Vox Imperatoris]

by Toy-Box.

They're similar to Aqua, and were born in Denmark, too, but Anila is Persian-Pakistani and Amir is Moroccan. And I've listened to the song 359 times myself. You will not get it out of your head!

Also, I forgot to post the of Oh Oh Oh Sexy Vampire. Same song, with higher-pitched vocals and gratuitous cursing.

[SmartAleq]

Ooh, these responses are excellent! Driving a railroad spike through my own ears would be preferable to listening to a playlist made from the songs in this thread.

Now. About Claire. I'm willing to concede that pedophila did not occur to Gilbert O'Sullivan when he wrote the lyrics. But I warmly endorse the only possible alternative, which is that he is well and truly an idiot. An idiot who never read Lolita.

For those of you with the good fortune to be too young to know the song, I reproduce the lyrics below.

Clair, the moment I met you I swear
I felt as if something somewhere
Had happened to me
Which I couldn’t see
And then
The moment I met you again
I knew in my heart we were friends
It had to be so
It couldn’t be no
But try as hard as I might do I don’t know why
You get to me in a way I can’t describe
Words mean so little when you look up and smile
I don’t care what people say,
To me you’re more than a child
Oh! Clair, Clair
Clair, if ever a moment so rare
Was captured for all to compare
That moment is you
It’s all that you do
But why in spite of our age difference do I cry
Each time I leave you I feel I could die
Nothing means more to me than hearing you say
I’m going to marry you
Will you marry me Uncle Ray?
Oh! Clair, Clair
Clair, I’ve told you before
Don’t you dare
Get back into bed
Can’t you see that it’s late
No, you can’t have a drink
Oh! all right then but wait just a bit
While I, in an effort to baby sit,
Catch of my breath what there is left of it
You can be murder at this hour of the day
But in the morning this hour
Will seem a lifetime away
Oh! Clair, Clair.
[Song ends with the sound of a small girl giggling.]

Okay, I looked it up and it appears I got whooshed from way back in the '70s, as I got the "Clair is a dog" story directly from a Gilbert O'Sullivan interview. According to this site, Clair was the daughter of Ray O'Sullivan's manager and he was fond of her. I just don't see it as pedophilia, though, as young kids are quite likely to say they're going to marry somebody they care about--my son told me he was going to marry me when he grew up, for instance. I just see it as a rather sweet song written for a much-cared-for child and the song as performed doesn't sound creepy, either--"Alone Again Naturally" is a much more disturbing song overall.

I think a continuous Gilbert O'Sullivan loop would quickly lead to suicide by chewing out one's own wrists.

[featherlou]

Carol, there is no way I can read those lyrics that don't make them creepy as all hell. Sheesh.

[BiblioCat]

Anything by Kelly Clarkson...

My choice would be 'Jesus, Take The Wheel."

That one’s by Carrie Underwood.

You mean they're not the same person? Have you ever seen them together in the same room? Have ya? Huh?