Songs That Should Go Away For Awhile

[Vito Porkleone]

A different kind of songs thread here... How about listing songs that are good, but are played and heard so much they become like nails on a chalkboard... Talking mostly about classic rock stuff here...

You Shook Me All Night Long & BIB Title track - Hey radio program directors: These are two great songs, and I loved them dearly in Jr High. However, I've heard them daily for 25 years! AC/DC has an incredible catalog of great tunes. Dig a little deeper.

Feel Like Makin Love - Bad Co... - Not anymore I don't.

Don't Fear The Reaper - BOC - More Cowbell, less reaper please...

GNR - Sweet Child, Welcome TTJ, and Paradise City... Wake up folks, it's 2007. I'd rather hear Velvet Revolver anyway; they're much better.

And for you Country PD's: Ease up with the Tim McGraw. My dog displays more talent while taking a wizz...

That'll get you guys started... I'll chime in with more later.

 

[Beth]

On every single "Disco Night" I ever went to in college, the DJ would ALWAYS put on "Brick House" when they wanted a break. That one could definitely go away from dance tracks for a while.

 

[TNT]

I have a motto, "life is too short for b sides, and give the audience what they want". Although we may grow tired of them, most audiences do not.

There are certain songs I "listen" too, and never play; and certain songs I "play" and never listen too. I hardly ever listen to (for enjoyment) the songs I play in my bands. I like to keep them as fresh as possible, which is always an issue being in a band with certain set lists.

Imagine how difficult that would be with recording artists ONLY being able to play THEIR songs year after year after year. Just my O'

 

[Vito Porkleone]

I have a motto, "life is too short for b sides, and give the audience what they want". Although we may grow tired of them, most audiences do not.

There are certain songs I "listen" too, and never play; and certain songs I "play" and never listen too. I hardly ever listen to (for enjoyment) the songs I play in my bands. I like to keep them as fresh as possible, which is always an issue being in a band with certain set lists.

Imagine how difficult that would be with recording artists ONLY being able to play THEIR songs year after year after year. Just my O'

You guys that gig regularly have it tough on this issue. I was only talking about radio and the like. I can't imagine having to play some of that stuff nite after nite.

At least if you're famous, it's YOUR song. I know it would still get old, but it would beat the hell out of playing some other band's tired old songs.

 

[Jim_F]

Velvet Revolver better than Guns'n'Roses ???

 

[muggsy]

Where do I start?

Stairway to Heaven. Satisfaction. Brown Sugar. Honky Tonk Women. We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions.

Those are the first five that came to mind, but there are hundreds more. Take the playlist from any classic rock radio station, tack it on the wall and start throwing darts. You'll hit dozens of these songs.

 

[adouglas]

Barracuda

Magic Man

Heart had a lot of great songs that never got airplay, unfortunately

 

[adouglas]

How about the worst rock song ever written?

We Built This City

Grace...Grace...what happened to you, babe? Come back to us!

 

[adouglas]

I have a motto, "life is too short for b sides, and give the audience what they want". Although we may grow tired of them, most audiences do not.

Fair enough, but there are limits.

Disco gets people dancing, but I'll rip my own tongue out before I'll play the Bee Gees. The other night I saw a late-night TV commercial for a Bee Gees compilation and it made me ill. "Night Fever" and "You Should Be Dancin'" could be used as interrogation tools at Gitmo, but they won't be...I have a feeling that they definitely fall on the wrong side of what constitutes "torture."

I don't mind playing hoary old tunes that everyone's heard a million times, as long as I can groove to them.

Stuff that goes away for long enough becomes fresh again if it's good to begin with.

I have what I call the "Classic Rock Radio Test." Turn on any classic rock station, and if you're about the same age as me it's guaranteed that you know every song they play by heart, even if you haven't heard it in years.

If you change the channel immediately despite not having heard the song in something like five years, then it hasn't been away for long enough.

To my ear, old funk/r&B/motown works well these days because it's been away for long enough. There was a resurgence 25-odd years ago because of the Blues Brothers that overexposed this music, but that's far enough in the past that I get the impression people aren't tired of it any more (or at least not in the same way they're sick of the tunes cited so far in this thread).

 

[Vito Porkleone]

Velvet Revolver better than Guns'n'Roses ???

My opinion and taste only... It's an Axl thing...

 

[Vito Porkleone]

I have to give my local stations credit. I only hear Stairway about once a month, which surprises me a great deal.

 

[Jodizzle]

I love Mr. Taylor, but whenever our classic rock station plays Fire And Rain I turn the radio off. poo

 

[TNT]

. . .Fair enough, but there are limits. . .I don't mind playing hoary old tunes that everyone's heard a million times. . .

Andrew,

Yeah, I think the radio stations are complelled/forced to stay with the "hit's" only competetive strategy, even if they repeat them over, and over, and over!!

Only in the middle of the night, somewhere between three and four in the morning, will they venture out and play a "B" side (of course their audience is sleeping!)

 

[muggsy]

Andrew,

Yeah, I think the radio stations are complelled/forced to stay with the "hit's" only competetive strategy, even if they repeat them over, and over, and over!!

Only in the middle of the night, somewhere between three and four in the morning, will they venture out and play a "B" side (of course their audience is sleeping!)

In the past 10-15 years I can remember a couple of commercial stations that tried to break out of the classic radio box by going beyond the "hits." One lasted less than a year before reverting to the "classic alternative" format that has become just as tired as 60s and 70s classic rock. The other made it less than 3 months before it turned into a Spanish-language station. Commercial radio sucks.

As for "We Built This City," the title of this thread is "Songs That Should Go Away For Awhile." If "awhile" means "forever," then by all means add that one to the list.

I think Adouglas's Classic Rock Radio Test sums it up nicely.

 

[roburado]

I almost never listen to the radio anymore. I haven't since the early 1990's when these "hits only" types of constrictive radio programming really seemed to start to take hold. When AOR disappeared, I stopped listening. I had been a pretty big fan of New York stations WNEW and WPLJ in the 1980's. Now, I might consider satellite radio.

But...back on topic, I can't say that there is any song that I hear on the radio that should go away for a while, because I don't even bother to listen to it. I bring my own music collection either on phatbox or iPod.

 

[Sub1 Zero]

How about the worst rock song ever written?

We Built This City

Grace...Grace...what happened to you, babe? Come back to us!

What ever posessed someone to write that song? There's nothing the least bit redeeming about it, just plain crap

 

[TNT]

The "chorus" isn't that bad!! Good harmony too! For some strange reason, I think Luke would like that song - let's lay down some bets and ask him.

 

[Sub1 Zero]

I think you will be hard pressed to find ANYONE who likes that song, so good luck