There's nothing worse than having a perfectly good drinking session ruined by a song that either doesn't belong in a bar, has been crammed down your ears too many times, or just plain sucks.
14. ALL I WANNA DO – SHERYL CROW
WHO PLAYS THIS ON THE JUKE BOX: The 45-year-old wannabe cougar who, despite being totally beaten down by her dead-end job as a real estate agent, thinks she can relate to the free spiritedness this song represents. She could totally drink beer at noon on a Tuesday…if she didn’t have to be at work. And she could totally drive down Santa Monica Boulevard with some guy named Billy or Mac or Buddy…if she didn’t have to pick her kids up from soccer practice. So, instead of going all Thelma and Louise, she ends up dancing with her other cougar friends before calling it a night in time to catch Grey’s Anatomy.
WHY IT NEEDS TO BE RETIRED: When played at a bar, it does nothing but get a bunch of middle-aged women with fupas and gunts up on the dance floor who ask the DJ to play "Margaritaville" next.
13. MR. BRIGHTSIDE – THE KILLERS
WHO PLAYS THIS ON THE JUKE BOX: The wanna-be hipster. That’s right, he’s not a hipster, but he is choosing to become one. That’s like being potty trained and choosing to shit your pants. Unfortunately for him, the killers lost hipster credibility when they became profitable to a record label. So, even though he’s wearing a t-shirt featuring the tour dates of a band he’s never heard of, and really really tight jeans, once he’s popped this song on, other hipsters react like a Klu Klux Klansman hearing his buddy quote a Martin Lawrence movie.
WHY IT NEEDS TO RETIRE: The sound of the lead singer bellowing “I NEEEEVVVEEERRRR” towards the end of the song is reminiscent of the sound a man makes when he inadvertently sits on his testicles. The worst part about this song being picked in a juke box is that someone is definitely trying to say something about themselves, thus the next two selections his dollar provided is going to be even more shitty emo. By the end, you’ll want to take the Pabst Blue Ribbon he’s forcing himself to drink and lodge it in your windpipe.
12. R.E.M. – IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT (AND I FEEL FINE)
WHO PLAYS THIS ON THE JUKE BOX: The bespectacled, sweater-wearing grad schooler who wants to play a song that shows off his knowledge of political and world affairs. He almost puts on Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start The Fire” but figured REM might make him look a little hipper. But his inability to talk to the opposite sex compels him to explain every cultural reference in the lyrics. “Did you know Leonid Brezhnev served as leader of the Communist party longer than anyone except Stalin? It’s true. And Lester Bangs was an influential music writer who wrote for Rolling Stone and Creem magazines. Hey, where are you going? ”
WHY IT NEEDS TO BE RETIRED: Everyone who hears this song thinks they can sing along, but they always end up screwing up the words. So you get a bar full of people screaming, “That’s great it starts with an earthquake…birds…Lenny Bruce!...hurricane…LEONARD BERNSTEIN…oh wait, that comes later.”
11. DANCING QUEEN – ABBA
WHO PLAYS THIS ON THE JUKE BOX: She’s a shy wallflower with lots of acne in her mid-20s who still reads Sweet Valley High books and plays with her My Little Pony dolls. This song represents her fairy tale dream where she steps onto the dance floor and wows all the guys with her graceful moves. At the end of the night she’s swept off her feet by a handsome Prince Charming who takes her away in a chariot led by 10 mighty steeds. Later that evening, she realizes she’s in a rusty 1984 Datsun and the guy next to her has a pizza stain on his Foreigner T-shirt and he’s asking her to chip in for gas money.
WHY IT NEEDS TO BE RETIRED: It’s disco.
10. SWEET HOME ALABAMA – LYNYRD SKYNYRD
WHO PLAYS THIS ON THE JUKE BOX: Look to the bar, there’s probably a gentleman there who’s wearing a flannel shirt with black sleeves. Upon closer inspection, you’ll realize he’s wearing a sleeveless flannel shirt, and what you thought were sleeves are actually a dark, dense fur that’s made a home on in his shoulders and upper arms. He’ll meander up to the juke box and stare it for ten minutes looking through every album twice, because unlike the sex he has with his obese wife, he’s in no rush to finish. When he selects the song, watch closely, because as it begins to play, he’ll say the words “turn it up,” then hold his hand up and when Skynyrd says “turn it up,” he’ll drop his hand down, signifying that he correctly predicted Skynyrd would say this as well.
WHY IT NEEDS TO RETIRE: If Lynyrd Skynyrd had a Juke Box at their house, I’m pretty sure this wouldn’t be on it. This song, much like Jenna Jameson’s vagina, once was great, but years of non-stop commercialized rocking have made it unsuitable for use.
9. DON’T STOP BELIEVING – JOURNEY
WHO PLAYS THIS ON THE JUKE BOX: The middle aged guy who’s still in the suit he bought just to make sure he landed the Peterson account, which he did! But he knows it’s Friday now, time to order some chicken fingers and let loose! Right before he plays the song, he’ll talk to his buddies about how they should totally take a trip to Vegas together. “Fuck it, let’s just do it.” Then they’ll all check their blackberries to find that they either have a prostate exam, a kid’s play to go to, or “wife wants to go see her parents so I kind of got to keep my weekends open for whenever that will be.” Then they’ll sit in silence until one of them leaves and heads to the juke box to make this ass kicking selection.
WHY IT NEEDS TO RETIRE: This song is as played out as Steve Perry is ugly. Whenever it’s selected on a juke box, it’s like a time out is being called from having fun. If this still pumps you up to hear, you probably also get pumped up when your wife says stuff like “I rented the first season of that show “The Closer” that my sister recommended. Maybe if I’m not too tired afterwards we’ll have sex or something
8. SMOOTH – CARLOS SANTANA AND ROB THOMAS
WHO PLAYS THIS ON THE JUKE BOX: The mega brodawg wearing a white bandana and rings on his fingers who “cannot believe!” that his “main man” Carlos Santana got together with the lead singer of the “totally best fuckin’ band ever” Matchbox Twenty. Seriously, this has “gotta be the best jam of all time, bro.” He’s pretty sure that the only way a better song would come along is if “Jimi came back from the dead to play with, like, Mozart, bro. Totally.”
WHY IT NEEDS TO BE RETIRED: It’s a washed-up guitarist joining forces with the world’s blandest singer to write a song that my parent’s older friend’s like (honestly). This song should only be played on the jukebox in homes for the deaf.
7. HOTEL CALIFORNIA - THE EAGLES
WHO PLAYS THIS ON THE JUKE BOX: The college freshman who just “discovered music” and is "getting into" the “deep and heavy lyrics.” This gateway song will lead this young man into an ill-advised Steve Miller concert, Pink Floyd posters on his dorm walls and, tragically, the purchase of a Phish album. If you see these signs in anyone attempting to use the jukebox, call the authorities immediately.
WHY IT NEEDS TO BE RETIRED: This song has been played so much even Glenn Frey and Don Henley stab their own ears with icepicks whenever they hear it. Killing someone for playing it is legal in 13 states.
6. I WILL SURVIVE – GLORIA GAYNOR
WHO PLAYS THIS ON THE JUKE BOX: The 39 year old newly divorced woman whose friends have taken her to a bar where they’re all ten years older than the everyone in the bar, including the manager. After a 45 minute session where she and her friends repeatedly convince her that “any guy in this bar would fuck you. I’m telling you, Janice. You show me one other person who’s had three kids and is as hot as you!” she downs her last cosmo and makes a beeline for the juke box. She confidently plays this song, and as the beginning piano solo comes in, she turns around towards her friends as they all excitedly scream in unison, then begin singing. Behind them a group of 25 year old frat guys say “How many beers to take down the grandma?”
WHY IT NEEDS OT RETIRE: Nothing kills a buzz faster than having a group of people next to you get up and sing a song with the same passion and intensity of Russell Crowe speech from Gladiator, then suddenly sitting down once the song is over. Attempting to empower yourself by singing a 70s disco song tells the whole bar “I have low self esteem. Talk to me later when I’m drunk and there’s a good chance I’ll fuck you.”
5. MEATLOAF – PARADISE BY THE DASHBOARD LIGHT
WHO PLAYS THIS ON THE JUKE BOX: With his over-the-top Broadway theatrics and his over-the-belt belly fat, Meatloaf attracts the tubby, pony-tailed husky guy who thinks to himself, “Hey, if a great big fatass like Meatloaf can pull this off, then I can too. Because I am also a great big fatass.” He then proceeds to try and out Meatloaf Meatloaf by undoing his pony tail for full hair-flip effect, props one knee on a table and sings along as loud as he possibly can. When he tries to get a girl to do the “let me sleep on it” part she politely declines and he’s forced to sing both the male and female parts by himself. Moments after the song is over he goes home, very alone.
WHY IT NEEDS TO BE RETIRED: First off, it’s eight minutes long. Secondly, it’s shitty Meatloaf singing about having sex in a car. The man is too fat to have sex in a barn. I'm pretty sure those are the only two reasons you need.
4. KID ROCK – BAWIDABA
WHO PLAYS THIS ON THE JUKE BOX: He’s got a lifted truck that’s most likely powered by gasoline and “deez nuts.” He’s pounding bud lights sitting at the bar in a shirt that’s either sleeveless, or with sleeves short enough to show off the tattoo he got to commemorate the animal that most closely resembles the demeanor he displayed while playing middle linebacker in high school. He’s also a few beers deep and “there’s a lotta fatties and uptight bitches in this place,” so it’s vital that he take it upon himself to “fucking rock THIS SHIT brother.” He walks over to the juke box while maintaining a full body flex and enters the numbers for this song. Then he nods his head approvingly, as if to say to everyone “Don’t worry, you’re about to see what I picked and it’s gonna take your nuts and shove them inside your asshole, bro.”
WHY IT NEEDS TO RETIRE: Unlike some other songs on the list, this was never an acceptable juke box selection. The only time this is an appropriate selection is when you’re a stripper working the mid-day shift and you need a pick me up because you’re feeling gassy from the free hot dog lunch buffet your club was offering.
3. ANYTHING BY THE BEATLES - THE BEATLES
WHO PLAYS THIS ON THE JUKE BOX: He or she is around 55 and although they seriously considered a cut off the Beach Boys “Pet Sounds” album, “you just can’t go wrong with the beatles.” They’re wearing Teva Sandles and a sweater from whatever college their son or daughter attended. They don’t go to the bar that often, but hey, who doesn’t love a good margarita. Maybe it’ll get them drunk enough to have sex with their significant other who has become disgusting with age! They’ll probably be sitting with several other older people who are waiting for just the right time to pull out their story about when they first heard this beatles song, which will be a lie, since the actual first time they heard it they were smoking laced weed while awkwardly looking for a place to shoot their load in the circle jerk that just “sort of happened.”
WHY IT NEEDS TO RETIRE: Before you freak the fuck out, we’re not saying the Beatles suck. The Beatles are a legendary and influential band and because of that, everybody has heard every one of their songs so many times that it feels like you’re living in North Korea and its propaganda spewing from megaphones mounted in the street.
2. PIANO MAN – BILLY JOEL
WHO PLAYS THIS ON THE JUKE BOX: The lonely guy wearing a suit, who just took off his sportcoat, loosened his tie and undid the top button on his shirt. After ordering a scotch and soda he asks the bartender where he was when this song came out. Instead of listening to the guy's answer, he immediately starts telling him how he came this close to signing to the Mets farm team and how his wife left him because he worked too much and that he really wanted to be a astronaut when he was a kid. Hours later, when he's finally done with his pity party and gets up to leave, he doesn't even notice that the bartender hung himself with a bar towel.
WHY IT NEEDS TO BE RETIRED: It makes everyone over 37 all weepy and sad as they sit there and reminisce about all their hope and dreams that never came true. And it makes everyone under 37 furious with murderous rage because they have to listen to this shitty song one more time.
1. AMERICAN PIE – DON MCLEAN
WHO PLAYS THIS ON THE JUKE BOX: The 55-year-old hippie who’s long, thinning hair and tie-dyed T-shirt scream desperation for a bye-gone era. He’ll spend the entire 8:32 of this epic ballad telling you how much better things were back in the 1960s because the youth actually fought for something. Then, because this song is so goddamn long, he’ll run out of boring stories and will start telling you his “secrets he learned in ‘Nam” that the government invented cancer and that LSD is the only true form of learning. Once it’s finally over, he’ll ask you to sign a petition to legalize hash.
WHY IT NEEDS TO BE RETIRED: It’s an eight-minute long shitty folk ballad that has long outlived it's welcome. It needs to die.
Where's "Let's Get It On" by Marvin Gaye? Picture it: This song comes on. You look around the bar. You picture any or all of these people "getting it on". You retch.
Try to stop snorting Raid before you one-finger peck out your miserable excuse of a music review that is obviously met to pull you out of your funk caused by the total rejection of any and all members of the opposite sex...or maybe any sex including small animals. The fact that your literacy level barely tops an empty bucket, your obvious lack of anything resembling musical insight shines through nicely, hey here's some advice, save time-kill yourself.
That's why it's called "popular music". Be Ye All Warned: If you have bought any music album, past, present or future, that contains a top 20 single, you are directly responsible for someone else playing it in the bar you are in FOR THE REST OF TIME. You made it popular and one or more of you dick heads will always spend your money to hear it again at the bar because you need your crappy music to listen to while you get fat & bloated from drinking your goddamned Coor's Lite. Fuckin' douchebag alcoholics. You deserve to be forced to listen to Nickelback and Abba by the old bar whores, aka, your peer group. Have a nice day.
If you want to hear a song you SHOULD play in a bar, check out the link on my name, which is not my website but my friend Kelly Fairchild's. Hear Winnipeg's greatest rock star, Kelly Fairchild, sing about Pamela Anderson in his song "Pam Anderson."
Sample "Pam Anderson" lyric:
Baywatch and V.I.P.
The only shows I watch on TV
Kid Rock and Tommy Lee
Not bad but they're nothing to me
Buy his album "Starland" NOW and blast it out your car speakers while cruising at 3 a.m. ALL SUMMER LONG, all you dudes and babes!
June 17th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
Not bad, but the Beatles actually do suck. Just sayin’."
genius, right? thanks for throwing that deep thought out there dipshit. i guess this guy wants to hear some metallica. get some taste for christ's sake you fucktard
Hey you piece of fuck playing metallica and metal in general requires way more tech and skill than The beatles and i like em just telling you The truth about it and metal is a taste as great as The beatles
Actually this list tells more about the person by how he pidgeonholes everyone into cataglories by what kind of songs they like to hear so he can feel superior to others.
Truth of the matter is that any asshole can make a case for any song that shouldn't be played at a bar.
The above list is just one opinon and like the old saying goes "every asshole has one".
Do any of you people realize why musicians don't make music like this anymore? Cause it's old! It's called fucking progress. You might not like it but at the same time a great many people aren't gonna like the oldies. Music like many other things have trends and fads and this one just like the many others that have come and gone will pass as well.
P.S.- To the guy who made the laughable post about how much of a douche the poster of the list is: go fuck the high horse you're on. You say he's a 25 year old, 140 lbs. faggot who can't find a real job, but may I ask, just what the fuck are you? A 35 year old asshole who has spent the better part of two decades in an office who takes pleasure in bashing people online who write blogs because it is not a worthy occupation?
I bet ryan and the guy who wrote this list probably still live with there mommies. There is no good music being produced anymore.That's why people still play these songs.There's one or two songs on list I don't like,but over all I like them.I think the eagles are alot more entriquet than metalica ,Ive played most all of both bands music.Maybe ryans daddy or mommy will buy him a web sight too, so he'll have a place to write a list .
I came across this site and read it for a bit and thought.
Ok. Another self proclaimed critic mastered in the art of creating a useless site shooting down over played songs. I don't think the world is gonna follow this crap but you might get some hits cuz of the topic. Woopy
I'm doubtful your gonna start a cult of believers here. LOL
I don't think you people are getting the point. Most of these ARE songs that suck and that have been played so much to the point you are downright sick of them. However, if you would just look at the list, and take some time to think about it, and read the descriptions, it makes perfect sense. I personally love classic rock, grew up listening to Arrow 100.7, then 96.1 the Rocket. I look at the list, and I agree with it, especially It's the End of the World as we Know it. I love R.E.M. as a band, but no one knows the lyrics to the song, honestly. If you do, you'll find yourself being the ONLY one in the bar singing it.
1. It's all personal taste, this guy, Taco whatever has a personal dislike to some of these songs. Deal with it don't come out saying that "oh wow man you're wrong because i like like this stuff and like....yea" If you have a point prove it, don't beat around the bush and don't be a dumbass and call people dumb crackers unless you know who they are.
2. KIMBO SLICE is an idiot, Miami here yea it sucks big time not as bad as New York. THAT IS MY PERSONAL TASTE. Now after you are done reading this try and e-mail this Taco-wanna-be and suggest something that he can bash well. These lame comparisons and ideas can be found anywhere.
3. PERSONAL TASTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Seriously? You need to get back in the house and clean up your room. You have all of your New Kids on the Block action figures on stage with the Backstreet boys in lude homo-erotic poses (AGAIN). Everyone knows you're mad cuz your gay...
:)
Come on who seriously doesn't like to go downtown and hear the whole overcrowded bar of like 100 people get rowdy because Living on a Prayer, Don't Stop Believing or some other corny ass overplayed song just came on the jukebox? Maybe that's a Savannah thing, but that's a formula for awesomness here.
I have several hundred thousand tracks on my music server covering every genre of music imaginable. Lot's of my collection is not what I want to listen to but I have it for those that do. It would be no problem to post the "10,000 Songs You Should Never Play In A Bar" but that is just as meaningless and irrelevantly as the 14 posted above. A much harder task would be naming the top 14 songs worthy of of being in every bar. And for "some" of the posters who railed on this list so hard, R. Kelly's "Trapped in the Closet" Chapters 1-14 is not a good choice.
lists like this are such a waste of time. everyone has their own personal taste, and just because you don't like these songs, you decided that they must never be played on a jukebox ever again. so rather than calling this list "14 songs YOU should never play in a bar" you should have called something along the lines of "14 songs i don't want to hear in a bar again", all people who make these kinds of lists please take note, thank you, rant over.
What the heck is wrong with you? These songs are not overplayed, they're classics. Some of them are literally considered holy by my friends. Especially American Pie. You do NOT insult American Pie.
I think most you you as so fuck up you wouldn't know what fuckin music is. Fucking music is played whey you get laid, which most of you lack experience at. Though I will agree that songs get overplayed for various reasons. And some of you may live long enough that some one else calls what ever music you like as crap, shit or what ever the words of the day are. You need to grow up or just take a big Qualude (spelling and if you knew what one is) and chill. Music to each is what makes them fell good or has a beat that moves someone how ever. Most of the rants here are just that, your opinion, and just like and asshole you have one. But then so does everyone else. And I'm glad they are different. So most of the choices, yes have been worn so much that the record can be seen through, but that does not make them bad song or for the people that like them loosers. And age has nothing to do with loosers. Some of these comments are from loosers that hate anything that is good. What you did miss was the really bad songs from all of those era's. You missed most of the disco shit, some really shitty punk bands and some buble gum from the 60's. But then again those songs were so bad you have never heard them. I used to say I hated Punk music, then I listened, then it was Rap, then I listened. So shut your mouth and listen once and you might find some good in things you don't like and maybe life will get better. The more you shit on others, there are alot more that will shit on you.
I think it is very pathetic to actually learn that you guys who came up with this list was at a bar at the time. Normally, when I go out, I love to listen to good music. Could you not actually find something better to do, like Playing darts instead or maybe even dance with someone? Obviously, you don't know a thing about music. Maybe some of these songs brings back memories to someone or maybe people like these songs because of the beat or for whatever reason. I have played guitar semi-professionally for 25 years, and many of the songs that were mentioned were songs that I have played and yes people have actually enjoyed. I think you and your top ten song list can take a flying leap off of a short bridge because people know what they like and what they want, and I hate to burst your bubble, but people love to drink and they love to dance and I have had many requests over the years asking for songs just like you mentioned. Think about the so called music of today, because these bands are taking these same songs and re-using a lot of the content in their own songs. Go figure?
I think the writer of this article should be retired because he had the time to write a bunch of crap about annoying "to him" bands and their music. 50 bucks says the author is a pissed off unsuccessful songwriter or band member of a band that can't get any decent gigs or fill a venue with fans...think about it...
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October 25th, 2008 at 07:40 pm
anyone who doesn't like these songs is a [size=30]FAGGOT[/size]
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:51 pm
lmaooo
i actully like like two of the songs from th list but i have humour so i was laughin so fuckin hard i love the killers tho :)
October 19th, 2008 at 06:07 pm
This is why all jukeboxes should have Slayer, Reign in Blood, preferably.
Any song from that album would instantly put you in a better mood, after having to endure one of the above
October 9th, 2008 at 07:35 pm
Where's "Let's Get It On" by Marvin Gaye? Picture it: This song comes on. You look around the bar. You picture any or all of these people "getting it on". You retch.
October 7th, 2008 at 05:16 am
Hey,
Try to stop snorting Raid before you one-finger peck out your miserable excuse of a music review that is obviously met to pull you out of your funk caused by the total rejection of any and all members of the opposite sex...or maybe any sex including small animals. The fact that your literacy level barely tops an empty bucket, your obvious lack of anything resembling musical insight shines through nicely, hey here's some advice, save time-kill yourself.
January 30th, 2009 at 08:10 pm
I've told you before Tony, no internet until you take your sedative.
September 23rd, 2008 at 02:04 am
You forgot Achy Breaky Heart by Billy Ray Cyrus.
That song needs to die in a fire.
September 23rd, 2008 at 12:37 am
That's why it's called "popular music". Be Ye All Warned: If you have bought any music album, past, present or future, that contains a top 20 single, you are directly responsible for someone else playing it in the bar you are in FOR THE REST OF TIME. You made it popular and one or more of you dick heads will always spend your money to hear it again at the bar because you need your crappy music to listen to while you get fat & bloated from drinking your goddamned Coor's Lite. Fuckin' douchebag alcoholics. You deserve to be forced to listen to Nickelback and Abba by the old bar whores, aka, your peer group. Have a nice day.
September 13th, 2008 at 12:25 am
fuck it all who gives a fuck
fuck fuck fuck it!! to each his own you stupid fucks!
skynyrd is the shit though!
Fuck it all! everyone should just start eating eachother!!
fuck fuck fuck
March 5th, 2009 at 01:28 pm
Edmund, tell your plaumates that you are sorry and that you will stick to your Tourette's medication from now on.
May 30th, 2009 at 10:28 am
Leave the boy alone.
August 22nd, 2008 at 07:31 pm
If you want to hear a song you SHOULD play in a bar, check out the link on my name, which is not my website but my friend Kelly Fairchild's. Hear Winnipeg's greatest rock star, Kelly Fairchild, sing about Pamela Anderson in his song "Pam Anderson."
Sample "Pam Anderson" lyric:
Baywatch and V.I.P.
The only shows I watch on TV
Kid Rock and Tommy Lee
Not bad but they're nothing to me
Buy his album "Starland" NOW and blast it out your car speakers while cruising at 3 a.m. ALL SUMMER LONG, all you dudes and babes!
August 19th, 2008 at 04:41 am
EVERYTHING SUCKS.
WE GET IT.
GAH.
July 30th, 2008 at 04:06 am
"Crushallcakes Says:
June 17th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
Not bad, but the Beatles actually do suck. Just sayin’."
genius, right? thanks for throwing that deep thought out there dipshit. i guess this guy wants to hear some metallica. get some taste for christ's sake you fucktard
February 8th, 2009 at 11:10 pm
Hey you piece of fuck playing metallica and metal in general requires way more tech and skill than The beatles and i like em just telling you The truth about it and metal is a taste as great as The beatles
July 30th, 2008 at 02:03 am
Ug, a bar I used to go to used to play a lot of Pat Benetar. I'd have to add that one, esp. "Love is a Battlefield."
July 25th, 2008 at 06:39 pm
Who
-the hell-
goes to a bar with a jukebox as the sole form of music
and then critiques it?
It says alot more about you than these song selections say about their selectors.
July 25th, 2008 at 06:38 pm
Who
-the hell-
goes to a bar with a jukebox as the sole form of music
and then critiques it?
July 18th, 2008 at 04:31 am
Actually this list tells more about the person by how he pidgeonholes everyone into cataglories by what kind of songs they like to hear so he can feel superior to others.
Truth of the matter is that any asshole can make a case for any song that shouldn't be played at a bar.
The above list is just one opinon and like the old saying goes "every asshole has one".
July 17th, 2008 at 07:15 pm
I thought "I Will Survive" was a drag queen favorite??
July 17th, 2008 at 04:31 pm
add to the list of "you forgots":
blister in the sun, by the violent femmes.
jesus christ, if i hear that song one more time . . .
July 17th, 2008 at 01:15 am
Do any of you people realize why musicians don't make music like this anymore? Cause it's old! It's called fucking progress. You might not like it but at the same time a great many people aren't gonna like the oldies. Music like many other things have trends and fads and this one just like the many others that have come and gone will pass as well.
P.S.- To the guy who made the laughable post about how much of a douche the poster of the list is: go fuck the high horse you're on. You say he's a 25 year old, 140 lbs. faggot who can't find a real job, but may I ask, just what the fuck are you? A 35 year old asshole who has spent the better part of two decades in an office who takes pleasure in bashing people online who write blogs because it is not a worthy occupation?
April 27th, 2009 at 04:19 pm
I bet ryan and the guy who wrote this list probably still live with there mommies. There is no good music being produced anymore.That's why people still play these songs.There's one or two songs on list I don't like,but over all I like them.I think the eagles are alot more entriquet than metalica ,Ive played most all of both bands music.Maybe ryans daddy or mommy will buy him a web sight too, so he'll have a place to write a list .
July 15th, 2008 at 05:31 pm
For those of who you think this music sucks, I'd probably hate to know what you think is good. Britney Spears? Michael Bolton? John Tesh?
Figures.
April 25th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
Allie, what did I just tell you yesterday? If you can't be a typical anti-mainstream cuntfuck then you'll just have to go to your room young lady!
July 11th, 2008 at 11:44 pm
Yea, Ok.
I came across this site and read it for a bit and thought.
Ok. Another self proclaimed critic mastered in the art of creating a useless site shooting down over played songs. I don't think the world is gonna follow this crap but you might get some hits cuz of the topic. Woopy
I'm doubtful your gonna start a cult of believers here. LOL
Website Authors Opinion : Zero popcorns out of 5
July 8th, 2008 at 03:39 pm
I don't think you people are getting the point. Most of these ARE songs that suck and that have been played so much to the point you are downright sick of them. However, if you would just look at the list, and take some time to think about it, and read the descriptions, it makes perfect sense. I personally love classic rock, grew up listening to Arrow 100.7, then 96.1 the Rocket. I look at the list, and I agree with it, especially It's the End of the World as we Know it. I love R.E.M. as a band, but no one knows the lyrics to the song, honestly. If you do, you'll find yourself being the ONLY one in the bar singing it.
July 8th, 2008 at 04:18 am
Two more. Baracuda, by Heart, and Born in the USA, by Springsteen.
December 31st, 2008 at 08:13 pm
You people are fucking looney toons...you dont have a fucking clue on music....this shit is old stuff...it is 2009 jerks!
July 7th, 2008 at 09:52 pm
1. It's all personal taste, this guy, Taco whatever has a personal dislike to some of these songs. Deal with it don't come out saying that "oh wow man you're wrong because i like like this stuff and like....yea" If you have a point prove it, don't beat around the bush and don't be a dumbass and call people dumb crackers unless you know who they are.
2. KIMBO SLICE is an idiot, Miami here yea it sucks big time not as bad as New York. THAT IS MY PERSONAL TASTE. Now after you are done reading this try and e-mail this Taco-wanna-be and suggest something that he can bash well. These lame comparisons and ideas can be found anywhere.
3. PERSONAL TASTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
July 6th, 2008 at 05:35 pm
Niggas don't play this fuckin' shit in the 305 Miami Overtown area. Just a bunch of stupid White Boy cracker music. Fuck you!
April 28th, 2009 at 02:13 pm
Seriously? You need to get back in the house and clean up your room. You have all of your New Kids on the Block action figures on stage with the Backstreet boys in lude homo-erotic poses (AGAIN). Everyone knows you're mad cuz your gay...
:)
July 5th, 2008 at 02:08 am
Come on who seriously doesn't like to go downtown and hear the whole overcrowded bar of like 100 people get rowdy because Living on a Prayer, Don't Stop Believing or some other corny ass overplayed song just came on the jukebox? Maybe that's a Savannah thing, but that's a formula for awesomness here.
July 3rd, 2008 at 03:47 am
Right on alzeeb...
I have several hundred thousand tracks on my music server covering every genre of music imaginable. Lot's of my collection is not what I want to listen to but I have it for those that do. It would be no problem to post the "10,000 Songs You Should Never Play In A Bar" but that is just as meaningless and irrelevantly as the 14 posted above. A much harder task would be naming the top 14 songs worthy of of being in every bar. And for "some" of the posters who railed on this list so hard, R. Kelly's "Trapped in the Closet" Chapters 1-14 is not a good choice.
Peace
July 3rd, 2008 at 12:40 am
OMG!
I've been everyone of those guys at one time or another.
And yes, all those songs suck!
July 2nd, 2008 at 07:18 am
Old people get really pissed when you talk about bad music.
July 1st, 2008 at 12:16 am
"Don’t Stop Believin’ may go down as the number fucking one song ever"
Can't decide if this Quote is more pathetic than it is hilarious. Ok Pathetic wins.
June 30th, 2008 at 03:26 pm
lists like this are such a waste of time. everyone has their own personal taste, and just because you don't like these songs, you decided that they must never be played on a jukebox ever again. so rather than calling this list "14 songs YOU should never play in a bar" you should have called something along the lines of "14 songs i don't want to hear in a bar again", all people who make these kinds of lists please take note, thank you, rant over.
June 30th, 2008 at 02:29 am
What the heck is wrong with you? These songs are not overplayed, they're classics. Some of them are literally considered holy by my friends. Especially American Pie. You do NOT insult American Pie.
June 30th, 2008 at 12:03 am
I think most you you as so fuck up you wouldn't know what fuckin music is. Fucking music is played whey you get laid, which most of you lack experience at. Though I will agree that songs get overplayed for various reasons. And some of you may live long enough that some one else calls what ever music you like as crap, shit or what ever the words of the day are. You need to grow up or just take a big Qualude (spelling and if you knew what one is) and chill. Music to each is what makes them fell good or has a beat that moves someone how ever. Most of the rants here are just that, your opinion, and just like and asshole you have one. But then so does everyone else. And I'm glad they are different. So most of the choices, yes have been worn so much that the record can be seen through, but that does not make them bad song or for the people that like them loosers. And age has nothing to do with loosers. Some of these comments are from loosers that hate anything that is good. What you did miss was the really bad songs from all of those era's. You missed most of the disco shit, some really shitty punk bands and some buble gum from the 60's. But then again those songs were so bad you have never heard them. I used to say I hated Punk music, then I listened, then it was Rap, then I listened. So shut your mouth and listen once and you might find some good in things you don't like and maybe life will get better. The more you shit on others, there are alot more that will shit on you.
June 29th, 2008 at 06:02 pm
I think it is very pathetic to actually learn that you guys who came up with this list was at a bar at the time. Normally, when I go out, I love to listen to good music. Could you not actually find something better to do, like Playing darts instead or maybe even dance with someone? Obviously, you don't know a thing about music. Maybe some of these songs brings back memories to someone or maybe people like these songs because of the beat or for whatever reason. I have played guitar semi-professionally for 25 years, and many of the songs that were mentioned were songs that I have played and yes people have actually enjoyed. I think you and your top ten song list can take a flying leap off of a short bridge because people know what they like and what they want, and I hate to burst your bubble, but people love to drink and they love to dance and I have had many requests over the years asking for songs just like you mentioned. Think about the so called music of today, because these bands are taking these same songs and re-using a lot of the content in their own songs. Go figure?
June 29th, 2008 at 03:22 pm
I think the writer of this article should be retired because he had the time to write a bunch of crap about annoying "to him" bands and their music. 50 bucks says the author is a pissed off unsuccessful songwriter or band member of a band that can't get any decent gigs or fill a venue with fans...think about it...
June 29th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
diss santana? your opinions are more worthless then shit that gets pushed into a hipsters ass
June 29th, 2008 at 06:43 am
Blues Traveler - Run Around
How on earth did that not make the list? Were you high on "LCD"?
June 27th, 2008 at 09:33 pm
It's just jokes. Chill the fuck out.
June 26th, 2008 at 10:58 pm
ok. there is at least 2 gd songs on that list. an worse songs that can replace them.
June 26th, 2008 at 07:10 pm
Okay, just as long as the best singing duet in the world isn't on this list (Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash) I'm good. It is a cute list though.
June 26th, 2008 at 06:19 pm
WTF!?
I agree with some music, like ABBA and such...
but how the hell can someone rape Mr. Brightside like that!?
June 26th, 2008 at 05:56 pm
DON’T STOP BELIEVING – JOURNEY, I love when amatures sing this song. But I hate baseball cards.
January 14th, 2009 at 06:26 pm
LOL! Adam West fukn cracks me up. No one messes with Adam We...