The 25 Most Overplayed Songs Of All Time

[Craig]

Originally Posted by Thomas

HTF did ANYTHING from Journey manage to get ANY air time? The entire Journey experience was one big cocaine fueled trip back to the 80's. And who's responsible for the band adopting the beetle as cover art? Yawn.

I was a fan until they became The Steve Perry Band. The three albums where Schon, Rollie and Perry traded lead equally, and there was a focus on vocal harmonies were pure art. Loved that stuff, and fortunately got to saw that band live.

[jaxgator]

Originally Posted by ft laud mike

#'s 6, 11,14,20,& 24 I still like and can listen to
#'s 4,7,12,17,18,23, and 25 have always sucked
The others I have no interest in one way or another
BTW, I like it, but they are missing one of the biggest culprits: Freebird

Originally Posted by 69camfrk

I'm not going back and going through the numbers, but the list was pretty spot on. Hell, I like Stairway, but not for the 10 millionth time. Same for Freebird.

HTF did Freebird not make this list? I thought for sure when I opened this thread that it would be number 1 or 2.

[Craig]

Originally Posted by jaxgator

HTF did Freebird not make this list? I thought for sure when I opened this thread that it would be number 1 or 2.

I'm thinking that list could easily be expanded to fifty.

[Giraffe (He/Him)]

Some of these song are too recent to be on this list anyway. And any list like this that leaves off Freebird can't be taken seriously to begin with.

[Taurus]

The newest addition for me, Barracuda by Heart. Getting played to death by all the "retro" stations popping up, must be their anthem.

Too bad, I love their work but I hear that first riff and I'm done.

[Jeff '79]

Happy Birthday?

[DukeAllen]

Originally Posted by Jeff '79

Happy Birthday?

I only hate it when it's sung to me.

[simpleman68]

First one that comes to mind that is still overplayed ad nauseum is Jack and feckin' Diane by Mellenhead...

Every time it comes on, I feel I'm being ear raped until my hand jolts with tourette-style flare to change the station to the first button I reach; even if I mistakenly selected some Bobby Vinton Polka oddness.
Scott

[SnikPlosskin]

What kills those songs for me is ten years of teaching private guitar lessons and 19 years of drunks yelling "Freebird!" when we don't play that kind of shit in the first place.

WTF is wrong with people when you just wrap a set of smoking blues, jumping swing, Ray Charles and some funky Maceo Parker and they yell "Play Freebird, dude!"

For gawd sakes, we just burned through a Duke Ellington tune, douche.

My response would come in two flavors:

If it was a dude: "hey, Asshole. I don't come to your job and yell Whopper, Whopper!"

If it is a chick: "hey, fat bitch. I don't come to your job and jump on the bed...)

[MrPeabody]

Originally Posted by SnakePlissken

What kills those songs for me is ten years of teaching private guitar lessons and 19 years of drunks yelling "Freebird!" when we don't play that kind of shit in the first place.

WTF is wrong with people when you just wrap a set of smoking blues, jumping swing, Ray Charles and some funky Maceo Parker and they yell "Play Freebird, dude!"

For gawd sakes, we just burned through a Duke Ellington tune, douche.

My response would come in two flavors:

If it was a dude: "hey, Asshole. I don't come to your job and yell Whopper, Whopper!"

If it is a chick: "hey, fat bitch. I don't come to your job and jump on the bed...)

In the Doors' biography No One Here Gets Out Alive there is a story about them playing at a party shortly after the band was formed and people were yelling requests. Jim Morrison said what do yo think we are, a jukebox? Someone threw a quarter at him and he picked it up and swallowed it.

[Ryan Bell]

I wish someone would tell everyone who sings the national anthem this:

"No one wants you to make this song 'your own'. They want to hear a CORRECTLY done version of a song that's NOT ABOUT YOU, but about the USA. You're the deliverer of the message, not the focal point."

Seriously.

Every time I've ever done it, it's been about the song...not about me.

[78SA]

Originally Posted by Ryan Bell

I wish someone would tell everyone who sings the national anthem this:

"No one wants you to make this song 'your own'. They want to hear a CORRECTLY done version of a song that's NOT ABOUT YOU, but about the USA. You're the deliverer of the message, not the focal point."

Seriously.

Every time I've ever done it, it's been about the song...not about me.

[Giraffe (He/Him)]

WTF is wrong with people when you just wrap a set of smoking blues, jumping swing, Ray Charles and some funky Maceo Parker and they yell "Play Freebird, dude!"

You do realize that's a joke don't you?

[Jeff '79]

Originally Posted by Thomas

You do realize that's a joke don't you?

I do it just to either piss people like Snake off, or get them to laugh.... Some laugh, some don't. It's gotta get old after a while though, for the people in bands ....
I only did it twice, and once was to Rush when I was in the front row... Geddy did laugh... I actually was back stage for that one.

[Jeff '79]

Triumph is on VH1 Classic right now..... 1983 !

[SnikPlosskin]

Originally Posted by Thomas

You do realize that's a joke don't you?

Have you seen these people? They are not joking.

[Giraffe (He/Him)]

Originally Posted by SnakePlissken

Have you seen these people? They are not joking.

People have been hollering "Freebird" in bars for as long as I remember. No doubt some are serious, but most are Jeff.

[Jeff '79]

Originally Posted by SnakePlissken

Have you seen these people? They are not joking.

You get paid to play, so just shut up and play bich !

[Giraffe (He/Him)]

Originally Posted by Jeff '79

You get paid to play, so just shut up and play bich !

[SnikPlosskin]

Originally Posted by Jeff '79

You get paid to play, so just shut up and play bich !

True dat. Yell whatever you want. Just pay up.