Songs on the radio that make you turn it off

[ColinJ]

I used to work in a small factory and between them my workmates had about 20 radios tuned to Radio 1 all day long.

We had a grumpy machinist named Gordon who didn't like anything played on the station and used to moan about it every day. Then to our great joy, Jilted John came along ...



I know it was a bit cruel and childish, but we used to sing along and call out "Gordon is a moron!" in time with the record. Gordon would be running round turning the radios down and people would be running round behind him turning them back up!

 

[Diggs]

Aerosmith - I Don't Want To Miss A Thing
Possibly the worst song ever and probably the reason I haven't seen the film

 

[MontyVeda]

I love that song, you short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll

I know loads of nobbers who like it... it's a sure fire sign of being a nobber

 

[MichaelW2]

Dum ti dum ti dum ti dumm
dum ti dum ti daa dum.

Aaaaah
Has me fumbling for the off switch every time.

 

[MichaelW2]

There are some songs which are kind of OK but then they run out of ideas and keep repeating, not in a normal verse/ chorus kind of repetative pattern and not repeat with a twist, but on and on and fecking on. Enough already.

 

[smutchin]

There's a particularly annoying trail on 6music at the moment that makes me switch back to 4 for a few minutes...

The Gilles Peterson one, by any chance? It's intensely irritating. Anything involving Tom Ravenscroft's voice usually has me reaching for the dial as well.

I like 6music generally but there are a few tracks that have been on their playlist recently that really grate - and because I work from home, with 6music as my background listening, that means I've been subjected to them at least two or three times a day for the last couple of weeks. The worst offender is that appallingly whiny Conor Oberst dirge. Pretentious lyrics, awful voice, dismal tune. Absolutely nothing to recommend it at all. And that new Pete Doherty one is as bad as everything else he has ever done too.

 

[Accy cyclist]

With not working for months i've been listening to Radio Lancashire quite a bit With it being BBC it's thankfully mind numbing commercial free,but they don't half play some crap tunes and play them over and over. The Lighthouse Family and the Corrs are two of their favourites. When they come on, the radio goes either off or down in volume for three minutes.

 

[slowmotion]

Back in 1981, employees of an academic institution not a million miles from Madame Tussauds used to go to the pub at lunchtime on the corner of Marylebone High Street. (We went to many in the area actually). Shortly before Christmas, a group of young ladies played this on the jukebox three times in a row.
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A colleague did a quick whip-round and jammed the jukebox with the most raucous, anarchic and fun punk offerings for the next forty five minutes. I think we returned to our offices at about 3:15pm, entirely Birdie-free.

 

[ozboz]

Mmmm,
Phil Collins, all his songs
Living years, Mike & Mechanics
Heavy Metal stuff
Simply Red songs

 

[Milzy]

Chris moyles was an arrogant pig and radio 1 but that Grimmy Nick Grimshaw is even worse and not because he's a pillow biter, he's just so annoying and false.

 

[EltonFrog]

Chris moyles was an aggrogent pig and radio 1 but that Grimmy Nick Grimshaw is even worse and not because he's a pillow biter, he's just so annoying and false.

I bet he can spell peadophile and arrogant though.

 

[Brandane]

Another "off switch" song just came to mind. Thank you, Smooth Radio, who have an annoying habit of playing THIS bollix of a song at least 3 times per day and sending me back over to Radio 2 in the hope that Evans, Carr, Vine, Norton, etc. are not chuntering on with their inane "presenting" between songs.
As soon as I hear those annoying twittering birds that continue throughout the song, OFF it goes!

 

[Milzy]

I bet he can spell peadophile and arrogant though.

Listen spelling police, I was bought a tiny phone and I have a massive thumb as big as your head which doesn't help matters.

 

[MichaelW2]

Mmmm,
Phil Collins, all his songs
Living years, Mike & Mechanics
Heavy Metal stuff
Simply Red songs

Bryan "Everything I do, I do for you" Adams

 

[Glow worm]

I liked listening to Classic Rock Radio but gave it up due to the mind numbing commercial breaks that go on for 5 minutes.

I found the same problem with that. I've been listening to Arrow Classic Rock for years and it's a pretty good alternative (though these days sadly online only). It's from The Netherlands but there's very little talk/ ads.