Opinion: 20 Songs I'm Sick of Hearing

Normally I use this blog for fun fact articles; however, today, I decided to write an opinion piece. Because why not? (This is in no particular order, by the way).

1. Tones and I - Dance Monkey

   
   

This is by far the STUPIDEST song I've ever heard. It's annoying, it makes me want to scratch my eyes off, and it's pure cringe.

2. Led Zeppelin - Black Dog

Not as bad as the previous song, but it's been overplayed on the classic rock radio too much. Plus, it's sort of repetitive, with Robert Plant's vocals taking a toll on my interest.

3. The Beatles - I Want You (She's So Heavy)

As much as I am a huge Beatles fan, I have to admit that this one really doesn't have much specialness to it. It's just John Lennon screaming the same 14 words over and over again. I do enjoy the creative uses of this song on 2006's Love, however.

4. John Lennon - How Do You Sleep?

This is basically "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" but it's John fighting Paul over Ram. I thought it would've been a more exciting song, considering the song's lyrics ("Those freaks were right when they said you was dead"), but I guess I overestimated Lennon's ability to make a good song. How this song ended up on the same album as "Imagine", a polar-opposite, is completely beyond me.

5. Luis Fonsi ft. Daddy Yankee - Despacito

This song is just boring. The only good part is the classical guitar intro, and that is literally it. I would describe this song as a burp in the breath of reggaeton (and I'm not a huge fan of the genre). Additionally, as a Spanish speaker, the lyrics horrify me due to how obscene they are. Whatever happened to just good, clean music, like "Love Me Do" or even "Hound Dog"? That's why real music is dead.

6. Fugees - Killing Me Softly with His Song

This song has been overplayed way too much for me to like. Plus, IT'S A SAD SONG OVER A HIP-HOP BEAT. WHO PUTS A BALLAD OVER A HIP-HOP BEAT?!

7. Fugees - Ready or Not

Same as "Killing Me Softly with His Song", it's a sad song with an added hip-hop beat. That's it.

8. Black-Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling

Why do people love this song so much? WHY DO THEY PLAY IT AT PARTIES?? THIS SONG IS EVERYWHERE, AND I DO NOT LIKE IT!!!! Overplayed, boring, overused, next.

9. Elvis Presley - Mean Woman Blues

Elvis' music was generally great, but this one was a flop. Sure, it was a hit. Sure, Roy Orbison covered it. Sure, people love it. But I don't. It's kinda boring.

10. The Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody

Look, I'M SORRY, OKAY? BUT THIS SONG IS TOO SAD AND IT'S EVERYWHERE. I EVEN CRIED LISTENING TO THE ELVIS VERSION. Honestly, I have no interest in listening to this one for a long, long time.

11. Minnie Riperton - Lovin' You

This should've stayed as a lullaby. It's too sad and overplayed. I don't want to hear this song, period.

12. The Jackson Five - Santa Claus Is Coming to Town

Sure, Michael Jackson was young and happy in this song, but it's pretty repetitive, and I lose interest in this song quickly. I'd rather listen to their other songs, like "ABC", "I Want You Back", "The Love You Save", and "I'll Be There".

13. The Beatles - Nowhere Man

The harmonies are fantastic in this song, but I don't have very much of an interest in this song. It just feels like another throwaway song they wrote to fill the space in Rubber Soul.

14. Maroon Five - Girls Like You

I've heard this song too much. This song bores me to the point of wanting to open a door and walk to the nearest grocery store to buy bread. That's all I can say.

15. Encanto - We Don't Talk About Bruno

WHY MUST YOU MAKE US SUFFER THIS WAY, DISNEY? WHY DON'T WE TALK ABOUT BRUNO?! In all seriousness, I never watched the movie, don't want to hear the song, and don't want any affiliation with this thing.

16. Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah

This is the most non-Christian song ever. It twists the Bible's stories and morals for the goal of simply creating a song about, um, "getting together". Yeah, you heard me right. This is a dirty, dirty sacrilegious song.

17. Cher - Believe

I am absolutely against Cher in every way. I do not respect her music at all, and this is the song from her discography that I hate the most. It's a SAD song put over a techno beat.

18. Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now

Boring song from a bunch of washed-up rockers from the 60s. I'd rather stare at a wall for 10 minutes instead of listening to this song.

19. Starship - We Built This City

Overplayed. Just overplayed. Besides, as slightly catchy as it is, Quilted Northern has been using this song for their toilet paper commercials, showing how washed up the members of Starship were. How do you go from performing at Woodstock (as Jefferson Airplane) to having your songs used in ads for bathroom tissue?

20. Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree

Look, Brenda Lee may have been a youngster when she recorded this song (only 13 years old!), and it may be a Christmas classic, but that does not pass the fact that this song is not rock n' roll. It's just another corny song for the snowy season made by songwriters with no idea what is raw, authentic rock n' roll. Elvis scored better with his 1957 Christmas album. Chuck Berry brought out "Run Rudolph Run". Brenda Lee, however, only brought out just another Christmas song for the airwaves to overplay out of enjoyability.