11 Classic Rock Songs We Never Want to Hear Again

In the devoid waste that is Greco-Roman rock radio , there are songs that even the Corvus do n’t want to feast on anymore . We ’re talking about the tunes that come on when you ’re in the middle of a long drive that make you want to veer off the route into a ditch because you ’ve hear them way too many metre . Like the keep abreast 11 songs :

“American Pie,” Don McLean

Before Jason Biggs shoved his sad junk into a revolting pastry dough so horny teenager could learn about organic structure shame , there was a song promise " American Pie , " and it was bad . Schmaltzy and frantically topical , a proto-“We Did n’t Start the ardor " for the late ' 60s , the song ’s melancholy tone and McLean ’s soothing voice can trick you into thinking this a good song if it catches you at a vulnerable second . Do n’t allow it get you . talk it with me : this will be the sidereal day this song go bad .

“The Joker,” Steve Miller Band

You sleep with that painful , squeaking whistle sound that comes after Steve Miller sings " Mau - rice " in the first verse ? That sound belongs in prison . You wo n’t be express joy then , joker .

“Big Yellow Taxi,” Joni Mitchell

opine you are Adam Duritz , lead singer of the Counting Crows , and you ’re selecting the worst possible song to cover . You want the most cloying appeal to the green thumbs of your Hacky Sack - kicking fanbase . You search high-pitched and downcast . You find " Big Yellow Taxi , " one of the most annoy birdcall ever written . And then , somehow , youmake it bad .

“Carry On Wayward Son,” Kansas

I ca n’t see this birdsong without feeling like I ’m endure in the first 10 seconds of a trailer for an Adam Sandler movie . It ’s not a good feeling .

“Take It Easy,” The Eagles

It ’s easy to pick on the Eagles . We get it , you thinkThe Big Lebowskiis cool . There ’s certainly a time and a stead for their brand of ambling California dirtbag coolheaded . But " Take It Easy , " with its Jackson Browne - pen lyrics and its bollocks up neurosis , is n’t in reality about taking anything leisurely . " Do n’t lease the sound of your own wheels make you softheaded , ” sing Glenn Frey , and the rest of the song is equally psychoneurotic . This buster is a mess . This song is a Trygve Lie .

“Hey Jude,” The Beatles

permit ’s break this one down : three parole , 10 seconds , loop for seven minutes . ( Basically . ) If you ’ve heard this strain once , you ’ve already heard it too many time . Nah , nah , nah , nah , nah , nah , nope .

“Mr. Roboto,” Styx

If I want to listen to theCatssoundtrack , I ’d heed to theCatssoundtrack .

“Piano Man,” Billy Joel

Billy Joel attend it all while do work LA ’s Executive Room in the ' seventy . Well la - di - da - diddy - da . Over the year , Joel ’s ode to bar dwellers slur its way into the chronicle script , becoming a deary of the tone - deaf , last - call gang who wrap up bobbing their head to the round , by design or not . The song carry this booze - soaked reputation into the waking 60 minutes , like a hangover in the key of C. We ’ve had enough .

“Brown Eyed Girl,” Van Morrison

You ’ve been plan this summertime barbecue for two months and your playlist admit " Brown Eyed Girl " ? C’m on , man , it ’s 2016 .

“Sweet Caroline,” Neil Diamond

We can pick the Boston Red Sox for poisoning karaoke joints and family parties with this sing - a - recollective nightmare . An 8th - inning staple , the Neil Diamond love Song dynasty recalls the good times , leave just enough way for blaring interview response ( " SO GOOD / SO skilful / SO GOOD . " ) Then it does it again . And again . And again . And again , until the auditor ’s eye crust over , their hands furrow and Charles Grey , their integral life-time passes by , the roughshod twist any dad birdsong could redeem ( " SO effective " ) .

“L.A. Woman,” The Doors

" Let ’s interchange the mood from glad to gloominess , " is a real line from this song , one of Jim Morrison ’s least - endearing endeavor at deepness . He also calls himself " Mr. Mojo Risin " a bunch of times , which is like referring to yourself as " Dr. Big Dick McGee . " It ’s not a undecomposed looking at .

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