One of the bad parts of being a bartender – I intend , besidesa - holes invariably hitting on youand suffer to run weekends – is being at the mercy of your establishment ’s jukebox , and the patron who haphazardly use it to play whatever the the pits they desire . People at bars tend tomake some questionable decisions , include their predilection for overplaying horrible songs .
We asked a dozen mixologist across a spectrum of dives and discos to detail the songs they detest to get a line the most at work . We cross - cite the answer and came up with a tilt that most bartenders would probably correspond with , along with some quotation from our source to illustrate the detail . If you do n’t manage to learn the rest , just remember one matter : do n’t toy " Piano Man , " dude .
“Shots” - LMFAO ft Lil Jon
Shots ? ! What a fun Song dynasty to recreate at the bar , ripe ? ! This birdsong is as grating as adump truck driving through a Nitrospan flora , and apparently it gives multitude the amiss idea .
" You never desire patron to think they ’re entitled to anything free , and for some ground they think you should be giving them shots when they get a line this . " – Paul , Milwaukee , WI
“Livin' on a Prayer” - Bon Jovi
What ’s ripe than 100 stock brokers from Jersey belting out " Whoaaaa we ’re midway there " ? Oh , well , basically everything that does n’t demand volatile looseness .
" I ’d probably put anything by Bon Jovi on this tilt , if we ’re being totally fair . " – Frankie , Boston , MA
“Red Solo Cup” - Toby Keith
According to the bartender we blab out to , this song may inspire more slop drinks than any other .
" You know what you ’re walking into when you see cup raised and liquored - up douchey assholes squall this song . " –Stacey , Boston , MA
" mass throw their stupid drink around and spill them EVERYWHERE . I find fault Toby Keith . " –Tripp , Baltimore , MD
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“Sweet Caroline” - Neil Diamond
But if there ’s another contender for the spilled - drinkable jacket , it might be the anthem of the Boston Red Sox ( ew ) , with its sickeningly let the cat out of the bag - along - able-bodied Greek chorus that often command prompt raised crank and storey puddles .
" So bad , so spoiled , so unfit . " – Phil , Cleveland , OH
“Wagon Wheel” - Old Crow Medicine Show and/or Darius Rucker
If there ’s one affair mixologist hate more than people overact songs theyhate , it ’s overact songs theylikeuntil they hate them . I hope that make sense .
" OK – this go down on . Because it was one of my favorite songs till Hootie came in and fucked it up for everyone . This was a great song . Before I had to hear a clump of bros belt it out every Nox of my life . " – Tripp , Baltimore , MD
“Closing Time” - Semisonic
This literal departure - the - ginmill anthem is another good example of a once - have a go at it song , warped and twisted by the jukebox dollars of icky customers who think they ’re funny .
" If one more person plays ' Closing Time ' at my Browning automatic rifle after last call , I might never open my place up again in the first position . " – Derek , New York , NY
“All Summer Long” - Kid Rock
You could probably put any Kid Rock Sung dynasty on this leaning , but " All Summer Long " was one that consistently made the lean for so many of our tired bartenders .
" The worst part of this song is the first three seconds when I think it ’s ' werewolf of London ' – only to be ravage before long after . " – Michelle , Brooklyn , NY
Anything by Phish, the Grateful Dead, DMB, or pretty much any “jam band”
There ’s nothing wrong with these bands ( I think of , notreally ) but your local pub is not where the great unwashed require to listen to 20 minutes of guitar noodling and mescal references . This is n’t Red Rocks or the lawn at Merriweather Post Pavilion .
" It ’s like background music to the Revelation , with right smart more bongo . " – Anthony , Pittsburgh , PA
Most throwback ’00s rap songs
It was comic the first time , then it was n’t .
" It might have been comic and ironic the first 100 times , but you may only see people blab out Ja Rule like they ’re a gangster in a Midtown East bar so many times … " – Stacey , New York , NY
“I Gotta Feeling” - The Black Eyed Peas
I have a feeling that no one really liked this song in the first place .
" really let ’s mention all BEP and Fergie … because watching mass ’s LONDON LONDON nosepiece fall down is n’t normally a beautiful sight … " – Stacey , New York , NY
“Freebird” - Lynyrd Skynyrd
It ’s a prove fact : the more you drink , the more likely you are to unwrap down and cry during the four - minute of arc - retentive solo . Bartenders do n’t appreciate that .
" Obviously ' Freebird . ' Do we even have to mention ' Freebird ' ? It ’s like a give , proper ? " – Tripp , Baltimore , MD
“We Are Young” - fun.
It ’s like the millennian version of " Do n’t block Believing . "
" This vocal is like trying to desperately shove fun down your pharynx – and it just ends up come up as puke . " – Dave , Los Angeles , CA
“Piano Man” - Billy Joel
If this was any more of a legal profession cliche , there ’d be an old Irish barkeep with a towel over his shoulder saying " You do n’t have to go home , but you ca n’t stay here . "
" I ’m unremarkably a positive person . I never know blind , staring rage till I heard ' Piano Man . ‘–Dave , Los Angeles , CA
“Don’t Stop Believin’” - Journey
This is it , the most mentioned birdsong on our lean . Frankly , it ’s objectively ugly to play this in a bar , under any circumstances .
" This is the worst thing you may do at a taproom , short of whipping it out and peeing on a busboy . " – Tripp , Baltimore , MD
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