Most annoying song, period.

almarg: "I always thought of "Surfin’ Bird" as a satire, and found it to be kind of funny in a likable sort of way. Although I don’t know how serious or satirical it was intended to be."


Hello Al,

     I’ve always thought the same about "Surfin’ Bird" by the Trashmen being a satire.  I love that song but always thought the words were "Bird, bird, bird, bird is a whale" until I discovered he was actually singing "Bird, bird, bird, bird is the word".
     It’s a fairly common sight when surfing with whales around. From a distance when paddling out, a seagull standing on a surfaced whale looks like the bird’s standing on the water. I like my version of the lyrics better, which are almost as cool as this old classic video of the Trashmen performing the song live:

ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Gc4QTqslN4

     Speaking of cool, here’s another newer video classic of Christopher Walken dancing cool to Fat Boy Slim’s "Weapon of Choice":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCDIYvFmgW8

Tim

Ignoring obvious earworms like Disney's "It's a Small World" that need a good week to get out of your head, lots of truly annoying songs are relics of the best-forgotten Disco era. Others should appear on a "never-play-any-of-these-songs-ever-again" list signed under penalty of death by every DJ hired for a wedding or other function. (And of course, some of the very worst fit into both categories!)

For example, here are a few songs I'd be happy to never hear again:

• 'Celebration' - Kool & the Gang
• 'We Are Family' - Sister Sledge
• 'Love Shack' - B52's
• 'YMCA' - Village People
• 'Macarena' - Los Del Rio
• 'Brick House' - The Commodores
• 'Electric Slide' - Marcia Griffiths

And my all-time favorite: 'The Time of My Life' by Jennifer Warnes & Bill Medley -- a hugely overplayed song that's expanded from weddings to TV commercials, where it easily crosses that fine line between 'memorable' and 'annoying'...

Surfin’ Bird was one of the period songs on soundtrack of Full Metal Jacket. Here’s the YouTube clip of the Trashmen,

https://youtu.be/9Gc4QTqslN4

Billy Don't Be A Hero -- Paper Lace ,--------YEK!

Funny thread, I'll vote later,

luckily it led me to something good, and back to something I already knew was good
  

geoffkait , after viewing the very funny Surfin Bird video, thanks for that, this video just popped up next:

Ram Jam - Black Betty video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_2D8Eo15wE

I didn't know a thing about it, head down, paying college loans for 8 years, I missed a lot.

I found this 'Story of Black Betty'. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTu7zFg5ofc

Main speaker is Myke Scavone,

I just happen to know these guys, a great NJ Band called the Doughboys.

https://www.thedoughboysnj.com/

I haven't seen them in a while, I was surprised to see Myke was/is? now touring with the Yardbirds

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myke_Scavone

Gar Francis, aka Plainfield Slim is terrific as are the others.

https://bongoboyrecords.com/garfrancis/