Overplayed Pop Songs I Never Want to Hear Again: Golden Oldies that have Gone Mouldy

Why do radio stations play the same one-hundred or so oldies over and over when there are so many lovely classics that hardly get an air play? Here is a list of old pop songs I would happy never have to hear again for my entire lifetime: the same chords, repetitive, cheesy, whatever. I don’t hate them, I simply don’t want to hear them anymore.

Anything by Spandau Ballet

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Gold (forever played in events involving gold, Olympics), True, I’ll Fly for You, to Cut a Long Story Short, Communication, Lifeline, yes, even Through the Barricades. Their tunes do the opposite to making the hairs stand on the back of my neck. Spandau’s make the hairs on the back of my neck flatten right down.

Banshee Wails to Chuck in the Slush

Not so much overplayed, I simply don't want to hear them anymore: Smalltown Boy by Bronski Beat, Seven Days by Craig David, Dry your Eyes by The Streets, Earth Song by Michael Jackson, Mull of Kintyre by Wings, You’re Beautiful by James Blunt.

Eighties Chunks

Most songs by ABC, Duran Duran, the Human League, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, and mixes by Stock, Aitken and Waterman.

Most Songs by Dire Straits Sultans of Swing, Walk of Life, Money for Nothing, Tunnel of Love, Private Investigations, Brothers in Arms. Huge in the eighties, what was the fuss all about?

Eighties Bowie. His earlier stuff was edgier. Shame he opted for snappy suits and Tin Machine with tinny melodies: Let’s Dance, Modern Love, China Girl. After the first bar, time to turn that dial.

Songs that Have Bent my Ears One Time Too Many

Wake me Up Before You Go Go by Wham, Shiny Happy People by REM, Maneater by Hall and Oates, Park Life by Blur, Come On Eileen, Dexy’s Midnight Runners, Tainted Love by Soft Cell, Love Shack by B52s, (Is this the Way to) Amarillo by Tony Christie, most songs by Westlife (Living without Wings), Angels by Robbie Williams, Every Breath You Take by the Police, The Final Countdown by Europe.

And Don’t Fear the Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult. Yes, it has a loyal following with Seventies luvvies, but the middle bit drones on and on and on....and on...and on.

Songs that Are Simply Over Played

Shame I have to include these as they are not bad songs, just overplayed by jocks who cannot delve deeper into the album from whence they came: Hotel California by the Eagles, The Joker by Steve Miller Band, Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd, Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen, Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin, Walk This Way by Aerosmith, Livin’ on a Prayer by Bon Jovi, Band of Gold by Freda Payne, Boys of Summer Don Henley, Riders on the Storm by the Doors and others I have missed, no doubt.