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Please nominate a song for being WORST choice to wake up to (Original Post) discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2019 OP
Jesses girl Cracklin Charlie Oct 2019 #1
Flashing Lights by Kanye Kardashian. Anon-C Oct 2019 #2
"Hey Mickey" I suppose not if you're named that. rzemanfl Oct 2019 #3
Oh good grief! I tried to listen to that a few days ago ProudLib72 Oct 2019 #17
As an earworm it was pure hell. I know from experience. n/t rzemanfl Oct 2019 #24
Was it Minnie Mouse's version? Wolf Frankula Oct 2019 #25
Afternoon Delight PBC_Democrat Oct 2019 #4
On a related note... True Dough Oct 2019 #30
Hmm, how about Clash City Rocker Oct 2019 #5
Pink Floyd's Time BBG Oct 2019 #6
Freaking great song - but totally horrible for a wake up song - lark Oct 2019 #8
Exactly BBG Oct 2019 #14
Had it as an alarm on my old phone happybird Oct 2019 #33
Beautiful Day's "Time Is". WheelWalker Oct 2019 #77
Iron Man from a young Ozzie,,,, volume set to HIGH benld74 Oct 2019 #7
Stopped at Dollar General today and this was blasting through their sound system. Midnight Writer Oct 2019 #56
Easy for me, kozar Oct 2019 #9
Stranglehold, by the Nugent Hotler Oct 2019 #10
867-5309/Jenny by Tommy Tutone WestLosAngelesGal Oct 2019 #11
Presumably as bad as Beechwood 4-5709 to an ealier generation. malthaussen Oct 2019 #41
I had a senior accountant at work named Jenny.... lastlib Oct 2019 #57
Okay! Floyd R. Turbo Oct 2019 #12
Absolutely has to be aka-chmeee Oct 2019 #13
Billy Joel - For the Longest Time lastlib Oct 2019 #15
Is this worst or best? LeftInTX Oct 2019 #16
Ha! Afternoon Delight would do the same for me! Tipperary Oct 2019 #18
I have used Hell's Bells discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2019 #23
AC/DC is a good kicker!!!! LeftInTX Oct 2019 #69
Well then, maybe you'll like this discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2019 #73
This message was self-deleted by its author uriel1972 Oct 2019 #74
Here you go ProudLib72 Oct 2019 #19
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Oct 2019 #28
GG Allin's masterwork, "You Hate Me and I Hate You" jmowreader Oct 2019 #20
This is on my alarm for my phone when I go to work...it drives me crazy... Xolodno Oct 2019 #21
Sunshine, Lollipops, and Rainbows Captain Zero Oct 2019 #22
Aw, shucks...I love Lesley Gore, but you're right about this song. Glorfindel Oct 2019 #35
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Oct 2019 #26
Anything by Pat Benatar underpants Oct 2019 #27
We have a 4:09 alarm setting that we sometimes use to when we have to try empedocles Oct 2019 #29
Baby shark doo doo doo doo doo doo spooky3 Oct 2019 #31
Any heavy metal song True Dough Oct 2019 #32
Sounds like something I need!!! LeftInTX Oct 2019 #42
Then get a True Dough Oct 2019 #43
"I'm the Happiest Girl in the Whole USA" ... the horror, the horror... Glorfindel Oct 2019 #34
You win! Cousin Dupree Oct 2019 #36
+1 dalton99a Oct 2019 #39
How else are you going to have a skippity doo-dah day? gratuitous Oct 2019 #47
The 1-800-cars-for-kids ad jingle. Jirel Oct 2019 #37
That's worse than Rebecca Black's Friday! LeftInTX Oct 2019 #44
Exactly! There are many obnoxious jingles. 3catwoman3 Oct 2019 #48
Chopin's Piano Sonata No. 2 (Funeral March) Sneederbunk Oct 2019 #38
oh my! diva77 Oct 2019 #59
Ballroom Blitz Baked Potato Oct 2019 #40
That was one of my wake up songs in college LeftInTX Oct 2019 #45
Yeah, I can see that when you really gotta wake up quick Baked Potato Oct 2019 #46
Havin' My Baby ranks... 3catwoman3 Oct 2019 #49
That shitty na na na... let me love you shit. n/t Harker Oct 2019 #50
Here's my wakeup song. Works every time. Iggo Oct 2019 #51
Don't worry, be happy. Doreen Oct 2019 #52
Hate it too! LeftInTX Oct 2019 #67
"In the Year 2525" by Zager & Evans. klook Oct 2019 #53
Anything by The Bill Gaither Trio defacto7 Oct 2019 #54
Any modern country song TlalocW Oct 2019 #55
Try this discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2019 #61
Lasted 15 seconds TlalocW Oct 2019 #62
good work discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2019 #63
Confusion will be my epitaph by King Crimson Ohiya Oct 2019 #58
Oh God!!! LeftInTX Oct 2019 #68
Is That All There Is by Peggy Lee abqtommy Oct 2019 #60
Oh yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!! LeftInTX Oct 2019 #66
"YMCA" Disaffected Oct 2019 #64
... Major Nikon Oct 2019 #65
This message was self-deleted by its author WhiskeyWulf Oct 2019 #70
The Best Of Marcel Marceao Optical.Catalyst Oct 2019 #71
Bloodrock D. O. A. Optical.Catalyst Oct 2019 #72
something by Ted Nugent or Kid Rock?... nt uriel1972 Oct 2019 #75
This one! SeattleVet Oct 2019 #76
Spinal Meningitis Got Me Down rownesheck Oct 2019 #78
The Candyman. 58Sunliner Oct 2019 #79
Abracadabra - Steve Miller Band kmla Oct 2019 #80
Revolution 9 (Beatles) Martin Eden Oct 2019 #81

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
17. Oh good grief! I tried to listen to that a few days ago
Tue Oct 1, 2019, 09:55 PM
Oct 2019

Lasted about twenty seconds, and that was out of pure nostalgia.

BBG

(2,539 posts)
14. Exactly
Tue Oct 1, 2019, 02:28 PM
Oct 2019

My thoughts to a tee. In my youth I remember using a couple of alarm clocks but Time is over the top.

Hotler

(11,425 posts)
10. Stranglehold, by the Nugent
Tue Oct 1, 2019, 12:46 PM
Oct 2019

Disclaimer: I quit being a fan in the 80's when I found out he was a repug and a creep.

Stranglehold is an eye opener.

WestLosAngelesGal

(268 posts)
11. 867-5309/Jenny by Tommy Tutone
Tue Oct 1, 2019, 01:06 PM
Oct 2019

If you work with numbers at work, you will be messed up all day by the earworm this song causes.

malthaussen

(17,204 posts)
41. Presumably as bad as Beechwood 4-5709 to an ealier generation.
Wed Oct 2, 2019, 11:56 AM
Oct 2019

Interesting how similar the phone numbers are. Guess it's easy to rhyme "9."

-- Mal

lastlib

(23,248 posts)
57. I had a senior accountant at work named Jenny....
Wed Oct 2, 2019, 11:38 PM
Oct 2019

that I went to for help on matters I couldn't solve. She wasn't old enough to remember that song. When I approached her desk, I would announce myself with, "Jenny, Jenny!" She never figured out where I got that from. (But another co-worker who knew the origin of it once told me that she'd slap the sh*t out of me if she discovered it.)

LeftInTX

(25,378 posts)
16. Is this worst or best?
Tue Oct 1, 2019, 09:45 PM
Oct 2019

The Immigrant Song would bolt me right out of bed!


A song like this wants me to stay in bed:
“Rainy Days and Mondays” by The Carpenters

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,479 posts)
23. I have used Hell's Bells
Wed Oct 2, 2019, 07:17 AM
Oct 2019

Yes it woke up.

However, in my quest for a wake up tune, my ideal would be something to invigorate, grab the mind's attention but stop short of stopping my ticker or opening my eyes so wide that they can't close again.

Response to discntnt_irny_srcsm (Reply #73)

Response to ProudLib72 (Reply #19)

Xolodno

(6,395 posts)
21. This is on my alarm for my phone when I go to work...it drives me crazy...
Tue Oct 1, 2019, 11:26 PM
Oct 2019

...but it gets me up.

Circle of Life of the Cartoon version of the Lion King.

Response to discntnt_irny_srcsm (Original post)

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
29. We have a 4:09 alarm setting that we sometimes use to when we have to try
Wed Oct 2, 2019, 08:58 AM
Oct 2019

and get out engines revving early. Always think of the damn song, 409.

True Dough

(17,306 posts)
32. Any heavy metal song
Wed Oct 2, 2019, 09:04 AM
Oct 2019

Take this, for example. Can you imagine sitting bolt upright in bed as this blared from your stereo alarm clock??


Glorfindel

(9,730 posts)
34. "I'm the Happiest Girl in the Whole USA" ... the horror, the horror...
Wed Oct 2, 2019, 09:06 AM
Oct 2019

"Why did we move that bojangle clock so far away from the bed?"



gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
47. How else are you going to have a skippity doo-dah day?
Wed Oct 2, 2019, 06:36 PM
Oct 2019

You were probably trying to avoid the ear worm; you're welcome.

Jirel

(2,018 posts)
37. The 1-800-cars-for-kids ad jingle.
Wed Oct 2, 2019, 09:50 AM
Oct 2019

That would get an alarm clock thrown across the room then bashed into little pieces.

3catwoman3

(24,007 posts)
48. Exactly! There are many obnoxious jingles.
Wed Oct 2, 2019, 09:19 PM
Oct 2019

I can’t get to the mute button fast enough when this piece of tripe comes on.

LeftInTX

(25,378 posts)
45. That was one of my wake up songs in college
Wed Oct 2, 2019, 12:19 PM
Oct 2019

The radio tended to play Ballroom Blitz and Bohemian Rhapsody at the same time every morning. (Between 6 and 6:30) Ballroom Blitz was a better wake up song because Bohemian Rhapsody had slow parts.

Harker

(14,024 posts)
50. That shitty na na na... let me love you shit. n/t
Wed Oct 2, 2019, 09:27 PM
Oct 2019

I have to hear it most daily at work, and I've asked for sulfuric acid to pour into my ears.

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
52. Don't worry, be happy.
Wed Oct 2, 2019, 09:38 PM
Oct 2019

I immediately know there is something to worry about and it makes me unhappy.

I loath that song.

LeftInTX

(25,378 posts)
66. Oh yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thu Oct 3, 2019, 07:38 PM
Oct 2019

That is one is a real downer.


I was literally thinking of how depressing that song was and then Peggy Lee died that day.

Response to discntnt_irny_srcsm (Original post)

kmla

(4,047 posts)
80. Abracadabra - Steve Miller Band
Fri Oct 4, 2019, 02:39 PM
Oct 2019

One of the worst songs ever written.

"Abracadabra - I wanna reach out and grab ya..."

And has the added distinction of having an equally horrible video to go along with it.

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