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What Songs Would You Retire?

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October 11, 2017
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Should "American Pie" be put out to pasture? Has John Lennon's "Imagine" been imagined one too many times? What songs would you retire?

If I hear that song one more time!
I was at a restaurant recently when "Cats In The Cradle," a mid-'70s song by Harry Chapin, came on. It's the one about a dad too busy for his son, and ends with the son growing up to be too busy for his dad. Anyway, the thought hit me, "Do I really ever have to hear this song again?" It's a well-crafted tune, but please: can't we just retire it?!

And so a show is born. On this edition of All Songs Considered, "Hallelujah! The Songs We Should Retire."

http://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2017/10/10/556692186/hallelujah-the-songs-we-should-retire?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2037

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m342424j

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The Lonely Goatherd

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neschuhrke

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Henry the Eight by Herman's Hermits. Why anyone agreed to record that song in the first place is beyond me.

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pr9908

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The song was written and performed as it was to display the Cockney accents.

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Blackburnite

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I’ve got two: Fever and Send in the Clowns.

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m342424j

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Singing in the Rain

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CarrieandLaith

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By far, Andrew Gold's 'Lonely Boy'...I mean, C'mon, his life is ruined because his parents have a sister and now he's not the most important person in the family???? Give me a break!!!

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julaszek

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I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston. This song is like fingernails on a blackboard to my ears.

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Trishi

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Ooh, agreed, particularly since she got all the publicity and Dolly Parton who wrote it was ignored !

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ed28849526

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I like Jingle Bell Rock. It's a snappy tune.
(Oops - showing my age I guess)

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bgsdaughter

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I know a few of you mention Kiss, but I was never big on the boy bands. They can take "Bye Bye Bye" for me. Also, Justin Bieber? Couldn't stand "Baby Baby". I know there are worse songs out there but too many to mention! Better to remember all the great songs ("You'll Never Walk Alone" was my gradutation song) for instance.

IrishScribe3471

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"Say Something; I'm Giving up on You." The piano at the beginning of the song sounds out of tune to me. Then there is so much repetition in the song that I always turn my radio off or change the station when that song comes on.

Actually any song that has a lot of repetition irritates me as well as songs with lyrics I can't understand because they aren't pronounced clearly or because the backgound music is too loud for the lyrics.

I also don't like songs with foul language, and they often seem to be blasting out from the vehicle in the lane next to me while waiting for the traffic light to change.