Songs in the key of STFU
March 25, 2019 9:39 AM Subscribe
I need songs about, well, not wanting to hear about it anymore. The value of "it" is perhaps immaterial.
Idiotic backstory: I have posted several times about my industrial strength fear of flying. I took a two-hour flight in October and it was surprisingly fine. I'm flying again this week and am, JFC, not doing well with it.
Except last night, after weeks of wallowing, I sort of felt better for a while by just getting sick of my own goddamn whining. And really embarrassingly, the song that popped into my head was for some reason fished out of the 80s Top 40, and it was REO Speedwagon's "I Don't Wanna Know." It's not completely on topic, but it does contain a healthy element of "please stop talking."
This is both mortifying and hilarious to me. It's not a good song. But I am thinking it would be funny and maybe even helpful to find more songs on the theme of "oh just STFU already." There have to be some, right?
Idiotic backstory: I have posted several times about my industrial strength fear of flying. I took a two-hour flight in October and it was surprisingly fine. I'm flying again this week and am, JFC, not doing well with it.
Except last night, after weeks of wallowing, I sort of felt better for a while by just getting sick of my own goddamn whining. And really embarrassingly, the song that popped into my head was for some reason fished out of the 80s Top 40, and it was REO Speedwagon's "I Don't Wanna Know." It's not completely on topic, but it does contain a healthy element of "please stop talking."
This is both mortifying and hilarious to me. It's not a good song. But I am thinking it would be funny and maybe even helpful to find more songs on the theme of "oh just STFU already." There have to be some, right?
Don't know if it's quite what you're looking for, but Patty Griffin's No Bad News brought the STFU to a DTMFA situation of mine not too long ago.
posted by pantarei70 at 9:48 AM on March 25, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by pantarei70 at 9:48 AM on March 25, 2019 [2 favorites]
Cake - Nugget. Chorus is literally STFU.
posted by aws17576 at 9:49 AM on March 25, 2019 [6 favorites]
posted by aws17576 at 9:49 AM on March 25, 2019 [6 favorites]
Army of Me by Bjork!
"You're alright
There's nothing wrong
Self sufficiency please!
And get to work"
posted by aka burlap at 10:11 AM on March 25, 2019 [2 favorites]
"You're alright
There's nothing wrong
Self sufficiency please!
And get to work"
posted by aka burlap at 10:11 AM on March 25, 2019 [2 favorites]
We’re not gonna take it - twisted Sister
posted by St. Peepsburg at 10:11 AM on March 25, 2019 [13 favorites]
posted by St. Peepsburg at 10:11 AM on March 25, 2019 [13 favorites]
Here's a Quarter by Travis Tritt.
posted by BeeDo at 10:15 AM on March 25, 2019 [3 favorites]
posted by BeeDo at 10:15 AM on March 25, 2019 [3 favorites]
Brownie Mary - Goodbye
I hate the way you dress
And I hate the way you talk
I hate the way you chew things
And I hate the way you walk
Every time I tell a story
You got something more to say
Every time I try to have fun
You just get in the way
Goodbye
posted by bowmaniac at 10:18 AM on March 25, 2019
I hate the way you dress
And I hate the way you talk
I hate the way you chew things
And I hate the way you walk
Every time I tell a story
You got something more to say
Every time I try to have fun
You just get in the way
Goodbye
posted by bowmaniac at 10:18 AM on March 25, 2019
King of Anything, Sara Bareilles
You've got opinions, man
We're all entitled to 'em, but I never asked
So let me thank you for your time,
And try not to waste any more of mine
And get out of here fast
...
Who cares if you disagree?
You are not me
Who made you king of anything?
So you dare tell me who to be?
Who died and made you king of anything?
posted by Flannery Culp at 10:18 AM on March 25, 2019 [1 favorite]
You've got opinions, man
We're all entitled to 'em, but I never asked
So let me thank you for your time,
And try not to waste any more of mine
And get out of here fast
...
Who cares if you disagree?
You are not me
Who made you king of anything?
So you dare tell me who to be?
Who died and made you king of anything?
posted by Flannery Culp at 10:18 AM on March 25, 2019 [1 favorite]
"I Don't Want To Hear It Anymore"
Dusty Springfield
Scott Walker
Jerry Butler
Shelby Lynne
posted by loriginedumonde at 10:37 AM on March 25, 2019
Dusty Springfield
Scott Walker
Jerry Butler
Shelby Lynne
posted by loriginedumonde at 10:37 AM on March 25, 2019
Stop Talking by Miya Folick. (Also, it has a great video, featuring a whole lot of frustrated eye rolling.)
posted by yankeefog at 11:12 AM on March 25, 2019
posted by yankeefog at 11:12 AM on March 25, 2019
"Shut Up and Kiss Me" (Mary Chapin Carpenter) came to mind immediately. Then I did some searches on a song lyrics site and also found:
"Don't Talk to Me About Love" (Slade) ("I said, don't talk to me about love, love, love / No, no, don't talk to me about love, love, love")
"Don't Talk to Me" (Tre Coast feat. Lycia Faith) ("Stop. / Don't talk to me. / Loser, lame-o, wannabe / Like oh, totally. / T-t-totally. / Stop. / Don't talk to me. / Loser, lame-o, wannabe / Like oh, totally. / T-t-totally.")
"Don't Talk to Me About Work" (Lou Reed) ("Don't talk to me about work / please don't talk to me about work / I'm up to my eyeballs in dirt / with work, with work")
"Shut Up" (Christina Aguilera) ("So for once why don't you just / Shut up, just shut the fuck up [x4] / Keep running, running, running and running your mouth / Could you please / Shut up, just shut the fuck up [x2]"
"Please Shut Up" (Asap Mob) ("Please shut up [x8] / You ain't sayin nothing / Damn sure not money, aye / Sick ass n*ggas / They finna vomit / Hey, please shut up / Please shut up [3x]"
"Shut Your Mouth" (Garbage) ("Shut your mouth / Try not to panic / Just shut your mouth / If you can do it / Shut your mouth / Try not to panic / Just shut your mouth / If you can do it / Just shut your mouth")
and no doubt there are many, many more if you choose the right search strings, though I obviously can't vouch for any of them being good songs.
posted by Spathe Cadet at 11:12 AM on March 25, 2019 [1 favorite]
"Don't Talk to Me About Love" (Slade) ("I said, don't talk to me about love, love, love / No, no, don't talk to me about love, love, love")
"Don't Talk to Me" (Tre Coast feat. Lycia Faith) ("Stop. / Don't talk to me. / Loser, lame-o, wannabe / Like oh, totally. / T-t-totally. / Stop. / Don't talk to me. / Loser, lame-o, wannabe / Like oh, totally. / T-t-totally.")
"Don't Talk to Me About Work" (Lou Reed) ("Don't talk to me about work / please don't talk to me about work / I'm up to my eyeballs in dirt / with work, with work")
"Shut Up" (Christina Aguilera) ("So for once why don't you just / Shut up, just shut the fuck up [x4] / Keep running, running, running and running your mouth / Could you please / Shut up, just shut the fuck up [x2]"
"Please Shut Up" (Asap Mob) ("Please shut up [x8] / You ain't sayin nothing / Damn sure not money, aye / Sick ass n*ggas / They finna vomit / Hey, please shut up / Please shut up [3x]"
"Shut Your Mouth" (Garbage) ("Shut your mouth / Try not to panic / Just shut your mouth / If you can do it / Shut your mouth / Try not to panic / Just shut your mouth / If you can do it / Just shut your mouth")
and no doubt there are many, many more if you choose the right search strings, though I obviously can't vouch for any of them being good songs.
posted by Spathe Cadet at 11:12 AM on March 25, 2019 [1 favorite]
Oh, and also "Enjoy the Silence" (Depeche Mode), more obliquely.
posted by Spathe Cadet at 11:17 AM on March 25, 2019 [3 favorites]
posted by Spathe Cadet at 11:17 AM on March 25, 2019 [3 favorites]
Not precisely on-point, but Hüsker Dü's Don't Wanna Know If You Are Lonely and Never Talking To You Again seem close, and are anyway an excuse to mention Hüsker Dü.
posted by multics at 11:18 AM on March 25, 2019 [6 favorites]
posted by multics at 11:18 AM on March 25, 2019 [6 favorites]
And "Don't Explain" (Billie Holiday).
posted by Spathe Cadet at 11:18 AM on March 25, 2019
posted by Spathe Cadet at 11:18 AM on March 25, 2019
Not quite what you're looking for, maybe, but Sheryl Crow's "A Change Will Do You Good" has the great line "hello it's me, i'm not at home, if you'd like to reach me, leave me alone."
posted by ubiquity at 11:21 AM on March 25, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by ubiquity at 11:21 AM on March 25, 2019 [1 favorite]
Je ne l'ose a Dirai is a sweet late medieval ditty about a jealous husband. The refrain is basically, "I don't want to hear it. I don't want to hear it! I'll tell you anyway! I'll tell you anyway!
posted by Jane the Brown at 11:26 AM on March 25, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by Jane the Brown at 11:26 AM on March 25, 2019 [2 favorites]
For kpop -
Shut Up - Ailee
Thank U Soooo Much - Yubin
posted by gaybobbie at 11:30 AM on March 25, 2019 [1 favorite]
Shut Up - Ailee
Thank U Soooo Much - Yubin
posted by gaybobbie at 11:30 AM on March 25, 2019 [1 favorite]
Get Over It by The Eagles is 100% this in its purest form.
It does uh give me kind of a "physician, STFU thyself" reaction though, to be honest. It's hard to cook up too much sympathy for multimillionaire Don Henley's whining about other people's feelings.
posted by rollick at 11:32 AM on March 25, 2019 [4 favorites]
It does uh give me kind of a "physician, STFU thyself" reaction though, to be honest. It's hard to cook up too much sympathy for multimillionaire Don Henley's whining about other people's feelings.
posted by rollick at 11:32 AM on March 25, 2019 [4 favorites]
Words by Missing Persons
I Know But I Don't Know by Blondie
A Little Less Conversation - Elvis
No More Words by Berlin
posted by brookeb at 11:34 AM on March 25, 2019
I Know But I Don't Know by Blondie
A Little Less Conversation - Elvis
No More Words by Berlin
posted by brookeb at 11:34 AM on March 25, 2019
The Tenants - You Shit Me To Tears
Frenzal Rhomb - You Can't Move Into My House
posted by zamboni at 11:39 AM on March 25, 2019
Frenzal Rhomb - You Can't Move Into My House
posted by zamboni at 11:39 AM on March 25, 2019
The Tubes - Talk to Ya Later
Brothers Johnson - Get The Funk Out Ma Face
posted by Riverine at 12:28 PM on March 25, 2019
Brothers Johnson - Get The Funk Out Ma Face
posted by Riverine at 12:28 PM on March 25, 2019
voices carry - til tuesday
thirsty dog - nick cave and the bad seeds
the kiss - the cure
hush -- deep purple
posted by 20 year lurk at 12:31 PM on March 25, 2019 [2 favorites]
thirsty dog - nick cave and the bad seeds
the kiss - the cure
hush -- deep purple
posted by 20 year lurk at 12:31 PM on March 25, 2019 [2 favorites]
Frazey Ford - Done
Well, you criticize my numbers, you hammer out the rules
Wait for me to fuck up, and find yourself some proof
And I'm done
Oh whoa, I'm done
You just soak in the hatred of a sorry line
Yeah, you hide behind decorum and a fake smile
And I'm done
Oh whoa, I'm done
posted by maudlin at 12:43 PM on March 25, 2019 [1 favorite]
Well, you criticize my numbers, you hammer out the rules
Wait for me to fuck up, and find yourself some proof
And I'm done
Oh whoa, I'm done
You just soak in the hatred of a sorry line
Yeah, you hide behind decorum and a fake smile
And I'm done
Oh whoa, I'm done
posted by maudlin at 12:43 PM on March 25, 2019 [1 favorite]
you worry too much
you'll make yourself sad
you can't change fate
so don't feel so bad
enjoy it while you can
it's just like the weather
SO QUIT COMPLAINING BROTHER
NO ONE LIVES FOREVER
posted by nebulawindphone at 1:26 PM on March 25, 2019
you'll make yourself sad
you can't change fate
so don't feel so bad
enjoy it while you can
it's just like the weather
SO QUIT COMPLAINING BROTHER
NO ONE LIVES FOREVER
posted by nebulawindphone at 1:26 PM on March 25, 2019
R.E.M. - Pop Song '89
Hello, how are you, I know you, I knew you
I think I can remember your name, name
Hello, I'm sorry, I lost myself
I think I thought you were someone else
Should we talk about the weather?
Should we talk about the government?
posted by grateful at 1:35 PM on March 25, 2019
Hello, how are you, I know you, I knew you
I think I can remember your name, name
Hello, I'm sorry, I lost myself
I think I thought you were someone else
Should we talk about the weather?
Should we talk about the government?
posted by grateful at 1:35 PM on March 25, 2019
Victims Family – Luv letters
“Here we go again, I hear the nails on the blackboard start
But when it really comes down to it I'd rather listen to you fart”
posted by farlukar at 1:36 PM on March 25, 2019
“Here we go again, I hear the nails on the blackboard start
But when it really comes down to it I'd rather listen to you fart”
posted by farlukar at 1:36 PM on March 25, 2019
Response by poster: Holy cow that is a lot of suggestions. Thanks!
posted by Smearcase at 2:17 PM on March 25, 2019
posted by Smearcase at 2:17 PM on March 25, 2019
Best answer: For the exact situation you describe ...
Drive-By Truckers - Shut Your Mouth And Get Your Ass On The Plane
posted by wps98 at 2:21 PM on March 25, 2019 [5 favorites]
Drive-By Truckers - Shut Your Mouth And Get Your Ass On The Plane
posted by wps98 at 2:21 PM on March 25, 2019 [5 favorites]
Also Talking Loud and Saying Nothing by James Brown
posted by brookeb at 2:35 PM on March 25, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by brookeb at 2:35 PM on March 25, 2019 [2 favorites]
Not sure if this works for you but your question made me think of the song that starts : Do you have the time to listen to me whine...
It cracked me up the first time I heard it and now I sometimes find it running through my head when I'm feeling whiny. Apparently it's called Basket case
posted by BoscosMom at 2:52 PM on March 25, 2019
It cracked me up the first time I heard it and now I sometimes find it running through my head when I'm feeling whiny. Apparently it's called Basket case
posted by BoscosMom at 2:52 PM on March 25, 2019
Shut the Fuck Up by Brides of Destruction
Shut Your Mouth by Pain
posted by melissa at 3:03 PM on March 25, 2019
Shut Your Mouth by Pain
posted by melissa at 3:03 PM on March 25, 2019
This is a bit non-literal but Pedestrian at Best by Courtney Barnett is kind of about telling your internal monologue to shut up because the object of it is just not worth it. Then the chorus is aggressively telling the object of rumination to eff off. I find it very satisfying.
posted by lookoutbelow at 3:10 PM on March 25, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by lookoutbelow at 3:10 PM on March 25, 2019 [1 favorite]
Stop your sobbing by The Pretenders.
Chryssie Hynde's controlled irritation as she sings Stop it stop it stop it stop it... you can just hear her hands over hear ears...ahhh, nothing like it.
posted by nantucket at 3:17 PM on March 25, 2019 [1 favorite]
Chryssie Hynde's controlled irritation as she sings Stop it stop it stop it stop it... you can just hear her hands over hear ears...ahhh, nothing like it.
posted by nantucket at 3:17 PM on March 25, 2019 [1 favorite]
Shut the fuck up by the Coathangers!
posted by fairlynearlyready at 4:04 PM on March 25, 2019
posted by fairlynearlyready at 4:04 PM on March 25, 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFacWGBJ_cs Shaddupa You Face.
posted by Splunge at 4:17 PM on March 25, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by Splunge at 4:17 PM on March 25, 2019 [1 favorite]
I mean this song by Jarina De Marco is literally titled STFU
posted by weed donkey at 6:00 PM on March 25, 2019
posted by weed donkey at 6:00 PM on March 25, 2019
My Fair Lady: Show Me
"Words! Words! Words!
I'm so sick of words!
I get words all day through;
First from him, now from you!
Is that all you blighters can do?"
posted by forthright at 6:13 PM on March 25, 2019 [1 favorite]
"Words! Words! Words!
I'm so sick of words!
I get words all day through;
First from him, now from you!
Is that all you blighters can do?"
posted by forthright at 6:13 PM on March 25, 2019 [1 favorite]
Julian Cope, World, Shut Your Mouth. Bonus: lyrics include the word "flying".
posted by multics at 7:37 PM on March 25, 2019
posted by multics at 7:37 PM on March 25, 2019
Radiohead Identikit
When I see you messing me around, I don’t want to know, I don’t want to know, I don’t want to know
posted by moorooka at 9:13 PM on March 25, 2019
When I see you messing me around, I don’t want to know, I don’t want to know, I don’t want to know
posted by moorooka at 9:13 PM on March 25, 2019
Lady Gaga- Telephone
Stop calling, stop calling, I don't want to talk anymore!
posted by Coaticass at 11:25 PM on March 25, 2019
Stop calling, stop calling, I don't want to talk anymore!
posted by Coaticass at 11:25 PM on March 25, 2019
The Yayhoos - Baby I Love You
The chorus is 'Baby I love you but leave me the f**k alone.'
posted by Gneisskate at 7:10 AM on March 26, 2019
The chorus is 'Baby I love you but leave me the f**k alone.'
posted by Gneisskate at 7:10 AM on March 26, 2019
This question started Stroke 9's Little Black Backpack running through my head.
"Don't wanna talk about it
I say why not? Don't wanna think about it..."
posted by Lady Li at 1:39 PM on March 26, 2019
"Don't wanna talk about it
I say why not? Don't wanna think about it..."
posted by Lady Li at 1:39 PM on March 26, 2019
Desire's "Don't Call" (or the Afghan Whigs cover of it if you can find it)
posted by ifjuly at 5:05 PM on March 26, 2019
posted by ifjuly at 5:05 PM on March 26, 2019
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