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This is more for amusement here than a real question, but over the years I've had to play some simply dreadful songs that don't go over at all.

So what songs do you all think a band should never play?

Chicken Dance & Hokey Pokey.

Anything by Gary Glitter.

I Will Survive
The Power of Love (the one from Frankenstein, I actually love the Huey Lewis & the News one)

If you're a keyboard player, the answer is:
Jump.

..Joe

+1 Joe Gerardi

I'd have to say "Love's Executioner" by Navicon Torture Technologies.

I'm an old hard rocker so for me it would be any "girl pop" but that's only because I AM an old hard rocker!

stairway to heaven

Margaritaville

Anything by Boyce & Hart

i would answer this question in a different way.
you shouldn't play anything that isn't music to your audience's ears!

I think you shouldn't play anything that your heart's not into. I'm just an old rocker. I have a lot of trouble getting into most of the pop music from the last few decades. Mind you, even a lot of the classic rock bores me to death but that could be just because I have to listen to it every day at work.

I used to play in a local "pub rock/functions" band, where I probably loved 50% of the songs (the rockier ones), and felt the rest were cheese (but they got bums off of seats).

I realised I had to get out of the band when I was outvoted and had to learn to play "Amarillo" when it hit the charts in 2005 (Peter Kaye has a lot to answer for)! I HATED it with a vengeance.

I started a progressive rock band shortly after that! I swore I would never play cheese again....

Honestly I just love playing keyboards and love playing with good musicians to the point where it almost doesn't matter what I play. Especially not if it's a crowd pleaser and I get to have a hall full of people dancing when we play it.