1) “Don’t Stop Believing” by Journey
This is the most ubiquitous university song ever but it’s seriously lame. I guess we love it because it captures all the hope and spirit of youth, but by your second semester of first year at school should have made you jaded enough to realize that there is no hope and this song is a lie.
2) Anything by Notorious B.I.G.
If you are in university, you probably spend a significant amount of time reading and studying. Don’t even pretend you can relate to “Gimmie the Loot.” You can’t.
3) Anything Girl Talk
What’s cooler than having Greg Gillis mashing up a bunch of songs from different genres for your next party? Putting a little effort into making your own playlist! Don’t be lazy, a Girl Talk song only sounds good so many times.
4) “Roxanne” by The Police
I don’t despise this song, but if you’ve ever tried to play the “Roxanne” drinking game you’ll know it’s impractical - Sting says Roxanne way too many times and you end up spilling the shots all over your outfit and looking like a drunken hobo for the rest of the night. With all the repetitive pop music out there I wish we could find an easier drinking song.
5) “Let Me Clear My Throat” by DJ Kool and “Engine Number 9” by Fat Man Scoop
They’re pretty much the same song and often get remixed together. The lyrics are about absolutely nothing and are painfully cliched when you think about them while sober. “Can I get a whoo whoo” and “Pick it up, pick it up, pick it up, pick it up,” make me fear for the composer’s articulacy.
Honourable Mention: “Paper Planes” by M.I.A. I like M.I.A. despite her ubiquity and her whole Jay-Z style announcement that she’s retiring. But McGill kids: you may live in a “ghetto” but you can not pull off the firing shots into the air with your hands dance move during this song’s bullet round chorus. If you don’t already regret doing this you soon will.
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