Evidently when I was 12 to 14 this became my candidate for the most irritating song of all time. I cringed when it came on the radio, and the song became embedded in my mind:

YouTube: WENDY RENE YOUNG AND FOOLISH (SOULDIES24)

Lyrics
Looking back in my diary
And reading 'bout the little girl that I used to be
Be young and foolish, wanting something new and exciting
Wanting to be loved, because it was the right thing
But how was I to realize I'd only bring tears to my eyes
Well I was such a young girl and so full of fun girl yeah
There are too many years, too much time to wait on
I thought I had to do what must be done, now now
I pushed the boy that I love to pretend he loved me
I made that same boy kiss me and hug me
What a young and foolish girl who couldn't wait on her real lovе
I should have known it takes two to feel love, now now
Looking back in that samе diary
And reading 'bout that little girl that I used to be
Be young and foolish
Now I was such a young girl, a full of fun girl
Couldn't wait on her real love
I didn't know how to feel loved, so young, so young...

What is the most irritating song from your youth? :)

One of the things I've noticed is that some younger folk don't understand the influence of the styles of flow of music over time. It's most noticeable in guitarists. If you ask me who's the most influential guitarist, to me, it's Jimi Hendrix. Inevitably they choose someone who came after him, who was heavily influenced by him, and just say they're much better than Jimi. Trying to explain to them their guitarist is heavily influenced by Jimi doesn't seem to work ever. I remember talking with one woman who insisted SRV (Stevie Ray Vaughn)was much better than Jimi. I was astonished that she didn't give Jimi any credit at all seeing that SRV developed his style imitating Jimi, and explained to her that if you watch his videos, he's playing and imitating Jimi, but he did such a masterful job on Little Wing I think that's the definitive version of it. She was from Texas and SRV was God. :) But I did detect that there was also some bigotry there, and SRV was also better because he was white, which saddened me.