Pop stars, eh? A bunch of petulant teenagers, the lot of them. Here's 10 things they just do NOT want to do...
10. Sham 69 - I Don't Wanna
Sham 69 pretty much don't wanna do much of anything. Punks.
9. Eddie Grant - I Don't Wanna Dance
Can't say I blame him. I never was much of a dancer.
8. Harry Chapin - I Don't Want To Be President
Left over from last week's American President Top 10...
Time is a march where the powerful are drummers
Big business, big labour, big oil
And soon I was meeting with the men who ran the country
The men who owned the sky and the soil
7. The Airborne Toxic Event - I Don't Want To Be On TV
If you've ever met anyone who works in television, this song will make perfect sense to you.
6. Rod Stewart - I Don't Want To Talk About It
Or, should you prefer it, the Everything But The Girl version.
5. The Magnetic Fields - I Don't Want To Get Over You
From the album 69 Love Songs, Stephin Merritt's finest hour.
I could listen to my therapist
Pretend you don't exist
And not have to dream of what I dream of
I could listen to all my friends and go out again
And pretend it's enough
Or I could make a career of being blue
I could dress in black and read Camus
Smoke clove cigarettes and drink Vermouth
Like I was 17, that would be a scream
But I don't want to get over you.
4. Elton John - I Don't Want To Go On With You Like That
He doesn't want to be just a feather in your cap.
3. The Ramones - I Don't Wanna Grow Up
...And they never did.
The Ramones could have filled an entire album with songs about things they didn't want to do. See also... I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You, I Don't Wanna Live This Life (Anymore) and, of course, I Don't Wanna Go Down To The Basement.
2. Belle & Sebastian - I Don't Want To Play Football
Could well have been my theme song in school PE lessons...
I don't want to play football
I don't understand the rules of the game
I don't want to play football
I don't understand the thrill of running, catching, throwing
Taking orders from a moron
Grabbing for the sweaty crotches
Getting hit by people I don't know
Sugar, I'd rather play a different sort of game
Sugar, the girls are just as good as boys at playing
1. Elvis Costello - (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea
Despite being devoted to this song for nigh on 25 years, I still have no idea what it's about. Unless Elvis just really doesn't want to go to Chelsea...
They call her Natasha
When she looks like Elsie
I don't want to go to Chelsea...
Go on, tell me your favourite... unless you don't wanna.
