I never especially needed to hear any of these songs more than once in the first place. But after a couple of weeks of driving around Italy and listening to the radio I absolutely I never need to hear any of them again for the rest of my life. Seriously. They each get played once every ten minutes. At least.
If any of the following seem like obvious and over-familiar choices, reflective of the homogenization of pop-culture across the globe—well, don’t blame me, blame the radio programmers of Italy.
Lily Allen: “Fuck You”
Muse: “Uprising” (I still could be convinced that this one’s just an elaborate joke.)
Black Eyed Peas: “I Gotta Feeling” (No link. You’ve heard it a zillion times already.)
Shakira: “Shewolf” (See previous comment.)
Lady Gaga: “Paparazzi”
Embedded above, and also all over the radio now: Vasco Rossi’s “Ad Ogni Costo,” a cover of Radiohead’s “Creep” sung entirely in Italian, save for the word “fucking.” (I know what the lyrics on this YouTube video claim, but listen for yourself. If you can.)
Between that and the Lily Allen song, I am starting to wonder whether there is some looseness granted re broadcast standards and cursing here if the bad-word is sung in English.
Culture Tripping 
vasco rossi is the greatest italian rock star alive. he basically changes his look/sound to match what’s ‘hot’ in the US/UK but inevitably is a couple years behind. when i was there last year he had some huge song that sounded like Fall Out Boy and his band – which played on top of a hotel in the video – was about half his age. love vasco rossi.
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