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Lately I've had that Billy Joel "Brenda and Eddie" thing I can't get it out of my head Walleye Jul 2023 #1
yep debm55 Jul 2023 #2
Oh, THANKS! Thanks a HEAP! dchill Jul 2023 #4
My profound apologies Walleye Jul 2023 #7
My counter-present to you - another Billy Joel worm... dchill Jul 2023 #9
Yep, Davey who's still in the Navy, stuck in my head Walleye Jul 2023 #11
Yep. With that line still flogging my brain... dchill Jul 2023 #12
And he pairs it with some really catchy tunes Walleye Jul 2023 #16
Usually very good. Just occasionally too much corn starch. dchill Jul 2023 #21
Good description Walleye Jul 2023 #22
Appreciated. dchill Jul 2023 #29
Stop, stop, stop! I hated Billy Joel the first time I heard him and it went downhill from there. yardwork Jul 2023 #77
Local radio played Sinead O'Conner's "Nothing Compares to You" to shreds. I still hate it ... marble falls Jul 2023 #3
Kroger uses it in adds .can't stand when they use music like that. Srkdqltr Jul 2023 #6
There are a lot of songs that are so abused by corporate advertising. Sorry to hear about this ... marble falls Jul 2023 #18
Wasn't too much here in Western PA. I listened to it on YouTube. I did like it, debm55 Jul 2023 #35
Has to be "Good Morning Starshine" Otto_Harper Jul 2023 #5
I liked it when it first came out. But like American Pie way overplayed. debm55 Jul 2023 #36
OMG I have so, so many songs I'd prefer to never, ever hear one single more time Hugh_Lebowski Jul 2023 #8
Yes. dchill Jul 2023 #10
Now that you mention it, there's also some Yessongs ;) nt Hugh_Lebowski Jul 2023 #13
Don't I know it. dchill Jul 2023 #14
I guess flamed for this, but Stairway to Heaven sets my teeth on edge Walleye Jul 2023 #19
To the contrary, being sick of Stairway is probably the most socially accepted position Hugh_Lebowski Jul 2023 #23
LOL! It might not be "socially acceptable" but I never tired of that song. highplainsdem Jul 2023 #60
Imagine you've been to the Louvre 500 times and seen the Mona Lisa every time Hugh_Lebowski Jul 2023 #63
I've probably run across print and video images of the Mona Lisa much more highplainsdem Jul 2023 #65
100% agree my patience for crap songs is exponentially shorter than it is for great ones Hugh_Lebowski Jul 2023 #66
I like Stairway to Heaven. It really didn't get alot of radio time back then, More from listen to debm55 Jul 2023 #67
It's not at all that I 'don't like it' and probably most times I heard it was because Hugh_Lebowski Jul 2023 #68
I agree Duncanpup Jul 2023 #40
Yes, good songs --way overplayed. debm55 Jul 2023 #38
Does It Matter If It Was Something Hated At First Hearing That Became A Radio Plague? The Magistrate Jul 2023 #15
Do you similarly hate the original, Sir? (nt) Hugh_Lebowski Jul 2023 #17
No Idea, Never Heard It, But I Doubt I Would Like It The Magistrate Jul 2023 #26
You've never heard this (or thereabouts)? Hugh_Lebowski Jul 2023 #32
I really like Bob Marley's version. Clapton did it no justice. debm55 Jul 2023 #39
Hence my question to The Magistrate Hugh_Lebowski Jul 2023 #47
I go along with that choice Walleye Jul 2023 #20
Clapton can be very authentic with the blues... dchill Jul 2023 #28
I Don't Think Much Of Him As Bluesman The Magistrate Jul 2023 #31
1-877-Kars For Kids.....nt global1 Jul 2023 #24
There is truly no better answer than this Hugh_Lebowski Jul 2023 #27
I cannot reach for the mute button fast enough when this... 3catwoman3 Jul 2023 #37
Oh my, reminds me of the Partridge Family debm55 Jul 2023 #41
This. I can't grab the remote fast enough when that ad appears. Ocelot II Jul 2023 #46
Muskrat Love. Afternoon Delight. emulatorloo Jul 2023 #25
So true. debm55 Jul 2023 #42
Yeah. All of those. hlthe2b Jul 2023 #49
I suppose it will be showing my age to choose this one,but Otto_Harper Jul 2023 #30
Oh Good Lord, Man The Magistrate Jul 2023 #33
ARRGH!!!!!!!!!! emulatorloo Jul 2023 #34
I remember that song because I was named after Debby Reynolds and my mother constantly played ii debm55 Jul 2023 #43
Bwaaaaah malaise Jul 2023 #96
Band on the run band on the run band on the run band on the run band Mister Ed Jul 2023 #44
Sweet Child of Mine is getting closer and closer to making my list. Gidney N Cloyd Jul 2023 #45
Definitely. And I really, really never need to hear Welcome to the Jungle again Hugh_Lebowski Jul 2023 #70
That song by Sia Diamond_Dog Jul 2023 #48
The most overplayed song of all time: Rolling Stone Satisfaction. rsdsharp Jul 2023 #50
After I hear a song enough, my mind starts to change the song NotASurfer Jul 2023 #51
For about five years, Hotel California was constantly on the radio Clash City Rocker Jul 2023 #52
Isn't that true. debm55 Jul 2023 #56
I came here just to mention Hotel California. Xavier Breath Jul 2023 #72
I liked America, but Muskrat Love is apparently the one song they stopped playing hlthe2b Jul 2023 #53
DON'T STOP BELIEVING!!! Coventina Jul 2023 #54
Just off the top of my head thatcrowwoman Jul 2023 #55
thatcrowwoman --yes to those and add I Think I love You by the Partridge Family debm55 Jul 2023 #58
My husband says this was a Moose Lodge favorite when his folks dragged him there when he was little. thatcrowwoman Jul 2023 #57
HA, I rememeber that Yackety Yack, Don't talk back. debm55 Jul 2023 #59
"These songs shall never be played again in My Kingdom!" My Sharona and the simpering warbling NBachers Jul 2023 #61
I agree with some of your choices. I think when we were younger, we had transistors and the music debm55 Jul 2023 #64
Margaritaville & Cheeseburger in Paradise - this from a Parrothead Hestia Jul 2023 #62
I noticed that too--like he is a two hit wonder. debm55 Jul 2023 #69
Stairway to Heaven. Free Bird. Dulcinea Jul 2023 #71
Yes and yes Mad_Dem_X Jul 2023 #73
YMCA Mr.Bill Jul 2023 #74
American Pie Emile Jul 2023 #75
Agree--over played debm55 Jul 2023 #80
Anything on the Yacht Rock channel. Dulcinea Jul 2023 #76
The problem is that ALL these songs are played endlessly now, instead of new music. yardwork Jul 2023 #78
yardwork, very true. I agree that is why people are getting tired of them. It's like a loop of debm55 Jul 2023 #79
Yes, I remember when the radio had live DJs you could call. yardwork Jul 2023 #81
Yardwork, there's a LOT of new music out there, but you won't hear it on highplainsdem Jul 2023 #90
Yellow Submarine sung by the Chipmunks parkia00 Jul 2023 #82
Anything from the Chipmunks. The kid should have had earphones. debm55 Jul 2023 #85
Whitney's cover of malaise Jul 2023 #83
Yes, when The Body Guard came out it was played constantly. It's a good example of overplaying a debm55 Jul 2023 #84
And it was sung at nearly every wedding I attended for ages malaise Jul 2023 #86
That too. We had Roberta Flack's song--The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face. at ours but that was debm55 Jul 2023 #87
Ha for Roberta malaise Jul 2023 #92
Just like Eric Clapton could not capture the soul and dept of I Shot the Sheriff by Bob Marley. debm55 Jul 2023 #93
A classic malaise Jul 2023 #94
all songs by Prince, Cher, Madonna, and Kelly Clarkson. milestogo Jul 2023 #88
Yes, I was going to say do you think it depends on the station you are listening to? debm55 Jul 2023 #89
Definitely. milestogo Jul 2023 #91
Hey Jude IcyPeas Jul 2023 #95
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