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thatcrowwoman

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55. Just off the top of my head
Sat Jul 29, 2023, 01:28 PM
Jul 2023

Brandy



Joy to the World/Jeremiah was a Bullfrog.
Seriously
You’ve never heard it until you hear it by The Singing Sergeants in the Astrodome. Oy!
It did not bring joy to my world.


Sugar, honey, honey


Summertime at the public swimming pool, everybody smelling of coconut oil…
But I still like this one

🕊thatcrowwoman


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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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