And I'll tear your ears off if you tell anyone....
Red Rubber Ball by The Cyrkle; God Bless The Conspiracy by McKendree-Spring; Play That Funky Music, White Boy; This Diamond Ring by Gary Lewis and The Playboys; Hair (original soundtrack); Pleasant Valley Sunday by The Monkees
Midnight at the Oasis
“I’m Bringing Sexy Back” and I hate Justin Timberlake.
I have a soft spot for 80’s pop music, especially Duran Duran. I had a huge crush on them when I was a sophomore in high school! The crush is long gone, but I still like their early music. Their CDs do look a bit out of place alongside the Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Megadeth and Overkill stuff.
Journey - Lights.
Sadly, there are many...but I’ll throw out just one.
I really have no use for Barry Manilow but I love the song “Weekend in New England” for some inexplicable reason.
Reminds me of the end of senior year of high school.
Like nearly all pop/rock/soul music from the 70's, but not ashamed to admit that.
Jenny and I love L.A., really. Jenny is numero uno.
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When I had my Convertible, I blasted those songs while driving up PCH from Laguna to Newport.
I admit, before this clown became, ugh, a teenage idol, I liked this tune: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riuXdXAOArY
Remember this at the roller skating rink? We’d all skate real, real fast, we were so cool man ...
Bay City Rollers - Saturday Night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBn2ux5vRHk
Blue Swede - Hooked On A Feeling (the cover of B J Thomas’ version) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo-qweh7nbQ&feature=related
This is a very fascinating thread! Here’s another one, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB93vLlnXj0
Incense and Peppermints, kinda trippy but catchy.
We have an oldies station in the Hudson Vly, that at times puts the “bubblegum music” and novelty tunes in heavy rotation. their slogan used to be “crank it up, embarass your kids”.
And speaking of my neck of the woods, Pt. Jervis, NY has a few claims to fame, among them, Stephen Crane wrote The Red Badge of Courage while living here, and The Kalin twins were born and raised here, their one smash hit from 1959, When http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G55yNWCnXTI Sadly they passed away a few yrs ago within a few months of each other.