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To: I cannot think of a name
At one time, back in the 70’s when car radios had push buttons, I held the world record for channel change (2.7 nanoseconds). I credit this song with helping me set that record!

This song and "Cats in the Cradle" by Harry Chapin were instrumental in my being a Steely Dan fan. At least you knew that you may here one of their songs a week. But some of those songs back then got so tight airplay that if you got stuck on one top 40 station while working or in a store, you would have episodes of Deja Vu every 70 minutes.

18 posted on 04/26/2011 8:35:59 AM PDT by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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To: Lazlo in PA

I remember getting my first FM radio. It was like a whole new world opened up.


19 posted on 04/26/2011 8:37:14 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Lazlo in PA
I ‘had’ been a HUGE Creedence fan until Top 40 decided to play them to death! Nearly 40 years later my wife and I were walking around a small group of restaurants trying to decide where to eat. We walked into one and the opening guitar riffs to “Around the Bend” came blasting through the air. I grabbed my wife's arm and said, “somewhere else.”

Top 40 radio has left me feeling like Pavlov's dog for lots of songs from that era!

25 posted on 04/26/2011 8:57:55 AM PDT by I cannot think of a name
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