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To: Lazlo in PA

“If you lived through the 70’s, you know this song. It seemed like they played “Poetry Man” every 5 minutes on the radio for years.”

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!


3 posted on 04/26/2011 8:18:05 AM PDT by I cannot think of a name
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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: I cannot think of a name
I held the world record for channel change (2.7 nanoseconds). I credit this song with helping me set that record!
Even worse is Debbie Boone's - You Light Up My Life.
Caterwauling at its worst.
28 posted on 04/26/2011 9:24:42 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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