Caught this in passing recently and had forgotten how pleasant it was. Turns out, a lot of my friends had all but forgotten it, yet got emotional just listening to a few bars.
By all rights, this should be the poster song for everything wrong with that era, but it survives on, I don't know what, simplicity, earnestness.
Not to say this is my 'favorite favorite' song, but it's pretty impressive, and a little perplexing, how well it holds up.
Originally Posted by Guru:
Its always been one of my guilty pleasure songs but most people can't stand it.
I can recall that, the year this came out, I was mad that this was not the #1 song of the year on Casey Kasem's Year End Top 100. It was something like #85, what a sheltered life, me and my little clock radio tuned to Q104. Not even cool enough for KY102.
Man, I can't do Taylor Swift. I just can't do it. Just. Can't. Do. It.
Jimmy Eat World, though. That shit is good. I don't necessarily see shame in sappy stuff. Those are all pretty decent.
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
If it has to be emotionally sappy, I'll nominate these:
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(the Jimmy Eat World one genuinely caught me off guard the first time I heard it. I'm mostly a hard-hearted sumbitch but I think I recall the room getting dusty for this one...)
And if I'm required to stick with the older stuff:
Originally Posted by KC_Lee:
Sweet are glam rock legends, no shame in liking Sweet.
Not as many people like their bubblegum phase. I like their rocking phase (Ballroom Blitz, Fox on the Run, Hell Raiser, etc) but have a soft spot for their bubblegum stuff too. [Reply]
Nope. I grew up during the '70's and still have my Babys albums from then. I've also been on a tear lately going back and picking up stuff from the 70's that I wasn't into at the time (like ELO). [Reply]
Originally Posted by Frosty:
Nope. I grew up during the '70's and still have my Babys albums from then. I've also been on a tear lately going back and picking up stuff from the 70's that I wasn't into at the time (like ELO).
I'm 45 so it's a bit before my time, but I do remember some from the late 70s.
I think most of it comes from the fact that my parents were in their 30s during the 70s and hearing it on the radio. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BigMeatballDave:
I'm 45 so it's a bit before my time, but I do remember some from the late 70s.
I think most of it comes from the fact that my parents were in their 30s during the 70s and hearing it on the radio.
I graduated high school in 1982 so it was mid to late 70's for me. The funny thing is that at the time I was more into classic or hard rock so a lot of the stuff I am getting now is actually fairly new to me, though I remember some of the songs on the radio. [Reply]
