Evil ubiquity of Oldies music

[skeptic53]

Many, many of the retail establishments in our area play Oldies pop music as background. Now I grew up in the infamous '60s so I am overly familiar with this genre. I feel sorry for the young late-teen, 20-something retail clerks having to listen to songs that were oldies before they were even born! I mean, how many times does anyone have to listen to "Stop, In the Name of Love" or "Heard it Through the Grapevine"?? Great songs in their day, but playing them nowadays would be like, when I was a teenager working, all the restaurants & shops playing 1920's music! Boop boop be doop and 23 skiddoo!

[tollbaby]

Pennsylvania 6-5000? ;) I'm 31 (thus born AFTER the 60s) and I love this music. I also love classic rock, and can tolerate most current music. I like pretty much anything. But quite frankly, you're NEVER going to find music to play in any workplace that everyone will like.

[Imogene]

Oh, come on, Tollbaby, don't you know Pennsylvania 6-5000 was covered by... by... Brian Setzer Orchestra?

[Noelegy]

Heh! My husband gave me an iPod Nano for my birthday. I loves it, I loves it forever. My stepson sniped, "You don't even KNOW 4 Gig worth of songs." I pointed out the presence of approximately 500 CDs in my study, and he sniffed, "Oh, if THAT'S what you're going to use it for."

He's always letting me know how uncool I am because I don't listen to popular music (my car radio is almost always on a classic rock station), but I finally had to explain to him that even when I was his age (16) I didn't always listen to what was popular then. I discovered Kansas and early Foreigner when I was 16, and a few years later got into Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, and the Moody Blues.

When I worked at the music store I had at least a working compass for what was popular at the time and even picked up a few new likes, but ever since then I am completely hopeless with regard to what's hot...and perfectly happy that way.

And Skeptic53, I think the "Scooby Dooby Dooby" song got remade, too. :) I'm not sure which version was floating through my brain.

By the way, my stepson's favorite band is Slipknot, which to me is a crochet term.

[skeptic53]

The song I'm thinking of is "Everyday People" by Sly & the Family Stone from the 1969 album "Stand"

It has the lyric "and so on and so on, and Scooby Dooby Dooby..."

It popularized the phrase "Different strokes for different folks".

http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=3428

[Sonoma]

By the way, my stepson's favorite band is Slipknot, which to me is a crochet term.

Count me in. To me a slipknot is something I use to tie my horse.

OT, my radio has mainly country music, but I do have the classic rock station programmed as well. I had the 80s station in there also, until they changed their format, and now I never listen to them.

[Strange Magic]

The old stuff sure beats the top 40 stuff that pollutes the airwaves now.

[myswtghst]

I'm only 23, and most days, I'd rather listen to Oldies and classic rock than some of the stuff that's come out recently. I have my guilty pleasures, but most of top 40 nowadays is not good. :p

[DarthRetard]

Tollbaby, Pennsylvania 6-5000 was actually done by Glenn Miller Orchestra in the 40's. It was their way of allowing other producers and music big wigs know how to contact them, as they pretty much lived in pennsylvania suite 6-5000.

As a jazz musician, I love oldies stuff.

[ContraCorriente]

I am so sick of "Respect," "Stand by Me," and that song that goes, "and the cat's in the cradle...." somethign about a silver spoon, blah blah blah.

I hate oldies! I'd almost rather hear...*gulp*...country.

[blas]

When you're stuck listening to gut wrenching country music 4 nights a week, you'll settle for anything else any day of the week!!

I love classic rock, that's my favorite station that they play at work. Not to mention I am probably one of the only 20 year olds in this day and age who has ever been caught singing "Donna" by Ritchie Valens at kareoke....lol. My other greatest hits have been "Yellow Submarine" "Rebel Yell" (ok, that one is more 80's, but still) and "RESPECT" lol.

[1756GR2]

Nothing drives me battier than hearing that saccharine "You're Beeeyooootifuuuuulllll" five times an hour all day. Give me classic/alternative/progressive rock. Or send me back to the Glenn Miller era. (BTW, my aunt played his mother-in-law in The Glenn Miller Story.) Got my Sirius programmed for Radio Classics and The Vault. Side trips to Disturbed, Rob Zombie, Anti-Flag, CKY. As my daughter says, "Ma, you're old enough to REMEMBER Jack Benny's shows." Disco can never be dead enough.

[DarthRetard]

1756GR2, my uncle played in his band....he was a trombonist for a time.

[powerboy]

Count me in. To me a slipknot is something I use to tie my horse.

OT, my radio has mainly country music, but I do have the classic rock station programmed as well. I had the 80s station in there also, until they changed their format, and now I never listen to them.


Same for me too. I can listen to oldies, because I love the oldies. I grew up listening to them, and country

[BrightEyedKitty]

Lesley Gore FTW.

Maybe I know that he's been cheatin', maybe I know that he's been untrue, but what can I do? :D

[Mongo Skruddgemire]

"and the cat's in the cradle...."

Well if "Cat in the Cradle" isn't to your taste then how about...

Cat in the Kettle (http://www.winkman.com/chinese.swf)
Did you ever think when you eat Chinese,
It ain't pork or chicken but a fat Siamese
Yet the food tastes great so you don't complain
But that's not chicken in your chicken chow mein
Seems to me I ordered sweet and sour pork
But Garfield's on my fork
He's purring here on my fork

There's a cat in the kettle at the Peking Moon
The place that I eat every day at noon
They can feed you cat and you'll never know
Once they wrap it up in dough, boy,
They fry it real crisp in dough

Chow Lin asks if I wanted more,
As he was dialing up his buddy at the old pet store
I said not today, I lost my appetite,
There's two cats in my belly and they want to fight
I was sucking on a Roland's and a Tums or two
When I swear I heard it mew, boy
And that is when I knew

There's a cat in the kettle at the Peking Moon
I think I got to stop eating there at noon
They say that it's beef or fish or pork
But it's purring there on my fork
There's a hair ball on my fork

[Demonoid Phenomenon]

The old stuff sure beats the top 40 stuff that pollutes the airwaves now.

PREACH.
If I happen to hear a new artist that I like, it's almost always by pure accident.
I haven't listened to Top 40 radio on purpose in years.
Music has lost it's fun and sense of humor. Everything is about angst or who's the bigger slut or hip hop.
I've actually started listening to country music (to some extent) and that's something I thought would NEVER happen.

Hang the DJ!

[Banrion]

I am totally an 80's girl, but I too have found the new country to be to my liking. My theory is that today's country is very similar to alot of classic rock and 80's hair bands. Country is moving away from the banjos and twang, and incorporating the electric guitars and heavier drums. IMHO same style of music, just being labeled differently now. OK by me!

[irateguy]

Im a fan of 60-80's music too. Todays music sucks the top 40 is all hip hop and thug crap. Hell back in the 80s even hip hop was better than it is now. I told my co worker about Tone Loc ( Wild Thing) and Young MC ( Bust a Move) and he didnt know who I was talking about.
I went in a record store a few years back looking for Richie Havens cassettes the employee there looked at me like I had 3 heads:)

[blas]

I swear to God the next time I hear the country song that goes " 1 2 3 like a bird I see" I will hang myself in front of everyone at work (ok, see you guys, that means tonight!)

And the country song about marijuana, the guy that had a one night stand with his best friend's baby sister, the song about red high heels........oh my God I have never ever been so tempted to pull a Van Gough.....with both ears!