Clever lyrics, but the beat doesn't move me that much.
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“Overplayed” songs/artists that you actually like
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It's funny because I used to associate "In the Air Tonight" with Miami Vice. Since the movie The Hangover, I'm more prone to think about what Mike Tyson said just before Phil Collins kicks into the iconic drumming near the end of the song. It's a great track!
Might be overplayed, but deservedly so. One of the best and most catchy rhythm tracks of the past 50 years, "Escapade" by Janet Jackson. JMO.
They played it last week at the supermarket, and the lady in front of me in line started dancing. LOL. -Daryl
They played it last week at the supermarket, and the lady in front of me in line started dancing. LOL. -Daryl
Some people might be tired of this because it's played a lot on classic hits formats and it sounds "too disco-ish", but "September" by Earth, Wind, and Fire is very memorable. JMO -- Daryl
Believe it or not, I'd never heard this song before just now! Guess it's "overplayed" in formats I don't listen to anymore, and not memorable enough to catch my ear in supermarkets, ballparks, restaurants or wherever else it might be played.
Anything that Dolly sings is OK with me.....
Love those two songs, grew up with them. Early 80s had a slew of country/pop songs that did well. “Islands in the Stream” is just another great example of a duet style song charting #1 in late 1983. Another song that classic hit radio should embrace is “Angel of the Morning” by Juice Newton. Just fabulous!!
Absolutely!
I like that one.
I prefer the original but anything by Juice is good.
The video of "Love's Been a Little Bit Hard on Me" is funny because she keeps getting injured.
I like pretty much everything by Billy Joel but "Movin' Out" will make me change stations because of this one annoying part.
"heart att-ack-ack-ack-ack," perhaps?
Yeah.
I was thinking of the car spinning the wheels, kind of unnecessary in a hit song if you ask me.
Definitely agree with you about those two. Three more that are way overplayed but I still never get tired of hearing are Brown Eyed Girl, Bohemian Rhapsody and Hotel California.
Don't Ask Me Why is one of my favorite Billy Joel songs. I would rank it third on my list of favorites, behind my top favorites Only The Good Die Young (still played fairly often) and Scenes From an Italian Restaurant (not played all that often anymore).
The version that is played on the retro American Top 40 countdowns usually does not contain the car burning out. Heard that version a lot back when it was a hit, but not much since then.
I heard it yesterday.
I guess I like that one too.
Not sure where I heard it. Might have been America's Best Music when I was still listening to that. And I don't recall liking it.
I realize the title of this thread, but there were a few songs that were overplayed when new, and got overplayed even more during what I'll call the Oldies Era (late 80s-early 2000s):
Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones is one I used to hear All. The. Time on KFRC (and probably elsewhere) back in the early 2000s. I got pretty sick of it.
Louie Louie by The Kingsmen is another one. I didn't mind it at first, but I got pretty tired of it because the lyrics really don't make any sense.
A song that didn't get overplayed, that I happen to like: Beep Beep by The Playmates. I liked the song instantly, and it took me a solid 10 years to find it again on YouTube because I only ever heard it on the radio once.
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Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones is one I used to hear All. The. Time on KFRC (and probably elsewhere) back in the early 2000s. I got pretty sick of it.
Louie Louie by The Kingsmen is another one. I didn't mind it at first, but I got pretty tired of it because the lyrics really don't make any sense.
A song that didn't get overplayed, that I happen to like: Beep Beep by The Playmates. I liked the song instantly, and it took me a solid 10 years to find it again on YouTube because I only ever heard it on the radio once.
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