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Jeff Wrangler:
OK, this isn't news, but it seemed the best place to share a joke at my own expense, since it's music related.
It took me I-can't-say-how-many decades until I recently figured out that the lyric is "East End boys and West End girls" (reference to areas of London).
:laugh:
(Oh, yeah. I heard Chuck's favorite song on our Eighties-Nineties station this afternoon. ;D )
It amazes me how many of those old songs I can "name that tune" just by the first few bars of the intro.
CellarDweller:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on April 25, 2021, 03:45:15 pm ---(Oh, yeah. I heard Chuck's favorite song on our Eighties-Nineties station this afternoon. ;D )
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;D
serious crayons:
It amazes me how many of those old songs I can sing along to, even if I didn't like them. In fact sometimes I find myself quietly humming/singing songs I didn't like, word for word, when I'm not even listening to them. For example, if I stop in a store and they're on the Muzak, an hour later I might find myself singing them.
Occasionally, and I can't think of any real examples, I find myself singing something in connection with some other unrelated thing that happened. For example (again not a real one) I might read an article about Africa and later find myself singing Toto's "Africa."
Jeff Wrangler:
Even on our Eighties-Nineties "oldies" station, the DJs still don't say the title of the song or who's singing it. These are songs I remember from the Eighties and Nineties and probably didn't know even then what the title was or who was singing it. :laugh:
There are, of course, exceptions--like "Africa" by Toto. :laugh:
This reminds me of something I've been thinking about lately. One morning when my alarm went off, the station was playing "St. Elmo's Fire," the theme from the movie, even though it wasn't written for that. But that's it: At some places in the song, you can hear trumpets in the "background." It struck me then, something I'd never really thought about before: Somebody had to actually sit down and write this stuff. Somebody had to orchestrate it (if that's the right word for those trumpets in the background). Yes, somebody had to write the lyrics, but somebody had to write the tune and all the other things, and "back then" they probably did some of it, maybe a lot of it, on paper with musical staves printed on it.
Even a rock and roll song has a lot of musical work behind it.
BTW, I like "St. Elmo's Fire." There's a kind of galloping rhythm to it that appeals to me.
Front-Ranger:
Good points, Jeff. Music play such a big part in our lives and we really don't appreciate what all goes into creating it.
--- Quote from: serious crayons on April 26, 2021, 10:25:48 am ---It amazes me how many of those old songs I can sing along to, even if I didn't like them. In fact sometimes I find myself quietly humming/singing songs I didn't like, word for word, when I'm not even listening to them. For example, if I stop in a store and they're on the Muzak, an hour later I might find myself singing them.
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There is a science/psychology to the music that is played in the background. Can the muzak make you so nostalgic that you buy something even though you don't need it? Probably!
--- Quote from: serious crayons on April 26, 2021, 10:25:48 am ---Occasionally, and I can't think of any real examples, I find myself singing something in connection with some other unrelated thing that happened. For example (again not a real one) I might read an article about Africa and later find myself singing Toto's "Africa."
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That happened to me just yesterday. There was a story on the radio about the Census and the "bridge" music in between stories was a silly song about "making a stand, every boy, girl, woman, and man." I'm sure you've heard it. I still can't get that out of my mind!
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