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| From | Jocelyn Geboy <smussyolay@yahoo.com> |
| Subject | Re: Jocelyn/80s |
| Date | Sat, 16 Aug 2003 07:39:33 -0700 (PDT) |
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> I didnt seriously start buying albums until I was
> 13. I love songs like
> "Whenever You're On My Mind" that jump out of the
> speakers at first listen. I
> still use that "does it grab you" criteria to pick
> songs for my Live365
> stations today - sometimes I'm too busy to pick
> listen to the whole CD so I do
> a quick scan through at first and pick songs that
> have the best 90 second
> intro
> and sometimes scan to see if I like the chorus. Its
> not the best way, but I
> have always thought that immediacy and catchiness
> are true Power Pop
> virtures.
>
~~~yeah. i've always thought i have a 'single' ear.
and i don't think that's a bad thing. i think it just
means that's often a band's strongest song.
> I love a lot of 80's radio pop and R&B - some hits
> have aged well, others like
> "Puttin' On The Ritz" make me wonder why ever I
> bought those singles.
>
>man. puttin' on the ritz. it gives me a sort of a
shiver right now. wasn't the perpetrator of that
particular crime 'taco'? or something ridiculous like
that?
jocelyn
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