On That Note: (Don't) Touch That Dial

[12191987]

You must be a disco man.

I don’t know what gets you out of bed in the morning, but for me it is the hope that today will finally be the day that someone says to me there are some Puerto Rican girls just dyin’ to meet you. With any luck they’ll bring a case of wine and we’ll mess/fool around (like we used to).

But I digress.

Rock bands doing disco songs in earnest is a ******* awesome genre unto itself.

 

[WartburgClone]

Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden
Sex and Candy - Marcy Playground
Aqualung - Jethro Tull

 

[VeloClone]

While I despised “Wildest Dreams” when it was seemingly on the radio every 15 minutes I’ve come around to actually being excited when it comes on nowadays.

My boss in college was a huge Moody Blues fan so when that came out he would play it on the juke box at least a couple of times a day if not hourly. That was in addition to hearing it on the radio.

But I think the rule was hating the song, not hating it being overplayed, so I can't say that I hate it.

 

[cyclones500]

Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden
Sex and Candy - Marcy Playground
Aqualung - Jethro Tull

That's a 3-fer with an "Agree" for me.

"BHS is" ... OK, but might be near my bottom end for major Soundgarden tracks.

 

[Kinch]

 

[12191987]

My boss in college was a huge Moody Blues fan so when that came out he would play it on the juke box at least a couple of times a day if not hourly. That was in addition to hearing it on the radio.

But I think the rule was hating the song, not hating it being overplayed, so I can't say that I hate it.

OK, I suspect we share an unambiguous non-repetition based hated song from that same summer (‘86):

 

[qwerty]

Music related: say this with a certain 80's lyrical beat

 

[MeanDean]

Music related: say this with a certain 80's lyrical beat

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[matclone]

I heard Rock the Casbah.

 

[12191987]

I heard Rock the Casbah.

Combat Rock is perennially underrated, in my opinion.

Straight to Hell surpasses The Card Cheat as the Clash’s most poignant, beautiful song and Atom Tan might even beat out Hateful as the most ignored-but-fun tune they’ve got.

 

[Icky_Mettle]

Heard 5 seconds of this song today and made me think of this thread immediately.

 

[cytor]

 

[12191987]

Such an underrated band.

I don’t recall a relevant lyric to this one though?