Beggin'

The Republican party is toast for a while. I believe that Rush Limbaugh and Sarah Palin are nearly as responsible as George W. Bush, but this site is not about politics, it's about important things like cats, road trips, and Christmas lights.

But I do remember one thing that Rush Limbaugh said, probably 15 years ago, that I just recently learned how true it was. Rush, as a radio personality, started as a DJ first, as most of them did. I remember hearing him lamenting the fact that the business model for "oldies" stations was to only play Billboard top 10 songs from an era. He hated that  the younger generation were denied access to a lot of really great music because some good stuff never got onto the top 10.

So last night, Kelly and I were watching a commercial and she said " I want to know what that song is."



It turns out that it only got to Billboard 14, so my generation has never heard it on the airwaves. What a crime it is that this was un-played while I know the words to (and have a blog named sort of after) "Doo Wah Diddy" (the worst song ever created), and that I have heard "What's New Pussycat," yet this Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons gem, I only heard once on an Adidas commercial?

Complete travesty.

 
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  • 12/12/2008 9:17 PM chuck wrote:
    Now, I understand that the version I linked to here is a remix, however that remix added no new sounds, just..well remixed. Kelly and I have the original Frankie Valli song on Rhapsody and it's just as good.
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  • 12/13/2008 6:50 AM mom wrote:
    Groovy beat. Great to dance to. I'd give it a 10, Dick. (As in Clark for those under 50)
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  • 12/13/2008 8:12 AM adrienne wrote:
    I keep reading that since so many people are listening to digital music (instead of radio stations) that commercials and television shows are the best way to get songs into the public consciousness. Even with as little as I watch TV, I certainly pick up music I like--movies, too, of course.
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  • 12/14/2008 5:26 AM JJ wrote:
    That video was AWESOME!! I can't wait till Devon wakes up - I SO want to show her.

    Oh - guess what?? Devon just found out she got into the University of Buffalo and their Dance program.

    She's psyched!!
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  • 12/14/2008 5:42 AM JJ wrote:
    She loved the video.
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