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4 hours ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

Plus, my college marching band would play a cheese ball version of it, which was both funny and ultimately catchy.

Marching bands are great. As you say, they can make the worst song likable. There’s a couple high schools near that have fantastic, sizable ones that just wow you in the local parades. 
 

Cheese ball version? That’s a thinker, but I think I got it.

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6 hours ago, Philly McButterpants said:

Are you nuts?  I LOVE this song - summer of '78 vibes.

 

Same here. Got my first job working in a pizzeria that year. Brings back memories every time I hear it.

 

 

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1 hour ago, US Egg said:

Marching bands are great. As you say, they can make the worst song likable. There’s a couple high schools near that have fantastic, sizable ones that just wow you in the local parades. 
 

Cheese ball version? That’s a thinker, but I think I got it.

 

My sons high school marching band was sizable and every year the half-time show was impressive. I'll never forget my eldest coming home with the music freshman year and the closing song was Karn Evil 9. Awesome. Other years they played music I didn't care for (Pit Bull, Avicii) and it was still great. Good times.

 

Back to the thread, here's a song that was pretty popular that I could never stomach:

 

Shout, shout , let it all out. This is a song I could live without!

 

 

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10 minutes ago, SinceThe70s said:

 

My sons high school marching band was sizable and every year the half-time show was impressive. I'll never forget my eldest coming home with the music freshman year and the closing song was Karn Evil 9. Awesome. Other years they played music I didn't care for (Pit Bull, Avicii) and it was still great. Good times.

 

Back to the thread, here's a song that was pretty popular that I could never stomach:

 

Shout, shout , let it all out. This is a song I could live without!

 

 

My favorite Tears For Fears song.

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I have a friend who hates 

 

 

the funny thing is that it’s easy to get the song stuck in his head.  We sing Mr Roboto and he freaks out - dropping ear worm torture  lol 

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On 1/23/2025 at 3:05 PM, PastaJoe said:


Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street. The saxophone is like nails on a chalkboard. I quickly switch stations whenever it comes on.

Gerry Rafferty was also the lead singer of Stealers Wheel famous for…

 

Stuck In The Middle With You…

 

 

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3 minutes ago, LabattBlue said:

Gerry Rafferty was also the lead singer of Stealers Wheel famous for…

 

Stuck In The Middle With You…

 

 

Gerry Rafferty was a damn good song writer-

 

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2 hours ago, Pete said:

I have a friend who hates 

 

 

the funny thing is that it’s easy to get the song stuck in his head.  We sing Mr Roboto and he freaks out - dropping ear worm torture  lol 

 

Apart from the song and video itself, what made it worse for me is that it came from a band that I liked years before it came out.

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19 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:


what about head over heels? That is the best tears for fears song!! 

That is a good one. The opening piano part is simple, yet challenging. 

 

My band does Everybody Wants To Rule The World. I had to make the bass part somewhat challenging. So I drop the E to D for starters. I used to play harmonics on the first couple of notes of the chorus, but instead, I'm up to the 19th fret on the G string, and the 17th fret on the now high D string, and then playing a whole step down (17th and 15th fret respectively) on the second part. All while riding the tuned-down low D string. That keeps me on my toes. 

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26 minutes ago, Draconator said:

That is a good one. The opening piano part is simple, yet challenging. 

 

My band does Everybody Wants To Rule The World. I had to make the bass part somewhat challenging. So I drop the E to D for starters. I used to play harmonics on the first couple of notes of the chorus, but instead, I'm up to the 19th fret on the G string, and the 17th fret on the now high D string, and then playing a whole step down (17th and 15th fret respectively) on the second part. All while riding the tuned-down low D string. That keeps me on my toes. 

 

A couple really nice covers if you're interested:

 

 

 

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