Klarinet Archive - Posting 000591.txt from 2002/07

From: "Kimber" <wolfcry01@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] FW: [kl] Music the makes you Wince
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 00:16:47 -0400

Also, just so you know, Stairway to Heaven isn't pop. It was never pop, and
never will be. It was/is classic rock, and maybe you should listen to the
words and their meaning sometime....
Kimber the Wrestler
----- Original Message -----
From: Daniluk, Bill <bdaniluk@-----.com>
Subject: [kl] FW: [kl] Music the makes you Wince

> You may have to be of a certain age to appreciate it, but Dave Barry's
Book
> of bad songs
>
(http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/detail/-/books/0740706004/reade
> r/5/103-2799839-9473430#reader-link) Is one of the funniest compilations
of
> bad pop music that I have ever read. He has much related to Gary Puckett,
> Bobby Goldsboro (the original "Honey" hit encountered), Neil Diamond,
> Stairway to Heaven, Macarthur Park, etc., etc. This Amazon link gives
> several pages if you want to see if this hits your funny bone.
> BD
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: LeliaLoban@-----.com]
> Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 7:56 AM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: [kl] Music the makes you Wince
>
>
> Kevin Fay wrote,
> >Groaners. Music to punch puppies by.
> [snip]
> >What's your un-favorite?
>
> Last Saturday at the D. C. Big Flea, a seller of vintage rock and pop
music
> controlled the music input to the P. A. system. With all due respect,
that
> guy had terrible taste. Among other things, he treated us to a
sentimental
> chart ballad from the 1960s, "Honey (I Miss You)," sung by Gary Puckett
and
> the Union Gap. ....
>
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