Friends and Lovers
I really never cared for this song by soap star Gloria Loring and singer Carl Anderson as a child growing up in the 80s. No, it wasn't until the last few years that I heard it by chance and the lyrics sank in and I really began to appreciate it. This, ladies and gentlemen, is a true booty call song. And while many songs of today make it seem like a shallow exercise, this song adds much needed substance to the act.So I'll be your friend
And I'll be your lover
Well, I know in our heart we agree
We don't have to be one or the other
Other
And I'll be your lover
Well, I know in our heart we agree
We don't have to be one or the other
Other
This is wisdom and brilliance people!! Booty calls need not be gestures of emptiness and self-indulgence. This song is about.....MEANINGFUL booty calls. And I like that! Really, I do.
Gloria
I hated t
his Laura Branigan song then (1982) and still hate it now. The reason this one got stuck in my head is because of a trip to a grocery store. I was minding my own business, groceries in hand, and out of nowhere this idiot in a 80's Chrysler Le Baron convertible (with wood paneling) drove by me and parked next to my car with this song blasting. Yes, the convertible top was down! This man, who obviously lives with his mother, thought he was the greatest thing in the world. He didn't exit the car, he strutted out of it and looked at me as if I were some type of social retard. Yes, a man with his socks rolled up to his knees and clothing from 1988 had the nerve to think he had the one up on yours truly. Because this incident was so vivid and traumatic, the song brings back awful memories of that day and not only do I hate the song, I hate him as well. I wish him dead actually.The Captain of Her Heart
This 80s tune by Double wasn't anything that stuck a chord with me upon it's release, but rather it was it's persistence over the years that actually won me over. In an elevator, grocery store or doctors office, I'd hear this song. I thought the song was somehow stalking me. It wasn't until I mentioned this song in conversation that others began to laugh and remarked that they had heard it too and in the same places. While at first I resisted this song, it has become a lite favorite in Ricardo's library of music. Why? The song was so persistent that is just beat me into submission and for that, I give props to Double.
Side note: The song was redone in the 90s by the original vocalist, Kurt Maloo, and is quite smooth!
All Time High
Those of you who have read this blog over the years know that I am a HUGE, HUGE James Bond fan. Not so crazy about what they are doing with the more recent films which feel like "Bourne Identity" clones, but the series is a passion of mine. It's not that I want things like invisible cars, jet packs and death rays from outer space. I NEED these things. So, it should be no shock that at least one Bond song would get stuck in my head.
This cheesy Rita Coolidge number is another one that beat me into submission because I kept hearing it over and over again at drug and grocery stores. Why this is so common on their play lists, I will never know. But I was not alone. Again, several friends of mine had observed this oddity and felt strange about it, withholding the information until I came forward and confessed first. Since then, we have sporadically sang (like an opera singer) or texted each other "We're an all time high" at random with no reason behind it.
We were able to preserve our masculinity by acknowledging that it was part of a James Bond movie and that was macho enough.
Sweet Caroline
Far be it from me to put down the Jewish Elvis himself, Neil Diamond, but this song has been used in ways that it should have never been used. I mean really, what the hell does this song have to do with baseball and why must I hear it at a Mets game who ripped off the idea from the Red Sox? And what the hell were the Red Sox thinking about when it came to this song? I'd rather hear the asinine "Who Let the Dogs Out" before this.
No, this song did not beat me into submission. I resisted. I still hate it but have all the respect in the world for Mr.Diamond. He sings a mean Kol Nidre.
And that about does it. I have more songs but really don't feel like getting into them. I also don't care if you have heard of these songs or not. It means nothing to me so if that's what you were going to say in your comments, don't bother. I'll just delete you. We all have songs that get stuck in our heads that don't fit our tastes, what are some of yours?
Share them....NOW!!!
