It's back! Every morning at 7:15, we play songs from the horrible iPod Kitty found while dumpster diving.
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This song was originally a Russian romance song called "Dorogoi dlinnoyu". It became popular in 1968 when Mary Hopkin recorded it. It went all the way to number 2 on the charts! It may be corny, but Paul McCartney really liked it because he was the producer of the song. It was recorded on the Beatles' Apple Records label. McCartney even had Hopkin record it in four other languages.
You know you want to rock on to Electric Avenue--don't you?
This song by Eddy Grant made it to #2 where it sat for five weeks in 1983. Nowadays Grant is a record producer and has done work for Sting, Mick Jagger, and Elvis Costello.
Leo Sayer's "When I Need You" may make Kitty cringe, but it brings back some romantic and awkward moments from Jonathan's childhood. He's not alone. A lot of Triple M listeners wanted to hear the song on today's edition of the World's Worst iPod. Channel 27's Brian Olson didn't know this was a man singing until today. Leo Sayer made it all the way to number 1 in 1977.
Country star Charlie Rich had a crossover hit with this song back in 1973. We're not sure what he did to the most beautiful girl, but we really don't want to hear about it. Listen for another song from the World's Worst iPod every weekday morning at 7:15 with Jonathan and Kitty on 105.5 Triple M.
Why is this song even on the World's Worst iPod?! Jonathan and Kitty LOVE this song as did most of the listeners. The Starland Vocal Band made it all the way to number 1 back in the summer of '76.
Kitty couldn't remember the person who sang this song, but she remembered ALL the words. She wasn't alone. TONS of Triple M listeners wanted to go back to 1979 and enjoy this song. It turns out the lead singer, Chris Thompson also sang for Manfred Mann. The song was also featured in the equally sad movie from 1979 called "The Champ".
This song is a total guilty pleasure for Jonathan and apparently a lot of Triple M listeners as well. "If" made it to number 4 back in 1971, but it was number 1 for many callers on Wednesday morning.
In 1975, Neil Sedaka wrote a song and invited Elton John to sing it with him. Jonathan and Kitty have never liked this song, but it did make it to number 1 in 1975 for 3 whole weeks. We're still not sure why that happened.
Channel 27's Brian Olson says this song reminds him of the song Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels sang in Dumb and Dumber.
The song "Babe" by Styx went all the way the way to the top of the chartsback in 1979. It was the band's only number one song. Legend has it Dennis DeYoung wrote the song for his wife's birthday and didn't even want the song on the band's album Cornerstone. However, some other members of the band convinced him to add it.
Somehow this song by Mac Davis made it to number 1 for three weeks in 1972. Creepiest line? "You're a hot-blooded woman-child, and it's warm where you're touchin' me."
Sorry if that gets stuck in your head for the rest of the day.
On a positive note, Davis did write the song "In the Ghetto" which was a huge hit for Elvis Presley. Davis was also in the movie "North Dallas Forty" a personal favorite of Jonathan's ( not a great pick for family viewing.)
Jonathan and Kitty's brother both loved the song "Convoy" by C.W. McCall as kids. They weren't alone. The song made it to number one in 1975. Here's the song and if you really have time to waste, you can watch the entire movie too.
It seems a lot of people like Bonnie Tyler's #1 single from 1983, "Total Eclipse of the Heart.". Kitty isn't one of them, Pat Gallagher mentioned that it sounds a lot like a song Meat Loaf should cover...but it's uncertain if that would be an improvement.
(Coincidentally, the guy who wrote Meat Loaf's hits, Jim Steinman, also wrote this song!)
Bonnie Tyler fans, sorry, but we couldn't help ourselves and decided to post this version instead. It's GENIUS, I tell you.
Triple M listeners took over the station today demanding TWO songs from the same artist on the World's Worst iPod. We were subjected to Me and You and a Dog Named Boo PLUS I'd Love You to Love Me by Lobo.
The Broadway musical Wicked has flown back into town, thrilling fans at the Overture Center now through June 9th.
I got a chance to see the production for the 2nd time last night, and once again was blown away. Even though I saw Wicked in 2010, I had...
Today we traveled back to 1975 for a Rendezvous with The Hudson Brothers. This song didn't make it to high on the charts, but Kitty enjoyed it. Her favorite brother was Brett. She also loved their television show. We've included a skit from...
I'm not sure why Pete Yorn decided to name his new music project after a European cave dwelling aquatic salamander, but if he stops by to play us some songs in Studio M, we'll have to ask him.
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Today's song was written by Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary. It was inspired by the 1957 novel Doctor Zhivago. No one was inspired by the song this morning. It was rejected by almost all the listeners.
Today is World Goth Day, a day to celebrate the post-punk, anti-establishment, dark clothes-wearing subculture.
I'm pretty sure I was a Goth for at least for little while, for two reasons.
1) I almost hardly ever wear pastels.
2) I used to...
Hello to all from Nfusion. Another round of challenges has moved beyond us all. Congrats to those of us lucky enough to have survived to this point. Sad to see the others eliminated as they were all very creative and talented. Good Bye to our new friends...
This morning it seemed like just about everyone was in the mood for some Funky Cold Medina...except Kitty. This ridiculous song made it all the way to number 3 in 1989. Jonathan says any song that references advertising dogs from the 80's has got...
Madison's summer music festival season kicks off this weekend with Brat Fest at Willow Island, where there are more bands than you can shake a bratwurst at! Check out the Brat Fest website to plan your itinerary.
Next up is the Marquette...
