Post #83040 by woofmutt on Fri, Mar 26, 2004 1:16 PM

thejab writed:

"I generally hate typical oldies radio because they play the same 100 songs over and over ("Good Vibrations","You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling","Stand By Me", etc.)."

I almost include the exact gripe in my above post. There's hundreds of pop tunes from the 40's through the 60's that never get played. It's the same Rolling Beatles Boys and The Pips cuts over and over. I don't listen to typical oldies stations, but the music is inescapable as oldies have become the standard background music in department stores, malls, restaurants and bars (Oldies music is the one great flaw of the Alibi in Portland, OR). What's extra fun fun fun about oldies as background is eveyrone knows the words! So while shopping in Ross or Safeway or Bargain Burt's Bolt Bin I'm surrounded by glassy eyed shoppers humming or singing along with the sound system, and unfortuantely they're not playing Mitch Miller and the Gang.