Friday, May 02, 2008

Musical Zeitgeist

I simply refuse to believe "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" by The Fifth Dimension was the most popular song of the day when I was born. Surely it was something like Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, War Pigs or Paranoid by Black Sabbath. Must be a typo.

On the other hand, when I graduated hell high school, the top song was "(I Just) Died in Your Arms" by Cutting Crew. I don't know the song, but the references to death and bladed weapons sound more appropriate.

Stolen from Gib.

7 comments:

Stacy The Peanut Queen said...

Every time I hear that song (which sure as hell isn't often), i think of that movie "The 40- Year Old Virgin".

"I Heard It Through the Grapevine" by Marvin Gaye was #1 when I was born.

"End of the Road" by Boyz II Men
was #1 when I got married.

Boys II Men??? Erg...now I'm all nauseous.

Monogram Queen said...

Mine was "Reach Out - I'll Be There" by the Four Tops when I was born and "Flashdance - What A Feeling" when I graduated!

The one when you graduated - pure genius and SO fitting!!!!

Oh and Stacy the one when I got married was "I'll Make Love II You" by Boys II Men.... I like your B II M song much better! LOL

Deb said...

I loved that song - Died In Your Arms - or whatever it's called. So retro! Love the 80's. Hated it back then.

Deb said...

P.S. What always got me wondering was how people loved those songs that spoke about bodies down by the river - there are quite a few of those songs out there.

Hrmm...

There's a real dark side to our American folks...

Tai said...

LOL!!! Awww, Let the Sunshine in Grant!

Grant said...

stacy - I don't need the 40 yo virgin being associated with me. :p

patti - that bodes well for your marriage.

~deb - I liked the 80's okay, but the 70's never seemed to have much significance to me beyond linking the 60's to the 80's.

~deb - I have no problem with love, sex and death being on the same plate. I just wish they included more J-bunnies.

tai - if sunshine is a code word for beer, then I'm on it.

Anonymous said...

Bladed weapons? I think Cutting Crew is a "drama geek" reference to the group that edits final footage.

There is the "death" and all, but it's more of a sissy, pre-cursor to the goth wannabe emotive culture kind of death. Not the bite-the-heads-off-live-bats-so-they-get-to-experience-death kind.

Since others have done it...my birthday celebrated "Get Back!" by the Beatles. (I would have preferred "Bad to the Bone" but I was a few years too early.) At least that wasn't the song for my wedding :D (top song on my wedding day was "Because You Loved Me" by Celine Dion. Ok, hate the performer, but at least it's appropriate.)