# Pop Songs Only You Remember **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 30, 2010, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-only-you-remember/526975 "2010-01-30T00:41:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Dahnlor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dahnlor/32/533_2.png) [@Dahnlor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahnlor)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-only-you-remember/526975/61 "2010-02-02T18:17:21Z")
Diesel - Sausolito Summernight This was a hit not long before New Wave took off in the early 1980s. Didn’t crack the Billboard top 10 (peaked at 11 or 12 I think). I still have the vinyl LP. I love the intro riff and the lyrics are hilarious. When looking this up, I learned that, sadly, the drummer and bassist recently passed away. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qMAGI7zRqj8/hqdefault.jpg "Diesel - Sausalito summer nights") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMAGI7zRqj8) ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-only-you-remember/526975/62 "2010-02-02T18:39:08Z")
> [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](#): > > Here’s a few for your playlists. I maintain a list of my favorite songs for my future career as a DJ. These are a few I picked off that list that you may have forgotten: > > B-52’s Deadbeat Club > Adrian Belew Oh Daddy > Belly Gepetto > Jeff Buckley Last Goodbye > Camouflage The Great Commandment > Lloyd Cole She’s a Girl and I’m a Man > Edwyn Collins A Girl Like You > The Cure Catch > Dead Eye Dick New Age Girl > Disposable Heroes of Hiphopricy Television > Dramarama Last Cigarette > The Farm Groovy Train > Fountains of Wayne Radiation Vibe > Freedy Johnston Bad Reputation > Harvey Danger Flagpole Sitta > Information Society Peace & Love, Inc. > Inspiral Carpets Two Worlds Collide > Andreas Johnson Glorious > The KLF Justified And Ancient > Kirsty MacColl Walking Down Madison > Oasis Lyla > Pete Droge If You Don’t Love Me I’ll Kill Myself > Public Image Limited Disappointed > The Refreshments Banditos > School of Fish 3 Strange Days > The Shamen Ebeneezer Goode > Single Gun Theory From a Million Miles > Sisters of Mercy More > Soul Asylum Black Gold > Soul Coughing Super Bon Bon > Space Female of the Species > St. Etienne Only Love Can Break Your Heart > Stone Sour Bother > Stroke 9 Little Black Backpack > Superdrag Sucked Out > Matthew Sweet Evangeline > The The Love Is Stronger Than Death > Third Eye Blind Motorcycle Drive By > Travis Sing > Utah Saints Something Good > The Waterboys The Whole of the Moon I remember and LOVE about 85 percent of these! Great list! ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-only-you-remember/526975/63 "2010-02-02T18:57:17Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I wonder if anyone remember’s Kon Kan’s 1988-9 single “I Beg Your Pardon.” I was in 8th grade at the time, and really loved that song for some reason. It reached #15 on Billboard’s Hot 100 and #1 Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles sales. But I swear I seem to be the only person who has any memory of that song. Fond memories down here, largely because it was a Mardi Gras parade staple for a few years after “I Beg Your Pardon” was on the charts. ---
**Author:** ![Gesturing\_Mildly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/65b543/32.png) [@Gesturing\_Mildly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gesturing_Mildly)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-only-you-remember/526975/64 "2010-02-02T19:42:54Z")
> [@clnilsen](#): > > [This is Ponderous by 2Nu](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHuqJFwVP-M&feature=PlayList&p=D6C7F5957F57E7D0&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=8) > > Popular when I was in High school, if only because the pop station would only play it late at night (no idea why). > > I loved this song when it was out, but can’t seem to find ANYONE who remembers it. Me! I remember the DJ discussing what “ponderous” meant. > [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](#): > > Here’s a few for your playlists. I maintain a list of my favorite songs for my future career as a DJ. These are a few I picked off that list that you may have forgotten: > > The KLF Justified And Ancient This song always freaked me out a bit. ---
**Author:** ![FallenAngel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@FallenAngel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallenAngel)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-only-you-remember/526975/65 "2010-02-02T20:21:30Z")
Rocky Burnette - Tired of Toein’ the Line Alan Parsons Project - Damned if I Do Jay Ferguson - Shakedown Cruise ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-only-you-remember/526975/66 "2010-02-02T20:32:03Z")
[Hubba Hubba Zoot Zoot](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ileMBlAqKw) by Caramba. WARNING: Excruciatingly contagious. (Ignore the first 5-10 seconds). ---
**Author:** ![Perciful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Perciful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Perciful)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-only-you-remember/526975/67 "2010-02-02T21:11:31Z")
> [@Markxxx](#): > > _Billy Don’t Be a Hero_, was released by Paper Lace in April of 74 it only got as high as #93 > > It was also released by Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods (not Vanity Fair :)) the same month April of '74. This went to #1. That was the first pop song I remember! I was 10 when it came out. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-only-you-remember/526975.md?page=3)