Good to know. Now I can concentrate all the hatred unto him alone instead of spreading it out amongst several band members. Funny thing is, back when he was still with Journey I was a big fan and had a major crush on SP. I would have died and gone to heaven had that stupid song come out during that time (the song would still suck balls but I would have have convinced myself otherwise).
A friend was briefly dating an Eileen when we were in high school when that song was popular. She was not amused.
We’ve got a Brandy/Brandi (not sure of the spelling) starting here next month. Alas, no one gets the joke when I comment “I hear she’s a fine girl.” And, yes, I’ll stop before she starts working here. No one deserves being reminded of Looking Glass songs.
Technically, only by Steve Perry.
“After all is said and done, there is really only one, Oh Margie, Margie, it’s you!”
That song was old even when I was young. I never minded people singing it to me as a child. Now that I am old, I kind of like it.
I once knew a Joanna. Though I don’t recall testing the theory myself, I understood that she was not particularly amused by efforts to woo her through the song.
I always rather liked the song, myself…
I’ve always wanted to piss on the grave of the guy who wrote: “Open the Door Richard”. Thankfully that song has just about sunk into the obscurity it deserves.
Not in my house! I and all of my siblings learned to answer to “Richard” if a door needed to be opened.
My first name is Michael; my parents were folkies in the 1960s, and were, at least in part, inspired by the song “Michael Row the Boat Ashore.” FWIW, the popularity of that song is believed to be partially responsible for “Michael” being the most popular name for baby boys for much of the 1960s.
My last name is fairly uncommon, and nearly no one who sees it in print can figure out how it’s pronounced. But, the Bobbettes (a 1950s R&B “girl group”) had a hit song, “Mister Lee”, which was on the soundtrack to the movie “Stand By Me” in the 1980s. In the song’s chorus, the singers don’t pronounce the “r” in “mister”, making their pronunciation of “Mister Lee” sound exactly like how you pronounce my last name.
Seems like overkill. You could have told him to just hit the road…
Me too! These days I go by Julia, and now they sing a song of love.
My favorite niece is named Angie. As in really named Angie, it’s not short for anything.
She didn’t remember hearing the Rolling Stones’ song of the same name until she was a teenager, but someone at her high school thought it was a hilarious pun to quote lines from the song to her.
She’s 33 now, and despises the song.
Not trying to hijack the thread, but as a guy named “Bob”, I absolutely hate it when someone makes a crack saying, “What About Bob?”, referencing the 1991 Bill Murray movie. Sorry, haven’t seen it. Nope, don’t get the joke. Annoyed? Why, yes, actually.
You’re a bad man.
Occasionally, when an older (than me) female co-worker greets me with “Hey Paul,” I’ll respond with “Hey, hey, Paula.”
Some get it, some don’t.
My first name is Susan, but back in Jr. High I went by Sue. I got “A Boy Named Sue” quite a lot. I was a tom boy and fairly flat chested so it wasn’t a big leap to make.
And your name is…Sarah, right?
I hate that Starship song. Hate hate hate. The Fleetwood Mac one is not bad.
I share a name with a woman Bob Dylan wrote about. Can’t say it ever bothered me.
She’s “easy to look at and hard to define.”
I was almost named Barbara Ann. The song came out the next year.
That’s around the same time “Help Me Rhonda” debuted.
That was my grandmother’s name. She died in 2007, around the time it started rising rapidly in the baby name department.
Not sure she ever heard the song.
I found out recently that “Sara” is about a baby Stevie Nicks aborted, and regretted doing so. :eek:
There’s also Hall & Oates’ “Sara Smile”.
The head of a company we work with is named Jude. It is practically impossible not to say “Hey Jude” when he calls, even if you aren’t trying to reference the song.