[QUOTE=Idlewild]
I heard it makes an even better earworm if you substitute “Tony Danza” into the lyrics.
No, no, don’t thank me.
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You don’t know how long Blinded by the Light stuck in my head when pointed to the alternative lyrics to:
(“Gave his WHAT Twirly Whirly? And what’s Twirly Whirly in that context, anyway?”)
A helicopter, isn’t it?
[QUOTE=Mr. Goob]
I always remember it as the closing music to an episode of WKRP in Cincinnati when a Russian hog expert falls for Bailey and tries to defect.
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I still get funny looks from people for (among other things) randomly saying “Hold me closer, tiny dancer” with a thick Russian accent.
I don’t have one song, but it seems that Tom Petty is stalking me. At least twice a day I’ll hear a Petty song. Seems to me I’ve gone years without encountering Tom, but the past 3 months have certainly made up for it.
[QUOTE=Bobotheoptimist]
I still get funny looks from people for (among other things) randomly saying “Hold me closer, tiny dancer” with a thick Russian accent.
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Mmmm… Bailey.
This thread confused me. I’ve no idea what song you’re all talking about (and from the sound of it I’m not missing much) but there’s a band making inroads in the twee-pop-alternative market called the Tiny Dancers (annoyingly catchy guitar indie stuff) that I assumed this was about.
[QUOTE=Crusoe]
This thread confused me. I’ve no idea what song you’re all talking about (and from the sound of it I’m not missing much) but there’s a band making inroads in the twee-pop-alternative market called the Tiny Dancers (annoyingly catchy guitar indie stuff) that I assumed this was about.
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How old are you trying to make me feel? 
(I remember when Rolling Stone reviewed the first album by some nobody singer/songwriter named Elton John and called him a promising talent in the folk world.)
Seriously, if you’re not familiar with a song as famous as “Tiny Dancer” then you’re probably missing huge important chunks of rock history that you might want to catch up on.
Hmm, I know (more or less) the Elton John hits, but that one is completely unknown to me (just listening to it now).
(and ha, I don’t think being 32 makes me a spring chicken!)
[QUOTE=Crusoe]
This thread confused me. I’ve no idea what song you’re all talking about (and from the sound of it I’m not missing much)
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Oh forget the fogeys. It’s a decent song, just WAY overplayed. More importantly, it sounds like you’ve never seen the movie Almost Famous. You have to rectify that asap! Forget the Tiny Dancer scene (though it’s a good scene), the rest of the movie is really wonderful too.
[QUOTE=Crusoe]
Hmm, I know (more or less) the Elton John hits, but that one is completely unknown to me (just listening to it now).
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How long have you lived in this alternate universe? 
I was stalked all last week by a Hawaiian remake of Air Supply’s “All Out of Love.” I just looked it up and it was recorded by a group called First Verse.
It was a good remake, actually, with more bounce than the original, but it played every time I stepped into my sister’s car, as apparently the local Kauai station could just NOT get enough of it. And she’d call my attention to it every time: “Oooh, Cathy, they’re playing your song.” Gee, thanks. I was trying to ignore it.
Tiny Dancer’s great though.
[QUOTE=Elenfair]
Qadgop, will you be my adoptive father?
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Um, ok.
But you’d have to be pre-cut out of the will.
Might be better if I was avuncular instead.
<<shudder>>