# Under 38? Over 23? Read this! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 11, 2001, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-38-over-23-read-this/72097 "2001-07-11T15:19:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sdimbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sdimbert/32/20204_2.png) [@sdimbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sdimbert)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2001, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-38-over-23-read-this/72097/1 "2001-07-11T15:19:11Z")
Here in KC we just got a new radio station, 105.1 FM. Their tagline is, “from Retro to right now.” That’s a crock… all they play is Hits From the 80’s, and **IT ROCKS!** In the last 3 days, I have heard: [ul] [li]The Safety Dance[/li][li]Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?[/li][li]The “Hey Hey Hey” song from _The Breakfast Club_[/li][li]Don’t You Forget About Me[/li] as well as other hits by [li]The Thompson Twins[/li][li]The Eurythmics[/li][li]Van Halen (pre-Hagar)[/li][li]Poison (_Poison!_)[/li][li]Run DMC[/li][li]Aerosmith[/li] and others - too many to mention. [/ul] If anyone is so jealous that they want to move to KC, let me know… I can talk to a realtor for you. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2001, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-38-over-23-read-this/72097/2 "2001-07-11T15:24:04Z")
cringe give me Count Basie - a KC original. And I’m 37. ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2001, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-38-over-23-read-this/72097/3 "2001-07-11T15:27:38Z")
Baby, give me a call when you’ve got news 😃 Here in chicago we have 94.7 The Best of the Eighties AND Beyond, as well as 103.1 All Eighties All The Time… I heard Send Me An Angel the other day and almost drove off the road with glee. jarbaby ---
**Author:** ![bernse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2001, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-38-over-23-read-this/72097/4 "2001-07-11T15:29:43Z")
Sounds like the station in our town and I feel like fucking firebombing it every day. Are you nuts? The Safety Dance? The Thompson Twins? \*\*Culture Club? \*\*And you’re _advertising_ this as a good thing? UGH!!! Nooooooooooo! \ ---
**Author:** ![MamaHen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@MamaHen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MamaHen)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2001, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-38-over-23-read-this/72097/5 "2001-07-11T15:44:42Z")
I am jealous. Horribly so but since I will be moving to the KC area this fall, I feel better. Contact that realtor, MamaHen is on the way and the radio will be set on 105.1 now! ---
**Author:** ![Opengrave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/919ad9/32.png) [@Opengrave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Opengrave)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2001, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-38-over-23-read-this/72097/6 "2001-07-11T15:45:56Z")
You would DIE for the 80’s channel on DirectTV. NP: **Pantera** - _The Great Southern Trendkill_ ---
**Author:** ![katiekilldare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/838e76/32.png) [@katiekilldare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katiekilldare)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2001, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-38-over-23-read-this/72097/7 "2001-07-11T15:46:41Z")
The “Hey Hey Hey Song” from The Breakfast Club **IS** “Don’t You Forget About Me”, isn’t it? I wish Tampa had a decent 80’s station. Call and request Siouxsie and the Banshees’ “Peek-a-Boo” for me. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2001, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-38-over-23-read-this/72097/8 "2001-07-11T15:49:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jarbabyj \* > \*\* > I heard Send Me An Angel the other day and almost drove off the road with glee. > > jarbaby \*\* I was like that yesterday, hearing “Stray cat Strut” on 103.9 ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2001, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-38-over-23-read-this/72097/9 "2001-07-11T15:52:15Z")
Pop pop pop musik Pop pop pop musik We’ve got Lite FM, whose tag line used to be “music from the '60s '70s and '80s.” now is --well, I don’t know what it is, but they play Billy Joel and Rod Stewart and The GoGos. We’ve also got Hot 105. They play Bootsy and Viki Sue Robinson and Regina Bell. Plus we got CBS. They’ll play any pop tune so long as it peaked on the charts at least 15 years ago. I can hear Tainted Love and Love Rollercoaster _and_ Why Do Fools Fall In Love all in one day. ---
**Author:** ![sdimbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sdimbert/32/20204_2.png) [@sdimbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sdimbert)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2001, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-38-over-23-read-this/72097/10 "2001-07-11T15:55:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by katiekilldare \* > **The “Hey Hey Hey Song” from The Breakfast Club IS “Don’t You Forget About Me”, isn’t it?** Yes, yes. You’re right of course. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2001, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-38-over-23-read-this/72097/11 "2001-07-11T15:57:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by katiekilldare \* > \*\*Call and request Siouxsie and the Banshees’ “Peek-a-Boo” for me. \*\* ::Crossing off of crush list:: Peek-a-boo? (insert vomiting smiley here) ---
**Author:** ![Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2001, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-38-over-23-read-this/72097/12 "2001-07-11T16:00:53Z")
We have 104.1 The Mall in St Louis. When they first started it was great! (I heard Icicle Works, The Cure, TMBG, and Violent Femmes one day at work.I thought it was the greatest radio station since my high school days.) Now they seem to play the same 5 songs at least 40 times a day, with a few other songs mixed in. Trouble is, the songs they play are the ones I really dislike, like “Tom’s Diner” or “Hippy Chick”. Back to making my own cassttes to play in the car. \ ---
**Author:** ![katiekilldare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/838e76/32.png) [@katiekilldare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katiekilldare)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2001, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-38-over-23-read-this/72097/13 "2001-07-11T17:10:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Manservant Hecubus \* > > \*\*Peek-a-boo? (insert vomiting smiley here) \*\* **Manservant**! I’ve been crossed off the crush list of a poster who’s unwilling to get his Siouxsie on? Where’s my Kleenex? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2001, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-38-over-23-read-this/72097/14 "2001-07-11T17:23:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by katiekilldare \* > **Manservant**! I’ve been crossed off the crush list of a poster who’s unwilling to get his Siouxsie on? > > Where’s my Kleenex? :rolleyes: Hmmm. Talk about having a flaccid ego in your hand. Come bite on this rag doll, baby! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monster)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2001, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-38-over-23-read-this/72097/15 "2001-07-11T17:26:14Z")
Here in Denver, we have 96.5, which has Nina Blackwood as the afternoon DJ. She’s not nearly as fun as I thought she’d be. The music is fun, but like most other radio stations, they play the same songs over and over and over… ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2001, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-38-over-23-read-this/72097/16 "2001-07-11T17:35:25Z")
If you’re into this kind of stuff, there is an 80s band (The Rusty Griswolds) doing a free park concert this weekend. This is in Cincinnati, which is it’s own punishment. I was planning to go to find out just what kind of 80s music they play. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2001, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-38-over-23-read-this/72097/17 "2001-07-11T17:48:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by monster \* > \*\*Here in Denver, we have 96.5, which has Nina Blackwood as the afternoon DJ. She’s not nearly as fun as I thought she’d be. The music is fun, but like most other radio stations, they play the same songs over and over and over… \*\* Preach the word, monster. I detest her show now. It’s like every caller is so far up her rectum that they can speak out of her navel. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2001, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-38-over-23-read-this/72097/18 "2001-07-11T18:08:03Z")
**katiekilldare** : > [@](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by **Manservant Hecubus** > > > > Peek-a-boo? (insert vomiting smiley here) > > **Manservant**! I’ve been crossed off the crush list of a poster who’s unwilling to get his Siouxsie on? > > Where’s my Kleenex? :rolleyes: Now, don’t you fret, **katiekilldare** ; owing partly to your self-declared Siouxsieness, I have added you to my own crush list. Kiss them for me! **Manservant Hecubus** , what can I say to you? Only that I am deeply, deeply disappointed. :: **Fiver** crosses arms and spins 180 degrees away from **Manservant Hecubus** , shunning him Klingon-style. :: ---
**Author:** ![ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c77e96/32.png) [@ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2001, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-38-over-23-read-this/72097/19 "2001-07-11T18:20:04Z")
Everybody sing: “I used to think maybe you loved me, now baby, I’m sure. And I just can’t wait till the day, you walk through that door…” Oh yeah! -L ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2001, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-38-over-23-read-this/72097/20 "2001-07-11T18:21:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Opengrave \* > **You would DIE for the 80’s channel on DirectTV.** Only if they did 80’s cartoons 24/7/365. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-38-over-23-read-this/72097.md?page=2)