# 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:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![katiekilldare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/838e76/32.png) [@katiekilldare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katiekilldare)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2001, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-38-over-23-read-this/72097/61 "2001-07-14T19:26:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tuckerfan \* > **katiekilldare** , you ever hear any of **The Creatures** stuff? Siouxsie and the drummer from the band put out two albums under that name. Great stuff. \*\* I’ve heard of them, but never _heard_ them. I’ll get to downloading directly. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2001, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-38-over-23-read-this/72097/62 "2001-07-14T19:28:03Z")
**Enderw24** , you misunderstood me (or perhaps I didn’t make it clear), as I said in my post, I like **some** 80s music, but I do _ **not** _ listen to it exclusively! I know many people who do, and that’s the mentality I was commenting on. Surely to God, there’s been some song that you thought was the coolest tune ever written when you were a teen, and now, years later, you hear it and think, “Dear God, what utter crap! I can’t believe I ever _liked_ that!” And no, Strom Thurmond isn’t the only one allowed to listen to classical stations. (Are you saying that there’s no one writing orchestral music [commonly referred to as “classical”] today? Wonder what Philip Glass would think of that?) I don’t have a problem with people listening to music from **any** time period, or style. My problem is with people who **only** listen to **one** kind of music! Broaden your horizons, for chrissakes! Not everything was good and perfect about music during the 80s or any other time period. I’ve found that since I’ve gotten older, a lot of stuff I used to like from the 80s sounds trite now. And some stuff from the 80s I never liked! (ABBA in particular!) I’d better stop now, or I’ll get this thing thrown into the Pit ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2001, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-38-over-23-read-this/72097/63 "2001-07-14T19:32:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by katiekilldare \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Tuckerfan \* > > **katiekilldare** , you ever hear any of **The Creatures** stuff? Siouxsie and the drummer from the band put out two albums under that name. Great stuff. \*\* > > I’ve heard of them, but never _heard_ them. I’ll get to downloading directly. \*\* Hope you can find it. Don’t think any of it was ever released on CD in the US. Its a shame too, because I think it was some of their best stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-38-over-23-read-this/72097/64 "2001-07-15T06:03:15Z")
Star 98.7 has the Friday Night '80s Party…but they never seem to play any of the obscure stuff. I’d like to hear “The Wham Rap” or “Jungle Boy”…or even “Mr. Roboto”. I mean, if you’re going to play '80s, play **'80s** , knowwhatImean? But it’s a continuous loop of “Sweet Child 'o Mine.” …Anyone remember a very peculiar song from about 1981 called “Shudup Your Face”? Maybe it’s so obscure it only got radio play in north Jersey, where I was at the time. Nevertheless, I would die laughing if they played it. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-38-over-23-read-this/72097/65 "2001-07-15T06:14:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rilchiam \* > \*\*Star 98.7 has the Friday Night '80s Party…but they never seem to play any of the obscure stuff. I’d like to hear “The Wham Rap” or “Jungle Boy”…or even “Mr. Roboto”. I mean, if you’re going to play '80s, play **'80s** , knowwhatImean? But it’s a continuous loop of “Sweet Child 'o Mine.” > > …Anyone remember a very peculiar song from about 1981 called “Shudup Your Face”? Maybe it’s so obscure it only got radio play in north Jersey, where I was at the time. Nevertheless, I would die laughing if they played it. \*\* Oh God, Rick Dees used to play that song repeatedly on KIIS FM! It was by a guy named Joe Dolce. (Why do I remember stuff like this when I can’t remember what the heck I did last week???) I even remember some of the lyrics: What’s a mattah you, Hey, why you looka so sad… …(forgot some)…it’s-a not so bad, Ah, shut uppa you face! Dear God… ---
**Author:** ![frock75](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ad7895/32.png) [@frock75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/frock75)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-38-over-23-read-this/72097/66 "2001-07-15T06:26:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hamadryad \* > \*\* > > A Smiths song that’s not “How Soon is Now” > > \*\* AMEN! That is a minor issue for me, as well. I’m a HUGE fan, but if I hear that song one more time… ---
**Author:** ![Feynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@Feynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feynn)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-38-over-23-read-this/72097/67 "2001-07-15T06:28:10Z")
Hey Ginger of the town that is fairly south of me… try this if you need an 80’s fix. [Mix 96 / Edmonton](http://www.mymix96.com/mix96) ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-38-over-23-read-this/72097/68 "2001-07-15T07:07:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vivalostwages \* > **Oh God, Rick Dees used to play that song repeatedly on KIIS FM! It was by a guy named Joe Dolce. (Why do I remember stuff like this when I can’t remember what the heck I did last week???) I even remember some of the lyrics: > What’s a mattah you, > Hey, why you looka so sad… > …(forgot some)…it’s-a not so bad, > Ah, shut uppa you face! > Dear God…** Thank you, **Viva**! Wonder if I could find that on Dr. Demento? Sorry it bothered you, but being from north Jersey, where people really talked like that, we thought it was hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2001, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-38-over-23-read-this/72097/69 "2001-07-16T02:48:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rilchiam \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by vivalostwages \* > > **Oh God, Rick Dees used to play that song repeatedly on KIIS FM! It was by a guy named Joe Dolce. (Why do I remember stuff like this when I can’t remember what the heck I did last week???) I even remember some of the lyrics: > > What’s a mattah you, > > Hey, why you looka so sad… > > …(forgot some)…it’s-a not so bad, > > Ah, shut uppa you face! > > Dear God…** > > Thank you, **Viva**! Wonder if I could find that on Dr. Demento? Sorry it bothered you, but being from north Jersey, where people really talked like that, we thought it was hilarious. \*\* Sorry to have misled you; it didn’t bother me; I just can’t believe that I still remember things like that. 🙂 people here were voting it into the number-one most-requested song, which is one reason why Dees was playing it so much. It was in that position for quite a few weeks, actually. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-38-over-23-read-this/72097.md?page=3)