I hear a lot of this at the casinos lately...

[MonkeyF0cker]

Nsync
Backstreet Boys

Not sure why the casinos have a late 90's, early 00's soundtrack lately. I try not to sing along. That only lasts so long though.

 

[kato]

it is hard not to sing along to the craze that was the 'boy band'.

if i still hear new kids on the block, i sing along.

how in the hell do i know all the songs?

 

[Bread]

Backstreet's back


ALRIGHT!!!


ink:

 

[Mudcat]

Sounds nightmarish to me but I guess they must have done studies that say it works.

 

[MonkeyF0cker]

C'mon, Mudcat. Imagine sitting next to me in the sportsbook while I sing along to "Bye, Bye, Bye." I think you'd melt.

 

[Herman]

Usually they play Motown stuff

 

[Mudcat]

It reminds me of a warehouse job I had ~10 years ago where they piped in a top 40 station all day long. You'd hear the same rotation of crap songs over and over. There were those boy bands and Britney and Christina and Celine Dion. Over and over all day. OMFG it was awful.

Bye, Bye, Bye happens to be one of the specific songs I would hear about 6 times a day on that job. If I ever hear it again I'm afraid the PTSD will kick in and I'll just start pummeling the nearest bystander.

 

[Bread]

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[MrX]

I still spontaneously break into Rock Steady due to a traumatic retail job in 1988.

 

[Mudcat]

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Nice going, palooka. Because of your careless posting, 2 little girls who were on the street playing hopscotch just got roundhouse kicked to the head.

 

[kato]

that damn rock steady song, mr. x

living in phx, az...always playing, my father loved that song

congrats, will be singing that all day

 

[roguejuror]

I still spontaneously break into Rock Steady due to a traumatic retail job in 1988.

awesome video

 

[RogueScholar]

MF, I believe it's the 10 year rotation that's bringing those songs back, since they both had #1 albums in 2000. I don't know if it's just anecdotal, but when I was working with the musician's union in Portland I posed pretty much the same question in their office and the consensus was that popular radio tries to rehabilitate songs at the 10, 15 and 20 year intervals after their release. I think that's why I'm hearing a lot of BoyzIIMen and Seal on the radio lately too, because they had hits that are now 15 years old this summer. I think it's only fair to warn you that "Ice Ice, Baby" turns 20 years old this November. I'm not sure, but it could be a herald of the Apocalypse.

 

[Tron]

Seal is an interesting artist to me in the sense that he has put out some really cool tracks (Crazy, Human Beings, The Right Life) and has also has put out some serious cheese whiz.

 

[Mrs. X]

that damn rock steady song, mr. x

living in phx, az...always playing, my father loved that song

congrats, will be singing that all day

Mr. X, I believe Kato just called you old. You want me to fight him?

 

[MrX]

Mr. X, I believe Kato just called you old. You want me to fight him?

Holy shit, I didn't catch that!

Hell yes, fight the crap outta him.

 

[Mrs. X]

Holy shit, I didn't catch that!

Hell yes, fight the crap outta him.

Kato, you heard the man.

 

[roguejuror]

oooh shit