Rather than allowing Carson to watch yet another hour of television, I decided to turn on the radio. I scanned the dial, attempting to find a station suitable for tender, young ears. Oh how I miss Radio Disney on cable. I can’t believe I just typed that.
I finally found the oldies station-or so I assumed. The first few songs we heard were what I consider to be oldies, like a song from the Supremes and some other not-so-new sounding songs. The radio announcer came on and said the call numbers, “Oldies 93.4, New Town!”
It was official, I’d indeed found the oldies station.
But then, the next song played was that duet between George Michael and Aretha Franklin from the 80′s. Do you remember that song? I Knew You Were Waiting For Me?
“Huh?” I thought to myself. That didn’t really seem like an oldies song. I checked the radio thinking that maybe Carson somehow changed the channel, but he hadn’t and I was confused. 80′s? Oldies??
They played a few more traditional oldies then suddenly I heard Karma Chameleon by Culture Club. What???? Then Mr. Roboto by Styx. Um, no?? Then Come Undone by Duran Duran. That song came out in the 90′s dammit!!!
And then “Oldies” 93.4 played the kicker.
Wanted Dead or Alive by Bon Jovi.
I’m writing a letter to the station DEMANDING a retraction! The INDIGNITY! Bon Jovi IS NOT an oldies band. I cannot accept this! I’m not old enough for one of my all time favorite songs to be played on an OLDIES station.
*weeps*
*weeps some more when I realize I could have listened to appropriate radio stations online and avoided this heartache*
What are your all-time favorite songs that are surely being played on some oldies station?
Dude. We are officially old.
I used to loves me some Bon Jovi! I never thought I’d see the day that they were played on a station I thought was reserved for the likes of The Supremes. Sad.
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I know what you mean, sometimes the classics make me kinda weepy and emotional. And ya, whats that about…that song was from the 90′s!!!! lol
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I felt the same way when I put our “oldies” station on in the car the other day and they played U2! Then I heard that they now consider the 80′s in their repetoire.
So, yeah, that membership to the AARP is just around the corner for me and I’m still 34 (for 2 more months)!
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seriously?! wt-frell are they thinking? Than again i heard some ‘oldies’ from ’98 the other day on our local radio station, heck if i remember what though after the day i had.
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Anyone who can look as hot as Bon Jovi can not be considered “oldie”
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If I had heard Bon Jovi on an oldies station, I would have cried too.
The station I listened to when I lived in Kentucky had “totally retro Friday night”…described as “all your favorite songs from the 80s and 90s.” Since when is the 90s retro??!?!
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Egad that happened to me when we bought a new card earlier this year and it has one of those fancy new radios that tells you the station name, genre, song playing etc… and what I had refered to as the “80′s station” since moving her was coming up lables as Oldies. And it made me mad. Then I did the math and realized that that music is now older than what I considered “oldies” when I was growing up. Then I got madder..
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I KNOW!!!!! HOW is this POSSIBLE?????
How can OUR music be oldies? Oldies are from the 50′s and 60′s MAYBE the 70′s.
80′s music is just 80′s music. It’s its own genre right?
It blows me away when I put it in perspective. Shall I further depress you? Most of those songs are older than kids who are now of legal drinking age. Yeah, they weren’t even BORN yet. HOW is that possible?
Ok – I am going to stop now before I start hyperventalating…
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Oh yeah, and did you see Tina Turner perform for the Grammies? She looks smoking hot. And then you realize…. SHE’S FREAKING 68 YEARS OLD!!!!! How is THAT possible? At least she doesn’t look it. Crap, she looks better than I do at 35!
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I guess the peppy, pop stuff is considered ‘oldies’, and the hair metal (with the exception of Bon Jovi, apparently) stuff is now considered ‘classic rock’.
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Michael Damian’s 1989 “Rock On” has been playing on our Y102.9 “Carolina’s Greatest Hits” station…along with Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Elton John, The Rolling Stones, and The Beatles.
*sigh*
(de-lurking – I love your blog!)
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I went with Sirius radio and never looked back. When you want the oldies, they have it. I think they have a Disney type channel as well.
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