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Seriously. The only time I listen to FM radio is when I take my wife's car to get an oil change. So maybe a total of twenty minutes driving time once every six months or so. Every single time, this song comes on. I don't get it. It was a one hit wonder from like 25 years ago. How is it still getting that much airplay?!

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[–] BorgDrone@lemmy.one 7 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I just checked it out and I can tell you I’ve never heard this song before in my life.

[–] reply2075@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

So you are saying you don’t know what it’s like?

[–] RangerAndTheCat@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Man I hate to say this but it’s probably because you don’t listen to the late 90’s music… what I listened to the is now considered classic/retro. I fell you OP I hope he is still too.

[–] BorgDrone@lemmy.one -1 points 1 year ago

I’m 43, late 90’s were my college days. I can guarantee you I listened to a lot or music back then.

This may have been popular in the US, but this is nothing like what my 90’s sounded like.

[–] dlok@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Same, maybe because I'm in the UK

[–] ilovededyoupiggy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It was US alt rock, I dunno how well it traveled. It was one of the first songs (that I remember, anyway) to use sound effects to censor the dirty words on the radio edit, rather than a beep or mute. Which was actually a good idea, because it made it sound natural, like it was just part of the song.

It wasn't a bad song, I guess, I remember liking it well enough at the time. I just don't think it was a good enough song to still be playing as much as it is.