I have little tolerance for Country music to begin with. This was at an all time high on the radio when I went on a trip with another video store manager to set up and open a store like 4-5 hours away. She drove. And listened to country music. Part of my soul died on that trip because we heard Achy Breaky Heart no less than a million times. Between that one and the Watermelon Crawl, I wanted to rip my ears off! 🤣🤣🤣
LOL Sonny. You are on fire here! I love it when you enthuse but I also like it when you deride, and Billy Ray deserves all the derision. FYI, he recently married a woman named FIREROSE (seems apropos) and she was, naturally half his age and she alleges he was a crap husband. Yes, I am embarrassed that I know things like that. As a gen x myself, I can be smug (not my greatest quality) about the brilliant music of my generation. But every once in a while I scroll these 80s hits pages on Insta, and I am humbled when I realize, that for every Yaz and Everything but the Girl, there is also a Bon Jovi and Rick Astley. Shh, don't tell anyone about those guys. Hilarious post. I really did laugh out loud. Thanks for sharing! Now, excuse my while I go poke out my eardrums and fill my ear sockets with lye to get that song out of my head.
Thanks so much, Nadine! I really appreciate your kind words and couldn’t be happier that I made you laugh! I must admit that I had a lot of fun taking shots at old Billy Ray. I enjoyed it so much, in fact, that I plan on doing more ‘poison pen’ reviews in the future. Rick Astley would definitely be a hilarious one, though I’m not sure if I could stomach it lol.
Songs like this one come along every few years and become novelty hits. A few years later it was Macarena. Neither Cyrus or Los del Rio ever had another hit. (Old Town Road doesn't really count...there were multiple versions of that song. Does anybody actually remember that Cyrus sang on it??)
You’re absolutely right. And it’s funny you mention ‘Macarena’ because I plan on writing about it in a future post (way too many jokes to pass up there). I’m actually fascinated by novelty hits, even though I can’t stand most of them lol.
I'm guessing the same turds that made the song triple platinum are now voting for Trump. You almost have to appeal to the average dumb fuck in order to be successful in the music world.
Fellow hater here.
I have little tolerance for Country music to begin with. This was at an all time high on the radio when I went on a trip with another video store manager to set up and open a store like 4-5 hours away. She drove. And listened to country music. Part of my soul died on that trip because we heard Achy Breaky Heart no less than a million times. Between that one and the Watermelon Crawl, I wanted to rip my ears off! 🤣🤣🤣
Sounds like the road trip from hell lol. Thankfully you survived to tell the tale! :)
LOL Sonny. You are on fire here! I love it when you enthuse but I also like it when you deride, and Billy Ray deserves all the derision. FYI, he recently married a woman named FIREROSE (seems apropos) and she was, naturally half his age and she alleges he was a crap husband. Yes, I am embarrassed that I know things like that. As a gen x myself, I can be smug (not my greatest quality) about the brilliant music of my generation. But every once in a while I scroll these 80s hits pages on Insta, and I am humbled when I realize, that for every Yaz and Everything but the Girl, there is also a Bon Jovi and Rick Astley. Shh, don't tell anyone about those guys. Hilarious post. I really did laugh out loud. Thanks for sharing! Now, excuse my while I go poke out my eardrums and fill my ear sockets with lye to get that song out of my head.
Thanks so much, Nadine! I really appreciate your kind words and couldn’t be happier that I made you laugh! I must admit that I had a lot of fun taking shots at old Billy Ray. I enjoyed it so much, in fact, that I plan on doing more ‘poison pen’ reviews in the future. Rick Astley would definitely be a hilarious one, though I’m not sure if I could stomach it lol.
I remember how Dolly Parton had Billy Ray on her song "Romeo" from around the same time - due in no small part to this song I'm sure.
Holy crap, I forgot about that song! And I agree: total cash-in.
Songs like this one come along every few years and become novelty hits. A few years later it was Macarena. Neither Cyrus or Los del Rio ever had another hit. (Old Town Road doesn't really count...there were multiple versions of that song. Does anybody actually remember that Cyrus sang on it??)
You’re absolutely right. And it’s funny you mention ‘Macarena’ because I plan on writing about it in a future post (way too many jokes to pass up there). I’m actually fascinated by novelty hits, even though I can’t stand most of them lol.
I'm guessing the same turds that made the song triple platinum are now voting for Trump. You almost have to appeal to the average dumb fuck in order to be successful in the music world.