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All Kinds Musick's avatar

Oh, no! I actually like all four of these (in different ways, for different reasons).

I guess if I take a "which would I miss the least" approach I can vote for....

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AJDeiboldt-The High Notes's avatar

Same here, I think the biggest crime these songs are all guilty of is getting too much airplay.

If I have to pick, I'd go with the Rembrandts tune because I don't care about Friends and never listened to the band. But that said I still think it's a pretty solid piece of pop rock.

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Daniel Helkenn's avatar

It’s got to be The Spin Doctors. I’m not a fan of that whole “Alt Music”, whoops I meant “Alt Rock” genre. I had lunch with Joan Osborne once and I didn’t have to pay so there’s that. Friends is just blah and Tom Cochrane was once in the “Lunatic Fringe” so he gets a pass. These are getting harder each week.

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Sonny Rane's avatar

As usual, I find it impossible to defy your sturdy logic. Especially when it comes with a free lunch. May Joan Osborne’s name be stained no more.

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Kristin DeMarr's avatar

I feel like I voted wrong lol 😂 I was a huge fan of Friends, so I couldn’t vote for that one. Also, love Two Princes and the Joan Osborn song… didn’t care much about “Life is a Highway,” But, my daughter’s comfort movie is Cars! Hahaha!

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Peter Molloy's avatar

I voted for the wrong song. (Life is a Highway). Two Princes drives me nuts but every once in a while I forget I can’t stand it and enjoy the song. But it’s got to be Friends and I’ll Be There For You. Nothing redeemable about that one. But as I’m not GenX my vote doesn’t count.

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Sonny Rane's avatar

Of course your vote counts! These polls and this Jukebox is open to Gen Xers of all ages.

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Kat Rigel's avatar

I am agreeing with the consensus that all have been played to death so it’s hard to choose just one .. I am going to have to ponder this one a bit, Mr Rane 😏

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Sonny Rane's avatar

You have 5 days, Ms. Rigel. The clock ticks for thee...

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Kat Rigel's avatar

😂

Approximately an hour give or take later… I’ve voted 🗳️

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Melissa Morrison's avatar

Unpopular choice, but I chose Life is a Highway, I think between The Office, Cars, radio, and MTV, that I was so played out on this song it now gives me second hand embarrassment. 😂

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Sheila (of Ephemera)'s avatar

lol, we still have that Joan Osborne CD! For me, Sonny, it’s got to be Tom Cochrane. I’m Canadian and CanCon was shoved so much at us for years! I know every song by him, and his early days with Red Rider.

I know this is about the specific songs, but ya hit a nerve, apparently!😂

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Sonny Rane's avatar

That’s hilarious about the Joan Osborne CD! And as a fellow Canadian, I feel your pain. I think you have to hear Lunatic Fringe 5,000 times before you can become a citizen.

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Sheila (of Ephemera)'s avatar

I admit, I do have a soft spot for “Napoleon Sheds His Skin”!

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