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It happens to all of us. We’re quietly minding our own business trying not to rage against the slow zone on the Blue Line or the fact that our stop is closed for a year on the Brown Line or that stupid cars keep getting in the way of our bus, when it happens. Out of nowhere (okay, out of our iPod) a song tears at our heart strings when it really has no right to. A smile crosses our face and it’s all that we can do to not sing along remembering that long ago seventh grade crush when cheesy love songs ruled the day and our hearts.
EW’s PopWatch blog asked their readers which songs they hate that they love about love and created the Ultimate Cheesy-Ballad Playlist. We are happy to see that Chicagoist fave Richard Marx made the list, along with the pals of the White Sox, Journey. Personally, we think that some of Chicago’s songs should have been up there. Honestly, who does the cheesy ballad more often or more consistently? “Hard Habit to Break”, “I Don’t Want to Live Without Your Love”, “You’re the Inspiration” - our teenage ideas of love were formed by that schlock. Of course, that’s only when we weren’t learning that love comes when we alter our persona into exactly what we think someone else wants. Thanks, Animotion and Til Tuesday.
Before we head off to an emergency visit with our therapist to discuss how music has destroyed our ability to have normal expectations when it comes to love, what are the songs that you just knew would be played at your wedding or the song that defines love as you know it – even if it is by Lionel Richie?
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I strongly second your vote for "Chicago"- their entire greatest hits of the 80s album, in fact. Well, except for Stay the Night, which is just weird.
K: i LOVED (love?!?) all those songs on that album, except i remember always being thrown off by 'stay the night.' i'm so glad someone else has finally articulated that.
julene: ahhh, lionel richie. i had a crush on this guy, brett fahning, for YEARS (grades 6-8), and i never did a thing about it except to listen to 'love notes' on WTMX in milwaukee and pine for him. it was hosted by this guy jim (?) morales, and you'd call in and request a song and dedicate it to someone. then, he'd play the song and read the 'love note,' saying "this song is dedicated to ____, the note reads: _________." it was milwaukee's version of casey kasem's long distance dedication, without the long distance or the backstory.
i dedicated "hello" by lionel richie to brett. and then i was terribly nervous that he'd hear that my love note, which read: "i love you." (at least, i think that's what it was -- i missed part of it when i recorded it from the radio to my boombox.) thing was, i highly doubt he was sitting around on a friday night listening to love notes, or WTMX for that matter.
oh, terrible awkward middle school. i still like that song, though.
hey, stranger things have happened. i caught my crush dedicating a song to me in junior high. i thought it was tits at the time, but in retrospect, maybe "fade to black" isn't the best dedication song..
I kid you not that I just heard a girl on her cell phone leaving a message that said, "I just called to say I love you". Aww.