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Which "Achy Breaky Song" artists do you like?
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 8:33 am
by anthontherun
Check all that apply.
I've always felt that the Bee Gees were an odd inclusion. I think they were selected as a general representative for disco but songs like "Stayin' Alive" have always been pretty popular, and the disco years make up just a small percentage of their fantastic career. The ABBA reference makes more sense, because they (unfairly) remain a bit of a guilty pleasure punchline for a lot of people, but if I hear "Waterloo," I'm gonna crank it up and sing along. The rest of them? Yeah, we're in blow up my radio territory there.
Re: Which "Achy Breaky Song" artists do you like?
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 11:14 am
by avesjohn
I pretty much agree with you - I love ABBA and the Bee Gees!
Granted, I do have a few other artists listed in the song on my iTunes, but those are either there indirectly by being associated with an Al parody (NKOTB, Billy Ray Cyrus), and/or are included by virtue of having one or more songs that could be considered a "classic" for the musical era in question (Barry Manilow, Village People, Vanilla Ice, Tiffany). The former group tends to be a more painful listen than the latter, in my experience - Al's parodies are so much better.
Re: Which "Achy Breaky Song" artists do you like?
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 11:37 am
by mellow weasel
ABBA is the only one in the list that I know more than one song, so I must vote for them I guess. Although I might know some songs of other bands without knowing - e.g. I know "Stayin' alive", but if you have asked me who performed it before I read this topic, I wouldn't have known
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Re: Which "Achy Breaky Song" artists do you like?
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2015 1:18 am
by Genius in Maine
The Village People and Barry Manilow are guilty pleasures of mine.
Re: Which "Achy Breaky Song" artists do you like?
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2015 2:15 am
by TMBJon
NONE OF THE ABOVE should be an option.
There are a couple of good ABBA songs, but not really.
Re: Which "Achy Breaky Song" artists do you like?
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2015 5:05 am
by anthontherun
"None of the above" option added. And I will fight to the death anyone who doesn't like "One of Us"!
Re: Which "Achy Breaky Song" artists do you like?
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2015 10:04 am
by TMBJon
Re: Which "Achy Breaky Song" artists do you like?
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2015 9:47 pm
by Kevbo1987
None of the above for sure, though Zamfir almost won out based on that video Jon posted.
Re: Which "Achy Breaky Song" artists do you like?
Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2015 2:51 am
by Teh Dingo
None of the above, but I don't really have a problem with anyone here either.
But yes, I will unashamedly admit that I played out my copy of Vanilla Ice's "To the Extreme" back in the day. Word to your mothers.
Re: Which "Achy Breaky Song" artists do you like?
Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2015 3:24 am
by SecondaryCharacter
I can proudly say that I own a Village People record.
