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T-Day Soundtrack: As long as we're stuck in the 70s, may we recommend "The Sound of Silence"?
Posted at 4:00 PM on November 22, 2006
by Hans Eisenbeis
(2 Comments)
While Guthrie got tired of playing the song decades ago--it is a somewhat pointless, 12-minute-long epic, afterall--baby boomers apparently can't get enough of it with their turkey, stuffing and "The Big Chill" DVDs. That also explains the fact that poor gracious Alice Brock, the real-life inspiration for the song, the movie, and most of Arlo Guthrie's career, has been hounded to the ends of the Earth by gawkers and autograph seekers.
In fact, there is so much apparent enthusiasm for this tune that Sirius satellite radio's channel 16 will program it non-stop for 24 hours. And if that's not a solid argument against satellite radio, then we'll eat our tied-dyed Nehru shirt for dessert tomorrow.
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Comments (2)
What song then, if any, deserves it's own holiday? Or deserves it's own satellite channel? Let us pose this question for a day and see what our soundtrack would become.
Wasn't there a twin cities station, in recent history, that spent their last day on air playing REM's 'It's the end of the world..."?
I'd have to ask some of the radio professionals around here, but I think the endless repeat is standard practice when a station changes hands or formats.
Love the idea of a list of songs that deserve their own holiday and/or radio station.
I'll start: Billy Bragg's "St. Swithin's Day" should be played on... uh, St. Swithin's Day.
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