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    Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 24 Nov 2019

    Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Stereogum

    A winding road behind this song, a solid but bland & generic ballad that was a monster hit in 1977.https://twitter.com/stereogum/status/1198454762758397952 …

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    A look at Debby Boone’s "You Light Up My Life," which in late '77 topped the Hot 100 for 10 weeks — longer than any other record in history at that point. It won a Grammy and an Oscar, but there’s a freaky, convoluted, ultimately dark story behind it. https://gum.to/bnbpib  pic.twitter.com/Jz1tvLgXZk
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      1. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 24 Nov 2019

        Now THIS is another song in the same vein that I identify with that era, though it's from 1967. It's another one that's pleasant & harmless enough on a single listen but was played far, far beyond anyone's tolerance level for empty shlock in the 70s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfxqQmWtGNM …

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      2. varifrank‏ @varifrank 24 Nov 2019
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        This, like many songs of the era, was overplayed to the point of being a method of torture. Such as: Feelings. Pina Colada. Disco Duck

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      3. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 24 Nov 2019
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        It was hugely overplayed. I enjoyed hearing it again, but mainly because it had been several decades since I last heard it. It gets old in a hurry.

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      2. ColoradoDescenditAdInfernos‏ @DenverGregg 24 Nov 2019
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        and one of the most morally nihilistic phrases in history "it can't be wrong when it feels so right"

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      3. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 24 Nov 2019
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        Welcome to the 70s.

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      2. Free Parking‏ @cigarznscotch 24 Nov 2019
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        Nothing like an envelope filled with cash and cocaine to get a song

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      3. Free Parking‏ @cigarznscotch 24 Nov 2019
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        Moving up the charts

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      1. MsZofV‏ @mszofv 24 Nov 2019
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        As I recall, it was all about the marketing strategy: cliffhanger climax

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      1. Roux‏ @rouxdsla 24 Nov 2019
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        It's a great song and typical of that time. I was a freshman in college.

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      1. Rubric Marlin‏ @RubricMarlin 24 Nov 2019
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        Lol - that was my first concert!

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