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Admit It : MOR /Easy Listening tunes you find yourself humming to  After reading lovedad43's thread about Guilty Pleasures , I started wondering about Easy Listening/Soft Pop songs specifically - everybody says they hate 'em, yet everyone seems to have at least a few that they find themselves singing along to...anybody got some MOR tunes that ya can't help liking? [This message was edited Tue Aug 3 11:34:11 2004 by paligap] " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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I actually like quite a few of those songs, but heres a quick rundown of whats stuck in my head at the moment:
You Can do Magic - America Dont give up on us Baby -David(has very little) Soul Thats How Much I Feel- ? I Just Wanna Stop- ? | |
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paligap said: After reading lovedad43's thread about Guilty Pleasures , I started wondering about Easy Listening songs specifically - everybody says they hate 'em, yet everyone seems to have at least a few that they find themselves singing along to...anybody got some MOR tunes that ya can't help liking? The reason why we do that, whether you want to admit it or not, is because you CAN. Why? Because no matter how lame you think the tunes are, they have a MELODY! Can someone hum or write out the melody for In Da Club? Good one, as usual, Sir Gap 
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Alright, I'm goin' :
Close To You - The Carpenters We've Only Just Begun - The Carpenters Superstar - The Carpenters Yesterday Once More - The Carpenters Rainy Days and Mondays - The Carpenters Top Of The World - The Carpenters Mandy- Barry Mannilow Looks Like We've Made It -Barry Mannilow Could This Be The Magic- Barry Mannilow Longer - Dan Fogelberg If You Could Read My Mind -Gordon Lightfoot Clair - Gilbert O' Sullivan Operator - Jim Croce Love Is The Answer - England Dan and John Ford Coley ( [Blasphemy]-I actually Like Their version better Than Todd Rundgren's -  )
Everybody's Talkin'- Harry Nilsson Rocky Mountain High - John Denver Laughter In The Rain - Neil Sedaka Diamond Girl - Seals And Crofts Summer Breeze -Seals And Crofts Closer To You - Seals And Crofts Tin Man-America Three Roses -America Muskrat Love (original version)-America Horse With No Name - America I noticed that in the sometimes the line between Easy listening / Soft Rock/ and Pop begins to blur... [This message was edited Tue Aug 3 11:40:38 2004 by paligap] " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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I don't know how "MOR" this is, but right now I'm listening to Scott Joplin's "Super Hits". (I'm just waiting for someone to start a ragtime thread!  ) Lately, his "Maple Leaf Rag" has been on heavy rotation in my mind. It's like I'm hearing it all over the place! It's even my sister's cellphone ring tone!  I found this online radio station that plays ragtime, but since I bought the Joplin comp I've been listening to it instead. If I ever learn to play piano, "Maple Leaf Rag" is the first tune I want to learn! | |
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theAudience said: paligap said: After reading lovedad43's thread about Guilty Pleasures , I started wondering about Easy Listening songs specifically - everybody says they hate 'em, yet everyone seems to have at least a few that they find themselves singing along to...anybody got some MOR tunes that ya can't help liking? The reason why we do that, whether you want to admit it or not, is because you CAN. Why? Because no matter how lame you think the tunes are, they have a MELODY! Can someone hum or write out the melody for In Da Club? tA Yup!! Exactly!  " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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Maybe folks are afraid of a dip in their hip quotient. 
But we both know... "What Is Hip?" These Dreams - Heart Too Much Heaven - Bee Gees Joanna - Kool & the Gang Easy - The Commodores I Can't Tell You Why - The Eagles Song Sung Blue - Neil Diamond Love Will Keep Us Together - Captain & Tennille Honesty - Billy Joel Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac This is just a sampling of what I hear during MOR-Tuesday on Muzak at work. tA Tribal Disorder
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theAudience said: Maybe folks are afraid of a dip in their hip quotient.
But we both know... "What Is Hip?"  Yeah, Maybe they're afraid they'll get their "Funk" card revoked, or somethin'..." I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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paligap said: Yeah, Maybe they're afraid they'll get their "Funk" card revoked, or somethin'...Maybe just a case of severe org-bog. This thing's been running like it's been given a molasses/quicksand dip today. 
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"It's Too Late" by Carole King (1971)
"Lotta Love" by Nicholette Larson (1979) "Just Remember I Love You" by Firefall (1977) "You Light Up My Life" by Debby Boone (1977) "Careless Whisper" by Wham (1984) "Longer" by Dan Fogelberg (1979) "Love Will Keep Us Together" by Captain and Tennille (1975) "Shattered Dreams" by Johnny Hates Jazz (1988) "Falling In Love" by Hamilton,Joe Frank and Reynolds (1975) "Lead Me On" by Maxine Nightingale (1979) "Sail On" by The Commodores (1979) "Laughter In The Rain" by Neil Sedaka (1974) I NEVER get tired of these types of songs! Soft-rock/easy listening tunes are superb...these songs have real melodies and chord changes.When you hear these songs,you can't help but hum all day long,because the music stays in your head for awhile. | |
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