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| -What is the schlockiest, cheesiest, kitschiest pop hit of all time? |
Mr. Ected |
Aug-29-10 05:36 PM |
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Mandy - Barry Manilow |
Tuesday Afternoon |
Aug-29-10 05:49 PM |
#1 |
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Mandy's actually not so bad compared to some others of his |
gmoney |
Aug-29-10 10:14 PM |
#47 |
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I love the fact that he didn't write "I Write the Songs" |
Nailzberg |
Aug-30-10 12:45 AM |
#69 |
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Beach Boy Bruce Johnston wrote it |
Capn Sunshine |
Aug-31-10 11:31 PM |
#118 |
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Beach Boy Bruce Johnston wrote it |
Capn Sunshine |
Aug-31-10 11:31 PM |
#119 |
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weird. |
Tuesday Afternoon |
Aug-30-10 08:19 AM |
#82 |
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I like that song a lot |
Sugarcoated |
Aug-31-10 01:34 PM |
#113 |
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Run Joey Run. |
Liberal Veteran |
Aug-29-10 05:55 PM |
#2 |
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this is on my Ipod |
lost-in-nj |
Aug-29-10 06:03 PM |
#7 |
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Winner. |
Iggo |
Aug-29-10 11:46 PM |
#60 |
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"Seasons in the Sun" by Terry Jacks |
Tobin S. |
Aug-29-10 05:59 PM |
#3 |
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fun cover of Seasons, by Squirrels |
gmoney |
Aug-29-10 10:19 PM |
#49 |
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She's Having My Baby; dunno who, don't wanna know |
Skittles |
Aug-29-10 06:01 PM |
#4 |
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Paul Anka. I rather liked "Diana" and even "Put your head on my shoulder" was OK.... |
BlueJazz |
Aug-29-10 08:06 PM |
#32 |
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Especially when performed by the Hallelujah Tabernacle Choir |
csziggy |
Aug-29-10 11:06 PM |
#56 |
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This is the ony correct answer |
SoxFan |
Aug-30-10 02:13 PM |
#93 |
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MMMBop? |
wickerwoman |
Aug-29-10 06:01 PM |
#5 |
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Crazy Talk! |
Twillig |
Aug-29-10 07:32 PM |
#17 |
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If anybody wants to argue I'm up for it. Nobody has responded to a God damn thing I've posted in |
Twillig |
Aug-29-10 08:55 PM |
#42 |
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In an mmbop ... you're gone ... |
dawg |
Aug-30-10 03:11 PM |
#101 |
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"I've Never Been to Me" |
MorningGlow |
Aug-29-10 06:02 PM |
#6 |
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That is one of the worst songs EVER! |
Systematic Chaos |
Aug-29-10 07:34 PM |
#18 |
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That is the first song that came to my mind |
deutsey |
Aug-30-10 07:09 AM |
#77 |
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Yes, that was the first one I thought of. What gawd-awful dreck. |
Arugula Latte |
Aug-30-10 11:34 AM |
#88 |
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I've never heard of this and am feeling compelled to go hunt it down. |
Still Blue in PDX |
Aug-31-10 11:28 PM |
#117 |
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"Feelings." |
Gidney N Cloyd |
Aug-29-10 06:03 PM |
#8 |
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I'll see your Feelings and raise you... |
Chan790 |
Aug-29-10 06:15 PM |
#10 |
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The Night Chicago Died |
gmoney |
Aug-29-10 10:16 PM |
#48 |
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Paper Lace, baby. |
Iggo |
Aug-29-10 11:47 PM |
#61 |
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can not wait to read the replies!!!! |
lost-in-nj |
Aug-29-10 06:09 PM |
#9 |
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Oh, waaaay too easy! |
Ikonoklast |
Aug-29-10 06:38 PM |
#11 |
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I remember the version done by The Captain and Tenille |
Sanity Claws |
Aug-29-10 07:08 PM |
#13 |
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I have a confession to make. |
Ikonoklast |
Aug-29-10 07:29 PM |
#16 |
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They wrote "Take Me Home, Country Roads". |
rug |
Aug-29-10 07:56 PM |
#24 |
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Yeah, Denver signed them and was a big supporter. |
Ikonoklast |
Aug-29-10 08:04 PM |
#31 |
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That's harsh. |
rug |
Aug-29-10 08:08 PM |
#34 |
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You vicious bastard. |
Ikonoklast |
Aug-29-10 08:11 PM |
#35 |
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Starland Vocal Band or Capt. and Tennille? |
deutsey |
Aug-30-10 07:14 AM |
#78 |
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I used to work for the Captain and Tenille. |
driver8 |
Aug-29-10 09:43 PM |
#46 |
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I kind of love that song |
ThomasQED |
Aug-29-10 07:42 PM |
#20 |
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Death is too good for you. |
Ikonoklast |
Aug-29-10 07:44 PM |
#21 |
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Can we just agree |
ThomasQED |
Aug-29-10 07:52 PM |
#23 |
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I refuse to concede the point. |
Ikonoklast |
Aug-29-10 07:58 PM |
#25 |
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Aw |
ThomasQED |
Aug-29-10 08:01 PM |
#27 |
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No. |
Ikonoklast |
Aug-29-10 08:06 PM |
#33 |
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"You're Having My Baby." Paul Anka |
foxfeet |
Aug-29-10 06:50 PM |
#12 |
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(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window? |
sofa king |
Aug-29-10 07:09 PM |
#14 |
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Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Old Oak Tree |
Curmudgeoness |
Aug-29-10 07:23 PM |
#15 |
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Big points for schlock given how it was used post-9-11. |
Gidney N Cloyd |
Aug-29-10 08:21 PM |
#36 |
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Not the first time, either. |
Iggo |
Aug-29-10 11:49 PM |
#62 |
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Seasons in the Sun-Terry Jacks |
carlyhippy |
Aug-29-10 07:38 PM |
#19 |
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Undercover Angel |
abbeyco |
Aug-29-10 07:51 PM |
#22 |
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The great Alan O'Day... |
ThomasQED |
Aug-29-10 08:02 PM |
#30 |
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Telephone Man |
Phentex |
Aug-29-10 08:00 PM |
#26 |
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Season in the Sun and Feelings are the first that came to mind. |
pink-o |
Aug-29-10 08:02 PM |
#28 |
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Not Bread! |
gratuitous |
Aug-30-10 03:55 PM |
#105 |
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La Macarena |
Xipe Totec |
Aug-29-10 08:02 PM |
#29 |
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And the WINNER is: "Teen Angel"! |
WinkyDink |
Aug-29-10 08:30 PM |
#37 |
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Come on! That's a great song! |
rug |
Aug-29-10 08:34 PM |
#38 |
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Muskrat Love |
IDemo |
Aug-29-10 08:38 PM |
#39 |
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2nd vote for Muskrat Love.. |
denbot |
Aug-29-10 09:17 PM |
#45 |
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+1 |
MilesColtrane |
Aug-30-10 02:43 PM |
#98 |
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IMO "Wildfire" Michael Martin Murphy |
kimi |
Aug-29-10 08:39 PM |
#40 |
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Or -- MacArthur Park, Richard Harris |
IDemo |
Aug-29-10 08:42 PM |
#41 |
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You are dead to me. nt |
MrScorpio |
Aug-30-10 12:12 AM |
#65 |
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the pina colada song |
lickety-split |
Aug-29-10 09:10 PM |
#43 |
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Kung Fu Fighting |
Mendocino |
Aug-29-10 09:12 PM |
#44 |
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Fernando - ABBA |
pokerfan |
Aug-29-10 10:34 PM |
#50 |
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Abba doesn't count! |
gvstn |
Aug-29-10 10:49 PM |
#53 |
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I Went to Your Wedding |
Petrushka |
Aug-29-10 10:40 PM |
#51 |
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Up, Up and Away - Fifth Dimension |
LiberalAndProud |
Aug-29-10 10:43 PM |
#52 |
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Have you ever read "Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songs"? |
OmahaBlueDog |
Aug-29-10 10:52 PM |
#54 |
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Gary Puckett? As in Gary Puckett & the Union Gap? |
Kat45 |
Aug-29-10 11:03 PM |
#55 |
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In the chapter on "Songs Women Really Hate"..... |
OmahaBlueDog |
Aug-29-10 11:13 PM |
#57 |
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That is a hilarious book! |
kimi |
Aug-30-10 12:47 AM |
#70 |
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I love that book! |
Mad_Dem_X |
Aug-30-10 07:32 AM |
#80 |
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"You Light Up My Life" by Debbie Boon. I was a teen at the time. I knew all the words. |
applegrove |
Aug-29-10 11:19 PM |
#58 |
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That is the correct answer. |
Frank Cannon |
Aug-30-10 06:32 AM |
#76 |
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"You Light Up My Life" also won the 'best song' from at the Oscars for 1977: |
LeftinOH |
Aug-30-10 08:16 AM |
#81 |
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Most overplayed song of all time. You couldn't escape it. Horrible, |
LibDemAlways |
Aug-30-10 06:36 PM |
#111 |
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Anything by Tommy Roe |
The Midway Rebel |
Aug-29-10 11:20 PM |
#59 |
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lol that was the #1 song the week I was born. |
Systematic Chaos |
Aug-30-10 12:07 AM |
#63 |
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I love tommy roe! |
HEyHEY |
Aug-30-10 12:18 AM |
#68 |
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This one right here! |
MrScorpio |
Aug-30-10 12:08 AM |
#64 |
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One poster said "MMM Bop" I have to agree. Fuck that was a nightmare. |
HEyHEY |
Aug-30-10 12:15 AM |
#66 |
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This one makes me want to fucking vomit. |
Systematic Chaos |
Aug-30-10 12:17 AM |
#67 |
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How can blasphemy be made even worse? |
Yeshuah Ben Joseph |
Aug-30-10 03:17 AM |
#73 |
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"Last Kiss" |
Nailzberg |
Aug-30-10 12:55 AM |
#71 |
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Hollaback Girl - Gwen Stefani |
Tabasco_Dave |
Aug-30-10 02:38 AM |
#72 |
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MacArthur Park n/t |
sarge43 |
Aug-30-10 05:36 AM |
#74 |
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+100. nt |
raccoon |
Aug-30-10 08:23 AM |
#83 |
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Isn't that normally considered the schlockiest of the schlocky? |
NewJeffCT |
Aug-30-10 03:04 PM |
#100 |
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I believe it's in the Schlock Hall of Fame |
sarge43 |
Aug-30-10 03:49 PM |
#103 |
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Melanie Safka - Brand New Key |
NoPasaran |
Aug-30-10 05:47 AM |
#75 |
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I actually like that one. |
Dr Morbius |
Aug-30-10 07:19 AM |
#79 |
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"You Light Up My Life"...Boone's kid...Gawd awful...n/t |
monmouth |
Aug-30-10 08:35 AM |
#84 |
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Lee Greenwood's I'm Proud to be an American |
charlie |
Aug-30-10 09:23 AM |
#85 |
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Sugar Sugar - The Archies |
PufPuf23 |
Aug-30-10 11:25 AM |
#86 |
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+1 |
LiberalEsto |
Aug-30-10 11:26 AM |
#87 |
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I love rock and roll. |
tourivers83 |
Aug-30-10 01:31 PM |
#92 |
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New York, London, Paris, Munich, Everybody talk about... Pop Music! Talk about |
Touchdown |
Aug-30-10 12:11 PM |
#89 |
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Pac-Man Fever - Buckner and Garcia |
KamaAina |
Aug-30-10 12:46 PM |
#90 |
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Say Say Say... |
brendan120678 |
Aug-30-10 12:48 PM |
#91 |
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It's at least better than, The Girl Is Mine. |
MilesColtrane |
Aug-30-10 04:03 PM |
#106 |
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Off the Thriller album, no less |
gratuitous |
Aug-30-10 05:29 PM |
#109 |
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Toni Basil - Mickey |
Kaleva |
Aug-30-10 02:21 PM |
#94 |
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Send in the Clowns |
Z_I_Peevey |
Aug-30-10 02:25 PM |
#95 |
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"Honey" by Bobby Goldsboro. |
Amerigo Vespucci |
Aug-30-10 02:26 PM |
#96 |
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Goldsboro Twofer: Summer (The First Time) |
gratuitous |
Aug-30-10 02:48 PM |
#99 |
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But the Smothers Brothers did great things with that song. |
Still Blue in PDX |
Aug-30-10 03:38 PM |
#102 |
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OK, THAT I'll sign off on. |
Amerigo Vespucci |
Aug-30-10 04:17 PM |
#107 |
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I hadn't seen your reply when I posted mine below. |
Arkansas Granny |
Aug-31-10 02:01 PM |
#116 |
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This one causes me pain: Hey Paula by Paul and Paula |
Silver Swan |
Aug-30-10 02:30 PM |
#97 |
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"Chevy Van" by Sammy Johns - I win! |
Glorfindel |
Aug-30-10 03:54 PM |
#104 |
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I'm over 25 (But You Can Trust Me) by Sammy Davis Jr. |
BurtWorm |
Aug-30-10 04:27 PM |
#108 |
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Muskrat Love, by the Captain and Tenille |
Joe Fields |
Aug-30-10 06:20 PM |
#110 |
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Heck, just about any poop tune from the '70s qualifies |
Art_from_Ark |
Aug-31-10 01:30 PM |
#112 |
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"Honey" by Bobby Goldsboro from 1968. |
Arkansas Granny |
Aug-31-10 01:46 PM |
#114 |
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"Honey" is certainly a contender |
Art_from_Ark |
Aug-31-10 02:00 PM |
#115 |
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I can't believe we made it this far without "Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves" by Cher |
Capn Sunshine |
Aug-31-10 11:40 PM |
#120 |
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