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  1. 1. Again - Lenny Kravitz (2000)

    2. I Wish It Would Rain Down - Phil Collins (1989)

    3. On The Dark Side - John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band (1984)

    4. I Need a Lover - John Mellencamp (1978)

    5. Another Nail In My Heart - Squeeze (1979)

    6. Whatcha Gonna Do - Pablo Cruise (1977)

    7. Good Girls Don't - The Knack (1979)

    8. Two Hearts Beat As One - U2 (1983)

    9. All Night Rain - Atlanta Rhythm Section (1975)

    10. Across The Great Divide - The Band (1969)

  2. My top 3 are going to be my Bruce songs since they are about working (plus I love Bruce). :D

    1. Jack Of All Trades - Bruce Springsteen (2012)

    2. Factory - Bruce Springteen (1978)

    3. Working On The Highway - Bruce Springsteen (1984)

    4. Peace of Mind - Boston (1976)

    5. Takin' Care Of Business - Bachman Turner Overdrive (1973)

    6. Blue Collar Man (Long Nights) - Styx (1978)

    7. Factory Girl - The Rolling Stones (1968)

    8. Rain on the Scarecrow - John Mellencamp (1985)

    9. Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen (1975)

    10. My City of Ruins - Bruce Springsteen (2002)

    I voted based on theme of the poll.

  3. Got this in an email and thought it was funny even though we've heard similar before. Hope it gives you a chuckle. :D

    When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears with their tedious diatribes about how hard things were when they were growing up; what with walking twenty-five miles to school every morning....Uphill... Barefoot...BOTH ways...yadda, yadda, yadda...

    And I remember promising myself that when I grew up, there was no way I was going to lay a bunch of crap like that on my kids about how hard I had it and how easy they've got it!

    But now that I'm over the ripe old age of forty +, I can't help but look around and notice the youth of today. You've got it so easy! I mean, compared to my childhood, you live in a damn Utopia! And I hate to say it but, you kids today, you don't know how good you've got it!

    1) I mean, when I was a kid we didn't have the Internet. If we wanted to know something, we had to go to the library and look it up ourselves --- in the card catalog!!

    2) There was no email!! We had to actually write somebody a letter - with a pen! Then you had to walk all the way across the street and put it in the mailbox -- and it would take like a week to get there! Stamps were 10 cents!

    3) Child Protective Services didn't care if our parents beat us. As a matter of fact, the parents of all my friends also had permission to kick our ass! Nowhere was safe!

    4) There were no MP3's or Napsters or iTunes! If you wanted to steal music, you had to hitchhike to the record store and shoplift it yourself!

    5) Or you had to wait around all day to tape it off the radio, and the DJ would usually talk over the beginning and @#*% it all up! There were no CD players! We had tape decks in our car. We'd play our favorite tape and "eject" it when finished, and then the tape would come undone rendering it useless. 'Cause, hey, that's how we rolled, Baby! Dig?

    6) We didn't have fancy crap like Call Waiting! If you were on the phone and somebody else called, they got a busy signal, that's it!

    7) There weren't any freakin' cell phones either. If you left the house, you just didn't make a call or receive one. You actually had to be out of touch with your "friends". OH, MYGOSH !!! Think of the horror... not being in touch with someone 24/7!!! And then there's TEXTING. Yeah, right. Please! You kids have no idea how annoying you are.

    8) And we didn't have fancy Caller ID either! When the phone rang, you had no idea who it was! It could be your school, your parents, your boss, your bookie, your drug dealer, the collection agent... you just didn't know!!! You had to pick it up and take your chances, mister!

    9) We didn't have any fancy PlayStation or Xbox video games with high-resolution 3-D graphics! We had the Atari 2600 with games like 'Space Invaders' and 'Asteroids'. Your screen guy was a little square! You actually had to use your imagination!!! And there were no multiple levels or screens, it was just one screen...Forever! And you could never win. The game just kept getting harder and harder and faster and faster until you died! Just like LIFE!

    10) You had to use a little book called a TV Guide to find out what was on! You were screwed when it came to channel surfing! You had to get off your ass and walk over to the TV to change the channel!!! NO REMOTES!!! Oh, no, what's the world coming to?!?!

    11) There was no Cartoon Network either! You could only get cartoons on Saturday morning. Do you hear what I'm saying? We had to wait ALL WEEK for cartoons, you spoiled little brats!

    12) And we didn't have microwaves. If we wanted to heat something up, we had to use the stove! Imagine that!

    13) And our parents told us to stay outside and play... all day long. Oh, no ~~ no electronics to soothe and comfort. And if you came back inside... you were doing chores!

    14) And car seats - oh, please! Mom threw you in the back seat and you hung on. If you were lucky, you got the "safety arm" across the chest at the last moment if she had to stop suddenly and, if your head hit the dashboard, well that was your fault for calling "shot gun" in the first place!

    See! That's exactly what I'm talking about! You kids today have got it too easy. You're spoiled rotten! You guys wouldn't have lasted five minutes back in 1970 or any time before!

    Regards, The Over 40 Crowd

  4. Do you guys use Wikipedia for information? If so, this is from Wiki:

    The Fever

    Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes

    "The Fever" is an early Bruce Springsteen song, it was recorded and released on an extremely rare 7" demo to promote the band. The single was released under The Jersey Devil and was pressed on Bruce Records, which was Springsteen's own indi label for his band. It was performed by Springsteen in concert beginning in March 1973. It was recorded in 914 Sound Studios in May 1973, during sessions for Springsteen's second album The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle, but was directed towards a demo purposing for manager Mike Appel's Laurel Canyon publishing arm instead and named "Fever For the Girl". In early 1974 Appel sent it to several progressive rock radio stations, where it became a "turntable hit" in the ramp-up of Springsteen expectations prior to Born to Run.

    It was recorded by UK singer Alan Rich in 1975 but failed to make much impact. In 1976, it was recorded on Southside Johnny and The Asbury Jukes' debut album I Don't Want to Go Home, entitled as "The Fever", and became better known. In 1979 The Pointer Sisters gave it a go on their Priority album. The original Springsteen recording finally achieved official surfacing in 1998 on his 18 Tracks outtakes collection.

    Link

  5. 1. Fever, The - Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes (1976)

    2. Downstream - Supertramp (1977)

    3. That's Life - Frank Sinatra (1966)

    4. Got To Get You Into My Life - Earth, Wind, & Fire (1978)

    5. All Night Long - Rainbow (1979)

    6. Jungle Boy - John Eddie (1986)

    7. Easy Livin' - Uriah Heep (1972)

    8. Up All Night - Boomtown Rats (1982)

    9. Hi-De-Ho - Blood, Sweat, & Tears (1970)

    10. Venus In Furs - The Velvet Underground (1967)

  6. "Ted." If you are not amused by funny things, then STAY FAR FROM THIS MOVIE.

    If, however, your depraved sense of humor should be packaged and sold off to others who need a sense of humor, depraved, twisted, or otherwise, then you, my kindred soul, cannot risk missing this flick.

    We laughed from the 3rd minute into it and did not stop until it was almost over. Even the heartbreaking scenes were hysterical!

    Mark wahlburg plays a guy who got a stuffed bear for his 8th birthday and wished him to life. They grew up together, started smoking pot and partying together, getting in trouble together. Then mark gets a girlfriend and the bear gets kidnapped. And the ending is excitingly wonderful while still being raunchily humorous. They take a dig at every ethnic group in the world. And tbey're dead on. Plus the have ryan reynolds in a cameo. How awesome is that. 10/10 easy

    I totally agree with you Shawna...it was hysterical! And this is just for you. :D

  7. 'The Fever' - Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes (1976)

    'Downstream' - Supertramp (1977)

    'Jungle Boy' - John Eddie (1986)

    I have no rhyme or reason as to how I pick songs. I just pick them. For the most part they are songs that I like a lot and some I just like a little. Anyway, I have a terrible memory. So if I pick the same song a couple of times, sorry about that. :D

    Oh and is this #300 then?

  8. 1. Summer Wind - Frank Sinatra (1966)

    2. A Beautiful Morning - The Rascals (1968)

    3. Hot Fun In The Summertime - Sly and the Family Stone (1969)

    4. The Boys Are Back In Town - Thin Lizzy (1976)

    5. Indian Summer - Poco (1977)

    6. Hot In The City - Billy Idol (1982)

    7. Summer Breeze - Seals & Crofts (1972)

    8. All Summer Long - Kid Rock (2008)

    9. Summer in the City - The Lovin' Spoonful (1966)

    10. Summer Of '69 - Bryan Adams (1984)

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