Eldergays, please explain.

Every decade gets the music it deserves.

Except the sixties. That shit was excessive. You got far, far more than you deserved.

If any post ever deserved a MARY!, it's this one.

Thank you.

Slim Whitman covered it with a certain verve.

It was a huge crossover hit for Ray Conniff.

Awful, R3. Just awful.

Listen, Child @r5; K-tel ran commercials for that asshole on all the local tv stations all the time.

It was Slim, Roger Whittaker, and some fucknut playing a pan flute.

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If you don't understand the irony, the subtle shading, the delicate layering of information, then I'm afraid I can't explain it to you.

Ugh. What's with the idiotfest today?

La Paloma Blanca was a staple, "White Dove" symbolizing peace and freedom, of course. What on earth do you scolds do for fun? Un knit sweaters? Groom llamas?

The generation you hate so much? They marched and fought for civil rights when you were just wet sheets and a broken condom.

I knew that song was hilariously bad when I was a kid. I caught myself singing it just the other day. I’ll “Mary!” myself out now....

There! THAT wasn't so good, was it?

Actually the hit was The English translation by The George Baker Selection.

It’s not offensive to my ears. Brings back fond memories of laying in bed winter nights and early mornings listening to the radio waiting for the school closings announcements. The radio station I chose played these kinds of music. It was relaxing and pleasant to fall asleep to. I wish I could find a station that plays this type of music again.

“I don’t know about their brain pans, madam, but these birds ATTACKED!”

Okay I just watched the loony video 😂 thank goodness I was not aware of its existence, would have put me off this song for sure.

Better Datalounge material

Boom Boom Boom

[quote] Every decade gets the music it deserves.

What did the 1990s do to deserve boy bands and slut pop?

'Brings back fond memories of laying in bed winter nights and early mornings listening to the radio waiting for the school closings announcements'. This should be extended into a short story or film or country song or- date I hope for too much- a tele novella!

He has a Richard Ramirez vibe.

R17 why, oh why, can’t we have pop bands and boy sluts?

This is for you, R6

And then there’s this classic rendition:

White birds were a thing back then.

What the hell??😂😂😂😂 I like the part with the lady hanging clothes. Thank you, OP.

"Better Datalounge material," R16?

"Lekakis tested positive for HIV around 1989, though he did not make this widely known until the 1990s. In recent years, he has played HIV-positive characters in several of his film appearances and has spoken out publicly on HIV-related issues. In 2000, Lekakis appeared on the cover of the February issue of POZ magazine, where he also gave an interview, relating, among other reminiscences, his time as a male prostitute in West Hollywood between 1994 and 1997, and in the interview admitted to intentionally exposing his escort johns to HIV. Lekakis says in the article[4] "he had unprotected sex with clients (as a male escort) whom he did not inform of his HIV status. He also admits to lying to clients about his status and then having unprotected sex with them". He eventually "joined a 12-step group and quit drinking, doing drugs and turning tricks".

What. The. Actual. Fuck.

Calm down MARY R9!