I was talking to Owens, a friend from High school this past week. We got on the topic of old songs as I have recently found an oldies radio station that plays east-listening music from our teen and early adult days.
Some of the songs I enjoyed while I was growing up were performed by Grand Funk Radio, Alice Cooper, and Led Zeppelin.
At the same time, I enjoyed easy-listening music from this era. Owens asked, “Do you mean songs like Barry Manilow songs?”
“Yeah, as well as Jim Croce, Helen Reddy, and others.”
“I get tired of hearing the same old ‘oldies’ you hear everywhere today, from the muzak various retailers play in their playlists.”
“And for some reason, it seems like every plays the same playlist – or at least picks the same songs, probably because they hear a song in a store they are shopping in, and they ask for that song to be played on their store’s playlist.”
“It does seem like everyone is copying everyone else when it comes to playlists in various retail stores, doesn’t it?”
“Sure does.”
“And then the ‘classic rock’ stations seem to pick up on this and play the same songs across the airwaves.”
“That’s one thing about Teddy’s (my older son) concerts. Since he writes his own music and only performs his own music, you don’t hear it elsewhere. At least, not yet.”
“If he gets famous, you will.”
“So I know you enjoyed the easy-listening songs from high school. When’s the last time you heard John Denver’s ‘Sunshine on my shoulder?”
“Just now…” and Owens began singing…
“Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy
Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry
Sunshine on the water looks so lovely
Sunshine almost always makes me high
If I had a day that I could give you
I’d give to you a day just like today…”
I had joined in with Owens by the second line as we crooned John Denver as best we could. Afterwards, we both thought we had done it better than John had ever done.
“Maybe we can go on the Late, Late show and perform on an episode of Carpool karaoke,” Owners suggested.
“Well, James Corden left the Late, late show several months ago.”
“He did? Man, we could have used that as a springboard to make millions with our music.”
“Maybe we’re not totally screwed. I understand James Corden is starting a new show. He is resurrecting Carpool karaoke but since that term is owned by CBS, he has come up with a new title. It’s called
“I understand the first episode’s guest stars will be the Biden family…”
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