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03 April 2011

"There was a time when strangers were welcome here" I had forgotten this song existed (it came out way back in my College Radio days in the '70s) but when it played on the Obscure Oldies-Oriented GreatBigRadio.com, I was surprised and a little embarrassed how much I enjoyed it... [More:]
Totally corny, emotionally loaded (and even more so today - politically divisive) lyrics (he actually wrote it in response to John Lennon being denied entry to the U.S., but you'd never guess), plus a musical arrangement that sounded like a TV theme song, and Neil Sedaka's famously pitch-perfect but odd voice. Lots of good reasons not to like it, but dammit, it got to me...

Feel free to pass judgment on "The Immigrant" or give me your personal examples of totally uncool songs you have a weakness for...
I listened to the radio pretty intensely during the 70s but somehow I missed that song. The photos on youtube were good to see. GreatBigRadio has become my default work-background music lately. I was putting together a dog-walkies playlist recently and added 'How Much I Feel' by Ambrosia. How's that for uncool?
posted by wens 03 April | 07:48
I only sort of remember that song, but when GreatBigRadio played this I was ever so happy.

Also on the cornball side, I've been watching a lot of clips of old Eurovision contests (sorry, jouke), and this song from 1980 just kills me. I adore it.
posted by JanetLand 03 April | 08:44
JanetLand I can top that.
posted by jouke 03 April | 09:42
Sweeeeeeeeeeeet.
posted by JanetLand 03 April | 09:48
I don't think I ever heard that Sedaka song before.
posted by Doohickie 03 April | 09:55
Other than 'How Much I Feel' I've never heard of any of these. Cool.
posted by arse_hat 03 April | 13:07
I accept "How Much I Feel" because I so loved the weirdness on Ambrosia's first two albums and it, while obvious pop-bait, had some baked-in lyrical ambiguity about "How Much" the singer really DID feel.
posted by oneswellfoop 03 April | 23:46
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