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Post by Jeffster on Mar 24, 2012 17:36:10 GMT -5
Ha. First thing I thought when I saw this topic was "Paul will be along any minute."  I don't hate "Runaround" and never did, but I think "Hook" is a lot better song. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2012 19:54:16 GMT -5
Ha. First thing I thought when I saw this topic was "Paul will be along any minute." I don't hate "Runaround" and never did, but I think "Hook" is a lot better song. Static on a continuous loop is a better song. |
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Post by at40freak on Mar 24, 2012 21:28:05 GMT -5
I still like Runaround (ducks).
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Post by shadster on Mar 24, 2012 21:33:02 GMT -5
When I 1st heard the song hovering in the teens I didn't really like, couldn't understand what it was doing there, then I watched its slow ascent into the top10 I kept wondering what it was doing there. It hung around the 6/5/6 spots for months. Defied logic. But I must admit, the song grew on me. I was in college and it was a good song to play at party's. We didn't have a pop station in the Nations Capital back then so it wasn't overplayed till the HotAC stations got ahold of it. I first heard it on Rick Dee's from Star 94 Atlanta, and on subsequent editions of Caseys Top 40 from Q94 Richmond. It's not a favorite of mine but I'm far from hating it.
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Post by ronnie21 on Mar 24, 2012 21:54:52 GMT -5
the problem i have with the song is that it totally flat out sucks!!!! but i think what shocks me as that more people don't agree or see it the way i do about this really awful song, when there is so much really good underrated songs that never get a chance , that if they did, they would be really good hits.. But trash like this song gets all this airplay.. And the sad thing is, it never went away even after 16 years later. It still the most overplayed song on any radio or resturant or store .. i bet 10000 years from now. runaround will still be in heavy rotation..
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Post by Hervard on Mar 25, 2012 19:42:25 GMT -5
Well, Breakfast at Tiffany's beginning with "you say we've got nothing in common" didn't exactly strike as deep either. In fact the first time I heard it that's exactly what I said after I heard that first line. Tell you what, I'd rather listen to "Run-Around" than that "Breakfast At Tiffany's" song any day. That song was overplayed almost as much as "Run-Around" - thankfully, they don't play it much anymore. I've mentioned this in a previous topic, I'm sure, but I dislike that song due to its lyrics. What relationship can survive on the slight appreciation for a movie? EDIT: Yes I did mention that - in fact, it was in the first topic to which Paul posted a link. |
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Post by Caseyfan4everRyanfanNever on Mar 25, 2012 21:14:38 GMT -5
Seems like both "Run Around" and "Breakfast at Tiffany's" were on the charts forever and were played ad nausem forever in the mid 1990s. That was the period on R&R with no recurrent rule--that's why songs like these stayed on the charts for close to a year in some cases (Apr 1994 to June 1996). I'm compiling a top 100 of 1990s chart and because of the lack of a recurrent rule for this period, both songs rank higher than they probably should. That's why I'm working on backward implementing the 20/20 recurrent rule that was adopted by R&R in 1999 for the entire decade.
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Post by hothitzdj on Mar 25, 2012 22:12:17 GMT -5
I have no problem with Run-Around or Breakfast's At Tiffany. I didn't write down the countdowns in 1995-96 and listened to Rick Dees on KDWB half asleep most Sundays. When you make a living playing music at parties, you don't play either of those two songs because you can't dance to them along Alanis-Hootie music of that time period. I really wasn't overexposed to them.
Now, if you say Tootsee Roll & California Love, I would say I can't stand them. You are forced to play what you don't like to please the crowd. I had my fill with Enter Sandman & Smells Like Teen Spirit from earlier 90's. I would never listen to these four songs for pure enjoyment. Also, I really can't stand the thought of hearing "Celebration" on the radio. I would turn that radio off so fast. I wouldn't mind burning "Old Time Rock & Roll", "Can't Help Falling In Love", "Could I Have This Dance" or "Mony Mony" and start the fire with a box-set of Frank Sinatra.
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Post by ronnie21 on Mar 26, 2012 5:54:41 GMT -5
i think tears for fears are better than frank sinatra. hes so overrrated. i know people are nuts about him, i just dont get it... Like i said about runaround too, is that you hear it no matter where you are. not just the radio, or in the car, its played at 98% of all inside eating places on their musik. My friend said he worked at a place called The ground round in the late 90's well after 95 and he said he must have heard runaround 5 times a day everyday for the whole year he worked there..
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Post by Shadoe Fan on Mar 26, 2012 14:24:59 GMT -5
I still can't stand to hear the song today, along with "Smooth" by Santana. It's only because they were overplayed soooo much. It was fascinating though to follow the chart and watch the very long run of the Blues Traveler song. The song's run was reflective of how much the song was really played, and so IMHO it did deserve to place high in the year-end rankings. If a top 10 song is popular enough to remain in the top 40 for over 40 weeks, it should rank higher than a song that hit #1 but rushed up and down the chart (not citing a specific example here).
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Post by ronnie21 on Mar 26, 2012 16:39:08 GMT -5
Heres a song that should have blown runaround out of the water. but no ones ever heard of or even knows.. this song here should have been a bigger hit than this blows travler trash... www.youtube.com/watch?v=gv01Ycs7Yp0 |
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Post by OldSchoolAT40Fan on Mar 27, 2012 8:40:10 GMT -5
As much as I hate "Runaround" by Blues Traveler, there is another song from that period of time that I hate more - Donna Lewis's "I Love You Always Forever". It was the longest-running #1 on CT40 during the 1990s (having spent 12 weeks), and surprisingly was only the #3 song of 1996 ("Missing" by Everything But The Girl was #1, if I recall). Seeing that song was ranked #3 of 1996, I was surprised to learn that, when Casey Kasem hosted the top 40 songs of the 1990s, Donna Lewis had the #1 song of the entire 1990s.
Yes, a song that I really hated back in the 1990s was the #1 song of the 1990s. All I can say is, I am glad Donna Lewis's "I Love You Always Forever" is not played as much anymore. I'd rather Donna Summer or Donna Allen over Donna Lewis any day!
To sum things up, I think the music of that period that Donna Lewis, Blues Traveler, and other singers/bands that had a lot of awful music, defined what I refer to as "music's dark period". I'm glad my taste for music started recovery by the time 2002 came around, though it doesn't beat or equal that of the 1980s.
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Post by ronnie21 on Mar 27, 2012 15:32:11 GMT -5
Also, i forgot one. anything by alanis morrisette.. oh my god. i couldnt stand her whinny annoying voice. and like 5 singles off that monster album of heres lasted over 2 years. I couldnt stand that voice..
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2012 16:59:33 GMT -5
As much as I hate "Runaround" by Blues Traveler, there is another song from that period of time that I hate more - Donna Lewis's "I Love You Always Forever". It was the longest-running #1 on CT40 during the 1990s (having spent 12 weeks), and surprisingly was only the #3 song of 1996 ("Missing" by Everything But The Girl was #1, if I recall). Seeing that song was ranked #3 of 1996, I was surprised to learn that, when Casey Kasem hosted the top 40 songs of the 1990s, Donna Lewis had the #1 song of the entire 1990s. Yes, a song that I really hated back in the 1990s was the #1 song of the 1990s. All I can say is, I am glad Donna Lewis's "I Love You Always Forever" is not played as much anymore. I'd rather Donna Summer or Donna Allen over Donna Lewis any day! To sum things up, I think the music of that period that Donna Lewis, Blues Traveler, and other singers/bands that had a lot of awful music, defined what I refer to as "music's dark period". I'm glad my taste for music started recovery by the time 2002 came around, though it doesn't beat or equal that of the 1980s. I didn't get the Donna Summer deal either. I guess it and to do with spins or something and Missing was around for more of the year. This is why I'm all for a numerical scoring system based on how the songs did on the chart, not how much they were played all year. And for the record, I like Alanis Morrissette. I'm even ok with Donna Summers song. I didnt hate it anywhere near like I hated harmonica man. |
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Post by ronnie21 on Mar 27, 2012 18:54:36 GMT -5
yeah , the thing about harmonica man is that he sounds so freaky wimpy when he sings.. I know my runaround days arent over. at least here in philly certain stations play that song like its new again...
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