{"id":481,"date":"2006-02-23T10:33:51","date_gmt":"2006-02-23T10:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/?p=481"},"modified":"2006-02-23T10:33:51","modified_gmt":"2006-02-23T10:33:51","slug":"musical_meme_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/2006\/02\/23\/musical_meme_1\/","title":{"rendered":"Musical Meme"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s a quickie musical meme<\/a>, courtesy of Scalzi:<\/p>\n

Using this site<\/a>, find and reveal the song that was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart the day you were born.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n


\nThe #1 song on the day I came into the world, September 15, 1969, was “Sugar, Sugar” by The Archies. A dippy little tune, but harmless and memorable, in that persistent audio-virus kind of way. I can live with it.<\/p>\n

Incidentally, as I look over this song list, I find that the last #1-on-my-birthday I actually liked was Guns ‘n’ Roses’ “Sweet Child o’ Mine,” way back in 1988. And if that’s not sufficient to reveal how unhip I am, I don’t even recognize any of the songs from that year forward, a span of almost 20 years now, except for Aerosmith’s “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” in ’98 and — God help me — the Macarena in ’96.<\/p>\n

I will now hang my head in shame and prepare for your hoots of derision…<\/p>\n

[Addendum:<\/strong> Okay, I’ve been looking at that list again and I realized that I also know the song from 2000, Madonna’s “Music.” And the title of that Nelson tune from ’90 sounds vaguely familiar. But still, I think it’s pretty obvious that I disconnected from popular music in a major way sometime around 1989. Personally, I blame Kurt Cobain<\/a>…]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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