"Josie's on a vacation far away..." AGAIN

I went through my high school years in the early 80s. So of course I love 80s music. Really. But here's something that really bugs me. There was a LOT of good music made back then. But you would NEVER know that just listening to commercial radio, or by looking at 80s music compilations you might pick up at the music store. By those standards, every great band and artist had ONE big hit that you get to hear over and over...and over...and over...

The Outfield is a prime example. "Your Love" was and still is a great song. But I really got tired of it after the first 2 million times I heard it. And that was just last week. Seriously, when I hear "Josie's on a vacation far away..." I can't change the station fast enough. And I really dig the Outfield--I bought that cassette way back in the day.

But there WERE other great songs on that album/cassette. "Everytime You Cry", "Say It Isn't So", "All The Love", etc.

Sabes que, there are songs that I hated back then, and I hate them now. Why must a brotha be tormented? That's gacho...

But I realize that it's the really big hits that tend to live on--they're the ones that made money, and probably continue to.

And I would guess that, as sick as I am of hearing the same songs over and over... those bands that have to play them night after night are REALLY sick of playing them.

How would you like to make a career out of playing a song that you wrote some 25 years ago?

Depends on how much they're payin'...