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9. Come on Eileen by Dexys Midnight Runners
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 08:57 PM
Sunday

Was another creepy one but Jennifer Nettles and Sara Bareilles have fun with it here..



Here's another one that's not so much about age as it is pretty suggestive (although admittedly it was lost on me except my mom would make me turn off the radio when it was on)



Which brings me to this Peter Paul & Mary song about using music 🎶 to say something or sell something?..
I dig rock and roll music, and to love to get the chance to play (and sing it)
I figure it's about the happiest sound goin' down today

The message may not move me
Or mean a great deal to me
But hey, it feels so groovy to say
I dig The Mamas and The Papas at the trip Sunset Strip in L.A.

And they got (they got) a good thing goin' when the words don't get in the way
And when they're really wailing
Michelle and Cass are sailin'
Hey, they really nail me to the wall, yeah

Donovan in a dream-like, tripped out way
His crystal images, hey, they tell you 'bout a brighter day
And when The Beatles tell you (they'll tell you)
They've got a word, love to sell you (only in love)
And they mean exactly what they say

I dig, oh-oh, rock and roll music
I could really get it on in that scene
I think I could say somethin' if you know what I mean
But if I really say it, the radio won't play it
Unless I lay it between the lines

https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/opinions-on-i-dig-rock-n-roll-music-by-peter-paul-mary.270922/


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