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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsThe radio DJs always knew
(I thought of this while watching the "That'70s Show" episode in which Eric and Donna had just broken up, and every station on his clock radio was playing Richie Valens' "Oh, Donna." )
It was a Sunday in 1975. My first love and I had broken up a couple of months earlier, and I'd just found out she'd married another guy -- a friend of mine, no less.
En route home a few minutes later, I stopped at a red light, and this came on the radio:
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Oeditpus Rex
Jul 7
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Figarosmom
(6,828 posts)1. Oh, you poor boy...
That had to cut 😭
Oeditpus Rex
(42,052 posts)2. Yeah, and I'd bet
that kinda thing has happened to other people. Like I said, the DJs always knew. I dunno how, but they did.
Figarosmom
(6,828 posts)3. So did the artists that made the songs
They know it happens all the time. Therefore ateast a million will relate and they've got a gd record.
Oeditpus Rex
(42,052 posts)4. Yeah but
the jocks knew just when to play 'em to rip out your heart and stomp on it.