Comments on: Surprisingly ‘Paint it Black’ wouldn’t make my Top 10 https://iwilldare.com/2012/07/surprisingly-paint-it-black-wouldnt-make-my-top-10/ A little bit of heaven & A whole lot of hell Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:04:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: Jodi https://iwilldare.com/2012/07/surprisingly-paint-it-black-wouldnt-make-my-top-10/#comment-30710 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:04:40 +0000 https://iwilldare.com/?p=11105#comment-30710 In reply to hotrod.

Did you miss the part where I said it was too hard? Reading has never been your strong suit. However, since I’m in the mood to put you in your place I will post it this afternoon.

]]> By: hotrod https://iwilldare.com/2012/07/surprisingly-paint-it-black-wouldnt-make-my-top-10/#comment-30709 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 14:33:18 +0000 https://iwilldare.com/?p=11105#comment-30709 So what’s your top ten? I didn’t see the list in there. You need to post it so I can inform you how wrong you are.

]]> By: Barrett Chase https://iwilldare.com/2012/07/surprisingly-paint-it-black-wouldnt-make-my-top-10/#comment-30705 Sat, 14 Jul 2012 16:53:37 +0000 https://iwilldare.com/?p=11105#comment-30705 In reply to Jodi.

She did say she hated the song, so that probably was it. She also said the Gambler was a better song because it told a story.

As for my mom’s comment, the only thing I can think is that the Gambler is a country song and Bette Davis Eyes is sort of a rock song, even though when you listen to them back to back there’s very little difference in style.

]]> By: Laurensbca https://iwilldare.com/2012/07/surprisingly-paint-it-black-wouldnt-make-my-top-10/#comment-30702 Sat, 14 Jul 2012 15:58:51 +0000 https://iwilldare.com/?p=11105#comment-30702 I drove a school bus in the early 80s, and one of the few tools available to influence the kids behavior was the music I played. Whips had recently been prohibited. The kid’s infatuation with certain tunes being played over and over and over…omg. To this day I still flinch when I hear Hall & Oates. Bette Davis Eyes was on my playlist, as was Centerfold (I drove in J. Geils’ neighborhood so it was more of a loyalty factor). Using the volume or off button on the music directly controlled the mayhem, worked wonderfully! The only downside was a gap in my love of music starting from disco and lasting all the way through until Nirvana and Pearl Jam.

]]> By: Jodi https://iwilldare.com/2012/07/surprisingly-paint-it-black-wouldnt-make-my-top-10/#comment-30701 Sat, 14 Jul 2012 15:37:11 +0000 https://iwilldare.com/?p=11105#comment-30701 In reply to Barrett Chase.

If anything, and I’m just going on “Bette Davis Eyes” lyrics from memory, I’d say “The Gambler” is probably the more adult-themed song — drinking, gambling, dying on a train on a warm summer’s evening.

Maybe she just didn’t like the song. Also, I wonder if teachers still let kids bring in records/music/CDs to listen to or was that an 80s phenomenon?

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