{"id":2390,"date":"2015-10-06T08:35:13","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T13:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keenerpodcast.com\/?p=2390"},"modified":"2015-10-06T11:53:09","modified_gmt":"2015-10-06T16:53:09","slug":"europes-the-final-countdown-was-not-the-worst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/?p=2390","title":{"rendered":"The Final Countdown And Other Delights"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Europe\"<\/a>By Bob Berry<\/p>\n

We’ve all seen it. The Geico<\/strong><\/a> “Final Countdown” commercial.<\/p>\n

Funny the first time, amusing the next couple of times.<\/p>\n

But now, it’s in “hot rotation” on nearly every cable channel (I didn’t check Lifetime), and it’s annoying.<\/p>\n

A song by a band named Europe<\/strong><\/a>, written by a guy named Joey Tempest? Really?\u00a0 #1 in 25 different countries<\/strong><\/a>? Really?\u00a0 And in spite of being on my short list for worst song of the 80’s (lots of choices), I’ve discovered that Rolling Stone<\/strong><\/a> readers had a different #1, back in 2011.<\/p>\n

“The Lady In Red”, “Never Gonna Give You Up”, “The Safety Dance”, they all there, plus “The Final Countdown”. Click here for the list<\/strong><\/a>, videos and Who’s Number One. Or Number Worst!<\/p>\n

I should have stuffed the ballot box.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iH1biQdyiQI<\/a><\/p>\n

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