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VerdELF's avatar

Trigger warning!

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Jay Wade Edwards's avatar

I really should have added this warning: 1970s athletes in Sansabelts.

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April Wilson's avatar

There isn’t a single word in the English language to describe the way I felt watching those Dodgers’ dance moves. Only a facial expression.

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Travis!'s avatar

The Mariners used to always play "Louie Louie" directly after "Take Me Out the Ball Game"; I miss it... Good read, as always!

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Robert Pettitt's avatar

Great piece Jay! Ima have to root for Freddie tho.

Wow. This makes the 1986 Bears' "Super Bowl Shuffle" sound like Zeppelin.

As a wee lad, my first musical memory was watching The 5th Dimension perform on TV and telling my Mom I wanted to marry Marylin McCoo!

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Jay Wade Edwards's avatar

For posterity, here’s the b-side of that Dodgers/Queen single. An equally horrifying “New York New York”

https://youtu.be/DrNX4BDVu3I?si=TdNGUiltuFT05qOf

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