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UTUSN

(70,700 posts)
Mon Feb 17, 2020, 12:07 AM Feb 2020

A song pops up once in 30 years & there you go, singing in the grocery aisles, people looking

Well, not outright *SINGING* loudly, just in the moment!1 *******QUOTE*****

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_VanWarmer

Randy VanWarmer

(sometimes Vanwarmer, Van Warmer; March 30, 1955 – January 12, 2004) was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. His biggest success was the pop hit, "Just When I Needed You Most". It reached No. 8 on the UK Singles Chart in September 1979[3] after peaking at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100[4] and No. 1 on Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks[5] earlier that year.

In line with one of his greatest loves, some of his cremated remains were sent into space in 2007, and then again in 2012 aboard the first successful private space flight to the International Space Station, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.[10] ....
Death
VanWarmer died on January 12, 2004, in Seattle. He had been suffering from leukemia for the previous year.[11] He is survived by his widow Suzi and his brothers Dave, Mark, and Ron.[12]






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A song pops up once in 30 years & there you go, singing in the grocery aisles, people looking (Original Post) UTUSN Feb 2020 OP
Beautiful. Brings a tear. emmaverybo Feb 2020 #1
I'd heard it once or twice over the years, but it hit me at this grocery store. UTUSN Feb 2020 #2
Singing this in the store the other day and... ret5hd Feb 2020 #3
So judgmental!1 UTUSN Feb 2020 #5
I had an Electric Light Orchestra earworm a couple days ago.... lastlib Feb 2020 #4
Such a great melody. ZZenith Feb 2020 #6
Inspiration. & I had never heard of this fellow, then the death. UTUSN Feb 2020 #7
My friend and I have an ongoing argument over whether it's better to be a one-hit wonder ZZenith Feb 2020 #8

UTUSN

(70,700 posts)
2. I'd heard it once or twice over the years, but it hit me at this grocery store.
Mon Feb 17, 2020, 12:16 AM
Feb 2020

Now that I'm aware of it, seems like nobody who would sing it could mess it up.






ret5hd

(20,492 posts)
3. Singing this in the store the other day and...
Mon Feb 17, 2020, 12:27 AM
Feb 2020

was asked to leave. Some people don’t appreciate art.

lastlib

(23,239 posts)
4. I had an Electric Light Orchestra earworm a couple days ago....
Mon Feb 17, 2020, 12:31 AM
Feb 2020

...and I Can't Get It Out of My Head.........




me

ZZenith

(4,122 posts)
6. Such a great melody.
Mon Feb 17, 2020, 12:33 AM
Feb 2020

*sigh*

Sometimes I miss the days when all you needed was a good song and the ability to deliver it live in one take.

ZZenith

(4,122 posts)
8. My friend and I have an ongoing argument over whether it's better to be a one-hit wonder
Mon Feb 17, 2020, 12:46 AM
Feb 2020

or to never have charted at all. He claims it would be too frustrating spending the rest of your life trying to duplicate your success, but I think there must be great satisfaction in having written at least one song that people carried around in their hearts for awhile.

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