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eauclaireliberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 05:50 AM
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What is the WORST song your clock-radio has woken you up to?
Mine would be Karma Chameleon by Culture Club.

"Why don't you change the station?"

Really simple-because I'll get something like Angry American by Toby Keith (yes, it has happened) or Norwegian Folk Dance songs. Just about all radio stations in EC/Chippewa Falls is country. I wouldn't mind Willie, Waylon or the Dixie Chicks...but they don't play that at 4:30 in the a.m.
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 05:52 AM
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1. Funky Town
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NYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 05:55 AM
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2. "The enemy is invading on the southern border."
Not a song, a news report. I thought we were at war with Mexico. I had never used a clock radio before. They were talking about Vietnam.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 05:58 AM
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3. Natalie Merchant
that's woman's tinny, shaky voice makes me want to claw my eyes out
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 08:16 AM
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9. You love Natalie and you know it
stop hatin'
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mycatforpresident Donating Member (172 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 06:34 AM
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4. I leave my alarm on the local Evangelical station.
It's entertaining and enraging all at once! A sure wake-me-up!
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Birthmark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 07:00 AM
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5. Katmandu by Bob Seeger.
I was hideously hungover at the time, and had evidently turned the volume up to full blast. That hurt!!!
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Sporadicus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 07:11 AM
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6. 'Nashville Cats'
on a clock radio in a motel room in - where else? - Nashville! I thought it was set for buzzer-only, so I was surprised to hear the atonal lyrics of a song I already despise on many levels. Accompaniment by blaring buzzer did nothing toward improving the song, however.

To make matters worse, the tune morphed into a pestilent earworm that stayed with me throughout the day - even during the job interview that had brought me to Nashville in the first place. I didn't get the job, which is just as well, but my hatred for that song took on an added dimension that day. It's almost to the point that I may take a hostage if I hear that song again!
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democracyindanger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 07:20 AM
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7. I once woke up to the words
"Psst. Hey you. Yeah, you."

I was half awake, and it took me a few moments to figure out that it was a commercial for insurance or something.

Freaked me out a little, though. :crazy:
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Demit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 08:08 AM
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8. "Roxanne". Right where he screeches ROOOOXXXXX-anne...
I was awake in a hurry that morning.
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 12:42 PM
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10. I used to set my alarm to a country station...
it made DAMN sure I'd get up to shut it off.
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madison2000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 12:45 PM
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11. Bush won the election
Very sad song.
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tuvor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 12:46 PM
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12. Where I live there are two music stations that I can get.
One is Mariah Scarey/Celine Dion crap. The other has the "Power Breakfast" when I wake up.

Nothing worse than Nickleback and the like to rouse you from blissful sleep, but I have no other choice for music!
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 12:47 PM
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13. I wake up to static
The clock radio is ancient and the dial doesn't work anymore. When we go to bed, we set the alarm and check the volume of the static. We could get a new one but in reality, the static is easier to take than most of the things everyone else here has mentioned.
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 12:59 PM
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14. BOC, "Don't Fear the Reaper" which isn't a bad song, but
I was really missing the cowbell...

http://mknx.com/v/cowbell.wmv
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yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-01-05 12:08 AM
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15. "El Paso" by Marty Robbins, EVERY morning of my life until
I was a senior in high school. See it was my MOM's clock radio and the radio station always played "El Paso" right about the time I had to get up.

To this day I hate that song.
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-01-05 12:20 AM
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18. Sounds like "Groundhog Day"
where Bill Murray woke up every morning to "I Got You, Babe."
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AccessGranted Donating Member (687 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-01-05 12:09 AM
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16. Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy
Hahahaha.....what a way to wake up LOL.
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catbert836 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-01-05 12:11 AM
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17. Bush winning the vote count in Ohio
Extremely sad and depressing song there.
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