tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post4799036139482779272..comments2024-03-26T08:06:19.661-04:00Comments on The Road Less Travelled: Enquiring minds want to know...loribethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09272814565916935113noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-52689806682808852482009-08-06T21:54:31.563-04:002009-08-06T21:54:31.563-04:00When I was at college (seems like forever ago now!...When I was at college (seems like forever ago now!) the library always played the Hawaii 5-0 theme right before closing time. Every night I was there late, that song would come on and everyone would start closing books and packing up - it was like Pavlov's dogs!<br /><br />During my deejay days - when I worked at the Nostalgia format station, I always played the Peter Gun theme at the end of each of my shifts, right before the AP news feed at the top of the hour. (I've always had a thing for Henry Mancini!) The song was 2 minutes 10 seconds long and always led perfectly into my top of the hour news. It was my "sign off". :0)<br /><br />I can't remember the dances I went - well, at least not if there was a specific last song. There were so many dances I went to! I haven't been to one or a club in years now. I'm sure it was probably some Journey or REO Speedwagon ballad though. <br /><br />(As a side - "Stairway to Heaven" was the song that was playing when I decided to punch my dance partner in the nose for being too handsy and not quitting when I told him too. That pretty much ended that particular dance for me as it was Homecoming Dance and the ViCe Principal kind of disapproved but appreciated my situation.)JuliaShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10668995954240697998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-27163276385820058122009-08-05T01:14:42.563-04:002009-08-05T01:14:42.563-04:00Yes, also End of the Road by Boys II Men for my hi...Yes, also End of the Road by Boys II Men for my high school days.<br /><br />Thinking of you and Katie today...Baby Smiling In Back Seathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06483533946303787478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-46852413232790677492009-08-04T20:26:44.226-04:002009-08-04T20:26:44.226-04:00We didn't have a song in high school -- in col...We didn't have a song in high school -- in college it was "Freshmen" by The Verve Pipe, but that was a very specific situation due to the fact that I hung out with a single fraternity.sharahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01730625931461269859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-72850253387652396442009-08-04T16:34:21.878-04:002009-08-04T16:34:21.878-04:00I'm pretty sure our last song was Stairway to ...I'm pretty sure our last song was Stairway to Heaven - cause it lasted so long and it was kind of awkward to dance the no so slow part.Deathstarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03925549983959400448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-27671856117925765802009-08-04T13:46:07.554-04:002009-08-04T13:46:07.554-04:00I didn't go to many high school dances - or at...I didn't go to many high school dances - or at least the ones I remember going to were spent largely being obnoxious and mocking the popular kids with my fellow outcasts. But in grade 7, the heyday of my dance-attending career, it was "Heaven" by Bryan Adams. Oh, the emotion...annacyclopediahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10461037288546901657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-46441567716525439042009-08-04T12:32:19.217-04:002009-08-04T12:32:19.217-04:00Freebird!Freebird!Alacrityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12875591638441877915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-19787341261377903212009-08-04T11:39:41.702-04:002009-08-04T11:39:41.702-04:00I don't think we had that consistency at my sc...I don't think we had that consistency at my school. I can't recall there being a "last song".Stephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17363847055178499778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-43285865140930277672009-08-04T11:19:14.747-04:002009-08-04T11:19:14.747-04:00Here from LFCA and thinking of you...
I never sta...Here from LFCA and thinking of you...<br /><br />I never stayed to the end of the dances! But weddings always end with Last Dance - is it a rule or something?areyoukiddingmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16107214079237461141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-73972384185408790302009-08-04T10:47:58.283-04:002009-08-04T10:47:58.283-04:00It was Closing Time for me too.It was Closing Time for me too.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09211028670642739808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-5847421452073702282009-08-03T22:32:30.969-04:002009-08-03T22:32:30.969-04:00Welcome Back! What a great question!!
I also d...Welcome Back! What a great question!! <br /><br />I also don't remember what song ended the Jr High dances. (Ditto what Ellen K. wrote). But I will always remember what song ended the High School dances - Every Rose Has Its Thorn, by Poison. <br /><br />Rock On!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-55724134884433878942009-08-03T20:52:57.197-04:002009-08-03T20:52:57.197-04:00Hm. I am sure there was one... Maybe that Boyz II ...Hm. I am sure there was one... Maybe that Boyz II Men one - same ers for me. Nowadays, at least bars and such. they play 'closing time'.Ya Chunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08816837461370619194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-21551763814802092782009-08-03T19:34:27.831-04:002009-08-03T19:34:27.831-04:00Truth is, i never attended a single high school or...Truth is, i never attended a single high school or jr high dance. My parents were among those who believed dancing was a sin. <br /><br />And i was never asked as folks at school thought me weird because of the clothes my mother chose & i had no choice of.<br /><br />However, here locally, every Friday at 5 PM the local station plays "Dead Man's Party" by Oingo Boingo. Does that count? LOL<br /><br />;)Kathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03272307621143522274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-7042245887957617612009-08-03T19:13:22.698-04:002009-08-03T19:13:22.698-04:00Trying to remember last song at dances...hmmm. I D...Trying to remember last song at dances...hmmm. I DO know that there was an era where the last song played at every bar was "Closing Time"- remember that??<br /><br />I'm here from LFCA and just wanted to let you know that I am thinking of you this week.Calliopehttp://creatingmotherhood.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-42117518644598599492009-08-03T17:48:39.957-04:002009-08-03T17:48:39.957-04:00Hilarious to recall...I think the end of the night...Hilarious to recall...I think the end of the night song was frequently "End of the Road" by Boys II Men. But I agree with Ellen, as I was typically too upset to notice! :-)Silyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11048223247709408964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-14539963397312207212009-08-03T17:14:48.954-04:002009-08-03T17:14:48.954-04:00"Usually at the end of a jr high or high scho..."Usually at the end of a jr high or high school dance I was so emotionally distraught from a night of staring at (not dancing with) some unrequited love or another that I couldn't tell you the last song played" <br /><br />ROFL, Ellen -- were we at the same dances??loribethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09272814565916935113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-50345966412901180452009-08-03T16:36:03.225-04:002009-08-03T16:36:03.225-04:00I'm going to have to really think about this. ...I'm going to have to really think about this. Usually at the end of a jr high or high school dance I was so emotionally distraught from a night of staring at (not dancing with) some unrequited love or another that I couldn't tell you the last song played; I assume it was slow. But I do remember the last song played at the one prom I attended, with an actual requited lover -- it was Pearl Jam's "Black." And in college, it was almost always "American Pie" or "Closing Time."<br /><br />Interesting that dances generally end on a slow, melancholy note, whereas weddings around here almost always end with disco -- Donna Summers' "Last Dance."Ellen K.http://southcitysadie.typepad.com/miss_e_musings/noreply@blogger.com