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Video  Happy 68th birthday to Billy Vera and thanks for the best slow dance song ever

28 May 2012 10:50 AM   |   5494 clicks   |   YouTube
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kradio     
Is that that song that was re-discovered on "Family Ties"? Because I seem to remember it sucking. I mean, REALLY SUCKING.

28 May 2012 10:55 AM
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HaywoodJablonski     
Etta James would like a posthumous word

28 May 2012 11:02 AM
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Shadow Blasko    [TotalFark]  
Maybe you should listen to the lyrics of the song.


Not a happy one

28 May 2012 11:03 AM
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DoughyGuy     
How is a song about someone breaking up with you the best slow dance song? Slow dance with yourself?

28 May 2012 11:04 AM
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Im_Gumby     
assets.rollingstone.com

RIP

28 May 2012 11:06 AM
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Yakivegas     
That over-emoted piece of tripe? I think not.

28 May 2012 11:07 AM
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Im_Gumby     
www.billymays.org

RIP

28 May 2012 11:09 AM
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skinink    [TotalFark]  
I never really listened to the lyrics before until you Farkers pointed out it is a breakup song. My Nice Guy Eddie moment. That song is as sad as "Seasons in the Sun". Why the fark would you sing such depressing songs?

28 May 2012 11:13 AM
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Minimum     
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PL2prMm PmQ4

This is my favorite.
And no, I'm to ignorant to know how to link.

28 May 2012 11:20 AM
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titwrench     
skinink: I never really listened to the lyrics before until you Farkers pointed out it is a breakup song. My Nice Guy Eddie moment. That song is as sad as "Seasons in the Sun". Why the fark would you sing such depressing songs?

Terry Jacks used to be my neighbor.

28 May 2012 11:23 AM
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GibbyTheMole     
Mmmmmm-yeah... Not a big fan of that song at all.

28 May 2012 11:23 AM
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whitman00     
Uhh...

Lady in Red
Faithfully
Open Arms.
Wonderful Tonight
Unchained Melody.
Wind Beneath my Wings
In Your Eyes

Jeez, Subby, it's a great song but not for that reason.

28 May 2012 11:30 AM
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LesserEvil    [TotalFark]  
submitter is on drugs.

Clearly this is the best slow dance song ever.

/Played during one of our first dates, when future wife was wearing red

28 May 2012 11:30 AM
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LesserEvil    [TotalFark]  
whitman00: Uhh...

Lady in Red
Faithfully
Open Arms.
Wonderful Tonight
Unchained Melody.
Wind Beneath my Wings
In Your Eyes

Jeez, Subby, it's a great song but not for that reason.


Heh.... I see you covered this in your first item while I was looking for a good video of it.

28 May 2012 11:32 AM
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Johnny Savage     
Link

Chris De Burgh thinks subby sucks.

28 May 2012 11:33 AM
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SharkTrager     
That's Bloody Awful.

28 May 2012 11:37 AM
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Tak the Hideous New Girl     
You all leave Pinky Carruthers alone!

28 May 2012 12:01 PM
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grokca    [TotalFark]  
That does not Color my World.

28 May 2012 12:30 PM
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ventmonkey     
I used to teach the waltz to that song...because it's such a slow boring waltz.

28 May 2012 01:15 PM
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HairBolus     
I first became aware of Billy Vera from seeing The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (you know, back in the days when you went to theaters to see movies)

28 May 2012 01:17 PM
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Tyrone Slothrop     
How about a (semi-)slow dance song with some personality? New Coat of Paint

28 May 2012 01:41 PM
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RibbyK     
www.aetv.com
RIP

28 May 2012 01:54 PM
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Mr.Tangent     

28 May 2012 02:11 PM
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Huck And Molly Ziegler     
*looks at video*

Wait - Billy Vera is white??

28 May 2012 02:47 PM
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cybernia     
I used to go see Billy and the Beaters at the Troubadour in L.A. on Monday nights at midnight. They had a house gig there and each week there would always be some session guys sitting in. Skunk Baxter once came off stage and sat next to me while still playing and shared a joint with me.

Great Song:
Link

28 May 2012 02:59 PM
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srhp29     
This song always gives me the shakes.

28 May 2012 03:16 PM
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HopScotchNSoda     
Bob Seger's "We've Got Tonight" is better.

To support my position, I note that back in high school and junior high, the air was pungent with the sweet, sweet stink of moist young vag by the time this song concluded at a school dance. Dance with a girl to that one and, in the then-future words of Tone Loc, "What do you know, she was good to go, without a word to say."

28 May 2012 03:19 PM
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Farkengruven     
Who is Subby slow-dancing with? His sister, as she tries to console him?

28 May 2012 03:49 PM
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Magook     
HopScotchNSoda: Bob Seger's "We've Got Tonight" is better.

That was our wedding song.

28 May 2012 03:57 PM
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snarketyfarker     
Sorry, but I gotta go with Chris De Burgh on this one. Lady In Red is a classic.

28 May 2012 05:11 PM
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TheMega     
RIP

i846.photobucket.com

TORN

28 May 2012 05:41 PM
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FirstNationalBastard    [TotalFark]  
LesserEvil: whitman00: Uhh...

Lady in Red
Faithfully
Open Arms.
Wonderful Tonight
Unchained Melody.
Wind Beneath my Wings
In Your Eyes

Jeez, Subby, it's a great song but not for that reason.

Heh.... I see you covered this in your first item while I was looking for a good video of it.


Wonderful Tonight is in the same league as "Every Breath You Take" for being a sweet sounding, misunderstood song.

I mean, Wonderful Tonight is basically a "biatch, hurry your ass up! You look fine. I'm sick of your shiat!" song.

28 May 2012 05:59 PM
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mrmyxolodian     
Sleepwalk is the best slow dance song ever.
Anyone who disagrees is wrong.

28 May 2012 06:59 PM
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justsomerandomguy     
Bob Seger's "We've Got Tonight" is better.

When my fiancee broke up with me, this was the first song I heard when I got in my car. That was 33 years ago and I still hate this song.

28 May 2012 07:51 PM
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Virtual Pariah     
whitman00: Uhh...

Lady in Red
Faithfully
Open Arms.
Wonderful Tonight
Unchained Melody.
Wind Beneath my Wings
In Your Eyes

Jeez, Subby, it's a great song but not for that reason.


Geesh. If there was ever a radio station that endorsed suicide, this would be on their playlist.

Terrible, Broken Hearted, Painful Radio. Here on WFRK.
After the break, It's Phil Collins with "Against All Odds", Followed by Richard Marx with "Right Here Waiting", Brought to you by sominex. Go ahead, you know you want to.

28 May 2012 08:22 PM
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OtherLittleGuy    [TotalFark]  
kradio: Is that that song that was re-discovered on "Family Ties"? Because I seem to remember it sucking. I mean, REALLY SUCKING.

What was sad and stupid is that Alex and his girfriend had that as "their song".

And, they did break up.

28 May 2012 08:51 PM
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felching pen    [TotalFark]  
Huck And Molly Ziegler: *looks at video*

Wait - Billy Vera is white??


Yeah, that's what I thought, too. Never saw him back in the day, didn't know until recently he was like Chris Elliott with a band.

28 May 2012 08:53 PM
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Wasn't Looking at his Neck     
mrmyxolodian: Sleepwalk is the best slow dance song ever.
Anyone who disagrees is wrong.


icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com

This is better.

/Partially because it doesn't make me think of bummed out Latino characters screaming their late friend's name.

28 May 2012 09:15 PM
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mrmyxolodian     
Wasn't Looking at his Neck: This is better.

/Partially because it doesn't make me think of bummed out Latino characters screaming their late friend's name.


Nice.
Top 5 for sure.

28 May 2012 09:20 PM
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wiredroach     
This song sucks ass.

28 May 2012 09:22 PM
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mrmyxolodian     
When I'm all alone, I like to slow dance to this.

28 May 2012 09:25 PM
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Capt_Fodder     
Mr.Tangent: Sorry but this is a classic

I clicked on that expecting to be rick-rolled, not dog-piled...

/Amused

28 May 2012 10:54 PM
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socalnewwaver    [TotalFark]  
i got laid more than once thanks to this one

28 May 2012 11:23 PM
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Hoopy Frood     
Purple Rain, biatches. Nine minutes long, critical information for a quick-thinking seventh-grade boy at the junior high dance.

28 May 2012 11:25 PM
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tequilasundae     
socalnewwaver: i got laid more than once thanks to this one

i can't get past the first line of that..how would he know she's 'looking fine tonight'

28 May 2012 11:36 PM
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suziequzie     
whitman00: Uhh...

Lady in Red
Faithfully
Open Arms.
Wonderful Tonight
Unchained Melody.
Wind Beneath my Wings
In Your Eyes

Jeez, Subby, it's a great song but not for that reason.


I want that song to be my first dance at my wedding (if I ever get married). Or Kiss: "Forever"

28 May 2012 11:36 PM
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Thanks for the Meme-ries     
Subby's statement is un...... TRUE

28 May 2012 11:39 PM
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MC900ft_Elmo     
Subby why settle for a pale imitation when the original is oh so much better....

Otis

29 May 2012 12:21 AM
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Big_Thumb     
Dream Come True

If you are Canadian of a certain age, this was the "go to" song.

29 May 2012 12:36 AM
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strutin     
socalnewwaver: i got laid more than once thanks to this one Link



"The uploader has not made this video available in your country.

Sorry about that."


Link for thse in Canada

29 May 2012 01:13 AM
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