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I'm trying to figure out how often this song is played on the radio. I can't tell if I'm schizophrenic or not, because I feel as if the radio is trying to tell me something, or rather a spiritual force is using the radio to tell me something. I find it really unusual on how often I've been hearing Puttin' on the Ritz by Taco on the radio. A few weeks ago I was very intoxicated and put the song on Youtube. Then that week I heard it on the way home. Then yesterday I heard it at work. Then today I heard it twice at work within the span of 4 hours. It seems very unlikely that this could occur naturally. Please, just post about every time you hear a natural occurrence of Puttin' on the Ritz by Taco. I don't think other versions of this song really count. It has to be the Taco version. I did indeed by a lottery ticket today. Thank you.
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Sep 18, 2020 23:04
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The extended version rules ~gotta dance!~
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Sep 18, 2020 23:19
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Suckin on da Clitz
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Sep 18, 2020 23:24
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What's a radio?
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Sep 19, 2020 00:13
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pop fly to McGillicutty posted:What's a radio? Nothing, what’s a radio with you?
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Sep 19, 2020 00:21
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I haven't heard it in a while, but I saw this thread a few hours ago and now it's stuck in my head.
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Sep 19, 2020 01:54
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I like this song but I can tell you my radio stations never play it. And I listen to a lot of 80s/90s pop stations. So you might be on to something.
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Sep 19, 2020 01:58
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Cosmik Slop posted:The extended version rules Yup, I like that too. A few years ago I had a similar issue where every time I would go visit my family I would hear Margaritaville over the span of like 4 years. It would play once per visitation whether it was at a Buffalo Wild Wings, in the car, in a store, whatever. I chalk that up to just coincidence because that's a much more popular song in my opinion than Puttin' on the Ritz. Margaritaville was a false prophet; this feels much more like the real thing.
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Sep 19, 2020 02:05
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lol
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Sep 19, 2020 02:09
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Does it count if I hear it in my head every time I see the thread title?
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Sep 19, 2020 02:24
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I Shot The Serif posted:Does it count if I hear it in my head every time I see the thread title? No, but collective consciousness suggests that it will cause the radio stations to play it even more.
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Sep 19, 2020 02:25
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do u think this is the universe trying to tell you to dress nicer OP? also bump because you Tricked me into listening to it. (also, what is the other 20's throwback that I always confuse this with?)
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Sep 19, 2020 02:57
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They don't make music like that anymore!
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Sep 19, 2020 03:08
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Linux Pirate posted:I haven't heard it in a while, but I saw this thread a few hours ago and now it's stuck in my head.
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Sep 19, 2020 03:39
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Why would you put on a cracker? How do you even attempt to begin such a feat
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Sep 19, 2020 03:47
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I was listening to the radio earlier and it wasn't on OP but I'll let you know.
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Sep 19, 2020 04:15
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I heard it today but I downloaded it and played it does that count?
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Sep 19, 2020 04:18
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Legit just heard it
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Sep 19, 2020 04:19
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I can't believe there still hasn't been a flood of thinkpieces about the song's racist origins
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Sep 19, 2020 05:27
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I have a friend who used to be a touring musician for some ska bands; years ago he told us that one aspect of the modern music biz is that terrestrial radio stations license catalog songs for airplay in package deals, and said deals could last anywhere from months in certain markets to years on end. And of course media conglomerates will swap certain songs and/or designated playlists around with the stations they own in the same market. Hence why sometimes one station will play Song X and then another station owned by the same company also start to play it, even just a few minutes after. The deals usually allow the same station to play the song multiple times a day for a lower rate. So yes, OP, not only was Taco's only hit song a cover, but in all likelihood it got a new lease on life, possibly only in your area, just by chance of being cheap enough to license that it was justifiable to pluck it out of the vaults and re-play it way too often for a contractually set amount of time.
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Sep 19, 2020 05:36
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Gene Wilder and Peter Boyle gave it a good whirl in Young Frankenstein
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Sep 19, 2020 06:14
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shame on an IGA posted:I can't believe there still hasn't been a flood of thinkpieces about the song's racist origins Don’t do taco like that he did his best
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Sep 19, 2020 06:23
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I only listen to the Taco Channel on Sirius. Thread's about to be bumped every four minutes.
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Sep 19, 2020 07:09
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bump
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Sep 19, 2020 07:13
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Great song its never on the radio here
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Sep 19, 2020 07:26
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I like the tap dancing
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Sep 19, 2020 07:30
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Did this "Taco" fella have any other good songs?
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Sep 19, 2020 07:52
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"Ruttin' In The Pitz"
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Sep 19, 2020 09:33
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pop fly to McGillicutty posted:"Ruttin' In The Pitz" Extreme Weird Al energy
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Sep 19, 2020 09:41
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Everyone who plays it Post! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OUnedMCCW0
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Sep 19, 2020 10:03
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A Grand Egg posted:Everyone who plays it Post! There's alternatively a black face version as well. 
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Sep 19, 2020 14:16
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kazr posted:Extreme Weird Al energy "It's a living"
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Sep 19, 2020 14:38
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I've never heard this song on the radio OP
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Sep 19, 2020 14:48
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A Grand Egg posted:Everyone who plays it Post! Granted I'm watching it on my phone, but this seems weirdly good quality for a video from 1983.
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Sep 19, 2020 14:50
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Cyril Sneer posted:Granted I'm watching it on my phone, but this seems weirdly good quality for a video from 1983. They were putting on the Ritz duh
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Sep 19, 2020 14:59
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jeepers creepers, op
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Sep 19, 2020 15:35
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Went to Home Depot today, approximately 25 minutes in the car. Did not hear Taco.
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Sep 19, 2020 15:59
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saint anime posted:There's alternatively a black face version as well. oh hell yes Found it Its on DailyMotion https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2n8gft Edit: I have a Black and White Minstrel Show record in my collection and as much as I want to destroy it, it serves far better as an amazing horrifying tool, Hell, I remember seeing them on TV as a kid in the early 80's. A Grand Egg fucked around with this message at 16:48 on Sep 19, 2020 |
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Sep 19, 2020 16:31
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I thought I was the only one
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I'm eating a taco, is that good enough?
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