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LW3Fan
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 Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2004 7:43 pm Post subject: You Load 16 Characters & What Do You Get |
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The other day, Deep Tracks played "FM" by Steely Dan, and the display read:
Steely Dan
FM on XM
Anybody else caught any other gremlins at play?
Jay
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BewareOfPenguin
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| Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2004 7:46 pm Post subject: |
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A while back I heard War by Frankie Goes To Hollywood. On the display it looked like:
Frankie Goes To
War
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XM in Dallas
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Location: Dallas, Texas
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| Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2004 10:06 pm Post subject: Re: You Load 16 Characters & What Do You Get |
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| LW3Fan wrote: | The other day, Deep Tracks played "FM" by Steely Dan, and the display read:
Steely Dan
FM on XM |
That's my favorite. I laugh every time I see that one.
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hlackerm
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| Yeah, I saw that the other day, too. I had to do a double-take! I thought it was an XM joke. |
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XMinitDownEast
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Joined: 24 Apr 2004
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Location: J-Actionville, NC, Home of Camp LeJeune and MCAS New River
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| Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2004 8:37 pm Post subject: OK, this is fun. |
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Mary Chapin-Carpenter's "Beautiful Racket" today on XM 10:
Mary Chapin Carp
A Beautiful Rack
Must be a Dolly Parton cover!  |
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devotchka
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Joined: 15 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 2:17 am Post subject: |
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i've often thought XM could use the song "FM" -- slightly modified -- in commercials.
"No static at all . . . "
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FreshLaundry
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Joined: 03 May 2004
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Location: Richmond, VA.
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| Posted: Mon May 03, 2004 8:57 am Post subject: My absolute favorite: |
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James Brown
Pappa's got a bra |
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Grimcracker
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| Yesterday I heard Red Hot Chili Pe's "Fight Like a Bra". |
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LightningBolt
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Location: Lewisburg, W.Va.
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| Posted: Tue May 04, 2004 5:47 am Post subject: |
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Hahaha! These are great! Keep'em coming! 
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CTGuy
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| Posted: Tue May 04, 2004 4:22 pm Post subject: |
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On 60s on 6:
Four Tops
If I Were a Carp
(actual title: If I Were a Carpenter)
On Folk Village:
Kate McGarrigle
Talk to Me of Me
(actual title: Talk to Me of Mendocino)
On America:
Conway Twitty
That's My Baby
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Mike Walker
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| Posted: Tue May 04, 2004 4:45 pm Post subject: Sorry, but I've gotta'..... |
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"You load 16 characters, and whaddya get?" Er...another day older, and deeper in debt?  |
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GMFreak8
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Location: Malone, New York
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That dancing Banana gives me the creeps everytime.
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Indecision
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Location: Boston, MA
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The first one I ever noticed, and my favorite so far, is:
The White Stripes
The Hardest Butt
(it's "The Hardest Button to Button") |
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XM in Dallas
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Here's a good one:
Delfonics
Didn't I Blow Yo
(Didn't I Blow Your Mind This Time)
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gilpdawg
Insane Fan!
Joined: 03 Jun 2003
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Location: New Paris, OH/Richmond, IN (right on the state line)
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LA Guns-Kiss My Love Goo
Supposed to be Goodbye  |
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