According to Popstrology, I was born in the year of Debby Boone (“You Light Up My Life” rose to the top of the charts in 1977), and my birthsong is Leo Sayer’s “When I Need You.” Kind of a snoozer, don’t you think? (However, the site warns, “it is a central tenet of popstrological thought that there are no bad pop songs — there are only songs whose deeper meanings are, shall we say, less groovy to contemplate than others.”)
Okay, after listening to clips of 11 different versions of the song on iTunes, I find there’s a jazz version by Ethel Ennis that’s actually quite nice.
What’s your sign?
» Notes: Link via Faustus. Related New Yorker and All Things Considered coverage. The NPR piece is a good listen.
I’m a Virgo, b. 1968. So, this was the 4th year of the Beatles (and I’m not a huge fan of them). However, the site states my song is The Rascals, “People Got to be Free”. How fun!
Well, I originated in the Third Year of the Beatles, under the birthsong “Summer In The City.” Hot damn!
Year of the Bee Gees baby! Birthsong: “Stayin’ Alive”
*straps on boogie shoes*
I can only remember Leo Sayer because he was on “The Muppet Show” and sang this song from the top of a pine tree while bears climbed slowly up after him, licking their chops. :)