on june 11 at 4:36 pm est i heard madonna's hit song borderline on wogl 'oldies' 98.1 fm in philadelphia. it played right after a station id with the 'oldies' jingle. it felt like they were rubbing it that it really has been that long since i first heard this wonderful song in the back of a sweltering station wagon on the way home from the IGA nursing a free sticky lollipop from the bank. after the song played the dj announced that they play all the great hits from the 60's and 70's. so was this some sort of test, like slipping madonna in there to see if they can get away with it. barring the unfortunate playing of songs that sound like oldies (eg. bob seger's 'old time rock and roll' or billy joel's 'tell her about it') i guess they are tip toeing into their greatest oldies of the 80's now. i think borderline is a good choice for first oldie of the 80's. the beginning of the song is so beautiful, and the tempo is perfect i could imagine a great doo wop band like the flamingos singing a stellar version of this song.
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