Tuesday, October 03, 2006

It's a long way down, the Holiday Road

It's been a long standing theme within Blank Media that music is very much a part of my life and everyday activities. With that said, it was because of my previous post about Lindsey Buckingham that triggered a lot of reaction within my friends here at the radio station, alarm company and abroad.

National Lampoon's Vacation features Lindsey Buckingham as the singer for the opening credits to the movie. Arguably, this is the most recognized opening credit themes in comedic history and one of Lindsey's more noted, yet forgot-it's-him-because-it's-so-obscure song.

Its lyrics are basic, mostly consisting of the main chorus eating up most of the song. Its the whole song when listened to that will either make you stop and listen to it, or turn and make negative comment on it. The fact is, everyone recognizes it as the movie's opening song because everyone remembers that movie in their own way.

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