A Canadian in Sweden

Please make it stop...

So, is the remix of the 80's anthem "The Rose" by Westlife getting as much airplay overseas as it is here?

I know the 80's are getting trendy again, but do we really have to endure this maudlin, syrupy song twice in one lifetime? I still remember cringing every time I heard it - as a 10 year old. Today it still sets my teeth on edge.

The experience of listening to it is not unlike the feeling you would have if someone scratched their nails on a chalkboard while you were concurrently forced to guzzle pure corn syrup and watch those awful Cottonelle hand tissue commercials featuring painfully adorable white fluffball kittens. Endlessly.

There oughta be a law.

posted by Jeff @ 7:52 AM