Soft Rock with more talk

When I see these Soft Rock commercial telling me that "you get all those classic soft rock songs," "the music that made soft rock pure magic," and "hits you'll never forget."

Does any of my peers think that this is absurd to the point of hilarity?

I wondered if it ever ocurred to the producers of the classic collection that there are songs there that I want to forget?

Memories less than precious and more than few that I have chosen to let go. Songs that remind me of terrible mistakes and choices that I made when I was young. Of dreams pursued and left on the fringes of my youth.

I'll give you some examples:

Wildfire - the song about the horse. There was a girl in my German class who loved horses and just loved this song. (not a bad memory, really)

I've Been Waiting (for a girl like you)-that guy from Foreigner could sing. This song reminds of my first real love. As a young woman, I truly believed that no one but this person could ever love me; that belief is a train wreck waiting to happen.

Lost in Love - That song reminds me of my father's orange Pinto. That little car took me everywhere. From play practice to dinner theatres to Kenosha, WI for King Richard's Faire, when it was King Richard's faire. I've done a lot of interesting things that I'm not sure I want to tell my kids.

AND I put a little rainbow decal on the back window. I liked that pretty rainbow. I remember seeing it when I went to San Francisco. Had no idea what it meant until a couple of years ago--I live in Mayberry USA, after all.

When will I hold you again? - Barry Manilow. Used to call him Barely Man-enough, but I do appreciate him now. I'm not interested in going to his concerts but I'll be nice now. When I was a teenager and full of teen angst, I used to listen to that song over and over and over and over. After I talked to my friend Nance on the phone for about an hour and a half.

Let Her in - John Revolting, I mean, Travolta. I hate to say this, but I really liked him and his hair on Welcome Back, Kotter, until I liked Robert Heydges (Epstein).

I am a Woman in Love - Babs Streisand. My friend Nancy and I used to sing this song as Ethel Merman. Guess you had to be there.

Fabulous Forties-what about you?