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"The writer of this column has a HUGE disdain for all music which is considered 'pure and simple'. He likes his music dirty, low, and if possible, crass."
1000% true.
For years I thought he said "Beachies" and that this was a nickname for the Beach Boys because of the "I Get Around" sequence. I'm a 79 baby, too, and I didn't have the slightest clue who the Bee Gees were until I heard "Stayin' Alive" in Airplane. Part of that is because my parents are not music people at all, but it's crazy how they went from dominant pop force to completely disappearing from pop culture.
Also, to the best of my knowledge, Chvchres never soundtracked a scene where Vin Diesel snowboards down a mountain and triggers an avalanche that destroys a Eurotrash terrorist's lair.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MDAsm7APJA
Baltimore City is not all that country, except for little pockets (and except for the everyone-being-broke thing). But most O's fans come from the deep suburbs, and those are all-the-way country.
