I thought I had purged this version of the tune from my mind. I expected I'd probably be able to avoid hearing it on the radio again, and there was just a small chance a streaming service would play it.
I hadn't counted on an in-store music system blasting it over its speakers, however.
Sigh...Sorry to do this, readers. I wrote recently about a particular earworm that drives me up the wall. I'd argue, however, that today's earworm is even worse. I finished my shopping in record time this morning because I couldn't stand hearing another note of...
...David Lee Roth's version of "Just A Gigolo."
If someone paid me to defend that rendition, I suppose I'd say that artists generally deserve at least nominal credit when they try to stretch out of their regular genre(s.) After all, it takes courage to tackle a musical style that isn't your forte.
In this case, however, Roth would have been better advised to stick to the more solid ground of Van Halen's "Dance The Night Away."
