The Infinite Dial

Let me say right off that I really appreciate that Clear Channel's "iHeartRadio" tuner often includes lyric information along with artist and title of the song now playing. It's been nice to know what artists were saying -- sometimes after 30 years of suspense. But as anybody who remembers when lyrics were printed on radio station surveys can tell you, not all lyrics are meant to be printed, and no matter what format you listen to, the tuner usually ends up providing some extra added amusement.

Here now, a sample from this morning's listening to Rhythmic AC WISX (My 106.1) Philadelphia and the opening lyrics that displayed on the player, beginning with Johnny Kemp's "Just Get Paid," the beginning of which, I now know, is:

"Oh yeah, oh, oh yeah
Feels good, feels good,
oh huh";

A few minutes later, Mariah Carey's "Fantasy" played. The lyrics displayed on the tuner were:

"Oh yeah, oh";

And Wild Cherry's "Play That Funky Music":

"Hey do it now
Yeah hey";

"Tom's Diner" by DNA & Suzanne Vega didn't show lyrics, so there's no way to tell how much of that song's opening "do do do do"s would have printed. But I did click to the My 106.1 Website to see the opening blurbs for the following, some of which are truncated as shown:

Ne-Yo's "Closer"

"Closer, closer
Closer, closer"

Beyonce's "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)"

"All the single ladies
All the single ladies
All the single ladies
All the single ladies
All the si..."

Chris Brown's "Forever" opens with the producer's "1-2-3-4" tag, but for some reason it just read as " *** *** *** 4" here.

Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch's "Good Vibrations"
"Yeah, can you feel it baby?
I can too."

Toni Braxton's "Un-Break My Heart"

"Lala Lala La Lala
Hah Aaa Aaaa
Aah aaa aaa oh"

And, finally, Amber's "This Is Your Night":

"Dah dah dah dah dah ditita ta tay
Dah dah dah dah dah ditita ta tay
Dah dah dah dah dah ditita ta ..."