Oldies

Guess there's still life left in oldies like the M-14 and the Bren, especially when you really need to deliver a hard punch to a distant target. ❋ Unknown (2008)

(COMMERCIAL BREAK) O'BRIEN: Well, you wouldn't expect the phrase oldies but goodies to apply to fruits and vegetables, but a new study says produce today contains fewer nutrients than it did 50 years ago. ❋ Unknown (2004)

I’m sure both of these could very well nudge a couple of oldies from the top 10 to be sure. ❋ Unknown (2007)

All the music at their grad night is oldies, which is just as well because whatever is playing now is also going to be an oldie. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The oldies are the best, thanks for the link and the laughs! ❋ 1 Dinosaur (2009)

It's what used to be called oldies but now goes by "classic hits" because the Boomers and GenX are its target market and when we hear oldies, we think Elvis Presley, not Styx or Hendrix. ❋ Unknown (2008)

And the biggest shocker was that the oldies were the goodies last night. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Don't get me started on the so-called oldies stations. ❋ Jo28Odry (2010)

Abramovich knows a £35million exit of the oldies is the only way to create space for some fresh, young talent. ❋ Unknown (2009)

These songs used to be called oldies - now they are Golden Oldies, but lots of them did have good messages for my generation. ❋ Unknown (2009)

'' Back in the '60s I created most of the hits we now call oldies by playing what nobody else was playing --' 'Sherry' 'by the Four Seasons,' 'He's So Fine' 'by the Chiffons,' 'The Duke of Earle' 'by Gene Chandler -- I could go on and on.

The four actors who play the Four Seasons in "Jersey Boys" and the company's musicians manage to replicate the excitement of music they could only know at a distance, as oldies, which is a remarkable feat. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Schapp was then heard frequently on Newark's Jazz 88 too, but less so in recent years as they culled their 'oldies' from their regular play lists. ❋ Unknown (2009)

We've reached the point where "oldies" stations are now playing tunes from the 1970s and even early '80s, relegating the R&B and soul of the' 50s and '60s to a gray area that's before the Beatles but not quite reaching sepia-toned big band nostalgia. ❋ Post (2010)

I dream of having my own radio station one day, so I can share the eclectic selection of music I love with others--I'm sure there are more of us who defy categorization, who live beyond the borders of "adult contemporary,""modern country,""oldies," or "classic rock." ❋ Maria Rodale (2011)

“[But] my favorite artists are kind of oldies like Billy Joel, The Beatles and Elton John.” ❋ Unknown (2010)