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Thursday, November 12, 2026Nov 12

Mind Coffee: Music from high school graduation year … have mercy

Black coffee in cup mug isolated on a white background
Black coffee in cup mug isolated on a white background Black coffee in cup mug isolated on a white background
photo Shawn Ryan

A friend forwarded me an email that offered the chance to click a weblink (www.iheart.com/graduation-playlist), put in the year you graduated from high school and it would give you the most popular hit singles that year.

I graduated in 1975.

Lord have mercy.

“That’s The Way (I Like It)” by KC & the Sunshine Band? “Love Will Keep Us Together” by Captain & Tennille?

Sure, there was also “Sweet Emotion” by Aerosmith. “Tush” by ZZ Top. “Boogie on Reggae Woman” by Stevie Wonder. But c’mon, KC & the Sunshine Band? Just recalling the drooling dreck of “That’s The Way (I Like It)” makes my brain ache.