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seen: road trip radio

Spotted in a RollingStone.com biography of Elton John:

The Elton Run is a great road-trip game: Using the radio’s scan and seek buttons, see how long you can keep a continuous streak of Elton hits rolling. It’s been proven possible to follow the Elton Run up I-95 from Virginia all the way to Boston. The hazard: One sixth of your listening time will be devoted to “Your Song,” Elton’s most overplayed standard even though everybody hates it. (“If I was a sculptor/But then again, no”: Jesus H. Christ on ice and Mary in the penalty box.)

I’ve never heard of that game; I’ll have to try that sometime when boredom sets in during a long road trip. (Disclosure: Overplayed as it may be, I do like “Your Song.”) There was a time, a few years ago, when every time I was in the car with Shawn and Rob and we’d be driving around in Alexandria, we’d be sure to hear an Elton John song on the radio. It was eerie.