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As much as it embarrasses me to admit it, when I saw the subheadline "'Thriller,' 'Pretty Woman' among selected" in regards to today's inductees into the National Recording Registry, I initially assumed that the Pretty Woman soundtrack would be preserved with The Best-Selling Album Of All Time in the Library Of Congress. How could I forget that big-voiced guy who liked to wear sunglasses—you know, David Lee Roth? Maybe next time, Roxette! [Variety]

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1:15 PM on Wed May 14 2008
By Anthony Miccio
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by NeverEnough at 01:33 PM on 05/14/08
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I remember getting into an argument with my first boyfriend on whether Roy Orbison was blind or not (him: "He wears sunglasses all the time-- he's obviously blind. Duh!").
by bcapirigi at 01:42 PM on 05/14/08
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looks like someone was trying to be the king of wishful thinking.
by Dickdogfood at 01:54 PM on 05/14/08
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Yay for Music from the Morning of the World!

Hmmm. The NRR website says the Voyager Space Record was "never released to the public" but its contents WERE released very very briefly as a CD-ROM back in the mid-nineties...which is why, if you're lucky, you can find the audio contents of the disk on the file-sharing network of your choice.
by Chris Molanphy at 05:33 PM on 05/14/08
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How could I forget that big-voiced guy who liked to wear sunglasses

Wild bloggers do, and they don't regret it.