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Look, "Don't Stop Believin'" is a guilty pleasure, and I have it along with another Journey song on my iPod. More out of nostalgia than anything else - they remind me of driving around crappy old Pasadena, Texas in a friend's sister's Mustang, having a good time but helpless in the back seat, unable to change the radio station or pop in another cassette. Say, the Police.
But "Abbey Road"? The Ramones? Sheesh. C'mon.
The song's hammy lyrics and soaring instrumentation fit nicely with the Sopranos finale. Most important, though, is that it's just the type of song a Jersey boy like Tony would punch up on a tabletop jukebox. If you watched the series all these years, you know his taste in music was pretty pedestrian.
