S.C. Couple Drives Fox Family Away by Blaring '80s Music - I'm Insulted

I don't remember very many of these (although I really dug actress Christa Miller for a while), but I recall an episode of The Drew Carey Show in which Drew's nemesis, Mimi, tried to drive him from his house using the Noriega torture method of blasting Van Halen's "Panama" for days on end. I don't know exactly what this says about me, but that's exactly what I thought about when I found this story out of Greenville, S.C. about a mother fox and her cubs that became a nuisance living under a couple's home. And while I'm a bit saddened that the animals earned this abrupt dismissal, I'm even more offended that someone identified the loud playing of '80s music to be the magical catalyst capable of such an efficient eviction. Of course, maybe it was just the noise in general, but wouldn't you deem many other styles and eras of music to have far greater potential for scattering wildlife? How about Toby Keith or beach music or Jimmy Buffett? The list could be endless.

I shouldn't take it so personally, I guess, but I wonder if I'm alone in my pronounced irritation with a world that stubbornly continues to see '80s music as something less than extraordinary. Yes, the decade had its share of musical disasters and abominations, but the often typical consensus that '80s music had a tendency to emphasize glitz and fluff over substance really doesn't hold up all that well to a serious perusal of the era's offerings. Take a look around my site for dozens of strong supporting arguments for this position, and by all means try to resist any sudden urge to vacate the premises as you explore.