Mention of the god-awful Pina Colada Song reminds me of a song that makes me grind my teeth whenever I hear it: "Kokomo" by the Beach Boys.

Don't get me wrong: I love Brian Wilson and his brothers and cousin and friend, and the song marked their long-delayed comeback, BUT:

I'll never be able to accept the idea of "Kokomo" as a tropical paradise. Kokomo is a small city with a large military base on US 31 in Indiana, where I was once snowbound on a Greyhound bus -- in November! I know I'm not being the least bit objective about this, but I just can't listen to any song that extols the virtues of balmy Kokomo!