Musing (not too deeply) on musical influence

I somehow managed to stumble across this story shortly after I attended a friend's Christmas party, and I decided to dredge deep back into "Important Musical Influences of Childhood." Don't Wait On Me,Elvira,He's A Tramp, and (even though I didn't watch it in German) the We Are Siamese song (German version). This one was loved: You're So Vain. However, Margaritaville was reviled (some guy down the hall apparently played it way too many times in Korea.) Everyone seemed to like to sing Wraggle Taggle Gypsies and Jingle Jangle Jingle in music class at an elementary school in Washington state. Take On Me was cool, especially when I first watched it on TV when I was about seven or eight and living in New York. I also feel like Pachelbel's Canon in D made an impression on me and was on television--maybe in a light bulb or lighting commercial.