The Music of my Youth
Daimnation has a fun new meme. Find the top 100 songs from the year you graduated high school and critique them: bold the ones you love, strike the ones you hate and list and laugh at the ones you're indifferent too. Damian covered the year 1991 and Eric over at Viking Pundit covered 1986. Here's my take on 1990. I'm actually surprised by how much I like on this list. There's just so many excellent, goofy rap songs. Ah, how I long for that kind of hip hop.
1. Hold On, Wilson Phillips: You know, I don't like this enough to bold it, but I do like it. Those girls could sing.
2. It Must Have Been Love, Roxette: I always hated Roxette. No talent hacks.
3. Nothing Compares 2 U, Sinead O'Connor
4. Poison, Bell Biv Devoe: Whatever happened to Bell Biv Devoe?
5. Vogue, Madonna
6. Vision Of Love, Mariah Carey
7. Another Day In Paradise, Phil Collins
8. Hold On, En Vogue
9. Cradle Of Love, Billy Idol
10. Blaze Of Glory, Jon Bon Jovi
11. Do Me!, Bell Biv Devoe
12. How Am I Supposed To Live Without You, Michael Bolton
13. Pump Up The Jam, Technotronic: And pump up the jam they will
14. Opposites Attract, Paula Abdul: Hey, it's Paula!
15. Escapade, Janet Jackson
16. All I Wanna Do Is Make Love To You, Heart: Sadly, this isn't the worst song on the list
17. Close To You, Maxi Priest
18. Black Velvet, Alannah Myles
19. Release Me, Wilson Phillips
20. Don't Know Much, Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville
21. All Around The World, Lisa Stansfield
22. l Wanna Be Rich, Calloway
23. I Remember You, Skid Row: I never cared for their music, but Sebastian Bach was hot back in the day
24. Rub You The Right Way, Johnny Gill
25. She Ain't Worth It, Glenn Medeiros Featuring Bobby Brown
26. If Wishes Came True, Sweet Sensation
27. The Power, Snap
28. (Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection, Nelson: Those girls were cute. What? They weren't girls? No way!
29. Love Will Lead You Back, Taylor Dayne
30. Don't Wanna Fall In Love, Jane Child: She's the freak with the mohawk and one really long braid, I think
31. Two To Make It Right, Seduction
32. Sending All My Love, Linear
33. Unskinny Bop, Poison
34. Step By Step, New Kids On The Block: I'm ashamed that NKOTB is on this list
35. Dangerous, Roxette
36. We Didn't Start The Fire, Billy Joel: This is the worst song on the list
37. I Don't Have The Heart, James Ingram
38. Downtown Train, Rod Stewart
39. Rhythm Nation, Janet Jackson
40. I'll Be Your Everything, Tommy Page
41. Roam, B-52's
42. Everything, Jody Watley
43. Back To Life, Soul II Soul: Absolute classic
44. Here and Now, Luther Vandross
45. Alright, Janet Jackson
46. Ice Ice Baby, Vanilla Ice: Stop. Collaborate and listen
47. Blame It On The Rain, Milli Vanilli: Yeah, they didn't sing it but it still has some camp value
48. Have You Seen Her, M.C. Hammer
49. With Every Beat Of My Heart, Taylor Dayne
50. Come Back To Me, Janet Jackson
51. No More Lies, Michel'le
52. Praying For Time, George Michael
53. How Can We Be Lovers, Michael Bolton
54. Do You Remember, Phil Collins
55. Ready Or Not, After 7
56. U Can't Touch This, M.C. Hammer
57. I Wish It Would Rain Down, Phil Collins
58. Just Between You and Me, Lou Gramm
59. Something Happened On The Way To Heaven, Phil Collins
60. Black Cat, Janet Jackson
61. Can't Stop, After 7
62. Janie's Got A Gun, Aerosmith
63. The Humpty Dance, Digital Underground: Oh yeah! Some guys were playing us an acoustic version of this song the other day. It was fabulous
64. I'll Be Your Shelter, Taylor Dayne
65. Free Fallin', Tom Petty
66. Giving You The Benefit, Pebbles
67. Enjoy The Silence, Depeche Mode: This is no Personal Badini, but I still like it
68. Love Song, Tesla
69. Price Of Love, Bad English
70. Girls Nite Out, Tyler Collins
71. King Of Wishful Thinking, Go West: wuss rock
72. What Kind Of Man Would I Be?, Chicago
73. Get Up! (Before The Night Is Over), Technotroic
74. Here We Are, Gloria Estefan
75. Epic, Faith No More: This song signified the birth of grunge and the birth of rock/rap. It's incredibly influential even if no one has figured it out yet
76. Love Takes Time, Mariah Carey
77. Just Like Jesse James, Cher
78. Love Shack, B-52's
79. All Or Nothing, Milli Vanilli
80. Romeo, Dino
81. Everybody Everybody, Black Box
82. I Go To Extremes, Billy Joel
83. Whip Appeal, Babyface
84. Oh Girl, Paul Young: I'm a sucker for Paul Young
85. C'mon and Get My Love, D-Mob With Cathy Dennis
85. (It's Just) The Way That You Love Me, Paula Abdul
87. We Can't Go Wrong, Cover Girls
88. When I'm Back On My Feet Again, Michael Bolton
89. Make You Sweat, Keith Sweat
90. This One's For The Children, New Kids On The Block: I honestly don't know this song, but I'm sure it sucks
91. What It Takes, Aerosmith
92. Forever, Kiss
93. Jerk Out, Time
94. Just A Friend, Biz Markie: Oh man! I'm so proud this is on the list. Heh.
95. Whole Wide World, A'me Lorain
96. Without You, Motley Crue
97. Swing The Mood, Jive Bunny and The Mastermixers
98. Thieves In The Temple, Prince
99. Mentirosa, Mellow Man Ace
100. Tic-Tac-Toe, Kyper
I'd love to hear see some other lists. You can find your own top 100 here. Just enter your year and "top 100" in the search box.
Posted by kris at August 30, 2005 12:33 PM
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| # August 30th, 2005 1:42 PM jagorham |
| Geez, I'm dating myself here - 1976!! The leading edge of disco sneaks in...
1. Silly Love Songs, Paul McCartney and Wings - I like Sir Paul, but most of his stuff in this era was drivel. 2. Don't Go Breaking My Heart, Elton John and Kiki Dee 3. *Disco Lady, Johnnie Taylor* - One of those good semi-pornographic dance tunes 
4. December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night), Four Seasons - Doo-wop meets a disco beat. Not too bad, but I hated it at the time. 5. Play That Funky Music, Wild Cherry - Wannabe funkers. 6. Kiss And Say Goodbye, Manhattans 7. Love Machine (Part 1), The Miracles 8. 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover, Paul Simon 9. Love Is Alive, Gary Wright 10. --A Fifth Of Beethoven, Walter Murphy and The Big Apple Band-- Classical meets disco. Chuck Berry's wish is fulfilled as Beethoven rolls over. 11. Sara Smile, Daryl Hall and John Oates 12. Afternoon Delight, Starland Vocal Band - One hit wonder that got waaaaaaaaay too much air time. 13. I Write The Songs, Barry Manilow 14. Fly, Robin, Fly, Silver Convention 15. Love Hangover, Diana Ross 16. Get Close, Seals and Crofts 17. *More, More, More, Andrea True Connection* - More porn music from a porn queen! 18. *Bohemian Rhapsody, Queen* - this actually got little air play at the time, but was wildly popular. 19. Misty Blue, Dorothy Moore 20. Boogie Fever, Sylvers 21. I'd Really Love To See You Tonight, England Dan and John Ford Coley 22. You Sexy Thing, Hot Chocolate 23. Love Hurts, Nazareth 24. Get Up And Boogie, Silver Convention 25. Take It To The Limit, Eagles 26. (Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty, K.C. and The Sunshine Band 27. Sweet Love, Commodores 28. *Right Back Where We Started From, Maxine Nightingale* - forever engrained in my mind as the travelling music in "Slapshot." 29. --Theme From "S.W.A.T", Rhythm Heritage-- - One of waaaaaay too many TV themes (see John Sebastian later on) 30. *Love Rollercoaster, Ohio Players* I love my funk music, and the Ohio Players were some of the best. This was probably their definitive tune. 31. You Should Be Dancing, Bee Gees 32. You'll Never Find Antoher Love Like Mine, Lou Rawls 33. Golden Years, David Bowie 34. Moonlight Feels Right, Starbuck 35. Only Sixteen, Dr. Hook 36. Let Your Love Flow, Bellamy Brothers 37. Dreamweaver, Gary Wright 38. Turn The Beat Around, Vicki Sue Robinson 39. Lonely Night (Angel Face), The Captain and Tennille 40. All By Myself, Eric Carmen 41. Love To Love You Baby, Donna Summer - Donna if ok is small doses. Too many of her songs back-to-back is like a 4-CD set of barbershop quartet songs - they all start sounding the same! 42. Deep Purple, Donny and Marie Osmond 43. Theme From "Mahogany", Diana Ross 44. *Sweet Thing, Rufus* - Gotta love Chaka Khan!!! 45. That's The Way I Like It, K.C. and The Sunshine Band 46. A Little Bit More, Dr. Hook 47. Shannon, Henry Gross - One of those treacly songs that you love to hate, but really like.
48. If You Leave Me Now, Chicago 49. Lowdown, Boz Scaggs 50. Show Me The Way, Peter Frampton 51. Dream On, Aerosmith 52. I Love Music (Pt. 1), O'Jays 53. Say You Love Me, Fleetwood Mac 54. *Times Of Your Life, Paul Anka* - This was our graduation theme song. (I had to arrange it for four-part a capella!) Originally writen as a Kodak commercial, and recorded a few miles from my high school in Muscle Shoals. 55. Devil Woman, Cliff Richard 56. Fooled Around And Fell In Love, Elvin Bishop 57. Convoy, C.W. McCall 58. --Welcome Back, John Sebastian-- - Another @#(@#* TV theme 59. Sing A Song, Earth, Wind and Fire 60. --Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel, Tavares-- - This song always drives me nuts because it sounds like the guys aren't on beat when they're singing the title line. 61. *I'll Be Good To You, Brothers Johnson* - another good funky groove, thanks to producer Quincy Jones 63. Shop Around, The Captain and Tennille 64. Saturday Night, Bay City Rollers 65. Island Girl, Elton John 66. Let's Do It Again, Staple Singers 67. Let 'Em In, Paul McCartney and Wings 68. --Baby Face, Wing and A Prayer Fife and Drum Corps-- Disco sucks. 'Nuff said! 69. This Masquerade, George Benson 70. Evil Woman, Electric Light Orchestra - ELO was one of those bands that was fun to listen to, but if you ever paid attention to the lyrics, you'd go "huh?" The chorus to this song is a classic example of that. 71. Wham Bam, Silver 72. I'm Easy, Keith Carradine 73. Wake Up Everybody (Pt. 1), Harold Melvin and The Bluenotes 74. Summer, War 75. Let Her In, John Travolta 76. Fox On The Run, Sweet 77. Rhiannon, Fleetwood Mac 78. Got To Get You Into My Life, Beatles - Re-released for some reason (or maybe it's first release, not sure if it'd been a single before). 79. Fanny (Be Tender With My Love), Bee Gees 80. Getaway, Earth, Wind and Fire 81. She's Gone, Daryl Hall and John Oates 82. Rock And Roll Music, Beach Boys 82. Still The One, Orleans 83. You're My Best Friend, Queen 84. With Your Love, Jefferson Starship 85. Slow Ride, Foghat 86. Who'd She Coo, Ohio Players 88. Walk Away From Love, David Ruffin 89. Baby, I Love Your Way, Peter Frampton 90. Young Hearts Sun Free, Candi Staton 91. --Breaking Up's Hard To Do, Neil Sedaka-- - The barfarama lounge act remake of his classic doo-wop song. 92. Money Honey, Bay City Rollers 93. --Tear The Roof Off The Sucker, Parliament-- Gotta love George, Bootsy, and the gang!!! 94. Junk Food Junkie, Larry Groce 95. Tryin' To Get The Feeling Again, Barry Manilow 96. Rock And Roll All Nite, Kiss 97. --Disco Duck, Rick Dees-- At least his followup song, "Disgorilla" didn't make the cut :P 97. The Boys Are Back In Town, Thin Lizzy 98. Take The Money And Run, Steve Miller Band 99. Squeeze Box, The Who 100. Country Boy (You Got Your Feet In L.A.), Glen Campbell |
| # August 31st, 2005 10:30 AM TheUnabrewer |
| Going to blog this later when I have time, but my list (1989) makes me realize why I listened to Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, and the Rolling Stones back then. Man, the whole list blows. Big time. |
| # August 31st, 2005 1:53 PM jagorham |
| You got that right, Unabrewer. In my HS days, I listened to the 40s and 50s (pre-rock standards); my son in his HS days listened to Hendrix and music of the 1960s. And, picking up on the trend, he figures his kids will crave Eminem and DMX. Go figure. |
| # September 3rd, 2005 7:10 PM mbrlr |
| 1980
1. Call Me, Blondie 2. Another Brick In The Wall, Pink Floyd 3. Magic, Olivia Newton-John 4. Rock With You, Michael Jackson 5. Do That To Me One More Time, Captain and Tennille 6. Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Queen 7. Coming Up, Paul McCartney 8. Funkytown, Lipps, Inc. 9. It's Still Rock And Roll To Me, Billy Joel 10. The Rose, Bette Midler 11. Escape (The Pina Colada Song), Rupert Holmes 12. Cars, Gary Numan 13. Cruisin', Smokey Robinson 14. Working My Way Back To You/Forgive Me Girl, Spinners 15. Lost In Love, Air Supply 16. Little Jeannie, Elton John 17. Ride Like The Wind, Cristopher Cross 18. Upside Down, Diana Ross 19. Please Don't Go, K.C. and The Sunshine Band 20. Babe, Styx 21. With You I'm Born Again, Billy Preston and Syreeta 22. Shining Star, Manhattans 23. Still, Commodores 24. Yes, I'm Ready, Teri De Sario With K.C. 25. Sexy Eyes, Dr. Hook 26. Steal Away, Robbie Dupree 27. Biggest Part Of Me, Ambrosia 28. This Is It, Kenny Loggins 29. Cupid-I've Loved You For A Long Time, Spinners 30. Let's Get Serious, Jermaine Jackson 31. Don't Fall In Love With A Dreamer, Kenny Rogers and Kim Carnes 32. Sailing, Christopher Cross 33. Longer, Dan Fogelberg 34. Coward Of The County, Kenny Rogers 35. Ladies Night, Kool and The Gang 36. Take Your Time, S.O.S. Band 37. No More Tears (Enough Is Enough), Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer 38. Too Hot, Kool and The Gang 39. More Love, Kim Carnes 40. Pop Muzik, M 41. Brass In Pocket, Pretenders 42. Special Lady, Ray, Goodman and Brown 43. Send One Your Love, Stevie Wonder 44. The Second Time Around, Shalamar 45. We Don't Talk Anymore, Cliff Richard 47. Heartache Tonight , Eagles 48. Stomp, Brothers Johnson 49. Tired Of Toein' The Line, Rocky Burnette 50. Better Love Next Time, Dr. Hook 51. Him, Rupert Holmes 52. Against The Wind, Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band 53. On The Radio, Donna Summer 54. Emotional Rescue, Rolling Stones 55. Rise, Herb Alpert 56. All Out Of Love, Air Supply 57. Cool Change, Little River Band 58. You're Only Lonely, J.D. Souther 59. Desire, Andy Gibb 60. Let My Love Open The Door, Pete Townshend 61. Daydream Believer, Anne Murray 62. I Can't Tell You Why, Eagles 63. Don't Let Go, Isaac Hayes 64. Don't Do Me Like That, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers 65. She's Out Of My Life, Michael Jackson 66. Fame, Irene Cara 67. Fire Lake, Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band 68. How Do I Make You, Linda Ronstadt 69. Into The Night, Benny Mardones 70. Let Me Love You Tonight, Pure Prairie League 71. Misunderstanding, Genesis 72. An American Dream, Dirt Band 73. One Fine Day, Carole King 74. Dim All The Lights, Donna Summer 75. You May Be Right, Billy Joel 76. Hurt So Bad, Linda Ronstadt 77. Should've Never Let You Go, Neil Sedaka and Dara Sedaka 78. Pilot Of The Airwaves, Charlie Dore 79. Off The Wall, Michael Jackson 80. I Pledge My Love, Peaches and Herb 81. The Long Run, Eagles 82. Stand By Me, Mickey Gilley 83. Heartbreaker, Pat Benatar 84. Deja Vu, Dionne Warwick 85. Drivin' My Life Away, Eddie Rabbitt 86. Take The Long Way Home, Supertramp 87. Sara, Fleetwood Mac 88. Wait For Me, Daryl Hall and John Oates 89. Jo Jo, Boz Scaggs 90. September Morn, Neil Diamond 91. Give Me The Night, George Benson 92. Broken Hearted Me, Anne Murray 93. You Decorated My Life, Kenny Rogers 94. Tusk, Fleetwood Mac 95. I Wanna Be Your Lover, Prince 96. In America, Charlie Daniels Band 97. Breakdown Dead Ahead, Boz Scaggs 98. Ships, Barry Manilow 99. All Night Long, Joe Walsh 100. Refugee, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers |
| # September 3rd, 2005 7:34 PM mbrlr |
| I posted before I was quite finished above. Sorry. Here's my 1980 list. Not a bad year --- the Clash, the Jam, and Elvis Costello were in their prime on the other side of the Atlantic, but a dreadful one in the US. I always leaned towards the sixties and early '70s as well as the punk/new wave material and the disco era and the drivel that followed that in the '70s were difficult to deal with until the Sex Pistols fired their shots across the bow in the UK. Anyway, I can't seem to strike the material through on my computer, so I set it out with the numbers I liked flush left within the list and listed below. The tracks I thought were great or at least really, really good have two * marks surrounding the number and are flush left and capped below:
*1*, 2, *41*, 60, *64*, 73, 87, 94, *100* 1980 1. CALL ME, BLONDIE 2. Another Brick In The Wall, Pink Floyd 3. Magic, Olivia Newton-John 4. Rock With You, Michael Jackson 5. Do That To Me One More Time, Captain and Tennille 6. Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Queen 7. Coming Up, Paul McCartney 8. Funkytown, Lipps, Inc. 9. It's Still Rock And Roll To Me, Billy Joel 10. The Rose, Bette Midler 11. Escape (The Pina Colada Song), Rupert Holmes 12. Cars, Gary Numan 13. Cruisin', Smokey Robinson 14. Working My Way Back To You/Forgive Me Girl, Spinners 15. Lost In Love, Air Supply 16. Little Jeannie, Elton John 17. Ride Like The Wind, Cristopher Cross 18. Upside Down, Diana Ross 19. Please Don't Go, K.C. and The Sunshine Band 20. Babe, Styx 21. With You I'm Born Again, Billy Preston and Syreeta 22. Shining Star, Manhattans 23. Still, Commodores 24. Yes, I'm Ready, Teri De Sario With K.C. 25. Sexy Eyes, Dr. Hook 26. Steal Away, Robbie Dupree 27. Biggest Part Of Me, Ambrosia 28. This Is It, Kenny Loggins 29. Cupid-I've Loved You For A Long Time, Spinners 30. Let's Get Serious, Jermaine Jackson 31. Don't Fall In Love With A Dreamer, Kenny Rogers and Kim Carnes 32. Sailing, Christopher Cross 33. Longer, Dan Fogelberg 34. Coward Of The County, Kenny Rogers 35. Ladies Night, Kool and The Gang 36. Take Your Time, S.O.S. Band 37. No More Tears (Enough Is Enough), Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer 38. Too Hot, Kool and The Gang 39. More Love, Kim Carnes 40. Pop Muzik, M 41. BRASS IN POCKET, PRETENDERS 42. Special Lady, Ray, Goodman and Brown 43. Send One Your Love, Stevie Wonder 44. The Second Time Around, Shalamar 45. We Don't Talk Anymore, Cliff Richard 47. Heartache Tonight , Eagles 48. Stomp, Brothers Johnson 49. Tired Of Toein' The Line, Rocky Burnette 50. Better Love Next Time, Dr. Hook 51. Him, Rupert Holmes 52. Against The Wind, Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band 53. On The Radio, Donna Summer 54. Emotional Rescue, Rolling Stones 55. Rise, Herb Alpert 56. All Out Of Love, Air Supply 57. Cool Change, Little River Band 58. You're Only Lonely, J.D. Souther 59. Desire, Andy Gibb 60. Let My Love Open The Door, Pete Townshend 61. Daydream Believer, Anne Murray 62. I Can't Tell You Why, Eagles 63. Don't Let Go, Isaac Hayes 64. DON'T DO ME LIKE THAT, TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS 65. She's Out Of My Life, Michael Jackson 66. Fame, Irene Cara 67. Fire Lake, Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band 68. How Do I Make You, Linda Ronstadt 69. Into The Night, Benny Mardones 70. Let Me Love You Tonight, Pure Prairie League 71. Misunderstanding, Genesis 72. An American Dream, Dirt Band 73. One Fine Day, Carole King 74. Dim All The Lights, Donna Summer 75. You May Be Right, Billy Joel 76. Hurt So Bad, Linda Ronstadt 77. Should've Never Let You Go, Neil Sedaka and Dara Sedaka 78. Pilot Of The Airwaves, Charlie Dore 79. Off The Wall, Michael Jackson 80. I Pledge My Love, Peaches and Herb 81. The Long Run, Eagles 82. Stand By Me, Mickey Gilley 83. Heartbreaker, Pat Benatar 84. Deja Vu, Dionne Warwick 85. Drivin' My Life Away, Eddie Rabbitt 86. Take The Long Way Home, Supertramp 87. Sara, Fleetwood Mac 88. Wait For Me, Daryl Hall and John Oates 89. Jo Jo, Boz Scaggs 90. September Morn, Neil Diamond 91. Give Me The Night, George Benson 92. Broken Hearted Me, Anne Murray 93. You Decorated My Life, Kenny Rogers 94. Tusk, Fleetwood Mac 95. I Wanna Be Your Lover, Prince 96. In America, Charlie Daniels Band 97. Breakdown Dead Ahead, Boz Scaggs 98. Ships, Barry Manilow 99. All Night Long, Joe Walsh 100. REFUGEE, TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS |
| # September 3rd, 2005 7:35 PM mbrlr |
| Well, h***. The other material was indented on my screen. |
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