This week, I will focus on how important a part music has played in my life. I have listened to all sorts of music. When I was small, I loved Mister Rogers. I had a Mister Rogers record album that I listened to all of the time. I think I liked his soothing voice whe he sang...kind of like a lullabye. My father listened to all sorts of music, mainly "classic rock". My mother listened to talk radio. Seriously. I do love talk radio to this day. I think that my mother would listen to anything that wouldn't give her a "headache". :)
I grew up in the eighties...the onset of MTV...Duran Duran, Boy George, Van Halen...all sorts of great music...and we had pictures and stories to go along with them.
Duran Duran was my very most favorite. I had the albums, cassettes, posters, magazines. They covered my walls. I even got in trouble at school for forgetting to put my name on a paper, instead I signed it "DDFF" ~ Duran Duran Fan Forever. Yeah, my teacher held it up for the class to see, and I had to sheepishly retrieve it in front of the class. I remember that like yesterday. I was sad that my teacher did not understand, and that she humiliated me in front of the class...but I was damn proud to be a "Duranie". ;)
1984. The year I turned 11. I was in fifth/sixth grade. A very pivotal time in my life. Sixth graders were sent to junior high that year. Meaning lockers, changing classes, different teachers and a real school schedule. You see, I grew up in a district that had year round schools for elementary students. We went to school nine weeks, off three. Going to junior high meant that I had a WHOLE, glorious summer. I was a grown up. I got to stay home when my sisters had to go off to school. That was the summer that my mother enrolled me in the Columbia House Record Club. I went to http://www.musicoutfitters.com/ and looked up their Top 100 songs of that year. Oh the memories...I remember about 90% of them...the others, I bet I would remember once I heard them. I remember making "mix tapes" from my records or on my dual tape deck. My best girlfriend, Kelly (who was a year older, making her a soon-to-be-glamorous 7th grader) and I would lay out on our beach chairs for hours...tanning, swimming when we got hot, listening to music. 1984 brings back so many memories...that was the year we were introduced to someone from Detroit named Madonna. I can't believe it has been 25 years!!! When I think back to being a little girl...music from 25 years ago seemed so...old. Now, I would have no problem popping in a CD of this music...and flashing back to yesterday...
Love to All.
1. When Doves Cry, Prince
2. What's Love Got to Do With It, Tina Turner
3. Say Say Say, Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson
4. Footloose, Kenny Loggins
5. Against All Odds (Take a Look At Me Now), Phil Collins
6. Jump, Van Halen
7. Hello, Lionel Richie
8. Owner of a Lonely Heart, Yes
9. Ghostbusters, Ray Parker Jr.
10. Karma Chameleon, Culture Club
11. Missing You, John Waite
12. All Night Long (All Night), Lionel Richie
13. Let's Hear It for the Boy, Deniece Williams
14. Dancing In the Dark, Bruce Springsteen
15. Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Cyndi Lauper
16. The Reflex, Duran Duran
17. Time After Time, Cyndi Lauper
18. Jump (For My Love), Pointer Sisters
19. Talking In Your Sleep, Romantics
20. Self Control, Laura Branigan
21. Let's Go Crazy, Prince and The Revolution
22. Say It Isn't So, Daryl Hall and John Oates
23. Hold Me Now, Thompson Twins
24. Joanna, Kool and The Gang
25. I Just Called to Say I Love You, Stevie Wonder
26. Somebody's Watching Me, Rockwell
27. Break My Stride, Matthew Wilder
28. 99 Luftballons, Nena
29. I Can Dream About You, Dan Hartman
30. The Glamorous Life, Sheila E.
31. Oh Sherrie, Steve Perry
32. Stuck On You, Lionel Richie
33. I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues, Elton John
34. She Bop, Cyndi Lauper
35. Borderline, Madonna
36. Sunglasses At Night, Corey Hart
37. Eyes Without a Face, Billy Idol
38. Here Comes the Rain Again, Eurythmics
39. Uptown Girl, Billy Joel
40. Sister Christian, Night Ranger
41. Drive, Cars
42. Twist of Fate, Olivia Newton-John
43. Union of the Snake, Duran Duran
44. The Heart Of Rock 'N' Roll, Huey Lewis and The News
45. Hard Habit to Break, Chicago
46. The Warrior, Scandal
47. If Ever You're In My Arms Again, Peabo Bryson
48. Automatic, Pointer Sisters
49. Let the Music Play, Shannon
50. To All the Girls I've Loved Before, Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson
51. Caribbean Queen, Billy Ocean
52. That's All, Genesis
53. Running With the Night, Lionel Richie
54. Sad Songs (Say So Much), Elton John
55. I Want a New Drug, Huey Lewis and The News
56. Islands in the Stream, Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton
57. Love Is a Battlefield, Pat Benatar
58. Infatuation, Rod Stewart
59. Almost Paradise, Mike Reno and Ann Wilson
60. Legs, ZZ Top
61. State of Shock, Jacksons
62. Love Somebody, Rick Springfield
63. Miss Me Blind, Culture Club
64. If This Is It, Huey Lewis and The News
65. You Might Think, Cars
66. Lucky Star, Madonna
67. Cover Me, Bruce Springsteen
68. Cum On Feel the Noize, Quiet Riot
69. Breakdance, Irene Cara
70. Adult Education, Daryl Hall and John Oates
71. They Don't Know, Tracy Ullman
72. An Innocent Man, Billy Joel
73. Cruel Summer, Bananarama
74. Dance Hall Days, Wang Chung
75. Give It Up, K.C.
76. I'm So Excited, Pointer Sisters
77. I Still Can't Get Over Loving You, Ray Parker Jr.
78. Thriller, Michael Jackson
79. Holiday, Madonna
80. Breakin'...There's No Stopping Us, Ollie And Jerry
81. Nobody Told Me, John Lennon
82. Church of the Poison Mind, Culture Club
83. Think of Laura, Christopher Cross
84. Time Will Reveal, Debarge
85. Wrapped Around Your Finger, Police
86. Pink Houses, John Cougar Mellencamp
87. Round and Round, Ratt
88. Head Over Heels, Go-Go's
89. The Longest Time, Billy Joel
90. Tonight, Kool and The Gang
91. Got a Hold on Me, Christine McVie
92. Dancing In the Sheets, Shalamar
93. Undercover (Of the Night), Rolling Stones
94. On the Dark Side, John Cafferty and The Beaver Brown Band
95. New Moon On Monday, Duran Duran
96. Major Tom (Coming Home), Peter Schilling
97. Magic, Cars
98. When You Close Your Eyes, Night Ranger
99. Rock Me Tonite, Billy Squier
100. Yah Mo B There, James Ingram and Michael McDonald
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