So glad that Libby is blogging again. She posted a little game that she was playing with some friends, and Ben and Rich have chimed in. I have to say that Ben and I share a year, so this will be a little redundant, but here you go. I remember a lot of these songs but they weren't what I was listening to a lot. Mainly, when you hit the dance floor, the bars, and while surfing the radio. I recall that I was more into Zeppelin, the Stones, AC/DC, Aerosmith, ZZ Top, The Clash, Bruce Springsteen, and Neil Young. Those were great artists!
Here are Libby's rules. To read the list, just click "Read More"
The instructions are: Go to musicoutfitters.com, and do a search on the most popular 100 songs from the year you graduated high school. (You can do this by searching on the year you graduated). Bold the ones you actually like. (Understand that the word "like" in this case means, at the very least, "wouldn't immediately change the radio station from.") Pick a favorite. Underline that favorite. And
1. My Sharona, The Knack
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4. Da Ya Think I'm Sexy, Rod Stewart
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8. Y.M.C.A., Village People
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18. Heart Of Glass, Blondie
19. What A Fool Believes, Doobie Brothers
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27. The Logical Song, Supertramp
28. My Life, Billy Joel
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34. I Want You To Want Me, Cheap Trick
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40. The Gambler, Kenny Rogers
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44. Hold The Line, Toto
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48. In The Navy, Village People
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50. The Devil Went Down To Georgia, Charlie Daniels Band
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52. Goodnight Tonight, Wings
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54. Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy, Bad Company
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60. New York Groove, Ace Frehley
61. Sultans Of Swing, Dire Straits
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67. Renegade, Styx
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71. Shine A Little Love, Electric Light Orchestra
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74. I Was Made For Lovin' You, Kiss
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79. Time Passages, Al Stewart
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81. Don't Bring Me Down, Electric Light Orchestra
82. Promises, Eric Clapton
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85. Suspicions, Eddie Rabbitt
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89. Every Time I Think Of You, Babys
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94. We've Got Tonite, Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band
95. Dance The Night Away, Van Halen
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Comment posted by Richard Schwartz08/25/2005 10:29:50 AM
Homepage: http://www.rhs.com/poweroftheschwartz
Yes, "Fire" was a Springsteen song, but he didn't release a recording of it until several years later. There were bootlegs, of course. The first recorded version was actually by a fellow named Robert Gordon, a year or two before the Pointer Sisters. I think they did a pretty good cover, actually. Very different, but good.
-rich
Comment posted by Stan Rogers08/25/2005 11:15:57 AM
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Not as good as Robin Williams doing Elmer Fudd doing Springsteen doing it....
Comment posted by Ben Langhinrichs08/25/2005 12:29:18 PM
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I should point out that there are other Blondie songs I liked, but Heart of Glass is just too disco, and I suffered through too much disco in my day.
At least you, Stan and I basically agree on The Logical Song.
Comment posted by Stan Rogers08/25/2005 01:55:42 PM
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Could it be that we're all radical, liberal, fanatical criminals?
Comment posted by Gregg Eldred08/25/2005 02:22:14 PM
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Okay, here's the Supertramp/Jethro Tull experience. Back in those days, my summer job was working 3rd shift (midnight to 8AM) at a bank clearing house. We created credit cards for member banks, ran their reports, and such. My work area was next to the computer room. After the 3rd shift operator finished his work, mine started. What would he do? Put "Breakfast in America" or "Aqualung" in the 8 track player and take a nice nap. What did I get? 5 hours of continually looping music. And I still like Supertramp after that. Go figure.
Comment posted by Richard Schwartz08/25/2005 07:53:18 PM
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My roommate was very into Supertramp, but fortunately the only guy on my dorm floor with an 8-track was into Led Zeppelin.
-rich
Comment posted by Stan Rogers08/26/2005 12:39:52 PM
Homepage: http://stanrogers.blogspot.com
Ah, the 8 track. There are, to this very day, songs that don't sound right to me unless they have a four-second pause, a loud ka-thunk, and fade back in with a slight repeat. Them was the days....
Comment posted by Richard Schwartz08/26/2005 02:13:47 PM
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We had a jukebox in my fraternity house. It was one of those models that only played selected songs in the order that they were stacked in the record holder, no matter what order they had been selected in. So our copy of American Pie with part 1 on the A side and part 2 on the B side was in the last slot so that once the A side was played the mechanism would reverse direction and the B side would be the next selection. So not only did I get used to hearing the song with about a ten second interruption, but I also got used to all the skips and repeats. When I hear it on the radio, I'm always expecting to hear "Now the halftime air was sweet perfume, while the sergeants played.. sergeants played.. sergeants played.. sergeants played.. (whack!) a marching tune..."
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