Twenty four years since high school ended and undergrad began. I sometimes wonder that, with the passing of time, that moment in my life is as distant as 1957 was to it. Ancient history I would have said then.
Anyway, someone has created a internet meme-thingie about the songs in the top 100 you really liked by showing them in bold and Michael picked it up for 1987 and John for (I think) 1976. In response, here are my notes from top ten of 1981:
1. "Bette Davis Eyes", Kim Carnes - awfulClick here for my entire top 100 list for 1981 if you really need to.2. "Endless Love", Diana Ross and Lionel Richie - awful
3. "Lady", Kenny Rogers - really awful
4. "(Just Like) Starting Over", John Lennon
I had the 45 and gave it to a Beatles fan a couple of years ago. John Lennon's death greatly affected me and my pals in the middle of our grade 12. It also spawned the ditto band show "Beatlemania" that people watched in Canadian rinks.5. "Jessie's Girl", Rick SpringfieldI actually liked this one. But, then again, I watched General Hospital after school. Synth, rocky guitar and the saucy lyric.6. "Celebration", Kool and The Gangreally awful and made worse when the committee girls at school played it about 12 times during what was billed as a "new wave dance".7. "Kiss On My List", Daryl Hall and John OatesI really only came to appreciate them as something I could stand around 1983.8. "I Love A Rainy Night", Eddie RabbittYee. Haa. Yet I recall driving around Truro singing the song on a summer evening between the end of one school and the start of another.9. "9 To 5", Dolly Parton - beyond redemption. Cow pie.10. "Keep On Loving You", REO Speedwagon
The soundtrack of my life...errr...I meant this really sucked if only for encouraging Richard ("Dickie") Marks in the years that followed.
Comments
Alan - August 31, 2005 10:27 pm
Mike's 1983 had <i>waaay</i> better hits than 1981. I would like to be able to go back and figure out what I was actually listening to in 1981. I think there was lots of second wave ska, Talking Heads, Go-Gos, The Jam and <i>London Calling</i> - for God's sake...I was so cool when I was spotty and thin.
David Janes - September 1, 2005 6:31 am
Funny -- I was just going through the lists and I was thinking 1983 was _way_ cooler than 1982 (my last year of high school -- grade 11). I could count the 1982 songs I like on one hand; of course, that year all I did was listen to The Who and 1983 was the first year I really started socializing at clubs, parties, etc..
cm - September 1, 2005 11:57 am
Odd how at first I couldn't remember 1981 but going through the list, I remembered all the songs and started singing. Quietly, mind you, wouldn't want the rest of the pod to think I'd finally lost it.