Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
1986 is high school graduation for me, Lisa, and that is one scary list. [link]
There are maybe 2 songs in the top 10 that wouldn't send me running out the door.
1. That's What Friends Are For, Dionne Warwick, Elton John, and Gladys Knight
2. Say You, Say Me, Lionel Richie
3. I Miss You, Klymaxx
4. On My Own , Patti Labelle and Michael McDonald
5. Broken Wings, Mr. Mister
6. How Will I Know, Whitney Houston
7. Party All The Time, Eddie Murphy
8. Burning Heart, Survivor
9. Kyrie, Mr. Mister
10. Addicted To Love, Robert Palmer
I graduated in 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
A lot for the hipsters not to like, there.
The music video for Yo La Tengo's "Sugarcube" could well be the Funniest. Music Video. Ever. [link]
Not only does it feature the Mr. Show guys, but there's a theremin reference at 2:22 into it.
There are maybe 2 songs in the top 10 that wouldn't send me running out the door.
oh yeah that top 10 was baaaaaaad.
Huh...I would have figured "The Pina Colada Song" to be older, because it was also on my "First Pop Songs I memorized" list.
Sorry, Fred, if that makes you feel old.
I listed "I Touch Myself", you know? I have no cred. Except that it's not "My Ding-a-Ling"
Heh. I was thinking the other day about what songs would be on the CD "Onanism's Greatest Hits."
Dancing With Myself, Billy Idol; Turning Japanese, The Vapors; I Touch Myself; My Ding-A-Ling; She-Bop...
Then I decided it was a dumb topic.
I was just thinking the other day that "Fall At Your Feet" might be one of the most perfect pop songs ever.
It was a permanent staple on my early 90s mix tapes. They should have been much, much bigger in this country. My two concert regrets: Not seeing Stevie Ray Vaughn open the final leg of his final tour in Tulsa, and not seeing Crowded House at the nearly acoustically perfect Macky Auditorium in Boulder.
And BTW, I wish I had 1/2 the musical knowledge of Corwood or 1/10th the musical brain of Hec. I'm just a thirtysomething torn between critical rock snootiness and a secret love for the perfect pop hook. I'm the Jimmy Swaggart of music lovers.
Hmmm...let's see, 1989...
18. She Drives Me Crazy, Fine Young Cannibals
21. Blame It On The Rain, Milli Vanilli
24. If You Don't Know Me By Now, Simply Red
29. Toy Solider, Martika
31. The Living Years, Mike and the Mechanics
40. Good Thing, Fine Young Cannibals
47. Love Shack, B-52's
58. Sowing The Seeds Of Love, Tears For Fears
68. Love Song, Cure
76. Stand, R.E.M.
83. This Promise, When In Rome
84. What I Am, Edie Brickell and The New Bohemians
dw's got the secret pop slut love.
Dave Marsh's contribution to the Stranded book was a mixed tape of songs about Onanism.
Hec! Thanks so much for the music that arrived in the mail yesterday. I'm just about to listen. I'll have to figure out a treat to send back out your way soon.
Hooray!
(imagine that in a Zoidberg voice, it's more fun. In fact whenever I say "Hooray!" imaginine me saying it like Zoidberg because that's the way it sounds in my head. Maybe even the full, "Hooray for Zoidberg!" Also, whenever I say "Heh" it sounds like Crash Davis in Bull Durham.)
'86 was a pretty good year for pop. And Mellencamp was almost single handedly keeping some kind of rock and roll in the top 40 (Kenny Aronoff being his secret weapon. Did you know that Marshall Crenshaw toured with Aronoff on drums and the amazing Graham Maby (Joe Jackson's bass player - just think for a second about the bass playing on "Got the Time.")?
And Lisa Germano was Melloncamp's violinist.
Dave Marsh's contribution to the Stranded book was a mixed tape of songs about Onanism.
Not surprising, since a list of such songs appears in his book of Rock Lists.(It's in both of the editions I have; don't know if a newer edition ever came out)
