I would be SO tenmpted to use something frm the Fame soundtrack -- either the title cut or "I Sing the Body Electric"
Dude, "Hot Lunch Jam" is the hit to pick off that sdtrk.
It's all about choices, Faith. The ones we make, and the ones we don't. Oh, and the consequences. Those are always fun.
Angelus ,'Smile Time'
Buffista Music II: Wrath of Chaka Khan
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.
DavidS - Jan 23, 2004 9:27:48 am PST #98 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
tina f. - Jan 23, 2004 9:27:52 am PST #99 of 10003
Are you wickedly opposed to reggae, Kate?
Bob Marley's Uprising came out in 1980 which has "Redemption Song" - one of my faves.
Fred Pete - Jan 23, 2004 9:29:03 am PST #100 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
1980. Blondie? "Call Me" and Autoamerican. The album included "The Tide Is High" and "Rapture."
Xanadu, which has its fans around here, came out that year. ELO's "All Over the World." Olivia Newton-John's "Magic."
Since Billy Joel was mentioned here recently, I'll note his Glass Houses. Includes "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me," "You May Be Right."
I have a strange weak spot for Bob Seger -- Against the Wind. Title track could easily work in a folk vein.
joe boucher - Jan 23, 2004 9:29:08 am PST #101 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
What do you listen to? It could be a song from 1980, so a cover from another year would work. Or possibly a sample of a 1980 song on a hip hop tune.
Hayden - Jan 23, 2004 9:29:39 am PST #102 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
more 1980 releases:
Blasters, American Music
Joe Ely, Live Shots
Carlene Carter, Musical Shapes
DavidS - Jan 23, 2004 9:30:22 am PST #103 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Squeeze's "Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)" is from 1980. And you should be owning that anyway.
Also Pete Townsend's excellent solo record Empty Glass with his HoYayful "Rough Boys."
Fred Pete - Jan 23, 2004 9:31:34 am PST #104 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
Leftover doughnut --
Fame soundtrack. Urban Cowboy was also big that year -- was it Mickey Gilley who covered "Stand by Me"? And for glossy ballads, there's Boz Scaggs' "Look What You Done to Me." And the perfect first-dance song for the couple at any wedding reception, Anne Murray's "Could I Have This Dance."
Lyra Jane - Jan 23, 2004 9:32:11 am PST #105 of 10003
Up with the sun
Dude, "Hot Lunch Jam" is the hit to pick off that sdtrk.
What-evah. It's all about lighting up the sky like a flame, or possibly celebrating the me yet to come.
Hayden - Jan 23, 2004 9:32:11 am PST #106 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Another 1980 folk/folk-influenced release:
Butch Hancock, Diamond Hill (with "The Ghost of Give & Take Avenue")
Steph L. - Jan 23, 2004 9:32:48 am PST #107 of 10003
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
And the perfect first-dance song for the couple at any wedding reception, Anne Murray's "Could I Have This Dance."
Fred, you may NOT be my wedding coordinator.