All About the Music, Baby!
All right, so last Saturday I was hanging out with timbur and p carlson and chattin about life and scifi and... music. Remembering the sheer, unadulterated Velveetafest that was the 80s.
Then I caught up on Ashley's blog, where she links to a search for the top 100 songs of the year you graduated (enter the year in the search field here). The list came up and... whoa-ho-hoooaaa, Nelly.
To my immense chagrin, I can sing at least four bars of 88/100 of them. That's actually kind of sad. Especially since these perennial classics include:
1. Look Away, Chicago
3. Every Rose Has Its Thorn, Poison
9. Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird, Will To Power
11. Right Here Waiting, Richard Marx
13. Lost In Your Eyes, Debbie Gibson
15. Heaven, Warrant
23. I'll Be There For You, Bon Jovi
32. Eternal Flame, The Bangles
34. When I See You Smile, Bad English
37. When I'm With You, Sheriff
75. Shower Me With Your Love, Surface
The sheer volume of schmalz packed into a mere 365 days beggars the imagination. Add to this the fact that New Kids on the Block held no less than four slots. They tied with another band, but the New Kids only had 1 out of 4 in the top 30, and these dudes had all four. Any guesses? Awww, c'mon... wait... you've got it...
Milli Vanilli.
And you wonder why people wonder about me.
Oh, and yes, Virginia, the "Get to Know Me" post will be coming tomorrow.
Then I caught up on Ashley's blog, where she links to a search for the top 100 songs of the year you graduated (enter the year in the search field here). The list came up and... whoa-ho-hoooaaa, Nelly.
To my immense chagrin, I can sing at least four bars of 88/100 of them. That's actually kind of sad. Especially since these perennial classics include:
1. Look Away, Chicago
3. Every Rose Has Its Thorn, Poison
9. Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird, Will To Power
11. Right Here Waiting, Richard Marx
13. Lost In Your Eyes, Debbie Gibson
15. Heaven, Warrant
23. I'll Be There For You, Bon Jovi
32. Eternal Flame, The Bangles
34. When I See You Smile, Bad English
37. When I'm With You, Sheriff
75. Shower Me With Your Love, Surface
The sheer volume of schmalz packed into a mere 365 days beggars the imagination. Add to this the fact that New Kids on the Block held no less than four slots. They tied with another band, but the New Kids only had 1 out of 4 in the top 30, and these dudes had all four. Any guesses? Awww, c'mon... wait... you've got it...
Milli Vanilli.
And you wonder why people wonder about me.
Oh, and yes, Virginia, the "Get to Know Me" post will be coming tomorrow.
posted by jeffmacsimus @ 1:51 AM
5 Comments:
At 1:08 PM,
Erin Bennett said…
Ah, the late 80s. (If I'm not mistaken, this was also a big time for Paula Abdul). I remember being really jealous of the girl across the street from me because she got to write "NKOTB" on her white canvas Keds. My parents would have none of that... I also remember watching "Full House," where DJ and Kimmy would make frequent references to the great Milli Vanilli.
Thanks for taking me back a few years! :)
At 12:10 AM,
Tonya said…
So many memories...I was just wishing I owned a copy of U2's Joshua Tree from that era. I can't imagine listening to today's Top 40! blech.
At 12:41 PM,
Anonymous said…
Wow! You're old ;o). I was in 8th grade when all those songs were popular.
Brings back memories of big hair, bright blue mascara, pinned or rolled stonewashed denim, and pink L.A. Gear high tops. 80's fashion ROCKED!!!
Cheesy, yes, but at least the music didn't make me want to slit my wrists the way all the grungy, angsty 90's music did.
MPR, baby! It's the wave of the future...
P.S. It was great running into you a few weeks ago. Hope you enjoyed the U2 concert!!
At 3:48 PM,
Matt Patrick said…
Aah, precious memories. I mean, who could ever forget the soothing sounds of "Surface" ? ? ?
At 10:47 PM,
Anonymous said…
The way I see it, Milli Vanilli deserves a place in the hall of fame. They single-handedly paved the way for 80% of all todays pop music... Nowadays it's a shocker to see a live act that DOESN'T lip-sync.
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