I wish I had my high school picture to post here, complete with flashdance inspired cut sweatshirt, long-sleeved hoodie, stoner-feathered hair and neon aqua high heeled shoe earrings. Oh yes - and let's not forget the pale pink lipstick, blue mascara and blue eyeliner, lined inside the eye for maximum freakish looking effect (or like you had a serious case of conjunctivitis - all the better to hide your stoned-ness - oops! Did I say that?).
Shelly over at Bagmomma,my comprade in having turned 40 this year has inspired me to do this cute 80's Meme. I will just preface this by saying I grew up in an area where disco, hip hop and R&B and heavy metal ruled the populous. You were either into one or the other, or you were into "new wave." I wavered between hip hop girl and rocker girl. Most of my girlfriends were into the hip hop thing, but my older brother was a heavy metal, "Joe Six Pack" kind of guy with lots of friends. I guess I sort of had an identity crisis, but I digress...
If you'd like to do it, go to Music Outfitters and type in the year you graduated in the search field. Bold the songs you like, strike through the songs you really hated.
Class of 1986 - Good times ahead.
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(This was when she was at her best, still pulling for her)
7. Party All The Time, Eddie Murphy (embaressingly enough, I really liked this song)
8. Burning Heart, Survivor
9. Kyrie, Mr. Mister
10. Addicted To Love, Robert Palmer
11. Greatest Love Of All, Whitney Houston
12. Secret Lovers, Atlantic Starr
14. Glory Of Love, Peter Cetera
15. West End Girls, Pet Shop Boys
16. There'll Be Sad Songs, Billy Ocean
17. Alive And Kicking, Simple Minds
18. Never, Heart
19. Kiss, Prince and The Revolution
20. Higher Love, Steve Winwood
21. Stuck With You, Huey Lewis and The News (Filmed in Santa Cruz, one of my fave videos - saw them in concert a few times)
22. Holding Back The Years, Simply Red
24. Sara, Starship
25. Human, Human League
26. I Can't Wait, Nu Shooz
27. Take My Breath Away, Berlin (Come on, Top Gun!)
28. Rock Me Amadeus, Falco
29. Papa Don't Preach, Madonna (Fond memories of Dance Party, U.S.A. Hey, Shelli, you're from NJ, did you watch this? It was filmed in Phillie with local teens and featured Kelly Ripa in her early teenybopper days! If you tell me you were on the show, I will.die.right.here.and.now)
30. You Give Love A Bad Name, Bon Jovi (saw them in concert this year)
31. When The Going Gets Tough, Billy Ocean
32. When I Think Of You, Janet Jackson
33. These Dreams, Heart
34. Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone), Glass Tiger
35. Live To Tell, Madonna
36. Mad About You, Belinda Carlisle
37. Something About You, Level 42
38. Venus, Bananarama (More Dance Party, U.S.A. memories, here - "Goddess on the Mountain Top!")
39. Dancing On The Ceiling, Lionel Richie
40. Conga, Miami Sound Machine
41. True Colors, Cyndi Lauper
42. Danger Zone, Kenny Loggins (Again, Top Gun)
43. What Have You Done For Me Lately, Janet Jackson
44. No One Is To Blame, Howard Jones
45. Let's Go All The Way, Sly Fox
46. I Didn't Mean To Turn You On, Robert Palmer(Oh god! Those anorexic mannequins!)
47. Words Get In The Way, Miami Sound Machine
48. Manic Monday, Bangles
50. Amanda, Boston
51. Two Of Hearts, Stacey Q(I had the extended LP of this - SCARY!)
52. Crush On You, Jets (What ever happened to THEM?)
53. If You Leave, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
55. The Sweetest Taboo, Sade
56. What You Need, INXS
57. Talk To Me, Stevie Nicks
58. Nasty, Janet Jackson
59. Take Me Home Tonight, Eddie Money
60. We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off, Jermaine Stewart
61. All Cried Out, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam With Full Force (I loved me some Lisa Lisa back in the day)
62. Your Love, Outfield
63. I'm Your Man, Wham! I also loved me some Wham!
64. Perfect Way, Scritti Politti
65. Living In America, James Brown
66. R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A., John Cougar Mellencamp
67. Who's Johnny, El Debarge
68. Word Up, Cameo
69. Why Can't This Be Love, Van Halen
71. Typical Male, Tina Turner
72. Small Town, John Cougar Mellencamp
73. Tarzan Boy, Baltimora
74. All I Need Is A Miracle, Mike + The Mechanics
75. Sweet Freedom, Michael McDonald
76. True Blue, Madonna
77. Rumors, Timex Social Club
78. Life In A Northern Town, Dream Academy
79. Bad Boy, Miami Sound Machine
80. Sleeping Bag, ZZ Top
81. Tonight She Comes, Cars
82. Love Touch, Rod Stewart
83. A Love Bizarre, Sheila E.
84. Throwing It All Away, Genesis
85. Baby Love, Regina
86. Election Day, Arcadia
87. Nikita, Elton John
88. Take Me Home, Phil Collins
89. Walk This Way, Run-D.M.C. (Saw them in concert that year)
90. Sweet Love, Anita Baker
91. Your Wildest Dreams, Moody Blues
92. Spies Like Us, Paul McCartney
93. Object Of My Desire, Starpoint
94. Dreamtime, Daryl Hall
95. Tender Love, Force M.D.'s (Awwwww yeahhhh....)
96. King For A Day, Thompson Twins
97. Love Will Conquer All, Lionel Richie
98. A Different Corner, George Michael
99. I'll Be Over You, Toto
100. Go Home, Stevie Wonder
5 comments:
"Dancing on Air!" Hello, this was the show that practically launched Duran Duran in the the US! And filmed right here in Philly.
Yep, me and Kelly Ripa, BFF's.
Ok, I am elaborating about Kelly Ripa, although I am sure I ran into her a million times. I was never ON the show, but I spent many days outside the building, and had a few friends that were on the show. Call me a lame groupie. Kelly was a POPULAR name, there were a few we hung out with. I was just excited to be out of the house without my parents. lol.
oh, and speaking of Lisa Lisa, my totally unreliable older boyfriend claimed he dated her years later. Who knows if that was true.
Ok, does the name Bob Catalano ring a bell? *gush gush* Man, he was CUTE! I still have the show on VHS tapes with videos of the time (Samantha Fox, Bon Jovi) in between. I wonder what happened to that geeky host dude.
I don't remember Bob. I've found that everyone knows someone around here that was on the show... the people I knew were on it around 1984-87 (the show started I think in '81 if I recall). My crush was on a dancer named Jimmy.
The host was Eddie Bruce! http://www.eddiebruce.com/bio.html He's still around here.
Shelli - I think Dance party USA was after Dancing on Air. Bob Catalano was the cute guy who always wore sunglasses and it was a huge deal when he took them off. There was also a girl named Princess with a tear who thought she was Prince.
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