I gacked this from Hugh at
Three Bed Two Bath and thought it might be an interesting trip down memory lane.
The Rules:
...find the Top 100 songs from the year you graduated from high school, list 'em on your site, highlight the ones you like and cross out the ones you hate. You underline your favorite, and ignore the ones to which you're kind of indifferent.1. "That's What Friends Are For", Dionne Warwick, Elton John, and Gladys Knight2. "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 (I am an unabashed Mr. Mister fan. And this is one of my favorite songs of all time.)
6. "How Will I Know", Whitney Houston
7. "Party All The Time", Eddie Murphy8. "Burning Heart", Survivor
9. "Kyrie", Mr. Mister (Not as good a song as #5, but a nice tune.)
10. "Addicted To Love", Robert Palmer
11. "Greatest Love Of All", Whitney Houston
12. "Secret Lovers", Atlantic Starr 13. Friends And Lovers, Carl Anderson and Gloria Loring
14. "Glory Of Love", Peter Cetera
15. "West End Girls", Pet Shop Boys (A nice bridge between my punk/industrial sensibilities and pop music.)
16. "There'll Be Sad Songs", Billy Ocean
17. "Alive And Kicking", Simple Minds (I really love Simple Minds and this is probably my favorite song of theirs. And that love has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that my HS Sweetheart thought I looked like the lead singer. No connection. None at all.)
18. "Never", Heart
19. "Kiss", Prince and The Revolution (God, this song is sooooo sexy.)
20. "Higher Love", Steve Winwood (This is not the greatest Stevie Windwood tune, but I really like the whole production of the song. It's slick, it sounds big, it's cool.)
21. Stuck With You, Huey Lewis and The News (This is quite possibly the worst song ever. I'm serious. "I'm so happy to be stuck with you"??? Real romantic, Huey.)
22. "Holding Back The Years", Simply Red (Not much of a song, but his voice just hit me like a hammer the first time I heard it! I actually pulled my car over so I could listen to it better. It still takes my breath away.)
23. "Sledgehammer", Peter Gabriel (I will forever link the album "So" with the summer of 1986. I was down in Bush Gardens Williamsburg headlining a theme park show and having the time of my life. My flatmates and I would crank this song really up on our days off.)
24. "Sara", Starship25. "Human", Human League