Graduation Music Meme

[autographedcat]

INSTRUCTIONS
1. Go to http://popculturemadness.com/Music/index.html, and find the greatest hits for the year you turned 18 (on the left-hand side)
2. Select at least the first 40
3. Bold the ones you like
4. Strike out the ones you hate
5. Italicize the ones you are familiar with but neither like nor hate
6 Leave the ones you don't know as



1. What A Wonderful World* - Louis Armstrong
2. It Takes Two - Rob Base & E-Z Rock
3. Da Butt - EU
4. Hot Hot Hot - Buster Poindexter
5. I'll Always Love You - Taylor Dayne
6. Man In The Mirror - Michael Jackson
7. Sweet Child Of Mine - Guns N Roses
8. Red Red Wine - UB40
9. Just Got Paid - Johnny Kemp
10. Don't Worry, Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin
11. Pour Some Sugar On Me - Def Leppard
12. Every Rose Has Its Thorn - Poison
13. Welcome To The Jungle - Guns N Roses
14. Paradise - Sade
15. The Flame - Cheap Trick
16. 1 2 3 - Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
17. Kokomo - Beach Boys
18. Need You Tonight - INXS
19. Pump Up The Volume - M/A/R/R/S
20. Roll With It - Steve Winwood
21. Baby I Love Your Way/Freebird (Medley) - Will To Power
22. Power Of Love - Laura Branigan
23. Push It - Salt N Pepa
24. One More Try - George Michael
25. Can't Stay Away From You - Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
26. Wild, Wild West - Kool Moe Dee
27. One Moment In Time - Whitney Houston
28. Hot Hot Hot!!! - The Cure
29. The Promise - When In Rome
30. The Way You Make Me Feel - Micheal Jackson
31. Chains Of Love - Erasure
32. What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy) - Information Society
33. Honestly - Stryper
34. Don't Be Cruel - Bobby Brown
35. Bad Medicine - Bon Jovi
36. Strangelove - Depeche Mode
37. Nothin' But A Good Time - Poison
38. Angel - Aerosmith
39. Candle In The Wind - Elton John
40. Forever Young - Alphaville
41. Pink Cadillac - Natalie Cole
42. Always On My Mind - Pet Shop Boys
43. Tall Cool One - Robert Plant
44. Forever Young - Rod Stewart
45. Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil
46. Tomorrow People - Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers
47. I Know You're Out There Somewhere - Moody Blues
48. Just Like Heaven - The Cure
49. Wild Wild West - The Escape Club
50. In God's Country - U2
51. So Emotional - Whitney Houston
52. Girls Ain't Nothin' But Trouble - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
53. Wishing Well - Terence Trent D"Arby
54. It's Money That Matters - Randy Newman
55. Under The Milky Way - The Church
56. Like The Weather - 10,000 Maniacs
57. Tell It To My Heart - Taylor Dayne
58. Kiss Me Deadly - Lita Ford
59. Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley
60. It's The End Of The World As We Know It - R.E.M.
61. Parents Just Don't Understand - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
62. Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark - Robert Cray Band
63. Never Can Say Goodbye - Communards
64. What's The Matter Here? - 10,000 Maniacs
65. Groovy Kind Of Love - Phil Collins
66. Fat - Weird Al Yankovic
67. Piano In The Dark - Brenda Russell
68. Monkey - George Michael
69. Rocket 2 U - Jets
70. Tell That Girl To Shut Up - Transvision Vamp
71. I Found Someone - Cher
72. Spotlight - Madonna
73. Englishman In New York - Sting
74. When Will I Be Famous? - Bros
75. Hazy Shade of Winter - the Bangles

Comments

[almeda.livejournal.com]

I like a lot of your list, too.

Heck, I RECOGNIZE more of the ones on your list than mine -- probably because I was listening to more radio in 88 than 94.

[perchta.livejournal.com]

gods, i loved groovy kind of love, don't worry be happy and angel. still like them, in fact.

sigh, I'll go hide my head in shame now... lol.

[autographedcat.livejournal.com]

No need for that. There are songs I put in bold that I'm sure have people shaking their heads. :)

To be honest, my problem with Collins isn't that he's *bad*, it's just that it seems he got very very popular and turned....bland. I want him to put out material better than that because I know he's capable of it.

[folkmew.livejournal.com]

Oh god I love Bobby McFerrin, and I loved his version of Blackbird (on that same first album of his which I have), and I even liked "Don't Worry Be Happy" (which of course is intended to be black humor but people took at surface value sigh). But I can see how one did get sick of it. It got a LOT of (inappropriate) play.

You don't like Rod Stewart's cover of "Forever Young?"

Me neither. (grin)

I *adore* the Bangles cover of "Hazy Shade of Winter".

You graduated from High School in 88??? Or college?

[autographedcat.livejournal.com]

I love Bobby McFerrin, but I could stand never to hear that song again. (I know how he intended it, but it wasn't taken that way and it was *way* overplayed).

I graduated from High School in 1988. I'm just a young'n, hon. Can you love me anyway? ;)

[folkmew.livejournal.com]

Sure... I can love a younger man... more energy that way. (grin)

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

For me, it wouldn't be graduation music. When I turned 18, I was a year out of junior college. But here it is:

1. Thriller - Michael Jackson
2. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
3. Footloose - Kenny Loggins
4. Like A Virgin - Madonna
5. Holiday - Madonna
6. I Can't Drive 55 - Sammy Hagar
7. Pride (In The Name Of Love) - U2
8. Jam On It - Newcleus
9. Legs - ZZ Top
10. What's Love Got To Do With It - Tina Turner
11. Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper
12. Lucky Star - Madonna
13. Dancing In The Dark - Bruce Springsteen
14. Cruel Summer - Bananarama
15. She Bop - Cyndi Lauper
16. Let's Hear It For The Boy - Denise Williams
17. Teacher Teacher - 38 Special
18. Stay With Me Tonight - Jeffrey Osborne
19. Purple Rain - Prince
20. I Will Follow - U2
21. Miss Me Blind - Culture Club
22. I Feel For You - Chaka Kahn
23. Heart Of Rock and Roll - Huey Lewis and the News
24. Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
25. Let's Stay Together - Tina Turner
26. Eat It - Wierd Al Yancovic
27. Borderline - Madonna
28. We're Not Gonna Take It - Twisted Sister
29. Let's Go Crazy - Prince
30. Let The Music Play - Shannon
31. Cover Me - Bruce Springsteen
32. Holding Out For A Hero - Bonnie Tyler
33. Runaway - Bon Jovi
34. Rock You Like A Hurricane - Scorpions
35. Somebody's Watching Me - Rockwell
36. Remember The Nights - The Motels
37. Jump - Van Halen
38. I Want A New Drug - Huey Lewis and the News
39. Bang Your Head (Mental Health) - Quiet Riot
40. 99 Luftballons - Nena
41. White Horse - Laid Back
42. Wake Me Up Before You Go Go - Wham
43. Mama We're All Crazee Now - Quiet Riot
44. Caribbean Queen - Billy Ocean
45. I Wanna Rock - Twisted Sister
46. Jump (For My Love) - Pointer Sisters
47. Ya Mo Be There - James Ingram
48. Rebel Yell - Billy Idol
49. Against All Odds - Phil Collins
50. Better Be Good To Me - Tina Turner
51. Sister Christian - Night Ranger
52. 10-9-8 - Face to Face
53. Illegal Alien - Genesis
54. It's My Life - Talk Talk
55. Look At That Cadillac - Stray Cats
56. When Doves Cry - Prince
57. Hard Habit To Break - Chicago
58. I Just Called To Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder
59. Taking It All Too Hard - Genesis
60. No Parking (On The Dance Floor) - Midnight Star
61. Hot For Teacher - Van Halen
62. High Energy - Evelyn Thomas
63. Superstar/Until You Come Back To Me - Luthor Vandross
64. The Longest Time - Billy Joel
65. To All The Girls I've Loved Before - Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson
66. On The Dark Side - John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band
67. State of Shock - Jacksons and Mick Jagger
68. Missing You - John Waite
69. Midnight Maniac - Krokus
70. Blue Light - David Gilmour
71. Freakshow On The Dancefloor - Bar-Kays
72. A Girl In Trouble (Is A Temporary Thing) - Romeo Void
73. You're The Best Thing - The Style Council
74. Love Kills - Freddie Mercury
75. Sex Shooter - Apollonia 6