Musical Meme

[filkertom]

Nicked from wcq, who got it from lysana:

You go to this page, find out what songs were hits the year you turned 18, and how you felt about them.

Like A Lot

4. Paradise By The Dashboard Light - Meatloaf
5. Just The Way You Are - Billy Joel
6. Summer Nights - Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta
7. We Are The Champions - Queen
9. We Will Rock You - Queen
11. Only The Good Die Young - Billy Joel
19. She's Always A Woman - Billy Joel
23. Who Are You - The Who
43. Cheeseburger In Paradise - Jimmy Buffett
44. Dust In The Wind - Kansas
45. Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad - Meatloaf
59. Werewolves Of London - Warren Zevon

Like

3. Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton
12. Copacabana - Barry Manilow
51. Movin Out - Billy Joel
52. Fooling Yourself (Angry Young Man) - Styx
60. Shout It Out Loud - Kiss

Wouldn't Mind Hearing

8. Stayin Alive - Bee Gees
13. Macho Man - Village People
15. Two Tickets To Paradise - Eddie Money
16. Greased Lightnin' - John Travolta
21. My Best Friend's Girl - The Cars
30. Life's Been Good - Joe Walsh
34. Just What I Needed - The Cars
35. Can't Smile Without You - Barry Manilow
47. Take A Chance On Me - Abba
71. Listen Too Her Heart - Tom Petty
72. Psycho Killer - Talking Heads

Could Do Without Hearing Ever Again

1. Last Dance - Donna Summer
10. Night Fever - Bee Gees
17. You're the One That I Want - Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta
32. What's Your Name - Lynyrd Skynrd
40. Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys - Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
46. Wheel In The Sky - Journey
68. You Got That Right - Lynyrd Skynyrd
69. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - Santa Esmeralda

Don't Remember

18. Dance (Disco Heat) - Sylvester
20. Shaker Song - Spiro Gyra
22. Always And Forever - Heatwave
24. Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah) - Chic
25. Anytime - Journey
27. Deacon Blues - Steely Dan
29. Follow You Follow Me - Genesis
31. Josie - Steely Dan
33. You Really Got Me - Van Halen
36. Lights - Journey
37. Fantasy - Earth Wind and Fire
38. Blame It On The Boogie - Jacksons
39. Shame - Evelyn Champagne King
41. Boogie Shoes - K.C. and the Sunshine Band
42. Can We Still Be Friends - Todd Rundgren
48. Shadow Dancing - Andy Gibb
49. Miss You - Rolling Stones
50. Ca Plane Pour Moi - Plastic Bertrand
55. Lovely Day - Bill Withers
56. Let's All Chant - Michael Zager Band
58. What A Difference You've Made In My Life - Ronnie Milsap
64. Portrait (He Knew) - Kansas
66. Hot Shot - Karen Young
67. In The Bush - Musique
70. # 1 Dee Jay - Goody Goody
73. The Groove Line - Heatwave
74. Soft and Wet - Prince
75. Surrender - Cheap Trick

Wish I Didn't Remember

2. Disco Inferno - Trammps
14. You Needed Me - Anne Murray
26. Le Freak - Chick
28. You're In My Heart (The Final Acclaim) - Rod Stewart
53. Thank You For Being A Friend - Andrew Gold
54. More Than a Woman - Tavares
67. You Don't Bring Me Flowers - Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond
61. Boogie Oogie Oogie - A Taste Of Honey
62. Roll With The Changes - REO Speedwagon
63. Flash Light - Parliament
65. Three Times A Lady - Commodores

Comments

[gryphons.livejournal.com]

um.. You linked back to this entry for "this page"

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

Ooooops. Thanks.

[scott644.livejournal.com]

Here's the direct link to the site that lists the top songs. You select the year yourself. ^_^

http://www.popculturemadness.com/Music/Pop-Modern/1986.html

[kestrels-nest.livejournal.com]

You know, it's not worth it. I went through the songs that were current the year I turned 18, and there are exactly 2 I'm fond of - and those two I adore. Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, by Gordon Lightfoot, and Still Crazy After All These Years by Paul Simon. What can I say - 1976 was not a banner year musically.

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

Well, maybe not, but it did have "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen, "Dream On" by Aerosmith, "Don't Fear The Reaper" by Blue Oyster Cult, and "One Piece At A Time" by Johnny Cash....

[kestrels-nest.livejournal.com]

Point, set and match, my dear. Somehow I missed seeing those on the list. On the other hand, it had Madonna's "Papa Don't Preach", which was an utter waste of airtime.

[kshandra]

Um, Madonna was 1986, not 1976.

[kestrels-nest.livejournal.com]

Ok...I ended up at '86 first. I think I wasn't paying a hell of a lot of attention - pop music didn't really beomce a thing I noticed until I started dating my husband.

[zeekar.livejournal.com]

huh?

Madonna's "Papa Don't Preach" came out in 1986. The aforementioned came out in 1976. Slight one-decade difference there...

[atalantapendrag.livejournal.com]

It's a little unnerving, how few of the songs from that year I recall with any clarity.

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

Well, a fair number of them weren't written to be remembered. They were written to be danced to.

[atalantapendrag.livejournal.com]

I mean from the year I was 18... I think I know more of yours.

[realinterrobang.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I don't remember most of those songs at all, but I think the Canadian music charts are likely some different to the US musical charts. :)

[vixyish.livejournal.com]

I think I won't post the whole thing, but if you skim, looks like I was born in a pretty good year. :)