Here's a blast from the not so distant past.
I found an old tape cover of a cassette my very good friend and I made of our favorite songs in mid 1989. This is my same friend who made Depression Vols 1-3 (as seen on my February 5 entry).
We labored intensively over our song choices. I had one side, she the other. Our theme was our favorite songs as kids up to the present day. We recorded the songs in chronological order and vowed to have no song repeats.We shared some of our favorite songs such as Cheap Trick's "I Want You to Want Me" but since she claimed it first, I had to let that one go. We also had to compromise as we were both huge (Roth-era of course) VH fans. She also liked "Dance the Night Away" but I got to pick that so she ended up choosing "You Really Got Me" . We also compromised on Def Leppard's "Photograph" so I chose an earlier Lep song for my entry. Towards the later years, you could see the differences in our musical tastes.
Note: Most of the songs/artists are linked. You can click on them to know more our choices.
Our Fave Songs
compiled June 16 -20, 1989
recorded on a Maxell MX 100 cassette (IEC Type IV Metal)
Side A (my side)
1975 You're My Best Friend Queen
My favorite Queen song of all time from one of their best albums, A Night at the Opera. I still love this song to death!
1976 Silly Love Songs Paul McCartney and Wings
One of the few songs I remember really liking as a young child. One of our good friends used this song for their wedding video montage.
The Things We Do for Love 10CC
We actually had this .45! I think it was my brother's. Looking back, I wish I had "Hotline" by the Sylvers to replace this instead!
1977 Cold as Ice Foreigner
And then I discovered FM radio and my musical tastes were never the same again! Lou Gramm's voice was so cool and powerful. From their debut album Foreigner.
1979 Dance the Night AwayVan Halen
My #1 favorite VH song. Eddie Van Halen rules all! EVH wrote this song because he was inspired by Fleetwood Mac's "Go Your Own Way".
BabeStyx
As sappy as this song was, I really dug Tommy Shaw's voice and that soft electric piano! Well, it was this, or "Too Hot" & "Ladies Night" by Kool & the Gang which came out the same year!
1980 Let it Go Def Leppard
Oh man, this song fkn' shreds! This was early and raw Def Leppard before they turned into the pitiful soft rock pussies they later became. I remember taping this song off the radio! "High 'n Dry" is one on my top 10 albums list. Come to think of it, why don't I have more 1980 entries here? I should have had AC/DC's "Back in Black", Judas Priest's "Breaking the Law" & "Living After Midnight" ! Dammit!
1981 Crazy Train/Dee Ozzy Osbourne
From Ozzy's landmark "Blizzard of Ozz" album. I was in 6th grade and Randy Rhoads was about to replace EVH as my favorite guitarist. Sadly, he was to live another year before the deadly plane crash which ended his life.
Our Lips are Sealed The Go Go's
From the album, "Beauty and The Beat", which was one of the first albums I ever bought. Plus I liked the fact that they were an all-girl band.
Petite Etude Triumph
Although I liked Rush a little better (another Canadian power trio for you all), this little guitar solo from the album Allied Forces was quite pretty and I felt I had to include at least another instrumental to accompany "Dee".
Last Chance on the Stairway Duran Duran
One of their 'non-hits' from the album, 'Rio'. A gorgeous ballad with a cool vibraphone solo.
1983 Gloria (live version in 'Under a Blood Red Sky') U2
Although this song was featured on classic 2nd album, October, I liked this version (which was the opening song from their 4th album, Under a Blood Red Sky) much better . I miss early U2.
1985 Prelude Mortale Vandenberg
From 1985's "Alibi"; the group was led by Dutch guitar wiz Adrian Vandenberg . This band was not well known and I knew of them because of a neighborhood guy friend I hung out with (he's now in jail!). Vandenberg later joined Whitesnake and is now an artist. This song was another instrumental. So there are three so far.
1987 Welcome to the Jungle Guns 'n Roses
This was the year we both graduated and started college. My friend veered more towards the post punk groups and was leaning towards her goth phase. I, on the other hand, was still into hard rock and entranced by these young upstarts. Where are they now? Their debut album blew all others out of the water.
Side B (her side)
1973 Live and Let DiePaul McCartney & Wings
From the James Bond movie of the same name. I believe it's set in the Caribbean or some other place where they practice voodoo . Stars a young Jane Seymour, who was my friend's favorite actress. This movie had a bit of blaxploitation in it as well (afros, references to pimps, drugs, etc). This song was later covered by Guns 'n Roses on their "Use Your Illusion I" album.
1978 I Want You to Want Me (live at Budokan) Cheap Trick
The song I totally wanted. Robin Zander in that white suit!!! Hey, I should have had "Dream Police"(which came out in '79)!
You Really Got Me Van Halen
A kick ass version of the Kinks' song and a waaaay better version than the one butchered by Sangina on American Idol a few weeks back.
1979 Message in a Bottle The Police
From the album, Reggatta de Blanc. Oooh, looking back, I wished I had the Police on my list. They are actually back together again and will tour this summer.
We Live for Love Pat Benatar
From her debut album, In the Heat of the Night which showcased her operatic vocals. The album also spawned the hit "Heartbreaker" and "No You Don't".
1980 Stories for Boys U2
From u2's debut album, Boy, one of her favorite albums.
1981 This Town The Go Go's
Another song from "Beauty and the Beat" that we labored over choosing.
1982 Inoculated City The Clash
From the album, "Combat Rock"; it's cool that she picked this instead of the more well known "Should I Stay or Should I Go" .
1983 Photograph Def Leppard
We loved this song! I loved the video. Last Halloween, I was dressed (almost) exactly as Joe Elliott in this video. I had my vintage Union Jack shirt bought for $15 that year!
(I'm in Love with a) Working Girl The Members
I think this was their only hit...We actually searched a lot of record places to find this record. We eventually found it at Off the Record (a now defunct used record store) on El Cajon Blvd.
1986 Here is the House Depeche Mode
From the album, Black Celebration which actually had a lot of good songs on it like "It Doesn't Matter", "A Question of Lust"and "Fly on the Windscreen".
Love is the Slug Fuzzbox
The group's reall name was We've Got a Fuzzbox and We're Gonna Use It but was shortened to Fuzzbox. An all girl group from England and a one hit wonder as well.
1987 Dear God XTC
A controversial song from their great album, Skylarking which also featured really cool songs in various genres (my favorite was the ultra cool spy-like "The Man Who Sailed Around his Soul") . The video for this song was also cool and if you stayed up late enough, you could catch it on MTV's "120 Minutes".
1989 Loveless New Order
From the album, Technique . She didn't choose the obvious favorites (of others) like "TrueFaith", "Blue Monday", "Bizarre Love Triangle".
Lovesong The Cure
One of their more "recent" songs at the time and a romantic one at that.
Sorry no cassette cover art. The writing is all faded and I threw the tape away awhile back since I could burn this same compilation easily. Still trying to dig up more compilations we did back then.
I found an old tape cover of a cassette my very good friend and I made of our favorite songs in mid 1989. This is my same friend who made Depression Vols 1-3 (as seen on my February 5 entry).
We labored intensively over our song choices. I had one side, she the other. Our theme was our favorite songs as kids up to the present day. We recorded the songs in chronological order and vowed to have no song repeats.We shared some of our favorite songs such as Cheap Trick's "I Want You to Want Me" but since she claimed it first, I had to let that one go. We also had to compromise as we were both huge (Roth-era of course) VH fans. She also liked "Dance the Night Away" but I got to pick that so she ended up choosing "You Really Got Me" . We also compromised on Def Leppard's "Photograph" so I chose an earlier Lep song for my entry. Towards the later years, you could see the differences in our musical tastes.
Note: Most of the songs/artists are linked. You can click on them to know more our choices.
Our Fave Songs
compiled June 16 -20, 1989
recorded on a Maxell MX 100 cassette (IEC Type IV Metal)
Side A (my side)
1975 You're My Best Friend Queen
My favorite Queen song of all time from one of their best albums, A Night at the Opera. I still love this song to death!
1976 Silly Love Songs Paul McCartney and Wings
One of the few songs I remember really liking as a young child. One of our good friends used this song for their wedding video montage.
The Things We Do for Love 10CC
We actually had this .45! I think it was my brother's. Looking back, I wish I had "Hotline" by the Sylvers to replace this instead!
1977 Cold as Ice Foreigner
And then I discovered FM radio and my musical tastes were never the same again! Lou Gramm's voice was so cool and powerful. From their debut album Foreigner.
1979 Dance the Night AwayVan Halen
My #1 favorite VH song. Eddie Van Halen rules all! EVH wrote this song because he was inspired by Fleetwood Mac's "Go Your Own Way".
BabeStyx
As sappy as this song was, I really dug Tommy Shaw's voice and that soft electric piano! Well, it was this, or "Too Hot" & "Ladies Night" by Kool & the Gang which came out the same year!
1980 Let it Go Def Leppard
Oh man, this song fkn' shreds! This was early and raw Def Leppard before they turned into the pitiful soft rock pussies they later became. I remember taping this song off the radio! "High 'n Dry" is one on my top 10 albums list. Come to think of it, why don't I have more 1980 entries here? I should have had AC/DC's "Back in Black", Judas Priest's "Breaking the Law" & "Living After Midnight" ! Dammit!
1981 Crazy Train/Dee Ozzy Osbourne
From Ozzy's landmark "Blizzard of Ozz" album. I was in 6th grade and Randy Rhoads was about to replace EVH as my favorite guitarist. Sadly, he was to live another year before the deadly plane crash which ended his life.
Our Lips are Sealed The Go Go's
From the album, "Beauty and The Beat", which was one of the first albums I ever bought. Plus I liked the fact that they were an all-girl band.
Petite Etude Triumph
Although I liked Rush a little better (another Canadian power trio for you all), this little guitar solo from the album Allied Forces was quite pretty and I felt I had to include at least another instrumental to accompany "Dee".
Last Chance on the Stairway Duran Duran
One of their 'non-hits' from the album, 'Rio'. A gorgeous ballad with a cool vibraphone solo.
1983 Gloria (live version in 'Under a Blood Red Sky') U2
Although this song was featured on classic 2nd album, October, I liked this version (which was the opening song from their 4th album, Under a Blood Red Sky) much better . I miss early U2.
1985 Prelude Mortale Vandenberg
From 1985's "Alibi"; the group was led by Dutch guitar wiz Adrian Vandenberg . This band was not well known and I knew of them because of a neighborhood guy friend I hung out with (he's now in jail!). Vandenberg later joined Whitesnake and is now an artist. This song was another instrumental. So there are three so far.
1987 Welcome to the Jungle Guns 'n Roses
This was the year we both graduated and started college. My friend veered more towards the post punk groups and was leaning towards her goth phase. I, on the other hand, was still into hard rock and entranced by these young upstarts. Where are they now? Their debut album blew all others out of the water.
Side B (her side)
1973 Live and Let DiePaul McCartney & Wings
From the James Bond movie of the same name. I believe it's set in the Caribbean or some other place where they practice voodoo . Stars a young Jane Seymour, who was my friend's favorite actress. This movie had a bit of blaxploitation in it as well (afros, references to pimps, drugs, etc). This song was later covered by Guns 'n Roses on their "Use Your Illusion I" album.
1978 I Want You to Want Me (live at Budokan) Cheap Trick
The song I totally wanted. Robin Zander in that white suit!!! Hey, I should have had "Dream Police"(which came out in '79)!
You Really Got Me Van Halen
A kick ass version of the Kinks' song and a waaaay better version than the one butchered by Sangina on American Idol a few weeks back.
1979 Message in a Bottle The Police
From the album, Reggatta de Blanc. Oooh, looking back, I wished I had the Police on my list. They are actually back together again and will tour this summer.
We Live for Love Pat Benatar
From her debut album, In the Heat of the Night which showcased her operatic vocals. The album also spawned the hit "Heartbreaker" and "No You Don't".
1980 Stories for Boys U2
From u2's debut album, Boy, one of her favorite albums.
1981 This Town The Go Go's
Another song from "Beauty and the Beat" that we labored over choosing.
1982 Inoculated City The Clash
From the album, "Combat Rock"; it's cool that she picked this instead of the more well known "Should I Stay or Should I Go" .
1983 Photograph Def Leppard
We loved this song! I loved the video. Last Halloween, I was dressed (almost) exactly as Joe Elliott in this video. I had my vintage Union Jack shirt bought for $15 that year!
(I'm in Love with a) Working Girl The Members
I think this was their only hit...We actually searched a lot of record places to find this record. We eventually found it at Off the Record (a now defunct used record store) on El Cajon Blvd.
1986 Here is the House Depeche Mode
From the album, Black Celebration which actually had a lot of good songs on it like "It Doesn't Matter", "A Question of Lust"and "Fly on the Windscreen".
Love is the Slug Fuzzbox
The group's reall name was We've Got a Fuzzbox and We're Gonna Use It but was shortened to Fuzzbox. An all girl group from England and a one hit wonder as well.
1987 Dear God XTC
A controversial song from their great album, Skylarking which also featured really cool songs in various genres (my favorite was the ultra cool spy-like "The Man Who Sailed Around his Soul") . The video for this song was also cool and if you stayed up late enough, you could catch it on MTV's "120 Minutes".
1989 Loveless New Order
From the album, Technique . She didn't choose the obvious favorites (of others) like "TrueFaith", "Blue Monday", "Bizarre Love Triangle".
Lovesong The Cure
One of their more "recent" songs at the time and a romantic one at that.
Sorry no cassette cover art. The writing is all faded and I threw the tape away awhile back since I could burn this same compilation easily. Still trying to dig up more compilations we did back then.
5 comments:
10CC was actually our little sisters 45...I had the Sylvers 45 of "hotline" ....if you look in mom's living room closet, I'm sure you'll find both of those classic records there!
bro - thanx for t/memory jog, then whose was the eagles?
i had the donny osmond puppy love lp!
Hey CC,
That was a fun stroll down musical memory lane. We seem to have similar musical tastes. By the way, I love your Blog and have been reading it for a couple of months now. I enjoy your writing style, as well as your unique sence of humor. I finally signed up for g-mail so I can leave comments.
Cheers,
Captain Jack
thanks jack. so, you must also like guitar based rock then. my musical tastes are pretty much rock/hard rock/heavy metal (80's)
you must be the same captain jack that's friends with kirk (mmm-yoso)? you probably noticed that you're one of my links. your blog is really fun to read and i enjoy your detailed descriptions of your dining adventures.
thanks for your kind comments. i didn't think i had a writing 'style' and my humor (if you could call it that) tends to be dry and caustic!
Yup it's me, and thank you as well.
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