oh, I like this one better (top 100 songs meme)

[firecat]

I don't recognize most of the top 100 songs from my birth year (1961 - I'd like to see you do better), so I like this top 100 songs meme better.

kshandra memes:

Go to musicoutfitters.com, and do a search on the most popular 100 songs from the year you graduated high school. (You can do this by searching on the year you graduated). Bold the ones you actually like. (Understand that the word "like" in this case means, in the very least, "wouldn't immediately change the radio station from.") Pick a favorite. Underline that favorite. And strikethrough the ones you loathe.

New wrinkle: Italicize the ones you consider to be guilty pleasures.

(Note, I'm too lazy to feel guilty about my musical tastes, so I didn't italicize any...but there are songs I both like and loathe. I did bold and strikethrough for those. I also underlined more than one favorite, and "PTUI'd" ones I especially loathe.)

Also note that I am terrible at remembering songs by title. I had to look up a lot of these on iTunes, and it didn't have some of them, so I don't know if I like them or not. I also don't remember having heard some of them.
1. My Sharona, The Knack That was number ONE? I had no idea.
2. Bad Girls, Donna Summer
3. Le Freak, Chic
4. Da Ya Think I'm Sexy, Rod Stewart PTUI
5. Reunited, Peaches and Herb
6. I Will Survive, Gloria Gaynor
7. Hot Stuff, Donna Summer
8. Y.M.C.A., Village People
9. Ring My Bell, Anita Ward
10. Sad Eyes, Robert John (don't remember this)
11. Too Much Heaven, Bee Gees
12. MacArthur Park, Donna Summer
13. When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman, Dr. Hook
14. Makin' It, David Naughton (don't remember this)
15. Fire, Pointer Sisters
16. Tragedy, Bee Gees (don't remember this)
17. A Little More Love, Olivia Newton-John
18. Heart Of Glass, Blondie
19. What A Fool Believes, Doobie Brothers
20. Good Times, Chic
21. You Don't Bring Me Flowers, Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond
22. Knock On Wood, Amii Stewart (don't remember this)
23. Stumblin' In, Suzi Quatro and Chris Norman
24. Lead Me On, Maxine Nightingale (cognitive dissonance!)
25. Shake Your Body, Jacksons
26. Don't Cry Out Loud, Melissa Manchester
27. The Logical Song, Supertramp
28. My Life, Billy Joel
29. Just When I Needed You Most, Randy Vanwarmer (I know a song by this name, but not this artist name)
30. You Can't Change That, Raydio
31. Shake Your Groove Thing, Peaches and Herb
32. I'll Never Love This Way Again, Dionne Warwick
33. Love You Inside Out, Bee Gees
34. I Want You To Want Me, Cheap Trick
35. The Main Event (Fight), Barbra Streisand
36. Mama Can't Buy You Love, Elton John
37. I Was Made For Dancin', Leif Garrett (don't remember this)
38. After The Love Has Gone, Earth, Wind and Fire
39. Heaven Knows, Donna Summer and Brooklyn Dreams
40. The Gambler, Kenny Rogers
41. Lotta Love, Nicolette Larson
42. Lady, Little River Band
43. Heaven Must Have Sent You, Bonnie Pointer
44. Hold The Line, Toto
45. He's The Greatest Dancer, Sister Sledge
46. Sharing The Night Together, Dr. Hook
47. She Believes In Me, Kenny Rogers
48. In The Navy, Village People
49. Music Box Dancer, Frank Mills
50. The Devil Went Down To Georgia, Charlie Daniels Band
51. Gold, John Stewart
52. Goodnight Tonight, Wings
53. We Are Family, Sister Sledge
54. Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy, Bad Company
55. Every 1's A Winner, Hot Chocolate
56. Take Me Home, Cher
57. Boogie Wonderland, Earth, Wind and Fire
58. (Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away, Andy Gibb
59. What You Won't Do For Love, Bobby Caldwell
60. New York Groove, Ace Frehley
61. Sultans Of Swing, Dire Straits
62. I Want Your Love, Chic
63. Chuck E's In Love, Rickie Lee Jones
64. I Love The Night Life, Alicia Bridges
65. Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now, McFadden and Whitehead
66. Lonesome Loser, Little River Band
67. Renegade, Styx
68. Love Is The Answer, England Dan and John Ford Coley
69. Got To Be Real, Cheryl Lynn
70. Born To Be Alive, Patrick Hernandez
71. Shine A Little Love, Electric Light Orchestra
72. I Just Fall In Love Again, Anne Murray
73. Shake It, Ian Matthews
74. I Was Made For Lovin' You, Kiss
75. I Just Wanna Stop, Gino Vannelli
76. Disco Nights, G.Q. (I don't remember this)
77. Ooh Baby Baby, Linda Ronstadt
78. September, Earth, Wind and Fire
79. Time Passages, Al Stewart
80. Rise, Herb Alpert (don't remember this)
81. Don't Bring Me Down, Electric Light Orchestra
82. Promises, Eric Clapton
83. Get Used To It, Roger Voudouris (don't remember this)
84. How Much I Feel, Ambrosia
85. Suspicions, Eddie Rabbitt
86. You Take My Breath Away, Rex Smith (don't remember this)
87. How You Gonna See Me Now, Alice Cooper
88. Double Vision, Foreigner
89. Every Time I Think Of You, Babys
90. I Got My Mind Made Up, Instant Funk (don't remember this)
91. Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough, Michael Jackson
92. Bad Case Of Lovin' You, Robert Palmer
93. Somewhere In The Night, Barry Manilow
94. We've Got Tonite, Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band
95. Dance The Night Away, Van Halen
96. Dancing Shoes, Nigel Olsson (don't remember this)
97. The Boss, Diana Ross
98. Sail On, Commodores
99. I Do Love You, G.Q. (don't remember this)
100. Strange Way, Firefall PTUI PTUI PTUI

Comments

[kshandra]

Makin' It, David Naughton (don't remember this)

The theme-song (and lead actor) from a very short-lived TV series that was trying to capitalize on Saturday Night Fever mania. (I actually kinda liked the show....)

Rise, Herb Alpert (don't remember this)

Does it help if I mention it was an instrumental? Or by "looking things up" on iTunes do you mean you actually listened to a sample?

[firecat]

I listened to samples, but iTunes didn't have samples of either of those.

I've now found samples of "Makin' It" (it sounds very vaguely familiar) and "Rise" (it sounds a bit more familiar).

[lysana.livejournal.com]

Interestingly, I remember most of the ones you don't. "Sad Eyes" was one of the quintessential 70's ballads. Of course, this isn't saying much for it.

[firecat]

I just found a sample on Amazon. I really don't remember it at all!

[snippy]

I don't think I realized we were the same age. I remember a lot of the songs from our birth year (I think my mother kept playing a lot of that music through my childhood), and pretty much the same ones you do (plus a few more) from our graduation year.

[firecat]

I'd probably remember more of the 1961 songs if I tried to find samples. Growing up my house was pretty much "classical music only."

[jinian.livejournal.com]

I'd forgotten how highly partitioned my musical experience was in 1994. No radio-listening to speak of, new bands only by recommendation, and I successfully avoided almost all of the rap and boy groups and r&b-oid stuff. I think I know as many songs from your graduation year as I do from mine.

[firecat]

I think that's part of why I don't recognize a lot of songs from my grad year - I only listened to rock radio and soul/disco radio, not pop radio.

[arrietty42.livejournal.com]

This was fun. I think at the time I actually liked the Carpenters and Jackson 5 but time since has really changed my ability to enjoy their music. Now I realize we had some great music coming out of school as hippies...





1. Bridge Over Troubled Water, Simon and Garfunkel
2. (They Long To Be) Close To You, Carpenters
3. American Woman / No Sugar Tonight, The Guess Who 4. Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head, B.J. Thomas
5. War, Edwin Starr
6. Ain't No Mountain High Enough, Diana Ross
7. I'll Be There, Jackson 5
8. Get Ready, Rare Earth
9. Let It Be, The Beatles
10. Band Of Gold, Freda Payne
11. Mama Told Me (Not To Come), Three Dog Night
12. Everything Is Beautiful, Ray Stevens
13. Make It With You, Bread
14. Hitchin' A Ride, Vanity Fair
15. ABC, Jackson 5
16. The Love You Save / I Found That Girl, Jackson 5
17. Cracklin' Rose, Neil Diamond
18. Candida, Dawn
19. Thank You (Fallettin Me Be Mice Elf Again)/ Everybody Is A Star, Sly and The Family Stone
20. Spill The Wine, Eric Burdon and War
21. O-o-h Child / Dear Prudence, Five Stairsteps and Cubie
22. Spirit In The Sky, Norman Greenbaum
23. Lay Down (Candles In The Rain), Melanie and The Edwin Hawkins Singers
24. Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today), Temptations
25. Love On A Two Way Street, Moments
27. Which Way You Goin' Billy?, Poppy Family
28. All Right Now, Free
29. Julie, Do Ya Love Me, Bobby Sherman
30. Green-eyed Lady, Sugarloaf
31. Signed Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours), Stevie Wonder
32. Ride Captain Ride, Blues Image
33. Venus, Shocking Blue
34. Instant Karma (We All Shine On), John Ono Lennon 35. Patches, Clarence Carter
36. Lookin' Out My Back Door / Long As I Can See The Light, Creedence Clearwater Revival
37. Rainy Night In Georgia, Brook Benton
38. Something's Burning, Kenny Rogers and The First Edition
39. Give Me Just A Little More Time, Chairmen Of The Board
40. Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes), Edison Lighthouse
41. The Long And Winding Road / For You Blue, The Beatles
42. Snowbird, Anne Murray
43. Reflections Of My Life, Marmalade
44. Hey There Lonely Girl, Eddie Holman
45. The Rapper, Jaggerz
46. He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother, Hollies
47. Tighter, Tighter, Alive and Kicking
48. Come And Get It, Badfinger
49. Cecelia, Simon and Garfunkel
50. Love Land, Charles Wright and The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band

[arrietty42.livejournal.com]

2nd half

51. Turn Back The Hands Of Time, Tyrone Davis
52. Lola, Kinks
53. In The Summertime, Mungo Jerry
54. Indiana Wants Me, R. Dean Taylor
55. (I Know) I'm Losing You, Rare Earth
56. Easy Come, Easy Go, Bobby Sherman
57. Express Yourself, Charles Wright and The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
58. Still Water (Love), Four Tops
59. Make Me Smile, Chicago
60. House Of The Rising Sun , Frijid Pink
61. 25 Or 6 To 4, Chicago
62. My Baby Loves Lovin', White Plains
63. Love Or Let Me Be Lonely, Friends Of Distinction
64. United We Stand, Brotherhood Of Man
65. We've Only Just Begun, Carpenters
66. Arizona, Mark Lindsay
67. Fire And Rain, James Taylor
68. Groovy Situation, Gene Chandler
69. Evil Ways, Santana
70. No Time, The Guess Who
71. Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time), Delfonics
72. The Wonder Of You / Mama Liked The Roses, Elvis Presley
73. Up Around The Bend / Run Through The Jungle, Creedence Clearwater Revival
74. (If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) Why Can't I Touch You, Ronnie Dyson
75. I Just Can't Help Believing, B.J. Thomas
76. It's A Shame, Spinners
77. For The Love Of Him, Bobbi Martin
78. Mississippi Queen, Mountain
79. I Want To Take You Higher, Ike and Tina Turner
80. The Letter, Joe Cocker
81. Ma Belle Amie, Tee Set
82. The Bells, Originals
83. Yellow River, Christie
84. Somebody's Been Sleeping, 100 Proof and Aged In Soul
85. Vehicle, Ides Of March
86. Gimme Dat Ding, Pipkins
87. Lay A Little Lovin' On Me, Robin Mcnamara
88. Up The Ladder To The Roof, Supremes
89. Travelin' Band / Who'll Stop The Rain, Creedence Clearwater Revival
90. Come Saturday Morning, Sandpipers
91. Psychedelic Shack, Temptations
92. Without Love (There Is Nothing), Tom Jones
93. Are You Ready?, Pacific Gas and Electric
94. Woodstock, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
95. I'll Never Fall In Love Again, Dionne Warwick
96. Look What They've Done To My Song Ma, New Seekers
97. Walk A Mile In My Shoes, Joe South
98. The Thrill Is Gone, B.B. King
99. It's Only Make Believe, Glen Campbell
100. Call Me, Aretha Franklin

[elynne.livejournal.com]

I love "My Life"... I sing along with it every time it comes on the radio.

[gregbo.livejournal.com]

That was my HS grad year also. I remember all of them.

[davesslave.livejournal.com]

Hello! The Ogre told me about you and that you do work with the Peninsula Humane Society. So, I checked your LJ. Can I add you to my friends list? I would also love more details about adopting a new kitty. My kitty Dave died June 7, this year, and my heart longs to meet a new kitty.

[firecat]

Of course you may add me!

I'm so sorry to hear that you lost your kitty. San Francisco has several animal shelters - here are two I know about:

Animal Care & Control (the pound - open door shelter)
http://www.sfgov.org/site/acc_page.asp?id=6607

SF SPCA (no kill shelter)
http://www.sfspca.org/adoption/adoption_cat.html

Cats at the shelter I volunteer at, PHS (open door shelter), are here:
http://peninsulahumanesociety.org/adopt/cat.html
The shelter is at Coyote Point Park in San Mateo (directions on the web site), the hours are 11am to 6pm. If you see a cat you want to adopt, you fill out an adoption form, meet the cat, talk to an adoption counselor, pay $75 or so, and you can take the cat home the same day. Or you can just fill out the form and ask the adoption counselor to show you suitable cats. You can also come to our mobile adoptions (details on the web site); there are usually some cats available (a much better selection at the shelter though).

There is also http://petfinder.org - you can input your zip code and look at all the cats in your area, or specific breeds.

Let me know if you have any other questions. Good luck finding a kitty!