August 30, 2005
Why Couldn't I have been born in 1968?
from - smijer
Via Hippy Dave
Go here, and type your high shcool graduation year (1998 for me) in the search function. Choose the "100 Top Songs of 19XX", and then look through the songs - make those that you like bold, underline your favorite, and strikethrough the songs you hate.::
1990...
1. Hold On, Wilson Phillips
2. It Must Have Been Love, Roxette
3. Nothing Compares 2 U, Sinead O'Connor
4. Poison, Bell Biv Devoe
5. Vogue, Madonna
6. Vision Of Love, Mariah Carey
7. Another Day In Paradise, Phil Collins
8. Hold On, En Vogue
9. Cradle Of Love, Billy Idol
10. Blaze Of Glory, Jon Bon Jovi
11. Do Me!, Bell Biv Devoe
12. How Am I Supposed To Live Without You, Michael Bolton
13. Pump Up The Jam, Technotronic
14. Opposites Attract, Paula Abdul
15. Escapade, Janet Jackson
16. All I Wanna Do Is Make Love To You, Heart
17. Close To You, Maxi Priest
- 18. Black Velvet, Alannah Myles
19. Release Me, Wilson Phillips
20. Don't Know Much, Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville
21. All Around The World, Lisa Stansfield
22. l Wanna Be Rich, Calloway
23. I Remember You, Skid Row
24. Rub You The Right Way, Johnny Gill
25. She Ain't Worth It, Glenn Medeiros Featuring Bobby Brown
26. If Wishes Came True, Sweet Sensation
27. The Power, Snap
28. (Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection, Nelson
29. Love Will Lead You Back, Taylor Dayne
30. Don't Wanna Fall In Love, Jane Child
31. Two To Make It Right, Seduction
32. Sending All My Love, Linear
33. Unskinny Bop, Poison
35. Dangerous, Roxette
36. We Didn't Start The Fire, Billy Joel
37. I Don't Have The Heart, James Ingram
38. Downtown Train, Rod Stewart
39. Rhythm Nation, Janet Jackson
40. I'll Be Your Everything, Tommy Page
41. Roam, B-52's
42. Everything, Jody Watley
43. Back To Life, Soul II Soul
44. Here and Now, Luther Vandross
45. Alright, Janet Jackson
48. Have You Seen Her, M.C. Hammer
49. With Every Beat Of My Heart, Taylor Dayne
50. Come Back To Me, Janet Jackson
51. No More Lies, Michel'le
52. Praying For Time, George Michael
54. Do You Remember, Phil Collins
55. Ready Or Not, After 7
56. U Can't Touch This, M.C. Hammer
57. I Wish It Would Rain Down, Phil Collins
58. Just Between You and Me, Lou Gramm
59. Something Happened On The Way To Heaven, Phil Collins
60. Black Cat, Janet Jackson
61. Can't Stop, After 7
62. Janie's Got A Gun, Aerosmith
63. The Humpty Dance, Digital Underground
64. I'll Be Your Shelter, Taylor Dayne
65. Free Fallin', Tom Petty
66. Giving You The Benefit, Pebbles
67. Enjoy The Silence, Depeche Mode
68. Love Song, Tesla
69. Price Of Love, Bad English
70. Girls Nite Out, Tyler Collins
71. King Of Wishful Thinking, Go West
72. What Kind Of Man Would I Be?, Chicago
73. Get Up! (Before The Night Is Over), Technotroic
74. Here We Are, Gloria Estefan
75. Epic, Faith No More
76. Love Takes Time, Mariah Carey
77. Just Like Jesse James, Cher
78. Love Shack, B-52's
79. All Or Nothing, Milli Vanilli
80. Romeo, Dino
81. Everybody Everybody, Black Box
83. Whip Appeal, Babyface
84. Oh Girl, Paul Young
85. C'mon and Get My Love, D-Mob With Cathy Dennis
85. (It's Just) The Way That You Love Me, Paula Abdul
87. We Can't Go Wrong, Cover Girls
88. When I'm Back On My Feet Again, Michael Bolton
89. Make You Sweat, Keith Sweat
90. This One's For The Children, New Kids On The Block
91. What It Takes, Aerosmith
92. Forever, Kiss
93. Jerk Out, Time
94. Just A Friend, Biz Markie
95. Whole Wide World, A'me Lorain
96. Without You, Motley Crue
97. Swing The Mood, Jive Bunny and The Mastermixers
98. Thieves In The Temple, Prince
99. Mentirosa, Mellow Man Ace
100. Tic-Tac-Toe, Kyper
'90 wasn't a particularly good year for music. Grunge hadn't really set in yet, and a lot of the pickings were '80's left-overs... Still, there were a couple of nuggets in the pan.
Posted by smijer at August 30, 2005 08:21 PMUh, I was born in 1968. I don't see what the big deal is. (The Top 100 for 1986, my graduation year, is not worth playing this game with.) Did you happen to mean "why didn't I graduate in 1968?"
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Posted by joe public on August 30, 2005 09:53 PM Link to comment |
Did you happen to mean "why didn't I graduate in 1968?"
erm... yes.
Uh, I was born in 1968. I don't see what the big deal is.
I didn't look it up, but I was assuming '68 would have been full of the Stones, Beatles, Dylan, and a few others... but, let's see...
yeah, far better than '90... no Dylan, unless you count Manfred Mann's cover of the Mighty Quinn. A couple Beatles, a couple Stones, and a couple of ooooooh Steppenwolf. Not to mention Aretha Franklin, Simon & Garfunkle, & Donovan.
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Posted by smijer on August 30, 2005 10:07 PM Link to comment |
You could have at least fixed my typo!! :)
And yea...I was thinking the same thing about wishing I graduated in the 60's.
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Posted by dave on August 31, 2005 01:33 AM Link to comment |
I was 10 years old in 1968 and the music rocked! I had forgotten how bad the music sucked in 1976 until I looked at the list. Of course what I listened to did not make Casey Kasem's list.
If any of these songs were to come across the airwaves today I would not turn the station though:
5. Play That Funky Music, Wild Cherry
8. 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover, Paul Simon
9. Love Is Alive, Gary Wright
18. Bohemian Rhapsody, Queen
27. Sweet Love, Commodores
33. Golden Years, David Bowie
37. Dreamweaver, Gary Wright
49. Lowdown, Boz Scaggs
51. Dream On, Aerosmith
56. Fooled Around And Fell In Love, Elvin Bishop
77. Rhiannon, Fleetwood Mac
96. Rock And Roll All Nite, Kiss
97. The Boys Are Back In Town, Thin Lizzy
Helluva fun exercise. I can't wait to let my wife take a crack at it tonight. It will be a stroll down memory lane.
Ain't it amazing how fast 30 years worth of sand can roll through the hour glass?
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Posted by Buck on August 31, 2005 01:06 PM Link to comment |
