Sunday, September 14, 2008

Flummoxed by the Music Meme from Knitnana

via Music Outfitters. All I can say is -- well, no, never mind, I'll say that part in a minute.

Here's the official deal --
A) Go to Music Outfitters
B) Enter the year you graduated from high school in the search function and get the list of 100 most popular songs of that year
C) Bold the songs you like, strike through the ones you hate and underline and/or italicize your favorite. Do nothing to the ones you don’t remember (or don’t care about).

I absolutely fell apart on this step. I do remember liking a number of these songs when I was in high school. Okay, more than "a number". I'm just not sure I want to say which ones. I still like a few of these songs even now, and I bet I'd even sing if one of those came on the radio in the car (if I was alone, don't worry) -- no humiliating my children with tuneless warbling of late 70s disco era hits ... at least, not in this phase of my relationship with them). But I look at this list and it fills me with horror. (And I guess "Freebird" was earlier?) So I've done the best I could with it, bolding the ones I still want to say that I like, but you'll just have to accept that the whole process really shook me up. Yes, it may have something to do with the fact that the first "save the date" card for my 30th high school reunion arrived in the mailbox yesterday, but I don't want to talk about that.

1. My Sharona, The Knack
2. Bad Girls, Donna Summer
3. Le Freak, Chic
4. Da Ya Think I'm Sexy, Rod Stewart
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
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
15. Fire, Pointer Sisters
16. Tragedy, Bee Gees
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
23. Stumblin' In, Suzi Quatro and Chris Norman
24. Lead Me On, Maxine Nightingale
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
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
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.
77. Ooh Baby Baby, Linda Ronstadt
78. September, Earth, Wind and Fire
79. Time Passages, Al Stewart

80. Rise, Herb Alpert
81. Don't Bring Me Down, Electric Light Orchestra

82. Promises, Eric Clapton
83. Get Used To It, Roger Voudouris
84. How Much I Feel, Ambrosia
85. Suspicions, Eddie Rabbitt
86. You Take My Breath Away, Rex Smith
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
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
97. The Boss, Diana Ross
98. Sail On, Commodores
99. I Do Love You, G.Q.
100. Strange Way, Firefall


See what I mean? So what am I knitting, you ask, desperately trying to change the subject?

Right. I'm working on Bonnie Sennott's Falling Water scarf, using Neighborhood Fiber Co Studio Sock in "hypercolor", which is a yummy range of purples. I was a little worried about using a variegated yarn as many, if not most, of the project photos on Ravelry are in solid colorways, but after 4 pattern repeats I like how it's looking and plan to forge ahead.

3 comments:

Knitting Linguist said...

You are braver than I -- I didn't pick up on this meme. The 80's were scary music-wise, and it's probably not good to admit publicly that I can still be convinced to sing along with the Thomson Twins ;)

marit said...

Let's comment on the knitting, shall we...?
Really nice hoodie in your last post! Falling water scarf will look terrific, i'm sure, I've knitted the pattern a couple of times and really liked it. Will be nice to see it in a variegated yarn.

Nana Sadie said...

lolol
I am a few years ahead of you, but you know what? I liked a LOT of these songs. They remind me of fairly good times, and why do I admit it? - DISCO DANCING - which I loved!
lolol
(((hugs)))