The Music of My Life (at least High School)

I'm on my way to NY for the weekend to pack up my father's belongings as he prepares to move in with his girlfriend. So here's a list to make you remember days gone by. Me, I'm just scarred from the whole experience . . .

Borrowed from the Curious Child's Library Wanderings . . .
Instructions:

1. Go to Music Outfitters and type in the year you graduated from high school (or first year, if still in high school) into the search function.
2. Retrieve the top 100 songs from that year.
   
3. Strike through the songs you hate(d), italicize the songs you like(d), bold the songs you love(d) and leave alone the ones you either don’t remember or don’t care about.
   
4. Annotate at will.

The Year was 1985. Here's the list. An (i) indicates the song may be currently found on my iPod:

1. Careless Whisper, Wham!
2. Like A Virgin, Madonna
3. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go, Wham!
4. I Want To Know What Love Is, Foreigner
5. I Feel For You, Chaka Khan
6. Out Of Touch, Daryl Hall and John Oates - I have a friend who reads this blog and is sure to have a comment on Hall and Oates - Skate Factory, Lana, little "Private Eyes"?
7. Everybody Wants To Rule The World, Tears For Fears
8. Money For Nothing, Dire Straits - The video is stuck in my mind, those cartoon characters
9. Crazy For You, Madonna
10. Take On Me, A-Ha - C'mon who doesn't like this song, it's catchy and the new, literal version is hysterical
    
11. Everytime You Go Away, Paul Young
12. Easy Lover, Phil Collins and Philip Bailey
13. Can't Fight This Feeling, REO Speedwagon - I have a friend that I wrote out the lyrics to this song for her one day - it was along the lines of a profession of love (i)
    
14. We Built This City, Starship - I have seen references to this being the worst song every put out. But it's a little catchy
15. The Power Of Love, Huey Lewis and The News - Back to the Future anyone? (i)
    
16. Don't You (Forget About Me), Simple Minds - Only because of the Breakfast Club.
17. Cherish, Kool and The Gang
18. St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion), John Parr - I saw this movie long after putting Demi Moore on my list. If you have to ask, you didn't see this movie or remember the scene.
19. The Heat Is On, Glenn Frey
20. We Are The World, U.S.A. For Africa - I had the 45 and used to "identify" the singers as they began to sing. I could also do some imitations of them. Stop Laughing.
21. Shout, Tears For Fears - Shout, Let it Out.
22. Part-Time Lover, Stevie Wonder
23. Saving All My Love For You, Whitney Houston
24. Heaven, Bryan Adams
25. Everything She Wants, Wham!
26. Cool It Now, New Edition
27. Miami Vice Theme, Jan Hammer
28. Lover Boy, Billy Ocean
29. Lover Girl, Teena Marie
30. You Belong To The City, Glenn Frey
31. Oh Sheila, Ready For The World - not ready for me
32. Rhythm Of The Night, Debarge
33. One More Night, Phil Collins - Someday I might tell the bad associations I have with this song, but not today.
34. Sea Of Love, Honeydrippers - Come with me, to the sea. If you stop to think about it, a very dirty song.
35. A View To A Kill, Duran Duran - this song is forever ruined for me by the startling image of Grace Jones in the Bond movie.
36. The Wild Boys, Duran Duran
37. You're The Inspiration, Chicago - For many years, they were. Now, not so much (i)
    
38. Neutron Dance, Pointer Sisters
39. We Belong, Pat Benatar
40. Nightshift, Commodores - this song appealed to the history geek in me and taught me about Marvin Gaye and Jackie Wilson.
41. Things Can Only Get Better, Howard Jones - they could, and this song would help.
42. All I Need, Jack Wagner
43. Freeway Of Love, Aretha Franklin
44. Never Surrender, Corey Hart - please, surrender
45. Sussudio, Phil Collins - there was a running joke about campus while I was in college, that he was really saying, "ssssSunyA!" for SUNY at Albany.
46. Strut, Sheena Easton
47. You Give Good Love, Whitney Houston
48. The Search Is Over, Survivor - yes, yes it is.
49. Missing You, Diana Ross
50. Separate Lives, Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin - My girlfriend in college, who was later my first wife, use to sing duets like this, a la Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze in "Dirty Dancing." Stop laughing.
51. Raspberry Beret, Prince and The Revolution
52. Suddenly, Billy Ocean
53. The Boys Of Summer, Don Henley - We had a lot of Cadillacs on Long Island, but very few with Dead Head stickers on the back of them.
54. One Night In Bangkok, Murray Head - really?
55. If You Love Somebody Set Them Free, Sting
56. Obsession, Animotion
57. We Don't Need Another Hero, Tina Turner
58. Material Girl, Madonna
59. Better Be Good To Me, Tina Turner
60. Head Over Heels, Tears For Fears
61. Axel F, Harold Faltermeyer - only because of Beverly Hills Cop
62. Smooth Operator, Sade
63. In My House, Mary Jane Girls
64. Don't Lose My Number, Phil Collins - Rikki, do you have it? Is the number 867-5309? Is Jenny there?
    
65. All Through The Night, Cyndi Lauper
66. Run To You, Bryan Adams
67. Glory Days, Bruce Springsteen - yep, they were (i)
    
68. Voices Carry, 'Til Tuesday - not only do they carry, they hurt a little bit.
69. Misled, Kool and The Gang
70. Would I Lie To You?, Eurythmics - "Would I say something that wasn't true?" Nope, not me.
71. Be Near Me, ABC
72. No More Lonely Nights, Paul McCartney
73. I Can't Hold Back, Survivor
74. Summer Of '69, Bryan Adams - This evokes more college memories than high school (i)
    
75. Walking On Sunshine, Katrina and The Waves - Possibly one of the catchiest tunes ever issued (i)
76. Freedom, Wham!
77. Too Late For Goodbyes, Julian Lennon - Where have you gone, Jule?
78. Valotte, Julian Lennon
79. Some Like It Hot, Power Station
80. Solid, Ashford and Simpson - yep, like a rock
81. Angel, Madonna
82. I'm On Fire, Bruce Springsteen - "Hey, little girl is your daddy home?" Not cool, Boss.
83. Method Of Modern Love, Daryl Hall and John Oates - M-E-T-H-O-D!
84. Lay Your Hands On Me, Thompson Twins
85. Who's Holding Donna Now, Debarge - who cares!
86. Lonely Ol' Night, John Cougar Mellencamp - who? Mellancamp? John Cougar? John Mellancamp.
87. What About Love, Heart - I had a friend in HS who really, really liked Heart.
88. California Girls, David Lee Roth - Don't mess with the Beach Boys.
89. Fresh, Kool and The Gang - stale
90. Do What You Do, Jermaine Jackson
91. Jungle Of Love, The Time
92. Born In The USA, Bruce Springsteen - C'mon, it's the anthem! (i)
    
93. Private Dancer, Tina Turner - Um, sure, nice legs, but Ms. Tina has never been my thing.
94. Who's Zoomin' Who, Aretha Franklin
95. Fortress Around Your Heart, Sting - Hey, I had "Dream of the Blue Turtles on vinyl, baby!
96. Penny Lover, Lionel Richie
97. All She Wants To Do Is Dance, Don Henley (i)
    
98. Dress You Up, Madonna
99. Sentimental Street, Night Ranger
100. Sugar Walls, Sheena Easton