40 Years of Music
And, so, I am now offiically in my 40′s. That’s a lot of living under the belt. The very first CD “we” (my hubby) bought was The Simpsons Sing The Blues… I am not ashamed. I still have an awesome collection of Vinyls with really good music on them.
I will never forget the exact moment when I first heard Rock Me Amadeus by Falco or literally danced like no one was watching to Cyndi Lauper’s Girls Just Wanna Have Fun.
School was bearable because of the rebellious tracks like We’re Not Going To Take It (Twisted Sister), Burning Down The House (Talking Heads), Fight For Your Right (Beastie Boys) and Wild Thing (Tone-Loc).
Then there were all those ice rink favourites – Owner of a Lonely Heart (by Yes), Gloria (Laura Branigan), Dolce Vita (Ryan Paris) and Xanadu (Olivia Newton-John).
Do you remember the Anthems such as the themes to St Elmo’s Fire, Up Where We Belong, Celebration and even Dolly Parton’s 9-5? How about this one;
Bette Midler’s The Wind Beneath My Wings, Heaven is a place on earth (Bellinda Carlisle), Right Here Waiting (Richard Marx), Total Eclipse of the heart (Bonnie Tyler) and Somewhere Out There were songs that I remember crying to over a broken heart… Sigh…
By now you are clearly aware that I am a child of the 80′s and most of my favourite songs all come from that era too (you know – “the good old days”).
My Top 40 Songs To 40
In no particular order:
Lullaby – The Cure
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) – Eurythmics
Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison
Breakfast at Tiffany’s – Deep Blue Something
Route 66 – Depeche Mode
Sweet Child ‘O Mine – Guns ‘n Roses
Nothing Else Matters – Metallica
Iris – Goo Goo Dolls
Who Wants To Live Forever – Queen
Every Breath You Take – The Police
Time After Time – Cyndi Lauper
Don’t You (Forget About Me) – Simple Minds
When Doves Cry – Prince
Bette Davis Eyes – Kim Carnes
Every Rose Has Its Thorn – Poison
Down Under – Men At Work
Love Bites – Def Leppard
Africa – Toto
Against All Odds – Phil Collins
Say You Say Me – Lionel Ritchie
It’s Raining Men – Drew Paul
Take On Me – A-Ha
She Drives Me Crazy – Fine Young Cannibals
The Reflex – Duran Duran
Need You Tonight – INXS
The Warrior – Scandal
Blue Monday – New Order
In The Air Tonight – Phil Collins
Everybody Wants To Rule The World – Tears For Fears
You Give Love A Bad Name – Bon Jovi
It’s The End of the World As We Know It – R.E.M.
Billie Jean – Michael Jackson
I Remember – Madonna
Joan of Arc – O.M.D.
Do You Really Want To Hurt Me – Culture Club
Jessies Girl – Rick Springfield
Too Shy – Kajagoogoo
Sister Christian – Sister Christian
Tainted Love – Soft Cell
Janie’s Got A Gun – Aerosmith
I know I’ve left a lot off this list but these were the first ones that came to mind. There must be some truth in that for me.
What’s on the soundtrack to your life?
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