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Steph’s Top 40 Tunes from the 80s

I put this playlist together several years back when I had a big 80s party, but after that I managed to lose it, except that I had a copy on CD, thankfully. So here are my favorite 80s tunes, mostly in order from “pretty cheesy” to “really good.”

  1. Love’s Been A Little Bit Hard On Me / Juice Newton / 3:21
  2. Johnny Are You Queer? / Josie Cotton / 2:53
  3. Breakaway / Tracy Ullman / 2:43
  4. Tired of Toein’ The Line / Rocky Burnette / 3:52
  5. You’re My Favorite Waste of Time / Owen Paul / 3:07
  6. What I Like About You / The Romantics / 3:05
  7. I’ll Be (500 Miles) / The Proclaimers / 3:46
  8. Like A Prayer / Madonna / 5:58
  9. Video Killed The Radio Star / BuGgles / 3:21
  10. One Night in Bangkok / Murray Head & Anders Glenmark / 4:15
  11. Dancing With Myself / Billy Idol / 4:57
  12. Goody Two Shoes / Adam Ant / 3:34
  13. You Have Placed A Chill In My Heart / Eurythmics / 3:56
  14. Veronica / Elvis Costello / 3:17
  15. I Melt With You / Modern English / 3:58
  16. Bullet The Blue Sky / U2 / 4:38
  17. Orange Crush / R.E.M. / 4:01
  18. Punk Rock Girl / The Dead Milkmen / 2:44
  19. Knock On Wood / Amii Stewart / 3:47
  20. I Beg Your Pardon / Kon Kan / 4:02
  21. Erotic City / Prince / 3:59
  22. A Little Respect / Erasure / 3:31
  23. Just Can’t Get Enough / Depeche Mode / 3:39
  24. It’s A Sin / Pet Shop Boys / 5:02
  25. Blue Monday / New Order / 7:32
  26. Kids In America / Kim Wilde / 3:33
  27. Don’t Leave Me This Way / The Communards / 4:37
  28. Under The Milky Way / The Church / 5:02
  29. Pictures of You / The Cure / 4:51
  30. Should I Stay or Should I Go / The Clash / 3:08
  31. Blood and Roses / The Smithereens / 3:40
  32. Unsatisfied / The Replacements / 4:05
  33. Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now / The Smiths / 3:37
  34. Under The Killing Moon / Echo & The Bunnymen / 5:50
  35. The Beat(en) Generation / The The / 3:09
  36. Stigmata / Ministry / 5:48
  37. Institutionalized / Suicidal Tendencies / 3:32
  38. Love Is a Stranger / Eurythmics / 3:40
  39. Love Will Tear Us Apart / Joy Division / 3:24
  40. Bring Me Edelweiss / Edelweiss / 3:42
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Want to Do Bad Things Mix

Bad Things (The Theme to “True Blood”) / Jace Everett / 2:43
Sundown / Elwood / 3:57
The Forgotten People / Thievery Corporation / 3:11
Ain’t No Grave / Crooked Still / 3:22
Death Trip / Bad Livers / 4:27
Waves / Holly Miranda / 5:05
The Way / The Pierces / 4:46
Valerie / Amy Winehouse / 3:54
Back to Black / Amy Winehouse / 4:00
Paris (Ooh La La) / Grace Potter & The Nocturnals / 3:15
Houdini [Album Version] / Foster The People / 3:24
Before You / Chantal Kreviazuk / 3:53
I’ll Cover You / Rent Original Broadway Cast / 2:29
Mockingbird / Rob Thomas / 4:00
Good Life / OneRepublic / 4:13
Price Tag (feat. B.o.B) / Jessie J / 3:42
Take It Off / Ke$ha / 3:35
Live Your Life (feat. Rihanna) / T.I. / 5:39
Only Girl (In the World) / Rihanna / 3:55
Raise Your Glass / P!nk / 3:23

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Space Girl Mix-a-Mix

Space Girl / The Imagined Village / 3:57
Pumped Up Kicks / Foster the People / 3:58
Skinny Genes / Eliza Doolittle / 3:05
King of Anything / Sara Bareilles / 3:29
Chinese Translation / M. Ward / 4:01
Annabelle Lee / Sarah Jarosz / 3:10
Two Weeks / Grizzly Bear / 4:03
Walcott / Vampire Weekend / 3:41
Portions for Foxes / Rilo Kiley / 4:45
Come A Little Bit Closer / Jay And The Americans / 2:48
Novocaine for the Soul / Eels / 3:09
Drumming Song / Florence + The Machine / 3:43
Rumour Has It / Adele / 3:43
Set Fire to the Rain / Adele / 4:02
The Edge Of Glory / Lady Gaga / 5:21
Jar of Hearts / Christina Perri / 4:07
Love Machine / God-Des & She / 3:25
She Means Everything To Me / Philippe, Louis / 3:54
Secret / The Pierces / 3:49
Sucks To Be You / Prozzäk / 3:19
Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh / Say Hi / 2:52

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Paula Cole: Mississippi

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This song falls under the heading of really awesome music I’ve rediscovered in my music library recently. Of course I was listening to Paula Cole something like 10 years ago (1996 – so 15 years ago.) At a particular time in my life when I was completely in love with a woman who was in love with one of my exes – so the “piece of my heart on the sole of your shoe” line really hit home with me.

If you want the mp3 – Amazon has it: Mississippi (Album Version) [Explicit]

I’m skeptical sometimes of the lyrics you find out there on the lyrics sites – I wonder if these are quite accurate? I’ll have to pull out the album and see if it has lyrics in the notes.

I know I’m big and proud all over
not just on the stage
my secret self has many sides
that laugh and crush and stain
I’m red and thick like fire
I like it from behind
but round to black
and red to white
I’m pure and sad and silent

CHORUS:
I know I’ve
gotta piece of my heart
on the sole of your shoe
I’ve got a little bit of thunder
trapped inside of a cloud
the dog in you
spit me out into the Mississippi

I know who can love my many selves
the wife, the bitch, the Rapunzel
the one who cries
and calls for you
the one who is always alone

chorus

oh Mississippi
come and wash my pain away
oh Mississippi
come and take my pain away
I feel I’m drowning
I feel I’m drowning
I feel I’m
I feel I’m
dying

chorus (3 times)

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Kickstarter Project: Double Masterpiece: A Nerdy & Dirty Comedy Hip Hop Album

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My cousin Sean (AKA ‘Bearclaw’) is in a comedy hip-hop group called Le Roy (see their website) – and they’re trying to make an album. So they’ve set up a kickstarter page to raise money – pre-order a CD and potentially get a bunch of stuff like t-shirts and stickers along with it. Or go all out and plunk down some cash and they’ll do a show for you.

Not only is Le Roy promoting their recording efforts, they’ve also got a nice article written about them in the Quad City Times, too.

I figure since I’ve bought every Glee album every produced, kicking in a pledge for them and giving them a little extra exposure is the least I can do to rehab my music karma.

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Rainbow Noise: IMMA HOMO

I cannot wait for these guys to put out this song as an mp3, because I want to drive around town with my truck windows down blasting this on the stereo.

“RainbowNoise is an entertainment company that specializes in marketing lesbian and gay talent to commercial and mainstream audiences without compromising the artists’ individual style or gender presentation.”

They have a YouTube channel and a website. Looks like they’re getting started promoting, but this is blowing up on gay sites right now.

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