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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2008/02 Winter Mix

1 If You Want Me / Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova / Once (Original Soundtrack)
2 Falling Slowly / Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova / Once (Original Soundtrack)
3 Gay Messiah / Rufus Wainwright / True Colors (Soundtrack to the Logo Documentary)
4 City of Immigrants (feat. Forro In the Dark) / Steve Earle / Washington Square Serenade
5 Thread / k.d. lang / Watershed
6 Elenore / The Turtles / The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands
7 The March / Astra Heights / The March – Single of the Week
8 Anyone Else But You / The Moldy Peaches / Juno
9 This Heart / Nanci Griffith / The BoDeans / Flyer
10 Leader and the Falcon / Head of Femur / Leader and the Falcon
11 Radio Nowhere / Bruce Springsteen / Magic
12 The Golden State / John Doe / A Year In The Wilderness
13 Oh Yeah / The Cliks / True Colors (Soundtrack to the Logo Documentary)
14 Oxford Comma / Vampire Weekend / Vampire Weekend (Blue CD-R)
15 Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On) / Robert Plant & Alison Krauss / Raising Sand
16 New Soul / Yael Naïm / New Soul – Single
17 1 2 3 4 / Feist / The Reminder
18 Billy Brown / Mika / Life In Cartoon Motion
19 The Wrath Of Marcie / The Go! Team / Proof Of Youth
20 Message To Myself / Melissa Etheridge / The Awakening
21 Takin’ Off This Pain / Ashton Shepherd / Takin’ Off This Pain – Single of the Week
22 Better Get to Livin’ / Dolly Parton / Better Get to Livin’ – Single

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Route 66 Space Mix

I think I have something close to a final version of my music mix for the CD swap we’re doing for our Route 66 trip. I want to listen to it through a couple of times. It’s a bit on the cheesy and obvious side, but that’s okay. I’d do better if I had all my music ripped, but that’s not going to be complete any time soon, so this will have to do.

The Mothership Calls – Close Encounters of the Third Kind – 0:30
Route 66 – Nat King Cole – 2:50
Meet Me in St. Louis – Judy Garland – 2:14
Oklahoma – from Oklahoma – Alfred Drake And Chorus – 2:32
(Is This The Way To) Amarillo – Tony Christie – 3:11
Take It Easy – The Eagles – 3:30
California, Here I Come – Al Jolson – 2:26
Lost Highway – Hank Williams – 2:44
Riding In My Car – Bruce Springsteen – 1:55
King of the Road – Roger Miller – 2:27
America – Simon & Garfunkel – 3:32
Ramblin’ Man – The Allman Brothers Band – 4:48
Born To Run – Bruce Springsteen – 4:30
Born To Be Wild – Steppenwolf – 3:27
Convoy – C.W. McCall – 3:49
Driving My Life Away – Eddie Rabbit – 3:11
There’s A Barbarian In The Back Of My Car – Voice Of The Beehive – 2:49
Take Me Off to Space – Nenslo – 2:16
Hotrod Supernova – Destination: Earth! – 2:09
It’s the End of the World – Saint N & Sister Hellena Handbasket – 3:59
Behind The Wheel (7″ Remix) – Depeche Mode – 4:04
Route 66 – Depeche Mode – 4:09
And, depending on what I can work up, the cover art:
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Steph Sold Her House Mix

Douglas made me this mix, in celebration of selling my house.
The Creeps – Camile Jones Vs. Fedde Le Grande
She’s My Man – Scissor Sisters
Miracle – Cascada
By The Way – Jenna Drey
Glamourous – Fergie feat. Ludacris
She’s Madonna – Robbie Williams
Love Today – Mika
Take It – Tom Novay and Lima
Girlfriend – Avril Lavigne
Minimal – Pet Shop Boys
Dare Me – Junior Jack
Lil’ Star – Kelis feat. Ceelo
Ruby – Kaiser Chiefs
This Ain’t a Scene, It’s An Arms Race – Fall Out Boy
Read My Mind – The Killers
Standing in The Way of Control – The Gossip
New Shoes – Paolo Nutini
Lost Without U – Robin Thicke
So Not Over You – Simply Red
I Need to Wake Up – Melissa Etheridge

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The Best of All Possible Worlds – Cate’s CD Club Mix

The CD mix I’m working on for my friend Cate’s CD Exchange Club. I still need to finish the liner notes, print them all out and slice up the paper to fit the cases, burn the CDs, and put everything together. And I’m considering substituting in a different song from Hogeye Naavy for one song or another. The picture included is a sculpture in Münster, Germany, where Cate lives. Every ten years, Münster holds an art festival in which sculptures are installed throughout the city. The best become permanent parts of the city landscape.

The Best of All Possible Worlds

  1. Best Of All Possible Worlds | The Little Willies | The Little Willies | 3:06
  2. Sister Kate | The Ditty Bops | The Ditty Bops | 2:26
  3. Coin-Operated Boy | The Dresden Dolls | The Dresden Dolls | 4:47
  4. La goualante du pauvre Jean | Édith Piaf | Éternelle | 2:04
  5. Give a Little Whistle | Michelle Shocked | Got No Strings | 2:22
  6. Shoefly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy | Ella Fitzgerald | | 2:38
  7. Organ Grinder’s Swing | Ella Fitzgerald | Ella Fitzgerald: The Early Years, Pt. 1 (1935-1938) | 2:51
  8. Smiley Faces | Gnarls Barkley | St. Elsewhere | 3:05
  9. Ramalama (Bang Bang) | Roisin Murphy | Ruby Blue | 3:36
  10. Steady, As She Goes | The Raconteurs | Steady, As She Goes – Single | 3:36
  11. Ooh La La | Goldfrapp | Supernature | 3:25
  12. Suddenly I See | KT Tunstall | Eye to the Telescope | 3:21
  13. You Are the Light | Jens Lekman | When I Said I Wanted To Be Your Dog | 3:23
  14. Rock & Roll Queen | The Subways | Rock & Roll Queen | 2:52
  15. Unwritten | Natasha Bedingfield | Ice Princess | 4:18
  16. Mary Jane | Rick James | Anthology | 4:57
  17. Foxy Break Beat | Jimmi Hendrix vs. Propellerheads vs. Death in Vegas | DJ Moule | 4:11
  18. Dont Hold Back (Sweet Jane) | R. Kelly Vs. Velvet Underground | Go Home Productions | 4:16
  19. Butterfly | Dance Dance Revolution | Dance Dance Revolution | 2:57
  20. Standing In The Way Of Control | The Gossip | Standing In The Way Of Control | 4:17
  21. Walk Away | Kelly Clarkson | Breakaway | 3:08
  22. Put a Lid On It – Big Brother Remix | Maxwell/Mosher | Maxwell/Mosher | 2:45
  23. Hips Don’t Lie | Shakira ft Wyclef Jean | Oral Fixation Vol. 2 | 3:39
  24. Buttons | Pussycat Dolls / feat Snoop Dogg | PCD | 3:52
  25. Dirty Little Secret | The All American Rejects | Move Along | 3:16
  26. I Write Sins Not Tragedies | Panic! At The Disco | A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out | 3:07
  27. Kate’s Song | The General & Duchess Collins | Calling Earth | 2:38
  28. Molecular Love | The General & Duchess Collins | Calling Earth | 3:19
  29. One Of Us Is Gonna Die Young | The Ark | State Of The Ark | 3:31
  30. Lady Loves Me | Maggie Moore & Yvette Narlock | The L Word – Season 3 | 3:45
  31. Crazy (Live Lounge) | Nelly Furtado | 2006 june mix | 3:25
  32. Promiscuous (Radio Edit) | Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland | Promiscuous – Single | 3:43
  33. Fish to Fry | The Ditty Bops | Moon Over the Freeway | 3:06
  34. Bye Bye Love | The Ditty Bops | Moon Over the Freeway | 2:34
  35. DJ Teds Techno Tubes | Paul Holcomb | The Bold Headed Broadcast | 3:05
  36. Dear Mr. President | Pink | I’m Not Dead | 4:34
  37. Free To Be… You And Me | New Seekers | Free To Be… You And Me | 3:14
  38. You Don’t Own Me | Lesley Gore | 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Lesley Gore | 2:32
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Songs of Peace and Freedom 1 (Vol. 1 of Hippie Series)

01 – We Shall Not Be Moved – SNCC Freedom Singers
02 – We Shall Overcome – SNCC Freedom Singers
03 – Get Together – Youngbloods
04 – Blowin’ in the Wind – Peter, Paul and Mary
05 – I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing – The New Seekers
06 – Reach Out In The Darkness – Friend and Lover
07 – Put A Little Love in Your Heart – Jackie De Shannon
08 – Everything is Beautiful – Ray Stevens
09 – Oooh Child – The Five Stairsteps
10 – People Got To Be Free – The Rascals
11 – Everyday People – Sly and the Family Stone
12 – What’s Going On? – Marvin Gaye
13 – Turn, Turn, Turn – The Seekers
14 – If I Had a Hammer – Peter, Paul and Mary
15 – San Francisco – Scott McKensie
16 – Abraham, Martin and John – Dion
17 – One Tin Soldier – Coven
18 – For What It’s Worth – Buffalo Springfield
19 – Weave Me the Sunshine – Peter, Paul and Mary
20 – Garden Song – Peter, Paul and Mary
21 – This Land is Your Land – Peter, Paul and Mary
22 – Give Peace a Chance – John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
23 – I Feel Like I’m Fixin to Die Rag – Country Joe and The Fish

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Songs of Peace and Freedom 2 (Vol. 2 of Hippie Series)

01 – Eve Of Destruction – Barry McGuire
02 – Ball Of Confusion – The Temptations
03 – What About Me – Quicksilver Messenger Service
04 – Lay Down (Candles In The Rain) – Melanie
05 – Aquarius – 5th Dimension
06 – In the Year 2525 (Exordius and Terminus) – Zager and Evans
07 – Woodstock – Joni Mitchell
08 – Signs – Five Man Electric Band
09 – What The World Needs Now Is Love – Jackie DeShannon
10 – He Ain’t Heavy (He’s My Brother) – The Hollies
11 – River Jordan – Peter, Paul And Mary
12 – Light One Candle – Peter, Paul And Mary
13 – Down By The Riverside – Peter, Paul And Mary
14 – Where Have All The Flowers Gone – Peter, Paul And Mary
15 – Universal Soldier – Buffy St. Marie
16 – Will The Circle Be Unbroken – Ramblin’ Jack Elliot
17 – Joe Hill – Joan Baez
18 – Revolution – The Beatles
19 – Desiderata – Max Ehrmann
20 – Indian Reservation – Raiders

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Good Morning Starshine (Vol. 3 of Hippie Series)

01 – Joy (Beethoven) – Apollo 100
02 – Do You Believe in Magic – Lovin’ Spoonful
03 – Good Morning, Starshine – Oliver
04 – Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) – Edison Lighthouse
05 – Love is All Around – The Troggs
06 – Groovy Kind Of Love – The Mindbenders
07 – My Baby Loves Lovin’ – White Plains
08 – Happy Together – The Turtles
09 – United We Stand – Brotherhood of Man
10 – Bus Stop – The Hollies
11 – Me and You and a Dog Name Boo – Lobo
12 – The Way You Do the Things You Do – Temptations
13 – I Second that Emotion – Temptations
14 – Ain’t Too Proud To Beg – Temptations
15 – Brand New Key – Melanie
16 – I Think We’re Alone Now – Tommy James and the Shondells
17 – Different Drum – Stone Ponies
18 – Five O’Clock World – The Vogues
19 – Mustang Sally – Wilson Pickett
20 – Son of a Preacher Man – Dusty Springfield
21 – Rose Garden – Lynn Anderson
22 – Indiana Wants Me – R. Dean Taylor
23 – Ain’t No Sunshine – Bill Withers
24 – What Becomes of the Broken Hearted – Jimmy Ruffin
25 – Papa was a Rolling Stone – Temptations

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Fight The Power

01 – Fight the Power – The Isley Brothers – It’s Your Thing (boxed set)
02 – Go – Indigo Girls – Come On Now Social
03 – Reclaim – Copper Wimmin – American Tyranny
04 – Power to the Meek – Eurythmics – Peace
05 – Pop Singer’s Fear of the Pollen Count – The Divine Comedy – A Secret History — The Best of…
06 – Steal My Sunshine – Len – You Can’t Stop the Bum Rush
07 – Gone Again – Indigo Girls – Come On Now Social
08 – Halo of Gold – Beck – Cold Brains [Import]
09 – Joy – Gay Dad – Leisure Noise
10 – Mistaken – Save Ferris – Modified
11 – Barrel of a Gun 4321 – Guster – Lost & Gone Forever
12 – Rafiki – Zap Mama – A Ma Zone
13 – Rappers, Rappers, Rappers – Aceyalone – Strength Magazine Presents Subtext
14 – Rockets on the Battlefield – Kool Keith – Black Elvis/Lost in Space
15 – Sucks to Be You – Prözzak – Hot Show
16 – Strangelove Addiction – Supreme Beings of Leisure – Supreme Beings of Leisure
17 – 17 Again – Eurythmics – Peace
18 – She’s So High – Tal Bachman – Tal Bachman
19 – Green – Copper Wimmin – American Tyranny

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Fire In My Heart For You

01 – Fire in My Heart – Super Furry Animals – Guerrilla
02 – Under the Sun – Big Kenny – Live A Little
03 – Teenage FBI – Guided By Voices – Do The Collapse
04 – Round the Bend – Beta Band – Beta Band
05 – Murder or a Heart Attack – Old 97s – Fight Songs
06 – Drunk is Better Than Dead – Push Stars – After The Party
07 – She Means Everything – Louis Phillipe – A Kiss In The Funhouse
08 – Strawberryfire – Apples in Stereo – Her Wallpaper Reverie
09 – For the Movies – Buckcherry – Buckcherry
10 – Shower Your Love – Kula Shaker – Peasants, Pigs And Astronauts
11 – This Kind of Love – Meg Hentges – Brompton’s Cocktail
12 – Asphalt Yards – Carl Hancock Rux – Rux Revue
13 – Detour – Bis – Social Dancing
14 – Tsunami – Prözzak – Hot Show
15 – Breakfast in Vegas – Praga Khan – Twentyfirstcenturyskin
16 – Gamen I Vulture – Garmarna – Vengeance
17 – Yesterday’s Over – Pietasters – Awesome Mix Tape #6
18 – Electricity – London Suede – Head Music
19 – Help Yourself – Portable – Secret Life
20 – The Skank Heads – Skunk Anansie – Post Orgasmic Chill

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