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[batskeets]

One of the things I wished I had while I was gone was my uber-awesome 80's/classic rock mix CD. It was possibly the most well-received mix CD I'd ever made; I always got a ton compliments on it from various people, on nights when I played it in the DDS van. It was a good CD. Problem is, I have no idea WTF happened to it. It's rare that I actually lose physical objects, so this irks me greatly.

So, I must re-make it, only better! I have to figure out what to put on it, though, because I won't remember all the songs that were on it until I hear them somewhere. Any suggestions, gang?

Speaking of the 80's...

You Belong in 1982

1982If you scored... 1950 - 1959: You're fun loving, romantic, and more than a little innocent. See you at the drive in! 1960 - 1969: You are a free spirit with a huge heart. Love, peace, and happiness rule - oh, and drugs too. 1970 - 1979: Bold and brash, you take life by the horns. Whether you're partying or protesting, you give it your all! 1980 - 1989: Wild, over the top, and just a little bit cheesy. You're colorful at night - and successful during the day. 1990 - 1999: With you anything goes! You're grunge one day, ghetto fabulous the next. It's all good!

What Year Do You Belong In?

Oh yeah. I know this much is true. ::drum fill::

I need to do my taxes. I have no idea what kind of refund I will or won't get this year, because I've never made over $8k in any year before this one. (usually, closer to $6k) Even having only worked full-time for the last 5 months of 2004, I still made way more than $8k. Gah, puts things in perspective a bit.

Workout kicked my butt yesterday, but I needed it. Bleep! Can't think of anything else, so I'm off.

Comments

[the-lizzel.livejournal.com]

ooh! i love 80s music! i recommend when in rome's "promise" and culture club's "karma chameleon." oh, and rick astley's "never gonna give you up." classic.

[skeets.livejournal.com]

Haha, those are all great! I love The Promise, but it seems like a lot of people don't know it until they hear it.

[bad-juice.livejournal.com]

What kinda stuff was on the original?

[skeets.livejournal.com]

That's the thing, I don't recall what most of the songs were, but it was pretty classic stuff that a lot of people would recognize. There was definitely a Michael Jackson song. Tainted Love, I think. Danceable 80's pop stuff.

[bad-juice.livejournal.com]

Prince - D.M.S.R. is hot and danceable
My roommate really likes this ABC CD he picked up recently. It has Poison Arrow, which always makes me think of Vice City. But it's still a pretty good dancey synth song.
I have a secret love for The Police - Every Little Thing She Does is Magic, but I hate the rest of their singles with much passion. I'm not even sure why I like that one.

Unfortunately, I'm at a loss for more at the moment. My mind is a blank slate. I'll give you a gold star if you know what my icon is from.

[xplo.livejournal.com]

80s? You *gotta* have some old Van Halen (which probably satisfies the "classic rock" bit as well, since apparently the 80s happened long enough ago now ;p ).

[skeets.livejournal.com]

Heh, Van Halen is well-represented on my current classic rock mixes--one of them opens with Hot for Teacher.

[xplo.livejournal.com]

So you want poppier stuff? Hrmm.

Lots of classic Michael Jackson 80s goodness on the Thriller album (and some on Bad, but Thriller > Bad by some wide margin, IMO). Tainted Love was done by Soft Cell.

Other suggestions: Tiffany, Cyndi Lauper, Debbie Gibson, Madonna (the early stuff, obviously). Possibly Billy Idol, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, and The Police.

For some reason I was always partial to Rod Stewart's "Forever Young".. certainly the radio stations played the hell out of it when I was in school.

If you have Vice City, look through the soundtrack for ideas.

[skeets.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's the kind of stuff I'm talking about! Maybe not the Tiffany/Debbie, but YES.

The Vice City soundtrack is effin' awesome. I had to stick Flock of Seagulls' I Ran on a later mix after seeing like 80000 commercials for Vice. So damned catchy!!

Tainted Love was done by Soft Cell.

Heh, yeah, I knew that. ^^; I didn't notice until after I posted that comment (http://www.livejournal.com/users/skeets/1636788.html?thread=1964212#t1964212) that I totally made it sound like I thought it was a Michael Jackson song. ::rotfl::