Mare's Mess

Here it is.

-Rock With You - Michael Jackson (i had MJ fever BAD in the 80's. i even had a red jacket like the one he wore in the Beat It video. you don't even have to tell me how completely dorky this is.)

-One Thing Leads to Another - The Fixx (every time i hear this song i picture the video in my head. usually that's annoying, but not with this one.)

-Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield

-867-5309 - Tommy Tutone

-You Dropped the Bomb on Me - Gap Band

-Jeopardy - Greg Kihn Band (major University of Arkansas memories!)

-Can You Feel It? - The Jackson's (this was a carry over from my Michael-mania, but i really liked the Jackson's Triumph album. i was torn between this song and Lovely One. still not sure i made the right decision, but i'll have to live with it.)

-Somebody's Baby - Jackson Browne (major Fast Times at Ridgemont High memories)

-Lady (You Bring Me Up When I'm Down) - Commodores (this was one of the 5 or so songs that were out at the same time with the name Lady. can you name the others?)

-Fire - Pointer Sisters (major high school cruising memories)

-Run to You - Bryan Adams

-If This Is It - Huey Lewis

-Cut's Like a Knife - Bryan Adams

*Biggest Part of Me - Ambrosia (very sappy, but i still love it)

-I Don't Want to Live Without You - Foreigner (ditto the above. I wanted my friend Tammy to sing this one at our wedding but she said she couldn't because it wasn't in her range - or some lame excuse - but she did another lovely song for us so it was all good.)

-Emergency - Kool & the Gang

-Walking on Sunshine - Katrina & the Waves

-Lonesome Loser - Little River Band

-My Sharona - The Knack

-Hold On - Kansas (this song would make the list on it's own, but it has an added allure. i was driving around with my first love in high school - major heartbreak, but that's a story for another day - and when this song came on everything stopped as he cranked it up and said, "My favorite song by my favorite band." suddenly it became my favorite song by my favorite band too. i go back on that drive everytime i hear this song.)

*Stay - Jackson Browne

*September - Earth, Wind, & Fire

-Photograph - Def Leppard (matt talked me into this one on the podcast and it replaced Sweet Child O Mine. i hadn't thought about Def Leppard but loved Pyromania when it came out so i checked it out after the podcast and decided it should replace Guns 'N Roses)

-I'll Fall in Love Again - Sammy Haggar (matt also planted the seed for this one. he kept talking about how Van Halen would be on his 80's list so we got online to see which Van Halen songs he would pick and i remembered this Sammy Haggar song. it came out the summer after breaking up with my longtime boyfriend and it represented a new found independence and hope for the future to me. it also just jams.)

This is going to sound very Stuart Smalley, but each one of these songs is special to me in it's own way. As you can see from my descriptions above, some of them take me back to a specific time and place. Some just remind me of my former self and where I was (physically and emotionally)at the time it came out. Many of them just make me happy when I hear them and I don't really know why.

The songs with an (*) actually came out in the late 70's but I cheated and snuck them in anyway. Not sure why they didn't make it onto the 70's CD but they're here now.