CHS Class of 86

One option we're looking at is creating our own playlist for the reunion. My preference for 80s music is not necessarily what everyone else might choose, so here's your challenge:

If you got to choose the music, what would you include? List your 80s Top 20 AND Top 20 party songs you'd like to include (any decade, any genre, even "Eine Klein Nachtmusik," if that gets you going). We'll compile them all together into "The CHS Class of 86 Ultimate Playlist" and use it at the reunion.

Ok -- I'll be the brave one to respond to this first. Just remember - everyone's music taste is different, which is why we want input -- so, don't shoot the messenger if you don't like my suggestions! Here goes.....

Julie's Top 20 - 80's Songs (In no particular order!)

Let?s go Crazy ? Prince
Jungle Love ? Morris Day & the Time
Rock you Like a Hurricane ? Scorpions
Pour Some Sugar on Me ? Def Leppard
Cum on Feel the Noize ? Quiet Riot
Funkytown ? Lipps, Inc.
Celebration ? Kool & the Gang
She Blinded me with Science ? Thomas Dolby
Jump ? Van Halen
She?s a Bad Mama Jama ? Carl Carlton
Venus - Bananarama
Melt With You ? Modern English
1999 ? Prince
What You Need ? INXS
Genius of Love ? Tom Tom Club
Pop Muzik ? M
Fight for Your Right ? Beastie Boys
Welcome to the Jungle ? Guns & Roses
Give it To Me Baby or Super Freak ? Rick James
Thriller, Beat It, or Billie Jean ? Michael Jackson

Julie's Top 20 PARTY Songs (in no particular order)

Don't shoot me for some of these, which might need to be played after the bar's been open for a while .......

Shout ? The Isley Brothers (or the version from Animal House)
Cupid Shuffle ? Cupid
Y.M.C.A. ? The Village People
You Should Be Dancing ? Bee Gees
Boom Boom Pow ? Black Eyed Peas
Halftime (Stand Up & Get Crunk) ? Ying Yang Twins (for the Saints Fans!)
Bunny Hop ? Da Entourage
Old Time Rock & Roll ? Bob Seger
Back that Azz Up ? Juvenile
Blame It ? Jamie Foxx
Cha Cha Slide ? Mr. C the Slide Man
Play that Funky Music ? Wild Cherry
Dazzey Duks ? Duice
This is How We Dot It ? Montell Jordan
Teach Me How to Dougie ? Cali Swag District
Ms. New Booty ? Bubba Sparxxx
Stayin? Alive ? Bee Gees
When I Hear Music ? Debbie Deb
Low ? Flo Rida
No Parking (On the Dance Floor) ? Midnight Star

Oh, and sorry guys, I don't listen to country music, but line dances usually go over pretty well, like....

Strokin? ? Clarence Carter
Boot Scootin? Boogie ? Brooks & Dunn
If You Don?t Want Me To (The Freeze) - Ronnie Milsap

You actually limited it to 20? I went through my MP3 library from 1980 to 1987 and came up with about 5 times that... and I didn't even get to party songs.

It was interesting listening to a lot of those songs and really spending some time thinking about them, rather than just have them playing in the background. It had been a while since I experienced the memories and emotions they invoked.

Have to make some time to post my list tomorrow. May put the whole thing up just to see what kind of discussion it might create.

Actually Shane, I could have gone on and on for days with 80's songs! Probably party ones, too. If no one else responds, then they'll be at the mercy of our playlists!

I doubt my playlist would appeal to many at the reunion.

jnichel wrote:I doubt my playlist would appeal to many at the reunion.

Do it anyway. I cleaned mine up, but I threw a few oddballs in anyway.

Shake It Up - The Cars
Three Cord City - The Cold
New Life - Depeche Mode
Just Can't Get Enough - Depeche Mode
Girls on Film - Duran Duran
Is There Something I Should Know - Duran Duran
We Got the Beat - The Go-Go's
Let's Groove - Earth Wind and Fire
Mirror in the Bathroom - English Beat
I Ran - Flock of Seagulls
Girls Just Want to Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
Space Age Love Song - Flock of Seagulls
Abacab - Genesis
Turn Your Love Around - George Benson
Don't You Want Me - Human League
Centerfold - J Geils Band
I Love R&R - Joan Jett
Kids in America - Kim Wilde
Workin' for the Weekend - Loverboy
What's He Got? - The Producers
Hey Pocky Way - Neville Bros
Fire on the Bayou - Neville Bros
Crazy Train - Ozzy
Every Little Thing She Does is Magic - Police
Love is Alright Tonight - Rick Springfield
I've Done Everything For You - Rick Springfield
Limelight - Rush
Pulling Mussels from a Shell - Squeeze
Is That Love? - Squeeze
Mean Street - Van Halen
Unchained - Van Halen
Look of Love - ABC
Poison Arrow - ABC
Goody 2 Shoes - Adam Ant
Everybody Wants You - Billy Squier
I Want Candy - BowWowWow
Hungry Like the Wolf - Duran Duran
Rio - Duran Duran
Save a Prayer - Duran Duran
New Religion - Duran Duran
You Dropped the Bomb On Me - Gap Band
Speeding - Go-Go's
Vacation - Go-Go's
Town Called Malice - The Jam
Truly - Lionel Richie
Someday, Someway - Marshall Grenshaw
Who Can It Be Now - Men @ Work
Down Under - Men @ Work
Upstairs in My House - Men @ Work
Beat It - Michael Jackson
Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
PYT - Michael Jackson
Thriller - Michael Jackson

... I'm just getting started...

"Come on Eileen" - Dexys Midnight Runners
"Head over Heels" - Go Gos
"Eyes without a face" - Billy Idol

Shock the Monkey - Peter Gabriel
New World Man - Rush
Goodbye to You - Scandal
Rock This Town - Stray Cats
Apache - Sugar Hill Gang
Talk Talk - Talk Talk
Jenny 86-5309 - Tommy Tutone
Gone Daddy Gone - Violent Femmes
Prove My Love - Violent Femmes
Blister in the Sun - Violent Femmes
(I'm leaving out Add It Up to avoid offending anyone's delicate sensibilities)
Don't Go - Yaz
Sign of the Times - Belle Starrs
The Metro - Berlin
In a Big Country - Big Country
Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper
Modern Love - David Bowie
Photograph - Def Leppard
The Reflex - Duran Duran
I Guess That's Why They Call it the Blues - Elton John
Save It For Later - English Beat
Too Nice to Talk To - English Beat
One Thing Leads to Another - The Fixx
Just a Job To Do - Genesis
Head Over Heels - The Go-Go's
Turn to You - The Go-Go's
Fascination - Human League
Stay With Me Tonight - Jeffrey Osbourne
Just Got Lucky - JoBoxers
Crumblin' Down - John Mellencamp
Too Shy - Kajagoogoo
Come Dancing - The Kinks
All Night Long - Lionel Richie
Stuck on You - Lionell Richie
It Must Be Love - Madness
Our House - Madness
Borderline - Madonna
Lucky Star - Madonna
Holiday - Madonna
Blue for You - Men at Work
Freak-a-zoid - Midnight Star
Always Something There to Remind Me - Naked Eyes
Blue Monday - New Order
Oh Girl - Paul Young
Oldest Story in the World - Plimsouls
I'm So Excited - Pointer Sisters
Synchronisity - Police
Every Breath You Take - Police
Little Red Corvette - Prince
Delirious - Prince

more to come...

Well, according to my music player, this is the last 100 songs played:

Irma Thomas - Break-a-Way
The Moody Blues - I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)
The Kinks - You Really Got Me
Jim Croce - Operator
Ted Nugent - Wango Tango
Collective Soul - Over Tokyo
The Doobie Brothers - Black Water
Dire Straits - Walk of Live
Tesla - Toke About It
The Allman Brothers Band - Jessica
The Guess Who - American Woman
Anthrax - Efilnikufesin (N.F.L.)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Call Me the Breeze
Metallica - Harvester of Sorrow
Led Zeppelin - The Immigrant Song
INXS - New Sensation
The Steve Miller Band - Rock'n Me
The Who - Squeeze Box
Sweet - Ballroom Blitz
Soundgarden - Rusty Cage
Cheap Trick - Dream Police
The Black Crowes - Hard to Handle
Frankie Ford - Sea Cruise
Living Colour - Cult of Personality
Motley Crue - Girls, Girls, Girls
James Brown - Cold Sweat
The Doors - Roadhouse Blues
Metallica - Creeping Death
Bad Company - How About That
Rush - Kid Gloves
Led Zeppelin - Good Times Bad Times
The Charlie Daniels Band - The Legend of Wooley Swamp
Iron Maiden - Run to the Hills
Professor Longhair - Big Chief
Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London
Queen - Somebody to Love
Confederate Railroad - Trashy Women
Thin Lizzy - Whiskey in the Jar
John Fogerty - Centerfield
Rush - One Little Victory
Collective Soul - Disciplined Breakdown
Dio - Rainbow in the Dark
Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Karn Evil 9
Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear the Reaper
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Swamp Music
Foreigner - Juke Box Hero
Mountain - Mississippi Queen
Robert Plant - Tall Cool One
Kansas - Point of Know Return
Stealers Wheels - Stuck in the Middle
Rare Earth - Get Ready
Zebra - As I Said Before
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Ugly Kid Joe - Everything About You
Scorpions - Rock You Like A Hurricane
Blackfoot - Train Train
Def Leppard - Let's Get Rocked
Aldo Nova - Fantasy
Jimi Hendrix - Fire
Crosby, Stills and Nash - Southern Cross
Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke
Soundgarden - Spoonman
The Cult - Fire Woman
Santana - Smooth
Judas Priest - Breaking the Law
The Eagles - Already Gone
Cream - Sunshine of Your Love
Rush - The Enemy Within
Simon and Garfunkel - Cecilia
Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
The Steve Miller Band - Jet Airliner
Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears
Sammy Hagar - There's Only One Way to Rock
Patty Loveless - I Try to Think About Elvis
Living Colour - Crosstown Traffic
The Guess Who - No Time
Collective Soul - Happiness
Journey - Girl Can't Help it
Velvet Revolver - Slither
Warrant - Downboys
Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl
Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
Black Sabbath - Iron Man
Ted Nugent - Stranglehold
Ratt - Lay it Down
Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
Anthrax - I Am the Law
Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love
Steve Earle - Copperhead Road
KISS - Calling Dr. Love
Motley Crue - Anarchy in the U.K.
Rush - Vital Signs
Lynyrd Skynyrd - I Know a Little
Whitesnake - Here I Go Again
Jim Croce - One Less Set of Footsteps
Dixie Cups - Iko Iko
Rush - Different Strings
The Kinks - Lola
Damn Yankees - High Enough
David Lee Roth - Yankee Rose

I'm scared, it looks like a list of the new classic rock they play on 104.1!

Scott Brady wrote:I'm scared, it looks like a list of the new classic rock they play on 104.1!

"Less music by dead guys"

"Not your father's classic rock"

Where's your list, Scott?