Meme-ory Lane

There are a couple of posts rattling around in my head, but they require thought, of which I'm not capable at the moment. Therefore I steal from Margene...

Music Meme

The rules:
A) Go to Music Outfitters
B) Enter the year you graduated from high school in the search function and get the list of 100 most popular songs of that year
C) Bold the songs you like, strike through the ones you hate and underline and/or italicize your favorite. Do nothing to the ones you don’t remember (or don’t care about)

I had trouble with some of these, as I liked them then but dislike them now, or associate them with my first serious boyfriend (i.e. really dislike them), or disliked them then but can take them or leave them now, or didn't much care for them then but now associate them with a good or funny memory. #3, Disco Lady, for instance, always makes me think of Grant's rendition of an SNL bit consisting of reciting the lyrics in a serious, precise voice reminiscent of Robert MacNeil (as in MacNeil/Lehrer: am I dating myself yet?). So I did it based on what I would now do if I heard the song on the radio, adding a couple more categories.

• bold italic: turn up the volume and sing along loudly
  
• bold: turn up the volume and sing along softly
  
• italic: leave the volume where it is but smile nostalgically and possibly hum
  
• plain: leave it be if I'm not paying attention, maybe look for something better if I am (or I don't know the song)
  
• strikethrough: change the station
  
• red strikethrough: lunge violently at the radio and break one or more fingernails trying to change the station as fast as possible

You know how smell is supposed to be the most powerful memory stimulant? There are smells that evoke powerful images for me, but a song can take me back to what I was doing and who I was with the first time or the last time I heard it.

1. Silly Love Songs, Paul McCartney and Wings
   
2. Don't Go Breaking My Heart, Elton John and Kiki Dee
   
3. Disco Lady, Johnnie Taylor
   
4. December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night), Four Seasons
   
5. Play That Funky Music, Wild Cherry
   
6. Kiss And Say Goodbye, Manhattans
   
7. Love Machine (Part 1), The Miracles
   
8. 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover, Paul Simon
   
9. Love Is Alive, Gary Wright
   
10. A Fifth Of Beethoven, Walter Murphy and The Big Apple Band
    
11. Sara Smile, Daryl Hall and John Oates
    
12. Afternoon Delight, Starland Vocal Band
    
13. I Write The Songs, Barry Manilow
    
14. Fly, Robin, Fly, Silver Convention
    
15. Love Hangover, Diana Ross
    
16. Get Closer, Seals and Crofts
    
17. More, More, More, Andrea True Connection
    
18. Bohemian Rhapsody, Queen
    
19. Misty Blue, Dorothy Moore
    
20. Boogie Fever, Sylvers
    
21. I'd Really Love To See You Tonight, England Dan and John Ford Coley
    
22. You Sexy Thing, Hot Chocolate
    
23. Love Hurts, Nazareth
    
24. Get Up And Boogie, Silver Convention
    
25. Take It To The Limit, Eagles
    
26. (Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty, K.C. and The Sunshine Band
    
27. Sweet Love, Commodores
    
28. Right Back Where We Started From, Maxine Nightingale
    
29. Theme From "S.W.A.T", Rhythm Heritage
    
30. Love Rollercoaster, Ohio Players
    
31. You Should Be Dancing, Bee Gees
    
32. You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine, Lou Rawls
    
33. Golden Years, David Bowie
    
34. Moonlight Feels Right, Starbuck
    
35. Only Sixteen, Dr. Hook
    
36. Let Your Love Flow, Bellamy Brothers
    
37. Dreamweaver, Gary Wright
    
38. Turn The Beat Around, Vicki Sue Robinson
    
39. Lonely Night (Angel Face), The Captain and Tennille
    
40. All By Myself, Eric Carmen
    
41. Love To Love You Baby, Donna Summer
    
42. Deep Purple, Donny and Marie Osmond
    
43. Theme From "Mahogany", Diana Ross
    
44. Sweet Thing, Rufus
    
45. That's The Way I Like It, K.C. and The Sunshine Band
    
46. A Little Bit More, Dr. Hook
    
47. Shannon, Henry Gross
    
48. If You Leave Me Now, Chicago
    
49. Lowdown, Boz Scaggs
    
50. Show Me The Way, Peter Frampton
    
51. Dream On, Aerosmith
    
52. I Love Music (Pt. 1), O'Jays
    
53. Say You Love Me, Fleetwood Mac
    
54. Times Of Your Life, Paul Anka
    
55. Devil Woman, Cliff Richard
    
56. Fooled Around And Fell In Love, Elvin Bishop
    
57. Convoy, C.W. McCall
    
58. Welcome Back, John Sebastian
    
59. Sing A Song, Earth, Wind and Fire
    
60. Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel, Tavares
    
61. I'll Be Good To You, Brothers Johnson
    
62. Shop Around, The Captain and Tennille
    
63. Saturday Night, Bay City Rollers
    
64. Island Girl, Elton John
    
65. Let's Do It Again, Staple Singers
    
66. Let 'Em In, Paul McCartney and Wings
    
67. Baby Face, Wing and A Prayer Fife and Drum Corps
    
68. This Masquerade, George Benson
    
69. Evil Woman, Electric Light Orchestra
    
70. Wham Bam, Silver
    
71. I'm Easy, Keith Carradine
    
72. Wake Up Everybody (Pt. 1), Harold Melvin and The Bluenotes
    
73. Summer, War
    
74. Let Her In, John Travolta
    
75. Fox On The Run, Sweet
    
76. Rhiannon, Fleetwood Mac
    
77. Got To Get You Into My Life, Beatles
    
78. Fanny (Be Tender With My Love), Bee Gees
    
79. Getaway, Earth, Wind and Fire
    
80. She's Gone, Daryl Hall and John Oates
    
81. Rock And Roll Music, Beach Boys
    
82. Still The One, Orleans
    
83. You're My Best Friend, Queen
    
84. With Your Love, Jefferson Starship
    
85. Slow Ride, Foghat
    
86. Who'd She Coo, Ohio Players
    
87. Walk Away From Love, David Ruffin
    
88. Baby, I Love Your Way, Peter Frampton
    
89. Young Hearts Run Free, Candi Staton
    
90. Breaking Up's Hard To Do, Neil Sedaka
    
91. Money Honey, Bay City Rollers
    
92. Tear The Roof Off The Sucker, Parliament
    
93. Junk Food Junkie, Larry Groce
    
94. Tryin' To Get The Feeling Again, Barry Manilow
    
95. Rock And Roll All Nite, Kiss
    
96. Disco Duck, Rick Dees
    
97. The Boys Are Back In Town, Thin Lizzy
    
98. Take The Money And Run, Steve Miller Band
    
99. Squeeze Box, The Who
    
100. Country Boy (You Got Your Feet In L.A.), Glen Campbell

Ahhhh... OK, back to 2008. Anything happen while I was gone? I sure hope not.