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| songs from 1988 | |
| Created by: | sparkymonroe |
| Tracks: | 21 |
| Length: | 00:32:17 |
| Keywords |
1. 1988 2. pop 3. radio |
| Created on | 8/26/09 07:49pm |
| Level | 1 |
| Points | 1208 |
| Total visitors | 16 |
| Unique visitors | 12 |
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I have no idea why I made this mix in the early morning hours yesterday. Imperfect nostalgia, I suppose. You stare at the wall for a bit and sometimes things like this happen.
So, these are neither the top songs from 1988 nor are they necessarily the best songs. I didn't want to make a 80's pop mix with the usual pop tunes. I scanned the Billboard charts for songs that didn't make the year's top 100, but that were still apt to be remembered by young people of the era. Most of the songs here fit into that category.
People I knew liked these songs. MTV and Top 40 radio made these tunes part of the 1988 experience. Some were even club hits. I make no apologies for their inclusion, unless someone would feel better if I did make one. U2's most minor hit from their biggest album of the 80's makes the cut because, hey, this mix could use some timelessness.
The only song on this mix that was not in Billboard's top 400 for 1988 is the Pixies' "Where is My Mind?" and that was included to show what was taking place in an "alternative universe".
Final thought: 80's pop radio kills 00's pop radio.
Anyway wishing to download this pup:
http://tinyurl.com/napukv
So, these are neither the top songs from 1988 nor are they necessarily the best songs. I didn't want to make a 80's pop mix with the usual pop tunes. I scanned the Billboard charts for songs that didn't make the year's top 100, but that were still apt to be remembered by young people of the era. Most of the songs here fit into that category.
People I knew liked these songs. MTV and Top 40 radio made these tunes part of the 1988 experience. Some were even club hits. I make no apologies for their inclusion, unless someone would feel better if I did make one. U2's most minor hit from their biggest album of the 80's makes the cut because, hey, this mix could use some timelessness.
The only song on this mix that was not in Billboard's top 400 for 1988 is the Pixies' "Where is My Mind?" and that was included to show what was taking place in an "alternative universe".
Final thought: 80's pop radio kills 00's pop radio.
Anyway wishing to download this pup:
http://tinyurl.com/napukv
tracklist
| 1 | Men Without Hats : pop goes the world |
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This song sounds like it was made in 1984 to me. Johnny plays guitar, Jenny plays bass.
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| 2 | Nu Shooz : Should I Say Yes |
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Portland's own. My friend, the rapper, had a couple songs produced by one of the members of this group. One [...]
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Portland's own. My friend, the rapper, had a couple songs produced by one of the members of this group. One of the songs had Vietnam gunfire as part of the backing track. No one will hear these songs thankfully. Anyway, this song is simple electronic club fare for girls with big hair. SHOW LESS
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| 3 | Lita Ford : Kiss Me Deadly |
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This song seems tough. Lita did sing a song with Ozzy once, and also was once a member of the Runaways, so th [...]
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This song seems tough. Lita did sing a song with Ozzy once, and also was once a member of the Runaways, so that's probably why. SHOW LESS
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| 4 | Samantha Fox : Naughty Girls |
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Samantha Fox was an Australian singer, who at times also laid down raps on her club bangers. She follows bad-a [...]
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Samantha Fox was an Australian singer, who at times also laid down raps on her club bangers. She follows bad-ass Lita Ford without making a fool of herself. Samantha seemed sort of loose to me in the same way that the artist formerly known as Stacy Ferguson seems loose to me these days. Mabye Stacy took Samantha as a role model. SHOW LESS
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| 5 | Depeche Mode : Never Let Me Down Again |
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I think this track is underrated and I'm not a big Depeche Mode fan.
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Track 1 from Music for the Masses
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I think this track is underrated and I'm not a big Depeche Mode fan. SHOW LESS
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| 6 | Icehouse : Crazy |
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I remember this song being blasted on boomboxes on the bus. Until the driver told the offenders to turn that r [...]
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I remember this song being blasted on boomboxes on the bus. Until the driver told the offenders to turn that racket down. SHOW LESS
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| 7 | TAMI show : She's Only Twenty |
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OK, I'd never heard of this song, which is why I listened to it last night. It flows so well with "Crazy" tha [...]
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OK, I'd never heard of this song, which is why I listened to it last night. It flows so well with "Crazy" that I had to include it. It's definitely of the era. SHOW LESS
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| 8 | U2 : In God's Country |
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I really like the guitar on this thing. It's sounds as cool as ice shavings look.
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I really like the guitar on this thing. It's sounds as cool as ice shavings look. SHOW LESS
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| 9 | Alphaville : Forever Young |
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A song about the Cold War. It sounds so resigned to doom. I think they used it in the Highlander soundtrack [...]
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A song about the Cold War. It sounds so resigned to doom. I think they used it in the Highlander soundtrack also? Thank God that the Berlin Wall came down the following year. East Berlin rules now. SHOW LESS
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| 10 | Johnny Hates Jazz : Shattered Dreams |
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Softened synth song. Very 80's. This band could have opened for Rick Astley. For better or for worse, I rem [...]
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Softened synth song. Very 80's. This band could have opened for Rick Astley. For better or for worse, I remember it wafting through the halls. SHOW LESS
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| 11 | Escape Club : Wild West |
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Who can forget this song or its trippy video?
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| 12 | George Harrison : got my mind set on you |
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I thought that George looked like Jimmy Buffett on the album cover for Cloud Nine. Must have been the shirt a [...]
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Track 11 from Cloud nine
Length: 00:03:51 Year: 1987 |
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I thought that George looked like Jimmy Buffett on the album cover for Cloud Nine. Must have been the shirt and the shades. Well, George knew how to write a catchy tune, that's for sure. SHOW LESS
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| 13 | Run DMC : Mary Mary |
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Former Beatle followed by a Monkees "cover".
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Track 14 from Ultimate Run DMC
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Former Beatle followed by a Monkees "cover". SHOW LESS
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| 14 | L'Trimm : Cars that Go Boom |
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I knew a guy that hooked up cassette players and big-ass speakers for all the kids who could drive. He someti [...]
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Track 1 from Cars That Go Boom!
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I knew a guy that hooked up cassette players and big-ass speakers for all the kids who could drive. He sometimes played this to test the speakers. I think his name was Derek. The accents these girls sport always crack me up. Sounds like a couple of Brooklyn girls doing an impression of old timey Brooklyn accents. I'm way off because they're from Florida. Aside from the booty-shaking bass, it still sounds NYC all the way to me. Girls with bass speaker fetishes are weird anyway you slice it. SHOW LESS
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| 15 | Eria Fachin : Savin' Myself |
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This sounds like something I heard in London at a house music club. You know how they love remixing 80's song [...]
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This sounds like something I heard in London at a house music club. You know how they love remixing 80's songs....,but this sounds a little more recent than '88 to me now. I don't remember hearing this one way back when, but there's nothing like experiencing the 80's a little too late, for old time's sake. Word. SHOW LESS
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| 16 | Belinda Carlisle : I Feel Free |
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Belinda covers Cream. Sounds dirty, but it's not.
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Belinda covers Cream. Sounds dirty, but it's not. SHOW LESS
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| 17 | Eurythmics : You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart |
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I still like this song.
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I still like this song. SHOW LESS
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| 18 | Information Society : What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy) |
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This song was in the top 100 for the year, and I remember hearing that someone down the block had gone to one [...]
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This song was in the top 100 for the year, and I remember hearing that someone down the block had gone to one of their concerts and being sort of jealous. Anyway, this song samples Spock saying, "Pure Energy", so that's different. And "Bones" says something at the beginning of the song too. This group was New Wave after the fact. They had an interesting video for this song. SHOW LESS
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| 19 | silence : silence |
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A short break before running into a non Billboard hit.
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| 20 | Pixies : Where is my Mind? |
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I didn't discover this song til later, but just knowing that this existed during all this radio ga-ga makes me [...]
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Track 7 from Surfer Rosa
Length: 00:03:53 Year: 1988 |
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I didn't discover this song til later, but just knowing that this existed during all this radio ga-ga makes me happy, so even though this is a pop mix, I wanted to throw some uncharted in from 1988. Does anyone remember Ben Johnson popping positive at the Seoul Olympics? SHOW LESS
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| 21 | The Cure : Just Like Heaven |
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This did chart and it's a good way to remember 1988.
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Track 8 from Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
Length: 00:03:32 Year: 1987 |
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This did chart and it's a good way to remember 1988. SHOW LESS
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I love this idea. #4 is one of my favourite songs to listen to drunk,haha.
8/27/09 08:41pm
