Getting into the '80s

From Nov. 12, when I apparently was listening to '90s music on Sirius XM Channel 9.
No Doubt, "Just a Girl", 1995. 1,600.
Janet Jackson, "Because of Love", '94. It's 4,700 because it's boring.
Tom Bachmann, "She's So High", '99. 3,700.
Sinead O'Connor, "Nothing Compares", 1990. I did compare it, and decided it's not so high as the Tom Bachmann piece. It's a nice song, but it's a little too slow and never picks up. 4,050.
Blessid Union of Souls, "Hey Leonardo" from 1999. This one does move, but comes up a little short. 4,500.
Mariah Carey, "Fantasy", '95. Downtown Julie Brown used her "I said big HITS" joke regarding Mariah the other day. She does have some big hits. This one probably was a hit, but it's not very good. 4,400.
Jewel, "Who Will Save Your Soul", I think '96. I liked it at the time, and as I listened to it, I liked it even more. It seems as if she channels Sheryl Crow and maybe a little bit of Rickie Lee Jones. 2,200.
Beastie Boys, "Intergalactic", '98, I think. 3,100. Also, saw a Texas license plate with an Ohio State sticker and the license plate "LS OSU." I'll have to check it out and see who is/was the Buckeyes' long snapper from Texas. Just checked; I guess the plate had nothing to do with a long snapper. OSU has two, from Georgia and Ohio. The football team also does not have any player with the initials L.S. However, quarterback J.T. Barrett is from Wichita Falls Ryder High School.
Quad City DJs with their greatest hit, "C'mon and Ride It" from 1996. I can remember at Frontier Field, the minor league ballpark in Rochester, the train tracks ran just beyond the right field fence -- not inside the park, as in "Brewster's Millions" -- sometimes between innings if a train went by, they would play this Quad City DJs song on the stadium sound system. I also will have to rank various train songs: "Midnight Train to Georgia", or even modes of transportation: "Leaving on a Jet Plane". I didn't rank "C'mon and Ride It" yet.
Toad the Wet Sprocket, "Fall Down", '94. I don't really remember this song, and there's nothing special about it. 4,700.
George Michael, "Freedom 90" from, not coincidentally '90. 4,800.
Puff Daddy and Faith Evans and 112, I think it was from '99. It's "I'll Be Missing You", which is kind of like "I'll Be Watching You", same tune. 3,850.
Presidents of the United States of America, "Lump", '95. 3,300.
Deee-lite, "Groove Is in the Heart", '90. 4,700.
Outkast, "Pretty Fly for a White Guy". I think I've done this one before and it was in the neighborhood of 3,500 to 3,700.
Bon Jovi, "Living on a Prayer", '97. 1,200.
Rick Springfield, "I've Done Everything for You", 1981. 1,700. I did finish entering the '80s into my database, so that's why I was listening to the '80s on Nov. 13.
From '82 is Flock of Seagulls, "I Ran". 4,550.
Pebbles, "Mercedes Boy", 1988, I think. 4,850.
.38 Special, "Hold on Loosely", '81. 900. No, I'm going to go down to 750.
Simple Minds, "Alive and Kicking", 4,500.
Johnny Hates Jazz, "Shattered Dreams" from '88. The crappy late '80s were about to become the crappy early '90s, so this one gets 4,750.
Men at Work, "Who Can It Be Now" from '82. 1,400.
Bruce Hornsby & the Range, "The Way It Is" -- or at least the way it was in '86. Mellow keyboards, 4,200.
Asia, something Till It's Over -- I forget the name, it's from '82, I think -- 3,800. "Insincerity" was the key word in there.
Madonna, "Borderline" from '84. Very '80s music. Madonna's singing style on this song was one of the reasons that made me theorize that she and Cyndi Lauper were the same person. 4,200.
Police, "I'll Be Watching You". 1,250.
Mike and the Mechanics, "All I Need Is a Miracle", '86. 4,150.
Bangles, "Walk Like an Egyptian", '86. 2,050. My biggest memory of this song is from when the Buffalo Bisons had a shortstop named Sammy Khalifa, who also played for the Pirates. He was born in Egypt, and every time he would draw a base on balls, the ballpark sound system would play -- you guessed it -- "Walk Like an Egyptian".
Joan Jett, "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" from '82. I do love rock 'n' roll, and I like Joan Jett too. 400.
Climax Social Club, "Rumors", 1986. I think with a name like that, the group would be singing something like "Somebody's Watching Me." 4,860, it's pretty bad.
Just talking with Philip about my crappy late '80s-early '90s comment. He disagreed with the early '90s assessment, citing three albums -- "The Chronic" by Dr. Dre, "The Predator" by Ice Cube and "Never Mind" by Nirvana. Philip is way into politics, and he thought the Bill Clinton election and the peak of the crime wave were turning points in our culture. Also, he graduated from high school in '92.
Next is voice recording #088.