Seeing Cher

From Nov. 19, voice recording #105:
Bananarama, "Venus", maybe '88 or '89. It's one of the better remakes, better than the original because it has much more energy. 1,700.
The Cure, "Just Like Heaven", 1988. Not a lot to it. 4,550.
Bryan Adams, "This Time", 1983. 4,275.
Till Tuesday, "Voices Carry", 1985. I've done this before. I'm guessing it was within 100 of 4,500 -- 4,400 to 4,600.
Cameo, "Word Up", '86. I didn't realize the expression was that old. 4,725.
Van Halen, "Jump", I think '89. 2,950.
Crowded House, "Don't Dream It's Over". I would have thought it was called, "Hey, now! Hey, now!" It's from 1987, and it's 4,300.
Johnny Hates Jazz, "Shattered Dreams" from '88. Pretty sure I reviewed this a couple of nights ago. I'm guessing my score would have been close to 4,000, between 3,900 and 4,200. It's kind of upbeat. That's probably because Johnny hates jazz. It has a little variety.
David Bowie, "Let's Dance", I forget the year. 3,400.
Stevie Wonder, "Skeletons", '87. A generous 4,650, maybe just because he's Stevie.
Somehow I got on a '70s channel instead of '80s. The Fortunes, "Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again". I think it's around '75. 3,200.
Cher, "We All Sleep Alone", 1988. 4,550. M-Tex and I went to see Cher in Philadelphia, where a couple of funny things happened. I think it was at the Spectrum. There was a woman sitting next to me who said, "I thought all the men here would either be middle-aged or homosexual." I said, "I'm middle-aged. Not that there's anything wrong with it. Coming back from the Spectrum, we rode a train. M-Tex said quite graciously that she would fight off for me any of the homosexual men on the train. Turned out there was no competition.
Midnight Oil, "Beds Are Burning", '88. 4,700.
Kenny Loggins, "Footloose", '84, 3,500.
Billy Ocean, "Get Out of My Dreams, Get Into My Car", 1988. 4,250.
Toto, "Africa", 1983. 2,600. It has a good hook at the beginning, and monotone singing. The hardest part is when they try to squeeze Kilimanjaro and Serengeti into the same meter, same couple of lines. They kind of rush Kilimanjaro and spread out Ser-en-get-i.
George Harrison, "I've Got My Mind Set on You", maybe around '84. 2,100.
Buggles, "Video Killed the Radio Star". This one gets a lot of extra points just for being so prophetic, so ahead of its time and the first video played on MTV, back when the main network actually played music and music videos. This is listed as 1979, which might be when it came out, but I'm not sure MTV was around until the '80s, when a lot more people had cable TV. The song gets props and 1,900. By the way, I checked and found that MTV's first telecast was Aug. 1, 1981.