1987 started out well enough as Tony and I took a trip out to San Diego to see Ron. It was a great long weekend where we enjoyed the sun, our time with Ron, and I even snagged a Valentine’s Date with a bartender. It was pure joy. Coming back to Chicago wasn’t a happy return though. I thought maybe it was time for me to move there. Madonna’s
(I blaim Michael J Fox, Tracy Pollen and Family Ties for this one 🤷🏼♀️)
* Telling Me Lies -Parton, Ronstadt, Harris (their voices were great together)
* I wanna dance with somebody - Whitney Houston
* Where The Streets have no name - U2
Just missed the list: Reconsider Me (Warren Zevon); With or without you (U2); Fairytale of New York (Pogues); Head to Toe (Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam); Hungry Eyes (Eric Carmen); Tell it to my heart (Taylor Dayne); Just Like Heaven (The Cure)
That California sun has always drawn you. So glad we can now spend a portion of the year there!!
Again, great connection to the songs and the pictures really add that human touch. So much of this is heartfelt. Often we seem to envy people in their 20s but it can be a rough time while one figures out where one is headed. That is more universal than we’d care to admit. Another good read!
Here are my top songs of 1987. Still pretty much tied to Top 40 radio. That will change
Paul Carrack, "Don't Shed a Tear"! BAM! I sang the shed out of that song a decade ago in karaoke! But, I've loved Carrack for decades....what a career! One of my top 1/2-dozen singers ever! I'm still stunned by all the photos you've got of these times (and you know where and when they were)! It's like you presumed an internet and a Substack 35 years into the future!!
Well, then, the perfect "marriage" of photo hoarding with your love of memoir-ing your life! Kinda like me and my voracious appetite for the non-hit records and artists I had exposure to, '60s thru '70s, and memory for the liner-note names, and stuff I read in rock mags! We've both found our special musical talents, and have found a place to share them in a singularly unique way! Keep it going!
No order,of course
* Faith - George Michael
* Lost in Emotion - Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
(Que SERa Que SERa 🤔)
* U Got the Look (Prince & Sheena)
* Have a Little Faith in Me (John Hiatt)
* Seven Wonders - Fleetwood Mac
* True - Concrete Blonde
* At This Moment - Billy Vera
(I blaim Michael J Fox, Tracy Pollen and Family Ties for this one 🤷🏼♀️)
* Telling Me Lies -Parton, Ronstadt, Harris (their voices were great together)
* I wanna dance with somebody - Whitney Houston
* Where The Streets have no name - U2
Just missed the list: Reconsider Me (Warren Zevon); With or without you (U2); Fairytale of New York (Pogues); Head to Toe (Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam); Hungry Eyes (Eric Carmen); Tell it to my heart (Taylor Dayne); Just Like Heaven (The Cure)
I'll rank my Top 5 from this list:
1. U Got the Look
2. Where the Streets Have No Name
3. I Wanna Dance with Somebody
4. Faith
5. Seven Wonders
Prince and Sheena were very good together
That California sun has always drawn you. So glad we can now spend a portion of the year there!!
Again, great connection to the songs and the pictures really add that human touch. So much of this is heartfelt. Often we seem to envy people in their 20s but it can be a rough time while one figures out where one is headed. That is more universal than we’d care to admit. Another good read!
Here are my top songs of 1987. Still pretty much tied to Top 40 radio. That will change
You Got it All-The Jets
Living on a Prayer-Bon Jovi
Caught Up in the Rapture-Anita Baker
Big Love-Fleetwood Mac
Fascinated-Company B
Sweet 16-Billy Idol
Heart & Soul-T’Pau
Living in a Box-Living in a Box
I Heard a Rumor-Bananarama
Little Lies-Fleetwood Mac
Breakout-Swing Out Sister
Mony Mony-Billy Idol
Need U Tonight-INXS
There’s the Girl-Heart
Motortown-Kane Gang
Other songs I was into:
Don’t Dream it’s Over-Crowded House
Don’t Need a Gun-Billy Idol
Stone Love-Kool and the Gang
Right On Track-Breakfast Club
Funkytown-Pseudo Echo
I Want Your Sex-George Michael
Cross My Broken Heart-The Jets
Songbird-Kenny G
Who Found Who-Jellybean
Here I Go Again-Whitesnake
So Emotional-Whitney Houston
Cherry Bomb-John Cougar Mellencamp
The Way You Make Me Feel-Michael Jackson
Don’t Leave Me This Way-Communards
Paul Carrack, "Don't Shed a Tear"! BAM! I sang the shed out of that song a decade ago in karaoke! But, I've loved Carrack for decades....what a career! One of my top 1/2-dozen singers ever! I'm still stunned by all the photos you've got of these times (and you know where and when they were)! It's like you presumed an internet and a Substack 35 years into the future!!
Ha! I wish that was true! It's more like I didn't throw anything away. I learned that from my mother!
Well, then, the perfect "marriage" of photo hoarding with your love of memoir-ing your life! Kinda like me and my voracious appetite for the non-hit records and artists I had exposure to, '60s thru '70s, and memory for the liner-note names, and stuff I read in rock mags! We've both found our special musical talents, and have found a place to share them in a singularly unique way! Keep it going!