On my way home from work recently, I heard two beats of a song I probably haven't listened to in 20 years. Yet, I found myself belting out every lyric (even the back up singers echos) to
Out of the Blue by Debbie Gibson. And when it was over, I waited in my head for
Foolish Beat to be the 2nd track on the tape (didn't that song totally sound like Wham's
Careless Whisper?). I love my iPod and even CDs, but I love the bonding cassette tapes provide. You knew the order of the whole tape, how much space was between each song, and the lyrics to even the worst quality songs artists could put out. And your friends knew them the same way too. The iPod has caused me to be so lazy about my music - I really listen to the same set of songs over and over because I don't want to push through and get used to something new.
Anyway, here are the 3 tapes I probably know in my sleep (I did not include any soundtracks in the list - maybe for another day?):
1. Paula Abdul -
Forever Your Girl - I am not an American Idol person, but I loved some Paula back in the day.
The Way That You Love Me is my personal fav, but
Straight Up was amazing too.
2. JJ Fad -
Supersonic - "We are the home chicks that are rockin' your world" - I remember staying up until 5 am playing the original Mario Brothers on mute and listening to this over and over. I just got a sick slumber party feeling thinking about that.
3. Bangles -
Different Light - I made my mom wake me up to this by pushing play on Monday mornings because I wanted to hear.....
Manic Monday. I do love a theme. I was extremely outraged that year because U2's,
With or Without You beat out
Walk Like an Egyptian for the #1 song of the year. And
Sledgehammer by Peter Gabriel had beat it out for the #1 video. What a wasted New Year's Eve of countdowns... Oddly enough, I now listen to Peter Gabriel and U2 on a very regular basis... and hardly ever pick the Bangles.... hmmmmm.
Honorable Mention: Belinda Carlisle,
Belinda; Bryan Adams,
Reckless; and Madonna,
True Blue
What cassettes do you miss??
2. App Discovery - Skygazer - When I look at the sky, I think all stars are either Orion's Belt or the Big Dipper. Those times are about to change! I downloaded Skygazer for my iPhone & it is amazing! It uses your location from the GPS and the compass to show you a picture of what stars should be in front of your eyes & what the names of the constellations are. Orion would actually be in my vision right now if the sun weren't out. I am very excited about this app!
