Meme: Every Generation Throws a Hero Up The Pop Charts
Via mravac_kid:
Go to popculturemadness.com and find the Greatest Hits for the year you turned 18. Cleverly note that this is totally US-centric and play along only if you're okay with that.
Select the first 50.
Bold the ones you like.
Strike out the ones you hate.
Italicize the ones you are familiar with but neither like nor hate.
Leave the ones you don't know as is.
(Bloggers' Note: As my birthday is only two weeks before New Years', I could have chosen either '84 or '85. I may go back and do this to the '85 charts too.)
1984 Greatest Hits
1. Thriller - Michael Jackson
2. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
3. Footloose - Kenny Loggins
4. Like A Virgin - Madonna
5. Holiday - Madonna
6. I Can't Drive 55 - Sammy Hagar
7. Pride (In The Name Of Love) - U2
8. Jam On It - Newcleus
9. Legs - ZZ Top
10. What's Love Got To Do With It - Tina Turner
11. Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper
12. Lucky Star - Madonna
13. Dancing In The Dark - Bruce Springsteen
14. Cruel Summer - Bananarama
15. She Bop - Cyndi Lauper
16. Let's Hear It For The Boy - Denise Williams
17. Teacher Teacher - 38 Special
18. Stay With Me Tonight - Jeffrey Osborne
19. Purple Rain - Prince
20. I Will Follow - U2
21. Miss Me Blind - Culture Club
22. I Feel For You - Chaka Kahn
23. Heart Of Rock and Roll - Huey Lewis and the News
24. Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
25. Let's Stay Together - Tina Turner
26. Eat It - Wierd Al Yancovic
27. Borderline - Madonna
28. We're Not Gonna Take It - Twisted Sister
29. Let's Go Crazy - Prince
30. Let The Music Play - Shannon
31. Cover Me - Bruce Springsteen
32. Holding Out For A Hero - Bonnie Tyler
33. Runaway - Bon Jovi
34. Rock You Like A Hurricane - Scorpions
35. Somebody's Watching Me - Rockwell
36. Remember The Nights - The Motels
37. Jump - Van Halen
38. I Want A New Drug - Huey Lewis and the News
39. Bang Your Head (Mental Health) - Quiet Riot
40. 99 Luftballons - Nena
41. White Horse - Laid Back
42. Wake Me Up Before You Go Go - Wham
43. Mama We're All Crazee Now - Quiet Riot
44. Caribbean Queen - Billy Ocean
45. I Wanna Rock - Twisted Sister
46. Jump (For My Love) - Pointer Sisters
47. Ya Mo Be There - James Ingram
48. Rebel Yell - Billy Idol
49. Against All Odds - Phil Collins
50. Better Be Good To Me - Tina Turner
Yes, I despised Madonna. It took years and her role in Dick Tracy for me to begin to tolerate her. But I still haven't forgiven her.
Go to popculturemadness.com and find the Greatest Hits for the year you turned 18. Cleverly note that this is totally US-centric and play along only if you're okay with that.
Select the first 50.
Bold the ones you like.
Strike out the ones you hate.
Italicize the ones you are familiar with but neither like nor hate.
Leave the ones you don't know as is.
(Bloggers' Note: As my birthday is only two weeks before New Years', I could have chosen either '84 or '85. I may go back and do this to the '85 charts too.)
1984 Greatest Hits
1. Thriller - Michael Jackson
2. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
3. Footloose - Kenny Loggins
4. Like A Virgin - Madonna
5. Holiday - Madonna
6. I Can't Drive 55 - Sammy Hagar
7. Pride (In The Name Of Love) - U2
8. Jam On It - Newcleus
9. Legs - ZZ Top
10. What's Love Got To Do With It - Tina Turner
11. Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper
12. Lucky Star - Madonna
13. Dancing In The Dark - Bruce Springsteen
14. Cruel Summer - Bananarama
15. She Bop - Cyndi Lauper
16. Let's Hear It For The Boy - Denise Williams
17. Teacher Teacher - 38 Special
18. Stay With Me Tonight - Jeffrey Osborne
19. Purple Rain - Prince
20. I Will Follow - U2
21. Miss Me Blind - Culture Club
22. I Feel For You - Chaka Kahn
23. Heart Of Rock and Roll - Huey Lewis and the News
24. Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
25. Let's Stay Together - Tina Turner
26. Eat It - Wierd Al Yancovic
27. Borderline - Madonna
28. We're Not Gonna Take It - Twisted Sister
29. Let's Go Crazy - Prince
30. Let The Music Play - Shannon
31. Cover Me - Bruce Springsteen
32. Holding Out For A Hero - Bonnie Tyler
33. Runaway - Bon Jovi
34. Rock You Like A Hurricane - Scorpions
35. Somebody's Watching Me - Rockwell
36. Remember The Nights - The Motels
37. Jump - Van Halen
38. I Want A New Drug - Huey Lewis and the News
39. Bang Your Head (Mental Health) - Quiet Riot
40. 99 Luftballons - Nena
41. White Horse - Laid Back
42. Wake Me Up Before You Go Go - Wham
43. Mama We're All Crazee Now - Quiet Riot
44. Caribbean Queen - Billy Ocean
45. I Wanna Rock - Twisted Sister
46. Jump (For My Love) - Pointer Sisters
47. Ya Mo Be There - James Ingram
48. Rebel Yell - Billy Idol
49. Against All Odds - Phil Collins
50. Better Be Good To Me - Tina Turner
Yes, I despised Madonna. It took years and her role in Dick Tracy for me to begin to tolerate her. But I still haven't forgiven her.