A Load of Filler as I'm Too Sick To Think Straight
Hey.
This virus refuses to go quietly. So instead of attempting to occupy your fervent minds directly, I'll just grab something out of my hard drive and see if you readers (I think there's more than one, but I can't be sure) can help me.
I have space in my compact disk travel case for 14 CDs. Below is my very long list of favorite songs. Now I know that I can't fit all of them onto 14 CDs, but I'd like to know which 14 would include the best combination of these songs. So here we go:
FAVORITE SONGS (Alphabetized by Artist)
* Blowing Kisses In the Wind (Paula Abdul)
* Cold Hearted (Paula Abdul)
* How Long Has This Been Going On? (Ace)
* I Need Somebody (Bryan Adams)
* Run To You (Bryan Adams)
* Dream On (Aerosmith)
* Lightning Strikes (Aerosmith)
* No More (Aerosmith)
* Sweet Emotion (Aerosmith)
* Der Kommisar (After The Fire)
* Kiss (Age of Chance)
* The Sun Always Shines on TV (A-Ha)
* Train of Thought (A-Ha)
* Diamonds (Herb Alpert [and Janet Jackson])
* Rise (Herb Alpert)
* How Much I Feel (Ambrosia)
* Ventura Highway (America)
* You Can Do Magic (America)
* Paranoimia (Art of Noise with Max Headroom)
* Only Time Will Tell (Asia)
* Cry For Help (Rick Astley)
* Together Forever (Rick Astley)
* Roam (B-52's)
* Hey You (Bachman Turner Overdrive)
* Easy Lover (Philip Bailey & Phil Collins)
* Rapture (Anita Baker)
* Same Old Love (Anita Baker)
* Hearts (Marty Balin)
* Voices (Russ Ballard)
* The Weight (The Band)
* California Dreamin' (The Beach Boys)
* Somewhere Near Japan (The Beach Boys)
* Last Song (Edward Bear)
* Hello, Goodbye (The Beatles)
* Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (reprise)/A Day in the Life (The Beatles)
* Fanny [Be Tender With My Love] (The Bee Gees)
* Love You Inside Out (The Bee Gees)
* Nights on Broadway (The Bee Gees)
* Tragedy (The Bee Gees)
* Invincible (Pat Benatar)
* Precious Time (Pat Benatar)
* Gimme The Night (George Benson)
* The Metro (Berlin)
* In a Big Country (Big Country) [I have this on CD]
* Fields of Fire (Big Country)
* Walking in Rhythm (Blackbyrds)
* Highway Song (Blackfoot)
* Train, Train (Blackfoot)
* One Way or Another (Blondie)
* Rapture (Blondie) [I have this on CD]
* She Don't Know Me (Bon Jovi)
* Wanted Dead or Alive (Bon Jovi)
* Boys Keep Swinging (David Bowie)
* Changes [live Ziggy Stardust version] (David Bowie)
* Suffragette City (David Bowie)
* Self Control (Laura Branigan)
* Right on Track (Breakfast Club)
* Stomp (The Brothers Johnson)
* Control (Bobby Brown)
* The Loadout (Jackson Browne)
* Running On Empty (Jackson Browne)
* Trouble (Lindsay Buckingham)
* Fins (Jimmy Buffett)
* Circle in the Sand (Belinda Carlisle)
* Bye-Bye Love (The Cars)
* Hello Again (The Cars)
* Magic (The Cars) [I have this on CD]
* My Best Friend's Girl (The Cars)
* You Are the Girl (The Cars)
* Basketball Jones featuring Tyrone Shoelaces (Cheech & Chong)
* I'm Not Home Right Now (Cheech & Chong)
* Get Out Of My Room (Cheech & Chong)
* After Midnight [later version] (Eric Clapton)
* Forever Man (Eric Clapton)
* Holy Mother (Eric Clapton)
* I Can't Stand It (Eric Clapton)
* She's Waiting [live version] (Eric Clapton)
* London Calling (The Clash)
* Rock the Casbah (The Clash)
* Train In Vain (The Clash)
* If I Had a Rocket Launcher (Bruce Cockburn)
* When the Night Comes [the version with the guitar jam in the middle] (Joe Cocker)
* In Too Deep (Phil Collins [or is it Genesis?])
* It's Just a Job (Phil Collins)
* Everyday I Write the Book (Elvis Costello) [I have this on CD]
* Radio Radio (Elvis Costello)
* Veronica (Elvis Costello)
* Smoking Gun (Robert Cray)
* The Rain King (Counting Crows)
* Badge (Cream)
* Ramble Tamble (Creedance Clearwater Revival)
* All Right (Christopher Cross)
* Never Be the Same (Christopher Cross)
* Ride Like the Wind (Christopher Cross) [I have this on CD]
* Don't Dream It's Over (Crowded House) [I have this on CD]
* Time (Culture Club) [I have this on CD]
* I've Been in Love Before (Cutting Crew)
* Welcome to the Boom Town (David & David) [I have this on CD]
* Decoy (Miles Davis)
* Cool Night (Paul Davis)
* I Go Crazy (Paul Davis)
* Don't Rush Me (Taylor Dayne)
* Animal (Def Leppard)
* Foolin' (Def Leppard)
* Photograph (Def Leppard)
* Sequencer (Al DeMeola)
* Strangelove (Depeche Mode)
* Sausalito Summernight [full version] (Diesel)
* Brothers in Arms (Dire Straits)
* Industrial Disease (Dire Straits)
* The Man's Too Strong (Dire Straits)
* Skateaway (Dire Straits)
* Sultans of Swing (Dire Straits)
* One of Our Submarines (Thomas Dolby)
* The Doctor (Doobie Brothers)
* Here to Love (Doobie Brothers)
* Real Love (Doobie Brothers)
* Slow Burn In L.A. Town (Doobie Brothers)
* Taking it to the Streets (Doobie Brothers)
* What a Fool Believes (Doobie Brothers)
* Meet El Presidente (Duran Duran)
* The Reflex (Duran Duran) [I have this on CD]
* Save a Prayer (Duran Duran)
* Skin Trade (Duran Duran)
* Subterranean Homesick Blues (Bob Dylan)
* New Kid in Town (Eagles)
* One of These Nights (Eagles)
* Unbelievable (E.M.F.)
* Love Is The Answer (England Dan and John Ford Coley)
* Nights Are Forever Without You (England Dan and John Ford Coley)
* We'll Never Have to Say Goodbye Again (England Dan and John Ford Coley)
* Shake for the Sheik (Escape Club)
* Resist (Melissa Etheridge) [I have this and the next two on cassette]
* Ruins (Melissa Etheridge)
* Silent Legacy (Melissa Etheridge)
* The Way I Do [Unplugged/live version] (Melissa Etheridge)
* Yes I Am (Melissa Etheridge) [I have this on cassette]
* Here Comes the Rain Again (Eurythmics)
* I Need a Man (Eurythmics)
* Missionary Man (Eurythmics) [I have this on CD]
* Point of No Return (Expose)
* Seasons Change (Expose)
* Hole Hearted (Extreme)
* Pretzel Logic (Donald Fagen [or Steely Dan])
* Good Thing (Fine Young Cannibals)
* Red Skies (The Fixx)
* Saved By Zero (The Fixx)
* Stand Or Fall (The Fixx)
* Bare Trees (Fleetwood Mac)
* Everywhere (Fleetwood Mac)
* Gypsy (Fleetwood Mac)
* Hold Me (Fleetwood Mac) [I have this on CD]
* Landslide (Fleetwood Mac)
* Little Lies (Fleetwood Mac)
* Paper Doll (Fleetwood Mac)
* Seven Wonders (Fleetwood Mac)
* Tusk (Fleetwood Mac)
* I Ran (Flock of Seagulls)
* The Power of Gold (Dan Fogelberg)
* The Old Man Down the Road (John Fogerty)
* Fool For the City (Foghat)
* That Was Yesterday (Foreigner)
* A Day in the Sun (Peter Frampton)
* Do You Feel Like I Do (Peter Frampton)
* Show Me the Way (Peter Frampton)
* Sweetheart (Franke & The Knockouts)
* I Knew You Were Waiting (Aretha Franklin & George Michael)
* Games Without Frontiers (Peter Gabriel)
* I Don't Remember (Peter Gabriel)
* Shock The Monkey (Peter Gabriel)
* Solsbury Hill (Peter Gabriel)
* Home By the Sea (Genesis)
* Illegal Alien (Genesis)
* Throwing it All Away (Genesis)
* Turn It On Again (Genesis)
* Someday (Glass Tiger)
* Thin Red Line (Glass Tiger)
* Twilight Zone (Golden Earring)
* Electric Avenue (Eddy Grant)
* Romancing the Stone (Eddy Grant) [I have the 45 of this]
* Paradise City (Guns N Roses)
* Sweet Child of Mine (Guns N Roses)
* Heavy Metal (Sammy Hagar)
* Sunglasses At Night (Corey Hart)
* Family Man (Hall & Oates)
* I Can't Go For That (Hall & Oates)
* Maneater (Hall & Oates)
* Say It Isn't So (Hall & Oates)
* This Is Love (George Harrison)
* What Is Life (George Harrison)
* When We Was Fab (George Harrison)
* One Night in Bangkok (Murray Head)
* Alone (Heart)
* There's the Girl (Heart)
* Are You Experienced? (Jimi Hendrix)
* Answering Machine (Rupert Holmes)
* Feel It Again (Honeymoon Suite)
* Hey Hey What Can I Do? (Hootie & the Blowfish)
* Old Man & Me [When I Get to Heaven] (Hootie & the Blowfish)
* Time (Hootie & the Blowfish)
* Mandolin Rain (Bruce Hornsby & the Range)
* Valley Road (Bruce Hornsby & the Range)
* Catch My Fall (Billy Idol)
* Dancing With Myself (Billy Idol)
* Eyes Without a Face (Billy Idol)
* Got to Be a Lover (Billy Idol)
* Rebel Yell (Billy Idol)
* Sweet Sixteen (Billy Idol)
* Need You Tonight (INXS)
* Can't Do a Thing To Stop Me (Chris Isaak)
* Torture (The Jacksons)
* Black Cat (Janet Jackson)
* Nasty (Janet Jackson) [this song was actually remade by Lisa Lisa {IIRC} for the TV movie "Nasty Boys"]
* You Can't Get What You Want Till You Know What You Want (Joe Jackson)
* I Hate Myself For Loving You (Joan Jett and the Blackhearts)
* Movin' Out (Billy Joel)
* You May Be Right (Billy Joel)
* Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding (Elton John)
* I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues (Elton John)
* Simple Life (Elton John)
* Someone Saved My Life Tonight (Elton John)
* Wrap Her Up (Elton John)
* Zap (Eric Johnson)
* Shattered Dreams (Johnny Hates Jazz)
* Turn Back the Clock (Johnny Hates Jazz)
* Friends of Mr. Cairo (Jon and Vangelis)
* I'll Be Alright Without You (Journey)
* Lights (Journey)
* Lovin Touchin Squeezin (Journey)
* Wheel in the Sky (Journey)
* Carry On My Wayward Son (Kansas)
* The Breakup Song (The Greg Kihn Band)
* Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime (The Korgis)
* Where Are We Runnin'? (Lenny Kravitz)
* Boy Blue (Cyndi Lauper)
* Immigrant Song (Led Zepplin)
* Kashmir (Led Zepplin)
* Ramble On (Led Zepplin)
* Stairway to Heaven (Led Zepplin)
* Thank You (Led Zepplin or Page & Plant "Unleaded")
* Lessons in Love (Level 42)
* Heart and Soul (Huey Lewis & the News)
* Hip to Be Square (Huey Lewis & the News)
* Jacob's Ladder (Huey Lewis & the News)
* Nail it to the Wall (Stacy Lattisaw)
* We Two (Little River Band) [I have this on CD]
* Heart to Heart (Kenny Loggins)
* I'm All Right (Kenny Loggins)
* This is It (Kenny Loggins)
* Sweet Sweet Baby (Lone Justice)
* Hot Girls in Love (Loverboy)
* The Kid is Hot Tonight (Loverboy)
* When It's Over (Loverboy)
* On the Boulevard (Manhattan Transfer)
* Night Moves (Marilyn Martin)
* Endless Summer Nights (Richard Marx)
* Satisfied (Richard Marx)
* Should've Known Better (Richard Marx)
* Biker Like an Icon (Paul McCartney)
* No More Lonely Nights (Paul McCartney)
* Press (Paul McCartney)
* Stranglehold (Paul McCartney)
* Crumblin' Down (John Cougar Mellenkamp)
* Hand to Hold On To (John Cougar Mellenkamp)
* R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. (John Cougar Mellenkamp)
* Rumbleseat (John Cougar Mellenkamp)
* Small Town [live acoustic version] (John Cougar Mellenkamp)
* Down Under (Men at Work)
* It's A Mistake (Men at Work)
* Overkill (Men at Work)
* Alibis (Sergio Mendes)
* Silent Running (Mike & the Mechanics)
* Free Man in Paris (Joni Mitchell)
* Good Friends (Joni Mitchell)
* Raised On Robbery (Joni Mitchell)
* Sex Kills (Joni Mitchell)
* Dreams I'll Never See (Molly Hatchet)
* Flirting With Disaster (Molly Hatchet)
* Gimme Some Water (Eddie Money)
* Take Me Home Tonight (Eddie Money) [see "Pamela"]
* Lunar Station Number Five (Montrose [Sammy Hagar])
* Only the Lonely (The Motels) [I have this on CD]
* Shame (The Motels) [I have this on CD]
* Looks That Kill (Motley Crue)
* Smokin' In the Boys' Room (Motley Crue)
* Cuts You Up (Peter Murphy) [I have this on CD]
* Dominoes (Robbie Nevil) [I have this on CD]
* Time Waits For No One (Robbie Nevil) [I have this on CD]
* Wot's It To Ya? (Robbie Nevil) [I have this on CD]
* Black Dog (Newcity Rockers) [assuming this is the _remake_ of the Led Zepplin song]
* Rev It Up (Newcity Rockers)
* A Little More Love (Olivia Newton-John)
* Landslide (Olivia Newton-John)
* If Anyone Falls (Stevie Nicks)
* Stand Back (Stevie Nicks)
* So In Love (O.M.D.)
* You Got It (Roy Orbison)
* Stay the Night (Benjamin Orr)
* Ghost Riders in the Sky (The Outlaws)
* Green Grass & High Tides (The Outlaws)
* Prove Me Wrong (David Pack)
* I Didn't Mean to Turn You On (Robert Palmer [there is a version by Cherrelle too])
* Simply Irresistable (Robert Palmer)
* Eye in the Sky (The Alan Parsons Project) [I have this on CD]
* Damned If I Do (The Alan Parsons Project) [I have this on CD]
* Don't Answer Me (The Alan Parsons Project) [I have this on CD]
* Games People Play (The Alan Parsons Project) [I have this on CD]
* Turn It Up (Alan Parsons)
* Benefit of the Doubt (Pebbles)
* Opportunities [European version] (Pet Shop Boys)
* West End Girls (Pet Shop Boys)
* What Have I Done to Deserve This? (Pet Shop Boys with Dusty Springfield)
* Rebels (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers)
* Refugee (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers)
* You Got Lucky (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers)
* Lust (Pink Floyd)
* Run Like Hell (Pink Floyd)
* Big Log (Robert Plant) [there is a quasi-bluegrass version of this song by Victor Krause]
* Heaven Knows (Robert Plant)
* Sixes and Sevens (Robert Plant)
* Tall Cool One (Robert Plant)
* Twenty-Nine Palms (Robert Plant)
* Baby Come Back (Player)
* Don't Stand So Close To Me (The Police)
* I Can't Stand Losing (The Police)
* Invisible Sun (The Police)
* King of Pain (The Police)
* So Lonely (The Police)
* Spirits in the Material World (The Police)
* Synchronicity II (The Police)
* Walking On the Moon (The Police)
* Wrapped Around Your Finger (The Police)
* Get It On [Bang a Gong] (The Power Station)
* Kentucky Rain (Elvis Presley)
* Talk of the Town (The Pretenders)
* Alphabet Street (Prince & the Revolution)
* Delirious (Prince & the Revolution)
* Little Red Corvette (Prince & the Revolution)
* Let's Go Crazy (Prince & the Revolution)
* Pop Life (Prince & the Revolution)
* Another One Bites The Dust (Queen)
* Killer Queen (Queen)
* Radio Gaga (Queen)
* Downstream (The Rainmakers)
* Texas (Chris Rea)
* Fight Like a Brave (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
* Don't Talk to Me About Work (Lou Reed)
* Driver 8 (R.E.M.)
* Fall On Me (R.E.M.)
* Leaving New York (R.E.M.)
* Orange Crush (R.E.M.)
* Photograph (R.E.M. [with Natalie Merchant])
* Stand (R.E.M.)
* Somebody's Watching Me (Rockwell [with some help from Michael Jackson])
* Emotional Rescue (Rolling Stones)
* Jumpin Jack Flash (Rolling Stones)
* Mixed Emotions (Rolling Stones)
* Undercover of the Night (Rolling Stones)
* Waiting on a Friend (Rolling Stones)
* A Girl in Trouble (Romeo Void) [I have this on CD]
* Hurt So Bad (Linda Rondstadt)
* Good Times (David Lee Roth)
* Yankee Rose (David Lee Roth)
* Fading Like a Flower (Roxette)
* Joyride (Roxette)
* It's Tricky (Run-D.M.C.)
* Limelight (Rush)
* Spirit of Radio (Rush)
* Subdivisions (Rush)
* Piano in the Dark (Brenda Russell)
* Major Tom (Peter Schilling)
* Smooth Operator (Sade)
* Your Love is King (Sade)
* She's Not There (Santana)
* Satch Boogie (Joe Satriani)
* No One Like You (Scorpions)
* Rock Me Like a Hurricane (Scorpions)
* Winds of Change (Scorpions)
* I Wanna Be a Flintstone (Screaming Blue Messiahs)
* Wild Blue Yonder (Screaming Blue Messiahs)
* Get Closer (Seals and Kroft)
* Against the Wind (Bob Segur and the Silver Bullet Band)
* Beautiful Loser (Bob Segur and the Silver Bullet Band)
* Cumbersome (Seven Mary Three)
* Dead Giveaway (Shalamar)
* Runaway ["Crime Story" theme version] (Del Shannon)
* Girls With Guns (Tommy Shaw)
* Jesse (Carly Simon)
* That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be (Carly Simon)
* You Belong to Me (Carly Simon)
* You're So Vain (Carly Simon)
* The Boxer (Simon & Garfunkle)
* Holding Back the Years (Simply Red)
* Run to My Aid (Simply Red)
* Misery (Soul Asylum)
* Only When You Leave (Spandau Ballet)
* True (Spandau Ballet) [I have this on CD]
* Cleopatra's Cat (Spin Doctors)
* I Got You (Split Enz)
* Bruce (Rick Springfield)
* Love is Alright Tonight (Rick Springfield)
* Murder Incorporated (Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band)
* Tenth Avenue Freezeout (Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band)
* Thunder Road ["No Nukes" version] (Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band)
* Tunnel of Love (Bruce Springsteen)
* Sara (Starship)
* Deacon Blues (Steely Dan)
* Do It Again (Steely Dan)
* Don't Take Me Alive (Steely Dan)
* Hey Nineteen (Steely Dan)
* Kid Charlemagne (Steely Dan)
* Time Passages (Al Stewart)
* Year of the Cat (Al Stewart)
* Broken Arrow (Rod Stewart)
* Infatuation (Rod Stewart)
* I Was Only Joking (Rod Stewart)
* Treetop Flyer (Steven Stills)
* Englishman in New York (Sting)
* Love is Stronger Than Justice (Sting)
* Fortress Around Your Heart (Sting)
* Babe (Styx)
* Come Sail Away (Styx)
* Mr. Robotto (Styx) [I have this on CD]
* Renegade (Styx)
* Too Much Time on My Hands (Styx)
* Fool's Overture (Supertramp)
* Goodbye Stranger (Supertramp)
* It's Raining Again (Supertramp)
* Take the Long Way Home (Supertramp)
* Rock el Casbah (Rachid Taha) [this is an Algerian-made Arabic-language remake of the Clash hit!]
* Burning Down the House [version from "Baseball"] (Talking Heads)
* Life During Wartime [live version] (Talking Heads)
* Love For Sale (Talking Heads)
* Her Town Too (James Taylor)
* Everybody Wants to Rule the World (Tears For Fears) [I have this on CD]
* Good Night Song (Tears For Fears)
* Head Over Heels (Tears For Fears)
* Caught Up In You (38 Special)
* If I'd Been the One (38 Special)
* Mama Told Me Not to Come (Three Dog Night)
* Voices Carry (Til Tuesday)
* 867-5309 (Tommy Tutone)
* Pamela (Toto) [I have this song on cassette but it's off-tempo]
* Handle With Care (Traveling Wilburys)
* She's a Beauty (The Tubes)
* Better Be Good To Me (Tina Turner)
* Private Dancer (Tina Turner)
* Typical Male (Tina Turner)
* Total Eclipse of the Heart (Bonnie Tyler)
* Bullet the Blue Sky (U2)
* In God's Country (U2)
* Maggie's Farm (U2) [and yes, I have heard the original Bob Dylan version]
* New Year's Day [album version and/or remix?] (U2)
* Stay (U2)
* Two Hearts (U2)
* Cradle Will Rock (Van Halen)
* Finish What Ya Started (Van Halen)
* Pretty Woman (Van Halen)
* Ice Cream Man (Van Halen)
* Panama (Van Halen)
* Turning Japanese (The Vapors) [not really a favorite, but listed for reference]
* Superstitious (Stevie Ray Vaughn)
* To Live and Die in L.A. (Wang Chung)
* Ebony Eyes (Bob Welch)
* Sentimental Woman (Bob Welch)
* Edge of Heaven (Wham)
* Everything She Wants [long version] (Wham)
* Freedom (Wham) [NOT the song of the same title by George Michael]
* Behind Blue Eyes (The Who)
* Going Mobile (The Who)
* Saturday Night's Allright For Fighting/Take Me to the Pilot (The Who)
* We Don't Get Fooled Again (The Who)
* Band on the Run (Wings)
* Jet (Wings)
* Let 'Em In (Wings)
* Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey (Wings)
* Higher Love [singles version] (Steve Winwood)
* Talking Back to the Night (Steve Winwood)
* Valerie [later radio version] (Steve Winwood)
* Changes (Yes)
* Roundabout (Yes)
* My My, Hey Hey [the "plugged" version] (Neil Young)
* Old Man (Neil Young)
* Rough Boy (ZZ Top)
* Stages (ZZ Top)
* Velcro Fly (ZZ Top)
This virus refuses to go quietly. So instead of attempting to occupy your fervent minds directly, I'll just grab something out of my hard drive and see if you readers (I think there's more than one, but I can't be sure) can help me.
I have space in my compact disk travel case for 14 CDs. Below is my very long list of favorite songs. Now I know that I can't fit all of them onto 14 CDs, but I'd like to know which 14 would include the best combination of these songs. So here we go:
FAVORITE SONGS (Alphabetized by Artist)
* Blowing Kisses In the Wind (Paula Abdul)
* Cold Hearted (Paula Abdul)
* How Long Has This Been Going On? (Ace)
* I Need Somebody (Bryan Adams)
* Run To You (Bryan Adams)
* Dream On (Aerosmith)
* Lightning Strikes (Aerosmith)
* No More (Aerosmith)
* Sweet Emotion (Aerosmith)
* Der Kommisar (After The Fire)
* Kiss (Age of Chance)
* The Sun Always Shines on TV (A-Ha)
* Train of Thought (A-Ha)
* Diamonds (Herb Alpert [and Janet Jackson])
* Rise (Herb Alpert)
* How Much I Feel (Ambrosia)
* Ventura Highway (America)
* You Can Do Magic (America)
* Paranoimia (Art of Noise with Max Headroom)
* Only Time Will Tell (Asia)
* Cry For Help (Rick Astley)
* Together Forever (Rick Astley)
* Roam (B-52's)
* Hey You (Bachman Turner Overdrive)
* Easy Lover (Philip Bailey & Phil Collins)
* Rapture (Anita Baker)
* Same Old Love (Anita Baker)
* Hearts (Marty Balin)
* Voices (Russ Ballard)
* The Weight (The Band)
* California Dreamin' (The Beach Boys)
* Somewhere Near Japan (The Beach Boys)
* Last Song (Edward Bear)
* Hello, Goodbye (The Beatles)
* Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (reprise)/A Day in the Life (The Beatles)
* Fanny [Be Tender With My Love] (The Bee Gees)
* Love You Inside Out (The Bee Gees)
* Nights on Broadway (The Bee Gees)
* Tragedy (The Bee Gees)
* Invincible (Pat Benatar)
* Precious Time (Pat Benatar)
* Gimme The Night (George Benson)
* The Metro (Berlin)
* In a Big Country (Big Country) [I have this on CD]
* Fields of Fire (Big Country)
* Walking in Rhythm (Blackbyrds)
* Highway Song (Blackfoot)
* Train, Train (Blackfoot)
* One Way or Another (Blondie)
* Rapture (Blondie) [I have this on CD]
* She Don't Know Me (Bon Jovi)
* Wanted Dead or Alive (Bon Jovi)
* Boys Keep Swinging (David Bowie)
* Changes [live Ziggy Stardust version] (David Bowie)
* Suffragette City (David Bowie)
* Self Control (Laura Branigan)
* Right on Track (Breakfast Club)
* Stomp (The Brothers Johnson)
* Control (Bobby Brown)
* The Loadout (Jackson Browne)
* Running On Empty (Jackson Browne)
* Trouble (Lindsay Buckingham)
* Fins (Jimmy Buffett)
* Circle in the Sand (Belinda Carlisle)
* Bye-Bye Love (The Cars)
* Hello Again (The Cars)
* Magic (The Cars) [I have this on CD]
* My Best Friend's Girl (The Cars)
* You Are the Girl (The Cars)
* Basketball Jones featuring Tyrone Shoelaces (Cheech & Chong)
* I'm Not Home Right Now (Cheech & Chong)
* Get Out Of My Room (Cheech & Chong)
* After Midnight [later version] (Eric Clapton)
* Forever Man (Eric Clapton)
* Holy Mother (Eric Clapton)
* I Can't Stand It (Eric Clapton)
* She's Waiting [live version] (Eric Clapton)
* London Calling (The Clash)
* Rock the Casbah (The Clash)
* Train In Vain (The Clash)
* If I Had a Rocket Launcher (Bruce Cockburn)
* When the Night Comes [the version with the guitar jam in the middle] (Joe Cocker)
* In Too Deep (Phil Collins [or is it Genesis?])
* It's Just a Job (Phil Collins)
* Everyday I Write the Book (Elvis Costello) [I have this on CD]
* Radio Radio (Elvis Costello)
* Veronica (Elvis Costello)
* Smoking Gun (Robert Cray)
* The Rain King (Counting Crows)
* Badge (Cream)
* Ramble Tamble (Creedance Clearwater Revival)
* All Right (Christopher Cross)
* Never Be the Same (Christopher Cross)
* Ride Like the Wind (Christopher Cross) [I have this on CD]
* Don't Dream It's Over (Crowded House) [I have this on CD]
* Time (Culture Club) [I have this on CD]
* I've Been in Love Before (Cutting Crew)
* Welcome to the Boom Town (David & David) [I have this on CD]
* Decoy (Miles Davis)
* Cool Night (Paul Davis)
* I Go Crazy (Paul Davis)
* Don't Rush Me (Taylor Dayne)
* Animal (Def Leppard)
* Foolin' (Def Leppard)
* Photograph (Def Leppard)
* Sequencer (Al DeMeola)
* Strangelove (Depeche Mode)
* Sausalito Summernight [full version] (Diesel)
* Brothers in Arms (Dire Straits)
* Industrial Disease (Dire Straits)
* The Man's Too Strong (Dire Straits)
* Skateaway (Dire Straits)
* Sultans of Swing (Dire Straits)
* One of Our Submarines (Thomas Dolby)
* The Doctor (Doobie Brothers)
* Here to Love (Doobie Brothers)
* Real Love (Doobie Brothers)
* Slow Burn In L.A. Town (Doobie Brothers)
* Taking it to the Streets (Doobie Brothers)
* What a Fool Believes (Doobie Brothers)
* Meet El Presidente (Duran Duran)
* The Reflex (Duran Duran) [I have this on CD]
* Save a Prayer (Duran Duran)
* Skin Trade (Duran Duran)
* Subterranean Homesick Blues (Bob Dylan)
* New Kid in Town (Eagles)
* One of These Nights (Eagles)
* Unbelievable (E.M.F.)
* Love Is The Answer (England Dan and John Ford Coley)
* Nights Are Forever Without You (England Dan and John Ford Coley)
* We'll Never Have to Say Goodbye Again (England Dan and John Ford Coley)
* Shake for the Sheik (Escape Club)
* Resist (Melissa Etheridge) [I have this and the next two on cassette]
* Ruins (Melissa Etheridge)
* Silent Legacy (Melissa Etheridge)
* The Way I Do [Unplugged/live version] (Melissa Etheridge)
* Yes I Am (Melissa Etheridge) [I have this on cassette]
* Here Comes the Rain Again (Eurythmics)
* I Need a Man (Eurythmics)
* Missionary Man (Eurythmics) [I have this on CD]
* Point of No Return (Expose)
* Seasons Change (Expose)
* Hole Hearted (Extreme)
* Pretzel Logic (Donald Fagen [or Steely Dan])
* Good Thing (Fine Young Cannibals)
* Red Skies (The Fixx)
* Saved By Zero (The Fixx)
* Stand Or Fall (The Fixx)
* Bare Trees (Fleetwood Mac)
* Everywhere (Fleetwood Mac)
* Gypsy (Fleetwood Mac)
* Hold Me (Fleetwood Mac) [I have this on CD]
* Landslide (Fleetwood Mac)
* Little Lies (Fleetwood Mac)
* Paper Doll (Fleetwood Mac)
* Seven Wonders (Fleetwood Mac)
* Tusk (Fleetwood Mac)
* I Ran (Flock of Seagulls)
* The Power of Gold (Dan Fogelberg)
* The Old Man Down the Road (John Fogerty)
* Fool For the City (Foghat)
* That Was Yesterday (Foreigner)
* A Day in the Sun (Peter Frampton)
* Do You Feel Like I Do (Peter Frampton)
* Show Me the Way (Peter Frampton)
* Sweetheart (Franke & The Knockouts)
* I Knew You Were Waiting (Aretha Franklin & George Michael)
* Games Without Frontiers (Peter Gabriel)
* I Don't Remember (Peter Gabriel)
* Shock The Monkey (Peter Gabriel)
* Solsbury Hill (Peter Gabriel)
* Home By the Sea (Genesis)
* Illegal Alien (Genesis)
* Throwing it All Away (Genesis)
* Turn It On Again (Genesis)
* Someday (Glass Tiger)
* Thin Red Line (Glass Tiger)
* Twilight Zone (Golden Earring)
* Electric Avenue (Eddy Grant)
* Romancing the Stone (Eddy Grant) [I have the 45 of this]
* Paradise City (Guns N Roses)
* Sweet Child of Mine (Guns N Roses)
* Heavy Metal (Sammy Hagar)
* Sunglasses At Night (Corey Hart)
* Family Man (Hall & Oates)
* I Can't Go For That (Hall & Oates)
* Maneater (Hall & Oates)
* Say It Isn't So (Hall & Oates)
* This Is Love (George Harrison)
* What Is Life (George Harrison)
* When We Was Fab (George Harrison)
* One Night in Bangkok (Murray Head)
* Alone (Heart)
* There's the Girl (Heart)
* Are You Experienced? (Jimi Hendrix)
* Answering Machine (Rupert Holmes)
* Feel It Again (Honeymoon Suite)
* Hey Hey What Can I Do? (Hootie & the Blowfish)
* Old Man & Me [When I Get to Heaven] (Hootie & the Blowfish)
* Time (Hootie & the Blowfish)
* Mandolin Rain (Bruce Hornsby & the Range)
* Valley Road (Bruce Hornsby & the Range)
* Catch My Fall (Billy Idol)
* Dancing With Myself (Billy Idol)
* Eyes Without a Face (Billy Idol)
* Got to Be a Lover (Billy Idol)
* Rebel Yell (Billy Idol)
* Sweet Sixteen (Billy Idol)
* Need You Tonight (INXS)
* Can't Do a Thing To Stop Me (Chris Isaak)
* Torture (The Jacksons)
* Black Cat (Janet Jackson)
* Nasty (Janet Jackson) [this song was actually remade by Lisa Lisa {IIRC} for the TV movie "Nasty Boys"]
* You Can't Get What You Want Till You Know What You Want (Joe Jackson)
* I Hate Myself For Loving You (Joan Jett and the Blackhearts)
* Movin' Out (Billy Joel)
* You May Be Right (Billy Joel)
* Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding (Elton John)
* I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues (Elton John)
* Simple Life (Elton John)
* Someone Saved My Life Tonight (Elton John)
* Wrap Her Up (Elton John)
* Zap (Eric Johnson)
* Shattered Dreams (Johnny Hates Jazz)
* Turn Back the Clock (Johnny Hates Jazz)
* Friends of Mr. Cairo (Jon and Vangelis)
* I'll Be Alright Without You (Journey)
* Lights (Journey)
* Lovin Touchin Squeezin (Journey)
* Wheel in the Sky (Journey)
* Carry On My Wayward Son (Kansas)
* The Breakup Song (The Greg Kihn Band)
* Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime (The Korgis)
* Where Are We Runnin'? (Lenny Kravitz)
* Boy Blue (Cyndi Lauper)
* Immigrant Song (Led Zepplin)
* Kashmir (Led Zepplin)
* Ramble On (Led Zepplin)
* Stairway to Heaven (Led Zepplin)
* Thank You (Led Zepplin or Page & Plant "Unleaded")
* Lessons in Love (Level 42)
* Heart and Soul (Huey Lewis & the News)
* Hip to Be Square (Huey Lewis & the News)
* Jacob's Ladder (Huey Lewis & the News)
* Nail it to the Wall (Stacy Lattisaw)
* We Two (Little River Band) [I have this on CD]
* Heart to Heart (Kenny Loggins)
* I'm All Right (Kenny Loggins)
* This is It (Kenny Loggins)
* Sweet Sweet Baby (Lone Justice)
* Hot Girls in Love (Loverboy)
* The Kid is Hot Tonight (Loverboy)
* When It's Over (Loverboy)
* On the Boulevard (Manhattan Transfer)
* Night Moves (Marilyn Martin)
* Endless Summer Nights (Richard Marx)
* Satisfied (Richard Marx)
* Should've Known Better (Richard Marx)
* Biker Like an Icon (Paul McCartney)
* No More Lonely Nights (Paul McCartney)
* Press (Paul McCartney)
* Stranglehold (Paul McCartney)
* Crumblin' Down (John Cougar Mellenkamp)
* Hand to Hold On To (John Cougar Mellenkamp)
* R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. (John Cougar Mellenkamp)
* Rumbleseat (John Cougar Mellenkamp)
* Small Town [live acoustic version] (John Cougar Mellenkamp)
* Down Under (Men at Work)
* It's A Mistake (Men at Work)
* Overkill (Men at Work)
* Alibis (Sergio Mendes)
* Silent Running (Mike & the Mechanics)
* Free Man in Paris (Joni Mitchell)
* Good Friends (Joni Mitchell)
* Raised On Robbery (Joni Mitchell)
* Sex Kills (Joni Mitchell)
* Dreams I'll Never See (Molly Hatchet)
* Flirting With Disaster (Molly Hatchet)
* Gimme Some Water (Eddie Money)
* Take Me Home Tonight (Eddie Money) [see "Pamela"]
* Lunar Station Number Five (Montrose [Sammy Hagar])
* Only the Lonely (The Motels) [I have this on CD]
* Shame (The Motels) [I have this on CD]
* Looks That Kill (Motley Crue)
* Smokin' In the Boys' Room (Motley Crue)
* Cuts You Up (Peter Murphy) [I have this on CD]
* Dominoes (Robbie Nevil) [I have this on CD]
* Time Waits For No One (Robbie Nevil) [I have this on CD]
* Wot's It To Ya? (Robbie Nevil) [I have this on CD]
* Black Dog (Newcity Rockers) [assuming this is the _remake_ of the Led Zepplin song]
* Rev It Up (Newcity Rockers)
* A Little More Love (Olivia Newton-John)
* Landslide (Olivia Newton-John)
* If Anyone Falls (Stevie Nicks)
* Stand Back (Stevie Nicks)
* So In Love (O.M.D.)
* You Got It (Roy Orbison)
* Stay the Night (Benjamin Orr)
* Ghost Riders in the Sky (The Outlaws)
* Green Grass & High Tides (The Outlaws)
* Prove Me Wrong (David Pack)
* I Didn't Mean to Turn You On (Robert Palmer [there is a version by Cherrelle too])
* Simply Irresistable (Robert Palmer)
* Eye in the Sky (The Alan Parsons Project) [I have this on CD]
* Damned If I Do (The Alan Parsons Project) [I have this on CD]
* Don't Answer Me (The Alan Parsons Project) [I have this on CD]
* Games People Play (The Alan Parsons Project) [I have this on CD]
* Turn It Up (Alan Parsons)
* Benefit of the Doubt (Pebbles)
* Opportunities [European version] (Pet Shop Boys)
* West End Girls (Pet Shop Boys)
* What Have I Done to Deserve This? (Pet Shop Boys with Dusty Springfield)
* Rebels (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers)
* Refugee (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers)
* You Got Lucky (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers)
* Lust (Pink Floyd)
* Run Like Hell (Pink Floyd)
* Big Log (Robert Plant) [there is a quasi-bluegrass version of this song by Victor Krause]
* Heaven Knows (Robert Plant)
* Sixes and Sevens (Robert Plant)
* Tall Cool One (Robert Plant)
* Twenty-Nine Palms (Robert Plant)
* Baby Come Back (Player)
* Don't Stand So Close To Me (The Police)
* I Can't Stand Losing (The Police)
* Invisible Sun (The Police)
* King of Pain (The Police)
* So Lonely (The Police)
* Spirits in the Material World (The Police)
* Synchronicity II (The Police)
* Walking On the Moon (The Police)
* Wrapped Around Your Finger (The Police)
* Get It On [Bang a Gong] (The Power Station)
* Kentucky Rain (Elvis Presley)
* Talk of the Town (The Pretenders)
* Alphabet Street (Prince & the Revolution)
* Delirious (Prince & the Revolution)
* Little Red Corvette (Prince & the Revolution)
* Let's Go Crazy (Prince & the Revolution)
* Pop Life (Prince & the Revolution)
* Another One Bites The Dust (Queen)
* Killer Queen (Queen)
* Radio Gaga (Queen)
* Downstream (The Rainmakers)
* Texas (Chris Rea)
* Fight Like a Brave (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
* Don't Talk to Me About Work (Lou Reed)
* Driver 8 (R.E.M.)
* Fall On Me (R.E.M.)
* Leaving New York (R.E.M.)
* Orange Crush (R.E.M.)
* Photograph (R.E.M. [with Natalie Merchant])
* Stand (R.E.M.)
* Somebody's Watching Me (Rockwell [with some help from Michael Jackson])
* Emotional Rescue (Rolling Stones)
* Jumpin Jack Flash (Rolling Stones)
* Mixed Emotions (Rolling Stones)
* Undercover of the Night (Rolling Stones)
* Waiting on a Friend (Rolling Stones)
* A Girl in Trouble (Romeo Void) [I have this on CD]
* Hurt So Bad (Linda Rondstadt)
* Good Times (David Lee Roth)
* Yankee Rose (David Lee Roth)
* Fading Like a Flower (Roxette)
* Joyride (Roxette)
* It's Tricky (Run-D.M.C.)
* Limelight (Rush)
* Spirit of Radio (Rush)
* Subdivisions (Rush)
* Piano in the Dark (Brenda Russell)
* Major Tom (Peter Schilling)
* Smooth Operator (Sade)
* Your Love is King (Sade)
* She's Not There (Santana)
* Satch Boogie (Joe Satriani)
* No One Like You (Scorpions)
* Rock Me Like a Hurricane (Scorpions)
* Winds of Change (Scorpions)
* I Wanna Be a Flintstone (Screaming Blue Messiahs)
* Wild Blue Yonder (Screaming Blue Messiahs)
* Get Closer (Seals and Kroft)
* Against the Wind (Bob Segur and the Silver Bullet Band)
* Beautiful Loser (Bob Segur and the Silver Bullet Band)
* Cumbersome (Seven Mary Three)
* Dead Giveaway (Shalamar)
* Runaway ["Crime Story" theme version] (Del Shannon)
* Girls With Guns (Tommy Shaw)
* Jesse (Carly Simon)
* That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be (Carly Simon)
* You Belong to Me (Carly Simon)
* You're So Vain (Carly Simon)
* The Boxer (Simon & Garfunkle)
* Holding Back the Years (Simply Red)
* Run to My Aid (Simply Red)
* Misery (Soul Asylum)
* Only When You Leave (Spandau Ballet)
* True (Spandau Ballet) [I have this on CD]
* Cleopatra's Cat (Spin Doctors)
* I Got You (Split Enz)
* Bruce (Rick Springfield)
* Love is Alright Tonight (Rick Springfield)
* Murder Incorporated (Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band)
* Tenth Avenue Freezeout (Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band)
* Thunder Road ["No Nukes" version] (Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band)
* Tunnel of Love (Bruce Springsteen)
* Sara (Starship)
* Deacon Blues (Steely Dan)
* Do It Again (Steely Dan)
* Don't Take Me Alive (Steely Dan)
* Hey Nineteen (Steely Dan)
* Kid Charlemagne (Steely Dan)
* Time Passages (Al Stewart)
* Year of the Cat (Al Stewart)
* Broken Arrow (Rod Stewart)
* Infatuation (Rod Stewart)
* I Was Only Joking (Rod Stewart)
* Treetop Flyer (Steven Stills)
* Englishman in New York (Sting)
* Love is Stronger Than Justice (Sting)
* Fortress Around Your Heart (Sting)
* Babe (Styx)
* Come Sail Away (Styx)
* Mr. Robotto (Styx) [I have this on CD]
* Renegade (Styx)
* Too Much Time on My Hands (Styx)
* Fool's Overture (Supertramp)
* Goodbye Stranger (Supertramp)
* It's Raining Again (Supertramp)
* Take the Long Way Home (Supertramp)
* Rock el Casbah (Rachid Taha) [this is an Algerian-made Arabic-language remake of the Clash hit!]
* Burning Down the House [version from "Baseball"] (Talking Heads)
* Life During Wartime [live version] (Talking Heads)
* Love For Sale (Talking Heads)
* Her Town Too (James Taylor)
* Everybody Wants to Rule the World (Tears For Fears) [I have this on CD]
* Good Night Song (Tears For Fears)
* Head Over Heels (Tears For Fears)
* Caught Up In You (38 Special)
* If I'd Been the One (38 Special)
* Mama Told Me Not to Come (Three Dog Night)
* Voices Carry (Til Tuesday)
* 867-5309 (Tommy Tutone)
* Pamela (Toto) [I have this song on cassette but it's off-tempo]
* Handle With Care (Traveling Wilburys)
* She's a Beauty (The Tubes)
* Better Be Good To Me (Tina Turner)
* Private Dancer (Tina Turner)
* Typical Male (Tina Turner)
* Total Eclipse of the Heart (Bonnie Tyler)
* Bullet the Blue Sky (U2)
* In God's Country (U2)
* Maggie's Farm (U2) [and yes, I have heard the original Bob Dylan version]
* New Year's Day [album version and/or remix?] (U2)
* Stay (U2)
* Two Hearts (U2)
* Cradle Will Rock (Van Halen)
* Finish What Ya Started (Van Halen)
* Pretty Woman (Van Halen)
* Ice Cream Man (Van Halen)
* Panama (Van Halen)
* Turning Japanese (The Vapors) [not really a favorite, but listed for reference]
* Superstitious (Stevie Ray Vaughn)
* To Live and Die in L.A. (Wang Chung)
* Ebony Eyes (Bob Welch)
* Sentimental Woman (Bob Welch)
* Edge of Heaven (Wham)
* Everything She Wants [long version] (Wham)
* Freedom (Wham) [NOT the song of the same title by George Michael]
* Behind Blue Eyes (The Who)
* Going Mobile (The Who)
* Saturday Night's Allright For Fighting/Take Me to the Pilot (The Who)
* We Don't Get Fooled Again (The Who)
* Band on the Run (Wings)
* Jet (Wings)
* Let 'Em In (Wings)
* Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey (Wings)
* Higher Love [singles version] (Steve Winwood)
* Talking Back to the Night (Steve Winwood)
* Valerie [later radio version] (Steve Winwood)
* Changes (Yes)
* Roundabout (Yes)
* My My, Hey Hey [the "plugged" version] (Neil Young)
* Old Man (Neil Young)
* Rough Boy (ZZ Top)
* Stages (ZZ Top)
* Velcro Fly (ZZ Top)