stalking is caring!
The only way I could feasibly complete this was if I told myself I was compiling the soundtrack for the John Hughes directed 1985 hit, Stalking Is Caring!
And it worked.
1. BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG - THE PRETENDERS &
I found a picture of you,
What hijacked my world that night
To a place in the past
We've been cast out of?
Now we're back in the fight
We're back on the train
Oh, back on the chain gang
A circumstance beyond our control
The phone, the TV and the news of the world
Got in the house like a pigeon from hell
Threw sand in our eyes and descended like flies.
2. 68 GUNS - THE ALARM &
On every corner, I can see them there
They don't know my name, they don't know my kind
They're after you with their promises
They're after you to sign your life away.
3. PRIVATE EYES - HALL AND OATES &
When it's watching for lies
You can't escape my private eyes
They're watching you
They see your every move
Why you try to put up a front for me
I'm a spy but on your side, you see
Slip on, into any disguise
I'll still know you.
4. YOU BELONG TO THE CITY - GLENN FREY &
You're out of your room and down on the street
Movin' through the crowd and the midnight heat
The traffic crawls, the sirens scream
You look at the faces, it's just like a dream
Nobody knows where you're goin'
Nobody cares where you've been
'Cause you belong to the city
You belong to the night
Living in a river of darkness
Beneath the neon lights.
5. SAVE A PRAYER ('TIL THE MORNING AFTER) - DURAN DURAN &
You saw me standing by the wall,
Corner of a main street
And the lights are flashing on your window sill
All alone ain't much fun,
So you're looking for the thrill
And you know just what it takes and where to go.
6. EYES WITHOUT A FACE - BILLY IDOL &
It's easy to deceive
It's easy to tease
But hard to get release
Got no human grace
You're eyes without a face
Now I close my eyes
And I wonder why
I don't despise.
7. STAY - OINGO BOINGO &
This is not a horse race, where winners beat the time
This is not a funeral, with mourners in a line
This is not a sitcom, where everything's all right
This is not a prison, with terror through the night.
8. HEAD OVER HEELS - TEARS FOR FEARS &
I wanted to be with you alone
And talk about the weather
But traditions I can trace against the child in your face
Won't escape my attention
You keep your distance with a system of touch
And gentle persuasion
I made a fire, and watching it burn
Thought of your future
With one foot in the past now, just how long will it last?
9. TEMPTED - SQUEEZE &
Billboards and the buildings
Memories of it still keep calling
And calling
But forget it all, I know I will
Your body gets much closer
I fumble for the clock, alarmed by
The seduction
I wish that it would stop.
10. PEEK-A-BOO - DEVO &
The way that we weren't is what we'll become
So please pay attention while I show you some
Of what's about to happen.
11. I'VE BEEN LOSING YOU - A-HA &
I can still hear our screams competing
You're hissing your s's like a snake
Now in the mirror stands
Half a man
I thought no one could break
But I want the guilt to get me
Thoughts to wreck me
Preying on my mind.
12. WEST END GIRLS - PET SHOP BOYS &
Too many shadows, whispering voices
Faces on posters, too many choices
If, when, why, what?
How much have you got?
Have you got it, do you get it, if so, how often?
And which do you choose, a hard or soft option?
13. DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER - CROWDED HOUSE &
There's a battle ahead, many battles are lost
But you'll never see the end of the road
While you're travelling with me
In the paper today tales of war and of waste
But you turn right over to the TV page
Only shadows ahead barely clearing the roof
Get to know the feeling of liberation and relief.
14. VIENNA - ULTRAVOX &
We walked in the cold air
Freezing breath on a window pane,
Lying and waiting.
Alone in the night as the daylight brings
A cool empty silence
The warmth of your hand and a cold grey sky,
It fades to the distance.
15. NO MYTH - MICHAEL PENN &
See, it was just too soon to tell
And looking for some parallel
Can be an endless game
We said goodbye before hello.
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And it worked.
1. BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG - THE PRETENDERS &
I found a picture of you,
What hijacked my world that night
To a place in the past
We've been cast out of?
Now we're back in the fight
We're back on the train
Oh, back on the chain gang
A circumstance beyond our control
The phone, the TV and the news of the world
Got in the house like a pigeon from hell
Threw sand in our eyes and descended like flies.
2. 68 GUNS - THE ALARM &
On every corner, I can see them there
They don't know my name, they don't know my kind
They're after you with their promises
They're after you to sign your life away.
3. PRIVATE EYES - HALL AND OATES &
When it's watching for lies
You can't escape my private eyes
They're watching you
They see your every move
Why you try to put up a front for me
I'm a spy but on your side, you see
Slip on, into any disguise
I'll still know you.
4. YOU BELONG TO THE CITY - GLENN FREY &
You're out of your room and down on the street
Movin' through the crowd and the midnight heat
The traffic crawls, the sirens scream
You look at the faces, it's just like a dream
Nobody knows where you're goin'
Nobody cares where you've been
'Cause you belong to the city
You belong to the night
Living in a river of darkness
Beneath the neon lights.
5. SAVE A PRAYER ('TIL THE MORNING AFTER) - DURAN DURAN &
You saw me standing by the wall,
Corner of a main street
And the lights are flashing on your window sill
All alone ain't much fun,
So you're looking for the thrill
And you know just what it takes and where to go.
6. EYES WITHOUT A FACE - BILLY IDOL &
It's easy to deceive
It's easy to tease
But hard to get release
Got no human grace
You're eyes without a face
Now I close my eyes
And I wonder why
I don't despise.
7. STAY - OINGO BOINGO &
This is not a horse race, where winners beat the time
This is not a funeral, with mourners in a line
This is not a sitcom, where everything's all right
This is not a prison, with terror through the night.
8. HEAD OVER HEELS - TEARS FOR FEARS &
I wanted to be with you alone
And talk about the weather
But traditions I can trace against the child in your face
Won't escape my attention
You keep your distance with a system of touch
And gentle persuasion
I made a fire, and watching it burn
Thought of your future
With one foot in the past now, just how long will it last?
9. TEMPTED - SQUEEZE &
Billboards and the buildings
Memories of it still keep calling
And calling
But forget it all, I know I will
Your body gets much closer
I fumble for the clock, alarmed by
The seduction
I wish that it would stop.
10. PEEK-A-BOO - DEVO &
The way that we weren't is what we'll become
So please pay attention while I show you some
Of what's about to happen.
11. I'VE BEEN LOSING YOU - A-HA &
I can still hear our screams competing
You're hissing your s's like a snake
Now in the mirror stands
Half a man
I thought no one could break
But I want the guilt to get me
Thoughts to wreck me
Preying on my mind.
12. WEST END GIRLS - PET SHOP BOYS &
Too many shadows, whispering voices
Faces on posters, too many choices
If, when, why, what?
How much have you got?
Have you got it, do you get it, if so, how often?
And which do you choose, a hard or soft option?
13. DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER - CROWDED HOUSE &
There's a battle ahead, many battles are lost
But you'll never see the end of the road
While you're travelling with me
In the paper today tales of war and of waste
But you turn right over to the TV page
Only shadows ahead barely clearing the roof
Get to know the feeling of liberation and relief.
14. VIENNA - ULTRAVOX &
We walked in the cold air
Freezing breath on a window pane,
Lying and waiting.
Alone in the night as the daylight brings
A cool empty silence
The warmth of your hand and a cold grey sky,
It fades to the distance.
15. NO MYTH - MICHAEL PENN &
See, it was just too soon to tell
And looking for some parallel
Can be an endless game
We said goodbye before hello.
DOWNLOAD FULL PLAYLIST.