thursday thirteen

Here are 13 favorite moody songs from my youth.  These were some of my "blues".  They were great to listen to when I was in a moody teen angsty state.

Whos Gonna Drive You Home - The Cars

Against All Odds - Phil Collins

At This Moment - Billy Vera

Time After Time - Cindy Lauper

Here Comes the Rain Again - Eurythmics

Teacher - George Michael

Vincent (Starry Starry Night) - Don Mclean

Rise - Herb Alpert

Take it to the Limit - The Eagles

She's Like the Wind -  Patrick Swayze

The Best of Times - Styx

Separate Ways - Journey

The Winner Takes it All - ABBA

thursday thirteen

Thirteen of my favorite groups from the eighties.

Journey

Air Supply

Huey Lewis and the News

Styx

Chicago

The Little River Band

Foreigner

The Cars

REO Speedwagon

Culture Club

Hall and Oates

The Commodores

Eurythmics

thursday thirteen

Thirteen people, songs, or shows that I have been a fan of in my time.

Pause my music for the videos coming up.

Wonder woman!  I wanted to be just like her.

Dick Van Dyke.  Mostly, I think because I loved the movie Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

Cookie Monster speaks for himself.  What's not to love?

Emergency 51.  Six isn't too young to have a crush.

Used to listen to him for hours.

Again, what's not to love?  Ok, don't answer.

It is nearly impossible to find a picture of this man smiling!

Yes, I was a very cool teenager.

Ahhh, Ponch...

When I was about eight, this was my favorite song.

This was my favorite song before that.



Tom Jones' TV show!!  When I dance like this, people laugh!


What child of the seventies didn't love Land of the Lost?

memory lane

I swiped this idea from Monday through Sunday's
Thursday Thirteen. I'm pretty sure she won't mind.

I was born in the sixties, a child of the seventies and am a proud member of the H.S. class of '84.

Let's take a stroll down memory lane through the 70's and 80's…

We had a black and white TV for years. 8 track tapes – I loved those things. Taping ourselves on the cassette recorder for fun. Transistor radios – I liked opening them up and looking at the cool little doodads inside. FM – cool! Boom boxes.

Big combs in the back pocket. Feathered hair. Bonnie Bell lip gloss – the big ones. Wooden soled shoes. Earth shoes. Waffle stompers. Big lace collars. Lace stockings. Bows in the hair. Mall hair. Oversized shirts and sweaters. Leggings and stirrup pants. Harem pants. Perms. Big hair. The invention of mousse. Super sized shoulder pads. Flowered dresses – oh those were gorgeous, especially with a big lace collar, (don't forget the bow in the hair and the lace stockings!) Pegged pants. Acid wash jeans. Zipper cuff jeans. Dockers. Penny Loafers. Oxfords. IZOD. OP. Punk.

Madonna. Michael Jackson. Flash Dance. Pop rocks. Hanging out at the arcade playing Pac Man, Galaga, and Tron. Styx. Journey. Air Supply. AC/DC. Van Halen. Queen. The Cars. Cindy Lauper. Huey Louis and the News. MTV. Banana seat bikes. Rubik's Cube. VCR's! The first reality shows – That's Incredible and Real People. Six Million Dollar Man. Bionic Woman. Wonder Woman. Shazaam. Ha, which leads me to think of Gomer Pyle. Great American Hero. The Man from Atlantis. The Incredible Hulk

We Are the World.

Bicentennial celebrations. The cold war. Nukes everywhere. The first space shuttle launch. Ronald Reagan. The curtain and the wall fall down!

First dates. First kiss. Graduation! College. Driving. Working at McD's. Hanging out at Pizza Hut or Godfather's Pizza. Laughing our head's off at McDonalds. Bowling. Skating. Snowball skate - I sat that one out.

Indiana Jones. Back to the Future. Alien. Star Wars. ET. Jaws. Twilight Zone movie. CHiPs. Emergency. Sonny and Cher. Flip Wilson. Carol Burnett. MASH. HR Puff N Stuff. Love Boat. Land of the Lost. Speed Buggy. The original Scooby Doo. Sesame Street before Elmo, with Mr. Looper, uh, Hooper. Looney Tunes. Hanna Barbara Hour. The Jetsons – cool video TV!

Clackers – you know, those elbow busters on a string. Bubble Yum. Candy Cigarettes. The invention of the Blizzard – why did it take so long to think of mixing candy with ice cream? Skate boards – they were popular in the 80's first. Baby Tenderlove. Fisher Price Farm house and school. Weebles.

Great makeup!

Totally tubular. Rad. Righteous, dude. Like, Awesome. Bag your head. Gag me with a spoon.

Ok. I could go on. But I won't. What are some of your favorite memories? And even if you are a Gen-xer or a Baby Boomer, feel free to participate. Your memories may be different, but I want to hear.