Tuesday, May 17, 2005
pop 40


David picked up Hall and Oates Greatest Hits yesterday at the library. It's not a keeper, but it's pretty funny to listen to.

When Hall and Oates were at the peak of their blue eyed soul in the 80's I thought they were alright, but I didn't buy their albums. I liked them, but I didn't think they were that cool to like. Listening to them now is a great nostalgic ride.

I started thinking about what other bands are like that - at the time they were too Top 40 for me (although I secretly liked them), and now they make me very happy because they remind me of good times.

Here's what I came up with:

  • Air Supply
  • Barry Manilow
  • Hall and Oates (duh)
  • Phil Collins
  • Lionel Richie
  • Kenny Rogers
  • Kenny Loggins
  • Madonna
  • Michael Jackson
  • Journey
  • Huey Lewis and the News

    • Abba and The Carpenters would probably be on the list, but I was too young to worry about if they were cool or not.

    Maybe I should have been embarassed to like Rick Springfield, Soft Cell, Dead or Alive, Human League, and Wham! but I wasn't.
    posted by lochan | link
    4 comments and fresh takes

    Name: Laura

    I have five kids including triplets. I'm too busy to blog, but I do anyway (uh, sometimes).

    Learn more about me

    finn brothers

    the one and only true parenting philosophy

    James Castle

    classic rock

    Yorkie Candy

    war stories

    Fourteen Years! Fourteen!

    a goal is just a wish written down

    shade clothing

    eyes that don't see

    February 2005

    March 2005

    April 2005

    May 2005

    June 2005

    July 2005

    August 2005

    September 2005

    October 2005

    November 2005

    December 2005

    January 2006

    February 2006

    March 2006

    April 2006

    May 2006

    June 2006

    July 2006

    August 2006

    September 2006

    February 2007

    March 2007

    April 2007

    May 2007

    April 2008

    July 2008

    August 2008

    October 2008

    November 2008

    February 2009


    Clarkavenue

    tinarice etsy shop

    Chicken Paco

    He's a complicated Jew

    (red)chardonnay

    Tales of Strude

    Sarah&Jeremy

    Thus Spoke Crapples (RIP)

    [ Solo Blogs ]

    Strange Pulse

    Viva Ned Flanders

    Don't Let's Start

    Every Day I Write the Book

    Ethesis

    Scone

    Monastery of Idealism

    [ Group Blogs ]

    Unofficial Manifesto

    Mormon Mentality

    Tales From The Crib

    Nine Moons

    Mormon Mommy Wars

    Millennial Star

    By Common Consent

    Times & Seasons

    The Thoughtful Spot

    Jen's Horde

    Well Trained Mind

    WTM Boards


    My Antonia
    by Willa Cather

    June

    Sarah's Quilt
    by Nancy Turner

    May

    Maus
    by Art Spiegelman


    Housekeeping
    by Marilynne Robinson

    April

    These Is My Words
    by Nancy Turner


    The Myth of You and Me
    by Leah Stewart

    March

    Inconceivable
    by Ben Elton


    Songbook
    by Nick Hornby


    Follies
    by Ann Beattie


    Hungry Planet

    February

    About a Boy
    by Nick Hornby


    High Fidelity
    by Nick Hornby


    Stargirl
    by Jerry Spinelli

    January

    Revolutionary Road
    by Richard Yates


    Morality for Beautiful Girls
    by Alexander McCall Smith


    A Long Way Down
    by Nick Hornby


    How to be Good
    by Nick Hornby


    Mere Christianity
    by C. S. Lewis

    December
    Click here for a free Book of Mormon
    The Book of Mormon

    Good Faith
    The Know-It-All
    by A. J. Jacobs

    Good Faith
    Endurance
    by Alfred Lansing

    November
    Good Faith
    The Secret Life of Bees
    by Sue Monk Kidd

    September

    Kite Runner
    by Khaled Hosseini


    The Good Earth
    by Pearl S. Buck

    August

    Freedom of Simplicity
    by Richard Foster


    Pride and Prejudice
    by Jane Austen

    July

    Celebration of Discipline
    by Richard J. Foster

    Peace Like A River
    Peace Like A River
    by Leif Enger

    Things Fall Apart
    Things Fall Apart
    by Chinua Achebe

    Gap Creek
    Gap Creek
    by Robert Morgan

    June
    Life of Pi
    Life of Pi
    by Yann Martel

    My Name is Asher Lev
    My Name is Asher Lev
    by Chaim Potok

    A Prayer for Owen Meany
    A Prayer for Owen Meany
    by John Irving

    All New People
    All New People
    by Anne Lamott

    May
    Patrimony
    Patrimony: A True Story
    by Philip Roth

    Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters
    Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters
    by J. D. Salinger

    Good Faith
    Good Faith
    by Jane Smiley

    Cradle and Crucible
    Cradle and Crucible History and Faith in the Middle East
    by National Geographic Society

    April
    Saturday
    Saturday
    by Ian McEwan

    Blue Shoe
    Blue Shoe
    by Anne LaMott

    Emma
    Emma
    by Jane Austen

    Operation Shylock
    Operation Shylock
    by Philip Roth

    March
    Jane Austen: A Life
    Jane Austen: A Life
    by Claire Tomalin

    To See and See Again
    To See and See Again
    by Tara Bahrampour

    Reading L0l1ta in Tehran
    Reading L0l1ta in Tehran
    by Azar Nafisi

    February
    A Thomas Jefferson Education
    A Thomas Jefferson Education
    by Oliver Van Demille

    Still Alive
    Still Alive
    by Ruth Kluger

    The Screwtape Letters
    Not The Germans Alone
    by Isaac Levendel

    Still Alive
    World War II: A Photographic History
    by David Boyle

    The Screwtape Letters
    The Screwtape Letters
    by C.S. Lewis

    Persuasion
    Persuasion
    by Jane Austen

    January
    Climbing Parnassus
    Climbing Parnassus
    by Tracey Lee Simmons

    With the Old Breed
    With The Old Breed
    by E. B. Sledge

    All But My Life
    All But My Life
    by Gerda Weissmann Klein

    We Die Alone
    We Die Alone
    by David Howarth



    << ? | LDS Blogs | list >>