From Doghouse Riley, it goes something like this: you "list Top 100 Pop Hits for your graduating year; hilarity results". Doghouse struck out the songs he hated, bolded the songs he approved of, and added comments. Me, too.
- 1.
Call Me – Blondie- Not her best…
- 2. Another Brick In The Wall – Pink Floyd
- A classic, even if the movie sucked…
- 3. Magic – Olivia Newton-John
- Not a classic, and the movie really sucked ("Xanadu")…
- 4. Rock With You – Michael Jackson
- Before he got creepy, he was good…sometimes…
- 5.
Do That To Me One More Time – Captain & Tennille- Because "Muskrat Love" didn’t quite kill us…
- 6.
Crazy Little Thing Called Love – Queen- Like every other song written in the 1950’s
- 7. Coming Up – Paul McCartney
- A guilty pleasure, I admit….
- 8.
Funkytown – Lipps, Inc.- Please get this out of my head!…
- 9.
It’s Still Rock And Roll To Me – Billy Joel- Billy was threatened by the punk craze, so he tried to pretend he was a part of it
- 10.
The Rose – Bette Midler- Maudlin, but a good movie…
- 11. Escape (The Pina Colada Song) – Rupert Holmes
- Yup, a guilty pleasure. Good bass line
- 12. Cars – Gary Numan
- Classic.
- 13.
Cruisin’ – Smokey Robinson- Never heard of it.
- 14.
Working My Way Back To You-Forgive Me Girl – Spinners- The only thing worse than one bad song, is two bad songs smushed together.
- 15.
Lost In Love – Air Supply- Someone cut off theirs, please.
- 16.
Little Jeannie – Elton John- A totally unmemorable song from someone who should have faded into oblivion.
- 17. Ride Like The Wind – Cristopher Cross
- The only good thing he ever did.
- 18.
Upside Down – Diana Ross- Terrible and trite.
- 19.
Please Don’t Go – K.C. & The Sunshine Band- Don’t remember it. Certainly not on a par with their real hits.
- 20.
Babe – Styx- Doesn’t ring a bell. A ballad, was it?
- 21.
With You I’m Born Again – Billy Preston & Syreeta- The title alone is vomit-inducing.
- 22.
Shining Star – Manhattans- Not the worst, but not very good.
- 23.
Still – Commodores- Still sucks.
- 24.
Yes, I’m Ready – Teri De Sario With K.C.- Perry Como would have been proud.
- 25.
Sexy Eyes – Dr. Hook- 26.
Steal Away – Robbie Dupree- 27.
Biggest Part Of Me – Ambrosia- 28.
This Is It – Kenny Loggins- 29.
Cupid-I’ve Loved You For A Long Time – Spinners- My God. ANOTHER medley?
- 30.
Let’s Get Serious – Jermaine Jackson- 31.
Don’t Fall In Love With A Dreamer – Kenny Rogers & Kim Carnes- 32.
Sailing – Christopher Cross- Only a good song to listen if you are, you know, actually sailing…
- 33.
Longer – Dan Fogelberg- Not Dan’s best…
- 34.
Coward Of The County – Kenny Rogers- 35.
Ladies Night – Kool & The Gang- 37.
Take Your Time – S.O.S. Band- 38. No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) – Barbra Streisand & Donna Summer
- The opening bit (the slow part) is slow and sexy…
- 38.
Too Hot – Kool & The Gang- 39.
More Love – Kim Carnes- 40. Pop Muzik – M
- The beginning of the techno-80’s craze
- 41.
Brass In Pocket – Pretenders- 42.
Special Lady – Ray, Goodman & Brown- 43.
Send One Your Love – Stevie Wonder- 44.
The Second Time Around – Shalamar- 45.
We Don’t Talk Anymore – Cliff Richard- 47.
Heartache Tonight – Eagles- 48.
Stomp – Brothers Johnson- 48.
Tired Of Toein’ The Line – Rocky Burnette- 49.
Better Love Next Time – Dr. Hook- 50.
Him – Rupert Holmes- 51.
Against The Wind – Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band- Not Bruce. Nice try.
- 52. On The Radio – Donna Summer
- Sorry. Another guilty pleasure.
- 53.
Emotional Rescue – Rolling Stones- 54.
Rise – Herb Alpert- 55.
All Out Of Love – Air Supply- 56.
Cool Change – Little River Band- 57.
You’re Only Lonely – J.D. Souther- 58.
Desire – Andy Gibb- 59.
Let My Love Open The Door – Pete Townshend- You get the feeling he wrote it in 5 minutes, while drunk.
- 60.
Romeo’s Tune – Steve Forbert- 61.
Daydream Believer – Anne Murray- Great song done horribly.
- 62.
I Can’t Tell You Why – Eagles- 63.
Don’t Let Go – Isaac Hayes- 64.
Don’t Do Me Like That – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers- 65.
She’s Out Of My Life – Michael Jackson- 66.
Fame – Irene Cara- There were better songs in the rest of the movie.
- 67.
Fire Lake – Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band- 68.
How Do I Make You – Linda Ronstadt- 69.
Into The Night – Benny Mardones- 70.
Let Me Love You Tonight – Pure Prairie League- 71. Misunderstanding – Genesis
- Before we all got sick of Phil Collins…
- 72.
An American Dream – Dirt Band- 73.
One Fine Day – Carole King- 74.
Dim All The Lights – Donna Summer- 75.
You May Be Right – Billy Joel- 75.
Hurt So Bad – Linda Ronstadt- 76.
Should’ve Never Let You Go – Neil Sedaka & Dara Sedaka- 77.
Pilot Of The Airwaves – Charlie Dore- 79.
Off The Wall – Michael Jackson- 80.
I Pledge My Love – Peaches & Herb- 81.
The Long Run – Eagles- 82.
Stand By Me – Mickey Gilley- 83.
Heartbreaker – Pat Benatar- 84.
Deja Vu – Dionne Warwick- 85.
Drivin’ My Life Away – Eddie Rabbitt- 86. Take The Long Way Home – Supertramp
- Really good. Should have been higher. Waaaay higher.
- 87.
Sara – Fleetwood Mac- 88.
Wait For Me – Daryl Hall & John Oates- 89.
Jo Jo – Boz Scaggs- 90.
September Morn – Neil Diamond- 91.
Give Me The Night – George Benson- Close, but not quite.
- 92.
Broken Hearted Me – Anne Murray- 93.
You Decorated My Life – Kenny Rogers- 94. Tusk – Fleetwood Mac
- Marching band? Too cool.
- 95.
I Wanna Be Your Lover – Prince- 96.
In America – Charlie Daniels Band- 97.
Breakdown Dead Ahead – Boz Scaggs- 98.
Ships – Barry Manilow- 99.
All Night Long – Joe Walsh- 100.
Refugee – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers