Top 100 music meme

Here's another ridiculous meme which I feel compelled to try out, found at Baboon Pirates. The rules are: go to the Music Outfitters website. Type the year you graduated high school into the search box. Pick the link that says "list of the 100 most popular songs." Songs that sucked get strikethroughs, good songs get boldfaced, and your favorite song of the list gets underlined.

First let it be known that I have on more than one occasion referred to the 80's as "the decade when all the music sucked." I'm not entirely serious in saying that, however. I did like some music. My tastes have changed a lot since then, so in participating in this meme, I have felt compelled to add some comments where appropriate. Here's the list from 1982.

1. Physical, Olivia Newton-John
2. Eye Of The Tiger, Survivor
3. I Love Rock N' Roll, Joan Jett and The Blackhearts
4. Ebony And Ivory, Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder
5. Centerfold, J. Geils Band
6. Don't You Want Me, Human League
7. Jack And Diane, John Cougar
8. Hurts So Good, John Cougar
9. Abracadabra, Steve Miller Band
10. Hard To Say I'm Sorry, Chicago
11. Tainted Love, Soft Cell
12. Chariots Of Fire, Vangelis
13. Harden My Heart, Quarterflash
14. Rosanna, Toto (but I still like Africa)
15. I Can't Go For That, Daryl Hall and John Oates
16. 867-5309 (Jenny), Tommy Tutone
17. Key Largo, Bertie Higgins
18. You Should Hear How She Talks About You, Melissa Manchester
19. Waiting For A Girl Like You, Foreigner
20. Don't Talk To Strangers, Rick Springfield
21. The Sweetest Thing, Juice Newton (I still like Juice, too)
22. Always On My Mind, Willie Nelson
23. Shake It Up, Cars (anything by the Cars)
24. Let It Whip, Dazz Band
25. We Got The Beat, Go-Go's
26. The Other Woman, Ray Parker Jr.
27. Turn Your Love Around, George Benson
28. Sweet Dreams, Air Supply
29. Only The Lonely, Motels
30. Who Can It Be Now?, Men At Work (anything by Men At Work)
31. Hold Me, Fleetwood Mac
32. Eye In The Sky, Alan Parsons Project (another group I still listen to on occasion)
33. Let's Groove, Earth, Wind and Fire
34. Open Arms, Journey
35. Leader Of The Band, Dan Fogelberg
36. Leather And Lace, Stevie Nicks and Don Henley
37. Even The Nights Are Better, Air Supply
38. I've Never Been To Me, Charlene (what the heck was this song about, anyway?)
39. '65 Love Affair, Paul Davis
40. Heat Of The Moment, Asia
41. Take It Easy On Me, Little River Band
42. Pac-man Fever, Buckner and Garcia
43. That Girl, Stevie Wonder
44. Private Eyes, Daryl Hall and John Oates
45. Trouble, Lindsey Buckingham
46. Making Love, Roberta Flack
47. Love's Been A Little Bit Hard On Me, Juice Newton
48. Young Turks, Rod Stewart
49. Freeze-frame, J. Geils Band
50. Keep The Fire Burnin', REO Speedwagon (I still listen to REO occasionally)
51. Do You Believe In Love, Huey Lewis and The News
52. Cool Night, Paul Davis
53. Caught Up In You, 38 Special (my favorite 38 Special is What if I'd Been the One)
54. Why Do Fools Fall In Love?, Diana Ross
55. Love In The First Degree, Alabama (this was a very popular song among my classmates)
56. Hooked On Classics, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (a grotesque bastardization of classical music, imho)
57. Wasted On The Way, Crosby, Stills and Nash
58. Think I'm In Love, Eddie Money
59. Love Is In Control, Donna Summer
60. Personally, Karla Bonoff
61. One Hundred Ways, Quincy Jones
62. Blue Eyes, Elton John
63. Our Lips Are Sealed, Go-Go's
64. You Could Have Been With Me, Sheena Easton (I actually once bought a Sheena Easton cassette just for this song)
65. You Can Do Magic, America (anything by America--I still listen to them sometimes)
66. Did It In A Minute, Daryl Hall and John Oates
67. I Ran, A Flock Of Seagulls
68. Somebody's Baby, Jackson Browne
69. Oh No, Commodores
70. Take It Away, Paul McCartney
71. It's Gonna Take A Miracle, Deneice Williams
72. Love Will Turn You Around, Kenny Rogers
73. Don't Stop Bellevin', Journey
74. Comin' In And Out Of Your Life, Barbra Streisand
75. Gloria, Laura Branigan
76. Empty Garden, Elton John
77. Yesterday's Songs, Neil Diamond
78. Crimson And Clover, Joan Jett and The Blackhearts
79. Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic, Police
80. Here I Am, Air Supply (sigh...yes, I liked Air Supply back then)
81. I Keep Forgettin', Michael Mcdonald
82. Get Down On It, Kool and The Gang
83. Any Day Now, Ronnie Milsap
84. Make A Move On Me, Olivia Newton-John
85. Take My Heart, Kool and The Gang
86. Mirror Mirror, Diana Ross
87. Vacation, Go-Go's
88. (Oh) Pretty Woman, Van Halen (I prefer the original)
89. Should I Do It, Pointer Sisters
90. Hot In The City, Billy Idol
91. Kids In America, Kim Wilde
92. Man On Your Mind, Little River Band
93. What's Forever For, Michael Murphy
94. Waiting On A Friend, Rolling Stones
95. Do I Do, Stevie Wonder
96. Working For The Weekend, Loverboy
97. Goin' Down, Greg Guidry
98. Arthur's Theme, Christopher Cross
99. Through The Years, Kenny Rogers
100. Edge Of Seventeen, Stevie Nicks (I still like Stevie Nicks, too)

Take it Easy on Me is definitely my favorite from this list. I included it on a mix tape that I made several years ago. A lot of those songs I don't even remember ever hearing. I'll also confess that I really liked Cristopher Cross's first album, but his second didn't thrill me at all. If any songs of Styx had managed to make the top 100 in 1982, they would have all been boldfaced. I think they skipped that year (IIRC, Paradise Theater was 1981 and Kilroy Was Here was 1983--I could get up and check my albums but I'm hungry and tired of typing for now).