Blast from the Past: Mix Tape B5
Continuing from yesterday’s Blast from the Past, today I present Mix Tape B5. As always, I try to find official videos where possible and link to those.
Only a couple duplicates today, so Pete and Teeni have less reason to complain. Of course, it’s again vintage 80’s, which will continue to set Michelle off…
More so than the other tapes, this one reminds me of work. Back then, we had a big collating job. We did it in the basement of a bank. It was used for meetings and stuff, so it wasn’t in constant use. So, we could use it sometimes. We’d set everything up. My friend and I collated the stuff, which on one job was spread across two tables. Long tables. We had a system. He went on a skateboard, and I had roller skates. So, we just wheeled down and around the tables, collating. Often racing to see who could finish a book or stack of books first. And, we’d have the radio playing. Or tapes. We both had tapes that we played. This one reminds me of that more so than the other tapes. Don’t know why. It just does.
SIDE A
“Girl I’m Gonna Miss You” - Milli Vanilli
“I Wanna Be Rich” - Calloway
“Don’t Want to Fall in Love” - Jane Child
“The Living Years” - Mike & the Mechanics
“Was It Nothing at All?” - Michael Damian
“Power of Love” - Huey Lewis & the News
“I’d Like to Put Manuel Away” - ACN*
“St. Elmo’s Fire” - John Parr
“Oh Yeah” - Yello
“Devil Inside” - INXS
“With or Without You” - U2
SIDE B
“Satisfied” - Richard Marx
“Say You, Say Me” - Lionel Richie
“If You Don’t Know Me by Now” - Simply Red
“Please Please Me” - The Beatles
“Heart of the Matter” - Don Henley
“Vision of Love” - Mariah Carey
“Can’t We Try” - Dan Hill & Vonda Shepard
“Release Me” - Wilson Phillips
“Crazy for You” - Madonna
Mystery Song**
“Can’t Fight This Feeling” - REO Speedwagon
Feel free to share your memories of any of these songs in the comments.
Gee, no Debbie Gibson songs on this tape. Well, to make up for it, here’s “No More Rhyme,” which, incidentally, I used in a video for Physics class back in high school. It was on time. Rhyme rhymes with time. Oh, these things lose something when I have to explain it.
*This one’s funny. Not available anywhere. Sorry. Many moons ago, I tried (and was rejected) to write for funny radio skits. This was one of the songs on the demo tape they sent. Funny stuff. Too bad you missed it.
**Sorry. This one’s not marked, and I don’t have a tape player handy, so it will have to remain a mystery for now. Take your best guess in the comments. One day I’ll look at up and we’ll see if anyone was right, or even close.
Hmmm I smell what you are cooking…
It smells like Teen Spirit over here and vintage.
Do I smell vintage on this blog, because I see vintage?
There’s a picture of Elvis ( I love you Elvis- with your crazy smoking old guy hips), and there’s mix tapes from the 80’s, and I bet if I dig deeper I’ll find a whole stash of vintage on this blog.
How about I have Elvis kick your can next- mister creepy pants?
Ahh, some of those bring back memories. Many I don’t even hear on the radio very often. Thanks for links!
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