34 Years Ago Today...
February 15, 2018
...Seabury Hall had a dance, planned and executed by the Social Committee, headed by - guess who? - that's right - ME.
On February 15, 1984, we put on a Valentine's Dance and I made mix tapes for them. Two mix tapes to be exact: #1 called "New Music" and #2 called "Harder Rock".
(Quick thing to point out: Seabury back then was 7-12 grades, about 200 students total. And we had dances every month or six weeks and everyone could come, very casual, you didn't have to ask anyone or dress up or anything. We also had a prom in the spring every year which was just for 10-12 graders and it was very fancy.)
So, here is my Mix for:
(All spellings as per the paper label inside. Gosh-my all caps handwriting hasn't changed at all!)
A SIDE:
Bowie - Modern Love
English Beat - Jeannette
Madness - Madness
Rod Stewart - Young Turks
Squeeze - Piccadilly
Pretenders - Pack It Up
Men W/O Hats - Ideas For Walls
Duran - Lonely In Your Nightmares
BowWowWow - I Want Candy
Culture Club - Karma Chameleon
Billy Idol - Dancing With Myself
B SIDE:
Duran - Is There Something I Should Know
Stray Cats - Rebels Rule
Rob Stewart - Tonight I'm Yours
BowWowWow - Louis Quatorze
Bill Idol - Baby Talk
Bowie - Without You
Stray Cats - Sexy & 17
Duran - Girls On Film
Led Zepplin - Stairway to Heaven**
Billy Idol - Mony Mony
**All my Seabury Peeps will understand the inclusion of this song
Let's get to the Harder Rock! (OMG can't wait for this, I haven't read this list yet.)
A SIDE:
Rod Stewart - Baby Jane
Led Zepplin - Black Dog
The Who - Who Are You
Van Halen - Jump
U-2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
Foreignor - Head Games
Black Sabbath - Mob Rules
Soft Cell - Frustration
Thompson Twins - Love On Your Side
Madness - Our House
B SIDE:
Pretenders - Bad Boys Get Spanked!
Led Zepplin - Rock and Roll
Joan Jett - I Love Rock And Roll
AC DC (I wrote it with the bolt in between!) - For Those About To Rock
Alice Cooper - Schools Out...
Kajagoogoo - Too Shy
Thompson Twins - We Are Detective
U-2 - Refugee
Forgeignor - Dirty White Boy
Alice Cooper - I'm 18
AC DC - Let's Get It Up
Okay I think we can all agree that the "er" in "Harder Rock" was critical in that description...!
Wow that takes me back. And now I have Rod Stewart stuck in my head. Of all the songs from these lists. {eyeroll}
I'll make a spotify playlist for you later so you can enjoy it out loud. Check back in a bit for that.
Oh the 80's on Maui...