Mix Tapes, JoJo Style....

I got an earworm today that I just can't shake, "Captain of her Heart" by Double. It came out in 1986. Really great tune. So I decided to dig out a mix tape I made in late 1986, which contains that song. It's on a tape I called "Tape 103: All Time Faves!" I was curious to see what my All Time Faves were at the time I made the tape. It even has a companion, "Tape 104: FAVES II". I can barely read my teeny tiny handwriting of all the songs. I can't believe I used to write that small. I can't believe I used to be able to see writing that small! This tape is so old that I was still living at home w/ my parents after college when I made it. I used to go to record shows in Boston and I had scarfed up hundreds of 45s of all my fave tunes from the 60's, 70's & 80's.

I got a chuckle out of my song choices, but they really are All Time Faves:

Side A

West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys

Captain of Her Heart - Double

The Way It Is - Bruce Hornsby

Route 66 - Nelson Riddle Orchestra

Big Log - Robert Plant

Hymn - Ultravox

Forever Live & Die - OMD

Owner of a Lonely Heart - Yes

Call Me - Go West

Whisper to a Scream - Icicle Works

Don't Take My Car Out Tonight - The Hooters

Incense & Peppermints - Strawberry Alarm Clock

Side B

Turn Your Back On Me - Kaja

In a Big Country - Big Country

Take a Giant Step - The Monkees

Right Between the Eyes - Wax

All I Need is a Miracle - Mike & the Mechanics

When the World is Runnin' Down - The Police

Bad Time - Grand Funk

Magic - Pilot

Go All the Way - Raspberries

Searchin' So Long - Chicago

Too Shy - Kajagoogoo

Tightrope - ELO

FAVES II went in a more new wavey direction at the beginning, then careens erratically thru the 60's, 70's and 80's

Side A

Let Them All Talk - Elvis Costello

Cool For Cats - Squeeze

Train in Vain - The Clash

Prisoners - The Vapors

Nervous Night - The Hooters

Say it isn't so - The Outfield

Our House - Madness

Do I - Kaja

Sleepwalk - Ultravox

Eton Rifles - The Jam

Smash It Up! - The Damned

Omegaman - The Police

Secret Journey - The Police

Darkness - The Police

Side B

Little Willy - The Sweet

You've Made Me So Very Happy - Blood, Sweat & Tears

Be Near Me - ABC

Forever Young - Alphaville

For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield

Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes - Edison Lighthouse

Laughing - Guess Who

Me & My Arrow - Nilsson

Star Collector - The Monkees

You've Got Another Thing Comin' - Judas Priest

Sun Always Shines on TV - A-ha

Love My Way - Psychedelic Furs

The Beginning & the End - OMD

Be thankful I'm taking this trip alone so that no one has to be subjected to me singing along at the top of my lungs and drumming on the steering wheel, and occasionally acting out the music videos.