I can’t begin to express how much joy the new album Masquerade by Bananarama is bringing me. It’s like it’s 1986 all over again, and my heart is full. 💜🎵
Song of the Day – Club Tropicana by WHAM! 🎵
Played some bass guitar for the first time in about twenty years today. I am terribly out of practice, but it felt really great. I’d missed it! 🎸🎵
This came up on shuffle this morning. It really highlights how far we have fallen since one of our political parties has embraced the racist elements in its midst. – America by Neil Diamond 🎵
It is sad and ludicrous in this digital age how many albums, books, TV shows, and movies are just not available legally in any way. It’s infuriating. 🎵📚📺🎥
I Think I’m a Clone Now is an underrated Weird Al parody. Discuss. 😂🎵
Song of the Day – Last Christmas (Pudding Mix) by Wham! 🎵
The original Alvin and the Chipmunks Christmas special is just such a delight to revisit. 🐿❤️🐿💙🐿💚 🎵
I would have ranked these in a different order and there are some surprising omissions, but this is a solid list. 🎵 George Michael’s 30 greatest songs – ranked! | The Guardian
1980s FM Radio
#My musical awakening came a little earlier than it does for most people, whose taste in tunes tend to settle in during their teen years. For a long while, I have been wanting to make a purely nostalgic playlist. I wanted it to take me back to the days of my youth, when turning on the radio in the mid 1980s meant that I knew (and generally loved) most of the music on the airwaves. It was a time when “pop” was less of a genre and more about whatever happened to be popular at the moment. It was a time when WHAM !, Bon Jovi, Sting, and Guns and Roses were all battling it out at the top of the charts. It was a glorious time, full of variety and talented artists.
Those of a certain age or musical persuasion will understand. Music, inherently, is incredibly subjective. I’m not here to judge anyone else’s taste, only to celebrate mine. If you have a similar love for the decade that shaped me, you might enjoy my 80s Radio FM playlist on AppleMusic. It’s intended to be listened to on shuffle. With over 21 hours of music and nearly 300 songs, I wanted to recreate flipping on the radio in the 1980s—you never know what you’re going to get, but it’s all going to be something good.
Depending on your own taste, you may find some glaring omissions in this list. I deliberately left off some songs that I really didn’t care for, and also included some that are here more for the nostalgia than the artistic merit. AppleMusic makes it easy to use a playlist like mine as a basis for your own custom version, so feel free to do that if you find it lacking in some area you would prefer.
I hope you enjoy, and happy listening!
What a loss. He was such an incredible musician. 💔 Wham! and George Michael bassist Deon Estus has died aged 65 🎵
Listening to this newly remastered and expanded soundtrack to STAR TREK II – THE WRATH OF KHAN, I am once again reminded why this is my favorite movie score of all time. 🎵 🖖🏽
Song of the Day – Someone Special by Richard Marx 🎵
🔖 Gotta love Richard Marx! – I Was a Triple-Platinum Pop Star, But Meeting Paul Newman At an IndyCar Race Still Left Me Starstruck 🎵
Song of the Day – Heal the Pain by George Michael 🎵
Song of the Day – This was the first dance at my wife’s and my wedding, four years ago today. I Knew You Were Waiting (for me) by George Michael and Aretha Franklin 🎵
Song of the Day – Careful Man by Jim Croce 🎵
Song of the Day – Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy) by Jim Croce 🎵
Song of the Day – One Less Day (Dying Young) by Rob Thomas 🎵
Song of the Day – Light On by Maggie Rogers 🎵
Song of the Day – Feeling Good by George Michael 🎵
Song of the Day – You Have Been Loved by George Michael 🎵