IdRatherBeSkiing's Top 20 (Sunday, June 21st, 2020 version)

Cassette AI Recorded 1993/06/26
Side 1
Eat The Rich - Aerosmith
How Long - Blue Rodeo
ok Blue Jays - Blue Jays
(from a 1992 album put out by local radio stations in support of the Blue Jays 1992 world series bid (and charity). Every station put their little ditty together about the Jays in some way. This one was actually the official 7th inning stretch song they play before take me out to the ballgame. In 1993 it was in the bargain bin. And 2 songs made this cassette. This is the first.)
Thing of Beauty - Hothouse Flowers
Lotta Love to Give - Daniel Lanois
Already Gone - Blue Rodeo
Everybody Lay Down - Pat Benatar
Dream On - Aerosmith
29 Palms - Robert Plant
Truganini - Midnight Oil
Lost Together - Blue Rodeo

Side 2
Big Gun - AC/DC
Livin' on the Edge - Aerosmith
Two Steps Behind - Def Leppard
Western Skies - Blue Rodeo
Pets - Porno For Pyros
Two Princes - Spin Doctors
If I Were a Carpenter - Robert Plant
Outbreak of Love - Midnight Oil
Desiree - Neil Diamond
Fools Like You - Blue Rodeo
We fought them all - Q107 Q'Jays
(the other from the Jays album)

Extras:
5 Days in May - Blue Rodeo
Little Miss Can't Be Wrong - Spin Doctors
Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil
 
Interesting progression on side two. From AC/DC Aerosmith & Def Lep to Neil Diamond.

Outbreak of Love - Midnight Oil

I felt like the only person back then that liked this song

Pets - Porno For Pyros

I felt like the only person back then that disliked this song
 
Today a top 10: Abba
I have not seen the movie but have seen the Broadway Play Momma Mia (in Toronto) as well as a local production of it last year. Definitely a fan. You have already seen 1 of their hits on my 424.

10. Voulez-Vous
9. Knowing Me, Knowing Youi
8. Chiquitta
7. Fernando
6. Momma Mia
5. The Winner Takes It All
4. Waterloo
3. Dancing Queen
2. Take a Chance on Me
1. Does Your Mother Know?
 
Cassette AJ Recorded 1993/07/25
Several repeat songs from last cassette. I tried to keep a rule of no more than 2 cassettes / song but that didn't always hold.

Side 1
Prairie Town - Randy Bachman
Two Princes - Spin Doctors
Small Town - John Mellencamp
Blue Sky Mine - Midnight Oil
Money for Nothing - Dire Straits
Jammin' Me - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Little Miss Can't Be Wrong - Spin Doctors
Pets - Porno For Pyros
Unstoppable - The Kings
Truganini - Midnight Oil

Side 2
St. Elmo's Fire - John Parr
Walking on Sunshine - Katrina & the Waves
Does Your Mother Know - Abba
Friends in Low Places - Garth Brooks
My Country - Midnight Oil
Stay in the Light - Honeymoon Suite
Livin' on the Edge - Aerosmith
Sugartune - Sloan
Wave Babies - Honeymoon Suite
Holiday - Nazareth
New Girl Now - Honeymoon Suite
Don't Cry [Original Version] - Guns N' Roses

Extras:
This Flight Tonight - Nazareth
 
I didn't want to derail the Scotch Sampler thread but no talk about Money for Nothing can be complete without this weird al video/excerpt from the movie UHF. The video is very close to original Dire Straits video in it sequence (with obvious changes) done expertly by weird al.

 
Today a top 10: Tom Petty

10. Learning to Fly
9. Out in the Cold
8. King's Highway
7. Zombie Zoo
6. I Won't Back Down
5. Jammin' Me
4. Free Fallin'
This is my wife's and my song. Its not a typical romantic song. As a matter of fact the guy in the song is a bit of a jerk. But the chorus was on the radio when I was in an ICQ chat with my then girlfriend now wife and when the chorus came on it described my feelings exactly. (And I'm free / Free fallin', fallin') I shared that with her and it became our song.
3. Runnin' Down a Dream
2. Refugee
1. Don't Do Me Like That
 
In posting on facebook (from my phone) about my lack of internet, phone and tv today I was looking for the exact lyrics of "no phone, no lights, no motorcars". And I came across this from Bowling For Soup a couple years before their more known songs.

 
I used to love ICQ! I had a six digit user number (bragging rights?)

I thought I already posted my fav Tom Petty songs on here somewhere, but can't find 'em. So hopefully I'm not contradicting myself:

1. You Got Lucky (#319)
2. Don't Come Around Here No More (500+)
3. Runnin' Down A Dream
4. King's Highway
5. You Wreck Me
6. Jammin' Me
7. Learning To Fly
8. Free Fallin'
9. Refugee
10. Mary Jane's Last Dance
 
Cassette AK is MIA.

Cassette AL Recorded 1993/11/20
With Bat Out of Hell II being really big at this time, this cassette is heavily into Meatloaf. Also a bit of a Weird Al kick as well.

Side 1
Bat out of Hell - Meat Loaf
(This Song's Just) Six Words Long - "Weird Al" Yankovic
Human Wheels - John Mellencamp
I Think I'm a Clone Now - "Weird Al" Yankovic
Fat Bottom Girls - Queen
Bicycle Race - Queen
Smells Like Nirvana - "Weird Al" Yankovic
Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through - Meatloaf
Achy Breaky Song - "Weird Al" Yankovic
Killer Queen - Queen

Side 2
I'd Do Anything for Love (But I won't Do That) - Meat Loaf
The Fire Inside - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Good Girls Go to Heaven (Bad Girls Go Everywhere) - Meat Loaf
You and Me - Crash Vegas
You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night) - Meat Loaf
The Real Love - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Lost Boys and Golden Girls - Meat Loaf
For Crying out Loud - Meat Loaf

Extras:
Got My Mind Set On You - George Harrison
 
Only know a few of those Meat Loaf tunes

1. I'd Do Anything For Love
2. Paradise by the Dashboard Light
3. Two Out of Three Ain't Bad
4. You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth
5. Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through

Those might be the only ones I've heard more than a couple times
 
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