MIXTAPE: Get Your Clap On! (From Guest DJ, Christy Fassnacht)

Theme: Songs you can’t help but {CLAP} to

Rules:

• This one is pretty straightforward (see Theme).
• The length of the mixtape must not exceed 90 minutes.
• Only one song per artist.
• I must like the song.
• Numbers next to each song are not a ranking, but a track listing. The order of the tracks is very important in the creation of a great mixtape.
• Each mixtape must, if at all possible, conclude with a great quote.

Please hold your applause until the end….

Get Your Clap On!

1. Into the Gap – Thompson Twins
2. Let’s Go - The Cars
3. Take the Money and Run – Steve Miller Band
4. Little Red Corvette – Prince
5. P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) – Michael Jackson
6. Jack and Diane – John Cougar Mellencamp
7. Head Over Heels – The Go-Go’s
8. Tenderness – General Public
9. Close to Me – The Cure
10. Genius of Love – Tom Tom Club
11. Another One Bites the Dust – Queen
12. Centerfold – J. Geils Band
13. Hey Mickey – Toni Basil
14. I’ll Be There for You – The Rembrandts
15. Faith – George Michael
16. I Want You Back – Jackson 5
17. Private Eyes - Hall & Oates
18. “The stars at night are big and bright...” – from Pee Wee’s Big Adventure

Selected Commentary:
1. I love to listen to Sirius Radio, my two favorite channels being “1st Wave” and “80s on 8.” When carpooling around town, my children and their friends do not know that these songs are ancient. And I cannot contain myself when a clapping song comes on. Most recently, the girls have requested that “east is east, west is west” song and everyone claps. And one of my dear friends and her sister were called the Thompson twins! Hence the inspiration for putting these songs down on paper.
2. A close second for all time popular clapping song in my book, but my mind always drifts to that cool pool at the Hearst mansion in the other silly Cars video.
3. My friends Cheryl, Abby and Lissie can do that deep growl perfectly (“oooohhhhh yeah!”)…and we all had the pleasure of seeing Mr. Miller at the Houston rodeo after the annual lamb auction in the late 90s. And now I sing the changed lyrics “Billy Mac was a detective down in Texas” after my littlest guy.
4. I remember vividly the night my and my high school BFF Vicki went to Willowbrook Mall to catch Purple Rain….and that naughty double by entrendre artist formerly known as…..
5. One of the best albums, ever.
6. Have you ever seen a pair of Bobby Brooks? Did I want these or the Gloria Vanderbilt jeans?
7. I once rode up the elevator in the early 2000’s with Belinda Carlisle (fat phase) and Jane Wiedlin in the Denver airport….I lurved them and wanted to burst out singing “I want to go to cool places with you”. They looked old.
8. This song is in one of my favorite movies in high school, “Weird Science”. My brother and I would always open doors like Chet did….and that crazy skunk haired guy in the G.P. video is memorable.
9. I went to the Cure/Depeche Mode concert in ‘86ish and thought the crowd was nuts.
10. Loved this song before it became a sampling staple.
11. We had this song on our jukebox growing up…it must have been a B-side to “We Will Rock You.”
12. Early guyliner. Britney’s handlers must have gotten some early inspiration for “Baby Hit Me” with this video. This album reminds me of my 8th grade trip to Taos, NM. I listened to it about 1 million times on the bus ride from Denver.
13. The most infectious song. Ever.
14. I went to drama camp before my senior year in high school to Texas Tech. We were supposed to go to a bar to see this band, but sadly none of us had I.D.s. And we always wanted to dance in the fountain at college, just like Manniston.
15. That George has got some serious dance moves. And the jukebox reminds me of ours (see #11.)
16. Michael carried the band way back then, too.
17. Just a great example of a studio shot video….with the superimposed
18. My college roommate Shannan and I watched Pee Wee on Saturday mornings in our very small dorm room…can’t wrap my head around the fact that Lawrence Fishburne (who I like on CSI but not as much as Gil) was Cowboy Curtis. And the quote referring to Texas brings it all full circle for me!

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