When I was 23 and managing a restaurant, one of the other managers asked me on a date. I was in the place where so many women start out—unable to find a nice way to say no so I said OK. It was a fairly nice evening. He had a nice car, nice apartment,…

I've been having a hard time the last several days. Lots of remembering and crying. Watch out for the 9-month mark I guess. My mom loved disco. It was the soundtrack to the time in her life when she really blossomed into herself—don't judge! She especially loved the group A Taste of Honey ("Boogie Oogie…

Last night I told a friend that I was a little scared of hearing this song over the holidays. It can make me cry in normal times, but also, Mom loved it.  I decided to listen to it, to test my reaction. I did not break down. It seemed like an affirmation. Like, we did…

I have looked for this for decades now. My 45 is long gone and it doesn't appear to be commercially available now. I like it better than the album version. It has a nice choral part in the chorus. I like the "you can feel it" repeated at the end. Update: I found it! On…

I will always think of my cat Vincent when I hear this. I would grab him into my arms and whirl him around like a dance partner when this was playing. I remember sunshine and silly sweetness. I will never get over losing him.

I heard this when I got back in the car after Donna's funeral service.

This song captures 1980 better than any other. All that "soft rock" that I was so embarrassed to admit I loved. Not anymore. The sun shines when I hear this. I wear leotards and have my hair cut short and spend a lot of time at the Classic Motor Company drinking chablis spritzers.

Another song without a YouTube video. The lyrics are beautiful, reminding me of my first years in SoCal in the early ’00s. People slag on California, Southern California, and Los Angeles in particular. I love it. Maybe because it's such a center of creative energy. Yes, there's a lot of icky, slick, ego-driven crap that…

This has the golden glow about it of the 80s I loved. It wasn't all New Wave and purple jumpsuits. Maybe it was being in the Young Adult phase, but I was caught up in a sense of fun and and possibility then that is perfectly captured by this song. 

I love this so much. Sweet piano jazz, horrifying lyrics. The backstory in the YouTube note is kind of sad, though.