31 Songs For 31 Years

Ok, since tomorrow is my b-day, I'm going to list a song for each year I've been on this fine planet, starting with 2005 and working back to 1974.

2005 Rob Thomas - This Is How A Heart Breaks
2004 Duran Duran - Astronaut
2003 Elvis Costello - Still
2002 Grey Eye Glances - The One
2001 The Moody Blues - We Can Fly (One of the band's best!)
2000 Sarah Brightman - A Whiter Shade Of Pale (Another phenomenal cover of this song)
1999 Blondie - Maria
1998 Grey Eye Glances - The Lost Coast
1997 Justin Hayward - I Heard It
1996 Midge Ure - Breathe (The Swatch commerical song)
1995 Pulp - Common People (Best song of this year!)
1994 Erasure - I Love Saturday (One word, perky!)
1993 Robin Zander - Reactionary Girl (One of the best songs ever!)
1992 Shakespear's Sister - Stay (Gorgeous song and fabulously gothic video)
1991 Siouxsie and the Banshees - Shadowtime
1990 Oingo Boingo - Try To Believe (One of Danny Elfman's best!)
1989 Annie Haslam - The Angels Cry (W/Justin Hayward)
1988 Tanita Tikaram - Good Tradition (Kudos to Brian for introducing this album to me)
1987 The Smiths - Unhappy Birthday (Kinda appropriate, right?)
1986 Glass Tiger - Don't Forget Me When I'm Gone (86 was a hard year because the songs were all so darn good!)
1985 Arcadia - The Promise
1984 Lindsey Buckingham - Go Insane
1983 Madonna - Borderline
1982 Paul McCartney - Here Today (A beautiful tribute to Lennon)
1981 Stevie Nicks - Kind Of Woman
1980 Justin Hayward - It's Not On
1979 George Harrison - Blow Away
1978 The Moody Blues - Top Rank Suite (Justin getting funky!)
1977 John Lodge - Summer Breeze (This and Street Cafe are my favorite songs from this disc)
1976 ABBA - Knowing Me, Knowing You (Elvis Costello does a smashing live version of this song)
1975 Blue Jays (Justin Hayward and John Lodge) - Saved By The Music (My favorite off this CD)
1974 David Bowie - Diamond Dogs (Bow Wow! Ruff Ruff!)

As always, if you want any of these tracks let me know and I'll upload them for you. That's a lot of music, but hey, I've been around for 31 years tomorrow!