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==Music==
 
==Music==
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Kobi and I are supposed to put together a musical act for our 25th reunion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Governor%27s_Academy The Governor's Academy] (formerly Governor Dummer Academy). Here's a list of possible tunes we'll perform:
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Kobi and I will put together a musical act for our 25th reunion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Governor%27s_Academy The Governor's Academy] (formerly Governor Dummer Academy). Will we out-do Marty and Bobbi Mohan-Culp? See http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/photos/sketches/548#item=12416
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===Performance Set===
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*Don't Go, by Yaz
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*The Love Cats, by The Cure
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*Love Is a Stranger, by The Eurythmics
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*MLK, by U2
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===Karaoke Set===
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Kobi and Shawn will get everybody in a karaoke mood with a couple songs, while classmates will look over [[Karaoke 80s|our list]].
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*People Are People, by Depeche Mode
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*Don't You Forget about Me, by Simple Minds
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Then everyone is invited to sing any song from [[Karaoke 80s|the list]].
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===Dinner Music===
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Shawn's collected some music for the dinner, hopefully only pleasantly distracting.
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===Suggestions by kobi===
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Entries with a star are highly recommended by kobi, and entries with a $ by sreeves.
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;Peter Gabriel
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:Sledgehammer
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:Red Rain$
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:Shock the Monkey*
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;Depeche Mode
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:Everything Counts$
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:Flies on the Windscreen*$
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;Till Tuesday:Voices Carry$
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;Human League:Don’t You Want Me*(Karaoke)
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;Violent Femmes
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:Please Please Please Do not Go
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:Gone Daddy Gone
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;Hall & Oates
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:Kiss on my List
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:Rich Girl*
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:One on One
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;Sade
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:Sweedish Baboon
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:Smooth Operator*
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;Eurythmics
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:Sweet Dreams
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:Love is a stranger*$$
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;Cure
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:Love Cats*$
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:Head on the Door
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;Police:Wrapped around your finger*
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;Eddie Grant:Electric Avenue
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;Thompson Twins:Hold Me Now
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;U2:MLK*
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;Tears for Fears:Shout
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;Cars:Drive
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;Lionel Ritchie:Hello
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;Billy Idol:Dancing With mYself
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;Simple Minds:Don’t you Forget About me* (karaoke)
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;The Fixx
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:One thing leads to another
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:Saved by zero*
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;Prince
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:When U Were Mine$
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:When Doves Cry*$
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;Aha:Take on Me
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Maybe even that silly Red Red Wine song...
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===Suggestions by Shawn===
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Here's a list of possible tunes we'll perform:
 
===Music from our time at high school===
 
===Music from our time at high school===
 
(alphabetical by artist)
 
(alphabetical by artist)
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;Depeche Mode, People Are People:"Why should it be you and I should get along so awfully?"
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;Depeche Mode, People Are People*$:"Why should it be you and I should get along so awfully?"
 
;Depeche Mode, Sometimes:Downtime song.
 
;Depeche Mode, Sometimes:Downtime song.
 
;Echo and the Bunnymen, Lips Like Sugar
 
;Echo and the Bunnymen, Lips Like Sugar
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;Hall and Oates, One on One:Drum machine carries the beat.
 
;Hall and Oates, One on One:Drum machine carries the beat.
 
;Kate Bush, Running Up That Hill:Everybody else has covered it, why can't we?
 
;Kate Bush, Running Up That Hill:Everybody else has covered it, why can't we?
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;Michael Jackson
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;Madonna:Queen of our pop
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;Michael Jackson:King of our pop
 
;New Order, Blue Monday:Official dance club hit of our generation.
 
;New Order, Blue Monday:Official dance club hit of our generation.
 
;New Order, Every Little Counts:Essence of irony. Lonesome Tonight is another slow jam from NO.
 
;New Order, Every Little Counts:Essence of irony. Lonesome Tonight is another slow jam from NO.
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;The Cure, Just Like Heaven:Big hit at our college dance parties.
 
;The Cure, Just Like Heaven:Big hit at our college dance parties.
 
;The Police, Every Breath You Take:What better breeding ground for casual stalkers than a boarding school? jk—not!
 
;The Police, Every Breath You Take:What better breeding ground for casual stalkers than a boarding school? jk—not!
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;The Police, King of Pain
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;The Police, King of Pain*
 
;The Pretenders, Don't Get Me Wrong:Crossover between alternative types and mainstream listeners.
 
;The Pretenders, Don't Get Me Wrong:Crossover between alternative types and mainstream listeners.
 
;The Psychedelic Furs, Heartbreak Beat
 
;The Psychedelic Furs, Heartbreak Beat
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;Violent Femmes, Kiss Off:Drowned in teen angst all over the place, pretty easy to play. "They'll hurt me bad, but they do it all the time." "I hope you know that this will go down on your permanent record."
 
;Violent Femmes, Kiss Off:Drowned in teen angst all over the place, pretty easy to play. "They'll hurt me bad, but they do it all the time." "I hope you know that this will go down on your permanent record."
 
;Violent Femmes, Please Please Please Don't Go
 
;Violent Femmes, Please Please Please Don't Go
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===Other music===
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More bands with TGA/GDA sensitivity I would like covering include
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*Aimee Mann
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*Cocteau Twins
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*The B52s
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*Bob Marley
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*Cake
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*Coldplay
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*The Flaming Lips
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*Fleetwood Mac
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*Garbage
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*Joy Division
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*Morrissey
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*Natalie Merchant
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*Neil Young
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*No Doubt
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*Pink Floyd
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*Sade
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*Siouxsie and the Banshees
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*Smashing Pumpkins
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*Weird Al Yankovic
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Bands that don't fit that sensitivity—but who cares?—include
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*Alicia Keys
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*Aretha Franklin
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*Björk
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*Dinosaur Jr.
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*Erasure
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*James Brown
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*Joni Mitchell
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*King Missile
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*Kraftwerk
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*Lush
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*The Muppets
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*Prince
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*Radiohead
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*Stevie Wonder
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*Tom Waits
  
 
===Musicians and Instruments===
 
===Musicians and Instruments===
 
===kobi===
 
===kobi===
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*Acoustic guitar
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*Bass
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*Vocals
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kobi provided a list with a few overlaps with Shawn's list (Cure, Depeche Mode, Prince), but also some pop music, because it is so recognizable and hysterical. She tried to pick songs that were do-able on a synth with drum capacity because if she is singing, she could do without playing anything at all, and besides that's what the 80s was all about.
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===sreeves===
 
===sreeves===
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I wouldn't be ashamed to rock a 505, the Gov's 707 probably not still available.
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*Bass
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Here's what I can bring if necessary:
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*Vocals
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*Drums
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*Keyboards
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*Programming
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*Guitar?
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Shawn wouldn't be ashamed to rock a 505, the Gov's 707 probably not still available.
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Here's what shawn can bring if necessary:
 
*V-Drums
 
*V-Drums
 
*Electric bass + amp
 
*Electric bass + amp

Latest revision as of 10:42, 6 June 2012

Music

Kobi and I will put together a musical act for our 25th reunion at The Governor's Academy (formerly Governor Dummer Academy). Will we out-do Marty and Bobbi Mohan-Culp? See http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/photos/sketches/548#item=12416

Performance Set

  • Don't Go, by Yaz
  • The Love Cats, by The Cure
  • Love Is a Stranger, by The Eurythmics
  • MLK, by U2

Karaoke Set

Kobi and Shawn will get everybody in a karaoke mood with a couple songs, while classmates will look over our list.

  • People Are People, by Depeche Mode
  • Don't You Forget about Me, by Simple Minds

Then everyone is invited to sing any song from the list.

Dinner Music

Shawn's collected some music for the dinner, hopefully only pleasantly distracting.

Suggestions by kobi

Entries with a star are highly recommended by kobi, and entries with a $ by sreeves.

Peter Gabriel
Sledgehammer
Red Rain$
Shock the Monkey*
Depeche Mode
Everything Counts$
Flies on the Windscreen*$
Till Tuesday
Voices Carry$
Human League
Don’t You Want Me*(Karaoke)
Violent Femmes
Please Please Please Do not Go
Gone Daddy Gone
Hall & Oates
Kiss on my List
Rich Girl*
One on One
Sade
Sweedish Baboon
Smooth Operator*
Eurythmics
Sweet Dreams
Love is a stranger*$$
Cure
Love Cats*$
Head on the Door
Police
Wrapped around your finger*
Eddie Grant
Electric Avenue
Thompson Twins
Hold Me Now
U2
MLK*
Tears for Fears
Shout
Cars
Drive
Lionel Ritchie
Hello
Billy Idol
Dancing With mYself
Simple Minds
Don’t you Forget About me* (karaoke)
The Fixx
One thing leads to another
Saved by zero*
Prince
When U Were Mine$
When Doves Cry*$
Aha
Take on Me

Maybe even that silly Red Red Wine song...

Suggestions by Shawn

Here's a list of possible tunes we'll perform:

Music from our time at high school

(alphabetical by artist)

Depeche Mode, People Are People*$
"Why should it be you and I should get along so awfully?"
Depeche Mode, Sometimes
Downtime song.
Echo and the Bunnymen, Lips Like Sugar
Eurythmics, Sweet Dreams Are Made of This
If WBCN wasn't rocking this on my alarm radio in Perkins freshman year, I don't know whether I'd make it through breakfast.
Hall and Oates, One on One
Drum machine carries the beat.
Kate Bush, Running Up That Hill
Everybody else has covered it, why can't we?
Madonna
Queen of our pop
Michael Jackson
King of our pop
New Order, Blue Monday
Official dance club hit of our generation.
New Order, Every Little Counts
Essence of irony. Lonesome Tonight is another slow jam from NO.
Peter Gabriel, Don't Give Up
Denny Hannon '88 performed both sides of this duo; we won't make that mistake. Anything from So would go over well.
Sinéad O'Connor, Just Like U Said It Would B
Tears for Fears, Everybody Wants to Rule The World
Tears for Fears, Mad World
Tears for Fears, Pale Shelter
The Cure, In Between Days
Cheery, bet a lot of day-schoolers woke up to this on the way to Byfield.
The Cure, Just Like Heaven
Big hit at our college dance parties.
The Police, Every Breath You Take
What better breeding ground for casual stalkers than a boarding school? jk—not!
The Police, King of Pain*
The Pretenders, Don't Get Me Wrong
Crossover between alternative types and mainstream listeners.
The Psychedelic Furs, Heartbreak Beat
The Smiths, Ask
"Shyness can stop you from performing the songs you'd like to."
The Smiths, How Soon Is Now?
Alt Anthem.
The Smiths, anything from The Queen Is Dead
U2, Pride (In the Name of Love)
U2, With or Without You
Mr. Robb performed this with a student band. Just one incident from a long list of embarrassing fraternization with the enemy.
Violent Femmes, Kiss Off
Drowned in teen angst all over the place, pretty easy to play. "They'll hurt me bad, but they do it all the time." "I hope you know that this will go down on your permanent record."
Violent Femmes, Please Please Please Don't Go

Other music

More bands with TGA/GDA sensitivity I would like covering include

  • Aimee Mann
  • Cocteau Twins
  • The B52s
  • Bob Marley
  • Cake
  • Coldplay
  • The Flaming Lips
  • Fleetwood Mac
  • Garbage
  • Joy Division
  • Morrissey
  • Natalie Merchant
  • Neil Young
  • No Doubt
  • Pink Floyd
  • Sade
  • Siouxsie and the Banshees
  • Smashing Pumpkins
  • Weird Al Yankovic

Bands that don't fit that sensitivity—but who cares?—include

  • Alicia Keys
  • Aretha Franklin
  • Björk
  • Dinosaur Jr.
  • Erasure
  • James Brown
  • Joni Mitchell
  • King Missile
  • Kraftwerk
  • Lush
  • The Muppets
  • Prince
  • Radiohead
  • Stevie Wonder
  • Tom Waits

Musicians and Instruments

kobi

  • Bass
  • Vocals

kobi provided a list with a few overlaps with Shawn's list (Cure, Depeche Mode, Prince), but also some pop music, because it is so recognizable and hysterical. She tried to pick songs that were do-able on a synth with drum capacity because if she is singing, she could do without playing anything at all, and besides that's what the 80s was all about.

sreeves

  • Bass
  • Vocals
  • Drums
  • Keyboards
  • Programming
  • Guitar?

Shawn wouldn't be ashamed to rock a 505, the Gov's 707 probably not still available. Here's what shawn can bring if necessary:

  • V-Drums
  • Electric bass + amp
  • Electric guitar
  • PA + 2 mics
  • Prophet 2000 sampling keyboard
  • Ensoniq synth
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