Eliz.'s Fave Songs (1989-90)
In 1989-90, I was clearly obsessed with certain Christian pop music and the soundtracks to Say Anything, Sing, When Harry Met Sally, and TV's Beauty and the Beast.
SIDE A
1.) Beauty and the Beast season 1 opener.
Video is here. I was pretty obsessed with this show during its three seasons. I basically had an emotional breakdown when a certain character died and then when it was cancelled. The soundtrack was my major consolation.
2.) Secret Ambition by Michael W. Smith.
Video is here.
3.) Romance by Paul Carrack & Terri Nunn.
I cannot believe that this song has a video and that it is available. It's too good to be true. There isn't nearly enough footage of Sing in it, in my opinion, but I'll take it.
4.) It Had to Be You by Harry Connick, Jr.
When I first discovered him via When Harry Met Sally, I could not believe that my state was lucky enough to claim him. Even though this soundtrack made him super popular across the country, I had to practically beg people to attend his concert with me that fall with the 3 tickets I somehow had. I guess he wasn't too hip with the 9th-10th graders back then. Video is here. I still have the t-shirt from that concert. It is full of holes, and it is the softest t-shirt I own.
5.) Say Once More (Live) by Amy Grant, Gary Chapman, and Michael W. Smith. Okay. This is from a live show they did 1988 or 1989. It was on VHS, I know, and a cassette tape was released. It had about six live songs on it, and they were all pretty fantastic. This is the only one I have as an mp3, and I'd basically kill for the rest. I've searched online for years for copies of the VHS or cassette, with no luck.
6.) Keeping the Dream Alive by Freiheit MüNchener.
Video is here. This is from the Say Anything soundtrack. I'd never seen these guys until looking up this video today -- wow. Awesome.
7.) Part of Your World from The Little Mermaid.
Video is here.
8.) Emanuel (Live) by Amy Grant.
Also from A Moment in Time.
9.) One More Time by Michael Bolton.
This is from the Sing soundtrack. I was always bummed that they let that NTAC Michael Bolton record the song for the soundtrack because I loved the version in the movie so much more. According to this article, the version in the movie was performed by Gene Miller. I haven't heard it in years, but I loved his voice. I loved this whole part of the movie. Someone put it on YouTube, okay? Thanks.
SIDE B
1.) Variations on the Kanon by George Winston.
The link to the clip of this song on his website is playing the wrong song, so I'll use this one instead. It's called "Joy," and it's basically his version of "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring," and I think it is very pretty.
2.) Pray for Me by Michael W. Smith.
(I already wrote about this song here.)
3.) We'll Never Say Goodbye by Art Garfunkel.
I'd like to publicly thank reader Erica for sending me the mp3 of this song. I have no idea how she found it, but I am SO thrilled to have it. If I figure out how to post it here, I definitely will.
4.) And When She Danced by Marilyn Martin and David Foster.
(Homemade) video is here. I still love this song with all of my heart. It makes me think of my older brother and his white Mustang. With his major car stereo system, this was the kind of song he sometimes blared in our driveway. It was beautiful because we could listen to it and not fight for three minutes and think silently about leaping off piers, flying high in the air, hanging out with the wind, drifting with the clouds with the moon full and the sea wild, meeting our lovers high on a cliff and swooping down into the ocean and swimming all the way and touching the bottom, up through the dark water and breaking the surface, then flying to Jamaica for Pina Coladas, and how much better that would be than high school.
5.) El Shaddai (Live) by Amy Grant.
Also from A Moment in Time. So, so pretty. I must find these songs again somehow! Help me, internet.
6.) I Could Write a Book by Harry Connick, Jr.
7.) Friends (Live) by Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith, and Gary Chapman.
The ultimate end of camp song. Also from A Moment in Time. Shelley and I went with our moms (and my sister?) to see Amy Grant and Michael W. Smith in concert in either 1988 or 1989. We were in the eighth grade. We were really madly in love with him, there's no denying it. At least I was. Here's a video. It's not the version on the AMiT tape, but it's pretty much exactly what he was like when we saw him in concert and swooned. Like the audience members in this video, I think we probably put our arms around each other and swayed.
8.) The First Time I Loved Forever by Lisa Angelle.
Video is here.
9.) Dragon Princesses by Ron Perlman.
That's what I always called this before I knew it was from Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet. I'm not positive, but I'm pretty sure this is it in French. (The passage that starts, "How should we be able to forget those ancient myths that are the beginning of all peoples? The myths about dragons that at the last moment turn into princesses ...") I cringe now, mostly, watching these cheesy clips, but if nothing else, this show introduced me to Rilke. And who doesn't need a little Rilke in her life?
SIDE A
1.) Beauty and the Beast season 1 opener.
Video is here. I was pretty obsessed with this show during its three seasons. I basically had an emotional breakdown when a certain character died and then when it was cancelled. The soundtrack was my major consolation.
2.) Secret Ambition by Michael W. Smith.
Video is here.
3.) Romance by Paul Carrack & Terri Nunn.
I cannot believe that this song has a video and that it is available. It's too good to be true. There isn't nearly enough footage of Sing in it, in my opinion, but I'll take it.
4.) It Had to Be You by Harry Connick, Jr.
When I first discovered him via When Harry Met Sally, I could not believe that my state was lucky enough to claim him. Even though this soundtrack made him super popular across the country, I had to practically beg people to attend his concert with me that fall with the 3 tickets I somehow had. I guess he wasn't too hip with the 9th-10th graders back then. Video is here. I still have the t-shirt from that concert. It is full of holes, and it is the softest t-shirt I own.
5.) Say Once More (Live) by Amy Grant, Gary Chapman, and Michael W. Smith. Okay. This is from a live show they did 1988 or 1989. It was on VHS, I know, and a cassette tape was released. It had about six live songs on it, and they were all pretty fantastic. This is the only one I have as an mp3, and I'd basically kill for the rest. I've searched online for years for copies of the VHS or cassette, with no luck.
6.) Keeping the Dream Alive by Freiheit MüNchener.
Video is here. This is from the Say Anything soundtrack. I'd never seen these guys until looking up this video today -- wow. Awesome.
7.) Part of Your World from The Little Mermaid.
Video is here.
8.) Emanuel (Live) by Amy Grant.
Also from A Moment in Time.
9.) One More Time by Michael Bolton.
This is from the Sing soundtrack. I was always bummed that they let that NTAC Michael Bolton record the song for the soundtrack because I loved the version in the movie so much more. According to this article, the version in the movie was performed by Gene Miller. I haven't heard it in years, but I loved his voice. I loved this whole part of the movie. Someone put it on YouTube, okay? Thanks.
SIDE B
1.) Variations on the Kanon by George Winston.
The link to the clip of this song on his website is playing the wrong song, so I'll use this one instead. It's called "Joy," and it's basically his version of "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring," and I think it is very pretty.
2.) Pray for Me by Michael W. Smith.
(I already wrote about this song here.)
3.) We'll Never Say Goodbye by Art Garfunkel.
I'd like to publicly thank reader Erica for sending me the mp3 of this song. I have no idea how she found it, but I am SO thrilled to have it. If I figure out how to post it here, I definitely will.
4.) And When She Danced by Marilyn Martin and David Foster.
(Homemade) video is here. I still love this song with all of my heart. It makes me think of my older brother and his white Mustang. With his major car stereo system, this was the kind of song he sometimes blared in our driveway. It was beautiful because we could listen to it and not fight for three minutes and think silently about leaping off piers, flying high in the air, hanging out with the wind, drifting with the clouds with the moon full and the sea wild, meeting our lovers high on a cliff and swooping down into the ocean and swimming all the way and touching the bottom, up through the dark water and breaking the surface, then flying to Jamaica for Pina Coladas, and how much better that would be than high school.
5.) El Shaddai (Live) by Amy Grant.
Also from A Moment in Time. So, so pretty. I must find these songs again somehow! Help me, internet.
6.) I Could Write a Book by Harry Connick, Jr.
7.) Friends (Live) by Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith, and Gary Chapman.
The ultimate end of camp song. Also from A Moment in Time. Shelley and I went with our moms (and my sister?) to see Amy Grant and Michael W. Smith in concert in either 1988 or 1989. We were in the eighth grade. We were really madly in love with him, there's no denying it. At least I was. Here's a video. It's not the version on the AMiT tape, but it's pretty much exactly what he was like when we saw him in concert and swooned. Like the audience members in this video, I think we probably put our arms around each other and swayed.
8.) The First Time I Loved Forever by Lisa Angelle.
Video is here.
9.) Dragon Princesses by Ron Perlman.
That's what I always called this before I knew it was from Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet. I'm not positive, but I'm pretty sure this is it in French. (The passage that starts, "How should we be able to forget those ancient myths that are the beginning of all peoples? The myths about dragons that at the last moment turn into princesses ...") I cringe now, mostly, watching these cheesy clips, but if nothing else, this show introduced me to Rilke. And who doesn't need a little Rilke in her life?
posted by eliza @ 5:34 PM
7 Comments:
I love, love, LOVE El Shaddai.
For my HS graduation we performed Friends and El Shaddai. I went to public school, but the chorus teacher loved these songs... I think he did get some kind of flack from the administration after the fact, though.
I couldn't listen to the clip because I don't have speakers here at work. Is the "And When She Danced" song from the "Stealing Home" soundtrack? If so, I love that song (and movie)!
Have not heard El Shaddai since my private school days, what a flashback!
And, "the ultimate end of camp song": truer words never spoken. I really couldn't listen to it for most of junior and senior year without crying, thinking about all the summer VBFs I left in other towns. Sniff!!!!
Wow. I feel like I'm looking at one of my own mix tapes from back in the day. I used to love El Shaddai and all things Michael W. Smith. I still love the Say Anything soundtrack and George Winston!
I also went to the Amy Grant/ MWS concert in 1989 with a huge group of my girlfriends from school, which was followed by a sleep over complete with teary confessions and truth dare double-dare.
I remember the TV series Beauty and the Beast, and the music and poetry Lee Holdridge and Don Davis scored for the series. Ron Perlman and these composers cut an album of the poetry and music, a google search should easily locate it. Additionally, you mentioned George Winston's Variation on the Canon, which I have. If you in fact listen to this music, I would encourage you to check out, if you have Dish Network Satellite, their Dish CD channel 977 - Muzak's Aura or New Age channel, which you will find some terrific piano music, and channel 930 Piano & Guitar which many of Winston's songs can be located. I would also encourage you to check out Windham Hill, Narada, High Octave, Miramar, Silver Wave if you're interested in this kind of music. I know, I'm hooked to piano music of this genre.
Hi Bill, thanks for the musical suggestions. I actually have the Beauty and the Beast soundtrack on both cassette and CD (I spent a lot on that one, but it was worth it to me). Thanks again.
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