I’m not really sure what prompted me to start downloading music from the 1980′s, but it’s been the best decision I’ve made in about three months.

I’m an 80′s child… I was born in 1979 and grew up through the 80′s listening to the likes of A-Ha, Petshop Boys, Simply Red, The Bangles, and Belinda Carlisle. As I’ve said before I have a sometimes obsessive habit of reminiscing and daydreaming of when I was younger. I get an adrenaline rush and feel elated when I remember how I thought and acted back then when I had no responsibilities of any sort, and then feel sad as I start thinking of all the childhood crushes I had. There weren’t many, but when I crushed it was long and hard. As cheesy as it sounds, music has a fantastically strong ability to control my emotions – more than anyone I’ve ever met so far.

I mixed some eighties music with nineties music and came up with the following playlist:

• Ah-ha – Take On Me
• Belinda Carlisle – Circle in the Sand
• Belinda Carlisle – Heaven Is A Place On Earth
• Billy Idol – Wild One
• Pet Shop Boys – Go West
• Pet Shop Boys – It’s A Sin
• Pet Shop Boys – West End Girls
• REM – Losing My Religion
• Savage Garden – Truly Madly Deeply
• Simply Red – Holding Back The Years
• Simply Red – Money’s Too Tight To Mention
• Simply Red – Something Got Me Started
• Simply Red – Stars
• The Bangles – Manic Monday
• Tony Rich Project – Nobody Knows