First Summer Potpourri

Imagine you recently started dating someone in college and before they leave for the summer: surprise, surprise you get an unexpected cassette thay secretly had made for you. They mail it to you so you get the pick after they have left. Whoa! That's pretty cool. This is such a cassette. I wasn't expecting it. It had really cool songs on it. Several that were new releases at the time. And it has a message. A message of longing, but still a bit unsure. Testing the waters to see if I felt the same about her as she did about me. And also wanting to impress me with her knowledge of music. It worked. I ended up driving hours and hours in a bus to go see her as soon as I could. If I wasn't as much of a simpleton, it probably could have lasted much longer. Either way it ended up lasting for years. I was smitten. This cassette was a good reason for the start of that. I still don't understand a couple of the choices, but the other 95% I totally do.

First Summer Potpourri

01 Elvis Costello - Girls Talk

02 The Inkspots - If I Didn't Care

03 Suzanne Fellini - Love On The Phone

04 The Chipmunks - Christmas Don't Be Late

05 Elvis Costello - My Funny Valentine

06 The Selector - On My Radio

07 Icehouse - Sister

08 Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star

09 Sue Saad & The Next - Won't Give Up

10 Romantics - She's Got Everything

11 Graham Parker - Heat Treatment

12 The Sinceros - I Still Miss You

13 The Inmates - The Walk

14 Joe Jackson - Jumpin' With Symphony Sid

15 Elvis Costello - Big Boys

16 Romantics - When I Look In Your Eyes

17 Joe Jackson - Is She Really Going Out With Him

18 The Motels - Forever Mine