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Your Own Back to School Medley

By Paige Brady, August 7, 2010  |  Meet the Blogger  |  More Posts by Paige Brady
Thanks to Jimmy Dunne, President of Inspire — a music and branding company partnering on music initiatives with Whole Foods Market — for providing this blog post. As you’re navigating through the glitter, glam, and superheroes this back-to-school season, you’re bound to get a little nostalgic of your own childhood.  We want to help you embrace the memories with three fantastic new albums that harken back to a different age… Read on for an opportunity to win a gift bag of all three CDs! Sting - Symphonicities Sting has finally produced an orchestrated album, performing the greatest hits from both The Police and the solo eras.  His long-awaited collaboration with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is breathtakingly cinematic— yet buoyant —with the same classic energy that has resounded from him since the Police first stole the stage in 1978. Sheryl Crow - 100 Miles From Memphis Sheryl Crow has tapped into her soulful roots and produced an album of all new music that sounds like it’s straight from the 70’s.  It’s stacked with surprises— including Justin Timberlake’s vocal colors on “Sign Your Name” and Keith Richards’ signature riffing on “Eye to Eye.” 100 Miles is a truly entertaining, summer-glinted treat. Marc Cohn - Listening Booth: 1970 A timeless voice covers the most lasting songs from a “pivotal year in music:” 1970.  Simon and Garfunkel’s “Only Living Boy in New York”; Paul McCartney’s “Maybe I’m Amazed”; John Lennon’s “Look At Me”; all collide in an album that’s ripe with treasured moments. Treat yourself with your own little end-of-summer goodie— all three of these CDs are available in our stores now. So, who were you listening to in high school? The Police, Sting (solo), Sheryl Crow, Marc Cohn or someone else entirely? Tell us in the comments below, and we’ll select five random winners to receive a gift bag of all three of these new CDs. Enter your comment by August 18th! Jimmy Dunne is President of Inspire and a Grammy-nominated songwriter, TV and film composer, and television writer and producer; with songs that have been recorded on 27,000,000 records worldwide and garnered a number of CMA, ACMA, Juno, and BMI and ASCAP songwriter awards and multi-platinum Billboard recognitions.
Category: Back to School, Music

 

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Corrie Blackshear says ...
I was listening to the Police, yes... along with Springsteen, the Grateful Dead, The Ramones and a certain amount of heavy metal, too. These CDs look great!
08/09/2010 3:43:18 PM CDT
Liz Corey says ...
My favorite summer of all time was the summer of 1982. I was crazy in love with my first boyfriend and the music was great! Stevie Wonder was singing "Do I Do" and "That Girl", and Chicago crooned "Hard to Say I'm Sorry". Warm summer nights were great for listening to Huey Lewis sing "Do You Believe in Love". *Sigh* I remember it like it was yesterday!
08/09/2010 3:28:37 PM CDT
Candy says ...
New Order, Cocteau Twins, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Pixies, Jane's Addiction and They Might Be Giants. I still listen to these bands. Best Memories EVER!!!
08/09/2010 3:24:03 PM CDT
Sheila says ...
In high school of the late 80s, I listened to Depeche Modes, Pet Shop Boys, and Boy George.
08/09/2010 2:58:12 PM CDT
Cherie Unsworth says ...
I am definitely an "80's music girl. I listened to(and still do) Duran Duran, INXS, Adam and the Ants, Billy Idol, Modern English, English Beat and A-Ha(who we actually had play a concert at our school because a girl won a Pert Plus shampoo contest)
08/09/2010 2:51:23 PM CDT
Cherie Hunt says ...
It was all about the cute boys. Duran Duran, Depeche Mode, The Cure and of course The Smiths. Ahhh the memories of dark eyeliner and leggings with a hefty dose of Aquanet...
08/09/2010 2:44:49 PM CDT
aly hethcoat says ...
High school, 1993? bad cloth & music choices... lets talk about back to school in college - Tori Amos, Indigo Girls and Ani DiFranco!!! Lilith Fair Music - goooooood times!
08/09/2010 2:45:10 PM CDT
Molly Bailey says ...
Prince, Madonna, INXS, Duran Duran, Sade, The Police, Tom Petty, Van Morrison, Eddie Money, B-52's, Journey, GAP Band, Michael Jackson, Bryan Adams.... gosh-- so many more! 80's baby!
08/09/2010 2:41:03 PM CDT
Lisa says ...
simply red, bruce springsteen, metallica, iron maiden, scorpions, pet shop boys
08/09/2010 2:42:06 PM CDT
Michelle says ...
The 80's rocked! Prince, Michael Jackson, Wham, Peter Gabriel, Van Halen, Aerosmith, Queen, INXS, Run DMC, Madonna. I could go on all day!!!
08/09/2010 2:26:25 PM CDT
Catherine Chodack says ...
Men at Work, J.Giles and Bryan Adams were all over the radio....but with MTV in it's newly born stage...brought Def Leppard to my attention!
08/09/2010 2:30:38 PM CDT
Lisa says ...
I loved the B52s, Blue Oyster Cult, Bad Company, any classic rock
08/09/2010 2:23:26 PM CDT
Wanda Chastain says ...
1973 - CCR, John Lennon, Chicago, Blood Sweat & Tears, and (surprise!) Glenn Miller! Good times!
08/09/2010 2:18:45 PM CDT
Amber says ...
Well, I started out listening to country (Tim McGraw, Garth Brooks) my freshman year, then expanded to everything by my senior year. REM, Pearl Jam, Boyz 2 Men, Madonna, Green Day, Duran Duran, music from "The Phantom of the Opera", and many, many more.
08/09/2010 2:19:06 PM CDT
Brenda says ...
Lots of 80s music including hair bands!
08/09/2010 2:17:36 PM CDT
Tamara says ...
I listened to Dan Fogelberg, Bruce Springsteen, Linda Ronstadt, Elton John and so many more! The 70's had so much good music. Ah the good ole days. :)
08/09/2010 2:15:49 PM CDT
Tiffani H. Patterson says ...
I am a definite 80s baby so I went to school listening to The Police, New Edition, Madonna, Prince and Michael Jackson! I don't think there will ever be a decade like the 80s musically again. Sigh...
08/09/2010 2:13:24 PM CDT
Kim says ...
Bon Jovi, Baby!!!
08/09/2010 2:12:27 PM CDT
Tony Wilson says ...
The '70s - David Bowie, Yes, Steely Dan, Led Zeppelin, and Fleetwood Mac
08/09/2010 2:11:44 PM CDT
John Coleman says ...
What memories thinking of music listened to in high school bring back. some great music back in the early 70s. The Moody Blues - Night in White Satin was a favorite. America's Horse with no name. Carly Simon - Anticipation - what an album cover! Emerson Lake and Palmer From the beginning, Santana's whole Abraxas album but especially Black Magic Woman. Wow - forgot there were so many cool songs
08/09/2010 2:11:13 PM CDT
Teri C says ...
In high School it was Ben Folds Five, Sublime, Sarah McLaughlin, Echoes on NPR( to sleep by) and it was Disposable Heroes of Hipocrasy!
08/09/2010 2:00:24 PM CDT
Kristen says ...
Ah, Highschool in the 80s. The birth of the music video (Money for Nothing is the first video I really remember watching). As for what we were listening to? Howard Jones (Dream into Action), Yaz (Upstairs at Eric's) and of course U2. And bonus from the Joshua Tree concert tour: an introduction to the BoDeans who remains one of my favorite bands today.
08/09/2010 1:58:02 PM CDT
PAULA says ...
in High School i always listened to music...mostly dance songs back then- Lionel Richie, The Police, The Bee Gee's...dancing ALL THE TIME!!!Luv, Paula
08/09/2010 1:46:04 PM CDT
Woody says ...
back in the 80's, the Smiths, the Cure, Sisters of Mercy, Joy Division, Bauhaus, Suicidal Tenancies, Public Enemy, De La Soul!
08/09/2010 1:34:26 PM CDT
Anne says ...
I was listening to Red Hot Chili Peppers, especially their Mother's Milk, Blood Sugar Sex Magik, and Californication albums. I also really loved Tom Petty, The Rolling Stones, and Fleetwood Mac. Other than RCHP I mostly listened to the music that my parents played, which they grew up with in the 1960s and 1970s.
08/09/2010 1:34:07 PM CDT

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