This compilation CD from 1996 mixes well known groups like ABBA with more obscure groups like Rusted Roof. There doesn’t seem to be any theme to this music CD other including songs that were hits in their day. Do you recognize these songs? Any favorites? GRADE: B+
TRACK LIST:
| 1 | ABBA– | Dancing Queen | 4:08 |
| 2 | Van Morrison– | Brown Eyed Girl | 3:03 |
| 3 | Rusted Root– | Send Me On My Way | 4:20 |
| 4 | John Cougar Mellencamp– | Jack And Diane | 4:14 |
| 5 | Smokey Robinson & The Miracles*– | The Tracks Of My Tears | 2:55 |
| 6 | The Moody Blues– | Nights in White Satin | 7:24 |
| 7 | Cream (2)– | Sunshine Of Your Love | 4:10 |
| 8 | Bon Jovi– | Wanted Dead Or Alive | 5:06 |
| 9 | The Police– | Every Breath You Take | 4:13 |
| 10 | Frankie Valli– | Grease | 3:23 |
| 11 | Bryan Adams– | Summer Of ’69 | 3:33 |
| 12 | Rush– | Tom Sawyer | 4:32 |
| 13 | Barry White, Love Unlimited Orchestra– | Love’s Theme | 4:08 |
| 14 | James Brown– | Cold Sweat | 2:51 |
| 15 | Peter Frampton– | Show Me The Way | 4:39 |
| 16 | Rod Stewart– | Every Picture Tells A Story | 5:57 |
Only a few I remember and like.
Sunshine of your love of course and nights in white satin. Then every breath you take and the Tracks of my tears.
The whole collection seems to me romantic stories = Kitsch in German, part of it really horrible!
It surely didn’t change my life!
A bit OT:
Looking at the running times you can tell from where the tracks are – the old ones from Jukebox times always less than 3 minutes.
Wolf, you’re right about the running times of the songs. Most songs from the Fifties and Sixties were 3 minutes or less.
A complete mish-mash! Absolutely no rhyme or reason or obvious thematic link here. But how many of us can say, truthfully, that “Dancing Queen” did not change their life? Lol
Deb, I chortled at the “Music That Changed Our Lives” title. But, you’re right about ABBA. ABBA was Bill Crider’s favorite group and he knew all the lyrics of their songs by heart!
Alas, DANCING QUEEN did not change my life. I don’t think any ABBA song did.
I recognize most of the songs; say “meh” to some; scratch my head at some of the others, although if I heard them I might recognize them.
Van Morrision, Cream, and The Moody blues lead the way on this collection.
Jerry, you cannot go wrong with Van Morrison, Cream, and The Moody Blues.
Well, two of those, mostly. Particularly if Morrison and Clapton don’t start Lecturing, as they do. And the Denny Laine Moodys, sure.
Todd, I wouldn’t call it “life-changing” but The Moody Blues and Van Morrison knocked my socks off back in the Sixties and Seventies.
Moody Blues, Cream, Bryan Adams. “Jack & Diane” and “Wanted Dead or Alive” are played to death on the Mix stations.
Fred, you’re right. Our Oldies station play The Moody Blues, Cream, Bryan Adams, John Mellencamp, and Guns N’ Roses regularly. Our Mellow Rock radio station plays a lot of The Eagles, Chicago, and Fleetwood Mac.
I’m familiar with all but Rusted Root (never heard of them) and the Barry White song isn’t familiar. Everything else is at least OK, but none of them changed my life. Maybe Bob Dylan did. My favorite would be Rod Stewart’s “Every Picture Tells a Story”, one of Stewart’s best songs and probably his best album.
Michael, I’m with you on “Every Picture Tells a Story.” Great song! I’m fond of Rod Stewart’s IF WE FALL IN LOVE TONIGHT album.
Someone’s life might be changed easily, I guess. A lot of biggest and third-biggest Hits. Hope this one was cheap.
Todd, I picked up MUSIC THAT CHANGED OUR LIVES at a Salvation Army Thrift Store for 25 cents.
Sometimes for me, it doesn’t matter if the song was any good, it’s the memories and time it evokes. ABBA music always does that for me despite it not being very good. If I hear WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO, for instance, I am back in New Hope, PA waitressing at the Crystal Palace at age 16 and looking out the window of my rented room at the cute boys who flipped hamburgers across the street.
Patti, same here. Every time I hear a key song from my youth, I’m transported back to the Sixties or Seventies.
Like Michael, I don’t recognize the Rusted Root song.
Although I love music, I can’t say that any of these songs changed my life. They make an interesting soundtrack to it though.
Beth, well said! Some of these songs got heavy play on my phonograph back in the day!
“Music that changed our life”?
I don’t think so.
“The Tracks of My Tears” is definitely my favorite of this bunch. Two songs I hate: “Show Me the Way” (don’t ask me why, but I have had a visceral hate response to think song ever since I first heard it) and “Grease” (“It has meaning”? – what meaning is hat, Frankie?).
Jeff, many people share your distaste for “Show Me the Way.” I don’t know if “Grease” has meaning, but I’m sure if it does it’s slick!
Believe it or not, even though I don’t the song any better than the rest of you, we actually saw Rusted Root in concert! In August of 2002, they opened for Santana at Jones Beach.
Jeff, I’m glad someone identified Rusted Root. I’m not familiar with the song or the group. Why they are on this CD is inexplicable.
Minor success for a while, RR. Probably a relative of the assembler? Or a Song That Changed Their Life?
I loved ABBA, and Dancing Queen is a favorite. Actually I mainly used their music to dance and exercise to, but it made me happy. One of my favorite songs from my teenage years is Tracks of My Tears. Other favorites were Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart, and James Brown, but I don’t recognize these songs by them.
Tracy, MUSIC THAT CHANGED OUR LIVES delivers a mix of music: some familiar, some not.