Dateline: 17 October 2017, Pasay, PHL

80's kid and MTV's first generation

This "Top 100 New Wave Songs" Spotify playlist is gonna stay in front of this section for a while. First encountered this list at Digital DreamDoor (or DDD).

New wave and MTV influenced my eclectic taste in music. The eighties was a great time to listen to music. And to watch! This Youtube video tells about the MTV's first airing and the very first batch of VJ's.

(First time to embed a Spotify playlist -- tell me how this was for you in "Talkback." Thanks.)

James Morrison

"Broken Strings" from The Awakening (featuring Nelly Furtado)

"Oh it tears me up, I try to hold on, but it hurts too much, I try to forgive, but it's not enough to make it all okay"

R.E.M.

"Everybody Hurts" from Automatic for the People

"Don't let yourself go, 'cause everybody cries, and everybody hurts sometimes"

Coldplay

"Fix You" from A Head Full of Dreams

"And the tears come streaming down your face, when you lose something you can't replace, when you love someone, but it goes to waste, could it be worse?"

Keane

"Everybody's Changing" from Hopes and Fears

"You're aching, you're breaking, and I can see the pain in your eyes"

Jason Mraz

"Absolutely Zero" from Waiting for My Rocket to Come

"Hey, what's that you say? You're not blaming me for anything, that's great, but I don't break that easy. Does it fade away? So that's why I'm apologizing now for telling you I thought that we could make it. I just don't get enough to believe that we've both changed."

Damien Rice

"The Blower's Daughter" from O

"And so it is, the shorter story, no love, no glory, no hero in her sky"

Gary Barlow

"Forever Love" from Open Road

"Love, it has so many beautiful faces, sharing lives and sharing days. My love it had so many empty spaces, I'm sharing a memory now, I hope that's how it stays."

Sinead O'Connor

"Nothing Compares 2 U" from I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got

"It's been so lonely without you here, like a bird without a song. Nothing can stop these lonely tears from falling. Tell me, baby, where did I go wrong?"