Thursday Thirteen #41

Jun 11, 2008 Author: Elizabeth | Filed under: Daily, Meme, Thursday Thirteen

Thirteen Song That Remind Me of My Childhood

1. Hangin’ In - Tanya Tucker

2. Gonna Take A Lot of River - The Oak Ridge Boys

3. God Blessed Texas - Little Texas — Warning: There are scantily clad women in this video. Forget Barbie, it’s the girls in bikinis in this video that messed up my body image…

4. Ships That Don’t Come In - Joe Diffie — I remember, back when we were after Saddam the first time, how people would call in and request this song for fallen soldiers. I still get goosebumps and want to cry just thinking about it. Seems appropriate again.

5. I’ll Make Love To You - Boyz II Men — Let me be upfront and tell you that this was my favorite song in 5th grade and I had no idea what it was about. And now it makes me laugh to think about how often I listened to this song.

6. Daddy’s Money - Ricochet

7. Remember Me This Way - Jordan Hill

8. Something to Talk About - Bonnie Raitt

9. Is There Life Out There - Reba McEntire

10. Boot Scootin’ Boogie - Brooks & Dunn

11. What’s It To You - Clay Walker

12. Breakout - Swing Out Sister

13. Come On Eileen - Dexy’s Midnight Runners

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25 Responses for "Thursday Thirteen #41"

pjazzypar June 11th, 2008 at 5:04 pm 1

You can never go wrong with Bonnie Raitt. Happy TT.
On a Limb with Claudia June 11th, 2008 at 5:36 pm 2

Gosh… I feel fairly stupid as I don’t know most of these songs. The sad thing is that I recognize Dexy’s Midnight runners. (Shaking my head) Now how pathetic is that?

Happy TT!
Malcolm June 11th, 2008 at 5:50 pm 3

“Breakout” is one of my favorite songs. “Twilight World” is another good tune by Swing Out Sister.
HOOTIN' ANNI June 11th, 2008 at 5:53 pm 4

I still stop and listen to your #5 myself!! Awesome song.

Hope you can come by and have a bit of fun with me for my T-13 this week.
SandyCarlson June 11th, 2008 at 5:54 pm 5

Something to Talk About is a favorite of mine! Great list. You brought back lots of memories.
marcia @ joyismygoal June 11th, 2008 at 6:06 pm 6

Of Course I love 3 and 10
Clara June 11th, 2008 at 6:54 pm 7

Boy, do I feel old. I stopped keeping up with pop culture a long time ago. Great idea to include the videos for each of the songs!

I published my first T-13 today. Hope you can stop by.
Susan Helene Gottfried June 11th, 2008 at 8:22 pm 8

Ooh, we grew up on different radio stations, that’s for sure!
Lori June 11th, 2008 at 9:17 pm 9

Yep, you must not be that old if you remember those growing up…awwww yes, 23…oh to be young again. Happy TT:)
Journeywoman June 11th, 2008 at 9:54 pm 10

The only one I really know is Dexys. Ah well. happy TT.
tinalian June 11th, 2008 at 11:13 pm 11

Very fun list! I knew almost all of those songs but “I’ll Make Love to You” is a cherished song from my early teen years! I kissed a boy on the check to that song once!
Maisie June 11th, 2008 at 11:27 pm 12

That was a good idea for a 13 list. I remember Something to Talk About from my childhood, too - in the 80’s.
Maisie June 11th, 2008 at 11:33 pm 13

I just found out that Something to Talk About was released in 1991. I was 21. So, I guess that really wasn’t my childhood.
lauren June 12th, 2008 at 12:40 am 14

lol, we DID grow up on the same radio stations! cheers to cheesy midnineties nashville country.
WillThink4Wine June 12th, 2008 at 6:37 am 15

I’ll be sing Boot Scooting Boogie all day now! Ha!
clarence June 12th, 2008 at 6:58 am 16

I used to love Breakout by Swing Out Sister - I still have the record! Nice list, most of these I hadn’t heard of. Will check ‘em out.
Crazy Daisy June 12th, 2008 at 10:01 am 17

omg! Total flashback!
Lori-NotSoSuperwoman June 12th, 2008 at 10:30 am 18

Ha, I know what you mean about loving songs as a kid and having no idea what they were talking about. I loved Angel in the Centerfold and it wasn’t until I was older that I realized what the song was talking about. As a kid, I was just too caught up in the NaNaNaNaNaNaNaNaNaNa’s to care what the lyrics were!
Cindy Swanson June 12th, 2008 at 10:59 am 19

Boy, did that ever bring back memories! I love “Come on Eileen”!

Stop by and visit my TT when you have a moment.
leanna jackson June 12th, 2008 at 4:01 pm 20

i’ve only even heard of two of those. boyz II men something was the first cd i ever bought. oh, the shame.
Chris June 12th, 2008 at 4:45 pm 21

Sadly, I recognize most of those. Fun list, happy TT!
Cindy June 12th, 2008 at 4:57 pm 22

Wow, that was a trip back in time for sure. I teared up watching the Reba video “Is there life out there?”
Of course, the quality was downright horrid but their attempt at a story was pretty good.
Miriam June 12th, 2008 at 5:05 pm 23

Come on Eileen! And Breakout! I haven’t thought about those songs in years. Now they are stuck in my head.
Val June 12th, 2008 at 10:17 pm 24

Love it!! I was the same way with #5! Ha!! And for some reason that song of Reba’s get stuck in my head so often! Weird…Great list!
Redneck Diva June 16th, 2008 at 3:51 pm 25

Ah the Oak Ridge Boys….we were listening to them on 8-track before we got a fancy car with a cassette player. Them and the Gatlin Brothers.

Oh girl! When the video to “Break Out” came on, life stopped. I LOVED that song! I’m SO downloading it right now. (I tend to do much downloading after reading your blog….)

And “Is There Life Out There” was my life last year when I was in school. I cried many a night over algebra and this song.

(Btw, I was at the hospital the day your sent out the call for a mp3 converter, but once I got home and checked mine doesn’t convert from the format you needed. Just know I wanted to help!)