One of my favorite shows on TV right now (and it’s a very short list)…is The Goldbergs. During the season premiere a week back, Adam (who was me), made a mixtape for his soon-to-be girlfriend. I loved the mixtape…I still like the mixtape…sure it’s a Mix”playlist” now, but it still counts, and I make them all the time.

Adams’ playlist was great…featuring Warrant, LL Cool J, Genesis, and even a Weird Al track. How could that not have resulted in love.

I decided to go back and make my wife mixtapes…if I had known her back in the 80s. Mixtapes for the 80s, 90s, and Today…it’s like Star 102.5’s tagline from 10 years ago, ha ha.

My 80s Playlist for My Wife

Pretty Young Thing – Michael Jackson

Higher Love – Steve Winwood

Burning Heart – Survivor

Time After Time – Cyndi Lauper

Power of Love – Huey Lewis 

Beautiful Girl – INXS

I Found Someone – Cher

Born To Be My Baby – Bon Jovi

I Wanna Dance With Somebody – Whitney Houston

In Your Eyes – Peter Gabriel

If You Leave – OMD

Glory of Love – Peter Cetera

I’ll Never Let You Go – Steelheart

Don’t You Forget About Me – Simple Minds

My Mixtape for my Wife for the 90s

Show Me Love – Robyn

All My Life – K-Ci & Jojo

Ditty – Paperboy

Now That We Found Love – Heavy D

To Be With You – Mr. Big

Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses – U2

Hero – Mariah Carey

Only Wanna Be With You – Hootie & the Blowfish

Bad Touch – Bloodhound Gang

I’ll Stand By You – Pretenders

I Want it That Way – Backstreet Boys

Everything I Do – Bryan Adams

I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing – Aerosmith

And Today…

Animals – Maroon 5

Play It Again – Luke Bryan

Shut Up and Dance – Walk the Moon

Classic – MKTO

Rather Be – Clean Bandit

Latch – Disclosure

Something in the Water – Carrie Underwood

Out of My League – Fitz & the Tantrums

Bang Bang – Jessie J

I Wanna Get Better – The Bleachers

Amnesia – 5 Seconds of Summer

Happy – Pharrell

On Top of the World – Imagine Dragons

She wouldn’t have been able to resist my mixtapes…but she probably would have preferred some Britney Spears in that mix. Maybe I should have added “Lucky”.

AWESOME is as AWESOME does!