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Wild Lion*esses Pride by Jay's avatar

Oh yes, Cyndi Lauper—I loved that song too! That was back when I’d sit in front of my first stereo system, radio and tape recorder ready, finger hovering over the buttons to hit 'record' at just the right moment when the first chords played… and the inevitable frustration when the presenter talked over the intro again.

Amy - The Tonic's avatar

Belinda Carlisle ☺️

Wild Lion*esses Pride by Jay's avatar

Amy, with which song am I mixing it? Do you know. Thanks for the correction.

Amy - The Tonic's avatar

Hmmm, I’m not sure. But they were both so popular around the same time, so the mix up is understandable!

Wild Lion*esses Pride by Jay's avatar

Ok, might have been. Could have been Time after Time?

Amy - The Tonic's avatar

I had wondered that, or True Colors? Though both are a lot slower paced than Heaven.

Wild Lion*esses Pride by Jay's avatar

It might actually have been her “Girls just wanna have fun” as both start a bit similar in rhythm, or Change of Heart

Older and wider's avatar

- Because you were hoping to hear it again.

Ah, those were the days: trying to record a special song from the radio with your transistor next to a cassette recorder. I think I only tried it once and gave up becasue the quality was so bad, and of course they talked over the beginnings and endings of songs. Ha.

Nice song. Ta for the earworm.

DIANA ADMIRE's avatar

As someone who used to date a radio disc jockey. They play Longest songs possible for breaks…somwtning about….Dashboard lights…comes to mind.

Michelle Spencer (she/her)'s avatar

Ah the pain of a failed hypothesis. Grown ups are weird.

Larry LeBlanc's avatar

That's the world for you. You think you got it figured out and then, Bam, it changes on you!

Amy - The Tonic's avatar

I guess heaven isn’t a place on/at a radio station 🤷‍♀️

Maharani Parivarto's avatar

I also love that song!🩷. I am going to make a wild assumption, that on some recording format that You finally obtained the song. May it be vinyl, cassette, (probably not an eight track), CD, then who knows what. I also anticipated my favorites, and kind of “used the Force” to locate them and attempt to record them. Maybe it is a rite of passage.

Robin Taylor (he/him)'s avatar

Oh yes, I became a mix tape master not long after that year, and I did capture that song in the wild at least once.