By popular demand, here is the entire music playlist from the session Jeff and I did at Great Ideas. If you remember every single one of these songs then…you're lying. Well, no one at the session got them all anyway.
I Wanna Go Back: Leadership Lessons from 80s Music (with Jeff and Jamie)
Opening Playlist
1. 867-5309/Jenny⎯Tommy Tutone
2. Jump—Van Halen
3. Billie Jean⎯Michael Jackson
4. Video Killed the Radio Star⎯The Buggles
5. Final Countdown—Europe
6. I Wanna Go Back—Eddie Money
Leadership Lesson Playlist #1—Embrace common purpose
1. Don’t Stop Believin’—Journey
2. One Vision—Queen
3. Tears Are Not Enough—Northern Lights
4. We Are The World—USA for Africa
5. Do They Know It’s Christmas—Band Aid
Leadership Lesson Playlist #2— Everyone leads
1. Our House—Madness
2. We’re Ready—Boston
3. We Belong—Pat Benatar
4. We Built This City—Starship
5. Everybody Wants to Rule the World—Tears for Fears
Leadership Lesson Playlist #3—Be global
1. In a Big Country—Big Country
2. Mexican Radio—Wall of Voodoo
3. Down Under—Men at Work
4. Rio—Duran Duran
5. Africa–Toto
Leadership Lesson Playlist #4—Be open
1. What I Am⎯Edie Brickell and The New Bohemians
2. True Colors—Cyndi Lauper
3. Open Your Heart—Madonna
4. Voices Carry—Til Tuesday
5. Human—Human League
Leadership Lesson Playlist #5—Learn about science
1. Major Tom—Peter Schilling
2. Bad Medicine—Bon Jovi
3. E=MC2—Big Audio Dynamite
4. Weird Science—Oingo Boingo
5. She Blinded Me with Science—Thomas Dolby
Leadership Lesson Playlist #6—Learn about Generations
1. Kids in America—Kim Wilde
2. We’re Not Gonna Take It—Twisted Sister
3. Wind of Change—Scorpions
4. The Secret of My Success—Night Ranger
5. The Future’s So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades—Timbuk 3
Closing Playlist
1. Goodbye to You—Scandal
2. Who Can It Be Now?⎯Men at Work
3. Something About You—Level 42
4. Southern Cross⎯Crosby, Stills and Nash
5. More Than This⎯Roxy Music
6. Every Breath You Take—The Police
Jamie, I blame you for getting 867-5309 stuck in my head for the rest of the day. (I averted my eyes before the rest of the playlist could get to me.) If you find any of the lyrics stuck in the April issue of Associations Now by mistake, we’ll know who to blame!
What about “Don’t You Want Me?” by Human League? Thanks for the flash back!