DJJD Retro 80's Volume 6

Created By:  Jonathan Dysart (DJJD)

Original Creation Year:  2008

Year of Re-master:  2010

Song Listing

Side A

1.    Slipping Away:  Dave Edmunds

2.    Dreamtime:  Daryl Hall

3.    Roxanne:  The Police

4.    Your Love:  The Outfield
5.    Just a Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody:  David Lee Roth

Side B

6.    Silent Running:  Mike & the Mechanics

7.    Emotion in Motion:  Ric Ocasek

8.    Steppin' Out:  Joe Jackson

9.   Total Eclipse of the Heart:  Bonnie Tyler

Side C

10. Manic Monday:  The Bangles

11. Kiss on My List:  Daryl Hall & John Oates

12. Lost in Love:  Air Supply

13. Drive:  The Cars

Side D

14. Sister Christian:  Night Ranger

15. I Want to Know What Love Is:  Foreigner

16. The Living Years:  Mike & the Mechanics
17. Sowing the Seeds of Love:  Tears for Fears

Origin of the Album

            "This is DJJD with all of your classic hits of the 80's on the Lite Rock FM."  That is basically what this album is, soft rock songs of the 80's.  So go to your couch with your significant love one, turn down the lights, and listen calmly to those great hits.  [Whisper, whisper]     

Concept and Theme of the Album

            If you are going to have rock, pop, synthpop of the 1980s, you also need some soft rock - just to balance things out.  Some of the songs you will need to get the kleenex out, especially one song from Mike and the Mechanics.  My personal favorite song on this album is rarely heard, a solo song by Ric Ocasek (a member of "The Cars").  Two tracks dedicated to Mom, who at that time only played Lite Rock radio which brings me back to those times at Cross Keys:  "Kiss on my List" and "Lost in Love".   And then there is, in my opinion, one of the best 1980s videos of all time...  on DAVE TV!
      

Concept and the Album Cover

       Found this beautiful picture of an eagle flying through some mountains.  Getting inspiration from that Ross guy painter from PBS, I adjusted the picture to look as though it was watercolored painted.  Then I did some compositing of the same picture over itself (a similar technique used in DJJD Volume 5) and added the album titles.  I used a similar picture of mountains near a lake and applied similar techniques.