Top Comments: Best 80s Songs

Let's pretend we're watching MTV - in the 80s - you know, back when they actually played music? If I could have 30 minutes to be a VJ, my playlist might go something like this:

REM - The One I Love

INXS - Never Tear Us Apart

B-52's - Love Shack

Pat Benatar - Love Is A Battlefield

I have been informed by two of my sisters that Pat Benatar will be at Taste of Joliet (I didn't know that existed, but apparently it does), and that I'm going - and I'm wearing leg warmers and an off the shoulder sweatshirt...in June. Yes, my sisters are silly.

Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive

Madonna - Material Girl

And an encore Madonna song from the 80s, one of my favorites, Like a Virgin:

Have some Top Comments:

From the chavi:

moviemeister76 leaves this great comment about how you can help a vet by volunteering at a VA hospital.

From Canadian Reader:

This comment inspired me to go to the trouble of figuring out how to send it to top comments. I hope you agree with me that it's worth highlighting: I am not a Democrat - by Triumph.

From BeninSC:

This comment, by WeBetterWinThisTime, touched me for its gentle, loving goodness, in a remarkable diary by Deoliver47. If you cannot read the comment, read the diary! One of the finest I have seen on the Daily Kos. Hopefully Diary Rescue will pick it up tonight.

From Cerulean:

Lots to choose from in Moody Loner's Dr. Seuss/McCain diary, but I love this one the best. Moody Loner uses rhyme as a clever smackdown to talk of voting Green.

From sardonyx:

In DHinMI's front-page diary They Become Soldiers Because They Can't Afford to Become Students, Homeowners and Parents, Sigmund Dali was pulled out of lurking to write of the decision facing him upon graduation this May.

Plutonium Page explains why she'll be voting for the Democratic nominee in November.

From me:

Pandoras Box has a lovely pic of Pittsburgh's skyline. Wild Starchild follows with another great pic, both from beachmom's diary, Glowing op-ed for Obama by Pittsburgh's own Teresa Heinz Kerry.

This thread inspired our topic for Top Comments this evening. Thanks to WeBetterWinThisTime for kicking it off - and for everyone involved for sparking fun 80s memories. Also, thanks to U2 for finally writing a song I like after too many years without one.

Your Top Mojo has been compiled by our very dearest BeninSC. Tip him please!

Top Mojo - excluding search-identifiable tip jars and first diary comments (top 30 of each plus ties):

1 yes by vermont buffalo - 396
2 I was going to comment here, but I find myself... by Melody Townsel - 189
3 MSNBC by turneresq - 116
4 This diary is wrong by Mark Warner is God - 110
5 not just for Teresa, but for beachmom too by M Loutre - 105
6 hey, just stop it by bhagamu - 100
7 I'm going to blame the party leaders by PsiFighter37 - 97
8 Sometimes... by DontTaseMeBro - 85
9 Andrea Mitchell was on the plane! by MasterSitsu - 76
10 Thank you for making those calls, leema. by pasadena beggar - 74
11 Her campaign is engaging in evasive maneuvers... by haruki - 73
12 i clearly stated this wasn't bravery by stomachegg - 69
13 THIS is the China that is hosting the olympics by billydanielus - 67
14 It Takes A Pillage! by mayan - 66
15 Ugh by jenontheshore - 62
16 Daily Kes by kestrel9000 - 61
17 This is VERY disturbing by Duncan Idaho - 60
18 Thanks for the link by collardgreens - 60
19 Help! by DWKING - 60
20 . by bumblebums - 59
21 I like it actually.... by Jen K in FLA - 57
22 I was going to write a nice poetic reply by lineatus - 57
23 They were young. They have died. Remember them. by noweasels - 57
24 But you don't understand! by miasmo - 57
25 I hate to disturb you more by FireCrow - 56
26 . by vermont buffalo - 56
27 LOL! by Mr X - 56
28 ........aaaaaaaarrrrrrrrgggggggghhhhhhhhh........ by Melody Townsel - 56
29 If a good sniper...more like this: by carolinadreamer - 55
30 Jump to conclusions much? by Stand Strong - 54
31 can we get out of there yet? by FireCrow - 54
32 Chuck Hagel Spoke The Truth Today by webranding - 54

Top Mojo - everything included:

1 Tip Jar by leema - 541
2 Tips by JedReport - 501
3 Tips for Teresa! by beachmom - 457
4 yes by vermont buffalo - 396
5 I just did it... by StrangeAnimals - 367
6 Bring it. by Moody Loner - 277
7 The family would be so grateful . . . by nyceve - 259
8 Tip Jar by Melquiades - 236
9 Tip Jar - 24 March by Jerome a Paris - 235
10 Moonbat's feeding bowl by Unitary Moonbat - 222
11 don't feed the worry by kid oakland - 203
12 I was going to comment here, but I find myself... by Melody Townsel - 189
13 Congressman, we welcome your support! by teacherken - 144
14 For us to be stronger, together....tips/recs, too by icebergslim - 133
15 proud of you! by foreign obesver - 131
16 MSNBC by turneresq - 116
17 This diary is wrong by Mark Warner is God - 110
18 not just for Teresa, but for beachmom too by M Loutre - 105
19 My Other Car is a Tip Jar by LarsThorwald - 104
20 hey, just stop it by bhagamu - 100
21 I'm going to blame the party leaders by PsiFighter37 - 97
22 Sometimes... by DontTaseMeBro - 85
23 Tip jar... by andrew330 - 82
24 tips for my dad by Deoliver47 - 82
25 Andrea Mitchell was on the plane! by MasterSitsu - 76
26 Thank you for making those calls, leema. by pasadena beggar - 74
27 Her campaign is engaging in evasive maneuvers... by haruki - 73
28 TIP JAR by don mikulecky - 72
29 i clearly stated this wasn't bravery by stomachegg - 69
30 Splash! n/t by kestrel9000 - 68