1985 Songs: You Belong to the City

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Today also shuts down the alphabetical list of songs from 40 years ago, and in a big way! You’re probably surprised this didn’t make the top ten. Well, you know how it is. Here’s the next song on the list of 1985 tunes. You Belong to the City - Glenn Frey On October 1, 1982, I became the envy of all my Eagles-loving friends when I kissed Glenn Frey’s cheek. Got his autograph, too. Sooo…why is the Eagles lover relegating this to the alphabetical list and not the top ten? Come on, folks, we all know that Don Henley’s solo career was easily the best of the Eagles members (and Joe Walsh is second…but to be fair, he had a longer stint as a solo artist). Not saying that Frey’s stuff was second-rate, but it seems like he was more interested in an acting career in the 80s than in making songs that’d be around in 40 years (like Henley’s “The Boys of Summer”). This is a good example of what MTV did for music in the 80s. Miami Vice almost became a junior MTV, with people lining up to get their songs used in an episode. Oh, a lot of singers actually showed up, too: among the musicians who appeared on the show were Frankie Valli, Power Station (as themselves in a club scene), the late David Johansen (who’d also taken up acting in the 80s), Eartha Kitt, Phil Collins, and Frank Zappa. Oh, yeah, and Glenn Frey: an episode of the show was based on his song “Smuggler’s Blues.” That was the only episode of Miami Vice I ever watched. From the guy who sued over the thought of “Take It to the Limit” being used in a Firestone tire commercial (“those songs are our children’s heritage,” he said) to actually appearing in AND SINGING his own song in a Pepsi commercial, it was an interesting time for Frey in the 80s. This is one of his highlights. You Belong to the City Written by Glenn Frey and Jack Tempchin Recorded by Glenn Frey From Miami Vice Soundtrack, 1985 Staring at the same four walls (no, NOT where my name comes from ):