153. "Missing You" by John Waite {#1; 6/84} [iTunes? Yes]
Do you know how desperate I've become? No. No, you don't know how desperate I've become. Especially when I'm always catching my breath in certain circles. (Just what are those "certain circles," anyway?)
This is an excellent "wheelhouse" song. (Ah, 1984!) But, thanks to a blip in programming by the fine folks at Apple, this song almost didn't make the HondoJoe Top 200. When I first went through my iTunes list to whittle down the list of songs to 200, I searched through my music collection by artists, going from A to Z. I had a preliminary Top 200 complete, and then I heard this song on the radio. And then I thought, "Wait a minute, I don't think that song is in my Top 200, is it?" I looked, and it wasn't.
So, I looked for the song under "John," because iTunes foolishly thinks everyone's names should be alphabetically listed by the first name. It wasn't there. I looked under "Waite," just in case my iTunes finally decided to alphabetize by last name like the rest of civilized society. Nope, not there. So, I then looked for "Missing You" under the "Song" category, and there it was.
I discovered that some of the songs from "Various Artist" cds were not listed by artist under the "Artist" heading. Very annoying. So, in order to be a completist I then had to go to the "Song" listings and go through every darn song in my entire iTunes collection to make sure I didn't miss any more. (I had. "She's a Beauty" and "Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)" were unearthed through that search.)
Why am I bringing this up? Two reasons: A) To show that Apple and iTunes are far from perfect. And 2) Because I like to whine.
COMING UP NEXT: Caught between a rock and a hard place.
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