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1982, WHAT A YEAR…IN MUSIC AT LEAST

November 16th, 2007 · 6 Comments

When they write the story of my life, 1982 will be the bestest chapter of them all. Except I don;t know who they are, and anyway, I doubt they would want to write that book anyway. But 1982 would still be a pretty decent chapter. I graduated from high school. I was in love, and sure it was gonna last forever (oops). I went to boot camp in Fort Knox, Ky (I was in the Army National Guard before I was in the Navy, so yeah, I went to boot camp twice). I bought an old piece of crap Camero, which I proceeded to burn the clutch out of immediately. And I figured out that I had no clue what I wanted to do with my life. Hows that for a year?

Musically, it was a lot better. Lots of great songs…punk, post punk, new wave, the underground…they were all in full swing, and the amount and variety of music was amazing. So I thought on this Friday, I would present some of the best, though may not the most popular. Enjoy, and go Buckeyes!




  1. The Clash - Rock The Casbah
  2. A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran
  3. Soft Cell - Sex Dwarf
  4. Human League - Don’t You Want Me
  5. Stray Cats - Rock This Town
  6. Go Go’s - Vacation
  7. Adam Ant - Goody Two Shoes
  8. Gang Of Four - I Love A Man In Uniform
  9. Roxy Music - Avalon
  10. The Clash - Should I Stay Or Should I Go
  11. Lords Of The New Church - Russian Roulette
  12. Duran Duran - Girls On Film
  13. Missing Persons - Destination Unknown
  14. Pretenders - Back On The Chain Gang
  15. Joe Jackson - Stepping Out

Tags: Underground · Rock · 80's · New Wave

6 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Zooomabooma // Nov 19, 2007 at 12:21 pm

    Berlin!

    The Metro
    and
    Sex (I’m A…)

    Pick up that album and If you revisit ‘82 someday, I’d add those two songs!

  • 2 Infonistacrat // Nov 19, 2007 at 1:50 pm

    Yeah, Berlin was always one of my favs. I didn’t add them here mainly because I put them in a recent list, I think. Anyway, great suggestions, and yeah, I will definitely be covering Berlin again!

  • 3 Michael // Jan 2, 2008 at 3:47 pm

    How about Joe Jackson’s-Sunday Papers ?

    Your doubling up abit..Already seen alot of these !
    Just saying..
    But,keep up the Good Work ! :)

  • 4 Infonistacrat // Jan 2, 2008 at 8:35 pm

    Micheal, guilty as charged. I do have an excuse though. Not a good one, but an excuse. First, I’m old, and it’s hard to remember everything I’ve listed. Well, not really, but it sounds good. :-) Secondly, the holidays were busy, and I sometimes I get lazy. Check out tomorrows post for some deepcut originals!

  • 5 Michael // Jan 3, 2008 at 1:27 am

    You don’t seem old by the tunes you post !
    Sorry,I was being hyper-critical..
    Just whining !

    Your Doing A Great Job !
    And,Thanks ! :)

  • 6 Infonistacrat // Jan 3, 2008 at 9:29 am

    Mentally, I am still like 17. My wifes tells me I’m 44 now, my knees tell me I’m about 74.

    No worries here, as long as your happy, I’m happy! Enjoy!

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