Posts for Year: 1980

shu2stef

Cleveland, GA

Rick sealed it with a kiss

It was a very cold December night and after the show my friends (Geoff and Chris) and I decided that we'd try to meet Cheap Trick asthey leftThe Foxafter a...
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kj_bluejaye

Hopkinsville, KY

Hanging Out

Memories..... WOW....... to remember back that far...... guess I should of been sober......... I remember having the best time, running with friends,...
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txmusician27

San Antonio, TX

First AC\DC Memory from Hell

I was a small boy when I had my first AC\DC experience. My older brother had brought home an album (as usual) to listen to. My brother would listen to...
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bigdaddynb

Pottsboro, TX

Hooked on AC/DC at an early age

It was 28 years ago, but I still remember the first time I ever heard Back in Black. It was at a summer day camp and this guy who everyone thought was the...
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24greenleaves

Parrott, VA

Blown away

I was in college in 1980 and went to a party with some friends. The band that was playing that night played a song I had never heard before, but I knew it...
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dwwave

Akron, OH

U2 "Boy&qu ot; Tour and...

After hearing the opening riff's of "I Will Follow" on a Clevand, Ohio College Radio Station I got goosebumpsand listened frequently for that song...
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bellakeda

Oakland, CA

7th St Pier

I'm not sure about the year, but it was during the early, early 80s. My family would have BBQ at 7th Street Pier and I remember this song always bumpin', the...
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bellymer

Richmond, VA

Swingset

I used to sit outside in the backyard and sing this song. It was one of my favorites when I was a kid.
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aTanguay

Ann Arbor, MI

Skips, Pops, and Mangled Lyrics

My parents were very young when I was born, my mom just 17 and my dad just 18.They were just kids really, with all the interests of kids, including music. I...
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virginiaroa...

Philadelphia, PA

My Childhood Days

I was about 10 years old when I heard this song for the first time. I had just joined the choir in my school and was really getting into singing and wanting...
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Siouxzan

London, OH

Art School

I stayed in my dorm over Easter by myself and had religious experiences with this album! I believe my relationship with Mr. Billy, although a solitary one,...
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Sage Advice

Oh, Billy, where to start? Every single song has special meaning to me. You were introduced to me in a doubleshot when I was about ten years old, when I was...
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smackleberry1

Watertown, NY

My first real memory

Billy Joel has been in my life from birth. My father has always been a huge fan...which in turn trickled onto me. I remember when I was little I would listen...
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MonkeyMonkey

Texas

Loved the video

This is one of Billy's rare songs that, when I hear it, I can't get the music video out of my head. I still have all his "Billy Joel Video...
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BJoelnum1

Maineville, OH

First Album

This was my first album I bought with my own money when I was 9. It has been a favorite ever since!
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jrk301

Butler, PA

Rod Stewart's Car

At one point, didn't VH1 play music videos? I seem to remember this, and that my mom and I would watch Rod Stewart all the time and dance around. I remember...
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iluvtheclash

Pittstown, NJ

Asking Mom about a Clash Song

I loved London Calling. I was 16 years old, and I played it all day everyday. My Mom started to sing along to the songs. The Right Profile perplexed me. I...
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susitucker

San Francisco, CA

Quarter Beer Night

It was the summer of 1980. We had just moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa from suburban Chicago. My father took us to a baseball game of the local semiprofessional...
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jackieruby53

Humble, TX

Sharing with Our Children

Well, there are just too many memories of John Prine and his music. From the time our children were old enough to sing to today, we played John Prine music....
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MusicLover

Edgerton, WI

Cruising and Hanging Out

Chantilly Lace sung by the Big Bopper. What a song! I used to sing this song to everyone. I just loved it and a lot of other moldy oldies. Friends would make...
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ds1688s

Afghanistan

bad end of a prank phone call

This was my fucking phone fucking # back in the day. The first 90 calls were kind of fucking funny but not the next 10,000, especially at 3 in the morning. I...
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Meghan

Livermore, CA

I Sure Do

One of the first songs I ever remember knowing and loving as a very young girl was I Love a Rainy Night by Eddie Rabbit. As a little girl I loved the rain,...
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norah28

Brookline, MA

Devo and the Chipmunks

1980. Third grade. Im down in Mandy Habib's basement on a playdate after school and we have got her big sister's record player and a single of Whip It. We...
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Myke

Washington, DC

Promise Me!

Late one December I cajoled one of my best friends into going with me to see Bruce Springsteen at Boston Garden on the night before he had a big final exam....
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