Posts for Year: 1982

talkinghead

Houston, TX

That Smells Like Weed!

My friend Scott was a big Rush fan in 1982, but wasn't allowed to go see them because he was too young. As a constellation prize, an older family friend...
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sebliss

Ada, MI

First U2 Song I Heard

This was the very first U2 song I ever heard/saw -- early on, MTV played the video a lot. Which was a good thing. It's not like the radio stations in West...
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puffler

Summerville, SC

Bono surrenders

I first saw U2 at the US Festival outside San Bernardino CA in '82. Had just a vague knowledge of who they were...I remember seeing "Boy" in a...
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wondermarq

Morris Plains, NJ

The First Song I Danced To As A...

When I asked my mom what the first song I ever danced to as a child, I expected her to say an ill song like "Beat It" by MJ, "Electric...
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TikiTender

Flagler Beach, FL

School Bus Serenade

One of my earliest music memories is third grade when I was serenaded by two 6th grade girls on the school bus one morning. They sang "Keep On Loving...
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retrowfmk

Lansing, MI

Childhood Dreams

I was 10 when "Annie" came out in the theatre and I was DIEHARD fan!!! I slept Annie. I breathed Annie. I ate Annie. Everything was ANNIE back...
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daveconrey

Long Beach, CA

First Album

I'll always remember this album. My aunt Susie bought it for me as a birthday gift. It was the first album I ever owned as a kid. I wish I still had it.
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scapoz

Spain

he changed my life

22 dicembre 2002 รจ morto Joe Strummer. L'ultima volta che ascoltai i Clash con qualcuno credo fu nel 97 in Argentina con Jeff. Ricordo bank robber mentre il...
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ronmuljr

Dover, FL

My First Albums

I had just turned 15 and was starting to listen to my own music, not just what mom and dad had on the radio. I had birthday money and went to the record...
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MEMORY

Australia

BILLY WHO?

The year was 1982, I meet my now husband and found two great loves.I my best girlfriend and I after school visited my boyfriends house to find Glass Houses,...
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Luigina

Italy

lp covers

I had just started becoming a Billy Joel fan (probably one of the few in Italy, as he's still not very famous here) and I had already got three or four of...
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robertsprenger

Phoenix, AZ

The Night I Discovered My First...

Growing up with a mom in the Navy we travelled and moved extensively, so friends were scattered and short-lived. I always had my music to turn to as we had a...
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fullergrime

Newport Beach, CA

Summer after Highschool

I remember First hearing Billy Joel during the time I spent in 8th grade at my Jr. High school. "Just the way you are" had become a huge FM radio...
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Pops

Exton, PA

My Wedding

Billy Joel is my all time favorite singer. My father had Frank Sinatra, and I had Billy. One of my two most favorite songs on the album is Just The Way You...
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Jane Jane

NorCal, CA

Here in my car....

My brother has always taken things to the extreme. It's his nature, his personality, his way. I don't fault him for it, and actually am somewhat grateful for...
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tat2ronnie

United Kingdom

Dancing on thin ice

The Clash were coming to North Wales! THE CLASH WERE COMING TO NORTH WALES!! My favourite band were going to play just down the road, I'd only been to one...
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jdunham62

Pike Road, AL

Terri

Terri and I dated for a year and a half before she broke up with me for another guy in college the summer of '82. My roommate Bill loved Springsteen and...
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LookingForS...

Atlanta, GA

When I first landed in the...

Scary. Someone was supposed to meet me. They didn't. It was 1 a.m. as the plane had to back track due to engine trouble, so it arrived 5 hours later than it...
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Enlightened...

Cleveland, OH

Why Did We Let This Happen?

It was the third time I had some memory of this song but rather than being heard, the title wasmentionedin a discussion our teacher, who obviously favored...
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Enlightened...

Cleveland, OH

Girls are better than Boys

Our bungalow colony had a great diverse mix of girls and boys and whenever the parents who came up for weekends wanted entertainment, us kids provided. A...
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dizit

Cambria, CA

Rhythm of the Body

I had been introduced to the compositions of Philip Glass several years earlier, and had fallen in love with the eclectic sounds and instruments he used. I...
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Enlightened...

Cleveland, OH

Coventry Nights

Those of us in my graduating class who got a kick out of weirdness would love to do the traditional 'midnight showing' of Rocky Horror Picture Show, every...
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Lynnster

Memphis, TN

It Was a Thriller

The two albums probably most central to my high school days were two of the biggest hit albums of the time - Michael Jackson's Thriller, and Loverboy's Get...
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Enlightened...

Cleveland, OH

Hers Was Still Dancing

Grandma had passed before christmas of 1981 and I still was in shock that there would be no more physical contact with this great woman who gave me most of...
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