Posts for Year: 1983

Kemisha

Rockledge, FL

Growing Up Being Blessed

This is the best song for daughters/dads.... Every time I hear it I hear the love and appreciation. Alot of females are not blessed to have a father in the...
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talkinghead

Houston, TX

The Kinks and Cocaine

I always preferred the Kinks to the Beatles and Stones. In my opinion they released three consecutive PERFECT records - Something Else by the Kinks (1967);...
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muzicmistress

San Pedro, CA

A Dreamer I Will Always Be

Most young girls dream of their wedding day or they dream about who their prince charming will be one day, not I. I was dreaming much, much bigger! I wanted...
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ckl

Appleton, WI

My sister

One of the best memories I have of my sister (who passed away from MS in 2004) is dancing together to the Sunday Bloody Sunday video. We had entered a local...
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alshuey

Montclair, NJ

U2 @ Red Rocks

what a magical week this was, with the dvd release of RED ROCKS. i was indeed there that night (we were in the back row and are consequently all over the...
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asakawa

Denver, CO

A musical perfect storm: U2 live...

I know exactly where I was the night of June 5, 1983: I was freezing my butt off, soaked to the bone but ignoring my discomfort because I was in musical...
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dwaltman

Webster, NY

Oh Oh She's the Refugee

Although I had a copy of I Will Follow on some mixed tape I stole, it was this album, WAR, and this song, THE REFUGEE that brought me into U2 Nation. While...
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Myke

Washington, DC

Ditched on the Road to Geneva

Here's a time twist. My memory involves the terrific song, Rest Stop, by Matchbox Twenty, which came out in 2000. But my memory happened in 1983 along the A6...
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RHMF

Iketown

War and Thunder

This is dedicated to one of my best friends from High School....In the summer of 1983 I lived in Bellevue, Nebraska - a suburb of Omaha. Yes, Omaha is big...
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Irvhammer

Arlington, VA

Cold War Kids

In 1983, on a levee that separated the North Platte River from a little residential lake, I came together with an unlikely group of friends. We were high...
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calebonmttam

Corte Madera, CA

lake placid sugaree

The Grateful Dead opened the show with a mind bending 18 minute sugaree. I will never forget the energy and crowd reaction to Jerry's jams- over the top and...
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Johnno

Orlando, FL

My Brothers Death

This song was a big hit when my brother died in a Car accident. I was 15 at the time. It must have been something In Bowies voice that made me wanted to hear...
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dangentry

Maple Valley, WA

Portable Music for Youngsters

I had discovered that I could record music onto casettes, and that I could use the same tape recorder that I used to save programs for my computer to carry...
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GeekDGirl

Homewood, IL

Sleepover at Jessee's

I remember hanging out with Jess and Christy at this sleepover. We were in the living room dancing to this album as her mom put it on the record player. It...
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windsweptstar

Washington, DC

first judas priest song heard

this is the first judas priest song i heard. i was 14 years old. this is the song and band that changed my life. i fell in love with judas priest and heavy...
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RobMozzer

Seattle, WA

First time in a gay bar

I had asked Christelle Johnson out on a date. She was one of the two Punk Rocker girls in my class, and she was very cool. She made her own clothes-lots of...
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PSYCD

Philadelphia, PA

First album purchased

My mother took my brother and I to KMart for school things. As we were leaving, she let us look through some records and we chose this classic. I'm still...
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jenniferjayde

Mesa, AZ

My Father

As a former radio DJ, I have a lot of memories attached to music. Billy Joel has, and always will be, my favorite, thanks to my father. We have never been...
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yakeeangels

Hoquiam, WA

Bridging the Gap between mother...

Through the years from the time I was a teenager I have been a fan of Billy Joel. The first concert ever wnet to was Joels... It was awesome and I was...
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JMcgo1979

Allentown, PA

As a young listener

When I was little, I remember listening to this song so much that I was getting used to the melody and knew some of the words. I'd was in the car with my...
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TimC

Nashville, TN

Piano Man

My uncle was much younger than my father. He was from the era of Journey instead of the Beatles. I remember my grandmother had received a piano for Christmas...
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MaryBethEllis

Washington DC

Complete With Jean Jacket

Christmas morning. My sister Julie folds aside the tissue paper and lifts the gift from our parents from the McAlpin's box. It's a jean jacket, soon to be...
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Jane Jane

NorCal, CA

Tara Smile-- My First Concert

It was 1983 when I experienced my first live show. My mom and aunt couldn't wait to see them and decided it was time to bust my concert cherry. For weeks...
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Stephen

Houston, TX

A Concert To Remember

Back in the early eighties I was finally old enough to start going to live shows...of course I needed to find a willing adult to go with me and my friends....
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