While Paula, Michelle, and Mauro were a year younger than me and still in high school, I continued to see them pretty regularly since I commuting back and forth into Chicago for my college classes. I needed a job though to support my going out needs. Early in the year I saw an ad in the university’s newspaper looking for students to serve as Student Orientation Leaders (or SOLs) that summer. I was the first one to arrive at the information session and met Mary, an Assistant Dean of Student Affairs, who was running the program. I told her how I’d been so impressed by what my SOL had done when I was first going through orientation the year before. The experience had made me feel connected to and looking forward to my time at UICC. I immediately bonded with Mary and knew she’d be someone I’d want to work for.
A good year for you, that’s for sure. Shows the value of college which can connect you to like minded people. Again, I’ve met virtually everyone in this year’s entry and like them all. You were lucky or else knew how to gravitate to the right people.
Down to the wire, again. It's weird reading about 1982. 😉 Do you think you thought the lyric was My-Aida because one of the other SOLs was named Aida? She might have been the other person in that picture... the hair length is about right. I hope the pic from 2009 when we recreated that 1982 pic makes an appearance. 🤪
My 1982 list, not in order, of course but I do notice some country influence creeping into my favs
Gypsy
Always on My Mind
You Should Hear How She Talks About You
* Fun Fact I learned while researching my list: this song was first recorded in 1981 by Charlie Dore who did Pilot of the Airwaves (according to Wikipedia)
Hard Candy Christmas (Dolly Parton)
Rock the Casbah (The Clash)
After the Glitter Fades (Stevie Nicks)
Take it on the Run (REO)
🎶Heard it from a friend who heard it.
from a friend 🎶
We Got The Beat (Go-Gos)
Nobody (Sylvia)
A quirky little country song with a play on words
Come Dancin' (The Kinks)
Runners up: Southern Cross (CSN), Dance Hall Days (Wang Chung), Love's been a little bit hard on me (Juice Newton), Do You Really Want to Hurt Me (Culture Club), Juke Box Hero (Foreigner), More Than This (Roxy Music), White Wedding (Billy Idol), You Got Lucky (Tom Petty)
You may be right about Aida! Otherwise, why would I even think that?! I can't believe I didn't know that fact about You Should Hear How She Talks about You! I will have to look that one up. Neal always liked White Wedding because he thought it was rare to hear a guy screeching like Idol does in the song!
1982 was also a really good music year for me. So much so that my Top 10 listed below has 15 songs in it.
In sort of chronological order
EDGE OF 17-Stevie Nicks
JUKE BOX HERO-Foreigner
JUST CAN’T WIN ‘EM ALL-Stevie Woods
GENIUS OF LOVE-Tom Tom Club
CIRCLES-Atlantic Starr
ONLY THE LONELY-The Motels
PERSONALLY-Karla Bonoff
YOU CAN DO MAGIC-America
EYE OF THE TIGER-Survivor
NICE GIRLS-Eye to Eye
SOMEBODY’S BABY-Jackson Browne
HOLD ON-Santana
GLORIA-Laura Branigan
YOU DROPPED A BOMB ON ME-Gap Band
THE LOOK OF LOVE -ABC
Runners up has 14 songs
SPIRITS IN THE MATERIAL WORLD-Police
MAMA USED TO SAY-Junior
CHARIOTS OF FIRE-Vangelis
FORGET ME NOTS-Patrick Rushen
EARLY IN THE MORNING -Gap Band
LOVE IS IN CONTROL-Donna Summer
SEXUAL HEALING-Marvin Gaye
AND IM TELLING YOU . . .Jennifer Holiday
HOT IN THE CITY-Billy Idol
VALLEY GIRL-Frank & Moon Unit Zappa
GYPSY-Fleetwood Mac
LOVE COME DOWN -Evelyn “Champaign” King
I’M SO EXCITED-Pointer Sisters
MANESTER-Hall & Oates
So many great songs on these lists! I wish my Top Ten could have had 25 songs!
A good year for you, that’s for sure. Shows the value of college which can connect you to like minded people. Again, I’ve met virtually everyone in this year’s entry and like them all. You were lucky or else knew how to gravitate to the right people.
Down to the wire, again. It's weird reading about 1982. 😉 Do you think you thought the lyric was My-Aida because one of the other SOLs was named Aida? She might have been the other person in that picture... the hair length is about right. I hope the pic from 2009 when we recreated that 1982 pic makes an appearance. 🤪
My 1982 list, not in order, of course but I do notice some country influence creeping into my favs
Gypsy
Always on My Mind
You Should Hear How She Talks About You
* Fun Fact I learned while researching my list: this song was first recorded in 1981 by Charlie Dore who did Pilot of the Airwaves (according to Wikipedia)
Hard Candy Christmas (Dolly Parton)
Rock the Casbah (The Clash)
After the Glitter Fades (Stevie Nicks)
Take it on the Run (REO)
🎶Heard it from a friend who heard it.
from a friend 🎶
We Got The Beat (Go-Gos)
Nobody (Sylvia)
A quirky little country song with a play on words
Come Dancin' (The Kinks)
Runners up: Southern Cross (CSN), Dance Hall Days (Wang Chung), Love's been a little bit hard on me (Juice Newton), Do You Really Want to Hurt Me (Culture Club), Juke Box Hero (Foreigner), More Than This (Roxy Music), White Wedding (Billy Idol), You Got Lucky (Tom Petty)
You may be right about Aida! Otherwise, why would I even think that?! I can't believe I didn't know that fact about You Should Hear How She Talks about You! I will have to look that one up. Neal always liked White Wedding because he thought it was rare to hear a guy screeching like Idol does in the song!
My (possibly) hottest take is that 'Rumours' isn't Fleetwood Mac's best record; 'Mirage' is.
It's definitely worth more exploring. I'd forgotten about a couple of the tracks until I listened to it again and they're really good!
Dare by The Human League is definitely up there in my all time favourite album list. 👍
Good lord, Dan: Long-sleeve striped rugby shirts! Lol. I think I lived in mine for most of the early 80s.
Ha! Yes! That was my friend Gale but I think I had more than a few myself!