and now you find yourself in 82

how many of these songs endure to this day...30 years later ALL of the following records were released in 1982

modern english - i melt with you      eddy grant - electric avenue  

taco- puttin' on the ritz the human league -" dont you want me" krafterk-computerlove
Tainted Love by  Soft Cell  Missing Persons - destination unknown and Walking in L.A.

prince - 1999  michael jackson -beat it thriller and billie jean george clinton-atomic dog  

yazoo - only you  Grand Master Flash - The Message  iron maiden - run to the hills 
The Clash - should i stay or should i go and rock the casbah 8675309=t2tone
"Under Pressure" – Queen and David Bowie (released on "hot space")
Get Down On it - Kool & the Gang     JEFFREY OSBORNE - On the Wings of Love                  
  You Dropped A Bomb On Me - Gap Band       madness - our house  
Baby Come To Me - Patti Austin & James Ingram    aldo nova - fantasy
fear - i love livin in the city      alan parsons project - eye in the sky down under=menatwork
"Mickey," by  Toni Basil  marshall crenshaw  someday someway     saga - on the loose

I'm So Excited - Pointer Sisters   Thomas Dolby – She Blinded Me With Science
orchestral manoeuvers in the dark - maid of orleans No One Like You - Scorpions
Genius Of Love - Tom Tom Club  wall of voodoo - mexican radio 
psychedelic furs - love my way the weather girls - its raining men 
falco - der kommisar          the waitresses - i know what boys like

 I Want Candy - Bow Wow Wow  trio - "da da da i dont love you you dont love me"
You've Got Another Thing Comin' - Judas Priest     Working For The Weekend - Loverboy
  "When the Tigers Broke Free" – Pink Floyd frank zappa - valley girl come dancing-kinks
and the following  amazing albums....   led zeppelin - "coda"(alright, not that amazing but it is zeppelin)
roxy music - avalon    atomic roses - legend pink dots bauhaus - sky's gone out
  kate bush - the dreaming  Nebraska, Bruce Springsteen Oh, No! It's Devo - devo
 garlands - the cocteau twins king crimson - beat  neil young - trans  

eno=Ambient 4: On Land eno spent 3 years on layering sounds he calls sonic textures, inventing "space" here)

      The Replacements -  Stink       minutemen - e.p.  Beefheart  Ice Cream for Crow
the cure - pornography (phase one of robert smiths dark trilogy... and so it begins...)

honorable mention  

flock of seagulls - i ran so far away   asia - heat of the moment  and sole survivor

pretenders -  Back on the Chain Gang  billy idol - white wedding    

do you really want to hurt me - culture club   hungry like the wolf - duran duran

go gos - we got the beat     Speak of the Devil - Ozzy Osbourne   album

billy joel - some other billy joel crap apart from the 4 songs on repeat on eff emm.

Shadows Of The Night - Pat Benatar not that good

    black sabbath - live evil not that good Abracadabra - Steve Miller

 The Secret Policeman's Other Ball - jeff beck, clapton, townshend, sting slade on stage

 beatles - "movie medley" marvin gaye - "sexual healing"    peter gabriel - Shock the Monkey                

"You and I" – Eddie Rabbitt and Crystal Gayle    joe cocker "love lift us up where we belong"

"Eye of the Tiger" Survivor the cars - shake it up dazz band - let it whip  here is some crap i had to mention

Journey - Don't Stop Believin' hall and oates - private eyes The Oak Ridge Boys' "Elvira" the suburbs Dream Hog EP   Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic Let's Groove - Earth wind and fire

The Stranglers Golden Brown / Love 30  ray parker jr. - the other woman joan jett - i love rock n roll men w/o hats - safety dance
rem- debut e p
...and finally beatle paul buries john in this twisted dark album known as...

mccartney  tug of war - "i buried paul?" flip it 
films of 82 blade runner /star trek wrath of khan /creepshow/ the thing/on golden pond
may 15 king crimson musical gueast on fridays
(1982 Deaths: American jazz great Thelonious Monk, age 64 )