1982...What were you into?

[kim]

If you're anything like me, (and thank your lucky butt that yer not)...haha...you tend to remember songs from waaaay back when and when you first heard them, or upon hearing a song will bring you instantly back to a certain time in your life.

It's a well documented fact that the sense of "smell" will evoke a certain part of the brain and instantaneously return a person to a specific past memory...music has the same effect and I was wondering, what was it that the folks here were into in the year of 1982?

Don't ask me why I picked this specific year, I have no clue???... suffice it to say, it's far enough back that it just may make for some interesting answers and also bring back some fond memories of years gone by...plus give us all an indication as to what folks were into back then compared to now.

I'll mention Dave Edmunds and Kate Bush. This was the first time I had the chance to catch Edmunds' music because I had recently moved into a new apartment which supplied free cable tv. Never heard of the guy before this and what a pleasant surprise for me.

I instantly hooked up a copper wire to the little boom box I had at the time and "wallah"!!! instant cable FM, complete with all it had to offer. I also had the chance of revisiting Kate Bush and her new album "The Dreaming", most notably by hearing "Suspended In Gaffa", which I thought was great and still do to this day. To the point where I proceeded to purchase albums from these artists and still have in my collection.

Anyway, that was 1982 for me...

What about the rest of the folks here?

Keep in mind, this is not about what was on the airwaves at the time, but more precisely, what YOU were listening to in the year of 1982.

For those of the younger crowd, I'll try and post a year closer to home in a later thread...see how this one goes first.

Thanks
Kim

[sandi]

Good thread Kim!

That's the year I got into Joan Jett, loved "I love Rock N Roll", played it all the time and still love listening to it!

[buttheadpe]

I had to go back and look ! 1982 appears to have been a real transition year in music.

Here's a link to some music info for the year:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_in_music#Albums_released


As for me :

The Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden

Screaming for Vengeance - Judas Priest

One Vice At A Time - Krokus

Coda - Led Zeppelin

Iron Fist - Motörhead

Ghost in the Machine - The Police

Straight Between the Eyes - Rainbow

Blackout - Scorpions

Diver Down - Van Halen

Saints & Sinners - Whitesnake

Black Tiger - Y&T

Not a bad year, I guess !

[pooch guy]

Everything from the police to the nwobhm.

[otcconan]

In 1982 I was into country music.

[jimmccormick3]

I can't remember the specific albums, but here are some artist:

Pat Travers
Van Halen
Judas Priest
Blackfoot
Molly Hatchet
ZZ Top
Robin Trower
Rush
Micheal Schenker
Scorpions

[MrAce]

Aside from KISS' Creatures Of The Night, I was into the lighter groups such as Hall & Oates, Journey, Men At Work, Huey Lewis and the News, etc...

[Pete]

I was in grade school and probably still listening to pop 45s like Centerfold, 867-5309, Duran Duran, Men At Work etc. It wouldn't be until late '83 or '84 and Pyromania that I discovered rock. The summer of '84 I think I played Pyromania and Love At First Sting over and over and over...... I remember wearing out cassettes of those two.

[Warpig]

1982 that was the year I graduated from High School, so I was really into goin' out and setting the world on fire, mmmm What was I into? Other than Drugs, Sex & Booze I was a big fan of Van Halen, Scorpions & Black Sabbath at that time in my life.

[Rush862]

buttheadpe said:

I had to go back and look ! 1982 appears to have been a real transition year in music.

Here's a link to some music info for the year:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_in_music#Albums_released


As for me :

The Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden

Screaming for Vengeance - Judas Priest

One Vice At A Time - Krokus

Coda - Led Zeppelin

Iron Fist - Motörhead

Ghost in the Machine - The Police

Straight Between the Eyes - Rainbow

Blackout - Scorpions

Diver Down - Van Halen

Saints & Sinners - Whitesnake

Black Tiger - Y&T

Not a bad year, I guess !

I like this list quite a bit, and it does bring back memories of that time...

I was into so much in '82 that it's almost all a blur now...my god thats like 23 years ago already!

[frehleyscomic]

All i can remeber is that i was in high school and wanted to get laid "really bad", didn't
happen,lol.

[frehleyscomic]

etep said:

I was in grade school and probably still listening to pop 45s like Centerfold, 867-5309, Duran Duran, Men At Work etc. It wouldn't be until late '83 or '84 and Pyromania that I discovered rock. The summer of '84 I think I played Pyromania and Love At First Sting over and over and over...... I remember wearing out cassettes of those two.

That's cool dude

[rtbuck]

Around 1982 is when I really was starting to branch out musically.Before that I mostly listened to the Harder rock such as Kiss,Alice Cooper,Aerosmith,Sabbath,Scorpions,Judas Priest,Blue Oyster Cult,Nugent,... but around '82 I started getting into all the different styles.Joan Jett also left a bit of an impact on me.Just before"I Love Rock & Roll" was released Joan opened for triumph & was booed off the stage(mainly because she was kind of Punk).I thought she was awesome.The same year I saw David Johansen open for Pat Benetar & although Benetar put on a great show,I was totally blown away by Johansen.So along with the hardrock/metal sound I found myself also getting into the New Wave/Punk stuff.It was also around that time I started discovering Blues(I was so heavily into music back then I would read the songwriting credits on my records & discovered many original blues artists).I was really into following the local band scene in the Buffalo area.
On a sidenote to Kim: On a previous thread we went back & forth a bit about Dave Edmunds & I mentioned I thought it was around '82 that I discovered Dave Edmunds also after seeing a concert on MTV.I did a bit of digging & found the tape which I recorded it on & it was from 82.
The sound had deteriorated a bit but was watchable & I enjoyed it

[fug300]

riot
y&t
trower
thin lizzy
the priest
golden earring
ozzy
sabbath
scorps
ufo

[Equinox]

Asia
Hagar (Standing Hampton, I know it came out in 81, but I was still listening to it...)
Billy Idol
Dire Straits (Love Over Gold)
Def Leppard (High n Dry same as Hagar)
Rick James bitch (Street Music)
Judas Priest (Screaming For Vengeance)
April Wine (Nature of the Beast)
Pat Benatar (Though I was phasing out of her stuff...)
to name a few....

[EugenicScum]

I was heavily into mother's milk. That was the year I was born. Not even old enough for baby food.

[HARD ROCK UNIVERSE]

Besides Purple, Zeppelin, Hendrix, Floyd, Lizzy,Sabbath etc, what was spinning on my turntable at that time was most likely one of these :

Tygers Of Pan Tang-Spellbound
Riot-Fire Down Under
MSG's "MSG" and "Assault Attack"
Saxon-Denim and Leather
Motorhead-No Sleep Til Hammersmith
Robin Trower-B.L.T.
The Rods-Wild Dogs
Uriah Heep-Abominog
Y&T-Black Tiger
Diamond Head-Lightning To The Nations
Scorpions-Blackout

plus a lot more that I can't remember right now

[tompa]

Certainly Kate Bush, kimbaman, her fourth album and ALMOST as good as the three before.
Other great albums
Balance- In for the count
Hughes/Thrall
Riot- Restless breed
Kansas- Vinyl confessions
Jefferson Starship- Winds of change
Scorpions- Blackout
Anvil- Metal on metal

[Jesse]

I actually had to look up artists to see what they had that year to know what I was listening to. I know I was still mostly into Country musci, but I did experiment with top 40 radio for a spell in the early 80's and by looking up what songs were released when, I found out that 1982 I was still listening to the Rock Top 40. At that time, I recall listening to these songs:

Jack And Diane-John Cougar
Abracadabra-Steve Miller Band
Pressure-Billy Joel


I also think 1981 songs like:
Juke Box Hero-Foriegner
Start Me Up-Rolling Stones
were still being played on the top 40 stations cuz I recall being into those tunes as well.

As for my Country music tastes, I believe these songs were the ones I was into at the time:

Blaze Of Glory-Kenny Rogers
Love Will Turn You around-Kenny Rogers
She Got The Goldmine, I Got The Shaft-Jerry Reed
The Bird-Jerry Reed
Bobbie Sue-Oak Ridge Boys
Mountain Music-Alabama
I Like Beer-Tom T Hall (Older song, but I know it was still getting alot of airplay at the time these other songs came out)

Born To Run-Emmylou Harris (NOT The Springsteen song!)
Crying My Heart Out Over You-Rickey Skaggs
Heartbroke-Rickey Skaggs
I Don't Care-Rickey Scaggs
War Is Hell On The Homefront Too-TG Sheppard


Now that I looked everything up, I'm thinking that, at 10 years old, I was a year away from my music revival. I know I was into music in 1982, but mostly what was played on the radio. Most of the songs that made enough of an impression on me to start buying albums and cassettes came out in 1983.

[eilene]

Priest, Blackfoot,