Pick out your best skinny tie and Aquanet that hair up high, it’s time to cruise into ’82. Join your she-boppers at Balcony Radio at the roller rink while we spin the best music of 1982. Put your Atari joystick down and crank it up for Lesson 158 of the 101 Series. This time out, we spin the best rock, country, r&b and new wave produced during the year. We’ll be listening in chronolgical order so mark it off your calendar with a magenta marker and step into the Time Zone!
PLAYLIST:
SENSES WORKING OVERTIME: XTC (ENGLISH SETTLEMENT)
MOUNTAIN MUSIC: ALABAMA (MOUNTAIN MUSIC)
IN THE NAME OF LOVE: THOMPSON TWINS (PLATINUM & GOLD COLLECTION)
CHANT NO. 1(I DON’T NEED THIS PRESSURE ON): SPANDAU BALLET (DIAMOND)
HEAT OF THE MOMENT: ASIA (ASIA)
DO RIGHT WOMAN, SO RIGHT MAN: WILLIE NELSON (ALWAYS ON MY MIND)
ONLY THE LONLEY: THE MOTELS (80S ALTERNATIVE)
HURTS SO GOOD: JOHN MELLENCAMP (AMERICAN FOOL)
I RAN (SO FAR AWAY): A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS (A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS)
I MELT WITH YOU: MODERN ENGLISH (AFTER THE SHOW)
HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF: DURAN DURAN (RIO)
SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO: THE CLASH (COMBAT ROCK)
MORE THAN THIS: ROXY MUSIC (AVALON)
FOOL HEARTED MEMORY: GEORGE STRAIT (STRAIT FROM THE HEART)
STRAY CAT STRUT: THE STRAY CATS (BUILT FOR SPEED)
COME ON EILEEN: DEXY’S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS (TOO RYE AY)
VACATION: THE GO-GOS (VACATION)
SHOCK THE MONKEY: PETER GABRIEL (SECURITY)
LITTLE RED CORVETTE: PRINCE (1999)
I’LL TUMBLE 4 YA: CULTURE CLUB (KISSING TO BE CLEVER)
BILLIE JEAN: MICHAEL JACKSON (THRILLER)
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