Episode 246: Modcast #246: The Chosen Few of '82

Welcome mods! I've set the wayback machine to jet us 30 years
into the past. For your listening pleasure I present the chosen
few of '82: some rather obscure, some more recognizable, but all
of them worth hearing out. Almost all of these songs were
released in '82, although there are a couple of late '81s in
here, but you would have been listening to those in '82. 



Really this just scratches the surface of what was going on in
music that year. There were albums out from The Clash, the
Damned, the Beat, the Ramones, Oingo Boingo, Madness, Spandau
Ballet, ABC and so many more. Michael Jackson released Thriller,
and of course 1982 marked the end of The Jam with the release of
one of their best albums, The Gift. Movies that year included
Pink Floyd's The Wall, Fast Times At Ridgemont High, ET, Blade
Runner and the legendary Richard Pryor Live on Sunset Strip. The
Iron Lady was large and in charge and the Falklands War dominated
international news. In the US gas was only $.90 cents a gallon,
the USA Today published it's first newspaper, Magnum PI and
Knight Rider were atop the TV ratings, and the first CD player
rolled off a Japanese assembly line. And for those of us so
inclined, and I was quite inclined, the hottest arcade games in
1982 included Joust, Dig Dug, and Donkey Kong Jr. Yup, 1982 was
quite a year.

Don't forget to visit the modcast homepage for a complete track
listing and some cool bonus videos.