I wonder if you find the music of 1982 as breathtakingly good as I do. I cannot get over how excellent it was. & I left so much out. While I was making this show, I gathered about 120 songs from 120 releases from the year for me to choose from. That was a hell of a choice. I think it will get harder, frankly, as the eighties wear on. I'm not someone who believes the best music was made in the past, but I do know I began to truly love music in the 1980s. Some parts of me still listen to music in that way - it's why I still focus mainly on indie rock, postpunk, & the like - but of course as one gets older, one changes how one does everything. I'll just say this: every one of the songs I played sets something in me on fire. I sang along to this entire show. I know these songs by heart because they live in my heart.
Anyway, enough gushing. The show is now here. You'll need a username - SHR - & a password - selfhelp - to listen. The show is in two glorious parts, & what songs are played in each part is listed below. Don't worry! Ronald Reagan & Margaret Thatcher can't hurt you anymore! Just the policies they championed. That's the reason the world's in the shitty situation it is now.
(part one)
"Temptation (7" Mix)" New Order _Temptation_
"Falling & Laughing" Orange Juice _You Can't Hide Your Love Forever_
"The Classical" The Fall _Hex Enduction Hour_
"In Shreds" The Chameleons _In Shreds_
"Alice" The Sisters Of Mercy _Alice_
"Wax & Wane" Cocteau Twins _Garlands_
"Human Hands" Elvis Costello & The Attractions _Imperial Bedroom_
"More Than This" Roxy Music _Avalon_
"Walking On A Wire" Richard & Linda Thompson _Shoot Out The Lights_
"Suspended In Gaffa" Kate Bush _The Dreaming_
"Love --> Building On Fire" Talking Heads _The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads_
(part two)
"Big Jesus Trash Can" The Birthday Party _Junkyard_
"Blue Spark" X _Under The Big Black Sun_
"Weatherbox" Mission Of Burma _Vs._
"Ghetto Defendant" The Clash _Combat Rock_
"All We Ever Wanted Was Everything" Bauhaus _The Sky's Gone Out_
"Cold" The Cure _Pornography_
"Forever Now" Psychedelic Furs _Forever Now_
"Life On The Line" Fad Gadget _Under The Flag_
"Painting By Numbers" Television Personalities _Mummy Your Not Watching Me_
"I Melt With You (7" Mix)" Modern English _After The Snow_
"Come On Eileen" Dexy's Midnight Runners _Too-Rye-Ay_
"Our House" Madness _The Rise & Fall_
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