Lucky for me I found an AMAZING radio station and rocked away the hours and days. On the final morning of painting I again woke early and turned on the radio...I was then transported to that same week in 1982. The station was running a classic Casey Kasem's Billboard top 40. FYI- I was born July 1st of that year. I spent the next hours listing and thinking of what my parents were feeling as they listened to these same songs 28 years ago while they awaited my arrival.
As I listened I had several a-ha moments:
- There were several songs that I had never heard before, which was oh so entertaining.
- A new found love of Joan Jet and the Blackhearts... but really, who could ever go wrong with Crimson and Clover
- I had no idea that Tainted Love or 867-5309 were such early 80s hits
- Paul Simon and Art Garfunkle upset me a little. This will take a little explaining... On September 19, 1981 the duo reunited for a free concert on the great lawn of New York's Central Park attended by more than 500,000 people. They released a live album from the concert the following March and in June Wake up Little Susie made it's way on to the Billboard chart. Why would this make me upset??? Cheap Trick's famous concerts at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo in April 1978 that were recorded for the group's most popular album, Cheap Trick at Budokan. A live version of I Want You to Want Me from the album Cheap Trick at Budokan was released in 1979 which became their biggest selling single and the largest audience at a live recording to ever make the Billboard charts... until Simon and Garfunkle decided to have a free benefit concert of the homeless ppppffft Sorry Paul and Art I'm never going to be ok about you beating Cheap Trick even tho you did in all aspects of your career :)
- ASIA was/is a supergroup
- Queen had an awful hit, it was so bad I can't even remember the name
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