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    11/25/2001
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1982: The Crowded Future Stings My Eyes

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Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force (buzz) Planet Rock  buy on amazon buy on itunes
Trouble Funk (buzz) Trouble Funk Express  buy on amazon buy on itunes
Gap Band (buzz) You Dropped the Bomb on Me  buy on amazon buy on itunes
Michael Jackson (buzz) Billie Jean  buy on amazon buy on itunes
The Jam (buzz) Precious (12" version)  buy on amazon buy on itunes
Joe Jackson (buzz) Steppin' Out  buy on amazon buy on itunes
Modern English (buzz) I Melt With You  buy on amazon buy on itunes
Frank Zappa (buzz) Valley Girl  buy on amazon buy on itunes
Violent Femmes (buzz) Gone Daddy Gone  buy on amazon buy on itunes
Redd Kross (buzz) Linda Blair  buy on amazon buy on itunes
Bad Brains (buzz) buy on amazon buy on itunes
Descendents (buzz) I'm Not A Punk  buy on amazon buy on itunes
MDC (buzz) John Wayne Was a Nazi  buy on amazon buy on itunes
Angry Samoans (buzz) My Old Man's A Fatso  buy on amazon buy on itunes
Anti-Nowhere League (buzz) So What  buy on amazon buy on itunes
Wipers (buzz) Return of the Rat  buy on amazon buy on itunes
Flipper (buzz) Sex Bomb  buy on amazon buy on itunes
Lou Reed (buzz) The Blue Mask  buy on amazon buy on itunes
Dead Kennedys (buzz) Moon Over Marin  buy on amazon buy on itunes

Comment:

The musical landscape of 1982 was... er... uh... well, shit, LOOK AT IT. On one hand, you've got a big fistful of notable, memorable hardcore punk tracks, some angry, some powerful, some hilarious, some all of the above. On the other hand, you've got... well, Michael Jackson. I'm as confused as you are, folks. But hell, good music is good music, right?

UPDATE, 12-18-02: SEX BOMB! And "Billie Jean" seems to fit better than "Beat It", even though I lurve them Eddie Van guitar theatrics.

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Aeichele
Date: 11-26-2001
yet another solid mix in the series.
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Geoffrey Holland
Date: 11-27-2001
are you going to sell this as a box set?

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SueEW
Date: 11-27-2001
Yeah, get rid of mr jackson, and the mix is great.
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Patrin
Date: 11-27-2001
Sorry, Sue - "Beat It" stays for nostalgia value and historical prominence, plus it sates my shameful, horrible, not-all-that-common-I-swear jones for Eddie Van Halen guitar wankery. As for a box set: good idea, but given the copyright restrictions, I might get into a little uh-oh as far as the RIAA is concerned.
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James Russell
Date: 11-27-2001
Damnable pity about the non-box set :) The whole series has been mighty fine thus far. Me, I like the diversity of having Michael Jackson and the Kennedys on the same disc...
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Kid Hyper
Date: 11-29-2001
Hey, what about the idea that Beat It is a dope song from a stellar album produced by Quincy Jones and sung by a vocalist at the height of his (now long gone) powers? Nostalgia is fine, but don't let shame ruin your judgment. Beat It is fresh! And Thriller is a sick, sick album. Don't get me started...
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Brad12
Date: 12-02-2001
i'm with Kid Hyper on this one. unfortunately, Jacko ruined any chance for people to view his work with high regard, what with the self-anointing (as Savior of Children; Promoter of Good Causes; and Insistently Masculine Deity of Pop Music)and well-publicized "quirks". Seriously, the man could (can?) sing, and he actually wrote a bunch of his stuff starting with the "Thriller" album. he's an amazing talent gone to waste.
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stripey357
Date: 12-18-2002
Another fine collection. There's no way to do an 80's anthology and not put Michael Jackson on it. At least Beat It is toe-tapper. Another set of excellent choices, with bonus points for the Anti-Nowhere League, MDC, and the delightful inclusion of Moon Over Marin, one of the DKs most overlooked songs. I might argue about that Misfits song, but it's hard to find a bad song by that band. We all have our favorites, and Astro Zombies is certainly worthy.
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theory conspiracist
Date: 12-28-2002
Seriously, the addition of Sex Bomb makes it. Nice call.

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