1980
| Artist | Song | |
| AC / DC | Back In Black | |
| The Undertones | My Perfect Cousin | |
| Blondie | Atomic | |
| Teardrop Explodes | Bouncing Babies | |
| The Soft Boys | I Wanna Destroy You | |
| Dead Kennedys | California Uber Ales | |
| Magazine | A Song From Under The Floorboards | |
| Bauhaus | Stigmata Martyr | |
| Elvis Costello | Love For Tender | |
| Dexys Midnight Runners | There, There My Dear | |
| Adam & The Ants | Antmusic | |
| The Jam | That's Entertainment | |
| The Sound | Heyday | |
| Joy Division | A Means To An End | |
| Talking Heads | Once In A Lifetime | |
| Squeeze | Another Nail In My Heart | |
| The Cure | 10.15 Saturday Night | |
| The Pretenders | Stop Your Sobbing | |
| The Specials | Stereotype | |
| Young Marble Giants | Credit In The Straight World | |
| The Cramps | I Was A Teenage Werewolf | |
| Feelies | Loveless Love | |
| Suicide | Mr Ray | |
Comment:
We're back! And we're Rollerblading whilst wearing legwarmers and listening to Sheena Easton on our brand new Walkmans.Who Shot JR? is talked about heavily from the TV show Dallas. On November 21, the conclusion draws more viewers than any other show in TV history up to that point.
The Summer Olympics are held in Moscow, USSR. The USA boycotts. The favour was returned 4 years later.
Ronald Reagan is elected, defeating Jimmy Carter, and takes credit for freeing the Iranian hostages in his innaugural speech.
Bjorn Borg defeated John Mcenroe in the Wimbledon mens singles final to claim his fifth title in a row.
Mount St. Helens (in Washington) erupts, darkening the skies with ash and destroying the surrounding area for many miles
We said Hello to Christina Aguilera, Macauly Culkin, Alicia Keys, Christina Ricci, Conor Oberst, Ryan Gosling, Steven Gerrard and Jake Gyllenhaal..
We said Goodbye to John Bonham, Ian Curtis, Tim Hardin, Alfred Hitchcock, Steve McQueen, Jesse Owens, Colonel Sanders, Bon Scott, Peter Sellers, Jean Paul Sartre and of course John Lennon..
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i've always been one of those people who gave the 80's the least amount of attention, which makes it so surprising that not only is this TREMENDOUSLY FANTASTIC, but that it may be my favorite wonder years mix yet. i was just going to attempt to list some favorites, but found the very idea futile - there isn't a song here that isn't ace. wonderful wonderful wonderful, my MOTW for sure. (now if i can only actually access that page...)
This looks great, fellas. Tons o' classics.
awesome mix and great trivia!
Glad to see the series revived. Some great tunes from the first year of the "Lost Decade".
The best.
Nice! Lots of cool stuff here, which is kind of surprising as I thought it was a bad year in music.
The Cure never gets old.
I was single. Still attending Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, MI. Details still a little cloudy, lots of funny little green n clear pills abounding at the time and good, cheap smoke ($35 US per ounce... anything more was handed back and either the price was lowered or we walked).
Great mix -- full of music that I wish I was cool enough to be listening to in 1980 (though I did have the Pretenders and AC/DC!)
the years 1979-1982 are some of my favorites for R&B and rock, and pop too, I guess; just after disco had calmed down, yet before everyone was using synthesizers and drum machines. some great samples of the year's finest listed here. I love that you started out with AC/DC - and also liked Dead Kennedys and Specials tracks. now, I wonder who decided to include the Dexys Midnight Runners tune... great stuff, and please keep 'em coming!