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The 100 Greatest Songs of 1982 #1. Little Red Corvette (5 Viewers)

Pretty sweet bass line in Rio. Funny thing about Duran Duran is critics were pretty dismissive of them in real time (as they are always of bands whose music is, gasp, fun), but their songs have aged well, and I hear them in a lot of places. Heck, I heard Girls on Film playing at the grocery store yesterday. :lol:
My fave DD song. Thinking about it the other day on whether it holds up, I wonder if the "on film" aspect makes it unrelatable to younger generations.
 
60. Duran Duran “Rio” (from Rio)


Duran Duran’s success was always attributed to their look, their style, their videos, even the album covers- few music critics at the time or later took them seriously as artists. And yet they were a talented band, with an excellent lead guitarist and rhythm section, both of which are on display here.

Saw them a few years ago at a music festival...they sounded great live.

Rio probably makes my top 10 Duran Duran.
 
60. Duran Duran “Rio” (from Rio)


Duran Duran’s success was always attributed to their look, their style, their videos, even the album covers- few music critics at the time or later took them seriously as artists. And yet they were a talented band, with an excellent lead guitarist and rhythm section, both of which are on display here.

Saw them a few years ago at a music festival...they sounded great live.

Rio probably makes my top 10 Duran Duran.
I’m going to see them in September at Bourbon and Beyond. Great lineup this year!
 
58. Musical Youth “Pass The Dutchie” (from The Youth Of Today)


Many people know that this song is actually a cover of “Pass The Kouchie” by The Mighty Diamonds, which was about cannibas. Musical Youth cleaned up the lyrics for American teen consumption, and their performance of the tune is far more polished than the raw original version. But in truth I very much like both versions.
 
58. Musical Youth “Pass The Dutchie” (from The Youth Of Today)


Many people know that this song is actually a cover of “Pass The Kouchie” by The Mighty Diamonds, which was about cannibas. Musical Youth cleaned up the lyrics for American teen consumption, and their performance of the tune is far more polished than the raw original version. But in truth I very much like both versions.
I thought a few of these songs didn't seem familiar but now I know you are just making songs up!
 
58. Musical Youth “Pass The Dutchie” (from The Youth Of Today)


Many people know that this song is actually a cover of “Pass The Kouchie” by The Mighty Diamonds, which was about cannibas. Musical Youth cleaned up the lyrics for American teen consumption, and their performance of the tune is far more polished than the raw original version. But in truth I very much like both versions.
I thought a few of these songs didn't seem familiar but now I know you are just making songs up!
You don’t remember this song? It was huge.
 
60. Duran Duran “Rio” (from Rio)


Duran Duran’s success was always attributed to their look, their style, their videos, even the album covers- few music critics at the time or later took them seriously as artists. And yet they were a talented band, with an excellent lead guitarist and rhythm section, both of which are on display here.
Exhibit A in my argument that John Taylor is one of the best bassists of his generation.
Yeah, I think we've discussed this many a time on this board. Taylor is a beast on the bass - heavily influenced by Chic's Bernard Edwards - and I think this might be his best work.

This has also been posted before to show how good it is - Rio isolated bass
 
59. A Flock Of Seagulls “Space Age Love Song” (from A Flock Of Seagulls)


New Wave music can be so much fun. Especially when the tunes are as catchy as this one.
Guitar tone is really nice on this - simple yet elegant.
 
58. Musical Youth “Pass The Dutchie” (from The Youth Of Today)


Many people know that this song is actually a cover of “Pass The Kouchie” by The Mighty Diamonds, which was about cannibas. Musical Youth cleaned up the lyrics for American teen consumption, and their performance of the tune is far more polished than the raw original version. But in truth I very much like both versions.
I thought a few of these songs didn't seem familiar but now I know you are just making songs up!
You don’t remember this song? It was huge.
You must be on the young side UZ - it definitely faded after a bit, and does not seem to be among the '80s songs that are played ad nauseum to this day, but it was everywhere in 1982.
 
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58. Musical Youth “Pass The Dutchie” (from The Youth Of Today)


Many people know that this song is actually a cover of “Pass The Kouchie” by The Mighty Diamonds, which was about cannibas. Musical Youth cleaned up the lyrics for American teen consumption, and their performance of the tune is far more polished than the raw original version. But in truth I very much like both versions.
I thought a few of these songs didn't seem familiar but now I know you are just making songs up!
You don’t remember this song? It was huge.
You must be on the young side UZ - it definitely faded after a bit, and does not seem to be among the '80s songs that are played ad nauseum to this day, but it was everywhere in 1982.
Yeah, I was in middle school then and still mostly listening to my parents music of choice. It wasn't until high school the next year where I branched out to my own world of music.
 
58. Musical Youth “Pass The Dutchie” (from The Youth Of Today)


Many people know that this song is actually a cover of “Pass The Kouchie” by The Mighty Diamonds, which was about cannibas. Musical Youth cleaned up the lyrics for American teen consumption, and their performance of the tune is far more polished than the raw original version. But in truth I very much like both versions.
I thought a few of these songs didn't seem familiar but now I know you are just making songs up!
You don’t remember this song? It was huge.
You must be on the young side UZ - it definitely faded after a bit, and does not seem to be among the '80s songs that are played ad nauseum to this day, but it was everywhere in 1982.
Yeah, I was in middle school then and still mostly listening to my parents music of choice. It wasn't until high school the next year where I branched out to my own world of music.
I was in 9th grade then, but I was also glued to MTV and Casey Kasem's America's Top 40, so that's a big reason why I remember it so well.
 
57. George Clinton “Atomic Dog” (from Computer Games)


This is one of the handful of songs on this list that I was completely unaware of in 1982. In that year I was in the last year of high school (I graduated in 83) in Orange County, California, and my musical knowledge was limited to my own taste for New Wave and my older brother’s taste for progressive rock and classic rock. The only black artists I heard (and normally didn’t really like) were those that showed up on top 40 radio, and that did not include George Clinton.

It was only decades later that I began listening to Clinton. It actually began for me with a much earlier album, Maggot Brain, (Funkadelic) and a song “Can You Get To That?” Which I became obsessed with. (In the last couple of days I’ve noticed this tune is now being used in a prominent commercial.) That led me to explore Clinton’s entire catalog, which to my surprise I found myself really enjoying. Guess I am funkier than I thought.

Anyhow, while I was unaware of “Atomic Dog” at the time, much of the music world was very much aware and loved it and still do. Considered a dance music classic.
 
56. John Cougar “Hurts So Good” (from American Fool)


So for myself, and I’m guessing for a lot of people, the video for this song was my introduction to this artist (though I do recall hearing and liking “Ain’t Even Done With The Night” on the radio, but not knowing who was singing.)
Anyhow, a fun rocker which I still tend to enjoy.
 
55. The Psychedelic Furs “Love My Way” (from Forever Now)


I place “Love My Way” in the second tier of songs from this band, along with “Heaven”- my first tier is composed of “Pretty In Pink” and “The Ghost In You”. But “Love My Way” is still good, still feels like a John Hughes teen romance movie.
 
55. The Psychedelic Furs “Love My Way” (from Forever Now)


I place “Love My Way” in the second tier of songs from this band, along with “Heaven”- my first tier is composed of “Pretty In Pink” and “The Ghost In You”. But “Love My Way” is still good, still feels like a John Hughes teen romance movie.
Martha Coolidge actually

Great song
 
54. Berlin “Masquerade” (from Pleasure Victim)


Always been one of my favorite tunes by this band.

My high school graduation celebrated Grad Night at Disneyland. Berlin was one of two bands that performed on the Tom Sawyer Island stage (where Fantasmic is now shown.) The other artist was Greg Kihn.
 
53. Iron Maiden “The Number Of The Beast” (from The Number Of The Beast)


Certain religious Christians, mostly located in the Deep South, believed that this song was about Satan worship. Their predictable reaction was to ban the record and then stage public burnings- no doubt Iron Maiden loved this response as it put them on the map.

As for the tune itself, once you get past the silly intro (reminds me of the Haunted Mansion) this is pretty excellent heavy metal. The singer, Bruce Dickinson, joined the band for this album and he is extremely talented. Not sure what they sounded like before but it doesn’t seem to be a coincidence that this guy’s arrival occurred at the same time with the band’s advance into metal superstardom.
 
58. Musical Youth “Pass The Dutchie” (from The Youth Of Today)


Many people know that this song is actually a cover of “Pass The Kouchie” by The Mighty Diamonds, which was about cannibas. Musical Youth cleaned up the lyrics for American teen consumption, and their performance of the tune is far more polished than the raw original version. But in truth I very much like both versions.
I thought a few of these songs didn't seem familiar but now I know you are just making songs up!
You don’t remember this song? It was huge.
May have seen it on MTV, but it doesn't ring a bell for me either-and I graduated in 1982.
 
53. Iron Maiden “The Number Of The Beast” (from The Number Of The Beast)


Certain religious Christians, mostly located in the Deep South, believed that this song was about Satan worship. Their predictable reaction was to ban the record and then stage public burnings- no doubt Iron Maiden loved this response as it put them on the map.

As for the tune itself, once you get past the silly intro (reminds me of the Haunted Mansion) this is pretty excellent heavy metal. The singer, Bruce Dickinson, joined the band for this album and he is extremely talented. Not sure what they sounded like before but it doesn’t seem to be a coincidence that this guy’s arrival occurred at the same time with the band’s advance into metal superstardom.
https://youtu.be/io4ObwuO24w

Here is a song with the original singer. He was fired as he didn’t have the range that Bruce had. I really like the first couple of albums with the original singer also.
 
55. The Psychedelic Furs “Love My Way” (from Forever Now)


I place “Love My Way” in the second tier of songs from this band, along with “Heaven”- my first tier is composed of “Pretty In Pink” and “The Ghost In You”. But “Love My Way” is still good, still feels like a John Hughes teen romance movie.
My personal fave is President Gas, but Love My Way is about as commercial as they got.
 
54. Berlin “Masquerade” (from Pleasure Victim)


Always been one of my favorite tunes by this band.

My high school graduation celebrated Grad Night at Disneyland. Berlin was one of two bands that performed on the Tom Sawyer Island stage (where Fantasmic is now shown.) The other artist was Greg Kihn.
You lost on Jeopardy?
Love this pick. Pleasure Victim is a smooth rude from start to finish, but the best is yet to come.
 
53. Iron Maiden “The Number Of The Beast” (from The Number Of The Beast)


Certain religious Christians, mostly located in the Deep South, believed that this song was about Satan worship. Their predictable reaction was to ban the record and then stage public burnings- no doubt Iron Maiden loved this response as it put them on the map.

As for the tune itself, once you get past the silly intro (reminds me of the Haunted Mansion) this is pretty excellent heavy metal. The singer, Bruce Dickinson, joined the band for this album and he is extremely talented. Not sure what they sounded like before but it doesn’t seem to be a coincidence that this guy’s arrival occurred at the same time with the band’s advance into metal superstardom.
I prefer 668, the Neighbour of the Beast.
 
58. Musical Youth “Pass The Dutchie” (from The Youth Of Today)


Many people know that this song is actually a cover of “Pass The Kouchie” by The Mighty Diamonds, which was about cannibas. Musical Youth cleaned up the lyrics for American teen consumption, and their performance of the tune is far more polished than the raw original version. But in truth I very much like both versions.
I thought a few of these songs didn't seem familiar but now I know you are just making songs up!
You don’t remember this song? It was huge.
May have seen it on MTV, but it doesn't ring a bell for me either-and I graduated in 1982.
I’m still amazed by this.

My daughters know “Pass The Dutchie” thanks to its use on season 4 of Stranger Things.
 
53. Iron Maiden “The Number Of The Beast” (from The Number Of The Beast)


Certain religious Christians, mostly located in the Deep South, believed that this song was about Satan worship. Their predictable reaction was to ban the record and then stage public burnings- no
53. Iron Maiden “The Number Of The Beast” (from The Number Of The Beast)


Certain religious Christians, mostly located in the Deep South, believed that this song was about Satan worship. Their predictable reaction was to ban the record and then stage public burnings- no doubt Iron Maiden loved this response as it put them on the map.

As for the tune itself, once you get past the silly intro (reminds me of the Haunted Mansion) this is pretty excellent heavy metal. The singer, Bruce Dickinson, joined the band for this album and he is extremely talented. Not sure what they sounded like before but it doesn’t seem to be a coincidence that this guy’s arrival occurred at the same time with the band’s advance into metal superstardom.
https://youtu.be/io4ObwuO24w

Here is a song with the original singer. He was fired as he didn’t have the range that Bruce had. I really like the first couple of albums with the original singer also.
That video was played on the first day MTV aired (#35 overall). I also liked the first few albums with Paul Di’Anno - a more raw sound but some great hooks/riffs.
 
52. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers “You Got Lucky” (from Long After Dark)


One thing you could always count on, pretty much throughout the entire decade of the 1980s: Tom Petty and his band would have an album out, and it would be high quality with a hit single or two and a lot of really good deep cuts. Such is true of Long After Dark with great deep cuts like “Deliver Me” and “Change of Heart”, and of course the hit: “You Got Lucky”, with that great lead in keyboard riff (courtesy of the legendary Benmont Tench.)
 
58. Musical Youth “Pass The Dutchie” (from The Youth Of Today)


Many people know that this song is actually a cover of “Pass The Kouchie” by The Mighty Diamonds, which was about cannibas. Musical Youth cleaned up the lyrics for American teen consumption, and their performance of the tune is far more polished than the raw original version. But in truth I very much like both versions.
I thought a few of these songs didn't seem familiar but now I know you are just making songs up!
You don’t remember this song? It was huge.
May have seen it on MTV, but it doesn't ring a bell for me either-and I graduated in 1982.
I’m still amazed by this.
I am as well - was a top 10 song and seemed to be everywhere, not just regional. Oh well.
 
52. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers “You Got Lucky” (from Long After Dark)


One thing you could always count on, pretty much throughout the entire decade of the 1980s: Tom Petty and his band would have an album out, and it would be high quality with a hit single or two and a lot of really good deep cuts. Such is true of Long After Dark with great deep cuts like “Deliver Me” and “Change of Heart”, and of course the hit: “You Got Lucky”, with that great lead in keyboard riff (courtesy of the legendary Benmont Tench.)
Good tune and one of my favorite early videos with the post-apocalyptic theme and Mike Campbell’s sweet looking guitars.
 
53. Iron Maiden “The Number Of The Beast” (from The Number Of The Beast)


Certain religious Christians, mostly located in the Deep South, believed that this song was about Satan worship. Their predictable reaction was to ban the record and then stage public burnings- no doubt Iron Maiden loved this response as it put them on the map.

As for the tune itself, once you get past the silly intro (reminds me of the Haunted Mansion) this is pretty excellent heavy metal. The singer, Bruce Dickinson, joined the band for this album and he is extremely talented. Not sure what they sounded like before but it doesn’t seem to be a coincidence that this guy’s arrival occurred at the same time with the band’s advance into metal superstardom.
https://youtu.be/io4ObwuO24w

Here is a song with the original singer. He was fired as he didn’t have the range that Bruce had. I really like the first couple of albums with the original singer also.
Thanks. Never heard that before. Not bad at all.

The drummer is pretty good.
 
55. The Psychedelic Furs “Love My Way” (from Forever Now)


I place “Love My Way” in the second tier of songs from this band, along with “Heaven”- my first tier is composed of “Pretty In Pink” and “The Ghost In You”. But “Love My Way” is still good, still feels like a John Hughes teen romance movie.
My personal fave is President Gas, but Love My Way is about as commercial as they got.
I really like President Gas too.
 
53. Iron Maiden “The Number Of The Beast” (from The Number Of The Beast)


Certain religious Christians, mostly located in the Deep South, believed that this song was about Satan worship. Their predictable reaction was to ban the record and then stage public burnings- no doubt Iron Maiden loved this response as it put them on the map.

As for the tune itself, once you get past the silly intro (reminds me of the Haunted Mansion) this is pretty excellent heavy metal. The singer, Bruce Dickinson, joined the band for this album and he is extremely talented. Not sure what they sounded like before but it doesn’t seem to be a coincidence that this guy’s arrival occurred at the same time with the band’s advance into metal superstardom.
https://youtu.be/io4ObwuO24w

Here is a song with the original singer. He was fired as he didn’t have the range that Bruce had. I really like the first couple of albums with the original singer also.
Thanks. Never heard that before. Not bad at all.

The drummer is pretty good.
Clive Burr - very good drummer indeed, but was fired in 1982 and replaced by one of the best rock names in history (and wholly relevant for their next album) in Nicko McBrain.
 
58. Musical Youth “Pass The Dutchie” (from The Youth Of Today)


Many people know that this song is actually a cover of “Pass The Kouchie” by The Mighty Diamonds, which was about cannibas. Musical Youth cleaned up the lyrics for American teen consumption, and their performance of the tune is far more polished than the raw original version. But in truth I very much like both versions.
I thought a few of these songs didn't seem familiar but now I know you are just making songs up!
You don’t remember this song? It was huge.
May have seen it on MTV, but it doesn't ring a bell for me either-and I graduated in 1982.
I’m still amazed by this.
I am as well - was a top 10 song and seemed to be everywhere, not just regional. Oh well.
i don’t recall any new wave-type radio in Chicago. It was basically rock/pop, AOR, and country. MTV was really a game changer for people who didn’t have access. I look at influential radio from that era like KROQ, and I would bet half of their year end countdown wasn’t played on Midwest radio In 82. The biggest effect that early MTV had was breaking new artists that couldn’t get on radio.
 
Big fan of You Got Lucky. One of my favorite Petty songs. I thought the video was pretty rad when I was 8, but I saw it again a few years ago and don't think it has aged well. Still a great song.

The first two Maiden albums are very good, but they obviously got better with Dickinson. The Number of the Beast is a killer tune, and the intro is not silly, it's awesome, and it kicks *** when they reprise that motif near the end of the song.
 
58. Musical Youth “Pass The Dutchie” (from The Youth Of Today)


Many people know that this song is actually a cover of “Pass The Kouchie” by The Mighty Diamonds, which was about cannibas. Musical Youth cleaned up the lyrics for American teen consumption, and their performance of the tune is far more polished than the raw original version. But in truth I very much like both versions.
I thought a few of these songs didn't seem familiar but now I know you are just making songs up!
You don’t remember this song? It was huge.
May have seen it on MTV, but it doesn't ring a bell for me either-and I graduated in 1982.
I’m still amazed by this.
I am as well - was a top 10 song and seemed to be everywhere, not just regional. Oh well.
i don’t recall any new wave-type radio in Chicago. It was basically rock/pop, AOR, and country. MTV was really a game changer for people who didn’t have access. I look at influential radio from that era like KROQ, and I would bet half of their year end countdown wasn’t played on Midwest radio In 82. The biggest effect that early MTV had was breaking new artists that couldn’t get on radio.
Dutchie was really pop (actually reggae pop) and I don’t think the video was all that big. I guess it depended on the radio station though. As mentioned upthread though, some ‘80s songs get played ad nauseum to this day, and this probably isn’t one of them (although Stranger Things, as mentioned above, gave it a recent boost).
 
We first got MTV when Pass the Dutchie was breaking, and I definitely remember MTV playing it a lot. I liked it then, but I can't say I am a fan anymore.
 
53. Iron Maiden “The Number Of The Beast” (from The Number Of The Beast)


Certain religious Christians, mostly located in the Deep South, believed that this song was about Satan worship. Their predictable reaction was to ban the record and then stage public burnings- no doubt Iron Maiden loved this response as it put them on the map.

As for the tune itself, once you get past the silly intro (reminds me of the Haunted Mansion) this is pretty excellent heavy metal. The singer, Bruce Dickinson, joined the band for this album and he is extremely talented. Not sure what they sounded like before but it doesn’t seem to be a coincidence that this guy’s arrival occurred at the same time with the band’s advance into metal superstardom.
I prefer 668, the Neighbour of the Beast.
I bet sometimes they got the Beast's mail by mistake.
 
53. Iron Maiden “The Number Of The Beast” (from The Number Of The Beast)


Certain religious Christians, mostly located in the Deep South, believed that this song was about Satan worship. Their predictable reaction was to ban the record and then stage public burnings- no doubt Iron Maiden loved this response as it put them on the map.

As for the tune itself, once you get past the silly intro (reminds me of the Haunted Mansion) this is pretty excellent heavy metal. The singer, Bruce Dickinson, joined the band for this album and he is extremely talented. Not sure what they sounded like before but it doesn’t seem to be a coincidence that this guy’s arrival occurred at the same time with the band’s advance into metal superstardom.
https://youtu.be/io4ObwuO24w

Here is a song with the original singer. He was fired as he didn’t have the range that Bruce had. I really like the first couple of albums with the original singer also.
Thanks. Never heard that before. Not bad at all.

The drummer is pretty good.
Clive Burr - very good drummer indeed, but was fired in 1982 and replaced by one of the best rock names in history (and wholly relevant for their next album) in Nicko McBrain.
Maiden definitely upgraded the singer and drummer. Number of the Beast is such a good metal album. It still impresses me after all these years and it’s still played often , especially for work outs. I remember hearing it for the first time in 82 when an older cousin played it for me. A couple of years later I saw Maiden live for the first time and got to meet them. Hallowed be thy name and 22 are two other strong songs from the album. I’m impressed that Maiden made Tim’s list. Tim is full of surprises.
 
52. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers “You Got Lucky” (from Long After Dark)


One thing you could always count on, pretty much throughout the entire decade of the 1980s: Tom Petty and his band would have an album out, and it would be high quality with a hit single or two and a lot of really good deep cuts. Such is true of Long After Dark with great deep cuts like “Deliver Me” and “Change of Heart”, and of course the hit: “You Got Lucky”, with that great lead in keyboard riff (courtesy of the legendary Benmont Tench.)

Favorite Petty song and awesome video.
 
52. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers “You Got Lucky” (from Long After Dark)


One thing you could always count on, pretty much throughout the entire decade of the 1980s: Tom Petty and his band would have an album out, and it would be high quality with a hit single or two and a lot of really good deep cuts. Such is true of Long After Dark with great deep cuts like “Deliver Me” and “Change of Heart”, and of course the hit: “You Got Lucky”, with that great lead in keyboard riff (courtesy of the legendary Benmont Tench.)

Favorite Petty song and awesome video.
You Got Lucky and You Wreck Me are far and away my favorite Petty tunes. In fact they're the only ones of his I'll stick around to listen to in their entirety at this point
 

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