Stuff
The Army begins one of the greatest advertising campaigns of all time: Be all you can be. That accompanying jangle…gets in your head and never gets old.
Essential Films of 1981
Favorites
Chariots of Fire
Escape from New York
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Honorable mention
Arthur
All ages
Condorman
Guilty pleasures
coming soon
Holiday
coming soon
Want to see, or feel like I should see
Atlantic City
Blow Out (Brian de Palma)
Body Heat
Das Boot
The Evil Dead
The French Lieutenant’s Woman
Gates of Heaven
Gallipoli
Heartland
Mad Max 2
My Dinner With Andre
On Golden Pond
Reds
Tess
They All Laughed
Thief (Michael Mann)
Not worth the time
coming soon
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Essential music of 1981
Albums
Electric Light Orchestra - Time
The Human League - Dare!
Men At Work - Business As Usual
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture And Morality
Honorable mention
New Order - Movement
Sparks - Whomp That Sucker
X - Wild Gift
The greatest songs of 1981
Edge of Seventeen - Stevie Nicks
Eye in the Sky - Alan Parsons Project
Funny Face - Sparks
Joan of Arc - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Maid of Orleans - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Open Arms - Journey
Tainted Love - Soft Cell
Tips for Teens - Sparks
The Way Life’s Meant to Be - Electric Light Orchestra
1981 Playlists by Month
January
Joan of Arc - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Edge of Seventeen - Stevie Nicks
Suzie Safety - Sparks
The Way Life’s Meant to Be - Electric Light Orchestra
Maid of Orleans - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Senses - New Order
February
Open Arms - Journey
Tainted Love - Soft Cell
March
coming soon
April
Funny Face - Sparks
May
coming soon
June
Tips for Teens - Sparks
July
coming soon
August
Chosen Time - New Order
That's Not Nastassia - Sparks
Denial - New Order
September
I Married a Martian - Sparks
October
Souvenir - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Dreams Never End - New Order
Doubts Even Here - New Order
November
coming soon
December
coming soon
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