News of 1982
AT&T is branded a monopoly and ordered to break up into 20 smaller companies (surely we’ll never see a monolithic company of that size and power again).
Essential Films of 1982
Favorites
48 Hours
Blade Runner
Diner
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
First Blood (Rambo)
The King of Comedy
Night Crossing
The Scarlet Pimpernel
The Thing
Honorable mention
An Officer and a Gentleman
Conan the Barbarian
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Tootsie
All ages
Annie
E.T.
Night Crossing
The Scarlet Pimpernel
The Secret of NIMH
Guilty pleasures
coming soon
Holiday
A Christmas Story
Want to see
And the Ship Sails On (E la nave va) (Fellini)
The Dark Crystal
Fannie and Alexander
Fitzcarraldo
Flashdance
Gandhi
Next of Kin (Australian mystery)
Night Shift (early Ron Howard)
On Golden Pond
Poltergeist
Rocky III
Sophie’s Choice
The Verdict
Overrated
Scarface
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Essential music of 1982
Albums
Men Without Hats - Rhythm of Youth
Prince - 1999
Scorpions - Blackout
Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
Honorable mention
coming soon
The greatest songs of 1982
Africa by Toto
Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
Blackout - Scorpions
Chinese Cafe/Unchained Melody - Joni Mitchell
Come On Eileen - Dexy’s Midnight Runners
Delirious - Prince
Eye in the Sky - The Alan Parsons Project
Free - Prince
Hungry Like the Wolf - Duran Duran
I Got the Message - Men Without Hats
Little Red Corvette - Prince
Living in China - Men Without Hats
Mickey - Toni Basil
More Than This by Roxy Music
Psycho Killer - Talking Heads
Run to the Hills - Iron Maiden
The Safety Dance - Men Without Hats
You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’ - Judas Priest
1982 Playlists by Month
January
Africa - Toto
I Got the Message - Men Without Hats
February
Chinese Cafe/Unchained Melody - Joni Mitchell
More Than This - Roxy Music
Free - Prince
Eye in the Sky - The Alan Parsons Project
No One Like You - Scorpions
April
Gypsy - Fleetwood Mac
Hungry Like the Wolf - Duran Duran
Our House - Madness
Little Red Corvette - Prince
Come On Eileen - Dexy’s Midnight Runners
The Message - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
Ideas for Walls - Men Without Hats
May
Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
Psycho Killer - Talking Heads
The Safety Dance - Men Without Hats
Mickey - Toni Basil
It’s Raining Men - The Weather Girls
Beat It - Michael Jackson
July
Blackout - Scorpions
Delirious - Prince
You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’ - Judas Priest
Run to the Hills - Iron Maiden
August
You Give Me All I Need - Scorpions
September
Let’s Pretend We’re Married - Prince
Living in China - Men Without Hats
October
November
December
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