I don’t know why but for a 4 year period starting that autumn, I paid attention to radio and music videos more intently than I ever had. I still maintain that it was a ripple effect from MTV. Even on our 4 and half channels we had Friday Night Videos. Perhaps it was just a coincidence. I had relocated back to Indiana. I really didn’t know anybody here anymore. All that music I acquired while in Vermont more or less sat idle. In much the way that Disco disappeared, this new 80’s Sound appeared.
I had identified a few local radio stations and let it happen. That makes this section somewhat different. A very large portion of the music from College Intermission was stuff that I did not own until decades later. I was still buying albums at this time. In fact one of the first things I did was sign up at Columbia House again. I used a good portion of my inital free albums to replace some of my favorite cassettes. So this era will have its album elements but wil also be peppered with songs of the time. I do this because even though I didn’t purchase them then, I feel that they still contributed to My Musical Evolution.
Pat Benatar – Love Is A Battlefield as you know I loved Pat Benatar in the Academy Days I even got her Get Nervous album at the end. I realize that I forgot to mention it. I didn’t really listen to it. Here she was again and this song was all over the radio but by then I felt that I had moved on so I didn’t pursue it. Enjoyed it, but didn’t buy it, yet.
Gary Numan – Cars Another one of those songs that sport the classic 80’s sound.
Jackson Browne – Lawyers In Love
The Romantics – Talking In your Sleep
Taco – Puttin’ On The Ritz
The Pretenders – Middle Of The Road
Jump ‘N The Saddle – The Curly Shuffle