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This is the 1981 song “Find Another Fool” by Quarterflash. Please note the opening lyrics of:“I should have learned this lesson long ago”“That friends and lovers always come and go”That singing is 20 notes long.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0lRM7FmJgUAnd this is the 1979 song “We Live For Love” by Pat Benatar. The same 20 notes (or at least 20 very similar notes) can be heard from the guitar at the beginning. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD8TCo2QW6U

Adam Ant's official music video for 'Goody Two Shoes'

Billboard’s top 5 songs from July 31, 1982. This is my favorite top 5 from any week.These are Billboard’s top 5 songs from July 31, 1982. This is my favorite top 5 from any week.https://top40weekly.com/1982-all-charts/1 Survivor – Eye of the Tigerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btPJPFnesV42 Toto – Rosannahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmOLtTGvsbM3 John Cougar – Hurts So Goodhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dOsbsuhYGQ4 Fleetwood Mac – Hold Mehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0sha1XfHxw5 The Steve Miller Band – Abracadabrahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY8B0uQpwZs

No, I'm not talking about our maligned AG! (In before the Sessions bashers, BTW). But does anybody remember these music commercials growing up?

She's Gone Sara Smile Rich Girl It's A Laugh (Single Version) Wait For Me Kiss On My List You Make My Dreams Private Eyes I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) Did It In A Minute Maneater One On One Family Man Say It Isn't So Adult Education Out Of Touch (Single Version) Method Of Modern Love Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid .....and so much more

....rocker Bryan Adams is canceling a performance this week in Mississippi, citing the state's new law that allows religious groups and some private businesses to refuse service to gay couples. Adams said in a statement Sunday night that he was canceling a show Thursday at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi..

ROUND 7 - THE FINAL - OF THE '80S TOURNAMENT OF CHART-TOPPERS COMMENCES! Votes due: Sunday, March 15 @ 6:00 pm Eastern. The Final Pair! Vote for your favorite! No reply, no vote. A tie will be broken with a run-off which will end (hopefully) the following Monday.

ROUND 6 OF THE '80S TOURNAMENT OF CHART-TOPPERS COMMENCES! Votes due: Sunday, March 8 @ 6:00 pm Eastern. The Final 4 in just 2 pairs of songs! Vote for your favorite of each pair shown. No reply, no vote. (You may abstain from any pairs.) Any ties will be broken with a run-off which will end (hopefully) the following Monday.

ROUND 5 OF THE '80S TOURNAMENT OF CHART-TOPPERS COMMENCES! Votes due: Sunday, March 1 @ 6:00 pm Eastern. The Great 8 in just 4 pairs of songs! Vote for your favorite of each pair shown. No reply, no vote. (You may abstain from any pairs.) Any ties will be broken with a run-off which will end (hopefully) the following Monday. Format: Yearly rank/seed - year - song title - act

ROUND 4 OF THE '80S TOURNAMENT OF CHART-TOPPERS COMMENCES! Votes due: Sunday, Feb 22 @ 6:00 pm Eastern. Sweet 16 in 8 pairs of songs! Vote for your favorite of each pair shown. No reply, no vote. (You may abstain from any pairs.) Any ties will be broken with a run-off which will end the following Monday. Format: Yearly rank/seed - year - song title - act

We have a TIE from Round 3 to BREAK! (What is it with 1983? No one seems to be able to separate the songs!) #4 1983 "Down Under” Men at Work versus #1 1983 "Every Breath You Take" Police

ROUND 3 OF THE '80S TOURNAMENT OF CHART-TOPPERS COMMENCES! Votes due: Sunday, Feb 15 @ 6:00 pm Eastern. Sweet 16 pairs of songs! Vote for your favorite in each pair shown. No reply, no vote. (You may abstain from any pairs.) Any ties will be broken with a run-off which will end the following Monday. Format: Yearly rank/seed - year - song title - act

We have a TIE from Round 2 to BREAK! #3 1983 "Flashdance... What a Feeling" Irene Cara versus#5 1983 "Beat It" Michael Jackson

ROUND 2 of the greatest hits of the '80s begins! Due date: Sunday, Feb 8 @6:00 pm (Eastern) Had to cut short the Round 1, as the response wasn't enough. Will try weekly rounds from now on. This Round takes the top 6 songs of each year of the '80s, and pairs them in brackets along with the best #7s as voted in Round 1.

The daughter of late singer and entertainer Whitney Houston was found unresponsive in a bathtub and taken to an Atlanta-area hospital. Bobbi Kristina Brown was discovered Saturday morning by her husband and a friend. A spokeswoman for the Roswell Police Department, Officer Lisa Holland, said Brown was given CPR until rescuers arrived. Holland said Brown was taken alive to North Fulton Hospital in Roswell. The incident remains under investigation.

OK, FREEPERS, LET'S START THIS CONTEST FOR THE GREATEST SONG OF THE '80S. The baseline for the contest is the top 7 hits of each year of the '80s, as compiled by BILLBOARD. This is not based on personal preferences, biases, prejudices, or counter-culture reactivity. The rules in general will be to vote for everything shown. No equivocating, ties, or omissions. Votes will only be counted if the "ballot" is complete. ROUND 1 We begin by using the #7 songs of each year and paring them from 10 songs to 4 (to set up brackets for the rest of the...

What does everyone think of a music play-off bracket-type poll for best songs of the '80s?

And The Winners Are....

All fans of real 80's heavy metal it is time to rejoice. It was announced today tha Rob halford has rejoined Judas Priest. The world tour will begin in 2004. Yes I know this isn't politically related but For those of us who remember their heyday this is exciting.

Singer Adam Ant Admits 'Cowboy' Incident Tue Aug 13, 9:30 AM ET LONDON (Reuters) - Former British pop star Adam Ant Tuesday admitted threatening pub customers who laughed at his cowboy attire and mocked him by humming the theme tune to spaghetti Western "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly." The musician pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey criminal court to the charge of affray. Sentencing was deferred until Oct. 2 to allow time for psychiatric reports to be prepared. Three other charges relating to the incident in January of this year -- criminal damage, assault and possession of an...