1982
This is my 1982nd post. Quite soon there will not be a year in history for me to be reminded of. Hugh, more prolific than I, reached this point a very long time ago.
I found something similar last year at work. I was looking for a old file, and couldn’t quite remember its number, only its name. As Janis Ian sang, “If I treat you as a number it’s because I can’t remember your name” but I had the opposite problem. My colleague looked it up on the computer – "Its DLBC/1250/Z" she called.
“There we are” I said, “I knew it was some time during the reign of Henry III”. He had a very long reign.
I should have thought of this yesterday – in my opinion 1973 was a much better year for music. However from 1982 we could have Computer Love by Kraftwerk, Ebony and Ivory by Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder, separate songs by the England and Scotland World Cup squads, Private Investigation by Dire Straits, or some rather good stuff in retrospect by Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet and the Stranglers. I like you all too much to inflict John Wayne is big leggy by Haysi Fantayzee on you – we really don’t want to go there.
26 years later they are still performing it live.
Posted on 9:10 AM by Esmerelda Weatherwax
Comments
16 May 2008
Mary Jackson
Ebony and Ivory by Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder
"Here on my keyboard
O Lord..."
16 May 2008
Hugh Fitzgerald
Would it be correct to assume that "1982" is an abridged version of "1982, Janine" or, as it appears in Arabic (but not anno-hegira'ed) book-lists, "1982, Jenin"?
