Can you name the artist and song:
It’s gonna take time
A whole lot of precious time
It’s gonna take patience and time
Last Song: “Nobody Told Me” by John Lennon from the album Milk and Honey (1984)
Great job Adora (@Adora2000)!!!
Well, everybody’s talking and no one says a word
Everybody’s making love and no one really cares
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Can you name the artist and song:
She calls out to the man on the street
“Sir, can you help me?
It’s cold and I’ve nowhere to sleep
Is there somewhere you can tell me?”
Last Song: “(Just Like) Starting Over” by John Lennon from the album Double Fantasy (1980)
Great job Adora (@Adora2000), Karen (@raynbow1), and Lynne (@LynneAshton2)!!!
Although our love is still special
Let’s take a chance and fly away
Somewhere alone
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Can you name the artist and song:
When she say those words to me
And whisper so softly
I gotta hear you
Last Song: “Woman” by John Lennon from the album Double Fantasy (1981)
Great job Adora (@Adora2000), Tracey (@TraceyS24153035), Friendbear (@Friendbearx), Cassandra (@GreekAyala), Colleen (@ColleenIrishRo1), T.G. Monahan (@tgmonahan), and Cadman Homes (@cadmanhomes)!!!
I know you understand
The little child inside the man
Please remember my life is in your hands
If you’d like to get this song from Amazon, you can click on the album cover below
On this episode of Return to the ’80s, Robert and Paul welcome Ty Ray, from the Beats and Eats podcast, to the show. The guys Return to 1981, and count down the year’s top songs, movies, and television shows. Also, find out what the biggest selling toys were in 1981, and reminisce on the big news stories of the year.
As this current decade comes to a close, come join us to Return to the greatest decade ever, and check out the awesome year of 1981!
10. “Keep On Loving You” by REO Speedwagon
10. Time Bandits
5. Stripes
4. Arthur
3. Superman II
8. “I Love a Rainy Night” by Eddie Rabbit
7. “Kiss On My List” by Hall & Oates
Hall & Oates March Madness
10. One Day At a Time
9. M*A*S*H
8. ABC Monday Night Movie
7/6 tie Too Close for Comfort and The Dukes of Hazzard
5. Alice
4. Three’s Company
3. The Jeffersons
2. 60 Minutes
1. Dallas
6. “Celebration” by Kool & the Gang
5. “Jessie’s Girl” by Rick Springfield
4. “(Just Like) Starting Over” by John Lennon
NFL
Oakland Raiders beat the Philadelphia Eagles 27-10 – January 25, 1981 at the Louisiana Superdome
NBA
Boston Celtics beat the Houston Rockets 4-2
NHL
New York Islanders defeat the Minnesota North Stars 4-1
MLB
LA Dodgers beat the New York Yankees 4-1
January 20 52 Americans held hostage in Iran for 444 days freed
March 6 Walter Cronkite signs off of CBS Evening News
March 30 Reagan Assassination attempt
April 18 The Longest Game – Pawtucket Red Sox tie Rochester Red Wings 2-2 in 32 innings (game resumed 23rd June)
May 11 Cats premieres in London
May 13 Assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II
Jun 2 Barbara Walters asks Katharine Hepburn what kind of tree she would be
Jun 5 AIDS Epidemic officially begins when US Centers for Disease Control reports on pneumonia affecting five homosexual men in Los Angeles
Jun 12 Baseball players begin a 50 day strike, their 3rd strike
July 29 Royal Wedding
Aug 1 MTV premieres at 12:01 AM
Aug 3 13,000 Air Traffic Controllers (PATCO) begin their strike; US President Ronald Reagan offers an ultimatum to workers: ‘if they do not report for work within 48 hours, they have forfeited their jobs and will be terminated’
Sep 12 “The Smurfs” animated cartoon series by Hanna-Barbera first broadcasts in North America
Sep 25 Sandra Day O’Connor sworn in as 1st female supreme court justice
Dec 11 Muhammad Ali’s 61st & last fight, losing to Trevor Berbick
Dec 28 1st American test-tube baby, Elizabeth Jordan Carr is born in Norfolk, Virginia
Dec 31 CNN Headline News debuts
2. “Endless Love” by Diana Ross and Lionel Richie
1. “Bette Davis Eyes” by Kim Carnes
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Can you name the artist and song and complete the lyrics:
You get to talk to a pretty girl
She’s everything you dream about
but _____ ____ __ ____
Last Song: “Nobody Told Me” by John Lennon
Great job Kickin’ It Old School (@oldschool80s)!!
Always something happening and nothing going on
There’s always something cooking and nothing in the pot
Can you name the artist and song:
Girl, we’ve been meant for this
Since we were born
No problems now (the coast is clear)
It’s just the calm before the storm
Last Song: “Woman” by John Lennon who would have turned 72 yesterday:
Hold me close to your heart
However distant don’t keep us apart
After all it is written in the stars
“(Just Like) Starting Over” makes me sad because it was John Lennon’s last song that was released while he was alive. It was released on October 24, 1980, and reached #1 in the UK and US 2 weeks after Lennon was murdered.
I believe that John Lennon would still be releasing great music today if he were still alive. This is a great song, and it breaks my heart whenever I hear it.
It was 30 years ago today that the legendary John Lennon was killed. This weeks video is one of the best songs by one of music’s greatest songwriters and musicians – “Imagine”:
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