What music did you listen to ...

[Mk2Jo]

.... while you were studying for your exams? These were the songs on the radio (that I had taped from the Top 40 on Sunday nights ) and played on my big stereo tape recorder that I listened to in my bedroom while studying for my GCE's God .. how old am I they seem so dated now

 

April 1983

 

UK (US) Song title Artist

1 Let's dance David Bowie

2 Is there something I should know Duran Duran

3 Church of the poison mind Culture Club

4 Boxer beat Joboxers

5 Breakaway Tracey Ulman

6 Beat it Michael Jackson

7 Words F.R. David

8 Ooh to be ah Kajagoogoo

9 Speak like a child Style Counsil

10 Sweet dreams (are made of this) Eurythmics

11 Total eclipse of the heart Bonnie Tyler

12 Blue Monday New Order

13 Fields of fire (400 miles) Big Country

14 True Spandau Ballet

15 Snot rap Kenny Everett

16 Love is a stranger Eurythmics

17 Don't talk to me about love Altered Images

18 This house that Jack built Tracie

19 Rip it up Orange Juice

20 Whistle down the wind Nick Heyward

 

 

 

May 1983

 

UK (US) Song title Artist

1 True Spandau Ballet

2 Temptation Heaven 17

3 Dancing tight Galaxy feat. Phil Fearon

4 (Keep feeling) Fascination Human League

5 Candy girl New Edition

6 Words F.R. David

7 Pale shelter Tears For Fears

8 Can't get used to losing you Beat

9 Our lips are sealed Fun Boy Three

10 We are detective Thompson Twins

11 Beat it Michael Jackson

12 Blind vision Blancmange

13 Bad boys Wham!

14 Let's dance David Bowie

15 What kina boy you looking for (girl) Hot Chocolate

16 True love ways Cliff Richard

17 Friday night (live version) Kids from "Fame"

18 Church of the poison mind Culture Club

19 Every breath you take Police

20 Nobody's diary Yazoo

 

So, what were you listening to while studying for your final exams (school or college or Uni)?

 

This is where I got my info from http://www.pure80spop.co.uk/chart1983jan-june.htm

[Vista]

You must have really had to crank up the volume to drown out the sound of that chisel on the stone tablet Jo

 

[Mk2Jo]

Mate .... I will never be old enough to wear socks and sandals like your goodself

[Mrs O/H/C]

Remember taping the charts on a Sunday night

 

I used to listen to Blondie alot (god, did i just admit that !!)

 

 

But that was probably the only pre-recorded tape i owned

[Vista]

Mate .... I will never be old enough to wear socks and sandals like your goodself

 

Touche

[SmokeEm]

.... played on my big stereo tape recorder

 

They had STEREO sound in your day

[stuartp]

would have been summer 92 (i think) for me

 

no doubt i was listening to lots of rave music

 

i know i was playing a lot of sega megadrive when i should have been revising

[Mk2Jo]

.... played on my big stereo tape recorder

 

They had STEREO sound in your day

 

Shut your cakehole and just answer the damn question

[SmokeEm]

.... played on my big stereo tape recorder

 

They had STEREO sound in your day

 

Shut your cakehole and just answer the damn question

 

I would answer sensibly but I'd be lying if I said i'd done 5 mins of revising. I took all 8 of my O levels without so much of a glance at my notes

[Mrs O/H/C]

I owned a tape recorder,a record player that was in a case and a black & white t.v that i bought off a friend.

 

And back then i was happy with such basics

[SmokeEm]

I owned a tape recorder,a record player that was in a case and a black & white t.v that i bought off a friend.

 

And back then i was happy with such basics

 

My record player was in a sideboard about 6' wide and 4ft tall - most of which was the radio dial

[Mrs O/H/C]

Oh, that type used to be in the living room..i had my own record player in a purple/burgandy case in my room

[SmokeEm]

Like this mine was

[Mk2Jo]

I had a Fidelity record player that my mum and dad gave me when they upgraded It was exactly the same as this

 

[Vista]

I had a gramophone that my mum and dad gave me when they upgraded It was exactly the same as this

 

see, there's two of them, stereo eh

 

 

Now there's an admission

[Mrs O/H/C]

Very posh Jo ..mine had a solid case , so when it was closed you could not see it was a record player

[RossMK2]

here is my technology

 

 

 

i listen to basically anythin for terrible rapping and mc'in to rock

[zac.gfc]

here is my technology

 

 

 

i listen to basically anythin for terrible rapping and mc'in to rock

 

easiest way to listen to everything

used to listen to a variety of pretty much everything, not anymore

just drum and bass, r&b, rap - along them lines

[stevepeanut]

.... while you were studying for your exams?

 

you were meant to study for exams lol?

 

I used all my study time in 1991 to mess around on my bmx, didn't do very well in my exams, which might explain why I roll out loft insulation all day instead some sort of career

[zac.gfc]

 

you were meant to study for exams lol?

 

 

Apparently so

It's what everyone else seems to be doing right now

[RossMK2]

 

you were meant to study for exams lol?

 

 

Apparently so

It's what everyone else seems to be doing right now

 

 

not me

[zetecmk2]

my exam days were spent listening to gbh, dead kennedys, one way system, test tubes, discharge,cockney rejects, 4skins etc while drinking merrydown, thunderbird red and sniffing anything i could lay my hands on!

oh...the life i could of had if i just tried!!!

but i would of never toured the world and seen the things i've seen if i had a career!! the grass is always greener...............

[GT_lenny]

HA HA ( in a nelson off of the simpsons stylee) Jo's old

 

it was 97ish when i was studying for my exams i was listening to green day, nirvana , offspring oasis eels'phonics, blur n stuff like that

 

but did go thru a beach boys and hendrix phase when i was 16

[Smudger105e]

If you think your chart list made you sound old Jo, here's mine

 

 

April 1976

1 Brotherhood Of Man - Save Your Kisses For Me

2 Abba - Fernando

3 John Miles - Music

4 Hank Mizell - Jungle Rock

5 Barry White - You See The Trouble With Me

6 10cc - I'm Mandy Fly Me

7 Diana Ross - Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)

8 Bay City Rollers - Love Me Like I Love You

9 Sailor - Girls Girls Girls

10 Elton John - Pinball Wizard

11 Fox - S-S-S-Single Bed

12 Hot Chocolate - Don't Stop It Now

13 Silver Convention - Get Up And Boogie

14 Beatles - Hey Jude

15 Isaac Hayes - Disco Connection

16 Billy Ocean - Love Really Hurts Without You

17 Beatles - Yesterday

18 Sheer Elegance - Life Is Too Short Girl

19 Drifters - Hello Happiness

20 Marmalade - Falling Apart At The Seams

 

May 1976

 

1 Abba - Fernando

2 J J Barrie - No Charge

3 Brotherhood Of Man - Save Your Kisses For Me

4 Hank Mizell - Jungle Rock

5 Sutherland Brothers & Quiver - Arms Of Mary

6 Wurzels - Combine Harvester

7 Andrea True Connection - More More More

8 Four Seasons - Silver Star

9 Fox - S-S-S-Single Bed

10 Robin Sarstedt - My Resistance Is Low

11 Rolling Stones - Fool To Cry

12 Stylistics - Can't Help Falling In Love

13 Silver Convention - Get Up And Boogie

14 Laurie Lingo & The Dipsticks - Convoy GB

15 Bellamy Brothers - Let Your Love Flow

16 Wings - Silly Love Songs

17 Diana Ross - Love Hangover

18 James & Bobby Purify - I'm Your Puppet

19 Cliff Richard - Devil doris

20 Sheer Elegance - Life Is Too Short Girl

 

God I feel old, but there again I suppose I am!!

[PIG]

looking at the dates i would say the same as you jo tbh