82 was a hell of a year

Pop quiz: what’s the greatest song ever written?

Correct. It’s Asia’s Heat of the Moment.

Sure the music video is annoying, but those are quietly the most gut-punching lyrics of the 1980s. Any musically? Don’t get me started. Total respect for Carl Palmer for wailing on the drums over Steve Howe’s lame guitar solo.

Heat of the Moment was released in 1982, which was possibly the greatest year in pop culture. Not only was there Asia’s banger, but we also had Michael Jackson’s Thriller and the Gap Band’s You Dropped a Bomb on Me. For me though, the greatest album ever made was Def Leppard’s Pyromania. Please keep your Def Leppard jokes to yourself, because Pyromania was legit a bitchin record. You’d be lying if you said that you didn’t get goosebumps when Joe Elliot belted “you gone straight to me heeeaaaaad” on into Phil Collen’s guitar solo in Photograph. I know that it was released in 1983, but it was recorded in 1982 therefore making it a 1982 album (don’t get technical with me).

And the Chicago 16 album? Shiiiiiiiit…..

Not only was EVERY song released in 82 a hit, but so was every movie. Ever heard of E.T? What about The Thing? Blade Runner?! Of course, the belle of the ball was the Nicholas Meyer classic, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.

Uncle Rico had a damn good reason to be stuck in 1982. If only we could find ourselves there again.