What Were We Listening to 30 Years Ago?

January 14, 2014 Alan Cross 8 Comments 583 Views

The Lonely Vagabond was going through his stuff when he found this chart from 1050 CHUM dated 1984.

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8 thoughts on “What Were We Listening to 30 Years Ago?”

rivum

January 14, 2014 at 12:06 pm
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umm…didn’t you miss 10 years there?!
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Alan CrossPost author

January 14, 2014 at 12:55 pm
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Right. Duh.
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Davester.

January 14, 2014 at 3:51 pm
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I feel older now.
Thanks.
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Gerald

January 14, 2014 at 9:09 pm
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As a die hard Springsteen fan, I shake my head at Dancing In The Dark. I will go away now and listen to High Hopes.
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Michael Mueller

January 14, 2014 at 11:43 pm
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Love it!…but I need to know what #40 was!
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TF Lydon

January 15, 2014 at 1:07 am
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Hmmm 1984? I was listening to CFNY not Chum AM lol.
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markosaar

January 15, 2014 at 10:42 am
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Not quite from 30 years ago, but I love this CFNY poster from Fred Patterson’s basement:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeboon/401412392/
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- TF Lydon
  
  January 15, 2014 at 12:04 pm
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  I don’t know what i would have done without CFNY or City Limits back then. I think I might have been a very different person. Funny how music shapes us.
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