It Was the Heat of the Moment: My Favorite Songs the Year I Turned 16
1982 was a hell of a year for music
I love a good writing prompt, even when it shows up unexpectedly and completely derails what I’m working on at the time. I’m starting to think that Pierce McIntyre over at Plethora of Pop has set up a lawn chair in my head, given the number of times he’s thrown out a challenge that made me forget everything else until I finished it. It helps that we are the same age and thus he knows which buttons to push, which is exactly what he did with his latest challenge: what were your favorite songs when you were 16 years old? You can read the prompt (and his answer to it) below:
When I read the subtitle, I thought this was going to be a slam dunk: at 16 my favorite songs would include classics like “Born to Run” (duh), “Even the Losers,” “Shoot to Thrill,” “Kashmir,” and any number of 70s hits. But then he threw us a curveball. It had to be songs that were released the year you turned 16, which for both me and him was 1982. That changed the list completely; I couldn’t include anything from…
