The Israeli Top Ten- April 1982
Because I hadn’t been able to listen to any albums from 1982 over the past few days I decided to take a trip back in personal nostalgia. In a few of my posts, I mentioned that I was in Israel in April of 1982. While getting rather sloshed in a bar in Tel A Viv, my friends and I were entertained by a television showing music videos. At first, we rocked to what I would later discover to be the video to all of Queen’s greatest hits up until 1980 and that was totally cool. Next, however, they showed the videos for the top ten songs in Israel that week or so I have always thought. So, to the best of my knowledge, here it is:
10. An Israeli duet featuring a man who looked like a grown up version of a friend of mine from junior high school and a woman. Don’t have a clue what the song was, they sang in Hebrew but the lady was quite pretty and the man had a powerful voice.
9. A Soul band whose name or song I can’t remember
8. The Human League- Don’t You Want Me
7. A rather hot looking French lady- Upside Down (I assume that was the title)
6. A dark haired woman who had a great voice. She was either Israeli or Italian
5. J. Geils Band- Centerfold
4. Foreigner- Waiting For a Girl Like You
3. Rod Stewart- Young Turks
2. An English band featuring a short guy as lead singer- Can’t remember the song
1. Abba- Head Over Heels
I think the reason I remember this top ten so well is that fact that there were a couple of decent rock tunes in the chart. I have also noted that there are a good number of heavy metal bands from the country. My point here is that I think they can rock in Israel! Thank you for coming along on my trip down memory lane.
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January 27, 2015 at 8:25 pm
Oooh…tell us more about the hot French lady!
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January 27, 2015 at 9:46 pm
Well, she had long curly blonde hair and if I remember right, wore a very tight short blue dress and had nice legs. I like “Young Turks” too so you’re not alone. Even with the cheesy video where everyone is dancing on car roofs.
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January 27, 2015 at 10:18 pm
I am fond of this Rod Stewart song too. Another cheesy video from the same time frame.
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January 28, 2015 at 1:55 pm
That is a good song with a cheesy video. I like it when Jeff Beck pops up in the hotel room and plays his guitar solol
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January 28, 2015 at 9:57 pm
Same thing happens to me every time I stay in a hotel. Jeff Beck shows up.
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January 29, 2015 at 6:53 pm
Lucky you!
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January 27, 2015 at 8:26 pm
Love Young Turks…guilty pleasure.
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January 28, 2015 at 12:17 am
Good recall !
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January 28, 2015 at 1:56 pm
Thanks although I can’t be completely sure that I am 100% accurate.
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January 28, 2015 at 9:57 pm
Woop! for Rod!
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January 29, 2015 at 6:53 pm
Yep!
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