1980 ! I've got so many fake ID's, it's hard to tell which one of them is the real one. i'll just pick one randomly and hope I don't get pulled over ! By 1980, I was one of the many young, freshfaced (no acne) teenage drivers on America's roads & highways. Unfortunately, for my sixteenth b'day , there was no car sitting outside with a huge bow wrapped around the entire vehicle :( For the average teenager, it was the family CAR ! (If you worked ....Gulp ! ....there is a huge lump in my throat , you might be able to afford something decent...like a Pinto ! Ahahahah ! ) Our cheap family had a 1976 Ford LTD ! WOO HOO ! Ya ! Like driving a boat down the road....had the urge to fish everytime I got in that thing. What a hideous 70's color too ! Ya ....It was embarrassing enough to cruise around the strip mall on Fri/Sat nite.....the hotspot in my small town, let alone be seen in it. That's why you should always get a rich best friend ! Swallow your ego if they're ugly.......I mean who cares.....all eyes will be on you anyway ! Lololol !

Yes, my rich best friend's parents were so Old..... when AOL says you've got mail, they go to the post office ! Ahahahaa ! I shouldn't talk bad about my buddy's parents, they were so eccentric & they didn't trust their own son to drive the mom's cadillac , but whom do you think they "Did" trust to drive their new car ? .............."ME " ! .............What ? I can be trusted..........sort of.........kind of ......................a little bit ?............................. sometimes ? .................ok, I can't be trusted ! But I was a preacher's son so that put a whole new spin on the ballgame baby ! UhHuh ! Oh yeah baby ! And that sweet 1980 , tricked out Cadillac they had just bought .... you get looks ! Ok....... it might not be a corvette or a transam but HEY ! It will do ! ....... You can drive into the poor part of town , .... , cruise down the streets real slow so that all the unfortunate kids can see you, roll down your windows and laugh at them, or throw your alchoholic drink on them for kicks ......Nahh , you really shouldn't waste alchohol like that ...aha ! No, I never threw my drink on someone ... had it done to me a few times though.....yup ! very refreshing ! 1980,yehh,.... cruisin' the strip in a fine car, radio blasting, havin' a good time.....oh no ! Is that officer Smith behind us ? Well hurry up...down it ! I don't care if it's a pint...DO IT ! And you in the back...swallow it ! No I don't mean me............ THE BAG !!!! He's gonna pull us over ! .....U down it ? ...Cool ! ..... And he's.........turning.....left ! Whew ! that was a close one. Well ? ............ Crank the music back up holmes ! ...won't you take me to....Funkytown ! Wont u take me to ! Funn KEY TOWN ! ..............WOO HOO !


Where was I ?

8 Debuts in the Top 80 and one of them is a brand new entry on the Top 100 & it lands in the Top 40 in just it's 1rst week ! Which female artist in this weeks countdown is 17 yo ? What soundtrack features Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Ray Charles & Jake and Elrod ? Electric Light Orchestra has 3 singles in the Top 80 and all of them are in this video !

Falling out this week :

Beyond Herb Alpert
Shandi Kiss
Let's Go 'Round Again Average White Band
That Lovin' You Feelin' Again Roy Orbison & Emmylou Harris
Landlord Gladys Knight & the Pips
Ashes By Now Rodney Crowell
Theme From New York, New York Frank Sinatra
Just Can't Wait J. Geils Band