and the nine songs at 9 were:

Pretty in Pink - Psychedelic Furs
Every Little Thing She Does - Police
Gloria - U2
Shake it Up - Cars
Arc of a Diver - Steve Winwood
Morning Train - Sheena Easton
The Voice - Moody Blues
Tempted - Squeeze
Be Good Johnny - Men at Work

And the flashback song was Fever - Peggy Lee.

When I heard Charles say 1981, I laughed to myself. Gotta listen to this, I thought; after all, 1981 was the year I got married for the first time (September 21st, to be exact).

The first few songs, ok, yeah, the Police & the Cars, not bad...then Charles played "Tempted" and I burst out laughing.

Tempted was the song that was playing when my ex proposed...at a club in Lowell (The Raft, where we spent most Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays for a looooong time and where I first saw Andy Pratt, but I digress).

Strange song for a proposal, right? He was getting ready to leave for basic training, you see, and I'm sure that was on his mind. I think he wanted to make sure I'd wait for him...I, in my weird way, thought it was rather sweet.

Makes for a nice story, anyway!

And then...Be Good Johnny...LOVED that song!!!

You were such a beautiful bride! And Blake was an okay guy. I sort of liked him back then. It was his mother who was a total nightmare. 1981. We were so young and "innocent" then. Boy does life have a way of kicking the crap out of you, or what?

what a nice memory, the start of a marriage.

Great memories. I was working in a record store that year. 16 years old. ::sigh:::

hmmmm....that was the year I graduated High School! *shudder*.....what a confusing time!

Great song list......you look like a "baby" in that picture!!!!

Great songs all! Should I mention that I was a mere 13 in 1981. No, guess not, that would be uncouth.

I love "Tempted"! Strange proposal song, though.

I must ask - did the marriage break up because of infidelity? Because that would be too weird.