The Year In Music

April, 1982

Most socially aware song title of the year:Too Drunk to Fuck, by the Dead Kennedys.•Still dead after all these years: Death was hot stuff again in the music biz this past year. Elvis' bio, Dr. Nick'strial, Colonel Parker's various lawsuits and even a recipe book that included Pepsi-Cola Salad--one of El's favorites-- all made the papers in 1981. There were more current demises to mourn, such as Bob Marley's, Bob Hite's, Harry Chapin's, Mike Bloomfield's, and Furry Lewis', but the award for the y...