A Century of Music

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Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978)
Magazine - Real Life (1978)
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978)

Of course, punk wasn't around very long before less angry, more artsy folks started stretching the boundaries. I'm not sure Pere Ubu's Modern Dance fits any one category sometimes sounding like garage-influenced punk, other times with minimal instrumentation and chanting, other times noise rock. Not something I break out often, but impressive stuff considering release in the middle of peak "classic rock" 70s (Van Halen, Stones, Bruce, etc)

Magazine is definitely more-accessible with definite Bowie, Iggy Pop influences. Herky-jerky Talking Heads like delivery but more melodic. Less avant garde than Pere Ubu but still pretty experimental. Keyboards well integrated into the punk aesthetic here - great early new wave

Ending this afternoon firmly back in the rock fold with a kick ass 70s metal album, one of my faves of the genre. Great Ritchie Blackmore riffs and wonderful Ronnie James Dio howls.

 

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Three more over the weekend to round out 1978:

The Who - Who Are You (1978)
Grease (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1978)
Kate Bush - The Kick Inside (1978)

 

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Onward to my 1978 song playlist including ditties like:

"London Calling" by The Clash
"Hot Stuff", "Bad Girls" by Donna Summer
"Atomic" by Blondie
"Another Brick in the Wall, Part II", "Comfortably Numb" by Pink Floyd
"Good Times" by Chic
"Rapper's Delight" by The Sugarhill Gang
"Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough", "Rock with You" by Michael Jackson
"Passion is No Ordinary Word", "Discovering Japan" by Graham Parker
"Message in A Bottle", "Walking on the Moon" by The Police
"We Are Family" by Sister Sledge
"My Sharona" by The Knack
"The Devil Went Down to Georgia" by Charlie Daniels Band
"Funkytown" by Lipps, Inc
"Brass In Pocket" by Pretenders
"Highway to Hell" by AC/DC
"Cars" by Gary Newman
"The Logical Song", "Breakfast in America", "Take the Long Way Home" by Supertramp
"Refugee" by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
"Oliver's Army" by Elvis Costello
"I Was Made For Loving You" by KISS
"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" by Queen
"Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles
"Ring My Bell" by Anita Ward
"What I Like About You" by The Romantics
"Boogie Wonderland" by Earth, Wind & Fire
"Sara", "Tusk" by Fleetwood Mac
"Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)" by Neil Young
"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!" by ABBA
"I Wanna Be Your Lover" by Prince
"I Don't Like Mondays" by Boomtown Rats
"Life During Wartime" by Talking Heads
"Escape (The Pina Colada Song)" by Rupert Holmes
"A Message to You Rudy" by Specials
"Don't Bring Me Down" by ELO
"Boys Don't Cry" by The Cure
"Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now" by McFadden and Whitehead
"She's Lost Control", "Transmission" by Joy Division
"Ladies Night" by Kool and the Gang
"Pop Muzik" by M
"One Step Beyond" by Madness
"In the Navy" by Village People
"All My Love", "Fool in the Rain" by Led Zeppelin
"Working My Way Back to You/Forgive Me Girl" by The Spinners
"The Eton Rifles" by The Jam
"Heartbreaker" by Pat Benatar
"Babe" by Styx
"Ride Like the Wind", "Sailing" by Christopher Cross
"Let's Go" by The Cars
"Heartache Tonight", "I Can't Tell You Why" by Eagles
"Dance the Night Away" by Van Halen
"Up the Junction" by Squeeze
"Making Plans for Nigel" by XTC
"Bela Lugosi's Dead" by Bauhaus
"Funkin' For Jamaica" by Tom Browne
"What A Fool Believes" by Doobie Brothers
"I'll Never Love this Way Again" by Dionne Warwick
"You Decorated My Life" by Kenny Rogers
"I Got You" by Split Enz
"Rise" by Herb Alpert
"Chuck E's in Love" by Rickie Lee Jones
"Rock 'n' Roll High School" by Ramones
"Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin'" by Journey
"Girls Talk" by Dave Edmunds
"Flirtin' With Disaster" by Molly Hatchet
"The Ballad of Lucy Jordan" by Marianne Faithful
"Rock n Roll Fantasy" by Bad Company
"Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor Doctor)" by Robert Palmer
And more...

 

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^
What an interesting year - something for everyone. We see the ends of huge 70s group like Eagles and Led Zeppelin, the tail end of the disco era, some great post-punk and new wave groups (Joy Division, XTC, Madness, Squeeze), groups who would have some even bigger 80s hits (Journey, The Cars, Van Halen, Pat Benatar), and the beginnings of hip hop (The Sugarhill Gang)....oh and Best New Artist Christopher Cross (with five Grammys including Record, Song, and Album of the Year). Yes indeed...quite an interesting year.

 

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Onward to my 1978 song playlist including ditties like:

"London Calling" by The Clash
"Hot Stuff", "Bad Girls" by Donna Summer
"Atomic" by Blondie
"Another Brick in the Wall, Part II", "Comfortably Numb" by Pink Floyd
"Good Times" by Chic
"Rapper's Delight" by The Sugarhill Gang
"Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough", "Rock with You" by Michael Jackson
"Passion is No Ordinary Word", "Discovering Japan" by Graham Parker
"Message in A Bottle", "Walking on the Moon" by The Police
"We Are Family" by Sister Sledge
"My Sharona" by The Knack
"The Devil Went Down to Georgia" by Charlie Daniels Band
"Funkytown" by Lipps, Inc
"Brass In Pocket" by Pretenders
"Highway to Hell" by AC/DC
"Cars" by Gary Newman
"The Logical Song", "Breakfast in America", "Take the Long Way Home" by Supertramp
"Refugee" by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
"Oliver's Army" by Elvis Costello
"I Was Made For Loving You" by KISS
"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" by Queen
"Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles
"Ring My Bell" by Anita Ward
"What I Like About You" by The Romantics
"Boogie Wonderland" by Earth, Wind & Fire
"Sara", "Tusk" by Fleetwood Mac
"Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)" by Neil Young
"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!" by ABBA
"I Wanna Be Your Lover" by Prince
"I Don't Like Mondays" by Boomtown Rats
"Life During Wartime" by Talking Heads
"Escape (The Pina Colada Song)" by Rupert Holmes
"A Message to You Rudy" by Specials
"Don't Bring Me Down" by ELO
"Boys Don't Cry" by The Cure
"Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now" by McFadden and Whitehead
"She's Lost Control", "Transmission" by Joy Division
"Ladies Night" by Kool and the Gang
"Pop Muzik" by M
"One Step Beyond" by Madness
"In the Navy" by Village People
"All My Love", "Fool in the Rain" by Led Zeppelin
"Working My Way Back to You/Forgive Me Girl" by The Spinners
"The Eton Rifles" by The Jam
"Heartbreaker" by Pat Benatar
"Babe" by Styx
"Ride Like the Wind", "Sailing" by Christopher Cross
"Let's Go" by The Cars
"Heartache Tonight", "I Can't Tell You Why" by Eagles
"Dance the Night Away" by Van Halen
"Up the Junction" by Squeeze
"Making Plans for Nigel" by XTC
"Bela Lugosi's Dead" by Bauhaus
"Funkin' For Jamaica" by Tom Browne
"What A Fool Believes" by Doobie Brothers
"I'll Never Love this Way Again" by Dionne Warwick
"You Decorated My Life" by Kenny Rogers
"I Got You" by Split Enz
"Rise" by Herb Alpert
"Chuck E's in Love" by Rickie Lee Jones
"Rock 'n' Roll High School" by Ramones
"Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin'" by Journey
"Girls Talk" by Dave Edmunds
"Flirtin' With Disaster" by Molly Hatchet
"The Ballad of Lucy Jordan" by Marianne Faithful
"Rock n Roll Fantasy" by Bad Company
"Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor Doctor)" by Robert Palmer
And more...

TFW someone calls "London Calling" a ditty.

 

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TFW someone calls "London Calling" a ditty.

I thought you'd be uncomfortably numb with it all, now.

What an interesting year - something for everyone. We see the ends of huge 70s group like Eagles...

...oh, I wish....

 

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...oh, I wish....

Some people never checked in.

 

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Some people never checked in.

I fear any response on my part will be taking it to the limit.

 

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I fear any response on my part will be taking it to the limit.

I don't know enough Eagles' titles to continue a punfest. I subscribe to the sentiment expressed in the Big Lebowski.

 

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The Clash - London Calling (1979)
Graham Parker - Squeezing Out Sparks (1979)
Fleetwood Mac - Tusk (1979)
Joe Jackson - Look Sharp! (1979)
Pink Floyd - The Wall (1979)
The Police - Regatta de Blanc (1979)

Jumping headfirst into 1979 with my 6 favorite albums of the year

 

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Donna Summer - Bad Girls (1979)
Led Zeppelin - In Through the Out Door (1979)
The Jam - Setting Sons (1979)
Talking Heads - Fear of Music (1979)
Supertramp - Breakfast in America (1979)

1) Disco is not for everybody and remains very much a genre of singles, but Bad Girls is really a great album, consistent in its pop greatness and synth-dance beats.
2) "In the Evening" - the last great Zep song (well, it ain't "Hot Dog")
3) I really enjoy most of The Jam's albums and All Mod Cons and Sound Affects get more critical love, but Setting Sons may be my favorite of theirs
4) I'm not a real big Talking Heads fan, but have always loved Fear of Music. Among their great albums, not sure why this sticks with me so much more than the others
5) Breakfast in America may be the one of the most popular, loved albums of the late 70s that I almost NEVER play...and it's not that I don't really like it. I really like so many of the songs. Its just forgettable to me when I think of the era

 

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"In the Evening" - the last great Zep song (well, it ain't "Hot Dog")

Where's all of the (my) love for "South Bound Suarez"?

 

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Donna Summer - Bad Girls (1979)
Led Zeppelin - In Through the Out Door (1979)
The Jam - Setting Sons (1979)
Talking Heads - Fear of Music (1979)
Supertramp - Breakfast in America (1979)

1) Disco is not for everybody and remains very much a genre of singles, but Bad Girls is really a great album, consistent in its pop greatness and synth-dance beats.
2) "In the Evening" - the last great Zep song (well, it ain't "Hot Dog")
3) I really enjoy most of The Jam's albums and All Mod Cons and Sound Affects get more critical love, but Setting Sons may be my favorite of theirs
4) I'm not a real big Talking Heads fan, but have always loved Fear of Music. Among their great albums, not sure why this sticks with me so much more than the others
5) Breakfast in America may be the one of the most popular, loved albums of the late 70s that I almost NEVER play...and it's not that I don't really like it. I really like so many of the songs. Its just forgettable to me when I think of the era

I got Breakfast in America in a group of 12 cassettes for a penny from Columbia House. I think I was 12 years old.

 

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Elvis Costello - Armed Forces (1979)
Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Rust Never Sleeps (1979)
Gang of Four - Entertainment! (1979)
Michael Jackson - Off the Wall (1979)

 

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Joy Division- Unknown Pleasures (1979)
AC/DC - Highway to Hell (1979)
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes (1979)

 

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The Specials - The Specials (1979)
The B-52's - The B-52's (1979)
David Bowie - Lodger (1979)
The Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady (1979)

A little bit of a cheat with the Buzzcocks as it was a compilation combining singles from 1977-79, but this was the U.S. primary introduction to the group when it was released here in '79

 

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Ramones - It's Alive (1979)
Chic - Risque (1979)
The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette (1979)

Some more for this Friday afternoon.
Love the first four albums by Ramones - It's Alive is a fascinating live testament. It could be seen alternately as one of the greatest live albums ever or as one of the worst depending on your perspective. Certainly the show (New Years Eve 1977 in London) couldn't have been much fun with the group racing (faster than usual) through 28 songs in less than 54 minutes with no banter aside from Dee Dee counting off "1-2-3-4" between each number and Joey's unusual comment about eating Chicken Vindaloo; hope ya didn't spend much money on that ticket
And yet it's still a fantastic album - raw energy, unrelenting pace, seemingly homogenous songs yet distinctively memorable melodies - the perfect send off to the 1970s and the original punk era.

Odd slowing it down with Chic's funk/disco afterward - in a different way, a key late 70s album as one of the peaks of the end of the disco era but with "Good Times" sampled on "Rappers Delight" the same year, an album highlighting the ushering in of a new music era.

And Machine Gun Etiquette is just a damned good, underrated punk/pop-punk album

 

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Welcome to 1980 - another decade! (have I really been doing this since 1920?)

Starting, as always, with my yearly playlist of singles and cool songs from 1980 including:

"Call Me", "The Tide Is High", "Rapture" by Blondie
"Hungry Heart", "The River" by Bruce Springsteen
"The Magnificent Seven", "Police on My Back" by The Clash
"Celebration" by Kool & The Gang
"Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen
"Crazy Train" by Ozzy Osbourne
"You Shook Me All Night Long", "Back in Black" by AC/DC
"Love Will Tear Us Apart" by Joy Division
"Any Way You Want It" by Journey
"Fame" by Irene Cara
"Whip It" by Devo
"Take Your Time (Do It Right)" by The S.O.S. Band
"Hit Me With Your Best Shot" by Pat Benatar
"Games Without Frontiers", "Biko" by Peter Gabriel
"It's Still Rock and Roll To Me", "You May Be Right" by Billy Joel
"Tunnel of Love", "Romeo and Juliet" by Dire Straits
"Against The Wind", "Fire Lake" by Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
"Turn It On Again", "Misunderstanding" by Genesis
"Ashes to Ashes", "Fashion" by David Bowie
"The Breaks" by Kurtis Blow
"Master Blaster (Jammin')" by Stevie Wonder
"Upside Down", "I'm Coming Out" by Diana Ross
"Just the Two of Us" by Grover Washington Jr. feat. Bill Withers
"The Spirit of Radio", "Freewill" by Rush
"Turning Japanese" by The Vapours
"Keep On Loving You", "Take It On the Run" by REO Speedwagon
"More Bounce to the Ounce" by Zapp
"He's So Shy" by The Pointer Sisters
"He Stopped Loving Her Today" by George Jones
"Dancing With Myself" by Generation X
"Mickey" by Tony Basil
"Let My Love Open the Door" by Pete Townshend
"All Out of Love" by Air Supply
"I Will Follow" by U2
"(Just Like) Starting Over", "Watching the Wheels" by John Lennon
"Don't Stand So Close to Me" by The Police
"That's Entertainment" by The Police
"While You See A Chance" by Steve Winwood
"Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)", "Another Nail In My Heart" by Squeeze
"Redemption Song", "Could You Be Loved" by Bob Marley & The Wailers
"Vienna" by Ultravoxx
"Enola Gay" by OMD
"I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down", "High Fidelity" by Elvis Costello
"Mirror in the Bathroom" by The English Beat
"Breaking the Law" by Judas Priest
"And the Cradle Will Rock", "Everybody Wants Some" by Van Halen
"Love Stinks" by The J. Geils Band
"Theme From New York, New York" by Frank Sinatra
"9 to 5" by Dolly Parton
"Lady" by Kenny Rogers
"Games People Play" by The Allen Parsons Project
"She's So Cold", "Emotional Rescue" by The Rolling Stones
"Hey Nineteen" by Steely Dan
"Ace of Spades" by Motorhead
"On the Road Again" by Willie Nelson
"Geno" by Dexys Midnight Runners
"Holiday in Cambodia" by Dead Kennedys
"Private Idaho" by The B-52's
"When You Were Mine"by Prince
"We Got the Beat" by The Go-Go's
"Kings of the Wild Frontier" by Adam & The Ants
and many, many more

 

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Welcome to 1980 - another decade! (have I really been doing this since 1920?)

Starting, as always, with my yearly playlist of singles and cool songs from 1980 including:

"Call Me", "The Tide Is High", "Rapture" by Blondie
"Hungry Heart", "The River" by Bruce Springsteen
"The Magnificent Seven", "Police on My Back" by The Clash
"Celebration" by Kool & The Gang
"Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen
"Crazy Train" by Ozzy Osbourne
"You Shook Me All Night Long", "Back in Black" by AC/DC
"Love Will Tear Us Apart" by Joy Division
"Any Way You Want It" by Journey
"Fame" by Irene Cara
"Whip It" by Devo
"Take Your Time (Do It Right)" by The S.O.S. Band
"Hit Me With Your Best Shot" by Pat Benatar
"Games Without Frontiers", "Biko" by Peter Gabriel
"It's Still Rock and Roll To Me", "You May Be Right" by Billy Joel
"Tunnel of Love", "Romeo and Juliet" by Dire Straits
"Against The Wind", "Fire Lake" by Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
"Turn It On Again", "Misunderstanding" by Genesis
"Ashes to Ashes", "Fashion" by David Bowie
"The Breaks" by Kurtis Blow
"Master Blaster (Jammin')" by Stevie Wonder
"Upside Down", "I'm Coming Out" by Diana Ross
"Just the Two of Us" by Grover Washington Jr. feat. Bill Withers
"The Spirit of Radio", "Freewill" by Rush
"Turning Japanese" by The Vapours
"Keep On Loving You", "Take It On the Run" by REO Speedwagon
"More Bounce to the Ounce" by Zapp
"He's So Shy" by The Pointer Sisters
"He Stopped Loving Her Today" by George Jones
"Dancing With Myself" by Generation X
"Mickey" by Tony Basil
"Let My Love Open the Door" by Pete Townshend
"All Out of Love" by Air Supply
"I Will Follow" by U2
"(Just Like) Starting Over", "Watching the Wheels" by John Lennon
"Don't Stand So Close to Me" by The Police
"That's Entertainment" by The Police
"While You See A Chance" by Steve Winwood
"Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)", "Another Nail In My Heart" by Squeeze
"Redemption Song", "Could You Be Loved" by Bob Marley & The Wailers
"Vienna" by Ultravoxx
"Enola Gay" by OMD
"I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down", "High Fidelity" by Elvis Costello
"Mirror in the Bathroom" by The English Beat
"Breaking the Law" by Judas Priest
"And the Cradle Will Rock", "Everybody Wants Some" by Van Halen
"Love Stinks" by The J. Geils Band
"Theme From New York, New York" by Frank Sinatra
"9 to 5" by Dolly Parton
"Lady" by Kenny Rogers
"Games People Play" by The Allen Parsons Project
"She's So Cold", "Emotional Rescue" by The Rolling Stones
"Hey Nineteen" by Steely Dan
"Ace of Spades" by Motorhead
"On the Road Again" by Willie Nelson
"Geno" by Dexys Midnight Runners
"Holiday in Cambodia" by Dead Kennedys
"Private Idaho" by The B-52's
"When You Were Mine"by Prince
"We Got the Beat" by The Go-Go's
"Kings of the Wild Frontier" by Adam & The Ants
and many, many more

I liked this post, but I’m against 1980 (the decade) on principle.

 

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Kooky week - will post something on random thoughts later, so really haven't posted since Monday
I haven't been listening to my usual clip of albums, but I've gotten many of 1980 listened to:

Bruce Springsteen - The River (1980)
Squeeze - Argybargy (1980)
Dire Straits - Making Movies (1980)
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (III/Melt) (1980)
Elvis Costello - Get Happy!! (1980)
Pretenders - Pretenders (1980)
Prince - Dirty Mind (1980)
The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta (1980)
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Uprising (1980)
Billy Joel - Glass Houses (1980)
The Clash - Sandinista! (1980)
Dexys Midnight Runners - Searching For the Young Soul Rebel (1980)

Obviously a good week for me with several albums I love