more 1980 releases:
Blasters, American Music
Joe Ely, Live Shots
Carlene Carter, Musical Shapes
Spike: Lots of fuss over one girl. Other things to do around here--important things. Angel: You know that whoosh thing you do when you're suddenly not there anymore? I love that.
'Unleashed'
Buffista Music II: Wrath of Chaka Khan
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Hayden - Jan 23, 2004 9:29:39 am PST #102 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
DavidS - Jan 23, 2004 9:30:22 am PST #103 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Squeeze's "Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)" is from 1980. And you should be owning that anyway.
Also Pete Townsend's excellent solo record Empty Glass with his HoYayful "Rough Boys."
Fred Pete - Jan 23, 2004 9:31:34 am PST #104 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
Leftover doughnut --
Fame soundtrack. Urban Cowboy was also big that year -- was it Mickey Gilley who covered "Stand by Me"? And for glossy ballads, there's Boz Scaggs' "Look What You Done to Me." And the perfect first-dance song for the couple at any wedding reception, Anne Murray's "Could I Have This Dance."
Lyra Jane - Jan 23, 2004 9:32:11 am PST #105 of 10003
Up with the sun
Dude, "Hot Lunch Jam" is the hit to pick off that sdtrk.
What-evah. It's all about lighting up the sky like a flame, or possibly celebrating the me yet to come.
Hayden - Jan 23, 2004 9:32:11 am PST #106 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Another 1980 folk/folk-influenced release:
Butch Hancock, Diamond Hill (with "The Ghost of Give & Take Avenue")
Steph L. - Jan 23, 2004 9:32:48 am PST #107 of 10003
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
And the perfect first-dance song for the couple at any wedding reception, Anne Murray's "Could I Have This Dance."
Fred, you may NOT be my wedding coordinator.
DavidS - Jan 23, 2004 9:33:43 am PST #108 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Fortunately, my birth year produced a Ray Charles classic. Also Del Shannon.
tina f. - Jan 23, 2004 9:34:01 am PST #109 of 10003
I am laughing at how eager we all are to throw out our suggestions.
I forgot two:
Joe Jackson and David Bowie. Bowie put out Scary Monsters in 1980 which is fan-freaking-tastic.
Kate P. - Jan 23, 2004 9:34:52 am PST #110 of 10003
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
We are NOT YOUNG, dammit. (I mean, young enough for all reasonable purposes, but not so freakishly young that we should make others feel old.)
Yeah! Damn the man!
tina, I'm not opposed to reggae, and I like "Redemption Song" (though it was ruined for me a bit by being part of an unintentionally hilarious scene in The Beach ). I looked at my copy of "Legend" but thought it gave a different date for the song. Will have to do some more research.
joe, I listen to a lot of international music (mostly African these days), some musicals, some folk music, some pop, and the LOTR soundtracks are in heavy rotation too.
Fred Pete - Jan 23, 2004 9:34:53 am PST #111 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
Steph, I didn't realize it until my brother and his wife used it.
Of course, if I were a wedding coordinator, I wouldn't allow anybody to use "Every Breath You Take" or "I Will Always Love You." Unless they can explain to me exactly what the song is about.