But my music collection is pretty deficient in 1980's Golden Greats. The best I can come up with is Blondie's "Atomic" (from the Bend It Like Beckham soundtrack), which, while it's a good song, is not really one that I have much personal attachment to. I'm thinking of picking up a B-52s album for "Rock Lobster" (because I really should have some B-52s anyway).
River ,'Out Of Gas'
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.
I'm thinking of picking up a B-52s album for "Rock Lobster" (because I really should have some B-52s anyway).
That's 1979 (it was big my freshman year).
But "Private Idaho" is 1980.
OK. That made me feel old, too.
1980: you already have my two suggestions: Blondie and B-52s.
1980 is one of the few years that Dlyan put out an album that is totally unusable for these purposes. 1980 was was in his born-again phase I think. Which is cool - but didn't make for the best albums.
Monty Python released their Contractual Obligation Album in 1980. That could be fun.
t /being no help whatsoever
Dude. Kate is younger than my baby brother.
I feel old.
I thought of U2, but I'm using a song of theirs for another track, and the only artist I'm willing to repeat if I have to is the Nields. I have no Prince, no XTC, no Squeeze, some Elvis Costello but not the right year.
"Rock Lobster" would be an excellent choice. Is it really 1980? I would've guessed earlier.
Edit: X-post.
I didn't mean to make everyone feel old! Sorry.
"Rock Lobster" is 1979? Damn. I got it off a clearly misinformed website.
I didn't mean to make everyone feel old! Sorry.
Yeah, stop it! Speed up your aging process to make me feel better!
t /dork