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.
...burning baby fish swimming all round your head.
Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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.
DavidS - Jan 23, 2004 9:21:33 am PST #86 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
tina f. - Jan 23, 2004 9:21:33 am PST #87 of 10003
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.
Aims - Jan 23, 2004 9:22:02 am PST #88 of 10003
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Monty Python released their Contractual Obligation Album in 1980. That could be fun.
t /being no help whatsoever
Steph L. - Jan 23, 2004 9:22:33 am PST #89 of 10003
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Dude. Kate is younger than my baby brother.
I feel old.
Kate P. - Jan 23, 2004 9:22:48 am PST #90 of 10003
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
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.
DavidS - Jan 23, 2004 9:22:51 am PST #91 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Lyra Jane - Jan 23, 2004 9:22:54 am PST #92 of 10003
Up with the sun
"Rock Lobster" would be an excellent choice. Is it really 1980? I would've guessed earlier.
Edit: X-post.
Kate P. - Jan 23, 2004 9:24:18 am PST #93 of 10003
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I didn't mean to make everyone feel old! Sorry.
"Rock Lobster" is 1979? Damn. I got it off a clearly misinformed website.
Steph L. - Jan 23, 2004 9:25:09 am PST #94 of 10003
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
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
Kate P. - Jan 23, 2004 9:25:30 am PST #95 of 10003
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Thanks for the link, David, but I already looked through a Top 100 list for 1980 and didn't, amazingly, have any of them.
Edit: I'm trying, Steph! I'm trying!