| Author | Time | Post | |
| BootinUp | May 2012 | OP | |
| Joe Shlabotnik | May 2012 | #1 | |
| BootinUp | May 2012 | #2 | |
| Joe Shlabotnik | May 2012 | #3 | |
| surrealAmerican | May 2012 | #4 | |
| LynneSin | May 2012 | #5 | |
| CBGLuthier | May 2012 | #6 | |
| mikeSchmuckabee | May 2012 | #7 | |
| zanana1 | May 2012 | #8 | |
| dr.strangelove | May 2012 | #9 | |
| pink-o | May 2012 | #10 | |
| dana_b | May 2012 | #25 | |
| hifiguy | May 2012 | #11 | |
| lastlib | May 2012 | #12 | |
| TrogL | May 2012 | #13 | |
| HopeHoops | May 2012 | #14 | |
| davsand | May 2012 | #15 | |
| Iggo | May 2012 | #16 | |
| geardaddy | May 2012 | #17 | |
| MadrasT | May 2012 | #18 | |
| ArnoldLayne | May 2012 | #19 | |
| ArnoldLayne | May 2012 | #20 | |
| opiate69 | May 2012 | #21 | |
| bluedigger | May 2012 | #22 | |
| Bertha Venation | May 2012 | #23 | |
| Doc_Technical | May 2012 | #27 | |
| dana_b | May 2012 | #24 | |
| hobbit709 | May 2012 | #26 | |
| kwassa | May 2012 | #28 | |
| bluesbassman | May 2012 | #29 | |
| kwassa | May 2012 | #30 |
Response to BootinUp (Original post)
Wed May 9, 2012, 03:16 AM
Joe Shlabotnik (2,228 posts)
1. Most of my 1979 records were used for impromptu skeet practice.
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Dark times for quality rock and roll LPs. Yet a useful and deserving end for overpriced vinyl schlock.
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Response to Joe Shlabotnik (Reply #1)
Wed May 9, 2012, 03:55 AM
BootinUp (25,603 posts)
2. hmmm
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Cheap Trick, Van Halen, The Police, its wasn't all that bad...The dark times were the 90's and now.
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Response to BootinUp (Reply #2)
Wed May 9, 2012, 04:05 AM
Joe Shlabotnik (2,228 posts)
3. Ok... Old Van halen passed the test, and few cheap trick songs survived to mixed audio tapes.
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Last edited Wed May 9, 2012, 04:48 AM USA/ET - Edit history (1) That was a generalization on my part. But sorry, for the 100 million Lp's that got printed those years....99% were shit. The music industry was/is no different then with turning out 'hits', ahem 'shits'
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Response to BootinUp (Original post)
Wed May 9, 2012, 07:45 AM
surrealAmerican (7,469 posts)
4. probably the Kinks
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"Low Budget" was released in 1979.
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Response to BootinUp (Original post)
Wed May 9, 2012, 07:57 AM
LynneSin (89,793 posts)
5. I kid you not! I wrote a school report back in '79 that said the Knack was the next great Supergroup
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I think overtime I could ultimately prove that my thesis was indeed correct.
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Response to BootinUp (Original post)
Wed May 9, 2012, 08:02 AM
CBGLuthier (8,851 posts)
6. December 1979 it was this one
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I remember listening to it while happily soldering away on my PAIA synthesizer. As for the Knack I had the album and the 45 which had the most wonderful sleeve.
I think they were a good band but the record company screwed up and used every great song they wrote on their first album. Oh well, Prince came along a few years later and showed just how to be really dirty in the lyrics. |
Response to BootinUp (Original post)
Wed May 9, 2012, 08:12 AM
mikeSchmuckabee (349 posts)
7. Pure Pop For Now People-Nick Lowe
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Still wearing it out.
And Armed Forces by Elvis Costello and the Attractions. |
Response to BootinUp (Original post)
Wed May 9, 2012, 08:19 AM
zanana1 (1,796 posts)
8. The latest David Bowie album, of course. nt
Response to BootinUp (Original post)
Wed May 9, 2012, 09:02 AM
dr.strangelove (4,227 posts)
9. My very first album
The rare Green Record was my favorite, but that one was hard to find. |
Response to BootinUp (Original post)
Wed May 9, 2012, 09:29 AM
pink-o (3,678 posts)
10. In 1979 I loved:
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The Clash
The Dammed The Stranglers The Jam Nick Lowe Elvis Costello Dave Edmunds and the old stalwart bands: The Stones The Kinks The Who So it wasn't all so bad, right? And hey: whoever upthread said the 90s sucked--so not true! I love anything that sets the established bands on their ears. Happened in the 70s with Punk/New Wave and in the 90s with Grunge. |
Response to pink-o (Reply #10)
Wed May 9, 2012, 04:48 PM
dana_b (8,484 posts)
25. I love your taste in music
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the 90s were actually my favorite with the Seattle bands.
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Response to BootinUp (Original post)
Wed May 9, 2012, 09:52 AM
hifiguy (13,029 posts)
11. "The Wall" and Blondie's
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"Parallel Lines."
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Response to BootinUp (Original post)
Wed May 9, 2012, 09:53 AM
lastlib (3,742 posts)
12. "Hemispheres" (Rush)
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(I know it came out before that, but that's when I got it--I was "on a Low Budget"! what with trying to pay for college.) But I played that album into the ground!
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Response to BootinUp (Original post)
Wed May 9, 2012, 10:05 AM
TrogL (31,264 posts)
13. Pink Floyd - The Wall
Response to BootinUp (Original post)
Wed May 9, 2012, 10:07 AM
HopeHoops (47,675 posts)
14. I was probably on my second copy of "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" by then.
Response to BootinUp (Original post)
Wed May 9, 2012, 01:52 PM
davsand (12,198 posts)
15. For sure The Wall. The Last Waltz or maybe Excitable Boy.
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Also we played the heck outta The Clash, The B-52's, and Rickie Lee Jones.
XTC, Talking Heads, and Ramones had albums playing that year too... Laura |
Response to BootinUp (Original post)
Wed May 9, 2012, 02:07 PM
Iggo (22,295 posts)
16. The Wall. Low Budget. Dream Police.
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And like that.
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Response to BootinUp (Original post)
Wed May 9, 2012, 02:11 PM
geardaddy (14,310 posts)
17. This one
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Response to BootinUp (Original post)
Wed May 9, 2012, 02:49 PM
MadrasT (5,676 posts)
18. The Cars, Candy-O
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Response to BootinUp (Original post)
Wed May 9, 2012, 03:45 PM
ArnoldLayne (1,375 posts)
19. The Wall, Breakfast in America and The Knack.
Response to BootinUp (Original post)
Wed May 9, 2012, 03:51 PM
ArnoldLayne (1,375 posts)
20. Oh I forgot London Calling and Candy O.
Response to BootinUp (Original post)
Wed May 9, 2012, 04:24 PM
opiate69 (7,463 posts)
21. I was heavily into KISS back then (hey, I was 10 in 79)
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so probably Detroit Rock City and Hotter than Hell
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Response to BootinUp (Original post)
Wed May 9, 2012, 04:28 PM
bluedigger (10,567 posts)
22. "This ain't no party, this ain't no disco."
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From Fear of Music. |
Response to BootinUp (Original post)
Wed May 9, 2012, 04:41 PM
Bertha Venation (20,026 posts)
23. In '79 I was still working on Court & Spark
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In fact, if I could find it, it would rarely leave the car.
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Response to Bertha Venation (Reply #23)
Wed May 9, 2012, 08:46 PM
Doc_Technical (1,854 posts)
27. Arguably her best album.
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n/t
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Response to BootinUp (Original post)
Wed May 9, 2012, 04:47 PM
dana_b (8,484 posts)
24. Lots of good ones but "London Calling"
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was my favorite. I played it for months.
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Response to BootinUp (Original post)
Wed May 9, 2012, 07:27 PM
hobbit709 (26,014 posts)
26. Broken English-Marianne Faithfull
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Response to BootinUp (Original post)
Wed May 9, 2012, 09:25 PM
kwassa (15,641 posts)
28. "Fear of Music" the Talking Heads
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Response to BootinUp (Original post)
Wed May 9, 2012, 09:41 PM
bluesbassman (12,900 posts)
29. Cheap Trick - At Budokan
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Response to BootinUp (Original post)
Wed May 9, 2012, 09:44 PM
kwassa (15,641 posts)
30. The B52s first album, including Rock Lobster and Planet Claire
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