Rock Evolution – The History of Rock & Roll - 1984 - (page 198)

Please sir, given the state of this forum tonight and given we're now up to Motorhead's second album but had nowt from them, can I have more please??...

Motorhead - Poison
 
threespires said:
Please sir, given the state of this forum tonight and given we're now up to Motorhead's second album but had nowt from them, can I have more please??...

Motorhead - Poison
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If you look at the coda I added to the playlist you will find ‘Overkill” but I’ll add this as business has been fairly slow in last couple of days; although the list is quite long now, which isn’t a problem to me but not everyone has the time.
 
OB1 said:
If you look at the coda I added to the playlist you will find ‘Overkill” but I’ll add this as business has been fairly slow in last couple of days; although the list is quite long now, which isn’t a problem to me but not everyone has the time.
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Sorry, hadn't looked at the updated playlist; no need to add my suggestion now that Staffordshire's/North Wales finest is already in the list.
 
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I have added a couple more songs to the end of the playlist or the start of the coda, take your pick. Both songs are linked to one very memorable 1979 event in my life. One is a bit of a stretch as it was only released in 1980 but the reason for its inclusion will become clear.

I went to the University of Nottingham and in my first year resided on campus. Nottingham’s campus was one of the main things that drew me to the university. It had a lot of what I call real halls of residence. My hall was one of the smaller ones and one of the few mixed sex halls. It was a good community. At the end of the academic year after exams had finished, we had our hall party (a bit like a prom).

The first song I’ve added is Sister Sledge: We are Family, which besides being a dance floor classic released in 1979, was a song that kept being played while we were decorating the hall’s dining room for the party and takes me back to that time and place whenever I hear it.

As well as a disco at the party, we had a live band. In fact, it was a then not well-known solo artist with a distinctive voice and her backing band. The singer was Judy Tzuke, was on the verge of having her first hit single and a Top 20 album. For some reason I got to be part of the very small welcoming party for the band, who went down a storm at that evening’s gig. Such was the demand for another encore; they had to play a song from the main set for a second time as they had run out of material. That song was to be the title track of her second album Sportscar, which was released the following year but, for me, belongs on the 1979 playlist.
 
OB1 said:
I have added a couple more songs to the end of the playlist or the start of the coda, take your pick. Both songs are linked to one very memorable 1979 event in my life. One is a bit of a stretch as it was only released in 1980 but the reason for its inclusion will become clear.

I went to the University of Nottingham and in my first year resided on campus. Nottingham’s campus was one of the main things that drew me to the university. It had a lot of what I call real halls of residence. My hall was one of the smaller ones and one of the few mixed sex halls. It was a good community. At the end of the academic year after exams had finished, we had our hall party (a bit like a prom).

The first song I’ve added is Sister Sledge: We are Family, which besides being a dance floor classic released in 1979, was a song that kept being played while we were decorating the hall’s dining room for the party and takes me back to that time and place whenever I hear it.

As well as a disco at the party, we had a live band. In fact, it was a then not well-known solo artist with a distinctive voice and her backing band. The singer was Judy Tzuke, was on the verge of having her first hit single and a Top 20 album. For some reason I got to be part of the very small welcoming party for the band, who went down a storm at that evening’s gig. Such was the demand for another encore; they had to play a song from the main set for a second time as they had run out of material. That song was to be the title track of her second album Sportscar, which was released the following year but, for me, belongs on the 1979 playlist.
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Though Stay With Me Till Dawn is the song she's best known for, I always think that the way you can tell she's a class act was a cover song that did nothing commercially. You have to be either stupid or very capable to cover a song like God Only Knows; most people knock out pretty iffy versions, and I'm including the likes of Bowie in that, but she doesn't try to do anything clever or dramatic just a very stylish take on it that relies almost totally on her voice (and an Atari ST :-)).
 
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OB1 said:
We haven’t, because I forgot to add it to my coda. One of may favourites from the year, which I do associate with late summer of that year (it was released as a single in early September).

I think it was in 1979 that I had a ticket to go and see The Police in Manchester and I had a ticket. A very attractive young lady that I knew, who was dating someone else, asked to come with me with a view to buying a ticket from a tout. The Police’s popularity was growing faster than a bamboo grove and the FTH was already not large enough to satisfy demand, so we did not get a sniff of another ticket and I had to sell mine. She did buy me a meal as compensation.

I did eventually see the Police on their next two tours and when they reformed in this century. Oddly, I never bought any of their records until they released a complete works cd; although I think I have a few of their albums on vinyl in my collection as it also includes my wife’s albums.
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I saw The Police at the FTH around that time, supported I think by The Cramps...maybe the same gig, although Im sure it wasn't a sell out, and The Cramps were great.
 
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The gig I am referring to was definitely sold out. The Police had become hugely popular by the time the gig came round.
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It's the same gig mate. Support bands were the Cramps and the Bobby Hendry Band. And yes, it was rammed. 'Roxanne' had just been re-released and was storming up the charts hence the attendence.
 
OK. the 1979 playlist is complete.

I added four more songs to the coda to bring it up to a round 100 tracks.

I had already added a couple of Zep tracks to the coda: 1979 was the only time I saw Zep live. There is another album that I strongly associate with that day at Knebworth. Like an idiot, I decided to join the queue for entry to the gig late on in the evening (see what I did) before the show, rather than trying to get some sleep in my little (borrowed) tent. I was not alone. A lot of folks did the same thing and eventually, the weight of the crowd broke open the gates to the "arena", precipitating a mad dash through the night to get a good spot. Mad being the operative word, because one ended up sat on dew soaked grass, body all sweaty from the run, which meant it was bloody cold despite being midsummer.

Anyway, at some point in the morning they played Pink Floyd's latest album over the P.A., the first time I had heard the whole thing. So in honour of the fact that City have just signed The Wall, I have added a couple more tracks from "The Wall" : the surprise bit hit single "Another Brick in the Wall Pt.2" and my favourite Floyd track "Run Like Hell".

I have also slipped in a single that I bought in late 1979 Queen's "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and The Charlie Daniels Band's only UK hit "The Devil Went Down to Georgia".
 
OB1 said:
OK. the 1979 playlist is complete.

I added four more songs to the coda to bring it up to a round 100 tracks.

I had already added a couple of Zep tracks to the coda: 1979 was the only time I saw Zep live. There is another album that I strongly associate with that day at Knebworth. Like an idiot, I decided to join the queue for entry to the gig late on in the evening (see what I did) before the show, rather than trying to get some sleep in my little (borrowed) tent. I was not alone. A lot of folks did the same thing and eventually, the weight of the crowd broke open the gates to the "arena", precipitating a mad dash through the night to get a good spot. Mad being the operative word, because one ended up sat on dew soaked grass, body all sweaty from the run, which meant it was bloody cold despite being midsummer.

Anyway, at some point in the morning they played Pink Floyd's latest album over the P.A., the first time I had heard the whole thing. So in honour of the fact that City have just signed The Wall, I have added a couple more tracks from "The Wall" : the surprise bit hit single "Another Brick in the Wall Pt.2" and my favourite Floyd track "Run Like Hell".

I have also slipped in a single that I bought in late 1979 Queen's "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and The Charlie Daniels Band's only UK hit "The Devil Went Down to Georgia".
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Go on then...how long have you/ we bloated it to?
 
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