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Post by Stacy Heydon on Feb 28, 2023 10:53:22 GMT
Wasn't this 76 Ray, or is this a re-recorded version?
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Post by DarknessFish on Feb 28, 2023 12:07:19 GMT
1977
Feels like a cheat that skope got in with "I Feel Love" first, but I reckon this is probably next on my list. There were a lot of great, groundbreaking albums being released in 1977, 2nd Annual Report, Alien Soundtracks, Trans-Europe Express, but I guess there's nothing quite as unconventional as an unconventional band recording something this pretty. Frankie Teardrop gets the edgy kudos, "Ghost Rider" gets the punks moving, but "Cheree" is so pretty it can flog perfume. A great warm hug of a song, Venus in big fluffy Furs.
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Post by fearlessfreap on Feb 28, 2023 12:19:25 GMT
I Feel Love is the obvious choice, probably the easiest in years. and certainly the most important one, but this may be my favorite
Brothers Johnson - Strawberry Letter 23
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Post by rayge on Feb 28, 2023 13:12:28 GMT
Wasn't this 76 Ray, or is this a re-recorded version? Having double-checked, I've found that it was originally released on the Beserkley Chartbusters comp in 1975 as 'Roadrunner', then as a single in 1977 retitled Roadrunner (once).
So, I could either dump Patti Smith's Land as my pick for '75 - perhaps you would like to pick it instead, G, as it would be a pity in my view not to have horses represented at all - and I'll go with God Save the Queen by the Pistols, or we could let it slide on the retitling technicality. It's up to you.
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Post by Stacy Heydon on Feb 28, 2023 13:30:37 GMT
We'll go with The Pistols then which makes my task slightly easier.
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Post by davey on Feb 28, 2023 15:27:05 GMT
1977
How Deep is Your Love - The Bee Gees
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Post by Stacy Heydon on Mar 1, 2023 0:40:06 GMT
There were other contenders of course, the wild rock romanticism of 'Do Anything You Wanna Do' came very close, but ultimately the absence of The Clash is beginning to hurt, so I've gone for their best single "Complete Control". Lyrically it's a slightly petty whine at their record company, but it doesn't matter because it becomes this huge defiant statement of individual freedom. Produced by, of all people, Lee Perry of course. The climax is the most exciting adrenaline rush you've heard. Magnificent.
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Post by osgood on Mar 1, 2023 8:37:07 GMT
G, Doug, Dave and Ray have cleared the path for my pick.
1977
The Jam - In the City
Unlike a few preludiners, I have a lot of respect for Weller's career, but he never did anything as exciting as this first Jam album.
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Post by Reactionary Rage on Mar 1, 2023 9:37:01 GMT
There were other contenders of course, the wild rock romanticism of 'Do Anything You Wanna Do' came very close, but ultimately the absence of The Clash is beginning to hurt, so I've gone for their best single "Complete Control". Lyrically it's a slightly petty whine at their record company, but it doesn't matter because it becomes this huge defiant statement of individual freedom. Produced by, of all people, Lee Perry of course. The climax is the most exciting adrenaline rush you've heard. Magnificent. Lyrically it's of its time with all that suck-it-to-the-record-company-man malarkey but it's also as universal and ageless in its message as Born to Be Wild. Plus I still love all that self-mythologising, rock-n-roll-outlaw nonsense that they threw in. Ridiculous really but great fun. I guess they took all that self-referencing stuff from Bo Diddley. I still think it's the greatest punk single ever.
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Post by Stacy Heydon on Mar 1, 2023 13:38:04 GMT
It's the untamed Clash, driven by a whirlwind of scrappy energy. For all the strengths of the later records, they do lose that aspect.
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Post by riggers on Mar 1, 2023 15:34:02 GMT
1977
I read about this and the supposed significance of the title a long time before I heard it, courtesy of John Peel, but it reminds me a lot of being a 9/10 year old in 1977, hearing about the alleged threat to the nation's morals and snatches of these exciting new records (and it really was just the peripheral stuff, you just didn't hear the Pistols on the radio, other than Peel, who I wasn't listening to as a kid) which threatened to draw me away from my Abba/Queen/ELO comfort zone...
At the same time, it was apparent that Reggae was reaching a bit of a peak, both musically and culturally in the UK. We had a Jamaican family living next door but one who we were friendly with. The 'girls', who would have been late teens, early 20s used to babysit for me and my sister and they were always in and out to see my Mum. They would bring great compilation albums over, my Mum had become a bit of Marley fan, courtesy of our neighbours and we had copies of 'Kaya' and 'Exodus' in the house, but these compilations ( I wish I could remember what they were called), had amazing sounding nuggets on, with stuff like gunshot sounds between the tracks..
Stuff like 'Uptown Top Ranking' getting to number one was a big deal the following year and ever since then, a lot of that amazing late 70s Jamaican music has the power to lift my spirit. In retrospect, the rebellious, apocalyptical feel that a lot of it had is a fitting counterpoint to the best punk records of the time.
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Post by DayoRemix on Mar 1, 2023 22:31:15 GMT
Please include the year and the title/artist of the track..Sometimes, you videos do not work..
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Post by DayoRemix on Mar 1, 2023 22:42:39 GMT
1977
"Psycho Killer" Talking Heads
Crazy how much of a difference a year makes..'76 was a desert and '77, a freakin' jungle..Went through tons of choices (As will be evidenced by my narrow miss post) and, with Suicide off the board, centered on the jittery, dark funk of Psycho Killer..Sure, it's been overplayed, but damn is that baseline amazing..The dangerous mood of that track is engrossing..
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Post by rayge on Mar 1, 2023 23:09:42 GMT
Please include the year and the title/artist of the track..Sometimes, you videos do not work.. It was Culture's 'Two Sevens Clash'
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Post by loveless on Mar 2, 2023 0:18:09 GMT
1977
Personally?
THE NAME OF THE GAME - ABBA
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