Posted October 4, 200717 yr Some of the No.1’s from this year: Village People - YMCA, Ian Dury - Hit me with your rhythym Stick, Blondie - Heart of glass, Sunday Girl, Bee Gees - Tragedy, Gloria Gaynor - I will survive, Art Gartfunkel - Bright Eyes, Gary Numan - Are friends electric, Boomtown Rats - I don’t like Mondays, Cars, Police - Walking on the moon, Message in a bottle, Buggles - Video killed the radio star, Pink Floyd - Another brick in the wall. Other artists in the year included - The Knack - My sharona, Korgis - If I had you, XTC - Making plans for Nigel, Elvis Costello - Olivers Army, Dire Straits - Sultans of swing, Ian Dury - Reasons to be cheerful, Earth Wind & Fire - Boogie Wonderland, Jam - Eton Rifles, Madness - One step beyond, Police - Can’t stand losing you, Roxy Music - Dance away, Rainbow - Since you’ve been gone, Sham 69 - Hersham Boys, Sex Pistols - Something else, Sister Sledge - We are family, Skids - Into the valley, Working for the Yankee dollar, Specials - Gangsters, Squeeze - Cool for cats, Up the junction, Edwin Starr - Contact, Undertones - Here comes the summer, New bands formed this year included - Inxs, Soft Cell, Spandau Ballet Bands that disbanded were - Sweet Worst acts included - Leif Garrett, Chas & Dave, Kevin Keegan, BA Robertson
October 5, 200717 yr 1979 on the other hand was an excellent year. Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures and The Clash's London Calling. Two of the best albums ever.
October 5, 200717 yr for me 1979 was the zenith of the new sounds, the fruition of what started in 77 with both punk/new wave and disco having their best years imho. rock too was becoming more popular and there was the 'new' sound of ska... id rate '79 as possibly the best year for variety in music ever.
October 5, 200717 yr There was a big ska revival in 1979 . Everyone in my school was into this type of music .The 2 tone record label kicked this off with groups like The Specials, Madness , The Beat & Selector .It was basically 1960s ska with a faster beat & a harder edge to it. It promoted racial unity when there was a lot of racial tension in the UK at the time.
October 6, 200717 yr There was a big ska revival in 1979 . Everyone in my school was into this type of music .The 2 tone record label kicked this off with groups like The Specials, Madness , The Beat & Selector .It was basically 1960s ska with a faster beat & a harder edge to it. It promoted racial unity when there was a lot of racial tension in the UK at the time. i know quite alot of blokes around 40 who still regard the two tone scene as 'the greatest'... indeed it was a superb sound and style of music that captured the imaginations of 'ordinary' working class youth. good pop, happy, danceable (getting 'lads' up and moving ... uncommon until this), melodic, fashionably acceptable...
October 6, 200717 yr Some of the No.1’s from this year: Village People - YMCA, Ian Dury - Hit me with your rhythym Stick, Blondie - Heart of glass, Sunday Girl, Bee Gees - Tragedy, Gloria Gaynor - I will survive, Art Gartfunkel - Bright Eyes, Gary Numan - Are friends electric, Boomtown Rats - I don’t like Mondays, Cars, Police - Walking on the moon, Message in a bottle, Buggles - Video killed the radio star, Pink Floyd - Another brick in the wall. Other artists in the year included - The Knack - My sharona, Korgis - If I had you, XTC - Making plans for Nigel, Elvis Costello - Olivers Army, Dire Straits - Sultans of swing, Ian Dury - Reasons to be cheerful, Earth Wind & Fire - Boogie Wonderland, Jam - Eton Rifles, Madness - One step beyond, Police - Can’t stand losing you, Roxy Music - Dance away, Rainbow - Since you’ve been gone, Sham 69 - Hersham Boys, Sex Pistols - Something else, Sister Sledge - We are family, Skids - Into the valley, Working for the Yankee dollar, Specials - Gangsters, Squeeze - Cool for cats, Up the junction, Edwin Starr - Contact, Undertones - Here comes the summer, New bands formed this year included - Inxs, Soft Cell, Spandau Ballet Bands that disbanded were - Sweet Worst acts included - Leif Garrett, Chas & Dave, Kevin Keegan, BA Robertson for me 1979 was the zenith of the new sounds, the fruition of what started in 77 with both punk/new wave and disco having their best years imho. rock too was becoming more popular and there was the 'new' sound of ska... id rate '79 as possibly the best year for variety in music ever. 1979, What memories do you have from this year? now the thread is called '1979, What memories do you have from this year?' but isnt this thread really just another list of records and all the usual stuff that gets wheeled out week by week. surely there might be some more interesting stuff than just listing more records, like something about the election or whatever was going on esp since mushymanrob does his perspectives section maybe there is some bile he would like to direct on the politics of the day. that could be intersting. rob you would be about 22 then? true? go on give it some grrrr! give it some anti-establishment angst!!! go on dude http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Politics/Pix/pictures/2004/04/30/wavingbig.jpg http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Arts/Arts_/Pictures/2007/03/20/thatcher460.jpg
October 6, 200717 yr now the thread is called '1979, What memories do you have from this year?' but isnt this thread really just another list of records and all the usual stuff that gets wheeled out week by week. surely there might be some more interesting stuff than just listing more records, like something about the election or whatever was going on esp since mushymanrob does his perspectives section maybe there is some bile he would like to direct on the politics of the day. that could be intersting. rob you would be about 22 then? true? go on give it some grrrr! give it some anti-establishment angst!!! go on dude http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Politics/Pix/pictures/2004/04/30/wavingbig.jpg http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Arts/Arts_/Pictures/2007/03/20/thatcher460.jpg :rofl: You are so correct! 1979 = The winter of discontent. PM Jim Callaghan "Crisis! What Crisis?" Refuge collections missed, Grave diggers striking, hospital workers striking with the Army working as ambulances, etc. The worst year for working days lost to industrial action in the UK since 1926, then the Labour government caved in and settled for inflation busting double figures deals across the board ....... it was against this background that Thatcher & the Conservative Party waltzed to a landslide victory as the Great British Public had had enough of being held to ransom by Public Sector workers.... Still it was a great year for music, but music historians have noted that there is an historic correlation between great music and recession and the reverse is applicable....
October 6, 200717 yr :rofl: You are so correct! Still it was a great year for music, but music historians have noted that there is an historic correlation between great music and recession and the reverse is applicable.... well i was thinking the other day whether there was some historic correlation between music and the party who is the govt in power at the time esp thinking bout punk and britpop and all that stuff and is that good because its labour govt and bad 80s music is bad because they werent in power and thatcher was???
October 6, 200717 yr I agree that '79 was a good year for variety in music! Not that I’m a particular fan, but apparently in 1979, The Sugarhill Gang’s Rapper Delight is acknowledged as the first time that rap is commercially exploited and it brought a taste of New York’s black underground music to an international audience.
October 7, 200717 yr Author now the thread is called '1979, What memories do you have from this year?' but isnt this thread really just another list of records and all the usual stuff that gets wheeled out week by week. surely there might be some more interesting stuff than just listing more records http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Politics/Pix/pictures/2004/04/30/wavingbig.jpg http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Arts/Arts_/Pictures/2007/03/20/thatcher460.jpg Pardon me for starting a retro musical discussion topic in a retro forum, when Rob tells me I am wasting my time then I will stop, so in the meantime why don't you get back to putting your toys back in the pram. If you have no contribution to make without being sarcastic or hijaking the topic with your vacuous c**p then go and read your comics.
October 8, 200717 yr Pardon me for starting a retro musical discussion topic in a retro forum, when Rob tells me I am wasting my time then I will stop, so in the meantime why don't you get back to putting your toys back in the pram. If you have no contribution to make without being sarcastic or hijaking the topic with your vacuous c**p then go and read your comics. why would i tell you (or ask you) to stop?... lol.. threads find there own level of interest depending on whos around at the time, and as membership here is growing then i expect topics like the ones you start will get more responses. tbh i dont know what tigerboys on half the time, i dont think hes being malicious but i dont follow his train of thought very often.
October 9, 200717 yr 1979 started with a very snowy winter, snowdrifts 2 or 3 foot deep in many places and not just in the north but well down into the south. Then (as I remember it, because I was still at school) the teachers went on strike for three weeks in February 1979, slap bang in the middle of the worst of the weather. It was excellent, being off school AND having snow every day. The final Friday before I went back to school had snowdrifts up to 10 feet deep in parts of the north east - a bit TOO big! It snowed for 14 hours non-stop with blizzards and much of the north east was cut off... Some great tunes from early 1979... Heart Of Glass - Blondie Hit Me With Your Rythym Stick - Ian Dury Le Freak - Chic Contact - Edwin Starr September - Earth, Wind and Fire then again, there were some dreadful songs... Woman In Love - Three Degrees Hello This Is Joannie - Paul Evans Car 67 - Driver 67 I Was Made For Dancin' - Leif Garrett Chiquitita - Abba It WAS a great year for variety...
October 9, 200717 yr 1979 started with a very snowy winter, snowdrifts 2 or 3 foot deep in many places and not just in the north but well down into the south. Then (as I remember it, because I was still at school) the teachers went on strike for three weeks in February 1979, slap bang in the middle of the worst of the weather. It was excellent, being off school AND having snow every day. The final Friday before I went back to school had snowdrifts up to 10 feet deep in parts of the north east - a bit TOO big! It snowed for 14 hours non-stop with blizzards and much of the north east was cut off... Some great tunes from early 1979... Heart Of Glass - Blondie Hit Me With Your Rythym Stick - Ian Dury Le Freak - Chic Contact - Edwin Starr September - Earth, Wind and Fire then again, there were some dreadful songs... Woman In Love - Three Degrees Hello This Is Joannie - Paul Evans Car 67 - Driver 67 I Was Made For Dancin' - Leif Garrett Chiquitita - Abba It WAS a great year for variety... yep i remember very well early '79 and agree with robbie on the music choices, those tracks sum up early 79 and the snowy weather. in fact, on the council we started a bonus scheme in february, on the first day there was a raging blizzard! :lol: summer '79 was a cool dry one, tracks like 'ring my bell' and 'harmony in my head' remind me of those times. i thought late '79 was poor for chart music as a whole, apart from the new two tone sounds breaking through, lena martell was possibly THE worst track of the 70's.
October 9, 200717 yr I agree with the Lena Martell being the worst of the year, though "The Sparrow" ran it a close second! The best thing that happened with the Martell track was the chart compilers making a big error and placing it at #2 for 24 hours due to a computer cockup. Though as Dr Hook were the number one again for those 24 hours it doesn't say much... I thought late 1979 was a good period for music though. There were some great gems from that time though none were massive hits: You Got My Number - Undertones The Shape Of Things To Come - Headboys Walking Down The Kings Road - Squire and the best of all: Touch - Lori and the Chameleons the latter only reached #70 even though it was a quite magnificent song, it featured quite a few people who went on to form more successful groups (it featured future members of KLF, Dead Or Alive, Teardrop Explodes). Edited October 9, 200717 yr by Robbie
October 9, 200717 yr speaking of Touch... I just found this from doing a quick google. It seems I'm not alone in liking this song! http://www.headheritage.co.uk/unsung/review/1550
October 9, 200717 yr there were some great tracks late 79, i only seem to notice the c**p! :lol: martell, dr hook, etc seemed to have jaundiced my view!
October 9, 200717 yr yep i remember very well early '79 and agree with robbie on the music choices, those tracks sum up early 79 and the snowy weather. in fact, on the council we started a bonus scheme in february, on the first day there was a raging blizzard! :lol:apart from a few weeks in early 1982 that was the last great winter we had. These days, a few hours of snow brings the country to a halt. Back then we had to go to school (apart from that teachers strike) regardless of the weather and we were never sent home once. Could you imagine a winter like that again? Apart from one issue of Record Mirror arriving 5 days late, nothing seemed to inconvenience me and everyone made it to work just about everyday! And that was before the strikes that seemed to be everywhere - though perhaps that's why they were on strike, it saved going into work :D Edited October 9, 200717 yr by Robbie
October 9, 200717 yr I dont remeber much coz I was only 4 lol :P though there was some good records around from back then. Wasnt there also bad snow in 1982 :unsure: , coz we was moving house at the time and I remember we had to delay the move because the roads were so bad wiv snow.
October 9, 200717 yr apart from a few weeks in early 1982 that was the last great winter we had. These days, a few hours of snow brings the country to a halt. Back then we had to go to school (apart from that teachers strike) regardless of the weather and we were never sent home once. Could you imagine a winter like that again? Apart from one issue of Record Mirror arriving 5 days late, nothing seemed to inconvenience me and everyone made it to work just about everyday! And that was before the strikes that seemed to be everywhere - though perhaps that's why they were on strike, it saved going into work :D i was 5/6 in the winter of 1962-3, in the infants school, school didnt close for us then and that winter was one of the worst for snow. we wore coats in the classroom, walked home and back for dinner... tell the kids today that and they wouldnt believe you! lol.
October 9, 200717 yr i was 5/6 in the winter of 1962-3, in the infants school, school didnt close for us then and that winter was one of the worst for snow. we wore coats in the classroom, walked home and back for dinner... tell the kids today that and they wouldnt believe you! lol.that winter, 1962/3 was apparently the worst of the 20th century, with 1947/8 and 1978/9 just behind. I'd love to see a winter like any one of those again, just to see how we'd all cope...
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