Posted October 4, 200717 yr Some of the No.1’s from this year: Abba - Take a chance on me, Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights, Bee Gees - Night Fever, Boney M - Rivres of Babylon, John Tavolta & Olivia Newton John - You’re the one that I want, Summer Nights, Commodores - Three times a lady, 10CC - Dreadlock holiday, Boomtown Rats - Rat Trap, Rod Stewart - Do you think I’m sexy Other artists in the year included - Blondie - Denis, Hanging on the telephone, Buzzcocks - Ever fallen in love, Chic - Le Freak, Ian Dury - What a waste, ELO - Mr Blue Sky, Nick Lowe - I love the sound of breaking glass, Motors - Airport, Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street, Rolling Stones - Miss You, Sham 69 - If the kids are United, Siouxsie & Banshees - Hong Kong Garden, Squeeze - Take me I’m yours, Sweet - Love is like oxygen, Undertones - Teenage Kicks, Patti Smith - Because the night, Rezillos - Top of the pops New bands formed this year included - Duran Duran, Pretenders, Dead Kennedys, Dexys Midnight Runners, Echo & Bunnymen, Madness, Simple Minds, Teardrop Explodes, UB40 Bands which disbanded were - Be Bop Deluxe, Television, Sex Pistols Worst acts included - Brian & Michael, Boney M, Manhattan Transfer, Father Abraham & Smurfs, Dooleys, Dean Friedman
October 5, 200717 yr Farley's rusks. Well, ok...not one of the best years really. There was The Clash's lacklustre second album 'Give Em Enough Rope' and, I think, very early Human League stuff...but not much else comes to mind.
October 5, 200717 yr unlike richie i always considered 1978 to be a seminal year where the new sounds from the previous year (punk and disco) became of age and spread out new sounds in many directions. the variety of music and the quality makes '78 one of the best years for pop music. 3 of my very best favs were kate bush................... wuthering heights squeeze..................... take me im yours p.i.l........................... public image id also like to mention ian dury and the blockheads who probably peaked in this year. certainly 'rhythm stick' was a masterpiece of pop music.
October 5, 200717 yr Its the year. I first bought my first ever single on 7inch vinyl, The Police Message In A Bottle.
October 5, 200717 yr Its the year. I first bought my first ever single on 7inch vinyl, The Police Message In A Bottle. Sorry to be picky ,Mikey, but that came out in 1979 , didn't it ?
October 6, 200717 yr Looking back I regard 1978 as start of a golden era of music (1978-1984) within the mainstream, mainly thanks to young Post-Punk New Wave acts breaking through to the charts with less rubbish filling up the remainder of the Top40 as a result. Whilst it was the breakthrough year of Britain's Greatest ever female singer songwriter "The Mighty" Kate Bush.
October 6, 200717 yr http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c2/928.JPG the Porsche 928 was car of the year for 1978!!! thats bizarre as normally its only things like fiat pandas and 128 or Renault Clios that win!!!
October 15, 200717 yr New bands formed this year included - Duran Duran, Pretenders, Dead Kennedys, Dexys Midnight Runners, Echo & Bunnymen, Madness, Simple Minds, Teardrop Explodes, UB40 I see some great bands here... Whilst it was the breakthrough year of Britain's Greatest ever female singer songwriter "The Mighty" Kate Bush. OK, Kate isn't the greatest ever British female singer-songwriter IMO (include her werid voice here) ^_^ Edited October 15, 200717 yr by Alin
October 15, 200717 yr OK, Kate isn't the greatest ever British female singer-songwriter IMO (include her werid voice here) ^_^ i dont think youll get much agreement m8! lol.. who do you think is then?
October 18, 200717 yr 1978 was a brilliant year for music, and as has been said about, the start of a golden age (for me) of music, 1978 to 1984/5. I bought my first 12" single in 1978, it was Cold As Ice by Foreigner! I ended the year buying my second favourite song of all time, Le Freak by Chic, on a 12" which I actually still have, one of a small amount of singles that I can't part with. It was the year I became a teenager, and it's probably the year I consider that I "grew up". Certainly, when I think back to how I thought and acted in January 1978 and compare this to how I was in December 1978 it feels like those two months were separated by years not just 11 months. It was also the year that I discovered girls weren't just annoying little brats but had their good points too :D.
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