Wow, thanks for the great history. As chance would have it - or perhaps it's an Illuminati conspiracy - I was just listening to KLF's The White Room this morning. And now I realize that the opening sample of Kick Out the Jams is actually a reference to the JAMMs, the Justified Ancients of Mu Mu. Mind. Blown.
I loved both Van Halen and Def Leppard in the early 80s, but 1984 and Pyromania were the end of the line for me, respectively. I despise Pour Some Sugar on Me with the heat of 1000 supernovae.
It's the little malapropisms that get me.... I was prostate with grief. The sacred and the propane. What with Vito passing, and all that entrails. And my favorite....She’s like an albacore around my neck.
Ha, I am just finishing up Sopranos for the 3rd time.....6B ep. 8, just one more to go. So great.
Hmm, maybe I queue up Mad Men afterwards, one more time....
Huh, another '88 song I don't recall ever hearing. I was probably listening to something like this, from the Pixies' incredible Surfer Rosa, released May 1988:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdgWYGKU3xo
Love love love Soda Stereo. Here's a completely different take on La Ciudad de la Furia, with Andrea Echeverri of Aterciopelados.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=650ecmUVqpw
RIP Gustavo Cerati
1988 has been a musical wasteland for me so far - all of these #1s, I either can't remember or absolutely detest. But Wishing Well is a 10 for me. Total banger.
Did someone page me? I'm an Underworld Mk II guy through and through, I generally consider dubnobasswithmyheadman to be their first album. But that video is remarkable! Good to see a young Rick and Karl jamming out. They also put on a hell of a live show for an electronic act - I caught them at the Warfield in SF in '99 and they were freakin' amazing. Karl is a live wire on stage.
You can just append a ? to the URL, followed by random characters, to bust the cache.....
https://www.stereogum.com/?never
https://www.stereogum.com/?gonna
https://www.stereogum.com/?give
https://www.stereogum.com/?you
https://www.stereogum.com/?up
Hairway to Steven was brilliant. One my original vinyl, there are no song titles, just a crude little drawing for each, generally scatological in nature.
What a total cretin. I opted not to go to one if his shows around this time, and I'm glad I did, because he spent the entire time hurling his own feces at the crowd. Several friends recounted the horrors of the evening to me the next day. It used to be the best punk club in town, but the health department closed it down after that.
They were fantastic! Total showmen. Palmer did an epic drum solo, and Emerson had some kind of crazy keytar so he could move around the club. It was a tiny stage, certainly much smaller than they were used to, hehe....but ELP weren't exactly pulling in the same kinds of crowds they could back in the 70s....kind of a low period for them, but still, my buddy and I enjoyed it!
Not necessarily one of the best cuts from the ‘Seventh Son’ album but still pretty awesome.
It's the best for me! This album drags for me a little bit, but Madness is an absolute banger.
My family was once enjoying a charcuterie platter at some swanky outdoor place on the Hudson, in Lower Manhattan. My daughter opened a bag of Cheetos and dumped them on top. To this day, we still extol the virtues of cheetocuterie.
Yep, I'll take Heaven and Hell and Southern Cross over many Ozzy tracks. Although I have a buddy who still insists "You don't replace !@#$ Ozzy! They should have just started a new band!"
Ah, but Big Generator was a great album. The title track, Rhythm of Love, I Am Running....Rabin-era Yes was great, not as great as the 70s prog era, but still....
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