I don’t know Flick of the Switch or anything beyond 82
Bon wrote for Back In Black & his writing would be missed going forward
The indecent haste of BIB has always been a grievance as I maintain the truth of his death & aftermath has been well and truly covered up If I’m right it gets very dark
This was the very first album I purchased on newfangled compact disc in 1987 but of course I already had the vinyl
A transcendental release
VU on the East Coast
The Doors on the West Coast
Early contact in 66 gave Jim the idea for black leather pants after watching Gerard Malanga 🍌
Paul Weller is a great personal hero of mine extending way beyond music alone
He called it right splitting The Jam & never giving an inch towards reformation As he says “that music still means something to people” He knew how to enshrine his legacy 1982 saw a fabulous album & tours
It was kicking
Blackout easily for reasons mentioned the other day
Back In Black has never thrilled me beyond Rock & Roll Ain’t Noise Pollution b/w Hell’s Bells
For Those About To Rock is the last AC/DC album I paid attention to & the last time I saw them live 06/10/1982 last of three consecutive nights Newcastle City Hall It’s in my fond nostalgia memory bank
Lana Del Rey
Ultraviolence
Was listening to Hard Rain live in the car today
Aside from Lennon & Morrison
I’ll go Lou Reed
My choice also
Jim
All Marillion albums w/ Fish essential listening
This Lp perhaps suffered sandwiched between their groundbreaking stunning debut & their masterpiece Misplaced Childhood but FUGAZI holds the standard The call to arms title track prefigures White Feather & White Russian
Punch & Judy acute reportage
One of my favourite REM albums top notch throughout
In addition to all the great tracks already highlighted I’ll add two more from the top of their oeuvre COUNTRY FEEDBACK & LOW the former often cited by Michael as his favourite REM number Both capture a particular mood Michael articulates so well
Psychotherapy that’s what they wanna give me
And Labour are determined to liquidate trans folk first the children then later this year coming for adults of all ages
The Green Party is the only hope to safeguard treatment for trans folk
Never forget…
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Johnny Thunders
Hurt Me 1984
Entirely acoustic album or to quote JT live during his acoustic interludes “d’y’wanna hear the hippie shit or the electric shit ?”
Oh absolutely I adore this song one of my absolute favourites of theirs
Simonon & Levene
Doesn’t get any earlier than this
Paul looking right down our friend Cindy Stern’s camera lens
All the band suffering from ahem flu
Yeah right Snowblind in the Canadian sun
This tour soon passed into legend achieving mythic status
Van Halen blitzed the stages no doubt but Sabbath weren’t really as bad as made out I think that’s become an over exaggerated urban myth
I saw a lot of great shows there
Most special was Iggy Pop still in his psychotic era fresh out of the Zombie Birdhouse on Haiti
Still the greatest ever live in the studio tv performance by anyone for me 17/12/1982
3 songs it’s on YouTube
Next night Ozzy was in town first tour after Randy
It was all going on even Heavy Metal reinvigorated with the punk DIY ethic birthing NWOBHM and brilliant crossover bands like Motörhead & Gillan
All those great long forgotten numbers like Is Vic There ? by Department S
You’ve got The Jam Crass all building school kids Mass following
I remember these guys masterminding Tina Turner’s comeback in 1983
I was in the CH4 The Tube audience for the extended concert tv special They handled backing vocals that night
Streeting is a chosen one parroting every script he receives in Lodge directives because he’s a shameless careerist who has been promised carry out all our objectives in whatever department we place you and you’ll be rewarded as “a safe pair of hands” There is nothing he will not do to please them
Every song on that Lp is straight out of the blocks with exception of Going To California which itself builds into a classic alongside the others
WW III ostensibly commenced with false flag 9/11 to allow the Neo Con opportunity to pursue their Project For The New American Century knocking over Afghanistan Iraq Libya Lebanon Palestine in general Syria Gaza in particular & the last domino to fall was always going to be Iran
This & When The Levee Breaks the first that sprung to mind
Was living in 1980s LS6 and my friends boyfriend came and stayed a couple of weekends A lad called Paul from the Falls Rd Belfast over in England to escape all the sectarianism He implored me to listen to Christy Moore Ride On & what an ever expanding oeuvre it’s been to explore
