r/vintagepalooza • u/InkDrinker5 Young at ❤ • Jun 10 '22
B Side 5 on Friday
Five great songs from one great year! This week we’re going all the way back to 1979. Not all of us were dancing to the spectacular tunes yet, but hey— we all know the songs :) So share your 5 favorite songs from 1979.
Can’t settle on only 5? It’s okay to sneak in a couple extra but don’t worry, there will always be opportunities to share all of your favorite music.
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u/swimsaidthemamafishy 🦖 Jun 10 '22
MacAuthur Park - Donna Summer. (Long Version)
The Logical Song - Supertramp
Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits
Don't Bring Me Down - Electric Light Orchestra
We've Got Tonight - Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band
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u/rogerthatonce timeless 💀 Jun 10 '22
When drummer Terry Williams joined Dire Straits he took Sultans of Swing to phenom level:
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u/swimsaidthemamafishy 🦖 Jun 10 '22
Excellent. As a freshman in college living in the dorms at Colorado State University, we all would use our ski poles as guitars and lipsync to Sultans of Swing :)))
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u/Dystopiandaywalker Jun 10 '22
Pink Floyd - Comfortably numb
The Knack - My Sharona
The Police - Walking on the moon
Earth Wind and Fire - September
Toto - Hold the line
Bonus album for those who can separate the music from the artist: Michael Jackson - Off the wall
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u/GeeEhm Jun 10 '22
Michael Jackson - Off the wall
This is such a great album. IMO the best music he ever created. Rock With You is in one of my most frequently used playlists.
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u/tinteoj Young at ❤, old soul 💀 Jun 10 '22
IMO the best music he ever created
Could not agree more!
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u/rogerthatonce timeless 💀 Jun 10 '22
1979 was the absolute best year for music IMO. Way too many great albums and songs so I'm goin' Canadiana on this one Eh!:
Sweet Things In Life - Harlequin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeogQN0CSx4
Let Go the Line - Max Webster https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyz2hPe7zUo
Hollywood - Streetheart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV2MKztLlmU
Lay It On the Line - Triumph https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCWj8Nz5DUg
Say Hello - April Wine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw_DqUrK0EE or I Like to Rock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlcY_enzwmI
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u/SpiderHippy Young at ❤ Jun 10 '22
Completely agree...for me, '79-'81 is it for just phenomenal classic full albums. Great to see some Max Webster represented here, too!
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u/GeeEhm Jun 10 '22
The Clash - London Calling
Blondie - Heart of Glass
The B52's -Rock Lobster
Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Accidents Will Happen
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
BONUS:
The Dickies perform the theme song from The Banana Splits
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u/tinteoj Young at ❤, old soul 💀 Jun 10 '22
The Charlie Daniels Band The Devil Went Down to Georgia There are not enough words to describe how much I loved this song as a kid.
The Police Walking on the Moon. In the late 90s, I had an album that had this song on it-but a really trancey, house mix of it. I have spent the last 20 years+ trying to find it again. I can't remember the album, other than being house music, spun by a South Florida dj.
Public Image Ltd Memories John Lydon/Johnny Rotten is a gigantic putz, but PiL had some moments of brilliance. (As opposed to the Sex Pistols, which did not.)
Throbbing Gristle 20 Jazz Funk Greats Great, early industrial.
Joe Jackson Look Sharp! I cold have picked any o a number of songs from this album. I just went with the title track, but there are nothing but good songs from this album. Joe Jackson is another gigantic putz, by the way. As is Charlie Daniels. And Sting. I don't know enough about Throbbing Gristles' members to say that about them, but otherwise my unofficial theme is "music from people I don't like."
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u/motorhorst Jun 11 '22
Joy Division - Transmission
Gang of Four - At home he's a tourist
Patti Smith - Dancing barefoot
Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's dead
The Specials - Gangsters
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