OT: The Music Thread Part Six

[Zillah]

 

[Babajingo]

RIP Terry Hall.

 

[RoccoF14]

RIP Terry Hall.

Well shit. I loved the Specials. In fact, my wife and I were listening to them just last night, while we were wrapping Christmas gifts together...

 

[RoccoF14]

Most may disagree, but to me, this is one of the best Christmas songs ever made. Its ALWAYS in the rotation at our house during the holidays....

 

[08SeaBass08]

Terry Hall's story is really heart breaking. Truly astonishing he survived his adolescence, let alone front an iconic band and more.

 

[GordonHowe]

Well shit. I loved the Specials. In fact, my wife and I were listening to them just last night, while we were wrapping Christmas gifts together...

I did, too. I remember when their debut came out. AOR playlists in the late 70s were absurdly conservative, and of course few stations in the Midwest played any "New Wave" and certainly no punk.

It was death. Ugh. I hated it.

When I heard the Pistols, Clash, the Cars,Blondie, Pretenders, the Jam, Gary Numan, etc. I made a beeline for that stuff.



Goodbye, Terry Hall,

Terry Hall's story is really heart breaking. Truly astonishing he survived his adolescence, let alone front an iconic band and more.

I don't know the story but will investigate. Thank you.

 

[GordonHowe]

Joanie!

(Only a few here; otherwise I would go overboard)



Yes, Joan does Iggy. They actually played this at the B's-Hawks game Gordoff and I attended last season,

 

[GordonHowe]

Initial success,



Treading water,



Crack up,



All within a very short period of time. Talk Show (1984), their last, is a lost treasure. I remember reading about it in the Phoenix the week it debuted, hanging out at Revere Beach.

 

[08SeaBass08]

Initial success,



Treading water,



Crack up,



All within a very short period of time. Talk Show (1984), their last, is a lost treasure. I remember reading about it in the Phoenix the week it debuted, hanging out at Revere Beach.

Jane Wiedlin's tweet after Terry Hall's passing about their brief romance and writing "Our Lips are Sealed" was very sweet and gracious.

 

[GordonHowe]

Jane Wiedlin's tweet after Terry Hall's passing about their brief romance and writing "Our Lips are Sealed" was very sweet and gracious.

I was not a fan of the first two albums, save singles, but as noted, their farewell, Talk Show, is a great record. Jane wrote many of its best songs.

She was my favorite. I'll check her comments.

 

[aguineapig]

Nice shot on his goal and a couple more in the fisticuffs by Freddie. First he hit 'em with one of these.



Then caught him with one of these.

 

[Babajingo]

I did, too. I remember when their debut came out. AOR playlists in the late 70s were absurdly conservative, and of course few stations in the Midwest played any "New Wave" and certainly no punk.

It was death. Ugh. I hated it.

When I heard the Pistols, Clash, the Cars,Blondie, Pretenders, the Jam, Gary Numan, etc. I made a beeline for that stuff.



Goodbye, Terry Hall,

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I don't know the story but will investigate. Thank you.

Add the Cure, Smiths, Psych Furs, Pretenders, Violent Femmes, English Beat, ... and thats my Friday nights with my friends in 9th grade. I loved the Specials. One of the best live shows you could've seen.

 

[GordonHowe]

Add the Cure, Smiths, Psych Furs, Pretenders, Violent Femmes, English Beat, ... and thats my Friday nights with my friends in 9th grade. I loved the Specials. One of the best live shows you could've seen.

So you were more 80s, yes? I came of age in the 1980's, but was (mal)formed by the unhappy, gray, exhausted late 70s. What an awful decade.

I remember the day Nixon resigned. And I like Nixon -- present tense. (Another explanation for another time.)

Whatever else they were, the gorgeous, glamorous, endearingly ridiculous 80s were a fantastic time to be in your 20s, living in Boston proper, digging on all kinds of different music.

All good things...


,

 

[jgatie]

So you were more 80s, yes? I came of age in the 1980's, but was (mal)formed by the unhappy, gray, exhausted late 70s. What an awful decade.

I remember the day Nixon resigned. And I like Nixon -- present tense. (Another explanation for another time.)

Whatever else they were, the gorgeous, glamorous, endearingly ridiculous 80s were a fantastic time to be in your 20s, living in Boston proper, digging on all kinds of different music.

All good things...


,

Yeah, the 70s did a number on me too. Vietnam, Nixon, gas lines, inflation, hostages, bussing. It was a mess. The Miracle on Ice was literally the first time I saw people celebrating being an American. But the 80s? Now that was a good time.

 

[GordonHowe]

Yeah, the 70s did a number on me too. Vietnam, Nixon, gas lines, inflation, hostages, bussing. It was a mess. The Miracle on Ice was literally the first time I saw people celebrating being an American. But the 80s? Now that was a good time.

Got it. And got it.

Pure Pop for Now People,









(Here comes the PC Police)

 

[Babajingo]

Yeah, the 70s did a number on me too. Vietnam, Nixon, gas lines, inflation, hostages, bussing. It was a mess. The Miracle on Ice was literally the first time I saw people celebrating being an American. But the 80s? Now that was a good time.

Good point, now that I look at it, I'm probably 5 years behind you.

Few more of my late 70s / early 80's favorites to add on to ...

 

[jgatie]

Good point, now that I look at it, I'm probably 5 years behind you.

Few more of my late 70s / early 80's favorites to add on to ...

Good stuff.

 

[GordonHowe]

Good point, now that I look at it, I'm probably 5 years behind you.

Few more of my late 70s / early 80's favorites to add on to ...

Strangely, though I know all the names, I never listened to anything by any of these artists, save the B 52s. Human Sexual Response was a Boston band, too.

 

[jgatie]

Strangely, though I know all the names, I never listened to anything by any of these artists, save the B 52s. Human Sexual Response was a Boston band, too.

Jackie Onassis is a great tune.

Here's another Boston band who should've been bigger than they were. The Lyres, fronted by Jeff "Monoman" Connolly, the guy in my avatar, and my doppelganger back in the day (used to get mistaken for him all the time).

 

[GordonHowe]

Jackie Onassis is a great tune.

Here's another Boston band who should've been bigger than they were. The Lyres, fronted by Jeff "Monoman" Connolly, the guy in my avatar, and my doppelganger back in the day (used to get mistaken for him all the time).

I remember them. Remember Del Fuegos and Mission of Burma?

One of my favorite Boston bands was Big Dipper. Craps is still a keeper.

 

[jgatie]

I remember them. Remember Del Fuegos and Mission of Burma?

One of my favorite Boston bands was Big Dipper. Craps is still a keeper.

Remember them all. I once got kicked out of a Del Fuegos show at The Channel. Some girls were smoking a funny cigarette and they passed it to me. The bouncers must have been waiting for it, because they pounced on me just as I took it. Of course the ladies got to stay.

 

[GordonHowe]

Remember them all. I once got kicked out of a Del Fuegos show at The Channel. Some girls were smoking a funny cigarette and they passed it to me. The bouncers must have been waiting for it, because they pounced on me just as I took it. Of course the ladies got to stay.

Of course.

It was probably 1985 and my girlriend and I were heading back to Emerson on the MIT bridge, and Del Fuegos were shooting a quck-before-the-cops-come video. I think "Don't Run Wild" was already out.

Elsewhere,



Galaxy 500 was good, too.

 

[Over the volcano]

Jackie Onassis is a great tune.

Here's another Boston band who should've been bigger than they were. The Lyres, fronted by Jeff "Monoman" Connolly, the guy in my avatar, and my doppelganger back in the day (used to get mistaken for him all the time).

They were still playing the odd show here and there as of just a few years ago

 

[JAD]

Traveling Wilburys
End Of The Line

 

[jgatie]

Of course.

It was probably 1985 and my girlriend and I were heading back to Emerson on the MIT bridge, and Del Fuegos were shooting a quck-before-the-cops-come video. I think "Don't Run Wild" was already out.

Elsewhere,



Galaxy 500 was good, too.

Stompers were a great live band. Much more rockers than their albums.