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Tariq Gibran wrote:
Local product - definitely. I would have loved to have been in the NYC Art/ Music scene at that time. I grew up not that far from Athens, GA hence R.E.M, B52's, etc. I guess I was influenced equally by East Coast/ West Coast as well as New British Invasion stuff (New Order, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Susie and the Banshies, The Clash, The Specials/ 2 Tone Ska, etc.).
wjmeyer wrote:
Me too, my gosh, this is bringing back a lot of old memories. I was all over the board, loved all kinds of music but never really got into Heavy Metal and I don't even want to talk about my west coast Rap phase  Gosh, some of those "oldies" but goodies... the Pixies, Public Image Ltd., Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Fixx, Men Without Hats, Adam Ant, Cocteah Twins, Happy Mondays, General Public. Then there was the Australia craze with INXS and Midnight Oil and so forth, my surfer craze with Beach Boys, Jan and Dean, etc. Ska, Rockabilly. I guess growing up in Southern California gave me a mish mash of just about everything. And I can't leave out one of my favorite bands of all time - U2, but then again it seems a bit tright to mention them  ...Show more →
Tariq Gibran wrote:
Sounds like we all need to have a true, alt BYOM party. Great stuff. I was a HUGE Cocteau Twins fan. One of the bands I had a chance back then to see in concert that was not actually a big let down.
It was the British stuff that held my interest the most (this this not to say the NY stuff was like less, there was just great volume of good stuff coming out of England), and you overlooked Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe (with and without Rockpile) and Graham Parker (all 3 of whom are STILL getting it done). Could also add Ian Dury and Blockheads -- actually there was a time I would buy anything from Stiff Records -- Lena Lovich, Wreckless Eric, Motorhead, Madness (I think I still have most of the obscure, rare Stiff records compilations). I'd also buy most of stuff out of 2 Tone Records as well, Specials, the Selector, Bad Manners, and my favorite, The (English) Beat. Surprised no one mentioned Squeeze (brilliant song writing from Difford and Tilbrook), or the Buzzcocks. A few years later I was buying everything out of the post-punk, goth-ish 4AD record label -- lead by my favorites Cocteau Twins (Tariq, I knew there was a reason I liked you) and Dead Can Dance (if you don't have it, get the "This Mortal Coil" recording -- post-punk, moody, pretentious brilliance from the folks at 4AD).
And, the best recording of the 1980's, or this era under discussion, was -- and there can be only one -- London Calling, by The Clash. Elvis, you're great, but even you can't touch that one. That said, I saw the Clash twice, and was disappointed both times. I saw the legendary concert at Bond in NYC (where Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five opened). It was just brutal to listen to -- just a wall of noise from the both the stage and the audience. Then I saw them at Shea Stadium when they opened for the The Who, and you could barely hear them. By the way, if you haven't seen the Joe Strummer documentary, by Julian Temple, "Joe Strummer - The Future is Unwritten", see it.
They don't make 'em like they used to.
So, where are we going to have this BYOM party?
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My wife's Uncle was in a Punk Rock band in the 70's from NYC, I bet he knows a lot of this stuff more than me 