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making a mix, here's what i have so far:

1917-fiery furnaces
1969-boards of canada
1976-rjd2
1982-miss kittin
1986-manual

1979 and summer of '69, i know. but no. what else?

― jergins (jergins), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 09:37 (twenty years ago)

1970 - The Stooges
1984 - Eurythmics
1985 - McCartneyWings

more later if...

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 09:44 (twenty years ago)

1981 - Public Image Ltd.

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 09:45 (twenty years ago)

1926 - V
1969 - Stooges
1970 - Stooges

― NickB (NickB), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 09:45 (twenty years ago)

1999, prince
1984, bowie

― derrick (derrick), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 09:46 (twenty years ago)

Year 3000 - Busted

― NickB (NickB), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 09:47 (twenty years ago)

1976 - Redd Kross
1985 - Archers of Loaf
199(7)1 - Mantis
3000 - Dr. Octagon

― Jeremy (Jeremy), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 09:49 (twenty years ago)

new order - 1963
smashing pumpkins - 1979
in the year 2525

― zappi (joni), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 09:49 (twenty years ago)

Zager & Evans! Who the hell were those two anyway?

― NickB (NickB), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 09:51 (twenty years ago)

We have to put these in order, later.

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 09:52 (twenty years ago)

1963...(A Merman I Should Turn To Be) - Jimi Hendrix

― NickB (NickB), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 09:52 (twenty years ago)

The Auteurs - 1967

― The Lex (The Lex), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 09:53 (twenty years ago)

pulp - disco 2000
bowie - 2001

― The Horse of Babylon (the pirate king), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 09:55 (twenty years ago)

Afghan Whigs had an album called 1965 with a track called 66 on it. That is so... nearly.

― NickB (NickB), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 09:56 (twenty years ago)

1984 - Van Halen

― NickB (NickB), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 10:00 (twenty years ago)

Shouldn't that Hendrix track be 1983?

― The Horse of Babylon (the pirate king), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 10:01 (twenty years ago)

Err, yeah quite right - what was I thinking?

1983 (A German I Should Turn To Be) - Jimi Hendrix

― NickB (NickB), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 10:03 (twenty years ago)

'69 Annee Erotique - Serge Gainsbourg
1977 - The Clash
1980 - Estelle
1986 Summer Fires - Boards Of Canada
1995 - The Radio Dept.
'97 Mentality - Cappadonna Ft. Ghostface
2000 Began - Elephant Man
2112 - Rush

― Black Arkestra (Black Arkestra), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 10:27 (twenty years ago)

holland, 1945 - neutral milk hotel

― maracas (maracas), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 11:12 (twenty years ago)

3030 - deltron

― maracas (maracas), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 11:14 (twenty years ago)

dance song '97 - sleater kinney

― maracas (maracas), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 11:22 (twenty years ago)

'87 And Cry - Bowie

― Jonathan Z. (Joanthan Z.), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 11:29 (twenty years ago)

Songs With Years in Them - C/D?

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 11:33 (twenty years ago)

"'39" - Queen
"'65 Love Affair" - Paul Davis

― John Fredland (jfredland), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 11:36 (twenty years ago)

Manu Chao - Eldorado 1997
M. Ward - From A Pirate Radio Sermon, 1989
Ten In The Swear Jar - Famine (1949 version)

― sibsi (sibsi), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 12:11 (twenty years ago)

1985 - Bowling for Soup
(Another) 1984 - Billy Squier
Good Feeling (1957) - Three Dog Night
Goodbye Seventies - Yaz

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 12:20 (twenty years ago)

New York Mining Disaster 1941- Bee Gees
Louisiana 1927- Aaron Neville

― Buffalo Stan (Buffalo Stan), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 12:50 (twenty years ago)

No Elvis, Beatles or the Rolling Stones
In 1977
Sod the jubilee
In 1978
In 1979
Stayed in bed
In 1980
In 1981
The toilet don't work
In 1982
In 1983
Here come the police
In 1984

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 13:04 (twenty years ago)

Visage covered "In The Year 2525" as well

― zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 13:34 (twenty years ago)

robyn hitchcock "1974"
phil lynott "talk in '79"
the wasps "can't wait til '78"
gizmos "1978"
revanche "1979 it's dancing time"

― Nimrod Kovacs (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 13:45 (twenty years ago)

Freedom '90 - George Michael
Pop Song '89 - R.E.M.
Don't Stand So Close '86 - Police

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 13:47 (twenty years ago)

Freedom '90 - George Michael
Don't Stand So Close '86 - Police

these shouldn't count!

― Nimrod Kovacs (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 13:48 (twenty years ago)

french kicks "1985"

― Nimrod Kovacs (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 13:50 (twenty years ago)

They don't. Only taking the songs that are a year and nothing else, (deleting duplicates on a spurious basis), we have...

1917-fiery furnaces
1926 - V
1963 new order -
1967 The Auteurs -
1969-boards of canada
1970 - The Stooges
1974 - robyn hitchcock
1976 - Redd Kross
1977 - The Clash
1979 smashing pumpkins -
1980 - Estelle
1981 - Public Image Ltd.
1982-miss kittin
1984 - Van Halen
1985 - McCartneyWings
1986-manual
1995 - The Radio Dept.
1999, prince
2001 bowie -
2112 - Rush
3000 - Dr. Octagon
3030 - deltron

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 13:52 (twenty years ago)

tuxedomoon "2000"

― Nimrod Kovacs (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 13:52 (twenty years ago)

1984 - Sublime

― Mickey (modestmickey), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 13:53 (twenty years ago)

you left a few out... (xpost)

― Nimrod Kovacs (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 13:53 (twenty years ago)

Only took the songs that are a year and nothing else, deleted duplicates on a spurious basis.

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 13:57 (twenty years ago)

gizmos "1978"

― Nimrod Kovacs (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 14:01 (twenty years ago)

1972 - Josh Rouse

― jedidiah (jedidiah), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 14:58 (twenty years ago)

"1959" by the Sisters of Mercy
"1969" by the Sisters of Mercy (a cover, obv.)
"NYC 1999" by Pussy Galore

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 15:01 (twenty years ago)

'52 Vincent Black Lightning by Richard Thompson fuckin owns this category.

Though Prince is a close second.

― The Mad Puffin, Wednesday, 2 February 2005 15:19 (twenty years ago)

the ex, "1936: the spanish revolution"
giant sand, "1972"
ryan adams, "1974"

― willem (willem), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 15:37 (twenty years ago)

This might be stretching the boundaries a little but
Robbie Williams - "Millennium"

― Nick H (Nick H), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 15:38 (twenty years ago)

"1921" - the who
"1951" - the who

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 15:46 (twenty years ago)

Coming soon from Blueprint, the album 1988, possibly including a song titled 1988.

― Austin (Austin), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 15:48 (twenty years ago)

Again, I'm cheating a bit here but
U2 - "One"
The year two-thousand and four year ago was the year one.

― Nick H (Nick H), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 15:51 (twenty years ago)

Waylon & Willie - "In The Year 2003 Minus 25" (1978)

― jonviachicago, Wednesday, 2 February 2005 16:09 (twenty years ago)

four seasons - December 1963 (Oh, What a night)

lucky for us, they called it this, and included pertinent information in parentheses.

― carly, Wednesday, 2 February 2005 16:34 (twenty years ago)

19-2000 - Gorillaz

― Huk-L, Wednesday, 2 February 2005 16:50 (twenty years ago)

1959 - Patti Smith.

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 16:54 (twenty years ago)

Blur - "1992"

― Richard C (avoid80), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 17:08 (twenty years ago)

Oh, and the Manic Street Preachers also have a song called "1985" (seems to be the most popular year-as-title, for some reason).

― Richard C (avoid80), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 17:14 (twenty years ago)

"1939 Returning" - The Crocketts

― chris j (chris j), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 17:18 (twenty years ago)

Harry Nilsson - 1941
Mirah - 1982 (Atari)
Gene Clark - 1975
Woody Guthrie - 1913 Massacre

Are all year songs post-1900?

― whenuweremine (whenuweremine), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 17:21 (twenty years ago)

1999 - Binary Finary
2000 - R.P.M.
2019 - Taho

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 17:56 (twenty years ago)

That year 2000 song by Silverchair.

"91 Vibration" - Singers and Players (they stamped the date ten years into the future from when it was recorded back in 1981)

― Ian Riese-Moraine (Eastern Mantra), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 23:20 (twenty years ago)

1987 - Saul Williams
8080 - Swayzak

― arjun (arjun), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 23:34 (twenty years ago)

hahaha i was gonna mention "8080"!

― Nimrod Kovacs (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 23:52 (twenty years ago)

1983 - Irene Cara "Romance '83"

― donut christ (donut), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 23:53 (twenty years ago)

1963 - New Order "1963"

― donut christ (donut), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 23:53 (twenty years ago)

Jean Leloup - "1990"

― Seb (Seb), Thursday, 3 February 2005 00:13 (twenty years ago)

"69 Annee Erotique" - Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin

― Fa Fa fa FA, Fa fa Fa fa FA Fa, Thursday, 3 February 2005 07:34 (twenty years ago)

1926 - Thalia Zedek
Cuando Llegue El Año 2000 - Los Gatos

― babyalive (babyalive), Thursday, 3 February 2005 07:56 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

okay, here's the strict version. finally got around to compiling:

1917 - fiery furnaces
1921 - The Who
1926 - Thalia Zedek
1926 - V
1941 - Harry Nilson
1951 - The Who
1959 - Patti Smith
1963 - New Order
1967 - The Auteurs
1969 - The Sisters of Mercy
1969 - Boards of Canada
1970 - The Stooges
1972 - Giant Sand
1972 - Josh Rouse
1974 - Robyn Hitchcock
1974 - Ryan Adams
1975 - Gene Clark
1976 - Redd Kross
1976 - RJD2
1977 - The Clash
1978 - Gizmos
1979 - Smashing Pumpkins
1980 - Estelle
1981 - Public Image Ltd.
1982 - Miss Kittin
1984 - Eurythmics
1984 - Sublime
1984 - Van Halen
1984 - David Bowie
1985 - Archers of Loaf
1985 - Bowling for Soup
1985 - McCartneyWings
1985 - French Kicks
1985 - Manic Street Preachers
1986 - Manual
1987 - Saul Williams
1990 - Jean Leloup
1992 - Blur
1995 - The Radio Dept.
1999 - Binary Finary
1999 - Prince
2000 - R.P.M.
2000 - Tuxedomoon
2001 - David Bowie
2019 - Taho
2112 - Rush
3000 - Dr. Octagon
3030 - Deltron
8080 - Swayzak

― jergins (jergins), Thursday, 3 March 2005 23:10 (twenty years ago)

http://duchovny.net/morephotos/conan01/cona023.jpg

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 3 March 2005 23:18 (twenty years ago)

you guys missed atmosphere - 1597. probly cos you all hate him right?

― a pelican, Friday, 4 March 2005 05:03 (twenty years ago)

gerling "d-structor 4000"

"in the yeeeeeeeeeeear 400 thousand, blah blah"

― Nic de Teardrop (Nicholas), Friday, 4 March 2005 06:50 (twenty years ago)

souls of mischeif - 93 till!

― JaXoN Hole (JasonD), Friday, 4 March 2005 06:56 (twenty years ago)

The Thalia Zedek '1926' is a cover of the V song. MP3 of the original is right here.

― NickB (NickB), Friday, 4 March 2005 09:56 (twenty years ago)

Oh yeah, the girl singing on that is Susan Anway who later did stuff with the Magnetic Fields.

― NickB (NickB), Friday, 4 March 2005 10:02 (twenty years ago)

Boy, listening to it again, I bet Galaxie 500 copped a whole big bunch of V. That could be Naomi playing bass right there! Both Boston bands right?

― NickB (NickB), Friday, 4 March 2005 10:04 (twenty years ago)

Jim Guthrie has a song called 1901

― scout (scout), Friday, 4 March 2005 10:07 (twenty years ago)

Randy Newman: Dayton Ohio, 1903

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Friday, 4 March 2005 21:25 (twenty years ago)

busted - year 3000

― mark e (mark e), Friday, 4 March 2005 21:28 (twenty years ago)

1987 - JAMMS : 12" edit of 1987 What the Fuck is going on lp

― mark e (mark e), Friday, 4 March 2005 21:30 (twenty years ago)

1916 - Motorhead
1921 - The Who
1941 - Harry Nilsson
1941 - Social Distortion
1955 - The Delta Medicinemen
1959 - Sisters of Mercy
1963 - New Order
1965 - Pig Stupid
1965 - Afghan Whigs
1969 - The Stooges
1970 - The Stooges
1972 - Giant Sand
1974 - Robyn Hitchcock
1977 - The Clash
1978 - Kleenex/Liliput
1978 - Do Make Say Think
1979 - Smashing Pumpkins
1981 - PIL
1982 - Randy Travis
1983 - Soft Machine
1983 - Jimi Hendrix
1984 - Van Halen
1985 - Archers of Loaf
1985 - Wings
1984 - David Bowie
1984 - Tina Turner
1984 - The Eurythmics
1986 - Harry Pussy
1990 - Jean LeLoup
1991 - Thrush Hermit
1992 - Blur
1996 - Marilyn Manson
1998 - Rancid
1999 - Prince
2002 - Bob Schneider
2112 - Rush

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Friday, 4 March 2005 21:32 (twenty years ago)

one year passes...

For some reason, this moreso than any other list thread inspires me to wonder - did anyone ever make a CD of this? How was it?

― Doctor Casino (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 5 July 2006 15:50 (nineteen years ago)

Another good one:

1984 - Spirit

― ¡Vamos a matar, Dadaismus! (Dada), Wednesday, 5 July 2006 15:58 (nineteen years ago)

Sons Of 1984 - Todd Rundgren (popular year)

― jim wentworth (wench), Thursday, 6 July 2006 00:48 (nineteen years ago)

Blueprint - "1988"

― Whiney G. Weingarten (whineyg), Thursday, 6 July 2006 01:51 (nineteen years ago)

Merzbow - "1930"

― Ivan Gallardo (Ivan), Thursday, 6 July 2006 01:52 (nineteen years ago)

1936 - Spoonfed Hybrid

― Treblekicker (treblekicker), Thursday, 6 July 2006 11:57 (nineteen years ago)

1812 -- some dead white guy

― m coleman (lovebug starski), Thursday, 6 July 2006 12:31 (nineteen years ago)

1066 - God and Texas

― fuckfuckingfuckedfucker (fuckfuckingfuckedfucker), Thursday, 6 July 2006 13:25 (nineteen years ago)

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