Just one song you associate with each year of your life (or since you became a music fan)
― Alexandre Dumbass (dog latin), Thursday, 23 February 2012 10:04 (thirteen years ago)
Interesting exercise...easier early on when I know I listened to fewer tracks more often...
1973 - Block Buster! - The Sweet1974 - Seasons In The Sun - Terry Jacks1975 - Bye Bye Baby - Bay City Rollers1976 - Boston Tea Party - Alex Harvey Band1977 - God Save The Queen - Sex Pistols1978 - Uptown Top Ranking - Althea and Donna1979 - Are 'Friends' Electric? - Tubeway Army1980 - Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division1981 - Ceremony - New Order1982 - Say Hello, Wave Goodbye - Soft Cell1983 - Blue Monday - New Order1984 - Free Nelson Mandela - The Special AKA1985 - The Perfect Kiss - New Order1986 - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths
But then it all gets a bit messy...
― Ned Trifle X, Thursday, 23 February 2012 11:32 (thirteen years ago)
1991: ROTTERDAM TERMINATION SOURCE - Poing1992: ROTTERDAM TERMINATION SOURCE - Poing1993: ROTTERDAM TERMINATION SOURCE - Poing1994: ROTTERDAM TERMINATION SOURCE - Poing1995: ROTTERDAM TERMINATION SOURCE - Poing1996: Joan Orborne - One of Us1997: ROTTERDAM TERMINATION SOURCE - Poing1998: ROTTERDAM TERMINATION SOURCE - Poing1999: ROTTERDAM TERMINATION SOURCE - Poing2000: ROTTERDAM TERMINATION SOURCE - Poing2001: ROTTERDAM TERMINATION SOURCE - Poing2002: ROTTERDAM TERMINATION SOURCE - Poing2003: ROTTERDAM TERMINATION SOURCE - Poing2004: ROTTERDAM TERMINATION SOURCE - Poing2005: ROTTERDAM TERMINATION SOURCE - Poing2006: ROTTERDAM TERMINATION SOURCE - Poing2007: ROTTERDAM TERMINATION SOURCE - Poing2008: ROTTERDAM TERMINATION SOURCE - Poing2009: ROTTERDAM TERMINATION SOURCE - Poing2010: ROTTERDAM TERMINATION SOURCE - Poing2011: ROTTERDAM TERMINATION SOURCE - Poing
I'm not yet certain what the song for this year will be, though I have a hunch.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 23 February 2012 12:01 (thirteen years ago)
This was harder than I thought. These aren't necessarily faves, more associations. I tried to work instinctively. Also didn't necessarily come out in that year. Obviously my early memories aren't so well categorised and things like the Plustwo song I only heard very recently, but still think of it as a part of that year. Others are songs I remember hearing around the time, but only being peripherally conscious of. 1987 and 2008 were the toughest ones - just couldn't think of much!
1980: Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime1981: Laurie Anderson - O Superman1982: Musical Youth - Pass the Duchy1983: Plustwo - Melody1984: Chaka Khan - I Feel For You1985: Smiley Culture - Cockney Translation1986: Pet Shop Boys - Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money) 1987: Tom Waits - Innocent When You Dream1988: Beastie Boys - Shake Your Rump1989: S'Express - Theme From S'Express1990: Beats International - Dub Be Good To Me1991: A Tribe Called Quest - Can I Kick It?1992: KLF - 3AM Eternal1993: The Boo Radleys - Lazarus1994: The Prodigy - Break & Enter1995: Blur - Country House1996: Pearl Jam - Off He Goes1997: Radiohead - Airbag1998: Beastie Boys - The Move1999: Aphex Twin - Windowlicker2000: Two Lone Swordsmen - You Are...2001: Fischerspooner - Emerge2002: Roots Manuva - Witness2003: Sean Paul & Blu Cantrell - Breathe2004: Animal Collective - Leaf House2005: Animal Collective - Grass2006: Joanna Newsom - Monkey & Bear2007: Of Montreal - Gronlandic Edit2008: MGMT - Kids2009: St Vincent - The Strangers2010: Big Boi - Shutterbugg2011: Fucked Up - Queen Of Hearts
― Alexandre Dumbass (dog latin), Thursday, 23 February 2012 12:09 (thirteen years ago)
xpost lol tuomas
reposting my drunken "wrong thread" attempt from last night:
1967) a day in the life1968) time of the season1969) fortunate son
1970) 19701971) maggot brain1972) superstition1973) free bird1974) here come the warm jets1975) brown rice1976) roadrunner1977) psycho killer1978) blue moon1979) off the wall
1980) ace of spades1981) youth of america1982) the number of the beast1983) burning down the house1984) purple rain1985) the throne of agony1986) another satellite1987) schizophrenia1988) bring the noise1989) gouge away
1990) dagger moon1991) who does she hope to be1992) 200 bars1993) yuri-g1994) i am a scientist1995) st. ides heaven1996) jesus' tod1997) words and guitar1998) sexy boy1999) busby berkeley dreams
2000) funeralopolis2001) ode to a black man2002) the best ever death metal band out of denton2003) theme from sparta f.c.2004) i'll cry2005) gold digger2006) we share our mother's health2007) 69 faces of love2008) reservoir park (single)2009) basic space
2010) ritual2011) 13 candles2012) juh...
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Thursday, 23 February 2012 18:56 (thirteen years ago)
^ these songs not officially my favorites of their years, or even the most representative. went through the RYM top albums list by year and worked down until i found a song about which i could say "YES, THAT!"
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Thursday, 23 February 2012 18:58 (thirteen years ago)
This was fun to do. I started with at year zero - 'Ticket To Ride' was #1 on the day I was born - but 1965-71 picks are ex-post rationalisation obv (The Archies excepted). 1972 onwards more closely reflects the 'real time' experience. 1978-81 were the hardest years to pick just one thing from. I'm not sure I've fully processed 2011 in my head yet, so stopped @ 2010. With one exception, I deliberately avoided repeating an artist.
[1965 The Beatles – ‘Ticket To Ride’1966 Beach Boys – ‘Good Vibrations’1967 The Free Design – ‘Make the Madness Stop’1968 Luciano Berio – III - In ruhig fliessender Bewegung from ‘Sinfonia’1969 The Archies – ‘Sugar Sugar’1970 James Brown – ‘Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine, Pts. 1 & 2’1971 The Stylistics – ‘People Make the World Go Round’]
1972 Roxy Music – ‘Virginia Plain’1973 The Sweet – ‘Blockbuster’1974 Mud – ‘Tiger Feet’1975 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel – ‘Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)’1976 The Four Seasons – ‘December '63 (Oh What A Night)’1977 ELO – ‘Rockaria!’1978 Buzzcocks – ‘Sixteen Again’1979 Earth Wind and Fire – ‘After the Love Has Gone’/‘Let Your Feelings Show’1980 Talking Heads – ‘The Great Curve’1981 A Certain Ratio – ‘Knife Slits Water’ (Peel Session version)1982 Robert Wyatt – ‘Shipbuilding’1983 Grandmaster & Melle Mel ‘White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)’1984 Cocteau Twins – ‘Ivo’1985 Scritti Politti – ‘Perfect Way’1986 The Primitives – ‘Really Stupid’1987 Public Enemy – ‘Bring The Noise’1988 My Bloody Valentine – ‘Feed Me With Your Kiss’1989 Cookie Crew – ‘Born This Way (Let’s Dance)’1990 Deee-Lite – ‘Groove Is In the Heart’1991 Saint Etienne – ‘Nothing Can Stop Us’1992 Stereolab – ‘John Cage Bubblegum’1993 Huggy Bear – ‘Her Jazz’1994 Transglobal Underground – ‘Protean’1995 Goldie – ‘Timeless: Inner City Life/Pressure/Jah’1996 Stereolab – ‘Motoroller Scalatron’1997 The Propellerheads – ‘Bang On!’1998 Massive Attack – ‘Teardrop’1999 Aphex Twin – ‘Windowlicker’2000 Darude – ‘Sandstorm’2001 Saïan Supa Crew – ‘Showtime’2002 Missy Elliott – ‘Work It’2003 Rachel Stevens – ‘Sweet Dreams My L.A. Ex’2004 Elephant Man – ‘Blessed’ 2005 Lindstrøm – ‘I Feel Space’2006 Cassie – ‘Ditto’2007 Aly & AJ – ‘Potential Break Up Song’2008 Jean-Jacques Perrey & Dana Countryman – ‘Funky Little Spacegirl’2009 Baby Dollz – ‘My Cookie’2010 Tinie Tempah – ‘Pass Out’
― Jeff W, Friday, 24 February 2012 13:07 (thirteen years ago)
i nearly picked "The Great Curve" for 1980.
― Alexandre Dumbass (dog latin), Friday, 24 February 2012 13:12 (thirteen years ago)
Ok I started a similar thread without seeing this one. I apologize. I'm not comfortable with limiting myself to the year I was born so here's mine since 1950. Count 1985 onwards to officialy fit in the rules.
1950 Trio Los Aguilillas - El Gusto Planeco1951 Yma Sumac - Virgin of the Sun God1952 Milt Jackson - Lillie1953 Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog1954 Maria Callas - Casta Diva (from Norma by Bellini)1955 Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons1956 Sparkle Moore - Skull and Cross Bones1957 Dale Hawkins - Susie Q1958 The Storey Sisters - Bad Motorcycle1959 Marty Robbins - Big Iron
1960 The Phantom - Love Me1961 Chavela Vargas - Paloma Negra1962 The Exciters - Tell Him1963 Martha and the Vandellas - Heat Wave1964 Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto - Corcovado1965 Los Saicos - Demolicion1966 Donovan - Season of the Witch1967 Jacqueline Taieb - Le Coeur Au Bout Des Doigts1968 Love - A House Is Not A Motel1969 Marlena Shaw - Woman of the Ghetto
1970 Dusty Springfield - Spooky1971 Gil Scott-Heron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised1972 Can - I'm So Green1973 The Stooges - Search and Destroy1974 Nina Simone - Funkier Than A Mosquito's Tweeter1975 Susan Cadogan - Hurt So Good1976 Jorge Ben - Ponta de Lanca Africano (Umbabarauma)1977 Althea and Donna - Uptown Top Ranking1978 The Normal - Warm Leatherette1979 XTC - Making Plans for Nigel
1980 Young Marble Giants - Final Day1981 ESG - Moody1982 Grandmaster Flash - The Message1983 Liquid Liquid - Optimo1984 Madonna - Into the Groove1985 Jesus & Mary Chain - Never Understand1986 Prince - Kiss1987 Chaba Fadela - N'sel Fik1988 Morrisey - Suedehead1989 Pixies - Hey
1990 My Bloody Valentine - Soon1991 Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy1992 Soda Stereo - Luna Roja1993 Stereolab - Jenny Ondioline1994 Mano Negra - Señor Matanza1995 Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees1996 Tricky - Poems1997 Aphex Twin - Flim1998 Boards of Canada - Roygbiv1999 Len - Steal My Sunshine
2000 Outkast - B.O.B.2001 Lali Puna - Bi-pet2002 Dntel - This is the Dream of Evan and Chan2003 !!! - Me and Giuliani Down by the Schoolyard2004 The MFA - The Difference it Makes2005 Paul Kalkbrenner - Gebrunn Gebrunn2006 Air France - Beach Party2007 M.I.A. - Paper Planes2008 Shackleton - Death is Not Final2009 Burial and Four Tet - Moth
2010 Sleigh Bells - Rill Rill2011 EMA - California2012 Nicolas Jaar - With Just One Glance You (subject to change)
― Moka, Friday, 24 February 2012 21:56 (thirteen years ago)
I'm not comfortable with limiting myself to the year I was born
How odd
― Number None, Friday, 24 February 2012 22:15 (thirteen years ago)
mix of songs that I liked a lot or bring to mind some experience in that year...
1993 - TMBG - Birdhouse in Your Soul1994 - Green Day - Basket Case1995 - Bad Religion - Against the Grain1996 - Beck - Where It's At1997 - Stereolab - Cybele's Reverie1998 - Sunny Day Real Estate - In Circles (1997-1998 kind of mix together)1999 - Magnetic Fields - Sweet-Lovin' Man2000 - Neutral Milk Hotel - Two-Headed Boy2001 - Kylie Minogue - Burning Up2002 - Madonna - Like a Prayer2003 - R. Kelly - Ignition (Remix)2004 - The Beach Boys - Heroes & Villains2005 - M.I.A. - 10 Dollar2006 - The Pipettes - Pull Shapes2007 - Of Montreal - The Past Is a Grotesque Animal2008 - Hercules & Love Affair - Blind2009 - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Everything With You2010 - Robyn - Hang With Me2011 - Yuck - Get Away
― skip, Friday, 24 February 2012 22:29 (thirteen years ago)
1978: Buzzcocks - What Do I Get?1979: The Contortions - Contort Yourself1980: The Fall - How I Wrote Elastic Man1981: Adam And the Ants - Stand And Deliver1982: Joan Jett and The Blackhearts - I Love Rockn'Roll1983: Genesis - Mama1984: Frankie goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes1985: The Screaming Blue Messiahs - Happy Home1986: Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer1987: Fleetwood Mac - Little Lies1988: Prefab Sprout - The King of Rock N'Roll1989: Holly Johnson - Americanos1990: They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse In Your Soul1991: Nirvana - Territorial Pissings1992: Drop Nineteens - Winona1993: New Order - Regret1994: Bark Psychosis - A Street Scene1995: The Bucketheads - The Bomb (These Sounds Fall Into My Mind)1996: Cake - The Distance1997: Pavement - Shady Lane1998: Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You1999: Wilco - A Shot In The Arm2000: Outkast - Bombs Over Baghdad2001: Pulp - The Night That Minnie Timperley Died2002: LCD Soundsystem - Beat Connection2003: R Kelly - Igntion (Remix)2004: Usher ft. Lil John and Ludacris - Yeah!2005: Half Man Half Biscuit - Depressed Beyond Tablets2006: Electric Six - Mr Woman2007: Blonde Redhead - Silently2008: Lambchop - I Believe In You2009: Azari & III - Hungry For The Power2010: Tonetta 777 - Its All Bulshit2011: Cass McCombs - Country Line
― Michael B Higgins (Michael B), Friday, 24 February 2012 22:51 (thirteen years ago)
1980) ABBA - The Winner Takes It All1981) Grauzone - Eisbar1982) Divine - Native Love1983) Metallica - Seek and Destroy1984) The Flirts - Helpless1985) Mylene Farmer - Plus Grandir1986) Mylene Farmer - Libertine1987) Mylene Farmer - Sans Contrefacon1988) David Rudder - Rally Round The West Indies1989) Mylene Farmer - Sans Logique1990) Kino - Konchitsya Leto1991) Mylene Farmer - Desenchantee1992) Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Jack The Ripper1993) Etienne Daho - Mon Manege A Moi1994) Afghan Whigs - Debonair1995) Hole - Violet1996) Mylene Farmer - Rever1997) Bjork - Bachelorette1998) Puffy - Nagisa ni Matsuwaru Et Cetera1999) Lee Jung Hyun - Ba Kkwo2000) Alizee - Moi Lolita2001) Tatu - Nas Ne Dogonyat2002) Golden Boy ft Miss Kittin - Rippin Kittin2003) Kasia Stankiewicz - Francuzeczka2004) Ruslana - Kolomiyka2005) Mylene Farmer - Fuck Them All2006) Rikki Jai - Mor Tor2007) Yelle - Je Veux Te Voir2008) Girls Aloud - Untouchable2009) Taylor Swift - Forever & Always2010) Monika Brodka - W Pieciu Smakach2011) 2NE1 - I Am The Best
― Mohombi Khush Hua (ShariVari), Friday, 24 February 2012 23:18 (thirteen years ago)
1963 (birth year): Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh1964: I Feel Fine1965: A Love Supreme1966: 96 Tears1967: Waterloo Sunset1968: Dark Star1969: The Star-Spangled Banner (Hendrix @ Woodstock version)1970: Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue1971: Thank You for Talking To Me Africa1972: Watch the Sunrise1973: Conference of the Birds1974: Baby's On Fire1975: Tangled Up in Blue1976: Black Napkins1977: Holidays in the Sun1978: Radio, Radio1979: That's All For Everyone1980: Hitsville U.K.1981: Variations on the Carlos Santana Secret Chord Progression1982: Town Called Malice1983: Two Sided Fist1984: Do You Want New Wave or Do You Want the Truth1985: I Am Damo Suzuki1986: The Crucifixion of Sean Penn1987: Cold, Cold Ground1988: Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos1989: Open Your Eyes/Close Your Eyes1990: Perfume of a Critic's Burning Flesh1991: Who Does She Hope To Be?1992: Gimme Back My Flag1993: Rid of Me1994: Stone in Focus1995: Carry Stress in the Jaw1996: Djed1997: We're An American Band1998: Telegraphic Workshop1999: (Heart)2000: Ra at Dusk2001: Pyramid Song2002: 2003:2004:2005:2006:2007:2008:2009:2010:2011: Guillotine (It Goes Yah)
In the 2000s I totally lost interest in new music, mainly listening to older stuff.
― Steamtable Willie (WmC), Saturday, 25 February 2012 05:52 (thirteen years ago)