Kim and Chris are talking about the year they graduated HS. My year was 1977.<\/p>\n
Lots of crappy damned music that year. A couple good songs, too. <\/p>\n
ELO- Telephone line.
\nEagles. Hotel California.
\nMTB- Heard it in a love song
\nSanford Townshend Band- Smoke from a Distant Fire<\/p>\n
The rest are so damned horrid, for the most part, with a lot of bubblegum crap by Babs Streisand and KC and the Sunshine Band, i won’t copy the list here. <\/p>\n
There were a BUNCH of good albums. <\/p>\n
Exodus – Bob Marley & The Wailers
\nPolice & Thieves – Junior Murvin
\nMy Aim Is True – Elvis Costello
\nRumours – Fleetwood Mac
\nTalking Heads: 77 – Talking Heads
\nNever Mind The Bollocks Here’s The Sex Pistols – The Sex Pistols
\nRough Mix – Pete Townshend & Ronnie Lane
\nThe Stranger – Billy Joel
\nAnimals – Pink Floyd
\nAja – Steely Dan
\nSlowhand – Eric Clapton
\nBat Out Of Hell – Meat Loaf
\nSongs From The Wood – Jethro Tull
\nAhh…The Name Is Bootsy, Baby! – Bootsy Collins
\nI Robot – The Alan Parsons Project
\nNew Boots And Panties!! – Ian Dury
\nNews Of The World – Queen
\nForeign Affairs – Tom Waits
\nCSN – Crosby, Stills & Nash
\nOut Of The Blue – Electric Light Orchestra <\/p>\n
I listen to some of those songs today, think of the memories they bring back. <\/p>\n
I’m happy to have survived that time. I wish some of those musicians were still there, still writing. Toy caldwell of MTB- that boy could sing and write and play a song. <\/p>\n