1979 was a bossy year for music. Talking Heads warned us that memories can’t wait, Delta 5 wanted us to mind our own business, XTC was adamant that life begins at the hop, and Crass wouldn’t budge on the issue of whether we were owed a living. In part 2 of our survey of 1979, we’ll hear from those groups, plus the Ramones, Swell Maps, Public Image Ltd., The Jam, The Dickies, Joy Division, Blondie, Madness, The Disco Zombies, Avengers, Bizarros, Wire, Squeeze, Telex, Mental As Anything, and much more.
Playlist
- The Jam — Burning Sky
- Black Randy & The Metrosquad — I Slept In An Arcade
- The Specials — (Dawning Of A) New Era
- Lori & The Chameleons — Touch
- Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark — Almost
- Squeeze — Up The Junction
- Bram Tschaikovsky — Girl Of My Dreams
- The Beat — Let Me Into Your Life
- Bizarros — Quiana Girls
- Public Image Ltd. — The Suit
- Delta 5 — Mind Your Own Business
- XTC — Life Begins At The Hop
- Mental As Anything — The Nips Are Getting Bigger
- Stiff Little Fingers — Suspect Device
- The Damned — Anti-Pope
- The Dickies — (I’m Stuck In A Pagoda With) Tricia Toyota
- Shoes — Cruel You
- Telex — Moskow Diskow
- Talking Heads — Memories Can’t Wait
- The Pop Group — Thief Of Fire
- Swell Maps — H.S. Art
- Avengers — Corpus Christi
- The Disco Zombies — Drums Over London
- The Cure — Three Imaginary Boys
- Wire — The 15th
- Joy Division — Transmission
- Crass — Do They Owe Us A Living? / End Result
- Madness — My Girl
- Elvis Costello & The Attractions — Green Shirt
- Joe Jackson — Pretty Girls
- Generation X — King Rocker
- Ramones — Rock ‘N’ Roll High School
- Chelsea — I’m On Fire
- Blondie — Accidents Never Happen
- The Slits — So Tough
- Buzzcocks — I Believe