Exsqueeze me?

Squeeze is one of my favorite groups of all time. Have a listen:

• Tempted, 1981
• Take Me I'm Yours, 1978
• Pulling Mussels (From a Shell), 1980
• Cool For Cats, 1979
• Up the Junction, 1979
• Black Coffee In Bed, 1982
• Is That Love?, 1981
• Annie Get Your Gun, 1982
• If I Didn't Love You, 1980

Saturday afternoon dose of 1979

David Bowie, Klaus Nomi and Joey Arias perform Bowie's tune The Man Who Sold the World as SNL's musical guest in 1979. I loved Real People as a teen, especially the segments with the weirdos.


The Man Who Sold the World, David Bowie, 1970

school dances

As a teenager in the late 70s and early 80s, my school threw lots of dances and I attended most of them. After the 7th grade, we stopped having dances in the gym to preserve the floor. They were then held in the cafeteria and the resident deejay was Mr. Taylor, one of the teachers. Every time I hear Cars by Gary Numan, I remember how impressed I was that he played this cool, weird, new-wavish song at a dance in the fall of 1979. Satisfaction was always played even though it was 15-years-old. Stairway to Heaven was usually the last song.

Wednesday morning dose of ska...

...with The Specials performing Message To You Rudy from 1979.

Rain

Without the Rain we wouldn't have flowers and there would be no Flower Children Land. This is the actress on Welcome Back,
Kotter – a show I never missed during its 1975-1979 run.

Superman

(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman, The Kinks, 1979

a little Easter synthesizer

Was singing this this morning and just had to hear it. It's from 1979.

Try some, buy some, fe, fi, foe, fum

I loved this song when it came out 40 years ago and still love it today. It reached number 1 in the United States in November 1979.

Looking good

You're wearing that? Come on man, step it up. You gotta look sharp.


Look Sharp, Joe Jackson, 1979