1984 in music
metlay
multiple copies of the same answers for three months), I pose the following:
How many songs or albums can people come up with called or about 1984?
So far, I have songs by David Bowie and (i think) Spirit (as redone by Nash the
Slash), and albums by Rick Wakeman, Eurythmics, and Anthony Phillips. Any
others?
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Pamela Culbreth
>How many songs or albums can people come up with called or about 1984?
>So far, I have songs by David Bowie and (i think) Spirit (as redone by Nash the
>Slash), and albums by Rick Wakeman, Eurythmics, and Anthony Phillips. Any
>others?
There's the album entitled "1984" by Van Halen.
Mr. Neutron
The songs on Todd Rundgren's Utopia album "Oblivion" are all essentially about
the Orwell novel "1984".
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John M. Relph
>How many songs or albums can people come up with called or about 1984?
>
>So far, I have songs by David Bowie and (i think) Spirit (as redone by Nash the
>Slash), and albums by Rick Wakeman, Eurythmics, and Anthony Phillips. Any
>others?
The first three songs from Roy Harper's _What Ever Happened to Jugula_
comprise a pretty good 1984 suite. There's a song by Oingo Boingo
with part of the chorus that runs "It's 1984".
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Oranges and Lemons, the new album by XTC.
Featuring "The Mayor of Simpleton".
Tastes good. Sounds better.
Jeff Hansen
Oingo Boingo released an album in 1984 entitled "Good For Your Soul";
one of the tracks was entitled "(Wake Up) It's 1984" or "Wake Up
(It's 1984)" or ...you get the idea. Also, I have this misty image
of an old "new music" video which involves a female lead singer and
her band on a rooftop singing something about '84...Altered Images
comes to mind, but I don't think it was them.
John Kawakami
There was an early 80's euro-hard-disco song that went "Black stations
white stations, feet on the floor. Wake up and face the music this is
1984" It reminded me of Blancmange, but harder.
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Dark Upham
>There was an early 80's euro-hard-disco song that went "Black stations
>white stations, feet on the floor. Wake up and face the music this is
>1984" It reminded me of Blancmange, but harder.
I believe this was called "Black Stations, White Stations." I know
that it was by M & M, the Canadian group that was originally named
Martha and the Muffins (the second-coolest band name ever. :) They've
already been mentioned on the net as the performers of "Danse Parc".
Check them out.
Lee Fogel
The Plasmatics, with Wendy O. Williams had an album out
in 1981 called Beyond The Valley of 1984. I recently
found it on CD with the EP Metal Priestess thrown in for
good measure.
- Lee
Gary L Dare
>There was an early 80's euro-hard-disco song that went "Black stations
>white stations, feet on the floor. Wake up and face the music this is 1984"
This song is (surprise!) "Black stations, White stations" from the
album "Mystery Dance" by M+M (formerly Martha & The Muffins) of
Toronto. Available on Current Records, distributed by Canadian
RCA/BMG. The song is about musical segregration, particularly in
the US market where white stations won't play their style and black
stations won't play them 'cos they're white (who cares if they're
Canadian?!?).
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Rob Myers Sun FSE Baltimore
Anyone in net.music land know if any of Crack the Sky's music is
available on albums or just CDs. I had the White Music ALbum back
in 79 or 80 but it's gone now. I can not locate any of their music
anywhere.
Rob Myers
David Arnold
:>Anyone in net.music land know if any of Crack the Sky's music is
:>available on albums or just CDs. I had the White Music ALbum back
:>in 79 or 80 but it's gone now. I can not locate any of their music
:>anywhere.
Unfortunately, the older classics are no longer available on album
*new* anymore. This was partially a problem between Lifesong (their
original label), and CBS (who originally pressed the albums). When
the contract expired, CBS shipped back *one box* of albums for each
of the first four albums! Other than those copies, and that which is
already out in public-land, that's it.
Your best bet is to search Baltimore area used record stores under the
Crack section (if they even have one!). I've seen _Safety In Numbers_
and _Animal Notes_ fetch $15-$30 used, and if you find a copy of their
first album (self-titled), buy it no matter what the cost - you may never
see it again! This also goes for _White Music_, which I haven't seen
since, oh, 1982.
A couple of their later albums might be find-able, like _Raw_ and _From
the Greenhouse_, and maybe _Photoflamingo_. The special CD's are only
available via Music & Tape Traders in the Baltimore, MD area. Supposedly
they have a third special CD out, but I haven't gotten it yet.
Crack the Sky discography
-------------------------
Crack the Sky
Animal Notes
Safety In Numbers
Live Sky (L)
White Music
Photoflamingo
World In Motion
The End (L)
Raw
From the Greenhouse
Special CD's
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Crack the Sky + White Music (parts)
Live at WBAB + Live Sky (parts)
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David A. Pearlman
> re: Crack the Sky
>Your best bet is to search Baltimore area used record stores under the
>Crack section (if they even have one!). I've seen _Safety In Numbers_
>and _Animal Notes_ fetch $15-$30 used, and if you find a copy of their
>first album (self-titled), buy it no matter what the cost - you may never
>see it again! This also goes for _White Music_, which I haven't seen
>since, oh, 1982.
This points out an interesting phenomenon in pricing for records
by bands that never made it big: It's sometimes very dependent on what
part of the country you're in. I still see old Crack the Sky albums
from time to time for a couple of dollars or less (though rarely
their first--and most sought-after one). This includes "Safety"
and "Animal". I've seen this regional pricing difference phenomenon
before for other groups.
>Crack the Sky discography
>-------------------------
>
>Crack the Sky
>Animal Notes
>Safety In Numbers
>Live Sky (L)
>White Music
>Photoflamingo
>World In Motion
>The End (L)
>Raw
>From the Greenhouse
Live at WBAB (promotion-only) (L)
You should also note that John Polumbo has two solo albums:
1979's "Innocent Bystander" and 1984's "Blowing Up Detroit".
As I recall, he also produced an album by the group ARC for Lifesong.
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