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Re: The Year in Rock: 1978

Chevy — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 12:12:21 -0000

Where's Dire Straits? :')

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tom — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:16:13 -0000

Orgasim addict, what do I get and Oh shit by the buzzcocks are not on the album a different kind of kitchen. Those song are on an album called a singles going steady.

Re: The Year in Rock: 1978

JohnHughes — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:22:51 -0000

bob, serious question - did you find us via the Hype Machine by typing in the title of a song you wanted, or are you a regular reader?

If you came specifically looking for a free mp3, then I can understand your disappointment, but that's not what we're really about here.

Re: The Year in Rock: 1978

jefito — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 13:33:03 -0000

"Honest criticism" and "bitching" aren't the same thing.

Re: The Year in Rock: 1978

bob — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 12:46:18 -0000

Geezuz, sorry for a little honest criticism....Gosh Popdose people, those mp3s sound great ! (kiss-kiss, suck-suck, lick-lick), what the F was I thinking....?

"....those that make rare live cuts, out-of-print remixes, etc. available to discerning music fans."
And I discerned that they sound awful. It's my opinion FWIW...

Re: The Year in Rock: 1978

Beau — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 10:17:34 -0000

As long as he didn't use a synthesizer or drum machine, he'd be fine with it.

Laboriously splicing together pieces of tape to replicate a sound he couldn't quite get with his drummer or his guitar? Yes, he was fine with that. Using a synthesizer? No.

Re: The Year in Rock: 1978

Murph — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 21:36:42 -0000

That was the year I started to pay attention to rock (as opposed to just hearing it in the background). Interestingly, it was "Baker Street" that first drew me in, although I can name a lot of touch stones from that list. What a year.

Re: The Year in Rock: 1978

jefito — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:12:56 -0000

Waaaaaaaah! Someone gave me free music, and I don't like the way it sounds! Waaaaaaaah!

Re: The Year in Rock: 1978

Darren — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:22:11 -0000

I can see where you're coming from.

However, considering the studio tracks have been commercially-available for THIRTY YEARS, it is not my intent to deliver up such tracks as freebies.

My fave blogs have always been those that make rare live cuts, out-of-print remixes, etc. available to discerning music fans.

So, if you're reading one of my posts and clicking on a link to an Al Stewart mp3 (for example) in hopes of acquiring the commercially-available studio version, that just ain't gonna happen.

Re: The Year in Rock: 1978

bob — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 16:02:07 -0000

why even post them if they all sound like shit ?

Re: The Year in Rock: 1978

DwDunphy — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 11:44:22 -0000

That was a real bone of contention with people who saw the Third Stage tour. The band did the album straight through as the opener and were dead set on faithful reproduction, so they say. I cannot substantiate whether they were synching because I wasn't there. However, Tom Scholz has always come off as slightly manic about these things - certainly about the technological end of it. It certainly wouldn't have been out of line with that character trait to go for lots and lots of "extra sweetening"...

Re: The Year in Rock: 1978

Eric S. — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 10:03:29 -0000

This is completely off the subject, but if you go to Coverville check out the video of a little girl playing "Carry On My Wayward Son" at a recital. They should have called her when Steve Walsh left Kansas.

Re: The Year in Rock: 1978

EightE1 — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:26:44 -0000

The Boston track sounds like the original record with some crowd noise added. Were they really that exact when they played live?

Ah, the wheel in the sky does indeed keep on turning ...

Rob
EightE1

Re: The Year in Rock: 1978

jefito — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 08:01:26 -0000

We'll issue you a refund.

Re: The Year in Rock: 1978

Darius — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:44:03 -0000

Is there any chance of posting the original recordings? This really was disappointing.

Re: The Year in Rock: 1978

Elaine — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 19:24:20 -0000

Keith Moon died of an overdose of alcohol-detox medicine? Guess he really did do -everything- to excess. How sad, though.

Re: The Year in Rock: 1978

Dan — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:06:03 -0000

What fucking horrible version of The Cars-Good Times Roll is that?

Re: The Year in Rock: 1978

jack — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:37:46 -0000

I heard recently that Al Stewart wrote "Time Passages" because his record company demanded a song that sounded like "Year of the Cat" and he though the song was a hit, he didn't like it.

That is probably more than anyone ever needs to know about Al Stewart.

Re: The Year in Rock: 1978

JohnHughes — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:23:16 -0000

That Cars cover pic kills me. Smile!

I remember that Alice song on the radio constantly as I pored over my copy of Marvel Premiere #50 featuring Alice Cooper!

Re: The Year in Rock: 1978

Onie — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:28:24 -0000

Amazing. '78 had a LOT of good tunes...I'd forgotten that those songs came out back then...

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mojo — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 11:38:32 -0000

what, was Alice Cooper's roommate at the sanitarium Meat Loaf or something?

Re: The Year in Rock: 1978

1Py_Korry1 — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 11:20:04 -0000

Holy crap! I forgot what a great year in music 1978 was. Thanks for the boat load of mp3 goodies!

Re: The Year in Rock: 1978

jasonhare — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 11:02:04 -0000

Great rundown, Darren - and some fantastic rare mp3s!

Speaking of The Cars and The Bee Gees, head on over to Coverville (http://www.coverville.com) for two fantastic related podcasts - shows dedicated to The Cars AND to Saturday Night Fever.