that american albums list is some serious 8th grade flashback stuff. its a lot of what kids were listening to where i was. i had bought kings of the wild frontier in 1980 so i was already well on my way to becoming whatever the hell i became. new wave/punk/metal fan of the 80s.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 16:10 (one month ago) link
1980 was that weird year where my favorite bands were judas priest, the kinks, and adam & the ants.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 16:11 (one month ago) link
yeah the american lists are so "what i talk about when i am talking about the 80s."
it was utterly immersive omnipresent and hard to avoid. there's like 20 other charts posted above and there were like 8 ppl hearing that lol.
― well below the otm mendoza line (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 1 May 2024 16:15 (one month ago) link
Great post, Scott. Kinda wild that the Geordie cover of Ike and Tina would end up being an AC/DC audition around this same time. Wild to see the Misunderstood archival album in the indie chart.
― BlackIronPrison, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 16:21 (one month ago) link
cherry red and john peel were misunderstood super fans.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 16:41 (one month ago) link
this is certainly handy to have online.
https://peel.fandom.com/wiki/Misunderstood
― scott seward, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 16:43 (one month ago) link
i actually read that book-length story of the Misunderstood that Mike Stax wrote for Ugly Things magazine. it could be a slog but the Peel stuff was always interesting.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 16:44 (one month ago) link
Weird thing was that IIRC there was still one last part of that story to go about what happened after the band fell apart and I don't think that ever got published?
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 17:11 (one month ago) link
i don't remember. i thought it went on to Juicy Lucy and the move to England and all that and someone dropping out and going to India...? its all a blur. that thing was very very long.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 17:24 (one month ago) link
i was a teenage Shop Assistants and Fuzzbox fan but i didn't know about Chin-Chin!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nBX1qVGDd4
― scott seward, Saturday, 4 May 2024 15:53 (four weeks ago) link
chilly!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlUx5cPLAM0
― scott seward, Saturday, 4 May 2024 15:54 (four weeks ago) link
do i need to listen to Will & The Bushmen or The Windbreakers?
― scott seward, Monday, 13 May 2024 15:31 (two weeks ago) link
Trouser Press was hot on the Windbreakers, but the one record I bought never warranted a second listen. I think I mentally file them with Dwight Twilley: meat and potatoes, straight ahead, workmanlike rock that I don't get what the big deal is.
― enochroot, Monday, 13 May 2024 23:47 (two weeks ago) link
this one's for you, ILM.
https://i.discogs.com/Di3DC6jffrS6iEmPzXDzXRa7ZXwH2X_3G8EVGHB19lY/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:594/w:376/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE1MjA5/MTE1LTE1ODgxMzA2/OTUtMTM3MS5wbmc.jpeg
― scott seward, Wednesday, 15 May 2024 17:24 (two weeks ago) link
https://i.discogs.com/T0vLIOZvEiwjHeOvBOqoQdpr5bkeoVystZ6raP8mNwI/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:598/w:374/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE1MjA5/MTE1LTE1ODgxMzA2/OTctMjE3NC5wbmc.jpeg
― scott seward, Wednesday, 15 May 2024 17:25 (two weeks ago) link
original title. because, yes, there are have to be different versions.
https://i.discogs.com/ghpzI7-ZFgy-3Rs1vLUqURdtneGvCEoErn8SrTBDK0c/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:585/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTEwMjY5/Nzg1LTE1MDA3OTMw/MjctMTI0Ni5qcGVn.jpeg
https://i.discogs.com/EGS_ezCzE-pe1msJqEJbXFS_JAoN65rQOcnNCugHwkk/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:587/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTEwMjY5/Nzg1LTE1MDA3OTMw/MzEtMTg1OC5qcGVn.jpeg
― scott seward, Wednesday, 15 May 2024 17:27 (two weeks ago) link