You were caught in the crossfire of childhood and stardom
Blown on the steel breeze
Come on you target for faraway laughter
Come on you stranger, you legend, you martyr, and shine

Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Part IV (1975)
-- Pink Floyd

#music #rockAndRoll #rockMusic #pinkFloyd #davidGilmour #rogerWaters #sydBarrett #lyrics #rockLyrics #albumLyrics #musicLyrics #70sRock #70sMusic #progRock #hardRock #arenaRock #classicRock #britishRock

@spencertoots i think this wins the entire year … i almost spit my pizza out

@Suzdal92 expect it to become larger & eventually have a person from the future step out …

Below Radar ...

You're quite familiar with 'the song' ... what you may not know is that the whole album is really terrific. Like some top shelf power pop in your day? Give it a go.

Get the Knack (1979)
-- The Knack

#music #rockAndRoll #rockMusic #theKnack #getTheKnack #mySharona #belowRadar #70sRock #70sMusic #classicRock #popRock #powerPop

@LibrarianRA that’s one appropriately creepy looking kid … sheesh

Soundtrack HOF (imho) ...

Heavy Metal (1981)
-- Multiple Artists

The midnight movie classic. Check out the lineup of contributing artists for yourself - a real eye-opener. Two songs named Heavy Metal (Hagar and Felder). For you Steely Dan-heads out there, a really smooth Fagen song that you've quite possibly never heard. A couple of obscure Cheap Trick rockers. And the contributions from lesser known bands Riggs and Trust belong right there with the rest. As a child of the 80's, I can confirm that this 61+ minute soundtrack very rudely cuts off in the middle of Stevie Nicks' Blue Lamp at the end of a 60 minute cassette - every time I hear it I still expect it to happen.

Cannot recommend highly enough.

#music #rockAndRoll #rockMusic #sammyHagar #vanHalen #devo #blueOysterCult #cheapTrick #donFelder #donaldFagen #steelyDan #nazareth #journey #grandFunkRailroad #blackSabbath #stevieNicks #fleetwoodMac #soundtracks #soundtrack #albumSoundtrack #albumSoundtracks #70sRock #70sMusic #80sRock #80sMusic #progRock #hardRock #arenaRock #classicRock #popRock #heavyMetal #punkRock #hairMetal #glamMetal

She's gonna listen to her heart
It's gonna tell her what to do
She might need a lot of loving
But she don't need you

Listen To Her Heart (1978)
-- Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers

#music #rockAndRoll #rockMusic #tomPetty #tomPettyAndTheHeartbreakers #lyrics #rockLyrics #albumLyrics #musicLyrics #70sRock #70sMusic #classicRock

The definitive 80's hair metal ballad?

Is This Love (1987)
-- Whitesnake

#music #rockAndRoll #rockMusic #whitesnake #davidCoverdale #80sRock #80sMusic #hardRock #arenaRock #popRock #heavyMetal #hairMetal #glamMetal

Back-to-Back Albums HOF (imho) ...

Ghost In the Machine (1981)
Synchronicity (1983)
-- The Police

There's an alternate universe out there where 'Mother' gets traded for either 'Hole In My Life' or 'Masoko Tanga' - not sure 'Mother' belongs on ANY album, but it certainly would fit better on Outlandos.

#music #rockAndRoll #rockMusic #thePolice #thePoliceBand #policeBand #sting #synchronicity #b2bAlbums #backToBackAlbums #80sRock #80sMusic #arenaRock #classicRock #popRock #punkRock #newWave #britishRock

It's friday! - you've earned it ... take 5!

(hazy arena edition)

Hold Your Head Up (1972)
-- Argent

Space Truckin' (1972)
-- Deep Purple

Hair of the Dog (1975)
-- Nazareth

Slow Ride (1975)
-- Foghat

Jailbreak (1976)
-- Thin Lizzy

#music #rockAndRoll #rockMusic #argent #deepPurple #nazareth #foghat #thinLizzy #take5 #takeFive #70sRock #70sMusic #hardRock #arenaRock #classicRock #heavyMetal #britishRock

Bear in mind that no matter how robust, diverse and expansive your music collection may be, it remains incomplete without this epic masterpiece *.

The Transformed Man (1968)
-- William Shatner

* - nope, not joking

#music #williamShatner #captainKirk #starTrek #jamesTiberiusKirk #transformedMan #theTransformedMan #60sMusic #spokenWord #folkMusic

Below Radar ...

a stellar Foreigner song from their fifth studio album, Agent Provocateur ...

Two Different Worlds (1984)
-- Foreigner

#music #rockAndRoll #rockMusic #foreigner #foreignerBand #mickJones #louGramm #belowRadar #80sRock #80sMusic #progRock #hardRock #arenaRock #classicRock #popRock

You survived monday! - you've earned it ... take 5!

(fem-wave edition)

Harden My Heart (1981)
Find Another Fool (1981)
Take Me To Heart (1983)
-- Quarterflash

Only the Lonely (1982)
Suddenly Last Summer (1983)
-- The Motels

#music #rockAndRoll #rockMusic #quarterflash #theMotels #rindyRoss #marthaDavis #take5 #takeFive #80sRock #80sMusic #classicRock #popRock #newWave #mtv

Back-to-Back Albums HOF (imho) ...

Evolution (1979)
Departure (1980)
-- Journey

Pre-Escape Journey is so vastly underrated. Also, if you love the Greg Rolie years as much as I do, check out Neal Schon's one-off 'Journey Through Time' concert from 2018 (Rolie actually in the lineup) ... it's fantastic and even covers music from their initial prog rock albums from waaaayyy back.

#music #rockAndRoll #rockMusic #journey #journeyBand #stevePerry #nealSchon #gregRolie #journeyThroughTime #b2bAlbums #backToBackAlbums #70sRock #70sMusic #80sRock #80sMusic #progRock #arenaRock #classicRock #popRock

@cazabon top jimmy is such a treat !! 🎵🎶🎵

Support Crew Sunday

a tip of the cap to lesser known and underappreciated songs on great albums ...

Top Jimmy
Drop Dead Legs
Girl Gone Bad
House of Pain

-- Van Halen
-- 1984 (1984, natch)

#supportCrewSunday #music #rockAndRoll #rockMusic #vanHalen #eddieVanHalen #davidLeeRoth #supportCrewSunday #80sRock #80sMusic #hardRock #arenaRock #classicRock #popRock #heavyMetal

@elmiller0330 EPIC

@annecavicchi it dawned on me recently that it's not my literal youth that I miss, it's that I miss not knowing how the world actually works ... <sigh> ...

When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful
A miracle, oh, it was beautiful, magical
And all the birds in the trees, well, they'd be singing so happily
Oh, joyfully, oh, playfully watching me
But then they sent me away to teach me how to be sensible
Logical, oh, responsible, practical
And then they showed me a world where I could be so dependable
Oh, clinical, oh, intellectual, cynical

The Logical Song (1979)
-- Supertramp

#music #rockAndRoll #rockMusic #supertramp #lyrics #rockLyrics #albumLyrics #musicLyrics #70sRock #70sMusic #progRock #arenaRock #classicRock #popRock #britishRock

It's friday! - you've earned it ... take 5!

(devo has some thoughts edition)

Shrivel-Up (1978)
Uncontrollable Urge (1978)
Whip It (1980)
Jerkin' Back 'n' Forth (1981)
Big Mess (1982)
-- Devo

For what it's worth, I really feel this is one of the most underrated bands of all time ... if you're only familiar with 'Whip It', take a deeper dive sometime and ENJOY!

#music #rockAndRoll #rockMusic #devo #devoBand #take5 #takeFive #70sRock #70sMusic #80sRock #80sMusic #punkRock #newWave #classicRock #popRock