#YearPlaylist: 1966 Part 2
- the peak year of garage rock -
I Hate You
I Need You
I Want You
I'm Gone
Only 4 out of 17 primeval garagepunk emotions in this set
But there's some sweet pop and soul relifef along the way from the Shangri-Las, Monkees, Shirelles, Eddie Floyd, Wilson Pickett, and Betty James
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfQclYkh2u0sAEauzIS5RiAp0TQtkKU_Q
#YearPlaylist: 1948
It's a short one for a change, but sometimes those are the best.
Might as well call it CBGB because it's nothing but country, bluegrass, and various shades of blues.
EDIT: eejit here forgot the link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfQclYkh2u0sHMP5C5Ge7jfLptWlCWRYw
#YearPlaylist:1989-91
3-year combo because during this time I moved from Iowa for the second time to Ireland for the first time then back to Chicago, had our second kid, plenty of grad school, temp jobs, and wondering what the hell we were going to to.
Paul's Boutique (Beastie Boys), Pogues (Peace & Love) and adjacent, VU and adjacent/derived, plus a couple garagepunks
Forgot to put this in the #YearPlaylist thread but it's too long anyway so I'll just use the hashtag from now on
#YearPlaylist: 1978 Part 1
No apologies.
23 prime slices of punk, new wave and post-punk
Buzzcocks, Kleenex, and Television Personalities appear more than once
There is only one outlier: early Washington, DC Go-Go by Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfQclYkh2u0v_LNqBA4pKBtH6jpiun4Dq
#YearPlaylist: 1985 Part 1
More than any other, this one reflects what I was listening to at the time. I started working in the record shop in June and immediately got into hip hop. But I was still heavily into a hodgepodge of garagey indie punky stuff. So you can see I was equally obsessed with Mantronix and Shop Assistants that year.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfQclYkh2u0vCgpfU_-PQMRjJfuwiEZNh
#Year1985
#YearPlaylist: 1965 Part 1
A long one, mostly garage rock, including some bubblegum imitations, Iggy Pop's first demo with The Iguanas, and 2 from The Sonics, the giants of garagepunk.
There's also some ska, blues, jazz, Motown and R&B, alongside a few big rock names from 1965.
Only a couple of women here to counter the cartoonish misogyny of one of the young garage bands ("Be A Caveman"), including the last and best track on the playlist by The Shangri-las
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfQclYkh2u0vpvHvzoip0TlKeYuKz0kGH
#YearPlaylist: 1979 Part 1
Another peak year, necessitating a 3-part playlist.
Part 1 only for now, but Gang of Four will be sprinkled throughout all three. Which is timely since they are currently playing the last several shows of their farewell tour, including three in Ireland later this week.
Roll on Friday night.
#YearPlaylist: 1957 Part 1
Two songs from the American Graffiti soundtrack reflecting that early doo wop-influenced northern version of rock n roll, but much more southern rockabilly as usual for this time period.
The last number by Johnny Horton is a particular fave.
Fats Domino, Billie Holiday, Elmore James, Slim Harpo, and Huey "Piano" Smith complete the ranks.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfQclYkh2u0uj1NZX2EfEVmkPPOxsAhDw
#YearPlaylist: 1984 Part 1
I bet my 1984 playlist doesn't look like yours.
Apparently, for me 1984 was all about the all-women garage punk band from LA called The Pandoras, who appear 4 times.
In a similar vein, The Sting-rays, my friends from London, appear twice.
But, so does Shinehead, one of the first artists to mix reggae with hip hop.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfQclYkh2u0tzzOuA8eIsmoOiHPyARqPx
#YearPlaylist: 1932-1935
I feel like a failure, not having enough records to have individual year playlists for this period. My rules don't allow me to fill in the gaps, I must use the playlists from my old show.
It starts out with a topical Depression-era pop song, followed mostly by jazz but there's a few other things in there.
My faves are It Don't Mean a Thing (If it Aint Got that Swing), Garbage Man Blues, and Rye Whiskey.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfQclYkh2u0vCnVD4f_oy7AZV2C9LQrip
#YearPlaylist: 1970
Featuring the Turtles, and Kermit the Frog
Alice Cooper, and Jerry Reed
Bob Marley, and Wanda Jackson
Plus some other big names, and some not so big names.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfQclYkh2u0vTKE3iYESGuuIkUhcI74v8
#YearPlaylist: 1967 Part 1
I am so grateful that Dublin Digital Radio was perfectly happy to have someone do a show that played music recorded between 1925 and 2019, from across many different genres.
That's how I did it on the show, with years all mixed up, but now I'm replaying them in year batches.
Here is part one of 1967.
Genres this year include ska, garage rock, pop, psychedelic rock, blues, soul, country, folk rock, and funk.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfQclYkh2u0s36H0BuQy9-0RiQxAaWA-L
#YearPlaylist: 1958 Part 1
Extremely rocking set of half a dozen pre-surf intros, featuring both twangy guitar and sax, with a similar quota of rockabilly, plus R&B, pop/jazz and folk in smaller doses.
Roy Brown, Laura Lee Perkins, Chuck Berry, and the Collins Kids are probably my faves.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfQclYkh2u0tdre074AnUqfcOsM6g5s8Z
#YearPlaylist: 1981 Part 1
LA, NY, DC, SF, Chicago, London, Coventry & Manchester are the collective provenance of this list's 19 records from 1981.
But LA accounts for half, from Gun Club, X, Black Flag, The Bags, & TSOL--most of which contribute more than one.
If there's an outlier, it's the one hit--Kids in America by Kim Wilde--but it doesn't really sound out of place alongside the US punk and UK post-punk records that account for the the balance.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfQclYkh2u0uzOhuGrGjDSWrhGQ68qcyX
#YearPlaylist: 1976
In addition to much #YearZero punk from a parade of likely suspects, there's also proto-punk from the Runaways and the 101ers, pop from ABBA and Bryan Ferry, one-hit wonders from Wild Cherry and Chris Spedding, and funk from the JBs.
A few obvious reggae classics from Dillinger, Clint Eastwood, and Junior Murvin are sprinkled throughout the noiselist.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfQclYkh2u0v2PRLM3Spg1FI1zGtgADQc
#YearPlaylist: 1953
There's three icons here in Louis Armstrong, Ray Charles, and Hank Williams.
But in addition to the latter's posthumous release - "Angel of Death" - my faves are the Davis Sisters ("Rock-a-Bye Boogie"), LC Smith ("Radio Boogie"), Rufus Thomas ("Bear Cat") and Guitar Slim ("The Things That I Used to Do").
Also, the first version of much covered "Iko Iko", originally called "Jock-A-Mo", by Sugar Boy and His Cane Cutters.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfQclYkh2u0svC9t7JCm_YeRzqLRquTKs
#YearPlaylist: 1963 Part 1
What a year!
Lots of surf & other instros by The Blazers, Ronnie Kae, Link Wray, Dick Dale, Gary & Larry, Lonnie Mack, The Citations, & Neil Young's first group, The Squires. There's also vocal groups: the Chiffons, Crystals, Ronettes, Beatles & Beach Boys.
Plus various strands of R&B from Sonny Boy Williamson II, Bob & Earl, Derek Martin, and an early Rolling Stones demo, with some early ska from Lord Tanamo and Clancy Eccles.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfQclYkh2u0voZeZi0oFKpf3vCUFQgwlN
#YearPlaylist: 1992-93
Since I only played two things from '93 on my old show, they get squeezed into this 1992 playlist.
It's a strange one because almost every track is either hip hop or hip hop-adjacent, or garagepunk produced or inspired by Billy Childish.
Well, that's not counting a few indie and R&B outliers by the Breeders, Morrissey and En Vogue.
There's also four whole tracks off of Luscious Jackson's debut record! (hip hop adjacent)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfQclYkh2u0vGZ_3mERi6euH3KNBt4RPf
#YearPlaylist: 1971
What a year. I know there's even books about this being the best year for albums or something, but it was no slouch for singles either.
A few classics by legends, tons of funk, soul, reggae, underground rock, and even a country song.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfQclYkh2u0twHNzbsjAYRXFhbGJ-6gLe
