Monday 11 April 2011

Hi Fidelity, My Life in Music


I was born in 1968 and it's now... I dunno, some years after 1991 I'm sure. This was difficult and also subject to change. No repeats on song or artist meant a huge bottleneck in one area and a right old wasteland in another, or more than one. A bit of an old quilt, warm in places and with a cushion on it in others in case of visitors.

1968 – All Along the Watchtower, Jimi Hendrix
1969 – Gimme Shelter, Rolling Stones
1970 – Lola, The Kinks
1971 – Stairway to Heaven, Led Zeppelin
1972 – All the Young Dudes, Mott the Hoople
1973 – Simple Man, Lynyrd Skynyrd
1974 – Already Gone, The Eagles
1975 – Golden Void, Hawkwind
1976 – The Weight, The Band
1977 – Pretty Vacant, Sex Pistols
1978 – Germ Free Adolescence, X Ray Spex
1979 – Guns of Brixton, The Clash
1980 – Games Without Frontiers, Peter Gabriel
1981 – Witch Hunt, Rush
1982 – Beastie, Jethro Tull
1983 – The Girl in the Swing, The Waterboys
1984 – Since Yesterday, Strawberry Switchblade
1985 – New Model Army, Better Than Them
1986 – Go Wild (My Son), Culture Shock
1987 – The Kiss, The Cure
1988 – Def Con One, PWEI
1989 – Gouge Away, The Pixies
1990 – Borderline, RDF
1991 – Movin’ On Up, Primal Scream
1992 – Fifteen Years, The Levellers
1993 – Teenage Turtles, Back to the Planet
1994 – Poison, The Prodigy
1995 – Black Steel, Tricky
1996 – Trigger Hippie, Morcheeba
1997 – Torn, Natalie Imbroglio
1998 – When I Grow Up, Gabage
1999 – Californication, Red Hot Chilli Peppers
2000 – Bohemian Like You, Dandy Warhols
2001 – Superstylin’, Groove Armada
2002 – Hurt, Johnny Cash
2003 – Mr Brightside, The Killers
2004 – The Day the Nazi Died, Chumbawamba
2005 – Heartbeat, Jose Gonzalez
2006 – Roscoe, Midlake
2007 – Glory Box, St Ettiene
2008 – Fool’s Gold, Stone Roses
2009 – Only Living Boy in New Cross, Carter USM
2010 – Make it Rain, KLF... not sure what happened at the end here.

2 comments:

  1. A fine selection of songs but, as a long time Saint Etienne fan, I have to ask, is there really a song of theirs called Glory Box? If so I don't have it. Are you possibly thinking of the Portishead song by the same name?

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  2. Of course, yes, chick singers...

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