Erik, except for "Once in A Lifetime," (an instant and eternal classic) Remain in Light didn't really come into focus for me — a fan since I heard "Psycho Killer" on  the radio — until the live versions on The Name of This Band is Talking Heads.

There is totally an alternate universe where "I Will Dare" was their first Top Ten single, "Alex Chilton" went to #1, and they dominated the mid-80s as thoroughly as R.E.M. did the late 80s/early 90s.

Well, except for the fact that the Replacements put two-brand new recordings on their greatest hits album in 2006. Songs actually written by Paul, even!

One small addendum to what Noel said about being a Smiths fan in the 80s: because of college radio, and because they were so prolific in their short lifespan, there were small pockets of fans in cities across the country who got onboard with the import singles that predated The Smiths.

In 1995, at the end of WASHING MACHINE'S "Skip Tracer," Lee shouts "Hello, 2015!!" At the time, it was 20 years in the future, but it still seemed like when 2015 rolled around, he'd be able to answer himself.

In 1995, at the end of WASHING MACHINE'S "Skip Tracer," Lee shouts "Hello, 2015!!" At the time, it was 20 years in the future, but it still seemed like when 2015 rolled around, he'd be able to answer himself.

Dismissed it with an "A-" grade, you mean?

Oh man, I HATED the WWII episode. It seemed so retconny to me.

Well sure, pretty good idea to get your full impression of a band like Rockpile from 3 songs.

For those of you old enough to remember the super-eclectic Top 40 radio of the early 1970s, this song would have fit in perfectly in between "Dancing in the Moonlight" and "We're an American Band."

I think "My Thirty Thousand" and "Bugeye Jim" were also non-album b-sides from one of the original releases.

Dear Kurt,

There's also "Inca Queen" that closes the first side of the perpetually underrated Life

But if Joy Division had used Disney icongraphy ironically in 1979, Disney woulda sued their ass off.

While I agree that Prairie Wind was has last great album, I found a lot of things to love on Living With War, and Fork in the Road.

Jimmy Fallon is the embodiment of the Peter Principle in reverse: apparently sometimes you get promoted to your level of competence.

Oh yeah, I totally hope it's good. I really liked Magic, and would have loved it if not for the awful, overdriven sound.

That source? Jon Landau!!!

No label ever had bands with better names than SST in the mid-1980s. Of course, the ones mentioned above, but also Saccharine Trust, and perhaps my favorite band name ever: Blind Idiot God.

Stop complaining, it will be solved in 5 years on COLD CASE.