10 plus points for mentioning Edwyn Collins, though I may have to dock for your Matthew Wilder. That song gets torturous if your stuck in a long car trip across several states with no tape deck in the car in the year of our lord 1984.

It sure was popular on the Alternative/College stations. I have a copy of "Walking in the Shadow of the Big Man". Its a fun album.

So, you want to get a dance floor going? All it takes is a bass player and a drummer to start grooving on that Bootsy Collins riff. I love that song.

Lies, Lies, Lies has to be one of the strangest videos to come out of that era.

The spouse and I went to an 1980s music night at the local brewery. Art of Noise came on
Spouse: Who's this
Me: Art of Noise—"Beat Box", you know Trevor Horn's band. The guy that also headed up The Buggles
Spouse: Wait, Trevor Horn? You mean the same guy who was in Yes?
Me: Yes, THAT Trevor Horn.
Conclusion: Trevor Horn…

"Turning Japanese" by the Vapors, "Venus" by Shocking Blue and a whole slew of 70s pop songs. I do have a soft spot for "Mickey" as well, since it brings back memories of riding around my college friend's horrible Chevette and singing it on road trips to Ohio.

As a college DJ in the early 80s, I could live happy if I never heard that song again. I had a late night shift one semester and some idiot would call up requesting that song pretty consistently.

Yeah, she's even had a book or two published! You go girl!

So someone inform me, is Blondie’s New York worth trying to work in my schedule before it leaves in July? Or is having a beer with my favorite bartender this Saturday and remembering CBGBs how it "actually" was a better use of my time?

As a introverted girl who was smart, I loved The Phantom Tollbooth and A Wrinkle in Time growing up. It was the first time I really felt like I had discovered characters who mirrored myself.

For being in California, San Diego is uber right wing. It's home to the largest US Naval base and all the political baggage that encompasses. It's a beautiful city, but I wouldn't live there.

As aside, there are alot of musicians in IT as well And we tend to hang out in bars off work hours.

And there's some who consider Woody Guthrie's 1940 album Dust Bowl Ballads as the proto concept album. I've also heard people cite Zappa and the Mothers "Freak Out!" released in 1966 as a contender as well.

I had a room mate freshman year in college who loved that song. We parted ways at the end of the semester. Yes, I judge people on their musical tastes.

"Randy Scouse Git" I will admit is a fun song. And Nesmith's "You Just May Be the One" is one of my favorite Nesmith, if not Monkees, composition.

I have to say though, Alone Again Or is one of my favorite songs period.

If you really listen to drummers (and being married to one, yes I do), Ringo has a very distinctive style to the point where its become a guideline "Give me a Ringo on this part..". Ringo may not have been the best drummer ever to sit behind the set, but damn he was the best drummer for the Beatles. And that's…

I guess orchestra style drums are out of vogue. That's a classical drum technique.

I really hope Harrison's "Long, long, long" made the cut. Its one of my favorite songs from his Beatles' years.

There's a whole group of double albums that fit into a category of "this would have been great if the filler had been dumped and a single album had been produced". The White Album falls cleanly in that category along with The Clash's "Sandinista"