Friday, April 04, 2014

Stuck In Thee Garage #30: April 4, 2014

Much has happened in the music industry over the last 30 years, but there's no denying that 1984 was a banner year for rock music. This week on Stuck In Thee Garage, I played an eclectic mix of new and old in hour 1 and then focused on rock from 1984 in hour 2. (For a more in-depth discussion of 1984's music, check out the last two episodes of the Completely Conspicuous podcast: parts 1 and 2.)



I have it on good authority that the Stay Puft marshmallow man is a fan.

The playlist:

Hour 1
Artist - Song/Album
Cloud Nothings - Quieter Today/Here and Nowhere Else
Johnny Foreigner - The Last Queens of Scotland/You Can Do Better
Soccer Mom - In Mirrors/Soccer Mom
Hallelujah the Hills - Pick Up an Old Phone/Have You Ever Done Something Evil?
Pixies - Greens and Blues/EP 2
Art Brut - DC Comics and Chocolate Milkshake/Art Brut vs. Satan
Joe Jackson - One More Time/Look Sharp!
The Hold Steady - Spinners/Teeth Dreams
Screaming Maldini - Abyssinia/single
Mikal Cronin - Soul in Motion/L.A.M.C. #11
Kurt Vile - Jesus Fever/Smoke Ring for My Halo
The Creation - Making Time/Our Music is Red - With Purple Flashes
Wild Flag - Something Came Over Me/Wild Flag
Rocket From the Crypt - Middle/Scream Dracula Scream!
Rocket From the Crypt - Born in '69/Scream Dracula Scream!

Hour 2: 1984
Prince - Darling Nikki/Purple Rain
Van Halen - Girl Gone Bad/1984
The Replacements - Unsatisfied/Let It Be
R.E.M. - (Don't Go Back to) Rockville/Reckoning
Iggy Pop - Repo Man/Repo Man soundtrack
Minutemen - Themselves/Double Nickels on the Dime
Husker Du - Never Talking to You Again/Zen Arcade
Meat Puppets - Lake of Fire/Meat Puppets II
Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers/Perfect Strangers
Dio - The Last in Line/The Last in Line
Motorhead - Killed by Death/No Remorse
Spinal Tap - Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight/This is Spinal Tap soundtrack
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Cold Shot/Couldn't Stand the Weather
Violent Femmes - Country Death Song/Hallowed Ground
The Cult - Spiritwalker/Dreamtime



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