Rock '80

I'm not familiar with all of the songs there, but there are definitely some good ones on there. My parents bought me the 1982 K-Tel album "Blast Off" for Christmas. It was the first rock album that I ever owned. Before that, I had a few Elvis records and Chipmunk Punk.

The list does make me feel nostalgic.

I love that the list starts off with Gary Numan. Although I prefer, say, M.E. off The Pleasure Principle, but that was not a hit like Cars and would not be what I would expect from that.



I've been into Gary Numan music since the 70s. I also am still keen on things like The Knack's My Sharona (my brother had get the Knack on 8-track, and it's the first song I played on a jukeback at a beach-pub in Northern Queensland -- such a memorable time). I still very much like Blondie.

Here's the list of songs https://hercsktelalbums.blogspot.com/2015/05/rock-80-1980.html

I like the artists, although my personal choices would not be those hits.

Edited by Logan - 15 hours 6 minutes ago at 08:26

Logan wrote: The list does make me feel nostalgic. I love that the list starts off with Gary Numan. Although I prefer, say, M.E. off The Pleasure Principle, but that was not a hit like Cars and would not be what I would expect from that. I've been into Gary Numan music since the 70s. I also am still keen on things like The Knack's My Sharona (my brother had get the Knack on 8-track, and it's the first song I played on a jukeback at a beach-pub in Northern Queensland -- such a memorable time). I still very much like Blondie. Here's the list of songs https://hercsktelalbums.blogspot.com/2015/05/rock-80-1980.html      I like the artists, although my personal choices would not be those hits.

     Believe it or not, The Knack's Doug Fieger was a member of Triumvirat for a short while in late 1975....things were pretty chaotic for the band at that time, and Fieger did not stay very long-a version of a single with him was recorded in December 1975 called "Take A Break Today"


Edited by presdoug - 5 hours 21 minutes ago at 18:11