May 1981 List
1. Styx (No change)
2. Journey (No change)
3. Neil Young (No change)
4. Pat Benetar (No change)
5. Billy Joel (+1)
6. Boston (-1)
7. Led Zeppelin (No change)
8. Police (+3)
9. Fleetwood Mac (-1)
10. Toto (-1)
11. Cars (-2)
12. REO Speedwagon (+6)
13. Kansas (No change)
14. Tom Petty (No change)
15. Eagles (-3)
16. Romantics (New)17. Rush (-1)
18. Devo (New)19. Dictators (-4)
20. Off Broadway (-3)
Devo- . This is the first time, I have ever gone back through these list, and in some cases I am pretty shocked what I listed as good, or believe that I bought into some of these "fads". I am more proud of my muscial tastes in the early '70's versus the early '80's. Having Devo is just one of several examples, Billy Joel, another. Proliferation of music videos and MTV didn't help. Devo, as everyone knows employed a simple schtick....... Wear matching stupid jump suits and wear flower pots on their heads. When a musical genre really starts getting traction (New Wave), for every Cars and Police, you get 20 DEVO's.
Want to get a laugh?, and this is from their wiki page explaining what DEVO means....
"The name DEVO comes from the concept of "de-evolution" and the band's related idea that instead of continuing to evolve, mankind had begun to regress, as evidenced by the dysfunction and herd mentality of American society." While that dystopian vision sure has some truth to it, they became the same band that by the end had 9 studio albums, and 11 compliations. Just how many ways can you repackage crap to DEVO'ed minds?
Me? I am just dreading when I have to admit when I get the point where I have to report that "The Knack" made my list. This is my DEVO period of musical tastes. If I guess I have to add a track, I'll give you their hit...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_QLzthSkfMARGH!!!!!!!!!!!
Romantics- - Another decent two hit wonder band that had a brief career, based simply on 2 songs (1st video) "What I Like About You", which might be one of the best New Wave songs of the era. And 2nd, the sappy "Talking in Your Sleep" which basically was fed by a video hyped by hot women. (Golly Gee, wonder how many times that was repeated on MTV?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rqnw5IfbZOUhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmGMzyajA2U