Monday, May 09, 2022

Totally Self-Conscious

Yep, all of these songs are about modern media, including themselves!
Whether it's spy TV, the Bee Gees, American Bandstand, Elvis, or what-have-you, these songs are what happens when pop music looks into a funhouse mirror.

01 - Rock Show - Excel - 1980  (3:30)

02 - I Slept in an Arcade - Black Randy & the Metrosquad - 1979  (2:28)

03 - Caught on Tape - Zom Zom - 1985  (1:49)

04 - I'm in the Charts - The Radio Rhythm Boys - 1980  (2:36)

05 - Townshend Nose - Mikes House - 1987  (2:29)

06 - Kill the Bee Gees - The Accidents - 1979  (2:52)

07 - James Bond - Ralph and the Ponytails - 1980  (2:22)

08 - Television Screen Heroes - MI5 - 1980  (4:06)

09 - Late Show - The Dark - 1981  (3:46)

10 - Disneyland (live) - Come On - 1980  (1:53)

11 - Parasites - The Tyros - 1980  (3:15)

12 - Adventures in Modern Recording - The Buggles - 1981  (3:39)

13 - Sorry About That, Chief - Spiny Norman's Mind Games - 1981  (2:16)

14 - The TV Made Me Do It (Blame It on the Quasar) - Lip Service - 1982  (3:59)

15 - TerrorVision - The Fibonaccis - 1986  (3:42)

16 - American Bandstand - The Seat Belts - 1981  (2:06)

17 - (Let's Get Let's Get) Tammy Wynette - The Maggots - 1980  (1:33)

18 - New Heroes - Noise Annoys - 1981  (1:28)

19 - November 22, 1963 - Destroy All Monsters - 1989  (4:18)

20 - Dead Rock n' Rollers - Detention - 1983  (1:37)

21 - I'm in Love with the Girl on the Manchester Virgin Megastore Checkout Desk - The Freshies - 1980  (2:49)

22 - Beautiful Pictures - Fatal Microbes - 1979  (1:49)

23 - I Wanna Kill James Tailor - Ivan and the Executioners - 1979  (2:49)

24 - (I Work for) K.A.O.S. - The Spliffs - 1987  (2:57)

25 - Disco Pop Stars - Altered Images - 1982  (2:35)

26 - Jackie Onassis - Human Sexual Response - 1980  (3:45)

27 - Modern Time's Pop - Mad Tea-Party - 1980  (2:10)

28 - Elvis Impersonator Blues - Beasts of Bourbon - 1988  (2:54)

Now, I ain't advocatin' violence against a Tailor, nor a Wynette! But I do hope you have a hoot, as I do when listening.

MA-155 - Recursive Rock

See you Thursday!

  

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