MA-147 - 45s & Favorites, Disc 20

And … it's another slam-bang collection of great songs from 1961 to 2001.

01 - (My Heart Goes) Beat Beat - Beex - 1979  (2:17)

02 - The First Question - Kl1ngons - 1980  (3:17)

03 - Gotta Get Out Tonight - The Runaways - 1977  (3:27)

04 - Rock 'n' Roll Hell - Richie Balance - 1978  (2:25)

05 - I Hate Music - The K-Tels - 1979  (2:02)

06 - In the City - Joe Walsh (from The Warriors) - 1979  (3:52)

07 - Bored - Destroy All Monsters - 1979  (3:52)

08 - Well-Intentioned Blues - National Lampoon - 1975  (2:43)

09 - Cry for Yourself - The Dadaistics - 1979  (4:12)

10 - Suicide a Go Go - Big in Japan - 1978  (2:25)

11 - Lonely Days - Bee Gees - 1970  (3:47)

12 - Do You Think I'm Disco - Steve Dahl and Teenage Radiation - 1979  (3:34)

13 - Quiet Village - Les Baxter - 1961  (3:17)

14 - Time Wall - Fire Exit - 1979  (2:13)

15 - Real Wild Child - Josie and the Pussycats - 2001  (1:52)

16 - Big Mouth - The Muffs - 1993  (1:52)

17 - Blank Generation - Richard Hell and the Voidoids - 1977  (2:42)

18 - Hang on to a Dream - The Nice - 1969  (4:45)

19 - High Pressure Days - The Units - 1979  (3:42)

20 - I Can't Do Anything (live) - X-Ray Spex - 1977  (2:59)

21 - Burn the Midnight Oil - Ragweed Patch - 1967  (3:18)

22 - I Gave My Punk Jacket to Rickie - Mary Monday and the Bitches - 1977  (2:19)

23 - Springtime for Hitler - “Legs” Larry Smith - 1978  (3:56)

24 - Money Talks - Penetration - 1978  (1:43)

25 - Model's World - Ian North - 1981  (2:32)

26 - Here Come the Buts - The Disco Zombies - 1980  (3:58)

Some of the highlights are:

• Track 4, an answer to the Righteous Brother's execrable 1973 obscenity, "Rock and Roll Heaven."
• Track 12, a commentary on the lame disco scene
• Track 13, the recording used in the introduction to Tula's TV Fantastic Theatre
• Track 23, a spiffalicious, almost-straight version of one of the highlights of Mel Brooks's The Producers

… and all the rest of the songs!

https://www.filefactory.com/file/1m18enn5auo6/MA-147.rar

See you on Monday, friends and/or campers!

  

MA-136 - It Clocked Out from the 1980s

But you can punch in to that musical era, through this compilation!

01 - In Love with the System - The Forgotten Rebels - 1980   (2:23)

02 - White Castles - Da! - 1981   (3:27)
03 - Jump Back! - Dee Walker - 1984   (2:51)
04 - Sight - X-Spand-X - 1982   (3:27)
05 - Don't Follow My Lead - Private Dicks - 1980   (3:09)
06 - All Night Television - 3-D - 1980   (4:19)
07 - Jewels (For Your Love) - MEO 245 - 1981   (3:09)
08 - (I Just Can't) Forgive and Forget - Blue Zoo - 1983   (3:26)
09 - Success - Picture Book - 1983   (2:00)
10 - Mind Over Matter - Drama - 1985   (3:35)
11 - Life in a Microwave - Manikins - 1980   (2:54)
12 - Trouble Lights - The Basics - 1980   (3:13)
13 - Everywhere I Go - Q E D - 1983   (3:19)
14 - Action Man - The Padlocks - 1981   (2:16)
15 - Fever of Love - Data - 1981   (3:24)
16 - What a Joke!  - Via Marconi - 1983   (2:27)
17 - Modern Girl - The Dadistics - 1980   (3:07)
18 - Living by Numbers - New Musik - 1980   (3:23)
19 - It's All Been Done Before - Surrender - 1982   (3:35)
20 - Media Man - Positive Signals - 1980   (2:38)
21 - Don't Stop Running - Modesty Blaise - 1981   (2:26)
22 - Living Inside Me - Data - 1983   (3:36)
23 - You're in a Mess - Falling Joys - 1988   (4:25)
24 - Glam to Wham - The Takeaways - 1984   (4:20)

There are so many socko, boffo selections here.  You'll find some new favorites, for sure -- especially the opening and closing cuts.

Just watch the video for the last track, "Glam to Wham," and you'll be reminded afresh of the goofiness and glory of this era:

https://www.filefactory.com/file/3yidfhlykrxm/MA-136.rar

See you back here on Thursday for another amalgamation of other people's awesomeness.

MA-133 - It Erupted from the 1980s

More experimental, temperamental 1980s music.  Some New Wave, some punkish, some … well, you decide:

01 - New Wave Robot - The Wives - 1980   (3:14)

02 - New LP - Chuck Clearwater - 1983   (1:43)

03 - I'm Tired - M n' Ms - 1983   (1:52)

04 - Just Friends - Dogmatic Element - 1982   (3:01)

05 - Naked Kiss - F-Systems - 1980   (3:49)

06 - You Can't Do That - Tahnee Cain and Tryanglz - 1984   (3:22)

07 - Easy Way Out - Single Mary - 1987   (2:11)

08 - 80 MPH - KAO4S - 1980   (2:48)

09 - Everything I Say Is a Lie - Bone Symphony - 1983   (3:54)

10 - I Don't Wanna Cry - The Keys - 1981   (2:48)

11 - Watching Their Eyes - Kissing the Pink - 1982   (3:13)

12 - Weekend Love - The Stripes - 1980   (2:11)

13 - (I'm Gonna) Punch You (in the Face) - The Child Molesters - 1989   (1:59)

14 - Promises (She Isn't in Love) - The Uptights - 1981   (2:19)

15 - Special to You - Noël and the Red Wedge - 1982   (3:18)

16 - 1984 - Desperate Measures - 1982   (2:51)

17 - It Shows in Your Face - The Gas - 1981   (2:36)

18 - Blind Man's Bluff - Eve Moon - 1981   (3:14)

19 - Running in the Shadows - Neo Boy - 1980   (2:46)

20 - Runaway - The Passions - 1981   (3:00)

21 - I Don't Dream Anymore - Perfect Zebras - 1982   (4:14)

22 - Anything Real - Beyond Words - 1984   (4:31)

23 - Crash into the Heaven's Door - Bluttat - 1986   (2:50)

24 - Romantic - The Employees - 1982   (3:22)

25 - Only the Stones Remain - The Soft Boys - 1981   (3:05)

26 - Synthetic World - The Twins - 1981   (4:16)

Gotta have that "New LP," even if I'm a "New Wave Robot"!  Don't tell me we're "Just Friends" -- "You Can't Do That" to me!  I want to be "Special to You," but "Everything I Say Is a Lie."  I know you're confused, "It Shows in Your Face."  "I Don't Dream Anymore," I want "Anything Real."

https://www.filefactory.com/file/6prmiy1emyya/MA-133.rar
You may always tell me your opinion of the assemblage.  See you on Monday!