Forgotten Fifty: The Festive Fifty (actually 61) of 1977 revealed

[Stuart McHugh]

good to see the 'Forgotten 50' actually in print, there's a lot of  
memories coming back to me, doubtless originally from listening on a  
Zephyr tranny under the covers on a school night - the first time I  
heard June Tabor, and King Short Shirt (I remember the name better  
than the tune), rare plays for 'banned' X Ray Spex and Clash singles,  
vague surprise at Frankie Miller, possibly total astonishment at John  
Cooper Clarke, and mental notes taken for post-Xmas record token  
shoping for The Saints, The Boys and Devo.
Still don't recall the Quo though (mental block via too many school  
bands doing covers) and was anyone else as surprised at the time at  
the tunes at 1 and #3?

Happy days...

Stuart

> 1 `Dancing The Night Away' The Motors
> 2 `Uptown Top Ranking' Althia & Donna
> 3 `You Beat The Hell Out of Me' The Motors
> 4 `I Can't Stand My Baby' The Rezillos
> 5 `Suspended Sentence' John Cooper Clarke
> 6 `Smokescreen' Desperate Bicycles
> 7 `Right Track' Merlyn Webber
> 8 `Like a Hurricane' Neil Young
> 9 `Complete Control' The Clash
> 10 `Be Good To Yourself' Frankie Miller
> 11 `Holidays In The Sun' The Sex Pistols
> 12 `Shadow' The Lurkers
> 13 `Truly' J. Ayes and Ranking Trevor
> 14 `Pigs' Pink Floyd
> 15 `Incendiary Device' Johnny Moped
> 16 `New Religion' Some Chicken
> 17 `See Them Come' Culture
> 18 `Emergency' The Motors
> 19 `The Worm Song' The Yobs
> 20 `Box Number' The Boys
> 21 `London Lady' The Stranglers
> 22 `I Don't Wanna' Sham 69
> 23 `Pinhead' The Ramones
> 24 `Freedom Connection' Jah Woosh
> 25 `Can't Give You More' Status Quo
> 26 `Blue Wind' Jeff Beck with Jan Hammer
> 27 `White Riot' The Clash
> 28 `Success' Iggy Pop
> 29 `Your Generation' Generation X
> 30 `Nobody Go Run Me' King Short Shirt
> 31 `Love Story' The Lurkers
> 32 `Waiting in Vain' Bob Marley & The Wailers
> 33 `Paradise' Dr Feelgood
> 34 `Cruel Brother' Five Hand Reel
> 35 `I'm Stranded' The Saints
> 36 `Heroes' David Bowie
> 37 `Sick On You' The Users
> 38 `Oh Bondage Up Yours!' X Ray Spex
> 39 `Lookin' After Number 1' The Boomtown Rats
> 40 `No Man's Land' June Tabor
> 41 `Neat Neat Neat' The Damned
> 42 `The Dark End Of The Street' Ry Cooder
> 43 `Questions' Suburban Studs
> 44 `Feel Like Making Love' Elizabeth Archer & The Equators
> 45 `I Knew The Bride' Dave Edmunds
> 46 `Away From The Numbers' The Jam
> 47 `Whole Wide World' Wreckless Eric
> 48 `Green Onions' Roy Buchanan
> 49 `Wild Dub' Generation X
> 50 `I.R.T.' Snatch
> 51 `Pretty Vacant' The Sex Pistols
> 52 `John Willie's Ferret' The Oldham Tinkers
> 53 'Stepping Razor' Peter Tosh
> 54 `Capital Radio' The Clash
> 55 `Watching The Detectives' Elvis Costello and The Attractions
> 56 `Bringing In The Morning Light' The Motors
> 57 `Beginning of The End' Eddie & The Hot Rods
> 58 `Jocko Homo' Devo
> 59 `Whatever Happened To' The Buzzcocks
> 60 `Rocket In My Pocket' Little Feat
> ...& 61`God Save The Queen' The Sex Pistols