[peel] Re: Forgotten Fifty: The Festive Fifty (actually 61) of 1977 revealed

[Paul Bryant]

Both Motors tunes are very excellent - astonished to
see White Riot at a mere 27 though

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--- Stuart McHugh <stuart@...> wrote:

> 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
> 
> 



       
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