1st of all, thanks for the b-day greetings. and a BIG thanks to bubba, as always.
so i turned 30 today, and decided a musical look-back was in order. so here's a list of tunes--1 from every year i've been alive--and a little blub to go with each:
1977-Bee Gees-'Stayin' Alive'-my very 1st album...thanks, Mom
1978-Devo-'Satisfaction'-used to dance to this one for my Dad
1979-Ramones-'Rock n' Roll High School'-my 2nd fave band as a kid...next to Cheap Trick
1980-Air Supply-'Lost In Love'-got this, Styx & my 1st record player for Christmas that year
1981-Squeeze-'Tempted'-one of the 1st songs i remember hearing on WBCN
1982-A Flock Of Seagulls-'I Ran'-my Dad & I used to laff our asses off when MTV would play this video...the hair...the 1-fingered keyboard playing...awful
1983-The Police-'Synchronicity II'-loved the album cover...it has boobies
1984-The Cars-'Drive'-got this & my 1st Walkman for my 7th b-day
1985-Human League-'Human'-i bought ths 7" with my allowance $$...at Lechmere...shameful, i know
1986-Peter Gabriel-'Big Time'-my brother & i loved this video
1987-The Fixx-'Red Skies'-my Mom used to play this one all the time
1988-Winger-'Seventeen'-my buddy Phil tried to get me into hair metal...he failed, thankfully
1989-Faith No More-'Falling To Pieces'-i loved Mike Patton's hairdo so much, i aped it...a sweet-ass mullet with stripes on the side
1990-De La Soul-'Me, Myself & I'-i listened to this tape so many times you can't read the track listing on it anymore
1991-A Tribe Called Quest-'The Jazz'-hangin' w/ my buddy Tim & my buddy Mat, New Year's Eve
1992-Alice In Chains-'Would?'-'Dirt' & the 'Singles' soundtrack got me thru Sophmore year at Wakefield High
1993-Smashing Pumpkins-'Cherub Rock'-i will never, ever get sick of this song...or this album
1994-Sunny Day Real Estate-'Circles'-brings to mind riding the T into Berklee and then Northeastern
1995-Foofighters-'Exhausted'-i was on vacation in Wells Beach, Maine when this came out. i drove all the way down from Wells to Newbury Comics in Saugus, then back again, just so i could have it the day it came out
1996-DJ Shadow-'Building Steam With A Grain Of Salt'-from his debut '...Endtroducing,' my fave album of all time
1997-Guided By Voices-'I Am A Tree'-my fave song of all time by my fave band of all time
1998-Robert Pollard-'Make Use'-GBV's frontman...a fave of mine to play on guitar
1999-Wheat-'Don't I Hold You'-if the Bride & I have a song, this is it
2000-At The Drive-In-'One-Armed Scissor'-they were from El Paso, I was living in Albuquerque...Southwest represent
2001-Spoon-'Everything Hits At Once'-another Texas band, from Austin...and another of my all-time faves
2002-Pilot To Bombardier-'Rise And Shine'-they're in my top friends...hit up their myspace and listen to this song...loudly
2003-The Jealous Sound-'Anxious Arms'-reminds me of my wedding...greatest day of my life
2004-Dropkick Murphys-'Tessie'-"...can you belive it?"
2005-The New Lows-'Cold Shivers'-I don't know why, but my son loves it when i play this song on my guitar
2006-Micah P Hinson-'The Dreams You Left Behind'-fitting song for an old fart turning 30...
thanks for reading...12