ETA: I wonder if dischead's head will explode (since '77 is his 2nd least fave year)...
My head
is exploding, but it's due to stress in my life.
It's not that anything was particularly bad in this set, but rather that it hasn't held up with
repeated plays over time. I really don't need to hear that Meatloaf song more often than
once every three or four years. Even the Lido Shuffle is wearing thin.
I think there are natural cycles, and after the incredible high of late sixties, a corresponding low
was inevitable. Mainstream pop/rock was played out by the late seventies -- the creative energy
had moved into other genres.
If I compile a "cherry-picked" list for 1977 & 1978, some of the same names are going to show up.
