29 May 2012: It's 1980!

[RGMike]

XTC gets another LN from me.

[ggould]

VHM "Sweet Home Chicago", about the only decent Blues Bros track from the movie.

Coming from Mike, this sounds like a downright positive endorsement!  I was luxuriating in bar after bar of genuine American music being played by master blues musicians, hearing Duck Dunn percolating underneath it all!

[RGMike]

VHM "Sweet Home Chicago", about the only decent Blues Bros track from the movie.

Coming from Mike, this sounds like a downright positive endorsement!  I was luxuriating in bar after bar of genuine American music being played by master blues musicians, hearing Duck Dunn percolating underneath it all!

Yes, the Blues Brothers band had some stellar players; nice that they all got steady paychecks -- but the whole project still smacked of blues-in-whiteface. The first LP was entertaining, but on the movie sndtk, things like their cover of "Gimme Some Lovin'" were just awful and unnecessary. 

[RGMike]

5/29/12- Tuesday! Do You Remember R & R Radio in...1980?!!

 1.  Ramones- Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?
 2.  Billy Joel- Sometimes a Fantasy
(Movie: Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back)
 3.  English Beat- Twist and Crawl
 4.  The Jam- Start!
 5.  The Cars- Touch and Go
(Ad: Mercury Cougar)
 6.  Gary Numan- Cars
 7.  Ry Cooder- Crazy 'Bout an Automobile (Every Woman I Know)
(Movie: Blues Brothers-"106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas...")
 8.  Blues Brothers- Sweet Home Chicago
(Movie: Blues Brothers- "We're on a mission from God)
 9.  Jackson Browne- Boulevard
(News: Pres. Elect Reagan, vacationing on his ranch, promises no change)
10.  XTC- Generals and Majors (B.O.S.)