The Peak, 02/20/06: 1980

[Gazoo]

The obligatory Dire Straits is out of the way early.  (No diss on them, but they are becoming what the Cars and ELO used to be 3 years ago.)

[Gazoo]

Woo!  BBBOS to Devo, "Freedom of Choice," featuring one of the best, and truest, rock maxims ever: "Freedom of choice / Is what you got / Freedom from choice / Is what you want."  Ties in nicely with the book I'm reading right now, a series of dialogues between Norman Mailer and his son.

[Gazoo]

So here's the remainder of the set.  I've never heard the H&O track.  Impressive.

   1.
      TWIST AND CRAWL - ENGLISH BEAT
   2.
      SKATEAWAY - DIRE STRAITS
   3.
      IN THE MIDNIGHT HOUR - ROXY MUSIC
   4.
      WHEN THE WORLD IS RUNNING DOWN - POLICE
   5.
      ME AND THE BOYS - NRBQ
   6.
      FREEDOM OF CHOICE - DEVO
   7.
      WATCHING THE WHEELS - JOHN LENNON
   8.
      HOUSES IN MOTION - TALKING HEADS
   9.
      DIDDY DOO WOP - DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES
  10.
      TURNING JAPANESE - THE VAPORS

[RGMike]

looks like a fine set -- "Diddy Doo Wop (I Hear the Voices)" is from Voices, one of H&O's finest LPs, which in addition to hits like "Kiss on My List", contains their orig of "Every Time You Go Away".