The 1989 debut LP. You're three songs in and getting a feeling about what this band is all about. It's make or break. The fourth song, if it sucks, could leave a permanent impression, at the very least being that the band is all too eager to bring things down a notch. If the fourth song is good, it might just lead to a band that stays in your peripheral aural orbit for years to come. The first two songs below were the fourth songs on the debut LPs by Nirvana and Mudhoney. They got played a fuckload back then.
1989 was a good year for music in general. All the crappy new wave was dying down. College radio was happening, and home taping. Probably the most significant thing, and one that is often ignored, is the mix tape culture. It was exploding. Everybody could make a compilation. That had been the case for years, but never with the combination of the varied playlists of college radio, the independent labels, boom boxes and the ease of recording. Who didn't make mix tapes?
Public Enemy is down there just because 1989 was also the year of "Fight the Power" and it's an awesome song, and belies the thing about varied playlists. It's also a segue to what got me distracted tonight, an old post at Adios Lounge featuring thirteen songs from 1989, with Flat Duo Jets, Fugazi, Beasties, you get the idea.
1989 was a good year for music in general. All the crappy new wave was dying down. College radio was happening, and home taping. Probably the most significant thing, and one that is often ignored, is the mix tape culture. It was exploding. Everybody could make a compilation. That had been the case for years, but never with the combination of the varied playlists of college radio, the independent labels, boom boxes and the ease of recording. Who didn't make mix tapes?
Public Enemy is down there just because 1989 was also the year of "Fight the Power" and it's an awesome song, and belies the thing about varied playlists. It's also a segue to what got me distracted tonight, an old post at Adios Lounge featuring thirteen songs from 1989, with Flat Duo Jets, Fugazi, Beasties, you get the idea.
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Listen:Nirvana - School mp3 at Adios Lounge
Mudhoney - You Got It mp3 at Adios Lounge
Public Enemy - Fight the Power mp3 at Adios Lounge
Ten more from '89 at Adios Lounge
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