Other Mixes By Patrin
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1982: The Crowded Future Stings My Eyes
| Artist | Song | |
| Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force | Planet Rock | |
| Trouble Funk | Trouble Funk Express | |
| Gap Band | You Dropped the Bomb on Me | |
| Michael Jackson | Billie Jean | |
| The Jam | Precious (12" version) | |
| Joe Jackson | Steppin' Out | |
| Modern English | I Melt With You | |
| Frank Zappa | Valley Girl | |
| Violent Femmes | Gone Daddy Gone | |
| Redd Kross | Linda Blair | |
| Bad Brains | I | |
| Descendents | I'm Not A Punk | |
| MDC | John Wayne Was a Nazi | |
| Angry Samoans | My Old Man's A Fatso | |
| Anti-Nowhere League | So What | |
| Wipers | Return of the Rat | |
| Flipper | Sex Bomb | |
| Lou Reed | The Blue Mask | |
| Dead Kennedys | Moon Over Marin | |
Comment:
The musical landscape of 1982 was... er... uh... well, shit, LOOK AT IT. On one hand, you've got a big fistful of notable, memorable hardcore punk tracks, some angry, some powerful, some hilarious, some all of the above. On the other hand, you've got... well, Michael Jackson. I'm as confused as you are, folks. But hell, good music is good music, right?UPDATE, 12-18-02: SEX BOMB! And "Billie Jean" seems to fit better than "Beat It", even though I lurve them Eddie Van guitar theatrics.
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yet another solid mix in the series.
are you going to sell this as a box set?
Yeah, get rid of mr jackson, and the mix is great.
Sorry, Sue - "Beat It" stays for nostalgia value and historical prominence, plus it sates my shameful, horrible, not-all-that-common-I-swear jones for Eddie Van Halen guitar wankery. As for a box set: good idea, but given the copyright restrictions, I might get into a little uh-oh as far as the RIAA is concerned.
Damnable pity about the non-box set :) The whole series has been mighty fine thus far. Me, I like the diversity of having Michael Jackson and the Kennedys on the same disc...
Hey, what about the idea that Beat It is a dope song from a stellar album produced by Quincy Jones and sung by a vocalist at the height of his (now long gone) powers? Nostalgia is fine, but don't let shame ruin your judgment. Beat It is fresh! And Thriller is a sick, sick album. Don't get me started...
i'm with Kid Hyper on this one. unfortunately, Jacko ruined any chance for people to view his work with high regard, what with the self-anointing (as Savior of Children; Promoter of Good Causes; and Insistently Masculine Deity of Pop Music)and well-publicized "quirks". Seriously, the man could (can?) sing, and he actually wrote a bunch of his stuff starting with the "Thriller" album. he's an amazing talent gone to waste.
Another fine collection. There's no way to do an 80's anthology and not put Michael Jackson on it. At least Beat It is toe-tapper. Another set of excellent choices, with bonus points for the Anti-Nowhere League, MDC, and the delightful inclusion of Moon Over Marin, one of the DKs most overlooked songs. I might argue about that Misfits song, but it's hard to find a bad song by that band. We all have our favorites, and Astro Zombies is certainly worthy.
Seriously, the addition of Sex Bomb makes it. Nice call.