My favorite Springsteen record, Darkness on the Edge of Town, is of course my number one. And the first record I ever bought, the Cars' debut, would rank very high on my list. I would also include More Songs About Buildings and Food, Give 'Em Enough Rope, and Street Hassle by Lou Reed. Other than that, as usual you covered the same bases, especially with my man Mr. Elvis Costello. I'm going to have to pick up a copy of Adventure someday. Like many, I love Marquee Moon, but never explored Television beyond that. Based on your recommendation, though, that's going to change.
Good shows! I like your presentations! Man, you really love the Kinks, don't you? He, He! They weren't that commercial, I didn't know they kept going that long from the 60's.
I love that album, kept track while the band sorted out the mess Shelter Records devolved into, waiting for Damn the Torpedoes. It was obvious Tom was gonna be a star. I saw them at the Whiskey and the Civic, in between the first two LPs, heard several of the songs on YGGI in their embryonic form. I had been down the same road, in1970-'71, so I could relate, a dirty manager (more'n 50 years later, and I still can't even think calmly about the guy, I get so angry--I changed the adjective six times!), in our case. I have to go meditate ...@@tomrobinson5776
Yeah, "This Year's Model" was where my heart was at in 1978 -- and still is. (I have a framed copy of the UK release on the wall, juxtaposed with Al Green's "Greatest Hits" because Al and Elvis are basically striking the same pose!) Since you mentioned it, I also miss Rhino Records in Westwood -- and Tower on Sunset and Aaron's Records on Melrose and, later, up on Vine near Sunset. And so many other well-stocked stores in which I spent hours as if I were in a library, learning about music by reading the musician credits on the back covers... I was a latecomer to Big Star (inspired by the Replacement's "Alex Chilton") but now life seems unthinkable without those three studio albums. Someday I would love to make a studio pilgrimage to Memphis: Stax (now the Soulsville USA Museum), Sun, Hi/Royal, Ardent...
Hi 👋 I was 18 years young in 1978. I'm 63 now. 78 was good for music. I liked Nick Lowe, Sound of Breaking Glass was a hit for him, i liked other artists that recorded on the Stiff record label such as Elvis Costello, and i had his album This Years Model on vinyl. Pump it Up was a single lifted off it that I liked. I also owned Blondie's record Parallel Lines too. Neil Youngs album Comes a Time is good and i had that. The singer Nicolette Larson did back up vocals on it. She had a hit song called Lotta Love in 1978. .I liked Warren Zevon's Excitable Boy album that year, the single Werewolves of London being on it. Rolling Stones , neat album. 👌
My faves: City to City, Gerry Rafferty Stardust, Willie Nelson Excitable Boy, Warren Zevon Road to Ruin, The Ramones Outlandos d’Amour, The Police More Songs About Buildings and Food, Talking Heads This Year’s Model Waiting for Columbus, Little Feat Dire Straits, Dire Straits The Last Waltz, The Band
Good selection.I bought a few of these too.I saw the Kinks that year.I remember Charlie as the opening act.The drummer had the biggest drumkit i had ever seen.When the Kinks performed Mick Avory blew them all away with his simple small drum kit.
No one ever includes Manfred Mann’s Earth Band but the follow up from one of my favorite albums, The Roaring Silence, was 1978s Watch. Just listened to this album for the first time in a long while and it took me back to that long ago year. Great album!
I remember here in the UK and being a 13 year old the energy, momentum and excitement of punk was about to morph into post punk and there was definitely an air of generational change it happened fast, punk, post punk, industrial before rampant commercialism get a hold of it . So many great albums that year not least Culture’s Stand alone the original issue with the b&w cover The Ramones Road To Ruin and The Police’s Outlandos d’Amour And Siouxsie and the Banshees The Scream! That was a stellar year…
“call me crazy” what, for liking “an american prayer” ? if by crazy you mean you have good taste and know an inspired project from a great band, beautifully executed and forming a lasting, soulful tribute to jim morrison, then yeah, you’re nuts 🌰 🥜 🔩 😂
1978 is a tough year. I have a list (haven't made a video yet) and I think only one of your choices is on my list! I'll have to look at my list again, though...
Solid list. I would only add a few: Waiting for Columbus by Little Feat, Easter by Patti Smith Group, Blue Valentine by Tom Waits, More Songs About Buildings and food by Talking Heads, and Stardust by Willie Nelson. Sorry, that was more than a few.
Can't argue against much there... a few other favs: 10cc - Bloody Tourists The Cars - The Cars Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town Toto - Toto
10. Bachman Turner Overdrive - Street Action 9. Judas Priest - Stained Class 8. Dire Straits - Dire Straits 7. AC/DC - Powerage 6. Al Stewart - Time Passages 5. UFO - Obsession 4. Kate Bush - The Kick Inside 3. Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy 2. Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses 1. JEFF WAYNE'S MUSICAL VERSION OF THE WAR OF THE WORLDS
And few more……Gary Moore,brand x..dead boys..moddy blues..David coverdale..the motors..rainbows ..the sweet…patty smith..budgie….renaissance.,Steve hackett..flash in the pan….Oregon…Gerry rafferty….jade warrior….the saints…scorpion
Agreed on yr #1. 1978 isn't quite as killer for reggae as 1976-77, but there's a few worth checking out. Marley certainly was the most consistent and prolific artist, but don't be so quick to dismiss the rest of the island. I can see how a lot of post-punk isn't your thing, but did you hear the Wire album? Elvis Costello - This Year’s Model Wire - Chairs Missing X-Ray Spex - Germ-Free Adolescents Buzzcocks - Another Music In A Different Kitchen Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) The Jam - All Mod Cons The Adverts - Crossing the Red Sea With The Adverts Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance Magazine - Real Life Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings And Food The Saints - Eternally Yours Cedric Im Brooks - The Magical Light Of Saba 1975-78 AC/DC - Powerage Pere Ubu - Dub Housing Buzzcocks - Love Bites Nick Lowe - Jesus Of Cool Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A. We Are Devo Burning Spear - Social Living (Marcus’ Children) Kraftwerk - The Man Machine Television - Adventure Lee Perry - Roast Fish Collie Weed and Corn Bread Rush - Hemispheres Judas Priest - Stained Class Bob Marley & the Wailers - Kaya Dennis Brown - Visions of Dennis Brown The Stranglers - Black And White Ijahman - Haile I Hymn Radio Birdman - Living Eyes Misfits - Static Age Cheap Trick - Heaven Tonight
My favorite 1978 albums, in alphabetical order : Beach Boys - MIU Album Godley & Creme - L Lake - II (favorite album) McCartney, Paul - London Town Oldfield, Sally - Water Bearer Renaissance - A Song For All Seasons Seals & Crofts - Takin' It Easy Stylistics - In Fashion Ten CC - Bloody Tourists Vannelli, Gino - Brother To Brother
Sorry, none of these albums registered with me. I do remember vividly Dire Straits debut album as it rekindled my interest in rock music. Sadly, the rest was rather forgettable. Sorry, The Last Waltz also appeared, but I thought it was a swan song of rock’s former glory.
Pure Pop, Wire, Talking Heads, Elvis, The Clash, Stones, Neil, Vibrators, Ramones, Parallel Lines, Shiny Beast.
I'd have to put "Give 'em Enough Rope" by The Clash in there as well.
My favorite Springsteen record, Darkness on the Edge of Town, is of course my number one. And the first record I ever bought, the Cars' debut, would rank very high on my list. I would also include More Songs About Buildings and Food, Give 'Em Enough Rope, and Street Hassle by Lou Reed. Other than that, as usual you covered the same bases, especially with my man Mr. Elvis Costello. I'm going to have to pick up a copy of Adventure someday. Like many, I love Marquee Moon, but never explored Television beyond that. Based on your recommendation, though, that's going to change.
Good shows! I like your presentations! Man, you really love the Kinks, don't you? He, He! They weren't that commercial, I didn't know they kept going that long from the 60's.
A good year for Rock, 1978 was my last year before the dreaded "Big 3-0". I was recuperating from a bad motorcycle accident, just beginning to look at the future again, reassessing my commitment to rock 'n' roll, after nearly 20 years. How much further could "three chords and a guitar" take us? Not far, it turned out. By 1984, Rock had splintered into a dozen sub-genres, from Air Metal to Hair Bands, Rap was gaining traction, and most of the big acts of the '60s and '70s beginning to show their age. The Stones and the Kinks were still at it, but Pink Floyd fell out, until David Gilmour brought it back to life, and so many bands suffered from deaths, or sidelining, of important members.
Lynyrd Skynyrd lost Steve Gaines and Ronnie Van Zant, Keith Moon over-excessed himself one too many times. Tommy Bolin died, Randy Roads, too, Judee Sill, Minnie Ripperton, Sandy Denny, Lowell George, Donny Hathaway, Terry Kath, Marc Bolan, Elvis, Paul Kossoff and Keith Relf all departed much too soon. Then, Bon Scott, Carl Radle, John Bonham, and John Lennon died in 1980, and it felt like the death knell for Rock. It was looking like the beginning of the end of Rock. Elvis Costello was angry at his record company, for putting him together with Clover, on his first LP, the one we all like, and the one most responsible for 90% of his reputation. The Sex Pistols proved talent wasn't a necessity, or even musicianship, and Tin Pan Alley was quick to rebound, the early '80s seeing a rebirth of the pre-Beatles' recording methodology, as "artists" came and went with blinding speed, at times, leaving songs no one cared about longer than their time on the charts.
Still,. there were some great moments, the Nick Lowe LP, followed closely by Moments of Pleasure, the Rockpile album, with Nick and pal Dave Edmunds, both older than me, Nick by almost 4 months, Dave by more than 5 years, giving me some sense of continuity. I had been a Dave Edmunds fan since Love Sculpture's 1st LP, Forms and Feelings, and a Nick Lowe fan since I found his name on several albums in the '70s. Dire Straits came out of nowhere in late '78 (Sultans of Swing wouldn't be released as a single in the US, until Jan 1979), offering a glimmer of hope, but the band would only release 6 alsums in 13 years, the 3rd and 4th head and shoulders above the other four. There were moments, when Billy Idol arrived with White Wedding in 1982, amid a flurry of potential hopefuls, but he soon faded. The Pretenders came in like gangbusters, lost two critical members, and limped off stage to regroup. The "band" still records, breleasing an album this year, but few, if any, of their classmates from 1979 are still around.
Another great list, Tom! These are my Top 25 from 1978:
Best of 1978
01 D A R K N E S S O N T H E E D G E O F T O W N
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
02 S O M E G I R L S
the Rolling Stones
03 L O N D O N T O W N
Paul McCartney & Wings
04 H E A V E N T O N I G H T
Cheap Trick
05 S T R A N G E R I N T O W N
Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
06 J A Z Z
Queen
07 Y O U ' R E G O N N A G E T I T
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
08 M I S F I T S
the Kinks
09 M O R E S O N G S A B O U T B U I L D I N G S A N D F O O D
the Talking Heads
10 V A N H A L E N ( I )
Van Halen
11 P A R A L L E L L I N E S
Blondie
12 E X C I T A B L E B O Y
Warren Zevon
13 D O U B L E V I S I O N
Foreigner
14 P U R E P O P F O R N O W P E O P L E
Nick Lowe
15 C O M E S A T I M E
Neil Young
16 M I N U T E B Y M I N U T E
the Doobie Brothers
17 O U T L A N D O S D ' A M O U R
Police
18 A T B U D O K A N
Cheap Trick
19 D O G & B U T T E R F L Y
Heart
20 I N F I N I T Y
Journey
21 M O V E I T O N O V E R
George Thorogood & the Delaware Destroyers
22 T H I S Y E A R ' S M O D E L
Elvis Costello & the Attractions
23 P I E C E S O F E I G H T
Styx
24 E A S T E R
Patti Smith Group
25 W H O A R E Y O U
the Who
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Nice! I always thought You’re Gonna Get It from Petty was underrated. Some great material on that record.
I love that album, kept track while the band sorted out the mess Shelter Records devolved into, waiting for Damn the Torpedoes. It was obvious Tom was gonna be a star. I saw them at the Whiskey and the Civic, in between the first two LPs, heard several of the songs on YGGI in their embryonic form. I had been down the same road, in1970-'71, so I could relate, a dirty manager (more'n 50 years later, and I still can't even think calmly about the guy, I get so angry--I changed the adjective six times!), in our case. I have to go meditate ...@@tomrobinson5776
Yeah, "This Year's Model" was where my heart was at in 1978 -- and still is. (I have a framed copy of the UK release on the wall, juxtaposed with Al Green's "Greatest Hits" because Al and Elvis are basically striking the same pose!) Since you mentioned it, I also miss Rhino Records in Westwood -- and Tower on Sunset and Aaron's Records on Melrose and, later, up on Vine near Sunset. And so many other well-stocked stores in which I spent hours as if I were in a library, learning about music by reading the musician credits on the back covers... I was a latecomer to Big Star (inspired by the Replacement's "Alex Chilton") but now life seems unthinkable without those three studio albums. Someday I would love to make a studio pilgrimage to Memphis: Stax (now the Soulsville USA Museum), Sun, Hi/Royal, Ardent...
Hi 👋 I was 18 years young in 1978. I'm 63 now. 78 was good for music. I liked Nick Lowe, Sound of Breaking Glass was a hit for him, i liked other artists that recorded on the Stiff record label such as Elvis Costello, and i had his album This Years Model on vinyl. Pump it Up was a single lifted off it that I liked. I also owned Blondie's record Parallel Lines too. Neil Youngs album Comes a Time is good and i had that. The singer Nicolette Larson did back up vocals on it. She had a hit song called Lotta Love in 1978. .I liked Warren Zevon's Excitable Boy album that year, the single Werewolves of London being on it. Rolling Stones , neat album. 👌
My faves:
City to City, Gerry Rafferty
Stardust, Willie Nelson
Excitable Boy, Warren Zevon
Road to Ruin, The Ramones
Outlandos d’Amour, The Police
More Songs About Buildings and Food, Talking Heads
This Year’s Model
Waiting for Columbus, Little Feat
Dire Straits, Dire Straits
The Last Waltz, The Band
💕👍 elvis he walks besides me ❤ 🇩🇪
Great year, great list. I love that you included An American Prayer. I think that one started a renaissance for The Doors and their legacy.
I think you’re right. That album along with the No One Here Gets Out Alive book.
Good selection.I bought a few of these too.I saw the Kinks that year.I remember Charlie as the opening act.The drummer had the biggest drumkit i had ever seen.When the Kinks performed Mick Avory blew them all away with his simple small drum kit.
Flamin' Groovies "Now"
Devo "Are We Not Men..."
Brian Eno " Music For Airports"
👍👍 devo !!!
I need to pick up that Flamin’ Groovies album.
@@tomrobinson5776 it is one of their best.
No one ever includes Manfred Mann’s Earth Band but the follow up from one of my favorite albums, The Roaring Silence, was 1978s Watch. Just listened to this album for the first time in a long while and it took me back to that long ago year. Great album!
@@dancranford5391 I’ve never heard that one. The Roaring Silence is great.
Great episode
A real gem from 1978 is NRBQ's "At Yankee Stadium". Not a live album, just a collection of wonderful songs.
Never heard it. I’ll have to check it out.
That is a good list. Many that I own. I have never listened to Todd Rundgren album. I love This Years Model. I think it was 4 on my list.
I remember here in the UK and being a 13 year old the energy, momentum and excitement of punk was about to morph into post punk and there was definitely an air of generational change it happened fast, punk, post punk, industrial before rampant commercialism get a hold of it .
So many great albums that year not least Culture’s Stand alone the original issue with the b&w cover The Ramones Road To Ruin and The Police’s Outlandos d’Amour
And Siouxsie and the Banshees The Scream! That was a stellar year…
Indeed it was. 😉
“call me crazy” what, for liking “an american prayer” ? if by crazy you mean you have good taste and know an inspired project from a great band, beautifully executed and forming a lasting, soulful tribute to jim morrison, then yeah, you’re nuts 🌰 🥜 🔩 😂
Ha! Long live American Prayer😉
I’ll love Parallel Lines. I listened to it constantly back then. Also, Comes a Time has some really great songs.
Excellent picks everyone is spot on
1978 is a tough year. I have a list (haven't made a video yet) and I think only one of your choices is on my list! I'll have to look at my list again, though...
I like how your list of 15 is bookended with Nick Lowe and Costello.
COMES A TIME❤
👍 🤜🏼..........free II 💕 just my fave, year ???
Solid list. I would only add a few: Waiting for Columbus by Little Feat, Easter by Patti Smith Group, Blue Valentine by Tom Waits, More Songs About Buildings and food by Talking Heads, and Stardust by Willie Nelson. Sorry, that was more than a few.
Can't argue against much there... a few other favs:
10cc - Bloody Tourists
The Cars - The Cars
Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town
Toto - Toto
10. Bachman Turner Overdrive - Street Action
9. Judas Priest - Stained Class
8. Dire Straits - Dire Straits
7. AC/DC - Powerage
6. Al Stewart - Time Passages
5. UFO - Obsession
4. Kate Bush - The Kick Inside
3. Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy
2. Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses
1. JEFF WAYNE'S MUSICAL VERSION OF THE WAR OF THE WORLDS
And few more……Gary Moore,brand x..dead boys..moddy blues..David coverdale..the motors..rainbows ..the sweet…patty smith..budgie….renaissance.,Steve hackett..flash in the pan….Oregon…Gerry rafferty….jade warrior….the saints…scorpion
Permanent waves is my favorite song off of misfits
I must give a shhout out also for one of the best ever live albums, Live & Dangerous by Thin Lizzy
Yes, great live record.
Agreed on yr #1. 1978 isn't quite as killer for reggae as 1976-77, but there's a few worth checking out. Marley certainly was the most consistent and prolific artist, but don't be so quick to dismiss the rest of the island. I can see how a lot of post-punk isn't your thing, but did you hear the Wire album?
Elvis Costello - This Year’s Model
Wire - Chairs Missing
X-Ray Spex - Germ-Free Adolescents
Buzzcocks - Another Music In A Different Kitchen
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)
The Jam - All Mod Cons
The Adverts - Crossing the Red Sea With The Adverts
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance
Magazine - Real Life
Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings And Food
The Saints - Eternally Yours
Cedric Im Brooks - The Magical Light Of Saba 1975-78
AC/DC - Powerage
Pere Ubu - Dub Housing
Buzzcocks - Love Bites
Nick Lowe - Jesus Of Cool
Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A. We Are Devo
Burning Spear - Social Living (Marcus’ Children)
Kraftwerk - The Man Machine
Television - Adventure
Lee Perry - Roast Fish Collie Weed and Corn Bread
Rush - Hemispheres
Judas Priest - Stained Class
Bob Marley & the Wailers - Kaya
Dennis Brown - Visions of Dennis Brown
The Stranglers - Black And White
Ijahman - Haile I Hymn
Radio Birdman - Living Eyes
Misfits - Static Age
Cheap Trick - Heaven Tonight
Wire was never my thing.
My favorite 1978 albums, in alphabetical order :
Beach Boys - MIU Album
Godley & Creme - L
Lake - II (favorite album)
McCartney, Paul - London Town
Oldfield, Sally - Water Bearer
Renaissance - A Song For All Seasons
Seals & Crofts - Takin' It Easy
Stylistics - In Fashion
Ten CC - Bloody Tourists
Vannelli, Gino - Brother To Brother
lake was a great band, but very under the radar for most of their tenure, sadly
I need to check out Lake. Never heard any of their material.
White Shadow rules
Got to have kaya now 😂😂
Greetings again from icy Norway. Where the hell is Blondie??
Parallel Lines is on this list.
@@tomrobinson5776 Woopsie! I stand corected. Keep it up! :)
Lanquidity by Sun Ra.
Sorry, none of these albums registered with me. I do remember vividly Dire Straits debut album as it rekindled my interest in rock music. Sadly, the rest was rather forgettable. Sorry, The Last Waltz also appeared, but I thought it was a swan song of rock’s former glory.
Those two albums by The Doors without Morrison I heard are awful 😣
I never had any desire to own those. No Morrison, No Doors. I’ve heard a few tracks and the magic is not there. Love American Prayer though…..