Can You See Ahead?

These songs from the 1970s and 80s may help!

01 - The End - Wrong Kind of Stone Age - 1987  (1:40)

02 - Clones All Think Alike - Mike Gould and the Gene Pool Band - 1981  (3:42)

03 - Modern Living - Experimental Products - 1982  (5:42)

04 - Computer - The Allies - 1979  (4:28)

05 - Lose Control - Stocking Heads - 1983  (2:20)

06 - Android Police - Pompeii 99 - 1982  (3:01)

07 - The Machine Wants to Know - The Aliens - 1980  (3:27)

08 - Century of Machines - The Conservatives - 1983  (3:30)

09 - Science Gone Too Far - The Dictators - 1977  (3:27)

10 - Dream Machines - Sons of Heroes - 1983  (3:28)

11 - Watchman, Walkman, Thinkman - Rupert Hine - 1988  (4:50)

12 - The Shape of Things to Come - The Diodes - 1977  (2:18)

13 - 21st Century Man - DL Byron - 1980  (2:55)

14 - I'm Mechanical - Subjects - 1982  (3:15)

15 - Machine - Satellite Spies - 1986  (3:28)

16 - Clones - The Waitresses - 1978  (2:28)

17 - Take Your Brain Out for a Walk - Tagmemics - 1980  (3:02)

18 - Ms Machine - Times - 1983  (5:59)

19 - Instant Knowledge - The Asteroids - 1978  (3:11)

20 - Do It for Science - New Marines - 1982  (3:23)

21 - Transformer Man - Neil Young - 1982  (3:18)

Now that you've had some visions of the future, get out there and make it a good one!

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See you on Thursday.  Until then, keep your heads in the clouds and watch out for flying cars!

  

Right Now!

That's how soon you can experience some new favorites!

01 - Right Now - Runaways - 1976  (3:33)

02 - The Empire Strikes Back (Medley) - Meco - 1980  (3:01)

03 - Breakfast Cereal Deviant - The Undead - 2002  (1:47)

04 - It's No Game (Pt 1) - David Bowie - 1980  (4:40)

05 - At the Dance - Jezebel & the Nudes - 1983  (3:54)

06 - Radical Attitude - Epicycle - 1979  (2:18)

07 - Your Love Is Like a Ballistic Missile - Roses Are Red - 1979  (3:04)

08 - Love Canal - The Vores - 1978  (3:26)

19 - Ain't That Peculiar - Fanny - 1972  (4:03)

10 - Living on Dreams - Vice Squad - 1981  (2:49)

11 - Paint by Number Heart - Martha and the Muffins - 1980  (3:45)

12 - Sometimes I (live) - The Plasmatics - 1979  (3:55)

13 - Explosive Decompression - The Maps - 1979  (1:51)

14 - The Wicked Name - House and Gardens - 1985  (4:12)

15 - Identity - X-Ray Spex - 1979  (2:19)

16 - Final Kiss of Love - West and Byrd - 1988  (4:25)

17 - More Suicides Please - The Thought Criminals - 1979  (2:32)

18 - Big Chain - The Flamingo Group - 1971  (2:30)

19 - Heads Are Gonna Roll - Straight Lines - 1980  (3:09)

20 - Happey Valley - pragVEC - 1980  (3:32)

21 - Betty Lou's Got a New Tattoo - The Creep - 1964  (1:59)

22 - New Maiden - Metal Boys featuring China - 1980  (2:45)

23 - Radio Dream (The Last Song) - The Orchids - 1979  (1:51)

24 - Audio, Audio - The Classics - 1979  (2:43)

25 - All Wound Up - Phobia - 1979  (2:08)

You too can be a Breakfast Cereal Deviant, and dabble in your Paint by Number Heart!  And, yes, #21 is spelt "Happey" -- and yes, #22 is a parody of "Betty Lou's Got a New Pair of Shoes."

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Surely you too can find a new favorite here?  You have until Monday and our next comp!
 

You Too Can Be Hip!

Yup, with this crackling selection of songs from the 1980s, all of which have two-word titles!

01 - It's Hip - The Terraplanes - 1981(2:40)

02 - Moja Mama - Videosex - 1983  (3:47)

03 - Bubble Gum - The Chichlids - 1980  (1:53)

04 - Electric Shadows - The Silence - 1985  (4:08)

05 - Savoir Faire - Family Fodder - 1980  (3:15)

06 - Callous World - Ester Zoobes - 1981  (3:12)

07 - In Egypt - Dik Dik Dimorphic - 1985  (3:39)

08 - Private World - The Vels - 1983  (4:36)

09 - Western Laughter - The Fatal Charm - 1980  (3:28)

10 - Elaborate Dummy - Portray Heads - 1984  (3:51)

11 - After Today - Elisa Waut - 1988  (3:09)

12 - Fun Wars - Dead Katts - 1982  (2:22)

13 - Permanent Damage - Suzanne Fellini - 1980  (3:16)

14 - Snake Handler - L7 - 1988  (2:27)

15 - Paper Dolls - IQU - 1984  (4:34)

16 - So Hard - Personal Effects - 1982  (3:25)

17 - Zero Gravity - IQ Zero - 1981  (3:07)

18 - No Romance - The Whisper Mode - 1985  (3:26)

19 - Sixties Flix - Action Pact - 1984  (1:54)

20 - Shut Up - Graduate - 1980  (2:53)

21 - After All - Midnite Lunch - 1983  (2:19)

22 - Hello Hello - The Keys - 1981  (3:31)

23 - Once Over - Burning Rome - 1982  (3:24)

24 - Trash City - Transvision Vamp - 1988  (5:10)

You can thank me after your spinning brain resettles.

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See ya Thursday for another glistening listening!

  

Welcome to the MUSICAL MONTH OF MAY 2025

Yup, a new music comp every Monday and Thursday, mi compadres.

We'll commence with a celebration of Walpurgisnacht.

Many of these selections feature Mussorgsky's "Night on Bald Mountain," but not all.

01 - St John's Night on a Bare Mountain (Original Version) - Mussorgsky - Ukraine NSO - 1867  (12:48)

02 - Night on Bald Mountain (Full Metal Cover) - Mussorgsky - arr John Parrish - 2016  (10:35)

03 - Walpurgis Night Allegretto - Gounod - 1859  (1:26)

04 - Night on Bald Mountain - Mussorgsky - Mint Julep Jazz Band - 2015  (4:08)

05 - Dorothy's Rescue (Extended Version) - Mussorgsky - arr Herbert Stothart - 1939  (3:10)

06 - Die erste Walpurgisnacht - Overture (edit) - Mendelssohn - 1831  (6:34)

07 - Walpurgis Night - The Coffinshakers - 2007  (3:27)

08 - Night on Bald Mountain (Piano Solo) - Mussorgsky - arr Andrew Ray - 2012  (8:11)

09 - Walpurgis - François Rabbath - 1963  (3:19)

10 - La nuit de Walpurgis - Overture - Charles-Marie Widor - 1887  (10:13)

11 - From the Bohemian Forest - Walpurgis Night - Dvořák - 1883  (3:58)

12 - A Night on Bare Mountain - Mussorgsky - arr Leibowitz - 1962  (10:36)

You should find and listen to the entirety of Mendelssohn's cantata, Die erste Walpurgisnacht.  Among other things, it's a poke at rabid so-called Christians who see the devil everywhere.

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See you on Monday, fellow revelers!