As great as music from 30 years ago is, I don’t have much time for being stuck in one period of time, music wise.
This band has a great studio recording of this song that you should hear. However, I think this live recording is pretty good, too, and since there is no official video I can find, here’s
If you don’t know much about music of this time, you might think there was no good music from this year. (Wasn’t that the end of disco?) In fact, there was some truly great music released this year. One of the greatest bands of all time, The Clash, released one of their greatest albums, London Calling. And from London Calling was this huge hit:
The punk music of the time had an odd consequence: great bands like The Rolling Stones rose to the occasion and produced some great music of their own, including Miss You from the great album, Some Girls
1979 marked the end of disco, the rise of punk and then new wave, and the birth of hip hop/rap with Rapper’s Delight
It still has a heavy disco influence, but it is the beginning of the end (of disco) and the beginning of the beginning (of hip hop).
One of my all time favorite videos:
Just so you know, this is the YouTube – Jay Z – 99 Problems [Dirty] version, so of course it is NSFW.
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