Dance as if it's 1979
Mar. 14th, 2009 04:27 pmI ordered Joy Division's "Unknown Pleasures" recently, vaguely inspired by fic research (which included rewatching "24 Hour Party People" to get a better sense of late 70s/early 80s pop culture in Manchester, which reminded me that I really love this song). "Unknown Pleasures" is from 1979. I only have one other album from that year (I think) - namely, Midnight Oil's "Head Injuries". Midnight Oil just had three reuninion concerts, today and Friday/Thursday, I think, so I've been watching youtube clips for a bit, which I also did for Joy Division before I decided to buy "Unknown Pleasures", and this made me realise that my two 1979 albums also both happen to be by bands whose lead singers have/had patently bizarre "stage moves"... They both look a bit like out-of-control robots when they really get going.
I don't think it's a 1979 thing, though. But it's a weird coincidence.
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This post is not meant as an endorsement of Australia's - apparently - sadly ineffectual Environment Minister.
I don't think it's a 1979 thing, though. But it's a weird coincidence.
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This post is not meant as an endorsement of Australia's - apparently - sadly ineffectual Environment Minister.