Tag Archives: 1977

Want List: Ultravox! Live At The Rainbow 1977 Streaming Only Album

Posted on February 2, 2021 by postpunkmonk

Ultravox!: Live At The Rainbow 1977 – UK – STREAM [2021] Against all odds, the recent news of this live Ultravox! recording from 1977 has emerged of late to bamboozle This Monk with its bounty of vintage ‘Vox goodness. There … Continue reading →

Posted in Core Collection, Live Music, Want List | Tagged 1977, John Foxx, streaming, Ultravox | 18 Comments

Moroder Week: Day 7 – Donna Summer – I Feel Love 12″

Posted on February 12, 2020 by postpunkmonk

What else could we end Moroder Week with but the truly seminal single “I Feel Love,” by Donna Summer? I can only typify the effect of this song’s appearance in 1977 as cataclysmic? I was still listening to Top 40 … Continue reading →

Posted in Bowie, Record Review, Satire, seminal single | Tagged 12" single, 1977, Adult Swim, Donna Summer, I Feel Love, Lords Of Synth | 23 Comments

Record Review: Iggy Pop – The Idiot US CD [part 4]

Posted on January 20, 2020 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] I’ll never forget what I once saw on a journey from Cleveland to Chicago in 1998 on Interstate 90. I was accompanying a Cle-based friend of JTs and we were headed to Chicago to see Kraftwerk … Continue reading →

Posted in Bowie, Record Review | Tagged 1977, 1990, David Bowie, Iggy, Iggy pop, The Idiot | 5 Comments

Record Review: Iggy Pop – The Idiot US CD [part 3]

Posted on January 17, 2020 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] Unlike the Bowie cover, the original “China Girl”cuts in on the “one” with only a split second before Pop began singing. None of the cod-orientalism [courtesy of producer Nile Rodgers] of the Bowie cover was present … Continue reading →

Posted in Bowie, Record Review | Tagged 1977, 1990, David Bowie, Iggy pop, Tony Visconti | 13 Comments

Record Review: Iggy Pop – The Idiot US CD [part 2]

Posted on January 15, 2020 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] The harmonized drum sound of “Sister Midnight” took a rest as the song “Nightclubbing” was built on a simple plodding rhythm box with queasy catcall synths vying for space with David Bowie’s barrelhouse piano. The latter … Continue reading →

Posted in Bowie, Record Review | Tagged 1977, Berlin, David Bowie, Iggy pop | 1 Comment

Record Review: Iggy Pop – The Idiot US CD [part 1]

Posted on January 14, 2020 by postpunkmonk

Iggy Pop: The Idiot US CD [1990] Sister Midnight Nightclubbing Funtime Baby China Girl Dum Dum Boys Tiny Girls Mass Production It’s been 42 years, but in the waning days of 2019, I finally got around to hearing Iggy Pop’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Bowie, Record Review | Tagged 1977, 1990, David Bowie, Iggy pop | 14 Comments

Just How Many Roxy Music Compilations DO I Own, Anyway?

Posted on November 22, 2019 by postpunkmonk

Until 30 minutes ago, I had no idea what I was going to blog about. As I sometimes do, I headed over to my collection in Discogs.com and hit the “random item” button [sort of like the one on the … Continue reading →