Old Enough to Forget

Several months ago I wrote about the band's 1983 album Cargo and I mentioned that I loved the big hits on the album and was really disappointed with the album overall. I think my exact words were "I remember being profoundly disappointed in the record. Two killers, and filler. It's not an album I've heard in decades." Okay, those were my exact works, that's the nice thing about cut and pasting. I began to wonder if I had been carrying around a lot of unnecessary baggage with respect to the album. After all, this is an album that's sold in excess of 10 million copies world wide, and half a million of them right here in Canada. If it was shit people would have noticed. Wouldn't they? As fate would have it a little while ago I found a copy in the dollar bin (sadly the store has since closed as their landlord decided they wanted to jack up the rent. Bad for them, bad for me ... but I was starting to run out of space) that was in decent shape. It was the wh...

Oh man, my platter runneth over. I'm not complaining, but I am running out of room which sucks. However, over the last several months I've got more albums to listen to than I have time. Again, not complaining it's a challenge and as they say, "Challenge accepted." I probably should have spent more time with the Alex Harvey as this was my introduction to his music, but I'm holding out until I can find something by SAHB, then I'll wax and pontificate on shit I know nothing about. It won't be worth the wait, but you never know. Pat Benatar - Get Nervous (1982) Alex Harvey - The New Band - The Mafia Stole My Guitar (1979) Rough Trade - For Those Who Think Young (1981) Men at Work - Two Hearts (1985) Don Henley - I Can't Stand Still (1982) Pat Benatar - Get Nervous (1982) Other than the single "Shadows of the Night" I really had no idea what to expect on Get Nervous . It's unfair I know but I never really thought much of her. Oh the...

If you weren't around in the early '80s it's hard to explain the short lived Australian invasion ... well it wasn't so much of an invasion, but people, myself included love hyperbole. BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE! Back in 1981 seemingly out of nowhere Men at Work were suddenly everywhere. A pair of honest to goodness earworms in "Who Can it Be Now?" and "Down Under" propelled the band into the stratosphere. I eagerly bought the album, and remember being profoundly disappointed in the record. Two killers, and filler. It's not an album I've heard in decades. In 1983 the band dropped Cargo and again the band scored big with a couple of tracks: "Overkill" a song that has aged incredibly well, and "It's a Mistake" that was very much part of the early '80s hysteria over nuclear annihilation. Fearing that it was going to be another killer and filler I didn't pick up the album, and sure enough I dismissed the album, and t...