UNKNOWN PLEASURES..
1979 WAS A VERY PIVOTAL YEAR FOR MUSIC. THAT MAY BE SAID OF ANY YEAR BUT IN NO WAY CREDIBLE AS 79. .. DISCO WAS DYING FAST, PUNK ROCK WAS LIVING AND GROWING FAST AND NEW WAVE WAS EMERGING (with borrowed disco sensibilities)... SOME OF THE ALL TIME GREATEST AND MOST SIGNIFICANT ALBUMS WERE RELEASED IN 1979. THE TOP 40 MEDIA DARLINGS WERE AIR SUPPLY, GLORIA GAYNOR, PEACHES AND HERB. THEN THIS SHIFT STARTED CREEPING IN AND CAMPS WERE ESTABLISHED. YOU WERE EITHER A GOOD OLD ROCKER OR A PUNKER NEW WAVE DORK. THE FRINGE LISTENED TO AIR SUPPLY AND HAD NO CAMP. THE POLICE AND THE CARS WERE EXCELLENT "CROSSOVER" TYPE BANDS TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWIXT ROCK N PUNK WAVE. BOTH MUTUALLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE WARRING FACTIONS. THEN A FEW BANDS GAVE US SOME ALBUMS THAT ARE UNCHALLENGED BY ANY AND REMAIN OBJECTS OF AUDIO WORSHIP TODAY. 1. =THE CLASH= LONDON CALLING 2. =THE PRETENDERS= PRETENDERS AND NOW THE REASON FOR THIS RETRO-REVIEW OF SORTS 3. =JOY DIVISION= UNKNOWN PLEASURES THIS WAS NO...
