Smash Hits, May 1980
9-17-08 Smash Hits – May 15 – 28, 1980
I was buying “Smash Hits” magazine from
In no particular order:
NEW MUSIK – This World of Water
DEVO – Girl U Want
ELVIS COSTELLO – Crawling To The
ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK – Messages
ROXY MUSIC – Over You
DELTA 5 – Anticipation
SPIZZ ENERGI – Where’s Captain Kirk?
ROBERT WYATT – Arauco
BLONDIE – Call Me
MOTORS – That’s What John Said
SQUEEZE – Pulling Muscles From A Shell
MONOCHROME SET – Strange Boutique
HUMAN LEAGUE – WXJL Tonight
MAGAZINE – Song From Under The Floorboards
GARY NUMAN – We Are Glass
MOTORHEAD – Leaving Here (Live, “Golden Years” EP)
These are the songs I spotted while leafing through this issue. I might have to ask my GF for the Elvis Costello track to make this ‘mix tape” from May, 1980. I think I have everything else here – certainly on vinyl, if not on CD! I think I actually bought the New Musik, O.M.D., Spizz Energi, Robert Wyatt, Human League, Magazine and Gary Numan as new releases!
Another issue of Smash Hits appears tomorrow!
Labels: Smash Hits
posted by Ron Kane @ 6:58 AM
3 Comments:
Mother McCrea - that was a heady time!!!!
If I had known then what I know now, I would have taken a LOT more notes then!! The UK post-punk era was 3-5 years of more sonic delights than I could begin to cram into my life to the point of where I have spent the last 20 years playing catch up! Smash Hits was a teenpop magazine and I was in my 20s when I first saw it but it was really weird seeing all of the acts I loved best given this level of exposure. Bound editions of 1980-83? I wouldn't turn 'em down! During that time, I only bought the far more serious Trouser Press but Smash Hits still get two thumbs up from Jim.
I have about 2 complete years of this magazine, roughly '80 to '82 (then I got so involved with New Zealand - another story).
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