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Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Johnny Lunchbucket Dec 22 2019 10:10 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Dec 22 2019 10:22 AM

Simple quiz here. Name the top 20 albums in the WNEW Listener poll of 1978 (as explained below, these are albums that were new to WNEW listeners in 1978). One guess per post, no double dips. Go

Edgy MD Dec 22 2019 10:16 AM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

I assume this is an all-time thing, not a "Best of this Year" thing. If the former, I guess Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. If the latter, I guess Some Girls.

batmagadanleadoff Dec 22 2019 10:16 AM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Top 20 albums that came out in 1978 or top 20 classic rock albums of all-time as voted on in 1978?

41Forever Dec 22 2019 10:19 AM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Darkness on the Edge of Town!

Johnny Lunchbucket Dec 22 2019 10:21 AM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Sorry for being imprecise. This is albums of 1978, or at least those played "new" on WNEW that year (some may be late 77 or even early 79 releases, not entirely sure of dates.)

batmagadanleadoff Dec 22 2019 10:22 AM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

I'm voting like Edgy: Dark Side of the Moon if all-time; Outlandos d'Amour if it's a 1978 list.

batmagadanleadoff Dec 22 2019 10:23 AM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Sorry for being imprecise. This is albums of 1978, or at least those played "new" on WNEW that year (some may be late 77 or even early 79 releases, not entirely sure of dates.) Got it. 1978 was the year that a lot of so-called "new wave" acts broke through on classic rock radio.

batmagadanleadoff Dec 22 2019 10:25 AM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

1978: New unis for the Mets and a NYC newspaper strike. And Ron Guidry goes nuts.

Johnny Lunchbucket Dec 22 2019 10:28 AM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

And the champion delivers a first-round power punch 1. Darkness on the Edge of Town (414eva) 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. T9. T9. 11. 12. 13. 14. T15. T15. 17. 18. 19. 20. Misses: Some Girls (Edgy) Outlandos d'Amour (Batmags)

batmagadanleadoff Dec 22 2019 10:29 AM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!! Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Dec 22 2019 10:32 AM

1978: a teen age me sees Larry Bird - a college kid -play just one game and suddenly, my way of viewing, thinking and playing basketball is revolutionized instantly.

batmagadanleadoff Dec 22 2019 10:30 AM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=28785 time=1577035546 user_id=68] 1978: New unis for the Mets and a NYC newspaper strike. And Ron Guidry goes nuts.

This is already bullshit.

Johnny Lunchbucket Dec 22 2019 10:31 AM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

I think SOME GIRLS must have got caught up in the Disco Sucks movement because it does not appear in the top 40. No do the cops, even if batmags instinct was right

batmagadanleadoff Dec 22 2019 10:35 AM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

1978 -- Turn Back the Clock 2018 Puppet, Pauper, Pirate, Poet, Pawn King https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49259160008_95553120e3_c.jpg>

41Forever Dec 22 2019 10:47 AM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: And the champion delivers a first-round power punch 1. Darkness on the Edge of Town (414eva) If it was the WPLJ, WBAB or WLIR list, I wouldn't have gone with Bruce out of the box. But WNEW was all-Bruce Radio! They were all over The Who, too. So I'm going with "Who Are You." I love these Classic Rawk Kwizzes!

batmagadanleadoff Dec 22 2019 10:50 AM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: some may be late 77 or even early 79 releases, not entirely sure of dates.) I'm going to risk picking a 1977 album, because it came out late in that year and might've gotten more classic rock airplay in 1978 than anything. [fimg=555]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/00/Bat_out_of_Hell.jpg[/fimg]

Chad ochoseis Dec 22 2019 11:09 AM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Ah, 1978. My parents moved me from Brooklyn to Staten Island just before my 14th birthday. And I still haven't forgiven them. I sublimated my sorrows by buying Who Are You at the Majors on Forest Avenue. That would've been my guess, but 41 beat me to it. So how about Boston - Don't Look Back?

41Forever Dec 22 2019 11:17 AM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Michigan's version of Bruce is Bob Seger. "Stranger in Town" came out that year. 1978 was a rough year. Making that transition from junior high to high school, and high school sucked. Mets sucked. Yankees won and took a bandwagon of fans. I tried to like Pat Zachary, but he was no Seaver.

batmagadanleadoff Dec 22 2019 11:21 AM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Drinking the Kool-Aid -- 1978 style [fimg=666]https://englishreligion-1278.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/jonestown.png[/fimg] And put me down for Van Halen's debut.

Chad ochoseis Dec 22 2019 11:28 AM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Billy Joel. Classic rock? Classic pop? Both? Neither? Discuss. Meantime, I'll guess both that 52nd Street did indeed come out in 1978 and that it was considered rocky enough to make a WNEW list.

batmagadanleadoff Dec 22 2019 11:34 AM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

http://www.classicrockreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/1978_TheCars.jpg>

Double Switch Dec 22 2019 11:37 AM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

I was working 6 days a week back then and only had time to listen to rock on the radio while commuting. Have to say Fleetwood Mac Rumors. I have one other album but will post that below. 41F beat me to one of my other guesses.

Double Switch Dec 22 2019 11:37 AM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

My other guess is Steely Dan's Aja.

Chad ochoseis Dec 22 2019 11:44 AM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Disco influenced Grateful Dead wouldn't have worked in any other year, but my memory is that WNEW and WPLJ ate that stuff up in 1978 like a salad buffet at Beefsteak Charlie's. So, Shakedown Street?

Edgy MD Dec 22 2019 12:05 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6e/Bob_Seger_-_Stranger_in_Town.jpg> OE: We also need the awesome, wholesome disco gayness of the back cover. https://i.etsystatic.com/12245682/r/il/56384c/2095195521/il_570xN.2095195521_gyv8.jpg>

Frayed Knot Dec 22 2019 12:25 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

ELVIS IS KING ... or so it said all over the background of the MY AIM IS TRUE album It was late '77 when that one came out (IIRC) and ROLLING STONE gave it 'Album of the Year', but NEW would have been slow to the punch by then so it prolly showed up on the '78 poll.

kcmets Dec 22 2019 12:26 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Toto Toto

41Forever Dec 22 2019 12:39 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!! Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Dec 22 2019 01:08 PM

Edgy MD wrote: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6e/Bob_Seger_-_Stranger_in_Town.jpg> OE: We also need the awesome, wholesome disco gayness of the back cover. https://i.etsystatic.com/12245682/r/il/56384c/2095195521/il_570xN.2095195521_gyv8.jpg> Pssst! You are late on this one! But a great choice! I would have been marched to the state line and deposited in Ohio had I not guessed a Seger LP!

Edgy MD Dec 22 2019 12:57 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Yeah, but I had a picture. [FIMG=400]https://i.etsystatic.com/7119997/r/il/ada85c/1785853450/il_570xN.1785853450_2wqx.jpg[/FIMG]

batmagadanleadoff Dec 22 2019 12:57 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

More Songs about Buildings and Food. Talking Heads

41Forever Dec 22 2019 01:13 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/76/Foreigner_-_Double_Vision.jpg> A little "Double Vision" must be in there!

kcmets Dec 22 2019 01:17 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Kansas Point of No Return?

Edgy MD Dec 22 2019 02:14 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ae/NeilYoungalbum-ComesATime.jpg>

kcmets Dec 22 2019 02:15 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Styx Pieces of 8

41Forever Dec 22 2019 02:26 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

This might be one of the carry-overs from 1977. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e7/EricClapton-Slowhand.jpg>

Fman99 Dec 22 2019 02:28 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Going with Minute by Minute by the Doobie Brothers. Excited to recently find out that they'll be touring in 2020 with Michael McDonald (and playing here in the 'Cuse).

Edgy MD Dec 22 2019 02:30 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

I'll try a '77 alboom. [FIMG=500]https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/5dbafc8250487d0009bc3cca/1:1/w_600/steelydan_aja.jpg[/FIMG]

batmagadanleadoff Dec 22 2019 02:30 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Blondie - Parallel Lines

Johnny Lunchbucket Dec 22 2019 02:36 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

First of all I want to commend the excellent choices. And a couple near-misses. Second I have to confess that due to a clerical error, SOME GIRLS indeed ranked and Ranked #2. My apologies. 1. Darkness on the Edge of Town (414eva) 2. Some Girls (Edgy DC) 3. 52nd Street (Ochoseis) 4. Who Are You (414eva) 5. 6. 7. Stranger in Town (414eva) 8. T9. The Cars (Batmags) T9. 11. 12. 13. 14. Shakedown Street (Ochoseis) T15. Comes A Time (EdgyDC) T15. 17. 18. Parallel Lines (Batmags) 19. 20. Misses: Outlandos d'Amour (Batmags) Bat Out of Hell (Batmags) Don't Look Back (ochoseis) Rumors (Doubleswitch) Aja (Doubleswitch) My Aim is True (frayedknot) Toto (KC) Cheap Trick at Budokan (Edgydc) More Songs About Buildings and Food (Batmags) Double Vision (414eva) Point of Know Return (KC) Slowhand (414eva) Minute by Minute (fman)

batmagadanleadoff Dec 22 2019 02:51 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Drinking the Kool-Aid -- 1978 style [fimg=666]https://englishreligion-1278.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/jonestown.png[/fimg] And put me down for Van Halen's debut. So how did Van Halen's debut album rate? You probably got yourself in such a mood for some Kool-Aid after looking at those pictures that you didn't notice my pick.

Edgy MD Dec 22 2019 02:52 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

I'm not so sure it caught on right away, but... [FIMG=500]https://miro.medium.com/max/800/1*VXwmAVQCJq8erF1VUO_aYw.jpeg[/FIMG]

41Forever Dec 22 2019 02:53 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Jackson issued this in Dec. 1977, so it might have carried over! https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c4/Jackson_Browne_Running_on_Empty.jpg>

batmagadanleadoff Dec 22 2019 02:54 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Drinking the Kool-Aid -- 1978 style [fimg=666]https://englishreligion-1278.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/jonestown.png[/fimg] And put me down for Van Halen's debut. So how did Van Halen's debut album rate? You probably got yourself in such a mood for some Kool-Aid after looking at those pictures that you didn't notice my pick. And some more from 1978. Hate to admit it but I loved the Reggie! Bar. [FIMG=666]https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/12/ReggieBar.jpg[/FIMG]

Fman99 Dec 22 2019 02:55 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Well based on Minute by Minute not making the list, I'll go with the previous Doobie Bros' effort, '77's Living on a Fault Line.

batmagadanleadoff Dec 22 2019 02:56 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!! Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Dec 22 2019 02:59 PM

Drinking the Kool-Aid -- 1978 style [fimg=666]https://englishreligion-1278.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/jonestown.png[/fimg] And put me down for Van Halen's debut. So how did Van Halen's debut album rate? You probably got yourself in such a mood for some Kool-Aid after looking at those pictures that you didn't notice my pick. Edgy MD wrote: I'm not so sure it caught on right away, but... [FIMG=500]https://miro.medium.com/max/800/1*VXwmAVQCJq8erF1VUO_aYw.jpeg[/FIMG] Okay. Just everybody pretend like I don't even exist.

Edgy MD Dec 22 2019 02:58 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Sorry, man. It's hard to read when dead bodies are bouncing around in front of me. [FIMG=600]https://www.rhino.com/sites/rhino.com/files/styles/article_image/public/2019-07/jacksonbrowne.jpg[/FIMG]

41Forever Dec 22 2019 03:01 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Looks like I snuck in ahead of you again, Edgy!

batmagadanleadoff Dec 22 2019 03:02 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

And some more from 1978. Hate to admit it but I loved the Reggie! Bar. [FIMG=666]https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/12/ReggieBar.jpg[/FIMG] 25cents!! What would a chocolate bar like that go for today? Two bucks? A buck and a half?

kcmets Dec 22 2019 03:03 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Did Styx get disqualified or just wrong?

batmagadanleadoff Dec 22 2019 03:08 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Edgy MD wrote: Yeah, but I had a picture. [FIMG=400]https://i.etsystatic.com/7119997/r/il/ada85c/1785853450/il_570xN.1785853450_2wqx.jpg[/FIMG] That's '79. So only if the poll answerers were time-travelling aliens. OE ---- October 1978 release date. Nevermind. I must've associated it with '79 because that's the year it got massive airplay.

Double Switch Dec 22 2019 03:42 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Going out on a limb again with my Excitable Boy Warren Zevon. ....

Edgy MD Dec 22 2019 03:58 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

[FIMG=550]https://vinyl-records.nl/G/GE/Gerry-Rafferty/A0805-GERRY-RAFFERTY-City-To-City-Large.jpg[/FIMG]

Johnny Lunchbucket Dec 22 2019 04:05 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

1. Darkness on the Edge of Town (414eva) 2. Some Girls (Edgy DC) 3. 52nd Street (Ochoseis) 4. Who Are You (414eva) 5. 6. 7. Stranger in Town (414eva) 8. T9. The Cars (Batmags) T9. 11. 12. 13. 14. Shakedown Street (Ochoseis) T15. Comes A Time (EdgyDC) T15. 17. Running On Empty (414eva) 18. Parallel Lines (Batmags) 19. 20. Misses: Outlandos d'Amour (Batmags) Bat Out of Hell (Batmags) Don't Look Back (ochoseis) Rumors (Doubleswitch) Aja (Doubleswitch) My Aim is True (frayedknot) Toto (KC) Cheap Trick at Budokan (Edgydc) #25: More Songs About Buildings and Food (Batmags) #36: Double Vision (414eva) Point of Know Return (KC) Slowhand (414eva) Minute by Minute (fman) Pieces of Eight (KC) Van Halen 1 (Batmags) Van Halen II (Edgy) Living on A Fault Line (Fman) #40 City to City (Edgy) Exciteable Boy (Doubleswitch)

Johnny Lunchbucket Dec 22 2019 04:09 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

In no particular order we're looking for: Power pop, rocknsoul, prog, new wave, folk, pub rock, punk and combinations of such. 2 albums will never be guessed. a few have been almost been guessed.

kcmets Dec 22 2019 04:12 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

That Supertramp album probably but can't remember name.

41Forever Dec 22 2019 04:14 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

New wave - going with “Are we not men? We are Devo”

Johnny Lunchbucket Dec 22 2019 04:22 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

That Supertramp album didn't make the list Q: Are We Not Men? A: We are #30

kcmets Dec 22 2019 04:24 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

That REO Speedwagon album probably but can't remember the name. I know, I'll stop...

batmagadanleadoff Dec 22 2019 04:31 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Dire Straits debut featuring Sultans of Swing and Waterline.

batmagadanleadoff Dec 22 2019 04:33 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=28839 time=1577057475 user_id=68] Dire Straits debut featuring Sultans of Swing and Waterline.

This is a strange list, so far, because I assume that the list is made up of albums that got played on WNEW. But all those 1978 albums that the station actually played are missing. Comes a Time? I dont have any complaints about it making the list but I don't remember it getting much play.

Double Switch Dec 22 2019 04:53 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

My personal issue is how time has blended into a mass making it difficult to pick a year out of the stew. This could be due to my overindulgence of a certain herb starting in the late '60s and that I pretty much have forgotten most of the '80s. The other thing: back in the day I had no idea there would be tests in the next century. Trying to go by my personal tastes is a bad strategy because I was never much of a mainstream guy. Plus, that moving/work thing. I didn't really collect much because it's a pain to move stuff. Had to depend on whatever local radio that was not too obnoxious. The other other thing: although I spent time in Eastern Canada, I never lived in the US east coast time zone. I suspect regional preferences vary. Still, I'm gonna give these quizzes a shot and see what sticks to the wall.

Johnny Lunchbucket Dec 22 2019 05:03 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Dire Straits debut featuring Sultans of Swing and Waterline. This is a strange list, so far, because I assume that the list is made up of albums that got played on WNEW. But all those 1978 albums that the station actually played are missing. Comes a Time? I dont have any complaints about it making the list but I don't remember it getting much play. It is, but as you'll see at the end, it's authentic. I think what happens in these listener polls is whatever's hot at the moment rises to the top, whether or not they stand the test of time. Dire Straights and REO didn't chart (the list goes to 40). Dire Straights however made a separate 8-artist "best new band" list at #7. (Cars were #1, Devo #5, and one of the impossible-to-guess album artists finished #2). The other thing: back in the day I had no idea there would be tests in the next century. LOL.

Edgy MD Dec 22 2019 05:08 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Probably nobody's favorite Kinks album, but memorable cover art, and the Kinks were pretty unimpeachable at the time. [FIMG=550]https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51DY9X0WwPL._SY355_.jpg[/FIMG]

kcmets Dec 22 2019 05:15 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

[CROSSOUT]Who Are You?[/CROSSOUT]

kcmets Dec 22 2019 05:37 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

If Boudekon ain't right then it must be Heaven Tonight.

Johnny Lunchbucket Dec 22 2019 05:55 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Good call with Misfits, like Comes A Time, a legend's record that's widely not considered their best. You could say the same about 1 more on this list. Apropos of something: I'm listening to it NOW, and it's not so bad. Yes, Heaven Tonight! 1. Darkness on the Edge of Town (414eva) 2. Some Girls (Edgy DC) 3. 52nd Street (Ochoseis) 4. Who Are You (414eva) 5. 6. 7. Stranger in Town (414eva) 8. T9. The Cars (Batmags) T9. 11. 12. 13. Misfits (Edgy) 14. Shakedown Street (Ochoseis) T15. Comes A Time (EdgyDC) T15. 17. Running On Empty (414eva) 18. Parallel Lines (Batmags) 19. 20. Heaven Tonight (KC) Misses: Outlandos d'Amour (Batmags) Bat Out of Hell (Batmags) Don't Look Back (ochoseis) Rumors (Doubleswitch) Aja (Doubleswitch) My Aim is True (frayedknot) Toto (KC) Cheap Trick at Budokan (Edgydc) #25: More Songs About Buildings and Food (Batmags) #36: Double Vision (414eva) Point of Know Return (KC) Slowhand (414eva) Minute by Minute (fman) Pieces of Eight (KC) Van Halen 1 (Batmags) Van Halen II (Edgy) Living on A Fault Line (Fman) #40 City to City (Edgy) Exciteable Boy (Doubleswitch) That Supertram album (KC) That REO Speedwagon album (KC) #30 Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo (414eva) Dire Straights (BatMags)

batmagadanleadoff Dec 22 2019 06:09 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

I got two more albums up my sleeve. Actually I got a lot more than two. But just two that I think could plausibly make this list, which, as this contest progresses, I have less and less of a feel for. This album, I never owned. I liked this band -- up until this one came out, which I thought was a change of pace that I didnt go for. Jazz. -- Queen

Johnny Lunchbucket Dec 22 2019 06:19 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

JAZZ finished #33, tied with BLONDES HAVE MORE FUN by Rod Stewart

kcmets Dec 22 2019 06:29 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

My problem is I have songs in my 9th/10th grade head but have no idea what the album names are because they were radio songs not albums I owned or would have ever purchased.

batmagadanleadoff Dec 22 2019 06:31 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

I could see Devo finishing ahead of Jazz on a 1978 list but not on a list voted on by WNEW listeners. Queen had been getting regular rotational airplay on WNEW for years while Devo's 1978 debut had just one song that could have plausibly gotten airplay on WNEW (Satisfaction) and I don't think it did. WLIR, definitely but WNEW? I don't remember hearing Devo on that station in 1978. Maybe a few years later when Whip It came out.

seawolf17 Dec 22 2019 06:41 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

1978 was Draw The Line.

kcmets Dec 22 2019 06:48 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

NY radio played Draw The Line for like two weeks. No NY radio love for them. If anyone knows why I'd love to hear about it.

seawolf17 Dec 22 2019 06:49 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

That record was smack dab in the middle of their darkest period, admittedly, but I love every song on there.

kcmets Dec 22 2019 07:10 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

I like it too, but Kings and Queens is a bit tedious haha...

Johnny Lunchbucket Dec 22 2019 07:13 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!! Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Dec 22 2019 07:33 PM

Draw the Line didn;t rate. Last buncha cloos! SuperDuo! Hairy armpits! Woman-fronted Prog! Photographer! Jersey! Belfast! Gospel! Gay!

kcmets Dec 22 2019 07:20 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Lol hairy pits is Easter (overrated imho)

batmagadanleadoff Dec 22 2019 07:37 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

My other 1978 album got a lot of WNEW airplay, but I'm positive it won't be on the list because it doesn't match any of the clues. There's no "Blues" clues -- and Lunchie woulda definitely also gave some Delaware themed clue for this album: Move it on Over -- George Thorogood & The Delaware Destroyers

batmagadanleadoff Dec 22 2019 07:42 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

My other 1978 album got a lot of WNEW airplay, but I'm positive it won't be on the list because it doesn't match any of the clues. There's no "Blues" clues -- and Lunchie woulda definitely also gave some Delaware themed clue for this album: Move it on Over -- George Thorogood & The Delaware Destroyers Also, Move it on Over probably doesn't deserve to make the list. It's a rollicking fun listen but there's nothing original or groundbreaking about it.

Johnny Lunchbucket Dec 22 2019 07:44 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Lonesome George made the Best New Artist list #3 but didn't hit the album chart. EASTER was correct at #8 Last guess for everyone who still wants to play, I'll do the Big Reveal in the morning

kcmets Dec 22 2019 07:46 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Leave it open for a day or two, it's Sunday night no one's on...

41Forever Dec 22 2019 08:04 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Is the gospel Bob Dylan's Slow Train Coming?

Edgy MD Dec 22 2019 09:00 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

I think Slow Train Coming was 1979. In 1978, Dylan released Street Legal, a mostly pop-rock album that's mostly nobody's favorite. I'm gonna call in a cop. https://i1.wp.com/coolhunting.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/eddie-money-debut.jpg?resize=600%2C600&ssl=1>

Chad ochoseis Dec 22 2019 09:00 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

=41Forever post_id=28866 time=1577070288 user_id=69] Is the gospel Bob Dylan's Slow Train Coming?

I was trying to come up with that album title.



The Clash had to have released something in '78. ¿Sandinista?

Edgy MD Dec 22 2019 10:13 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

A 1977 holdover, yo ... [FIMG=500]https://classicalbumsundays.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/artrockstore-david-bowie-heroes-album_1024x1024-1.jpg[/FIMG]

kcmets Dec 23 2019 06:26 AM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Skynyrd Street Survivors

seawolf17 Dec 23 2019 06:38 AM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Weren't the four KISS solo album 1978 too? I'll pick the Ace record, because I think "New York Groove" was the only hit off any of those.

41Forever Dec 23 2019 07:10 AM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Draw the Line didn;t rate. Last buncha cloos! Gay! I can't picture WNEW playing this, but: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Cruisin1978.jpg/220px-Cruisin1978.jpg>

Johnny Lunchbucket Dec 23 2019 07:13 AM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!! Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Dec 23 2019 07:26 AM

All those guesses are wrong, except for the one that was specifically mentioned and not guessed. STREET LEGAL finished tied for 9th place with the Cars. I didn't intend to mislead you by teasing out SLOW TRAIN but the gospelness started somewhere. NEW played a different group that was glad to be gay [YOUTUBE]qZhMvLuoMaM[/YOUTUBE] 1. Darkness on the Edge of Town (414eva) 2. Some Girls (Edgy DC) 3. 52nd Street (Ochoseis) 4. Who Are You (414eva) 5. 6. 7. Stranger in Town (414eva) 8. T9. The Cars (Batmags) T9. Street Legal (nobody) 11. 12. 13. Misfits (Edgy) 14. Shakedown Street (Ochoseis) T15. Comes A Time (EdgyDC) T15. 17. Running On Empty (414eva) 18. Parallel Lines (Batmags) 19. 20. Heaven Tonight (KC) Misses: Outlandos d'Amour (Batmags) Bat Out of Hell (Batmags) Don't Look Back (ochoseis) Rumors (Doubleswitch) Aja (Doubleswitch) My Aim is True (frayedknot) Toto (KC) Cheap Trick at Budokan (Edgydc) #25: More Songs About Buildings and Food (Batmags) #36: Double Vision (414eva) Point of Know Return (KC) Slowhand (414eva) Minute by Minute (fman) Pieces of Eight (KC) Van Halen 1 (Batmags) Van Halen II (Edgy) Living on A Fault Line (Fman) #40 City to City (Edgy) Exciteable Boy (Doubleswitch) That Supertram album (KC) That REO Speedwagon album (KC) #30 Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo (414eva) Dire Straights (BatMags) Cruisin (414eva) Heroes (Edgy) KISS-Ace Frehley (seawolf) Street Survivors (KC) B52's (KC) Sandanista (Ochoseis) Eddie Money (Edgy) Slow Train Coming (414eva)

kcmets Dec 23 2019 07:20 AM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

78 seems a little early for B52's but I'll throw that hat in.

Johnny Lunchbucket Dec 23 2019 07:47 AM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!! Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Dec 23 2019 08:05 AM

OK, we're still looking for: a "local" band another RNRHOFer with a catalog effort a kind of "supergroup" that could only form in 1978 an obscure gay band that's not the VP or the B52s another RNRHOFer that was previously overguessed in this contest a UK prog group that had it's only "hit" from this album, but it probably never appeared in the top 1043 ever.

Edgy MD Dec 23 2019 07:55 AM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Way to correctly guess STREET-LEGAL without actually guessing it, jackass. It was a period when respect for Dylan ran so high (almost religiously) that he'd get votes just for showing up. And showing up with an actual pop-rock album, doubly so. Whether it's particularly good is an afterthought. Which is ironic, because it was one of Bob's more assholey periods. Left field guess: Is this the supergroup, or the "local" group? [FIMG=500]https://s1.dmcdn.net/v/B0HDk1LqDv2H5h1aA/x1080[/FIMG]

41Forever Dec 23 2019 08:06 AM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: OK, we're still looking for: a "local" band another RNRHOFer with a catalog effort a kind of "supergroup" that could only form in 1978 an obscure gay band that's not the VP or the B52s another RNRHOFer that was previously overguessed in this contest a UK prog group that had it's only "hit" from this album UK Prog - Genesis? "Follow Me" from "..And Then There Were Three" was the band's only hit for a long time!

Johnny Lunchbucket Dec 23 2019 08:13 AM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Both good guesses but neither is correct. The Blues Brothers were the #8 "Best New Artist" "...And then there were three" finished just out of the money at #23 You guys will never guess the prog entry, which I just listened to. I sounds like a mix of keyboard-driven prog and ABBA.

batmagadanleadoff Dec 23 2019 08:56 AM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: OK, we're still looking for: a "local" band another RNRHOFer with a catalog effort a kind of "supergroup" that could only form in 1978 an obscure gay band that's not the VP or the B52s another RNRHOFer that was previously overguessed in this contest a UK prog group that had it's only "hit" from this album, but it probably never appeared in the top 1043 ever. Whaddya mean when you say "overguessed"?

batmagadanleadoff Dec 23 2019 09:03 AM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: OK, we're still looking for: a "local" band another RNRHOFer with a catalog effort a kind of "supergroup" that could only form in 1978 an obscure gay band that's not the VP or the B52s another RNRHOFer that was previously overguessed in this contest a UK prog group that had it's only "hit" from this album, but it probably never appeared in the top 1043 1ever. Whaddya mean when you say "overguessed"? Ok. The clues "Belfast" and RnRHOFer say Van Morrison -- Wavelength.

Johnny Lunchbucket Dec 23 2019 09:28 AM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

I like WAVELENGTH, the unveiled #12 entr. It's been proven that if you just play the title track on a good stereo turned way up, the woman in the room with you will immediately start disrobing. Make sure it's not your mom or daughter! [YOUTUBE]YCptjDrd8SU[/YOUTUBE]

Johnny Lunchbucket Dec 23 2019 09:30 AM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

By overguessed I mean one of you smartyfarties tried to outwit the contest and backed yourselves into a near-miss, similar to the STREET LEGAL kerfuffle

Edgy MD Dec 23 2019 09:42 AM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Congratulations to the voters for their outstanding support for WAVELENGTH. Here's the proggy entry. [FIMG=500]http://progressiverockcentral.com/wp-content/uploads/Renaissance_A_Song.jpg[/FIMG] [YOUTUBE]CIEqdXpG5Pg[/YOUTUBE]

batmagadanleadoff Dec 23 2019 10:06 AM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Ok. Then maybe Lynyrd Skynyrd First and Last -- an album I wouldnt have otherwise submitted as a guess but the band's in the Hall and now I know what you mean by "overguessed". So it matches two clues.

Johnny Lunchbucket Dec 23 2019 10:31 AM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

still looking for the near miss, some local heroes, a duo, and the gays 1. Darkness on the Edge of Town (414eva) 2. Some Girls (Edgy DC) 3. 52nd Street (Ochoseis) 4. Who Are You (414eva) 5. 6. 7. Stranger in Town (414eva) 8. Easter (KC) T9. The Cars (Batmags) T9. Street Legal (nobody) 11. Song for All Seasons (Edgy) 12. Wavelength (Batsmags) 13. Misfits (Edgy) 14. Shakedown Street (Ochoseis) T15. Comes A Time (EdgyDC) T15. 17. Running On Empty (414eva) 18. Parallel Lines (Batmags) 19. 20. Heaven Tonight (KC) Misses: Outlandos d'Amour (Batmags) Bat Out of Hell (Batmags) Don't Look Back (ochoseis) Rumors (Doubleswitch) Aja (Doubleswitch) My Aim is True (frayedknot) Toto (KC) Cheap Trick at Budokan (Edgydc) #25: More Songs About Buildings and Food (Batmags) #36: Double Vision (414eva) Point of Know Return (KC) Slowhand (414eva) Minute by Minute (fman) Pieces of Eight (KC) Van Halen 1 (Batmags) Van Halen II (Edgy) Living on A Fault Line (Fman) #40 City to City (Edgy) Exciteable Boy (Doubleswitch) That Supertram album (KC) That REO Speedwagon album (KC) #30 Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo (414eva) Dire Straights (BatMags) Cruisin (414eva) Heroes (Edgy) KISS-Ace Frehley (seawolf) Street Survivors (KC) B52's (KC) Sandanista (Ochoseis) Eddie Money (Edgy) Slow Train Coming (414eva) #23 ...And then there 3 (414eva) First and Last (Batmags) Breifcase Full of Blues (Edgy) #33 Jazz (BatMags)

Edgy MD Dec 23 2019 10:38 AM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

HOLY FUCKING SHIT! Renaissance was RIGHT?!?!?!? I deserve ALL the fucking THINGS for pulling that one out of deepest, darkest part of my ASS! I was swinging with my eyes closed! While I'm confoundingly hot, here are the local yokels. https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51jGPjoDbIL._SY355_.jpg>

kcmets Dec 23 2019 10:39 AM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Alexa, play me a song by a 1978 obscure gay rock band...

Johnny Lunchbucket Dec 23 2019 11:03 AM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

The local band I'm thinking of has been featured in at least two movies. They play a "bar band"

batmagadanleadoff Dec 23 2019 11:30 AM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: The local band I'm thinking of has been featured in at least two movies. They play a "bar band" I know this. I think. Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes -- Hearts of Stone.

Johnny Lunchbucket Dec 23 2019 11:43 AM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

That's correct with our #6 album of the year. [YOUTUBE]HbVvD_0sHOg[/YOUTUBE] Extra Southside trivia: The movies were Between the Lines (1977) and Adventures in Babysitting, but his most suce$$ful appearnce of his career might have been this commercial from 1982: [YOUTUBE]dfYoEPaqefY[/YOUTUBE]

Chad ochoseis Dec 23 2019 12:19 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: a UK prog group that had it's only "hit" from this album, but it probably never appeared in the top 1043 ever. King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair

Johnny Lunchbucket Dec 23 2019 12:27 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Nah, Edgy got the UK prog group right with Renaissance. There is a proggy element to duo we're still looking for, but folk-jazz fusion might be a better description

Edgy MD Dec 23 2019 12:31 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Are we still looking for a folksie? How about Fart Garfunkle? [FIMG=500]https://thevinylfrontierbarry.com/ekmps/shops/ae5de3/images/art-garfunkel-watermark-lp-g-vg-9261-p.png[/FIMG]

Johnny Lunchbucket Dec 23 2019 12:43 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

geez you guys. a gay band a jazz-folk duo an artist that's already been guessed and is in the HOF

Double Switch Dec 23 2019 12:59 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Yeah, I'm out. I don't know what proggie means. Don't laugh. I must have missed more of the '70s than I thought.

kcmets Dec 23 2019 01:04 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Styx Grand Illsion?

Johnny Lunchbucket Dec 23 2019 01:21 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Richard Neer says: Thanks for playing! And what a showing for Pablo Cruise! I won that album at the Fireman's Fair in 1978 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49261538131_653fb24652_b.jpg>

Johnny Lunchbucket Dec 23 2019 01:25 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Our Gay Band and Album: [YOUTUBE]auN0ZLcuvXI[/YOUTUBE] The folk-jazz duo [YOUTUBE]Kk75J-VwUOU[/YOUTUBE] No action on this obvious one, your aim isn't true: [YOUTUBE]Otv_63OFhQQ[/YOUTUBE]

41Forever Dec 23 2019 01:31 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Good contest!!

Johnny Lunchbucket Dec 23 2019 01:42 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

I'm declaring that 41 Forever defends his belt. Tim Weisberg and Dan Fogelberg did a second album called No Resemblance Whatsoever. The Tom Robinson Band comes out in the above tune but also on Glad to be Gay. Their biggest hit was 2-4-6-8 Motorway which rocks

Johnny Lunchbucket Dec 23 2019 02:04 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Never heard of Stanky Brown

kcmets Dec 23 2019 02:40 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Fun stuff and stroll down memory lane. Wonder if Pat St John sent out a letter, would be interesting to compare PLJ vs NEW.

Edgy MD Dec 23 2019 03:00 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Man, The Tom Robinson Band may have achieved maximum cowbell on that track. Would be fun to quiz Richard Neer.

Frayed Knot Dec 23 2019 03:33 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Alas, there was a time when Ronstadt and Renaissance could co-exist on the radio with Bruce and the Who. Those were better days. Neer was, in those days, (I believe) the program director which is likely why that list came via him. In 1978 WNEW was still in what would be considered a 'Progressive' format even if on a somewhat more restricted compared to earlier years. Vin Scelsa, resident crotchety overnight guy, was already complaining at this point about Neer and his adherence to the beancounters but the station wasn't yet in full slide towards 'Classic Rock' and the almost singles-oriented format that it would eventually become by around the mid-80s. Within a handful of years they would have dropped more than a few artists from that list entirely [Renaissance, T. Robinson. P Cruise, Rafferty, A. Stewart, K. Loggins and more] as if those artists/albums had never existed in the station's history. The majority of those albums which would remain in good graces still saw themselves chopped down to one or two songs max.

ashie62 Dec 23 2019 03:52 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Never heard of Stanky Brown Stanky Brown was the backing band for Belushi and Akroyd at a benefit I went to Had a few beers with Tom Robinson after he had started Sector 27. He was tired, smelled bad but rawked!

Johnny Lunchbucket Dec 23 2019 04:14 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Neer now does odd shifts like Saturday mornings on WFAN and is the world's blandest sports personality.

41Forever Dec 23 2019 04:15 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Never heard of Stanky Brown Stanky Brown was the backing band for Belushi and Akroyd at a benefit I went to Had a few beers with Tom Robinson after he had started Sector 27. He was tired, smelled bad but rawked! That's so cool!!! I remember reading about him in "Hit Parader," but I don't think I ever heard one of his songs. I loved that magazine as a kid. I thought Creem was too snarky. Circus was OK. I liked that Hit Parader had lyrics. I'm sure it died ages ago.

Edgy MD Dec 23 2019 11:04 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Neer now does odd shifts like Saturday mornings on WFAN and is the world's blandest sports personality. Oh, yes he is. But what could liven up the show better than asking him about his Stanky Brown memories?

Johnny Lunchbucket Dec 24 2019 10:30 AM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

I've been streaming these 1978 albums for 3 days straight now. Sorry to report that STRANGER IN TOWN, WORLDS AWAY, TWIN SONS, and POWER IN THE DARKNESS are the streaming-era equivalent of out of print. You can reassemble "Power" with greatest-hits clips but to me it's not the same.

cal sharpie Dec 24 2019 01:46 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Been offline or I would've been all over this kwiz. In college in San Francisco in 1978. Year began with the final Sex Pistols show and ended with two killer Springsteen shows, both at the soon-to-be demolished Winterland. Good times.

ashie62 Dec 24 2019 03:58 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

Pistols last show and last words onstage by Rotten "ever feel you been cheated?

Johnny Lunchbucket Dec 24 2019 04:24 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

RN: Johnny from Queens, you're on the FAN. JFQ: Good morning, Richard. First time, long-time. How would you describe the Mets moves this off-season? Will they rock as hard as Stanky Brown at My Father's Place? RN: You may have a point there. Next up, Mike from Manhattan. Go ahead Mike.

Edgy MD Dec 24 2019 10:08 PM Re: Classic Rock Kwiz: 1978!!

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