40th Anniversary Archives - Rock and Roll Globe

Thursday, September 24, 2020

Gimme Some Slack: The Cars’ Panorama at 40

September 7, 2020September 8, 2020 Katherine Yeske Taylor 1 Comment 1980, 40th Anniversary, Benjamin Orr, Elliot Easton, Greg Hawkes, Panorama, Ric Ocasek, The Cars, Touch and Go

Guitarist Elliot Easton chats exclusively with the Rock & Roll Globe about the New Wave legends’ underrated third album

Disco Pop Soundtracks and Film Scores

We Are Magic: Xanadu at 40

September 3, 2020September 3, 2020 Lily Moayeri 0 Comments 1980, 40th Anniversary, Cliff Richard, Electric Light Orchestra, Gene Kelly, Jeff Lynne, Magic, Michael Beck, Olivia Newton-John, The Tubes, Xanadu

Why the flawless ELO-assisted soundtrack deserves to be separated from Olivia Newton-John’s head-scratching post-Grease career move

Country and/or Western Soundtracks and Film Scores

“The Lure of Irresponsibility”: Willie Nelson’s Honeysuckle Rose Turns 40

August 12, 2020August 12, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1980, 40th Anniversary, Amy Irving, Dyan Cannon, Emmylou Harris, Hank Cochran, Honeysuckle Rose, Johnny Gimble, On The Road Again, One Trick Pony, Paul Simon, Willie Nelson

Loosely based on the 1939 film Intermezzo, the Red Headed Stranger’s hit Hollywood turn introduced him to a new generation of music fans

New Wave

How Ultravox Created The ’80s With Vienna

August 5, 2020August 5, 2020 Jim Allen 1 Comment 1980, 40th Anniversary, Billy Currie, Classix Nouveaux, Connie Plank, Duran Duran, Midge Ure, Spandau Ballet, Steve Strange, Ultravox, Vienna, Visage

One band’s reinvention became the New Romantic mission statement

Hard Rock

Just Like A Bomb That’s Ready To Blow: Back In Black Turns 40

July 23, 2020July 23, 2020 j. poet 0 Comments 1980, 40th Anniversary, AC/DC, Angus Young, Back in Black, Bon Scott, Brian Johnson, George Young, Hell's Bells, Malcolm Young, Mark Evan, Phil Rudd, Shoot To Thrill

Looking back at AC/DC’s meteoric rise from unexpected tragedy

Folk Progressive Rock

Stormwatch: The Final Fling for Jethro Tull’s Classic Lineup

February 7, 2020February 10, 2020 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1979, 40th Anniversary, Chrysalis Records, Heavy Horses, Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull, Martin Barre, Rhino, Songs from the Wood, Stormwatch

With death, dissolution and the ’80s looming, they dug deep for one last blast

New Wave Progressive Rock

The Ripples of Rush’s Permanent Waves Still Being Felt

January 15, 2020January 15, 2020 Jedd Beaudoin 0 Comments 12/10/76, 1980, 40th Anniversary, Alex Lifeson, Freewill, Geddy Lee, Modern Drummer magazine, Neil Peart, Permanent Waves, Rush, Rush Capitol Theatre, The Spirit of Radio

40 years on and in the wake of Neil Peart’s unexpected passing, we look back on the Canadian power trio’s first foray into New Wave

Glam New Wave Pop Post-Punk Rock

Quiet Life At 40: How Japan Traded Glam Rags for the New Romantic Crown

January 6, 2020January 6, 2020 Jim Allen 2 Comments 1979, 40th Anniversary, Classix Nouveaux, David Sylvain, Duran Duran, Giorgio Moroder, Life in Tokyo, Mick Karn, Quiet Life, Robert Fripp, Spandau Ballet, The Velvet Underground, Ultravox

At the end of 1979, David Sylvian’s arty crew was born anew

Holiday

Christmas Past: 2019’s Holiday Album Anniversaries

December 22, 2019December 22, 2019 Thomas Inskeep 0 Comments 1979, 1994, 25th Anniversary, 40th Anniversary, Kenny G, Mariah Carey, Merry Christmas, Pretty Paper, Willie Nelson

Willie Nelson, Kenny G, and Mariah Carey all have holiday albums hitting major milestones this year

New Wave Progressive Rock Psychedelics

Is There Anybody Out There?: Pink Floyd’s The Wall at 40

December 2, 2019December 2, 2019 Katharine Coldiron 1 Comment 1979, 40th Anniversary, Alan Parker, David Gilmour, Gerald Scarfe, Nick Mason, Pink Floyd, Pink Floyd -- The Wall, Richard Wright, Roger Waters, The Wall

Just how much does Roger Waters’ hallucinogenic post-war opus reflect on these modern times?

Hard Rock Power Pop Records Rock

Gonna Raise Hell: Cheap Trick’s ‘Dream Police’ at 40

September 20, 2019September 23, 2019 Bill Kopp 0 Comments 1979, 40th Anniversary, Bun E. Carlos, CHEAP TRICK, Dream Police, From Tokyo to You, Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander, Rockville, Tom Petersson

The RNR Globe looks back at Mike Damone’s favorite Trick album

Dub/Reggae Punk

The First Cut Is The Deepest: The Slits’ Classic Debut Turns 40

September 18, 2019September 18, 2019 Bobby Moore 0 Comments 1979, 40th Anniversary, Ari Up, Cut, Dennis Bovell, Island Records, Palmolive, Punky Reggae Party, Reggae, Teresa Pollitt, The Clash, The Police, The Ruts, The Slits, Typical Girls, Viv Albertine

They were a band willing and able to transcend their peers’ three-chord pop songs and political sloganeering to create something that really did chip away at the rock ‘n’ roll myth

New Wave

Real by Reel: XTC’s Drums and Wires at 40

September 17, 2019September 17, 2019 Jordan Blum 1 Comment 1979, 40th Anniversary, Andy Partridge, Colin Moulding, Drums abd Wires, XTC

It might not be one of their best albums, but it certainly was a most important one

New Wave Rock

New Wave’s Ne Plus Ultra: The Cars’ Candy-O Turns 40

September 16, 2019September 16, 2019 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1979, 40th Anniversary, Benjamin Orr, Elliot Easton, Greg Hawkes, Ric Ocasek, The Cars

With their second LP, the Boston band downshifted into mainstream success

Records Rock

The Long Run at 40

September 12, 2019September 13, 2019 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1979, 40th Anniversary, Bernie Leadon, Don Felder, Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Joe Walsh, The Eagles, The Long Run, Timothy B. Schmidt

The Eagles’ sixth LP brought the band continued success as well as the beginning of the end

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