Comments on: Only The Stones Remain http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/31/only-the-stones-remain/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:42:59 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Crooked Timber » » Candy Floss Evaporates, Honey/Only the Stones Remain http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/31/only-the-stones-remain/comment-page-1/#comment-206294 Crooked Timber » » Candy Floss Evaporates, Honey/Only the Stones Remain Thu, 02 Aug 2007 13:43:50 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/31/only-the-stones-remain/#comment-206294 [...] of the reasons I was so amused by my Soft Boys YouTube discovery is that it’s funny to see a young Kimberley Rew banging his head so furiously, alongside [...] [...] of the reasons I was so amused by my Soft Boys YouTube discovery is that it’s funny to see a young Kimberley Rew banging his head so furiously, alongside [...]

]]> By: Jordan http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/31/only-the-stones-remain/comment-page-1/#comment-206173 Jordan Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:58:12 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/31/only-the-stones-remain/#comment-206173 For your consideration: The Teardrop Explodes, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aZwlQ7tGNU" rel="nofollow">"Ha Ha I'm Drowning."</a> For your consideration: The Teardrop Explodes, “Ha Ha I’m Drowning.”

]]> By: Sam C http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/31/only-the-stones-remain/comment-page-1/#comment-206166 Sam C Wed, 01 Aug 2007 10:17:59 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/31/only-the-stones-remain/#comment-206166 Gang of Four (<i>Entertainment!</i> came out in 1979, which is close enough...). Cabaret Voltaire. The Dead Kennedys' <i>Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables</i>. Gang of Four (Entertainment! came out in 1979, which is close enough…). Cabaret Voltaire. The Dead Kennedys’ Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables.

]]> By: martin g l http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/31/only-the-stones-remain/comment-page-1/#comment-206161 martin g l Wed, 01 Aug 2007 08:52:46 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/31/only-the-stones-remain/#comment-206161 God I love the 80s. God I love the 80s.

]]> By: josh http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/31/only-the-stones-remain/comment-page-1/#comment-206157 josh Wed, 01 Aug 2007 04:56:11 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/31/only-the-stones-remain/#comment-206157 Ahem. Mission of Burma, Academy Fight Song. Ahem. Mission of Burma, Academy Fight Song.

]]> By: gz http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/31/only-the-stones-remain/comment-page-1/#comment-206151 gz Wed, 01 Aug 2007 03:21:04 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/31/only-the-stones-remain/#comment-206151 Good pick. I hadn't listened to them in years--I had only vinyl version of the records from college--but finally got the Soft Boys' <i>Underwater Moonlight</i> on CD a few weeks ago. Was happy to find that they aged very well. Good pick. I hadn’t listened to them in years—I had only vinyl version of the records from college—but finally got the Soft Boys’ Underwater Moonlight on CD a few weeks ago. Was happy to find that they aged very well.

]]> By: thag http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/31/only-the-stones-remain/comment-page-1/#comment-206124 thag Tue, 31 Jul 2007 23:11:12 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/31/only-the-stones-remain/#comment-206124 Yeah, that Pretenders video is weird--not a great narrative for what is to my mind a fabulous song. If you filmed what the song says, Chrissy would wind up queen of the fucking world, with adoring masses scattered at her feet. I'm just as glad I've never seen it before. Yeah, that Pretenders video is weird—not a great narrative for what is to my mind a fabulous song.

If you filmed what the song says, Chrissy would wind up queen of the fucking world, with adoring masses scattered at her feet.

I’m just as glad I’ve never seen it before.

]]> By: kate http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/31/only-the-stones-remain/comment-page-1/#comment-206087 kate Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:43:54 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/31/only-the-stones-remain/#comment-206087 1980 was the year I left my wannabe punk rocker ways, ditched high school graduation and ran off with an asshat who kept me isolated for 10 years. I have known all those popular songs (not Soft Boys, but it is to like) but have never seen the videos, thanks. That Brass In Pocket video shows well how I felt all through the eighties; removed from my own generation. Ok, moving on, that was then, this is now. 1980 was the year I left my wannabe punk rocker ways, ditched high school graduation and ran off with an asshat who kept me isolated for 10 years. I have known all those popular songs (not Soft Boys, but it is to like) but have never seen the videos, thanks.

That Brass In Pocket video shows well how I felt all through the eighties; removed from my own generation.

Ok, moving on, that was then, this is now.

]]> By: Jim Flannery http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/31/only-the-stones-remain/comment-page-1/#comment-206080 Jim Flannery Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:30:06 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/31/only-the-stones-remain/#comment-206080 Let's be serious. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ia_MPd9_FA" rel="nofollow">Clock DVA</a> mattered too. Let’s be serious. Clock DVA mattered too.

]]> By: alphie http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/31/only-the-stones-remain/comment-page-1/#comment-206064 alphie Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:03:30 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/31/only-the-stones-remain/#comment-206064 1980 #1 songs in America (in order): Escape (The Pina Colada Song) Please Don't Go Rock With You Do That To Me One More Time Crazy Little Thing Called Love Another Brick in the Wall (Part II) Call Me Funkytown Coming Up (Live At Glasgow) It's Still Rock and Roll to Me Magic Sailing Upside Down Another One Bites the Dust Woman in Love Lady (Just Like) Starting Over 1980 #1 songs in America (in order):

Escape (The Pina Colada Song)
Please Don’t Go
Rock With You
Do That To Me One More Time
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)
Call Me
Funkytown
Coming Up (Live At Glasgow)
It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me
Magic
Sailing
Upside Down
Another One Bites the Dust
Woman in Love
Lady
(Just Like) Starting Over

]]> By: bob mcmanus http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/31/only-the-stones-remain/comment-page-1/#comment-206062 bob mcmanus Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:00:05 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/31/only-the-stones-remain/#comment-206062 Well, I really have no idea what this post is about. I always listened to albums rather than songs, and never to the radio. If this is about what was good around 1980, Ian Hunter was at another peak, released <i>Never Alone With a Schizophrenic</i> in 1979 and <i>Short Back & Sides</i> in 1981, which are close enough for me. At 70, Ian Hunter has released a terrific new album in 2007, <i>Shrunken Heads</i>, which is about how much he hates America and getting old, so I guess he is still around, only the good die young. I bet it is the sunglasses. Well, I really have no idea what this post is about. I always listened to albums rather than songs, and never to the radio. If this is about what was good around 1980, Ian Hunter was at another peak, released Never Alone With a Schizophrenic in 1979 and Short Back & Sides in 1981, which are close enough for me.

At 70, Ian Hunter has released a terrific new album in 2007, Shrunken Heads, which is about how much he hates America and getting old, so I guess he is still around, only the good die young. I bet it is the sunglasses.

]]> By: a http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/31/only-the-stones-remain/comment-page-1/#comment-206043 a Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:03:16 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/31/only-the-stones-remain/#comment-206043 Iprod you beat me to it. Far and away the best song of 1980 was "Love will tear us apart." Iprod you beat me to it. Far and away the best song of 1980 was “Love will tear us apart.”

]]> By: Eric Rauchway http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/31/only-the-stones-remain/comment-page-1/#comment-206037 Eric Rauchway Tue, 31 Jul 2007 18:40:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/31/only-the-stones-remain/#comment-206037 Truly, I never get anything. Truly, I never get anything.

]]> By: sharon http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/31/only-the-stones-remain/comment-page-1/#comment-206036 sharon Tue, 31 Jul 2007 18:33:14 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/31/only-the-stones-remain/#comment-206036 I was 13 and it was the year of Madness. And I can't quite believe this but 'Stop the Cavalry' came out in 1980 too. Time for a Stiff session... I was 13 and it was the year of Madness. And I can’t quite believe this but ‘Stop the Cavalry’ came out in 1980 too.

Time for a Stiff session…

]]> By: Kieran Healy http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/31/only-the-stones-remain/comment-page-1/#comment-206025 Kieran Healy Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:03:42 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/31/only-the-stones-remain/#comment-206025 <i>That was the year of Young Marble Giants.</i> That was the year of my first communion. That was the year of Young Marble Giants.

That was the year of my first communion.

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