Blog: Loft And Lost

The Pitchfork 500 Geek Rock – The Feelies to Mission Of Burma

The Pitchfork 500 Geek Rock – The Feelies to Mission Of Burma The last set of songs on the Pitchfork 500 list for 1980-1982 takes us back to the States, with music that was in many ways similar to that discussed in my last couple of posts. Shambolic, rumbunctuous, with a definite amateur feel to them, and three of these four bands won't be known to your average man on the street 1 . The other would go on to be one of the biggest bands in the world, selling some 35 million records. Not The Feelies, obviously. The Feelies – The Boy with the Perpetual Nervousness [...]
Artist:Mission Of Burma
Title:That's When I Reach For My Revolver
Link Text:Thats When I Reach For My Revolver by Mission of Burma
File Name:129-thats-when-i-reach-for-my- revol.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:1981
Artist:R.E.M.
Title:Radio Free Europe
Link Text:Radio Free Europe by REM
File Name:127-radio-free-europe.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:1983
Artist:Violent Femmes
Title:Blister In The Sun
Link Text:Blister In The Sun by Violent Femmes
File Name:128-blister-in-the-sun.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:1983