E19: Disorder? Post Punk 1979 pt.1
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We’ve finally made it - the pivotal Post Punk year of 1979. Well, sort of. It wouldn’t be LITM without a little extra detail, so Jeremy and Tim cue up a couple of tracks from ’78 for good measure. They talk Tom Robinson Band, Undertones and the Only Ones, exploring ‘dole queue rock’, everydayness and the limits of politically self-conscious music of the period. Later in the show they tuck into a couple of indie disco staples to examine emergent New Wave, de-masculination, Manchester and the Iron Lady. Finally, for the first time on the show, the guys spend time on perhaps the most iconic post punkers of all: Joy Division.
Tracklist:
Tom Robinson Band - Winter of ’79
The Undertones - Teenage Kicks
The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet
Blondie - Heart of Glass
Machine - There But for the Grace of God Go I
The Cure - Boys Don’t Cry
Joy Division - Disorder