Reelin' in the Years

Having spent the last day and a half or so celebrating the arrival of a year for which I suspect they'll write no songs, I thought it might be a good time to compile a list of years that were in fact found worthy of such an honor, ironical or no (and I'm looking at you Dayglo Abortions).

"1959" - Patti Smith "1963" - Jonathan Richman "1967" - Dayglo Abortions "1969" - The Stooges "1970" - The Stooges "1974" - Ryan Adams "1976" - Redd Kross "1977" - The Clash "1979" - Smashing Pumpkins "1983" - The Soft Machine "1984" - David Bowie "Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five" - Paul McCartney & Wings "1989" - Less Than Jake "1992" - Blur "1999" - Prince

Honorable mention (although not inclusion) should go to Donald Fagen's "I.G.Y." (which was 1957).

As well, I kind of wish The Afghan Whigs had included a song called "1965" in their album of the same name. It would also have been nice if Van Halen's "1984" from that decidedly non-dystopic album of theirs had been a better song. Fortunately, the Thin White Duke's got us covered.

Good news I suppose is it's only 101 more years 'til 2112.

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