In 1979 we had the winter of discontent, Thatcher was elected prime minister, the Muppet Movie was released and Clint and John left school.
To mark the class of 79, The Artist Formerly Known as Ginger John came back for a one off radio show that ;looked back on the soundtrack to our 1979.
We managed to squeeze 90 minutes of music into two and a half hours without falling out.
Listen again below
Play List
1. Love song: BY THE DAMNED
2. Suspect device: BY STIFF LITTLE FINGERS
3. Babylon’s burning: BY THE RUTS
4. Do the fog: BY THE SPECIALS
5. Sound of the suburbs: BY THE MEMBERS
6. Stranglehold: BY THE UK SUBS
7. Blank generation: BY RICHARD HELL AND THE VOIDOIDS
8. The day I met god: BY ADAM AND THE ANTS
9. You’ve got big hands: BY CRASS
10. Carry no banners: BY MENACE
11. Teenage warning: BY THE ANGELIC UPSTARTS
12. When you’re young: BY THE JAM
13. Blitzkrieg bop live: BY THE RAMONES
14. California uber ales: BY THE DEAD KENNEDYS
15. Holocaust: BY CRISIS
16. Jah Pickney: BY STEEL PULSE
17. Bella Lugosi’s dead: BAUHAUS
18. Irrelevant battles: BY PATRICK FITZGERALD
19. Typical girls: BY THE SLITS
20. One drop: BY BOB MARLEY
21. Nuclear device: BY THE STRANGLERS
22. Forces of victory: BY LINTON KWESI JOHNSON
23. Rudie can’t fail: BY THE CLASH
24. Best dressed chicken in town: BY DR ALIMANTADO
25. Shadow play: BY RORY GALLAGHER
26. At home he’s a tourist: BY GANG OF FOUR
27. Twat: BY JOHN COOPER CLARKE
28. My way: BY THE SEX PISTOLS
First broadcast on 25th June 2019 on www,dapperfm.co.uk
High five to our sponsors, UNISON, the union for public sector punks
And big love to our hosts, Jacs live music venue, Aberdare, for letting us play in the shed at the bottom of the beer garden
