Some time in the past I started counting up to the best of the year show. That meant going back across the decades, maybe to compare years. Well, 1984 in prog holds no comparison to last year whatsoever. Many will argue that there is much more prog to pull from than I pulled from here, that is likely true, but this was an endeavor to give you some of 1984 that I found the most meaning and joy in. That means that new wave rears up along with other genres, but I always tried to make the connection to prog rock. There were a few misses. For instance, I could have been more careful with the break in Roger Waters- it is hard to find a stopping point in the album as it all bleeds together. The best way is to listen to Pros and Cons is all the way through, with headphones, in a blacklit room. There is also that the Russ Ballard song I chose is not in fact from 1984- my mistake.
The next show will be help on March 26th and we will feature jam bands and improvisational prog.
Here is the 1984 setlist:
Artist
Title
Duration
Album
Year
Craft
Aries
5:48
Craft
1984
Deep Purple
Perfect Strangers
5:11
Perfect Strangers
1970
XTC
Wake Up
4:29
The Big Express
1984
King Crimson
Sleepless
5:04
Three of a Perfect Pair
1984
Laszlo Benko
Mambo
2:30
Lexikon 2
1970
Osiris
Who Remembers
4:44
Myths And Legends (Vinyl)
1984
The Fixx
Less Cities, More Moving People
3:27
Phantoms
1984
Camel
Cloak and Dagger Man
3:43
Stationary Traveller
1984
Russ Ballard
Voices
5:30
Anthology
1986
Planet P Project
Power
4:14
Pink World [Definitive Edition]
1985
Jefferson Starship
Layin' It On The Line
4:07
Nuclear Furniture (Vinyl)
1984
Solaris
M'ars poetica
6:21
The Martian Chronicles
1983
Gerard
Orpheus
8:34
Gerard (Vinyl)
1984
Jerome Langlois
LE BALLON I
7:24
THEMES, solo piano
2011
Anthony Phillips
February
4:24
Private Parts and Pieces, Part V 'Twelve'
1985
Weird Al Yankovic
King Of Suede
4:07
In 3-D
1984
Michael Shrieve
Transfer Station Blue
11:41
Transfer Station Blue (With Kevin Shrieve & Klaus Schulze)
1984
Jean-Michel Jarre
Blah-Blah Cafe
3:20
Zoolook
1984
Howard Jones
Equality
4:18
Human's Lib
1984
Oingo Boingo
Gratitude
5:11
So Lo
1988
Billy Squier
(Another) 1984
4:45
Signs Of Life
1984
Iron Maiden
Back in the Village
5:01
Powerslave
1984
Yngwie J. Malmsteen
Icarus' Dream Suite Op.4
8:17
Rising Force
1984
Queensryche
No Sanctuary
5:48
The Warning
1984
Metallica
Metallica / For whom the Bell Tolls
4:52
Ride The Lighting
1985
Scorpions
Coming Home
4:48
Love at First Sting
1984
David Gilmour
Murder
4:50
About Face
1984
Roger Waters
4:33 AM (Running Shoes)
4:05
The Pros & Cons Of Hitch Hiking
1984
Roger Waters
4:37 AM (Arabs With Knives & West German Skies)
2:16
The Pros & Cons Of Hitch Hiking
1984
Marillion
Emerald Lies
5:01
Fugazi
1984
Rush
The Body Electric
4:56
Grace Under Pressure
1984
Paul Mccartney
No More Lonely Nights (Ballad)
5:05
Give My Regards To Broad Street
