Back in Time to 1984

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