‘Bulo’s Saturday Music For the Masses-Best of the Eighties-Volume ??

‘Bulo’s lost track. But he is now unearthing nuggets from his personal faves of the ’80’s. So, until he completes this nostalgic musical wallow through the Reagan/Bush Years (it’s what kept him more or less sane), he will (a) add the El Somnambulo Definitive Album Ranking for each cut he features and (b) when warranted, and when the Youtubes permit it, he may play more than one song from the exalted album.

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The dB’s- ‘Amplifier’ from “Stands for Decibels” (‘Bulo’s Ranking: #23 Album of the Eighties) 

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hffcyJ1GAg[/youtube]

Michelle Shocked- ‘Anchorage’ from “Short Sharp Shocked” (#30)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bd0Bt0hFJg[/youtube]

Beat Farmers- ‘There She Goes Again’ from “Tales of the New West”  (#25)

And here’s another great Beat Farmers song from an album that didn’t make ‘bulo’s Top 100. The song sure would’ve, though:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlE968mydp4[/youtube]

Beat Farmers- ‘Riverside’ from “Van Go”

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRWunSUmEm4[/youtube]

X- ‘Johnny Hit & Run Pauline’ from “Los Angeles” (#26)

Two unforgettable songs by Nanci Griffith, and yes, on the first one, that’s Lyle Lovett singing background:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v24M9xQXaGk[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjQLGVQZI9I&feature=related[/youtube]

Nanci Griffith- ‘Last of the True Believers’ and ‘Love at the Five & Dime’ from “The Last of the True Believers” (#19)

‘Bulo closes this session with three songs from Los Lobos. This remains one of the great bands of the ’80’s, and they’re still both active and relevant today. ‘Bulo also considers David Hidalgo perhaps the greatest unappreciated singer of the era. Judge for yourselves:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeumL4J3NG8&feature=related[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxf-IqdjOG4&feature=related[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2TGbCIfbFs&feature=related[/youtube]

Los Lobos- ‘Evangeline’, ‘A Matter of Time’, and ‘Will the Wolf Survive?’ from “How Will the Wolf Survive” (#13)

Join the Beast Who Slumbers again next week. Who knows where his time machine will take him then? Certainly not ‘bulo…