Match Of The Day - 60s, 70s, And 80s (DVD)

Advantages: The 6 number 1 records
Disadvantages: The rest of the tracks are rubbish

...Well the title itself is a misnomer for starters as the disco era was a fairly short period during the mid 1970's as disco was ousted from the music scene by Punk and the 80's were ruled by 2 Tone Ska then the New Romantics and synth music at least as far as the UK went any way. Disco may have lived on into the 80's in America but it was replaced by electro, hip hop then rap followed by House music. Wikipedia even openly admits that disco died in 1979 but also states "the genre continued to be popular elsewhere during the 1980s", probably in less fashionable countries that hadn't adopted whatever was popular from England or America by then. Take it from someone who lived through all 3 decades, disco was dead and gone by the 1980's. So whats on this album then? 1. High Energy - Evelyn Thomas. This was #1 in a few places in 1984 but... Read review

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Advantages: Most fun record of the year
Disadvantages: A bit samey

...Yeah, it's NME hyped. Yeah, it's a bit samey. Yeah, it's no masterpiece. But y'know, I really like it. We had garage rock, then psychedlia, then 70s hair metal, now the 80s is the new retro. Franz Ferdinand capture a slightly Talking Heads-esque disco rock nonsense hybrid which is extremely fun, and catchy, and... well, that's it, I suppose. But it's absolutely great at what it does. There are a couple of weak tracks... the funky 'Tell Her Tonight' sounds forced, and 'Cheating On You' sounds like it's trying to be The Strokes. But otherwise, everything's solidly written and performed. Singles 'Take Me Out' and 'The Dark Of The Matinee' *are* the standouts, but that's no bad thing. 'Jacqueline', 'Auf Achse', 'Darts Of Pleasure' and 'Come On Home' are all perfect pop songs. In fact, it's hard to talk about the album's stand... Read review

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Advantages: Complete season, engaging, witty, funny
Disadvantages: Too much emphasis on story

...As my other reviews of That 70s Show DVD box sets may have shown, if you have read them before, I am an avid fan of this sitcom, set in that grand decade of peace and free loving: the '70s. And season 5? Definitely one of the best. The Premise That 70s Show revolves mostly around a group of six friends living in the fictional town of Point Place, which is situated in Wisconsin (which is real, incidentally). This season takes place between 1978 and 1979, nearing the end of the decade. In its fifth year, That 70s Show is still going strong, and though - as I've mentioned in my review of the season four box set - much of the comedy is transposable, it still includes its 1970s look and feel and the jokes that will appeal to the veterans of the decades - fond mentions of Happy Days, the long-standing mystery of 'how many... Read review

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