#1970s music
Grace Jones, The Palace, Paris, 1978
A teenager smoking at an Allman Brothers concert with a broken arm. Watkins Glen, 1973
[ID: A promo collage of all the principal and supporting characters from Ed Edd n Eddy. Top row, left to right; Ed, Double Dee, Eddy, Sarah, Jimmy. Bottom row, left to right; Plank, Jonny, Rolf, Marie, Lee, May, Kevin, Nazz. The heading and footing reflect the title of this post, with the heading being the show’s hand-drawn title. ID end.]
Being between projects at the moment and having nothing else to do, I compiled another Youtube playlist of character anthems from the ‘70s and ‘80s. It’s a list of songs that each character could walk into a room, hear the song play, and say, “Hey, they’re playing my song!”. It’s at youtube /playlist?list=PLmMNZRulQsDkb-mLwTRyKF97AB_eY0zZ6 (intentionally incomplete link in case Tumblr still kills posts with links in them). Track list below cut.
Linked to official sources wherever possible in order to minimise the risk of DMCA takedowns.
- Eddy: Everybody’s Broke (Herbie Hancock)
- Double Dee: Flying North (Thomas Dolby)
- Ed: Monsters (Blue Oyster Cult)
- Sarah: The Unheard Music (X)
- Jimmy: Johnny on the Monorail (The Buggles)
- Jonny: Red Light (Wall of Voodoo)
- Plank: Whip It (E-Z Listening version) (Devo)
- Rolf: Sucker for Mystery (Oingo Boingo)
- Kevin: Speed Racer (Devo)
- Nazz: Legal Tender (The B-52s)
- Lee: My Sharona (The Knack)
- May: Caveman Head (Eurythmics)
- Marie: Red Light (Siouxie & the Banshees)