1990

Lots of things happened in 1990.Lech Walesa became President of Poland, Nelson Mandela was release from prison, the Berlin Wall cam down, and it was the first year the Simpsons aired on Fox. Heady times (was it really that late that Nelson Mandela was released form prison?). It was also the year that I started working at the University of New Hampshire.

There was also music in the air. Today’s podcast features the music of twenty-five years ago. You’ll not be hearing from Paula Abdul and MC Skat Cat (“Opposites Attract”) or Billy Joel (“We Didn’t Start the Fire” – remember the joke “a list is not a song” about it?) or Wilson Phillips.

Instead, I’ll focus on the music I liked from that year. Today’s podcast isn’t meant to be comprehensive (No Public Enemy or Cocteau Twins, both with great releases in 1990), but an hour’s worth of great music from that year. I was hesitant to try to put together a show from 1990 – did I have enough music from that year? – but as usual, so much ended up not being included.

Let’s listen to 1990, which included Concrete Blonde, Bob Dylan, The Beautiful South, The Replacements, The La’s, Sonic Youth, The Pixies, Jane’s Addiction, Sinead O’Connor, Brian Eno & John Cale, Depeche Mode, Sisters of Mercy, World Party, Dave Edmunds, Happy Mondays, and They Might Be Giants.

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