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Years

Consider these songs:

1492 - Counting Crows
1865 - Third World
1921 - The Who
1934 - The Connells
1941 - Nilsson
1945 - Social Distortion
1957 - David Doucet
1959 - Patti Smith
1960 - America
1960 - Eno
1961 - Nick Heyward
1963 - New Order
1964 - Too Much Joy
1967 - Adrian Belew
1969 - The Stooges
1970 - The Stooges
1972 - Josh Rouse
1972 - Giant Sand
1973 - James Blunt
1974 - Robyn Hitchcock
1974 - Ryan Adams
1975 - Gene Clark
1976 - Alan Jackson
1976 - Redd Kross
1977 - The Clash
1978 - Liliput
1979 - Smashing Pumpkins
1981 - D-Generation
1982- Randy Travis
1983 - Jimi Hendrix
1984 - Spirit
1984 - Eurythmics
1985 - Paul McCartney and Wings
1985 - Manic Street Preachers
1987 - Minus 6
1989 - Clem Snide
1990 - The Temptations
1992 - Blur
1994 - Loudon Wainwright III
1995 - Luna
1998 - Rancid
1999 - Prince
2000 (AD) - The Rezillos
2112 - Rush
2020 - Prince

I think I've found the worst possible compilation concept.

What am I forgetting?

Edit: I will take all suggestions and update this list. Bring it on.
Edit 2: This is looking great, a natural for Rhino, right?

Comments

Anonymous said…
1972 - Josh Rouse
May 16, 2008 at 11:18 PM
Pat R. said…
1963 - New Order
1974 - Robyn Hitchcock
1975 - Gene Clark
In the Year 2525 - Zager & Evans
May 17, 2008 at 12:49 AM
Pat R. said…
2 more--

1959 - Patti Smith
'74-'75 - Connells (two years-not sure if that counts)
May 17, 2008 at 1:00 AM
Anonymous said…
Thanks, worthy additions all.

I'm going to disallow Zager and Evans however for the intrusion of words into the numerical title. Were they in parentheses, maybe; Connells, also a 'no'.

Giant Sand has a 1972, too.

1978 - Liliput
1973 - James Blunt

Keep 'em comin'!
May 17, 2008 at 2:23 AM
Pat R. said…
1934 - Connells (this makes up for '74-'75)
1961 - Nick Hayward
1970 - Mission of Burma
1995 - Luna
1985 - Manic Street Preachers
1990 - Temptations
1994 - Loudon Wainwright III
1960 - America
1982 - Randy Travis


This reminds me of a list a friend did years ago of songs that had a cowbell in them - that was hard as well (I can only think of one currently)
May 17, 2008 at 8:53 AM
Anonymous said…
Dave Alvin- 1968
May 17, 2008 at 3:03 PM
Anonymous said…
I don't know if you're shooting for just the last 100 years or not, but there's a few from history:

1492 - Counting Crows
1865 - Third World
2020 - Prince
1945 - Social Distortion
1967 - Adrian Belew
May 17, 2008 at 6:14 PM
Anonymous said…
Minus 6-1987
Rancid-1998
May 17, 2008 at 8:17 PM
Pat R. said…
1964 - Too Much Joy
1921 - The Who
May 17, 2008 at 9:57 PM
Anonymous said…
1984 - Bowie
May 17, 2008 at 10:43 PM
Fred Clark said…
How about tribute compilation of groups covering these songs? I'm in!
Fred
May 17, 2008 at 11:15 PM
man with a bass 4 kids and a wife said…
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May 18, 2008 at 12:28 AM
hoover factory said…
I'm not sure even the mighty Rhino could navigate the rights nightmare this list stirs up.
May 18, 2008 at 9:43 AM
Anonymous said…
2000 A.D. by The Rezillos from the "Can't Stand the Rezillos" album.

1968 by Dave Alvin from the "Blackjack David" album.
May 18, 2008 at 12:26 PM
Anonymous said…
1980- Anti Pasti (
May 20, 2008 at 11:09 PM
Barry said…
1919 - Ryuichi Sakamoto (not to be confused with John Cale's Paris 1919)
May 24, 2008 at 9:23 PM
Max said…
2525 - Zager and Evans

(I know - it's silly, but what the heck!)
May 30, 2008 at 2:13 PM
SUS said…
1976 - Redd Kross

Wasn't there a year song by those awful Smashing Pumpkins?

Did you mean the Minus Five?
June 2, 2008 at 5:30 PM
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