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| + | "The [[hippie trail]] came to an end in the late 1970s with political changes in previously hospitable countries. In 1979, both the [[Iranian Revolution]] and the [[Soviet invasion of Afghanistan]] closed the overland route to Western travelers." --Sholem Stein | ||
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| + | '''1979''' is the 979th year of the 2nd millennium, the 79th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the [[1970s]] decade. | ||
| - | :[[1970]] - [[1971]] - [[1972]] - [[1973]] - [[1974]] - [[1975]] - [[1976]] - [[1977]] - [[1978]] - [[1979]] - [[1980]] | ||
| == Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
| - | + | *[[Metanarrative]] coined | |
| - | *July 12, 1979, [[disco sucks]] | + | *May 21 - [[White Night riots]] in [[San Francisco]] following the light sentence of [[Dan White]] for the assassination [[Harvey Milk]]. |
| + | *July 12 [[disco sucks]] | ||
| ===Literature=== | ===Literature=== | ||
| ====Non-fiction==== | ====Non-fiction==== | ||
| *''[[Subculture: The Meaning of Style]]'' by Dick Hebdige | *''[[Subculture: The Meaning of Style]]'' by Dick Hebdige | ||
| - | *''[[The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge]]'' by Lyotard | + | *''[[The Postmodern Condition]]'' by Jean-François Lyotard |
| + | *''[[Gödel, Escher, Bach]]'' by Douglas Hofstadter | ||
| + | *''[[The Evolution of Human Sexuality]]'' by Donald Symons | ||
| ====Fiction==== | ====Fiction==== | ||
| - | *''[[If on a winter's night a traveler]]'' by [[Italo Calvino]]. | + | *''[[If on a winter's night a traveler]]'' by Italo Calvino |
| ===Film=== | ===Film=== | ||
| - | *''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]'' (1979) | + | *''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]'' by Ridley Scott |
| - | *''[[Caligula (film)|Caligula]]'' (1979) | + | *''[[Christ Stopped at Eboli (film)|Christ Stopped at Eboli]]'' by Francesco Rosi |
| - | *''[[Christ Stopped at Eboli]]'' (1979) | + | *''[[Hardcore (1979 film)|Hardcore]]'' by Paul Schrader |
| - | *''[[Hardcore (film)|Hardcore]]'' (1979) | + | *''[[Monty Python's Life of Brian]]'' by Terry Jones |
| - | *''[[Mad Max]]'' (1979) | + | *''[[The Brood]]'' by David Cronenberg |
| - | *''[[Monty Python's Life of Brian]]'' (1979) | + | *''[[Buffet Froid]]'' by Bertrand Blier |
| - | *''[[The Brood]]'' (1979) | + | *''[[Head Over Heels]]'' by Joan Micklin Silver |
| - | *''[[Buffet Froid]]'' | + | *''[[Being There]]'' by Hal Ashby |
| - | *''[[Head Over Heels]]'' (aka Chilly Scenes of Winter) (1979) - [[Joan Micklin Silver]] | + | *''[[Nosferatu the Vampyre]]'' by Werner Herzog |
| - | *''[[Being There]]'' (1979) - Hal Ashby | + | *''[[Quadrophenia (film)|Quadrophenia]]'' by Franc Roddam |
| - | *''[[Nosferatu the Vampyre]]'' (1979) - Werner Herzog | + | ====Guilty pleasures==== |
| - | *''[[Quadrophenia]]'' (1979) - Franc Roddam | + | *''[[Caligula (film)|Caligula]]'' by Tinto Brass |
| - | *''[[Rock 'n' Roll High School]]'' (1979) - Joe Dante, Allan Arkush | + | *''[[Rock 'n' Roll High School]]'' by Joe Dante and Allan Arkush |
| - | + | *''[[Mad Max]]'' by George Miller | |
| ===Music=== | ===Music=== | ||
| *'[[Disco Sucks]]' | *'[[Disco Sucks]]' | ||
| *[[Lee Perry]] burns the [[Black Ark |Black Ark Studios]] | *[[Lee Perry]] burns the [[Black Ark |Black Ark Studios]] | ||
| - | *[[dancehall]] reggae (start) | + | *[[Dancehall]] reggae (start) |
| - | ====Albums==== | + | *"[[Video Killed the Radio Star]]" by [[Buggles]] anounces the [[MTV]]-era. |
| - | *The Clash - [[London Calling]] | + | *"[[Nurse with Wound list]]", a list of musicians and bands that was included with ''Chance Meeting on a Dissecting Table of a Sewing Machine and an Umbrella'' (1979), the first album by Nurse with Wound. |
| - | *Serge Gainsbourg - ''[[Aux Armes et Cetaera]]'' | + | |
| - | *''[[Risqué (album)|Risque]]'' (1979) - Chic | + | |
| - | *Sting Like a Bee - [[Bumblebee Unlimited]] | + | |
| - | *[[Y]] (1979) - [[The Pop Group]] | + | |
| - | *''[[The B-52's]]'' (1979) - B-52's | + | |
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| ====Singles==== | ====Singles==== | ||
| *[[Rapper's Delight]] by The Sugarhill Gang | *[[Rapper's Delight]] by The Sugarhill Gang | ||
| - | *[[Dancing In Outer Space]] by [[Atmosfear]] | + | *[[Dancing In Outer Space]] by Atmosfear |
| - | *[[Video Killed the Radio Star]] by [[Buggles]] | + | *[[Nag Nag Nag]] by Cabaret Voltaire |
| - | *[[Nag Nag Nag]] by [[Cabaret Voltaire]] | + | *[[There but for the Grace of God Go I]] by Machine |
| - | *[[There but for the Grace of God]] by [[Machine]] | + | *[[Hot To Trot]] by Alfredo De La Fe |
| - | *[[Hot To Trot]] by [[Alfredo De La Fe]] | + | *[[Death Disco]] by PiL |
| - | *[[The Breaks]] by [[Kurtis Blow]] | + | *[[Bela Lugosi's Dead]] by Bauhaus |
| - | *[[Death Disco]] by [[PiL]] | + | |
| - | *[[Que Tal America]] by [[Two Man Sound]] | + | |
| - | *[[Bela Lugosi's Dead]] by [[Bauhaus]] | + | |
| *[[Baise Moi (Kiss Me)]] by [[Pam Todd]] and Gold Bullion Band | *[[Baise Moi (Kiss Me)]] by [[Pam Todd]] and Gold Bullion Band | ||
| - | *[[Thinking of You (Sister Sledge song)|Thinking of You]] by [[Sister Sledge]] | + | *[[Thinking of You (Sister Sledge song)|Thinking of You]] by Sister Sledge |
| *[[He's the Greatest Dancer]] by Sister Sledge | *[[He's the Greatest Dancer]] by Sister Sledge | ||
| - | *[[Lost In Music]] by Sister Sledge | + | *[[Lost in Music]] by Sister Sledge |
| - | *[[Street Player]] by [[Chicago]] | + | *[[Street Player (song)|Street Player]] by Chicago |
| *[[Jingo]] by Candido | *[[Jingo]] by Candido | ||
| - | *[[Kiss Me Again]] by Dinosaur | + | *[[We Got the Funk]] by Positive Force |
| - | *[[We Got the Funk]] by [[Positive Force]] | + | *[[Jazz Carnival]] by Azymuth |
| - | *[[Are Friends Electric]] by [[Tubeway Army]] | + | *[[Good Times (Chic song)|Good Times]] by Chic |
| - | *[[Jazz Carnival]] by [[Azymuth]] | + | *[[Rotation (Herb Alpert song)|Rotation]] by Herb Alpert |
| - | *[[Good Times]] by [[Chic]] | + | *[[Ain't no Stoppin' Us Now]] by Risco Connection |
| - | *[[Rotation]] by [[Herb Alpert]] | + | *[[Bad for Me]] by Dee Dee Bridgewater |
| - | *[[Ain't no Stoppin' Us Now]] by [[Risco Connection]] | + | *[[Disco Circus]] by Martin Circus |
| - | *[[Bad for Me]] by [[Dee Dee Bridgewater]] | + | *[[Walking On Sunshine]] by Eddy Grant |
| + | *[[Can't Live Without Your Love]] by Tamiko Jones | ||
| + | *[[Never Buy Texas from a Cowboy]] by Brides of Funkenstein | ||
| + | *[[Pipeline]] by Bruce Johnston | ||
| + | *[[Why D'Ya Do It]] by Marianne Faithfull | ||
| + | *[[The Guitar Don't Lie (Le marché aux puces)]] by Joe Dassin | ||
| + | *[[Spoonin' Rap]] by Spoonie Gee | ||
| + | *[[Shining]] by [[Venus Dodson]] | ||
| + | *[[Persian Love]] by Holger Czukay | ||
| - | *[[First Choice]] - Double Cross | + | *[[Cela]] - [[I'm In Love]] |
| *[[Taana Gardner]] - When You Touch Me | *[[Taana Gardner]] - When You Touch Me | ||
| *[[Jean Carn]] - Was That All It Was | *[[Jean Carn]] - Was That All It Was | ||
| *[[Harvey Mason]] - [[Groovin' You]] | *[[Harvey Mason]] - [[Groovin' You]] | ||
| - | *[[Candido]] - [[Thousand Fingerman]] | ||
| *[[Inner Life]] - [[I'm Caught Up]] | *[[Inner Life]] - [[I'm Caught Up]] | ||
| - | *[[Tamiko Jones]] - [[Can't Live Without Your Love]] | ||
| *[[Patti Labelle]] - Music Is My Way Of Life | *[[Patti Labelle]] - Music Is My Way Of Life | ||
| - | *[[Sergio Mendes]] - I'll Tell You | ||
| - | *[[Eddy Grant]] - [[Walking On Sunshine]] | ||
| *[[Chantal Curtis]] - Get Another Love | *[[Chantal Curtis]] - Get Another Love | ||
| - | *[[Martin Circus]] - [[Disco Circus]] | ||
| *[[Giorgio Moroder]] - I Wanna Rock You | *[[Giorgio Moroder]] - I Wanna Rock You | ||
| *[[Donna McGhee]] - It Ain't No Big Thing | *[[Donna McGhee]] - It Ain't No Big Thing | ||
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| *[[Roy Ayers]] - Don't Stop The Feeling | *[[Roy Ayers]] - Don't Stop The Feeling | ||
| *[[George Duke]] - [[I Want You For Myself]] | *[[George Duke]] - [[I Want You For Myself]] | ||
| - | *[[Instant Funk]] - I Got My Mind Made Up | + | *[[Instant Funk]] - [[I Got My Mind Made Up]] |
| *[[Skyy]] - First Time Around | *[[Skyy]] - First Time Around | ||
| - | *[[Loleatta Holloway]] - Greatest Performance Of My Life | ||
| *Billy Nichols - Give Your Body Up To The Music | *Billy Nichols - Give Your Body Up To The Music | ||
| - | *Brides of Funkenstein - Never Buy Texas From A Cowboy | ||
| *[[Five Special]] - [[Why Leave Us Alone]] | *[[Five Special]] - [[Why Leave Us Alone]] | ||
| - | *[[Bruce Johnston]] - [[Pipeline]] | ||
| *[[Jackie Moore]] - How's Your Love Life Baby | *[[Jackie Moore]] - How's Your Love Life Baby | ||
| *Double Exposure - I Got The Hots For You | *Double Exposure - I Got The Hots For You | ||
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| *[[Roy Ayers]] - Love Will Bring us Back Together | *[[Roy Ayers]] - Love Will Bring us Back Together | ||
| *Ashford & Simpson - Stay Free | *Ashford & Simpson - Stay Free | ||
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| + | ====Albums==== | ||
| + | *''[[London Calling]]'' by The Clash | ||
| + | *''[[Aux armes et cætera (album)|Aux armes et cætera]]'' by Serge Gainsbourg | ||
| + | *''[[Risqué (album)|Risque]]'' by Chic | ||
| + | *''[[Sting Like a Bee]]'' by [[Bumblebee Unlimited]] | ||
| + | *''[[Y (album)|Y]]'' by The Pop Group | ||
| + | *''[[20 Jazz Funk Greats]]'' by Throbbing Gristle | ||
| + | *''[[Movies (Holger Czukay album)|Movies]]'' by Holger Czukay | ||
| + | *''[[Looking for Saint Tropez]]'' by Telex | ||
| + | *''[[In the Skies]]'' by Peter Green | ||
| == Births == | == Births == | ||
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1979 is the 979th year of the 2nd millennium, the 79th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1970s decade.
Contents |
Art and culture
- Metanarrative coined
- May 21 - White Night riots in San Francisco following the light sentence of Dan White for the assassination Harvey Milk.
- July 12 disco sucks
Literature
Non-fiction
- Subculture: The Meaning of Style by Dick Hebdige
- The Postmodern Condition by Jean-François Lyotard
- Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas Hofstadter
- The Evolution of Human Sexuality by Donald Symons
Fiction
- If on a winter's night a traveler by Italo Calvino
Film
- Alien by Ridley Scott
- Christ Stopped at Eboli by Francesco Rosi
- Hardcore by Paul Schrader
- Monty Python's Life of Brian by Terry Jones
- The Brood by David Cronenberg
- Buffet Froid by Bertrand Blier
- Head Over Heels by Joan Micklin Silver
- Being There by Hal Ashby
- Nosferatu the Vampyre by Werner Herzog
- Quadrophenia by Franc Roddam
Guilty pleasures
- Caligula by Tinto Brass
- Rock 'n' Roll High School by Joe Dante and Allan Arkush
- Mad Max by George Miller
Music
- 'Disco Sucks'
- Lee Perry burns the Black Ark Studios
- Dancehall reggae (start)
- "Video Killed the Radio Star" by Buggles anounces the MTV-era.
- "Nurse with Wound list", a list of musicians and bands that was included with Chance Meeting on a Dissecting Table of a Sewing Machine and an Umbrella (1979), the first album by Nurse with Wound.
Singles
- Rapper's Delight by The Sugarhill Gang
- Dancing In Outer Space by Atmosfear
- Nag Nag Nag by Cabaret Voltaire
- There but for the Grace of God Go I by Machine
- Hot To Trot by Alfredo De La Fe
- Death Disco by PiL
- Bela Lugosi's Dead by Bauhaus
- Baise Moi (Kiss Me) by Pam Todd and Gold Bullion Band
- Thinking of You by Sister Sledge
- He's the Greatest Dancer by Sister Sledge
- Lost in Music by Sister Sledge
- Street Player by Chicago
- Jingo by Candido
- We Got the Funk by Positive Force
- Jazz Carnival by Azymuth
- Good Times by Chic
- Rotation by Herb Alpert
- Ain't no Stoppin' Us Now by Risco Connection
- Bad for Me by Dee Dee Bridgewater
- Disco Circus by Martin Circus
- Walking On Sunshine by Eddy Grant
- Can't Live Without Your Love by Tamiko Jones
- Never Buy Texas from a Cowboy by Brides of Funkenstein
- Pipeline by Bruce Johnston
- Why D'Ya Do It by Marianne Faithfull
- The Guitar Don't Lie (Le marché aux puces) by Joe Dassin
- Spoonin' Rap by Spoonie Gee
- Shining by Venus Dodson
- Persian Love by Holger Czukay
- Cela - I'm In Love
- Taana Gardner - When You Touch Me
- Jean Carn - Was That All It Was
- Harvey Mason - Groovin' You
- Inner Life - I'm Caught Up
- Patti Labelle - Music Is My Way Of Life
- Chantal Curtis - Get Another Love
- Giorgio Moroder - I Wanna Rock You
- Donna McGhee - It Ain't No Big Thing
- Salsoul Orchestra - How High
- Roy Ayers - Don't Stop The Feeling
- George Duke - I Want You For Myself
- Instant Funk - I Got My Mind Made Up
- Skyy - First Time Around
- Billy Nichols - Give Your Body Up To The Music
- Five Special - Why Leave Us Alone
- Jackie Moore - How's Your Love Life Baby
- Double Exposure - I Got The Hots For You
- Black Ivory - Mainline
- Roy Ayers - Love Will Bring us Back Together
- Ashford & Simpson - Stay Free
Albums
- London Calling by The Clash
- Aux armes et cætera by Serge Gainsbourg
- Risque by Chic
- Sting Like a Bee by Bumblebee Unlimited
- Y by The Pop Group
- 20 Jazz Funk Greats by Throbbing Gristle
- Movies by Holger Czukay
- Looking for Saint Tropez by Telex
- In the Skies by Peter Green
Births
Deaths
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