![]() ![]() Post-punk and New Wave were in full blossom with boundary-pushing albums from Talking Heads, B-52’s, Joy Division and Gang of Four. ![]() Yes, 1979 was the year of “Y.M.C.A.”īut disco was only a part of the music scene in 1979. Donna Summer had three of the Billboard top 20 songs of 1979, alongside acts like Chic, The Doobie Brothers, Gloria Gaynor and, of course, The Village People. In music, it was the year of the Disco Demolition, when Chicago shock jock Steve Dahl blew up a crate full of dance music, declaring the death of disco, but like his beloved rock, it would prove more resilient than he hoped. The snowboard was invented in 1979, as was the modern superhero movie with the release of Superman. ![]() The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan and the U.K. Forty years ago, America was filled with tube tops and harness boots, the Atari and the Walkman. ![]()
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