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"They say America First, but they mean America Next." - Woody Guthrie
I would think the Byrds' "So You Wanna Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star" fits the bill? 1967. Surely it's not the first though!
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I'm wondering -- what was the first American song written about the problems of becoming famous as a singer/performer? Of the hassles of fame, of life on the road, etc?
When did this become a subject matter of songwriters and performers?
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And 3/26/90 looks to have 5 from Built to Last. Wouldn't expect a higher concentration for either of those albums
Looks like they did 5 from Go To Heaven on 5/16/80, a couple weeks after it was released. (Now I'm super into this question! 🙃 )
"The Duke '78 show had been floating around in video tape trading circles going back to the 1980s. It wasn't great, but being from such an underrepresented v...
89's the primo of the decade, and 85 has its sleeper fans, but I think 87 is one of my fave 80s years. It's a different kind of punchy fire, for all the reasons you mentioned. Punchy is not really a word I associate with the Dead, and in that sense (though not sonically, of course), it's got some of the same dynamite that bangs with early 66 tapes.
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