Early in our relationship, one that dates all the way back to junior high school, I knew my friend Brian to be a rock and roll guy. We actually went to see Metallica together in 1997 when his older brother ended up with a couple of extra tickets to the show. That is definitely one ticket stub I wish I had kept, but I digress. Anyway, knowing him for a while as a rock guy, you can imagine my surprise when we were sitting around one day, listening to some music, and he proceeded to bust out all of the lyrics to “Rapper’s Delight” by The Sugar Hill Gang. It was quite impressive, and something tells me he could probably still do it, even all these years later.
Song: “Rapper’s Delight”
Artist: The Sugar Hill Gang
Songwriter(s): Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers, Sylvia Robinson, Henry Jackson, Michael Wright, Guy O’Brien
Album(s): Rapper’s Delight (Single) / Sugar Hill Gang (Full-length)
Release Year(s): 1979 (Single) / 1980 (Full-length)
Song: “One Step Beyond…”
Artist: Madness
Songwriter(s): Cecil Campbell
Album(s): One Step Beyond…
Release Year(s): 1979
I Wish You Would Hear Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6jFrq03xPtVVOexYHZF1OW?si=bc9df95d2d854d