Thin Lizzy, "Jailbreak" (1976) Plenty of bands have played at being tough, but Thin Lizzy always had a visceral kind of abandon. As their flinty twin-guitar attack worked in perfect concert with Phil Lynott's dark whispers, it tended to make Thin Lizzy's big talk feel decidedly real. ...
41. Gary Numan, "Cars" Gary Numan's "Cars" sounded like the future in 1979. A synth-driven slice of robotic pop coupled with an eerily disengaged vocal about the comforting nature of automobiles, the song just missed the Top 10 in the U.S., a rarity in 1979 when synthesizers, new ...