Sunday 26 May 2019

SHOW #312 - "And the future is certain, give us time to work it out..."

Talking Heads "Road To Nowhere"
Daryl Hall and John Oates "Maneater"



Madonna "Holiday"
Def Leppard "Animal"

Gladys Knight "Licence To Kill"
Spandau Ballet "Through The Barricades"

U2 "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"
UB40 "My Way Of Thinking"

SIXTY SIX:
The Questions "Tear Soup"



Teardrop Explodes "Reward"
Wee Papa Girl Rappers "Wee Rule"

Snowy White "Bird Of Paradise"
Liza Minnelli "Losing My Mind"

Billy Idol "Rebel Yell"
Teena Marie "Behind The Groove"



Cherrelle and Alexander O'Neal "Saturday Love"
Kim Wilde and Junior "Another Step"

Depeche Mode "Everything Counts"
Gary Numan "She's Got Claws"

Bomb The Bass "Don't Make Me Wait"
Human League "Being Boiled"

SIXTY SIX:
Dali's Car "The Judgement Is The Mirror"



LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
The Selecter "Three Minute Hero"
Prince "Sign O'The Times"
Grover Washington Jr. "Just The Two Of Us"
Three times two ... equals six. 

This edition featured songs that peaked at number six in the charts, plus two that peaked at 66, to commemorate the show's sixth birthday.

Sunday 19 May 2019

SHOW #311 - "And you know I'm so wired up, don't need no coffee in my cup..."

Dexys Midnight Runners "Jackie Wilson Said"
Showaddywaddy "Who Put The Bomp (In The Bomp-A-Bomp-A-Bomp)"



New Order "Confusion"
Maria Vidal "Body Rock"

Haircut 100 "Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)"
Heart "What About Love"

Chris Rea "On The Beach"
Donna Summer "Love's About To Change My Heart"

JOURNEYS TO GLORY:
Psychedelic Furs "Heartbeat"



Housemartins "Think For A Minute"
Blancmange "That's Love, That It Is"

Bucks Fizz "When We Were Young"
Morrissey "The Last Of The Famous International Playboys"

Abba "Lay All Your Love On Me"
The Jam "Precious"



Cock Robin "The Promise You Made"
Narada Michael Walden "I Shoulda Loved Ya"

Olivia Newton John and ELO "Xanadu"
Chords "Maybe Tomorrow"

Wendy and Lisa "Satisfaction"
Classix Nouveaux "Is It A Dream"

JOURNEYS TO GLORY:
Poison "Fallen Angel"


LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Proclaimers "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)"
Thompson Twins "Doctor Doctor"
Culture Club "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me"
All three tracks refer to "a thousand ... " 'somethings' in the lyrics.

Sunday 12 May 2019

SHOW #310 - "Let me cover you with velvet kisses, I'll create a look that's made for you..."

Madonna "Dress You Up"
Cliff Richard "Some People"



Sinead O'Connor "Mandinka"
Dire Straits "Your Latest Trick"

Communards "You Are My World"
Scarlet Fantastic "No Memory"

Human League "Life On Your Own"
Jan Hammer "Crockett's Theme"

JOURNEYS TO GLORY:
New Musik "On Islands"



Martika "I Feel The Earth Move"
Elton John "I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That"

Erasure "Drama!"
David Lee Roth "Just Like Paradise"

Fiction Factory "(Feels Like) Heaven"
George Harrison "When We Was Fab"



Pat Benatar "All Fired Up"
Pet Shop Boys "Love Comes Quickly"

Freddie Mercury "I Was Born To Love You"
XTC "Generals And Majors"

Westworld "Sonic Boom Boy"
Prince "Girls And Boys"

JOURNEYS TO GLORY:
Stone Roses "(Song For My) Sugar Spun Sister"



LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Bros "Too Much"
Genesis "Mama"
Sam Brown "Stop"
All three titles are also the names of singles by the Spice Girls.

Sunday 5 May 2019

SHOW #309 - "The devil will find work for idle hands to do, I stole and then I lied just because you asked me to..."

The Smiths "What Difference Does It Make"
Phil Collins "I Missed Again"



Tracie "The House That Jack Built"
Hothouse Flowers "Don't Go"

Sade "The Sweetest Taboo"
Belouis Some "Some People"

Hot Chocolate "No Doubt About It"
Stranglers "Strange Little Girl"

JOURNEYS TO GLORY:
Tenpole Tudor "Three Bells In A Row"



Evelyn Champagne King "Love Come Down"
Haysi Fantayzee "John Wayne Is Big Leggy"

Bad Manners "Special Brew"
Level 42 "Something About You"

Randy Crawford "You Might Need Somebody"
Echo and the Bunnymen "The Back Of Love"



Ultravox "Hymn"
Jermaine Jackson "Let's Get Serious"

Korgis "Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime"
Haircut 100 "Nobody's Fool"

Debbie Gibson "Electric Youth"
Eurythmics "It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)"

JOURNEYS TO GLORY:
Katrina and the Waves "Is That It?"



LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Malcolm McLaren "Madam Butterfly"
Tina Turner "Typical Male"
Joe Jackson "Steppin' Out"
All three artists have the same letter starting their first and second names.