Sunday 26 July 2020

SHOW #372 - "So far, so good, so close, yet still so far..."

Simple Minds "Waterfront"
Evelyn Champagne King "Your Personal Touch"



OMD "Messages"
Christians "Ideal World"

Double Trouble and the Rebel MC "Street Tuff"
Trans X "Living On Video"

Rod Stewart "Infatuation"
Pasadenas "Enchanted Lady"

CALLING AMERICA:
Bryan Adams "Cuts Like A Knife"



ACDC "Shake Your Foundations"
Kim Wilde "Love In The Natural Way"

Skipworth & Turner "Thinking About Your Love"
ABC "SOS"

Bangles "Hazy Shade Of Winter"
Stiff Little Fingers "Listen"



Keith Marshall "Only Crying"
Erasure "Chains Of Love"

Kate Bush "Cloudbusting"
Afrika Bambaataa and the Soul Sonic Force "Renegades Of Funk"

The Selecter "Three Minute Hero"
John Lennon "Watching The Wheels"

CALLING AMERICA:
Daryl Hall and John Oates "Missed Opportunity"
 


LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Dexys Midnight Runners "Because Of You"
Van Halen "Dreams"
PiL "Rise"

All three songs share titles with hit singles for Gabrielle.




Sunday 19 July 2020

SHOW #371 - "Too sick to eat, he's on his feet, and to the telephone, the police inspector soothes him with his sympathetic tone..."

Dusty Springfield "Nothing Has Been Proved"
KC and the Sunshine Band "Please Don't Go"



Echo and the Bunnymen "Lips Like Sugar"
Nick Kamen "Each Time You Break My Heart"

Kon Kan "I Beg Your Pardon"
Tourists "So Good To Be Back Home Again"

Climie Fisher "This Is Me"
Depeche Mode "Stripped"

CALLING AMERICA:
Gladys Knight and the Pips "Landlord"



Malcolm McLaren and the McLarenettes "Soweto"
And Why Not? "Restless Days (She Screams Out Loud)"

Tracie "The House That Jack Built"
George Benson "Shiver"

Iron Maiden "The Number Of The Beast"
Hazell Dean "Who's Leaving Who"



All About Eve "Every Angel"
John Cougar "Jack & Diane"

The Damned "The Shadow Of Love"
Jellybean featuring Adele Bertei "Just A Mirage"

Flash and the Pan "Waiting For A Train"
Tears For Fears "I Believe"

CALLING AMERICA:
Nu Shooz "Point Of No Return"



LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Cliff Richard "Wired For Sound"
Heaven 17 "Crushed By The Wheels Of Industry"
Sheena Easton "Modern Girl"

All three tracks mention "the breakfast show" in the lyrics.

This edition of Forgotten 80s is dedicated entirely to Paul Cross, a listener to the show since its inception from his home in California, and also the eldest cousin of the host. He will be missed by all of his family.

Sunday 12 July 2020

SHOW #370 - "She's got cheekbones like geometry and eyes like sin and she's sexually enlightened by Cosmopolitan..."

Lloyd Cole and the Commotions "Perfect Skin"
Chris de Burgh "The Ballroom Of Romance"



Siouxsie and the Banshees "Happy House"
Shakatak "Easier Said Than Done"

Raul Orellana "Real Wild House"
Culture Club "The Medal Song"

B52s "Planet Claire"
The Assembly "Never Never"

CALLING AMERICA:
Scandal "The Warrior"



Landscape "Einstein A Go Go"
Brother Beyond "Drive On"

Sade "Paradise"
Howard Jones "All I Want"

Housemartins "Me And The Farmer"
Jets "Crush On You"



Marillion "Punch And Judy"
Heatwave "Gangsters Of The Groove"

Bodysnatchers "Let's Do Rock Steady"
Nick Heyward "Warning Sign"

Spandau Ballet "Instinction"
Sting "Russians"

CALLING AMERICA:
Chuckii Booker "Turned Away"



LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE
:
Dollar "Give Me Some Kinda Magic"
Fox The Fox "Precious Little Diamond"
Cutting Crew "(I Just) Died In Your Arms"

All three bands have a member with the suffix 'van' in their surname.

Sunday 5 July 2020

SHOW #369 - "After all the talk then they wired him, and he took a walk with his crooked friends..."

Kid Creole and the Coconuts "Stool Pigeon"
John Parr "St Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)"



Sinitta "GTO"
Wang Chung "Dance Hall Days"

Miami Sound Machine "Bad Boy"
The Clash "The Magnificent Seven"

Musical Youth "Never Gonna Give You Up"
Robert Plant "Big Log"

CALLING AMERICA
:
Marty Balin "Hearts"



Bronski Beat "Why?"
Taja Sevelle "Love Is Contagious"

PhD "I Won't Let You Down"
David Essex "Fallen Angels Riding"

Madness "The Return Of The Los Palmas 7"
Linx "So This Is Romance"



Foreigner "That Was Yesterday"
Madonna "Gambler"

The The "Heartland"
Bucks Fizz "London Town"

Five Star "System Addict"
Roxy Music "Oh Yeah (On The Radio)"

CALLING AMERICA:
Nylons "Kiss Him Goodbye"



LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Wham! "Club Tropicana"
Judas Priest "United"
Tracey Ullman "Breakaway"

All three tracks have chocolate biscuit brands of the 80s in their titles.