Sunday 29 August 2021

SHOW #429 - "High on the roof, thin the blood, another one came on the waves tonight..."

REM "Orange Crush"
Barry Manilow "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter"



Pointer Sisters "Dare Me"
Squeeze "Another Nail In My Heart"

Katrina and the Waves "Sun Street"
Depeche Mode "Leave In Silence"

Susan Fassbender "Twilight Cafe"
Rolling Stones "Emotional Rescue"

CALLING AMERICA:
Paul Simon "Late In The Evening" 



The Mission "Wasteland"
Azymuth "Jazz Carnival"

Def Leppard "Armageddon It"
Cameo "She’s Strange"

Prince with Sheena Easton "U Got The Look"
Fish "State Of Mind"



Madonna "Gambler"
Matchbox "When You Ask About Love"

George Benson "Lady Love Me (One More Time)"
Kraftwerk "Showroom Dummies"

Iron Maiden "Running Free"
Breathe "Hands To Heaven"

CALLING AMERICA:
Stage Dolls "Love Cries" 



LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Commodores "Goin' To The Bank"
Cherry "Magic Holiday"
Class Action "Weekend"

Bank ... Holiday ... Weekend.

Sunday 22 August 2021

SHOW #428 - "How many times have you been told, if you don't ask, you don't get?"

Stranglers "Always The Sun"
Natalie Cole "Jump Start"



Yazoo "The Other Side Of Love"
And Why Not? "Restless Days (She Screams Out Loud)"

Paul McCartney "Spies Like Us"
Five Star "Stay Out Of My Life"

ABC "One Better World"
Billy Preston & Syreeta "With You I'm Born Again"

CALLING AMERICA:
Agnetha Fältskog "Can't Shake Loose"



The Cult "Love Removal Machine"
Communards "Disenchanted"

Tom Tom Club "Wordy Rappinghood"
Eurythmics "I Need A Man"

OMD "Maid Of Orleans (The Waltz Joan Of Arc)"
Cliff Richard "Dreamin'"



Matt Bianco "Half A Minute"
Cashflow "Mine All Mine"

Stock, Aitken & Waterman "Roadblock"
UK Subs "Teenage"

The The "Heartland"
Malcolm McLaren "Madam Butterfly"

CALLING AMERICA
:
Regina "Baby Love"



LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Pet Shop Boys "Suburbia"
Billy Joel "You May Be Right"
Kate Bush "Babooshka"

All three tracks contain the sound effect of breaking glass.

Sunday 15 August 2021

SHOW #427 - "She smiles, but that's cruel, if you knew what she thinks, if you knew what she was after..."

Duran Duran "Skin Trade"
Raze presenting Doug Lazy "Let It Roll"



The Selecter "Missing Words"
Ray Parker Jr "I Don't Think That Man Should Sleep Alone"

AC/DC "Guns For Hire"
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions "Brand New Friend"

Narada Michael Walden "I Shoulda Loved Ya"
Black "Paradise"

CALLING AMERICA:
Flowers "We Can Get Together"



Nik Kershaw "Don Quixote"
Positive Force "We Got The Funk"

New Order "Thieves Like Us"
Jellybean featuring Adele Bertei "Just A Mirage"

The Cure "A Forest"
Dooleys "Love Patrol"



Goodbye Mr Mackenzie "The Rattler"
Dusty Springfield "In Private"

Beatmasters  featuring Merlin "Who's In The House"
Stray Cats "Stray Cat Strut"

Danny Wilson "The Second Summer Of Love"
Wet Wet Wet "Temptation"

CALLING AMERICA
:
Debbie Gibson "Staying Together" 



LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Pat Benatar "Shadows Of The Night"
Sheena Easton "Sugar Walls"
Brenda Russell "Get Here"

All three singers launched their careers using the surnames of husbands they had already divorced.

Sunday 8 August 2021

SHOW #426 - "Bitter turns to sugar, some call a passive tune, but the day things turn sweet for me won't be too soon..."

Style Council "My Ever Changing Moods"
Elkie Brooks "Nights In White Satin"



Depeche Mode "New Life"
Dexys Midnight Runners "Celtic Soul Brothers"

Donna Summer "Love's About To Change My Heart"
New Model Army "No Rest"

Jermaine Stewart "Say It Again"
Madness "Sweetest Girl"

CALLING AMERICA:
Queen "Calling All Girls"



A-Ha "You Are The One"
Specials "Do Nothing"

Skipworth & Turner "Thinking About Your Love"
Associates "Club Country"

Fuzzbox "International Rescue"
Motley Crue "You're All I Need"



Break Machine "Street Dance"
Secret Affair "My World"

Double Trouble and the Rebel MC "Just Keep Rockin’"
Nick Straker Band "A Walk In The Park"

Blue Mercedes "I Want To Be Your Property"
Clannad "Theme From 'Harry's Game'"

CALLING AMERICA:
The Other Ones "Holiday"



LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Ultravox "Passing Strangers"
Del Amitri "Hammering Heart"
Thompson Twins "Hold Me Now"

All three bands feature a member with the surname Currie.

Sunday 1 August 2021

SHOW #425 - "I've got to show the world all that I want to be, and all my abilities, there's so much more to me..."

Diana Ross "I'm Coming Out"
Chris De Burgh "Missing You"



Freeez "Pop Goes My Love"
Graham Bonnet "Night Games"

Bananarama "Love, Truth and Honesty"
Eddy Grant "Can't Get Enough Of You"

Booker Newberry III "Love Town"
Go West "Goodbye Girl"

CALLING AMERICA:
Face To Face "10-9-8"



Talking Heads "And She Was"
Toyah "Thunder In The Mountains"

De La Soul "Eye Know"
Robbie Nevil "C'est La Vie"

London Boys "London Nights"
Re-Flex "The Politics Of Dancing"



Marilyn "You Don't Love Me"
UB40 "Maybe Tomorrow"

Big Country "East Of Eden"
Detroit Spinners "Body Language"

Echo and the Bunnymen "People Are Strange"
Jennifer Holliday "And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going"

CALLING AMERICA:
REO Speedwagon "Live Every Moment" 



LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE
:
James Ingram and Michael McDonald "Yah Mo B There"
One 2 Many "Downtown"
Yazz and the Plastic Population "The Only Way Is Up"

All three songs refer to "a brighter day" in the lyrics.