Sunday 30 January 2022

SHOW #451 - "Then again don't end up on the shelf, logical advice gets you in a whirl..."

Joe Jackson "It's Different For Girls"
Hot Streak "Body Work"

 

Stephen TinTin Duffy "Icing On The Cake"
The Alarm "Strength"

Shakatak "Night Birds"
Los Lobos "Come On Let's Go"

Coffee "Casanova"
Marillion "Sugar Mice"

 

FLAUNT THE IMPERFECTION:
Pet Shop Boys "Two Divided By Zero"

Modern Romance "Ay Ay Ay Ay Moosey"
Van Halen "When It's Love"

Kylie Minogue "Wouldn't Change A Thing"
Human League "Life On Your Own"

Huey Lewis and the News "Do You Believe In Love"
Two Men, A Drum Machine and a Trumpet "Tired Of Getting Pushed Around"



Sade "When Am I Gonna Make A Living"
M "Moonlight and Muzak"

Shakin' Stevens "I'll Be Satisfied"
Aretha Franklin "Who's Zoomin' Who"

Icehouse "Hey Little Girl"
Freddie Jackson "Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times' Sake)"



FLAUNT THE IMPERFECTION:
INXS "Mediate"

THE EDGE OF HEAVEN:
Jethro Tull "Steel Monkey"


Dickies "Fan Mail"
Bow Wow Wow "Do You Wanna Hold Me?"

Sunday 23 January 2022

SHOW #450 - "To forget ourselves and pretend all's well, there is no hell..."

Siouxsie and the Banshees "Happy House"
Metallica "The Wait"


Ultravox "The Thin Wall"
Inner City "Ain't Nobody Better"

George Benson "Turn Your Love Around"
Blancmange "Waves"

Bruce Springsteen "Spare Parts"
All About Eve "What Kind Of Fool"

FLAUNT THE IMPERFECTION:
Bob Marley & The Wailers "Trenchtown"

Bryan Ferry "The Right Stuff"
Jellybean "Jingo"

The Smiths "William, It Was Really Nothing"
Teena Marie "I Need Your Lovin'"

Survivor "Burning Heart"
Bananarama "Do Not Disturb"


Bobby Brown "Don't Be Cruel"
Olivia Newton John "Magic"

Simple Minds "Speed Your Love To Me"
Tracie "Give It Some Emotion"

ABC "SOS"
Billy Bragg "Levi Stubbs Tears"


FLAUNT THE IMPERFECTION:
Yazz "Systematic People"

THE EDGE OF HEAVEN:
Love & Money "Jocelyn Square"


It Bites "Underneath Your Pillow"
Sting "Love Is The Seventh Wave"

Sunday 16 January 2022

SHOW #449 - "I hear the saxophone and it tears my soul, and we're feeling old, feeling so cold..."

Soft Cell "Torch"
Art Company "Susanna"



The Cure "The Caterpillar"
Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam with Full Force "I Wonder If I Take You Home"

Barry Manilow "Bermuda Triangle"
Soul II Soul "Get A Life"

Depeche Mode "Get The Balance Right"
Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine "Anything For You"



FLAUNT THE IMPERFECTION:
Fleetwood Mac "Tango In The Night"

Michael Jackson "Another Part Of Me"
Bluebells "I'm Falling"

The Cult "Lil Devil"
Blow Monkeys "Out With Her"

The Beat "Mirror In The Bathroom"
Belle Stars "Sweet Memory"



Daryl Hall & John Oates "Method Of Modern Love"
Adeva "I Thank You"

Motorhead "Iron Fist"
The Truth "Confusion (Hits Us Every Time)"

Five Star "System Addict"
Roxy Music "Avalon"



FLAUNT THE IMPERFECTION:
Aztec Camera "Killermont Street" 

THE EDGE OF HEAVEN:
Voice Of The Beehive "I Walk The Earth"


Adicts "Bad Boy"
Richard Marx "Satisfied"

Sunday 9 January 2022

SHOW #448 - "And pretty soon she's really got the notion of flying out across the big blue ocean..."

ELO "Calling America"
Bad Manners "Lip Up Fatty"


Chaka Khan "Eye To Eye"
John Foxx "No-One Driving"

Echo and the Bunnymen "Bring On The Dancing Horses"
Jimmy Somerville with June Miles Kingston "Comment Te Dire Adieu"

Modern Romance "Don't Stop That Crazy Rhythm"
Abba "One Of Us"



FLAUNT THE IMPERFECTION:
Duran Duran "Anyone Out There"

FR David "Words"
Cookie Crew "Got To Keep On"

T'Pau "Secret Garden"
Pete Townshend "Rough Boys"

Simple Minds "All The Things She Said"
Sinitta "Cross My Broken Heart"



New Musik "Sanctuary"
Jeffrey Osborne "Stay With Me Tonight"

Wendy and Lisa "Satisfaction"
Bauhaus "She's In Parties"

Judas Priest "United"
Level 42 "It's Over"



FLAUNT THE IMPERFECTION:
Housemartins "We're Not Deep"

THE EDGE OF HEAVEN:
Shalamar "Right In The Socket"


Living In A Box "Different Air"
Billy Joel "A Matter Of Trust"

Sunday 2 January 2022

SHOW #447 - "There's a crazy mirror showing us both in 5-D, I'm laughing at you, you're laughing at me..."

Bruce Springsteen "Tunnel Of Love"
Blue Feather "Let's Funk Tonight"



The Fixx "Stand Or Fall"
Lita Ford "Kiss Me Deadly"

Gap Band "Outstanding"
XTC "Grass"

Ultra Nate "It's Over Now"
Ratt "Lay It Down"



Fatback Band "Backstrokin'"
Lilac Time "Return To Yesterday"

Bucks Fizz "Golden Days"
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions "My Bag"

Sinead O'Connor "I Want Your Hands On Me"
Naked Eyes "Promises, Promises"

OMD "Telegraph"
Mandy Smith "Victim Of Pleasure"



Hue & Cry "Ordinary Angel"
Jesus Jones "Bring It On Down"

Steve Winwood "Back In The High Life Again"
Strawberry Switchblade "Who Knows What Love Is"

Haircut 100 "Prime Time"
Louise Tucker "Midnight Blue"



China Crisis "You Did Cut Me"
Norma Lewis "Tonight (Dancing With The Desperate)"

Christopher Cross "Sailing"
Talk Talk "I Don't Believe In You"

George Benson "What's On Your Mind"
Teardrop Explodes "Tiny Children"

This was a commemorative episode of Forgotten 80s, featuring 80s singles that didn't make the Top 40, to mark the start of 2022.