Sunday 27 December 2020

SHOW #394 - "I like my bands in business suits, I watch them on TV, I'm working out almost every day and watching what I eat..."

Huey Lewis and the News "Hip To Be Square"
Agents Aren't Aeroplanes "The Upstroke"



The Cure "Hot Hot Hot!!!"
Kim Carnes "Draw Of The Cards"

Prince & the Revolution "I Would Die 4 U"
Y&T "Mean Streak"

The The "Slow Train To Dawn"
Roni Griffith "The Best Part Of Breakin' Up"

Faith Brothers "A Stranger On Home Ground"
Bucks Fizz "Rules Of The Game"



Sterling Void "It's Alright"
Motels "Whose Problem?"

Nancy Nova "No, No, No"
Prefab Sprout "Appetite"

Faith No More "We Care A Lot"
Kajagoogoo "Turn Your Back On Me"



Waterfront "Nature Of Love"
Chris Rea "It's All Gone"

U2 "Gloria"
Digital Underground "Doowutchyalike"

Everything But The Girl "Don't Leave Me Behind"
Brian Spence "Reputation"

Blue Nile "The Downtown Lights"
Pat Benatar "Sex As A Weapon"

 

Jesus Jones "Never Enough"
Jocelyn Brown "Love's Gonna Get You"

Light Of The World "London Town"
Talk Talk "Give It Up"

This was a commemorative episode of Forgotten 80s, featuring 80s singles that didn't make the Top 40, to mark the end of 2020.


Sunday 20 December 2020

SHOW #393 - "Now the season, now the question, time to breathe a moment's grace; for the hunter and the hunted, taking time to break the pace..."

Chris Squire and Alan White "Run With The Fox"
Paul McCartney and the Frog Chorus "We All Stand Together"



Rush "Spirit Of Radio"
Kenny Rogers "Lady"
Bill Withers "Oh Yeah"

Duran Duran "My Own Way"
Bananarama "Nathan Jones"

Annie Lennox and Al Green "Put A Little Love In Your Heart"
Waitresses "Christmas Wrapping"

CALLING AMERICA:
The Who "Eminence Front" 




Kraftwerk "Tour de France"
Then Jerico "Sugar Box"
Stranglers "Strange Little Girl"

Jason Donovan "When You Come Back To Me"
Kate Bush "December Will Be Magic Again"


 

Kool and the Gang "Victory"
Van Halen "(Oh) Pretty Woman"
The Outfield "Your Love"

Stray Cats "Runaway Boys"
Cliff Richard "Please Don't Fall In Love"

Mel & Kim "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree"
Spitting Image "Santa Claus Is On The Dole"

CALLING AMERICA:
Isley-Jasper-Isley "Caravan Of Love"



LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Bob Marley and the Wailers "Three Little Birds"
Pop Will Eat Itself "Wise Up Sucker"
Madness "Yesterday’s Men"

"Three ... Wise ... Men ..."

Sunday 13 December 2020

SHOW #392 - "If you want solid ground, come on, try me, oh I can take you so high that you're never gonna wanna come down..."

Joan Armatrading "Drop The Pilot"
Public Enemy "Fight The Power"



George Harrison "All Those Years Ago"
Strawberry Switchblade "Since Yesterday"

Michael McDonald "Sweet Freedom"
Secret Affair "My World"

Donna Summer "She Works Hard For The Money"
Scritti Politti "Oh Patti (Don't Feel Sorry For Loverboy)"

CALLING AMERICA:
Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta "Take A Chance" 




ACDC "Heatseeker"
Divine "You Think You're A Man"

Change "Change Of Heart"
Police "King Of Pain"

Billy Joel "The Longest Time"
Associates "Love Hangover"




Hithouse "Jack To The Sound Of The Underground"
Big Country "Wonderland"

Stiff Little Fingers "Tin Soldiers"
Thompson Twins "We Are Detective"

Eurythmics "You Have Placed A Chill In My Heart"
Cyndi Lauper "True Colours"

CALLING AMERICA
:
Tracy Chapman "Baby Can I Hold You" 




LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE
:
Dream Academy "Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want"
Icehouse "Electric Blue"
Jets "Yes Tonight Josephine"

The first word of each song title is also the name of an album by the Pet Shop Boys.

Sunday 6 December 2020

SHOW #391 - "It's more the way your eyes are laughing as they glance across the great divide..."

A Flock Of Seagulls "Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You)"
Brother Beyond "The Harder I Try"



Style Council "Come To Milton Keynes"
Jaki Graham "Set Me Free"

Simple Minds "Speed Your Love To Me"
LL Cool J "I Need Love"

Sad Cafe "Strange Little Girl"
Yazoo "Nobody's Diary"

CALLING AMERICA
:
Boz Scaggs (featuring Lisa Dalbello) "Miss Sun"



Artists United Against Apartheid "Sun City"
The Smiths "Girlfriend In A Coma"

Steven Dante "I'm Too Scared"
Laura Branigan "Self Control"

Kiki Dee "Star"
Landscape "Norman Bates"



Alexander O'Neal "Fake"
Bow Wow Wow "I Want Candy"

Wonder Stuff "Who Wants To Be The Disco King"
Jona Lewie "You'll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties"

Electribe 101 "Tell Me When The Fever Ended"
Madness "One Better Day"

CALLING AMERICA
:
Miami Sound Machine "Falling In Love (Uh-Oh)"



LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE
:
Grover Washington Jr. "Just The Two Of Us"
Lydia Murdock "Superstar"
Ultravox "The Voice"

All three song titles are also the names of music-based reality TV shows.

Sunday 29 November 2020

SHOW #390 - "Call it synchronicity, call it déjà-vu, I just put my faith in destiny, it's the way that I choose..."

Marillion "Incommunicado"
Kelly Marie "Loving Just For Fun"

 



A-Ha "I've Been Losing You"
Prince "Paisley Park"

Poison "Nothin' But A Good Time"
Sharon Redd "Can You Handle It"

Siouxsie and the Banshees "Cities In Dust"
Wham! "Where Did Your Heart Go?"

CALLING AMERICA:
Dan Hartman "We Are The Young" 




Queen "Hammer To Fall"
Ten City "That's The Way Love Is"

Spagna "Every Girl And Boy"
Re-Flex "The Politics Of Dancing"

The Cure "In Between Days"
D Mob featuring Cathy Dennis "C'mon And Get My Love"




Visage "Visage"
Whistle "Nothing Serious (Just Buggin')"

Kim Wilde "Rage To Love"
Linx "Intuition"

Then Jerico "Big Area"
Pointer Sisters "Slow Hand"

CALLING AMERICA
:
Aerosmith "Janie's Got A Gun"




LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE
:
Texas "I Don't Want A Lover"
Hipsway "Broken Years"
Altered Images "I Could Be Happy"

All three bands featured Johnny McElhone as bassist and founder member.

Sunday 22 November 2020

SHOW #389 - "A threat of distant thunder, the sky was red, and when you walked you always turned every head..."

Pet Shop Boys "Domino Dancing"
Elton John "Crystal"

 



The Damned "Grimly Fiendish"
Scarlet Fantastic "No Memory"

Ultravox "One Small Day"
Viola Wills "Both Sides Now"

Elvis Costello "Turning The Town Red"
Cocteau Twins "Pearly-Dewdrops Drops"

CALLING AMERICA:
Survivor "Poor Man's Son"




Kylie Minogue "Never Too Late"
Stranglers "European Female"

David Grant "Watching You Watching Me"
Pat Benatar "All Fired Up"

ELO "Here Is The News"
Cookie Crew "Born This Way (Let's Dance)"




Thin Lizzy "Chinatown"
Howard Jones "Look Mama"

Bad Manners "Ne-Ne Na-Na Na-Na Nu-Nu"
Total Contrast "Takes A Little Time"

Suzanne Vega "Left Of Center"
China Crisis "Christian"

CALLING AMERICA
:
Jody Watley "Don't You Want Me" 




LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
The Cult "Rain"
Nik Kershaw "Nobody Knows"
Big Country "In A Big Country"

All three tracks feature Mark Brzezcki on drums.

Sunday 15 November 2020

SHOW #388 - "It's too late, the decision is made by fate, time to prove what forever should last..."

Propaganda "Duel"
Donna Summer "This Time I Know It's For Real"

 



Goodbye Mr Mackenzie "The Rattler"
Depeche Mode "The Meaning Of Love"

Thomas Dolby "Hyperactive"
Bow Wow Wow "C30 C60 C90 Go!"

Midnight Star "Midas Touch"
Jon and Vangelis "I'll Find My Way Home"

CALLING AMERICA:
Missing Persons "Destination Unknown" 




Arcadia "Election Day"
Magnum "It Must Have Been Love"

Anita Baker "Sweet Love"
Chords "Maybe Tomorrow"

Teardrop Explodes "Treason (It's Just A Story)"
Latin Quarter "Radio Africa"




The Beloved "The Sun Rising"
Chic "My Feet Keep Dancing"

Madness "The Sun And The Rain"
Liza Minnelli "Losing My Mind"

Stray Cats "Rock This Town"
Tears For Fears "Woman In Chains"

CALLING AMERICA
:
Glenn Frey "You Belong To The City" 




LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE
:
Squeeze "Black Coffee In Bed"
Fiat Lux "Secrets"
Beautiful South "Song For Whoever"

All three songs refer to items of stationery in the lyrics.

Sunday 8 November 2020

SHOW #387 - "You say you love me, but want success, I say you're lying, nothing has changed..."

Belle Stars "Sign Of The Times"
Motley Crue "Wild Side" 

 



Roachford "Family Man"
Soft Cell "Down In The Subway"

The Concept "Mr DJ"
Dollar "Videotheque"

Freddie McGregor "Just Don’t Want To Be Lonely"
Wet Wet Wet "Sweet Surrender"

CALLING AMERICA:
Men Without Hats "I Like" 




John Lennon "Nobody Told Me"
Communards "So Cold The Night"

The Jam "Absolute Beginners"
Diana Ross "Why Do Fools Fall In Love"

Ottawan "Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart)"
OMD "Joan Of Arc"




Kid Creole and the Coconuts "There's Something Wrong In Paradise"
Creatures "Mad Eyed Screamer"

Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock "Get On The Dancefloor"
Peter Gabriel "Biko"

Echo and the Bunnymen "Never Stop"
Five Star "Strong As Steel"

CALLING AMERICA
:
Robert Palmer "Early In The Morning" 



LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Paul Simon "The Boy In The Bubble"
Talking Heads "(Nothing But) Flowers"
The Smiths "That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore"

All three songs refer to the "side of the road" in the lyrics.

Sunday 1 November 2020

SHOW #386 - "The powers that be that force us to live like we do, bring me to my knees, when I see what they've done to you..."

Pretenders "Back On The Chain Gang"
LL Cool J "Jack The Ripper"



Whispers "It's A Love Thing"
Whitesnake "Fool For Your Loving"

Eighth Wonder "I'm Not Scared"
Simplicious "Let Her Feel It"

Living In A Box "So The Story Goes"
Human League "Louise"

CALLING AMERICA:
Nielsen Pearson "If You Should Sail" 




The Cult "Sun King"
George Benson "20/20"

Roxy Music "Take A Chance With Me"
Style Council with Tracey Thorn "Paris Match"

Fun Boy Three "Tunnel Of Love"
Jaki Graham "Breaking Away"




Lotus Eaters "The First Picture Of You"
Adam And The Ants "Young Parisians"

Sly & Robbie "Boops (Here To Go)"
Godley & Creme "Cry"

The Mission "Tower Of Strength"
Kim Wilde "Cambodia"

CALLING AMERICA:
The Outfield "Everytime You Cry" 

 

LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Robert Plant "Heaven Knows"
World Party "Private Revolution"
Erasure "You Surround Me"

All three artists released a single in the 1980s called Ship Of Fools.

Sunday 25 October 2020

SHOW #385 - "Can't replace your face, no matter how I try, and in the night I cry, from wanting..."

Level 42 "To Be With You Again"
Janet Jackson "Let's Wait Awhile" 



Gary Moore "Wild Frontier"
Julian Cope "Trampolene"

Bros "Too Much"
Al Jarreau "'Moonlighting' Theme"

Siouxsie and the Banshees "Peek-A-Boo"
Jim Diamond "I Should Have Known Better"

CALLING AMERICA:
Corey Hart "It Ain't Enough" 




Tracey Ullman "Sunglasses"
Narada Michael Walden "Tonight I'm Alright"

Darts "Let's Hang On"
The Smiths "Sheila Take A Bow"

Yazz "Stand Up For Your Love Rights"
ABC "Be Near Me" 




Bucks Fizz "I Hear Talk"
George Michael "Monkey"

Rush "Spirit Of Radio"
Natasha "Iko Iko"

Tina Turner "Typical Male"
Fine Young Cannibals "I'm Not The Man I Used To Be"

CALLING AMERICA:
Shana "I Want You" 




LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Madness "Wings Of A Dove"
Bangles "Going Down To Liverpool"
Depeche Mode "A Question Of Lust"

All three songs are sung by band members not normally recognised as the lead singer.

Sunday 18 October 2020

SHOW #384 - "Living in the backstreets, that's our home from home, the painted walls were all we've ever known..."

The Alarm "68 Guns"
UB40 "I Think It's Going To Rain Today"



Dan Hartman "I Can Dream About You"
Eurythmics "Beethoven (I Love To Listen)"

Primitives "Out Of Reach"
Swansway "Soul Train"

Voggue "Dancin' The Night Away"
Billy Joel "An Innocent Man"

CALLING AMERICA:
Diesel "Sausalito Summernight" 




The Clash "This Is England"
David Joseph "You Can't Hide Your Love From Me"

Nolans "Gotta Pull Myself Together"
Men At Work "It's A Mistake"

Man 2 Man meet Man Parrish "Male Stripper"
Nick Heyward "Take That Situation"


 

Jody Watley with Erik B & Rakim "Friends"
Simple Minds "Glittering Prize"

Big Sound Authority "This House (Is Where Your Love Stands)"
Shakin' Stevens "Shirley"

Melba Moore "Mind Up Tonight"
All About Eve "What Kind Of Fool"

CALLING AMERICA:
Sting "We'll Be Together" 




LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE
:
S Express "Theme From S Express"
The Beat "Mirror In The Bathroom"
Prince "Sign O' The Times"

All three song titles contain the name of a national newspaper.

Sunday 11 October 2020

SHOW #383 - "I'm running towards nothing again and again and again and again and again and again..."

The Cure "A Forest"
Public Enemy "Rebel Without A Pause" 

 



U2 "Two Hearts Beat As One"
Darling Buds "Hit The Ground"

London Boys "Requiem"
Stan Ridgway "Camouflage"

Beatmasters featuring PP Arnold "Burn It Up"
Ultravox "Lament"

CALLING AMERICA:
Alan Parsons Project "Eye In The Sky" 




Chas & Dave "Ain’t No Pleasing You"
Frankie Goes To Hollywood "Rage Hard"

Kate Bush "Army Dreamers"
Kool and the Gang "Ooh La La La (Let's Go Dancin')"

Queen "Friends Will Be Friends"
Samantha Fox "Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now"



Annabel Lamb "Riders On The Storm"
Dexys Midnight Runners "Dance Stance"

Luther Vandross "Give Me The Reason"
Then Jerico "What Does It Take"

Colour Field "Thinking Of You"
Snowy White "Bird Of Paradise"

CALLING AMERICA:
Tina Turner "One Of The Living" 




LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Crystal Gayle "Everything I Own"
Gary Numan "We Take Mystery To Bed"
Cliff Richard "Carrie"

All three artists were born with the surname Webb.

Sunday 4 October 2020

SHOW #382 - "I may be naïve but I just want to believe, I'm the only one..."

Alison Moyet "Invisible"
Saxon "Power And The Glory"

Fun Boy Three "The Lunatics Have Taken Over The Asylum"
Jermaine Stewart "Get Lucky"

Transvision Vamp "Revolution Baby"
Elbow Bones & the Racketeers "A Night In New York"

Abba "Under Attack"
Elton John "Blue Eyes"

CALLING AMERICA
:
Prince "Delirious"


George Benson "Feel Like Makin' Love"
Communards "Tomorrow"

Japan "European Son"
Sinead O'Connor "Mandinka"

S Express "Superfly Guy"
Kim Wilde "The Second Time"


Polecats "Big Green Car"
Style Council "Life At A Top People's Health Farm"

Bruce Springsteen "Tougher Than The Rest"
Sophia George "Girlie Girlie"

The Beat "All Out To Get You"
Commodores "Nightshift"

CALLING AMERICA
:
Vixen "Edge Of A Broken Heart"

LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Madonna "Like A Prayer"
Soft Cell "What"
Jesus and Mary Chain "Darklands"

All three tracks mention "down on my knees" in the lyrics.

Sunday 27 September 2020

SHOW #381 - "All of her lovers all talk of her notes and the flowers that they never sent..."

Psychedelic Furs "Pretty In Pink"
Bros "Sister"



Godley & Creme "Under Your Thumb"
Erik B and Rakim "I Know You Got Soul"

W.A.S.P. "Forever Free"
Visage "Mind Of A Toy"

Stephanie Mills "Never Knew Love Like This Before"
Depeche Mode "Blasphemous Rumours"

CALLING AMERICA:
Amy Holland "How Do I Survive"


Housemartins "There Is Always Something There To Remind Me"
Shalamar "Make That Move"

Gun "Better Days"
Yello "Of Course I'm Lying"

Pat Benatar "We Belong"
Stranglers "Bear Cage"

Human League "Life On Your Own"
Sharon Redd "Never Give You Up"

Status Quo "In The Army Now"
Fern Kinney "Together We Are Beautiful"

Boomtown Rats "House on Fire"
Freiheit "Keeping The Dream Alive"

CALLING AMERICA:
Talking Heads "Wild Wild Life"

LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Yazz "Fine Time"
Rolling Stones "She Was Hot"
Fleetwood Mac "Sara"


The three artists are the first mentioned by name in I'd Rather Jack by the Reynolds Girls.

Sunday 20 September 2020

SHOW #380 - "Go number one, stick a honeybun, your mind begins to flop..."

Haircut 100 "Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)"
Kids From Fame "Friday Night (live)"

Hot Chocolate "No Doubt About It"
Killing Joke "Love Like Blood"

Madness "Uncle Sam"
Julia & Company "Breakin' Down (Sugar Samba)"

Heartbeat "Tears From Heaven"
David Bowie "Loving The Alien"

CALLING AMERICA:
Sheila E "The Glamorous Life"


Run DMC "It's Tricky"
ABC "That Was Then, This Is Now"

Billy Ocean "Calypso Crazy"
Kraftwerk "Showroom Dummies"

Iron Maiden "The Trooper"
Hazell Dean "Turn It Into Love"


Tears For Fears "The Way You Are"
Rochelle "My Magic Man"

Mighty Wah! "Come Back"
Five Star "Love Take Over"

Sisters Of Mercy "Dominion"
Luther Vandross "So Amazing"

CALLING AMERICA
:
Kevin Paige "Don’t Shut Me Out"


LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE
:
Natalie Cole "Pink Cadillac"
Kim Wilde "Child Come Away"
Sam Brown "Stop"

All three artists are the daughters of fathers who also had chart careers.

Sunday 13 September 2020

SHOW #379 - "Oh, now can't you wait? Love don't come on a plate..."

Slade "Run Runaway"
Cliff Richard "Remember Me"



Undertones "My Perfect Cousin"
Gary Numan "Berserker"

Ozzy Osbourne "Bark At The Moon"
Kool and the Gang "Steppin' Out"

Debbie Harry "Backfired"
Dream Academy "Life In A Northern Town"

CALLING AMERICA:
Dolly Parton "The House Of The Rising Sun"



Will Powers "Kissing With Confidence"
The Truth "Confusion (Hits Us Every Time)"

Lindsey Buckingham "Trouble"
Dead Or Alive "Something In My House"

Baltimora "Tarzan Boy"
John Foxx "Burning Car"



Maze featuring Frankie Beverly "Too Many Games"
Sky "Toccata"

Pretenders "Hymn To Her"
D Train "You're The One For Me"

Toto "Rosanna"
Debbie Gibson "Foolish Beat"

CALLING AMERICA:
Timothy B Schmit "Boys Night Out"



LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Captain & Tennille "Do That To Me One More Time"
General Public "Tenderness"
Colonel Abrams "Trapped"

All three artists have army ranks in their names.

Sunday 6 September 2020

SHOW #378 - "Breathing shifts your careless head, untroubled by the chaos of our lives..."

Eurythmics "When Tomorrow Comes"
Alexander O'Neal "Hitmix (Official Bootleg Megamix)"



Tanita Tikaram "Good Tradition"
Rick Springfield "Human Touch"

Modern Romance "High Life"
Rod Stewart "Passion"

XTC "Towers Of London"
Randy Crawford "Almaz"

CALLING AMERICA:
Silver Condor "You Could Take My Heart Away"



Depeche Mode "Get The Balance Right"
Dhar Braxton "Jump Back (Set Me Free)"

New Musik "Sanctuary"
Queen "Backchat"

Stranglers "No Mercy"
Ruby Turner and Jonathan Butler "If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)"



Soft Cell "Where The Heart Is"
Status Quo "Don't Drive My Car"

Lloyd Cole and the Commotions "Jennifer She Said"
Martika "I Feel The Earth Move"

The Mission "Beyond The Pale"
Ultravox "Visions In Blue"

CALLING AMERICA:
Romantics "Test Of Time"



LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Traveling Wilburys "Handle With Care"
Simple Minds "Love Song"
Tears For Fears "Everybody Wants To Rule The World"

All three songs mention the title of a Style Council single in their lyrics.

Sunday 30 August 2020

SHOW #377 - "Cartoon capers happen in reality, rich man poor man living in fantasy..."

Sly Fox "Let’s Go All The Way"
The Beat "Tears Of A Clown"



Supertramp "It's Raining Again"
Tone Loc "Funky Cold Medina"

Guns 'n' Roses "Nightrain"
Los Lobos "Come On Let's Go"

Chaka Khan "Eye To Eye"
Squeeze "Labelled With Love"

CALLING AMERICA:
Rick James "Cold Blooded"



Matt Bianco "Wap Bam Boogie"
Elvis Costello "Veronica"

The Alarm "A New South Wales"
Amazulu "Don't You Just Know It"

The Damned "Anything"
Freeez "Southern Freeez"



Tracey Ullman "Move Over Darling"
Full Force "Alice I Want You Just For Me"

Erasure "Drama!"
Passions "I'm In Love With A German Film Star"

Joan Armatrading "Me Myself I"
Kane Gang "Closest Thing To Heaven"

CALLING AMERICA
:
Holly Knight "Heart Don't Fail Me Now"



LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE
:
Shakin' Stevens "Cry Just A Little Bit"
Kim Wilde "Chequered Love"
Phil Collins "One More Night"



All three artists had UK Top 40 hits in the 1980s with covers of songs originally done by the Supremes.

Sunday 23 August 2020

SHOW #376 - "When I show them round my house, to my bed, I had it made like a mountain range, with a snow-white pillow for my big fat head..."

Peter Gabriel "Big Time"
Dexys Midnight Runners "Old"



Toto Coelo "I Eat Cannibals"
The Cure "The Walk"

Paul McCartney "This One"
Bronski Beat "C'mon C'mon"

Duran Duran "All She Wants Is"
Wavelength "Hurry Home"

CALLING AMERICA:
Carly Simon "Jesse"



Dionne Warwick "Heartbreaker"
UFO "Young Blood"

King "Torture"
Dollar "Mirror Mirror"

Spandau Ballet "Highly Strung"
Village People "Can't Stop The Music"



Sheena Easton "The Lover In Me"
Tenpole Tudor "Wunderbar"

Dire Straits "Skateaway"
Audrey Hall "Smile"

Johnny Hates Jazz "Turn Back The Clock"
Whitney Houston "Where Do Broken Hearts Go"

CALLING AMERICA
:
Mike and the Mechanics "Taken In"



LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Kool and the Gang "Get Down On It"
Gap Band "Burn Rubber On Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)"
Inner City "Good Life"

All three artists had a Top 40 hit in the 1980s with a song called Big Fun.

Sunday 16 August 2020

SHOW #375 - "Hating all the faking and shaking while I'm breaking your brittle heart..."

Echo and the Bunnymen "Bring On The Dancing Horses"
Aswad "Beauty's Only Skin Deep"



Cameo "Back And Forth"
Bangles "Walking Down Your Street"

Mr Mister "Kyrie"
Earth, Wind & Fire "I've Had Enough"

Susan Fassbender "Twilight Cafe"
Hue & Cry "Violently"

CALLING AMERICA:
Naked Eyes "(What) In The Name Of Love"



Meat Loaf "Modern Girl"
Keith Sweat "I Want Her"

Madonna "Lucky Star"
David Bowie "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)"

Kylie Minogue "Wouldn't Change A Thing"
The Fall "There's A Ghost In My House"



UB40 "King"
Galaxy featuring Phil Fearon "Wait Until Tonight My Love"

Rainbow "All Night Long"
A Flock Of Seagulls "Transfer Affection"

Mezzoforte "Garden Party"
Clannad featuring Bono "In A Lifetime"

CALLING AMERICA:
Babyface "It's No Crime"



LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Undertones "It's Going To Happen!"
Icehouse "Hey Little Girl"
Limahl "Never Ending Story" 

All three tracks have a fade-up intro.

Sunday 9 August 2020

SHOW #374 - "Make a shroud pulling combs through a backwash frame..."

Human League "Sound Of The Crowd"
David Joseph "Let's Live It Up (Nite People)"



Belinda Carlisle "La Luna"
Style Council "Have You Ever Had It Blue"

Heart "Never"
Midge Ure "That Certain Smile"

Siouxsie and the Banshees "Spellbound"
Mary Jane Girls "All Night Long"

CALLING AMERICA:
Santana "Hold On"



Swing Out Sister "Surrender"
Ryan Paris "Dolce Vita"

Spear of Destiny "Never Take Me Alive"
Kids From Fame "Hi-Fidelity"

Shakin' Stevens "A Letter To You"
The Police "The Bed's Too Big Without You"



Mari Wilson "Just What I Always Wanted"
Kajagoogoo "The Lion's Mouth"

Level 42 "Tracie"
Elvis Costello "I Wanna Be Loved"

Doctor and the Medics "Burn"
Black "Sweetest Smile"

CALLING AMERICA
:
Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam "Lost In Emotion"



LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Gladys Knight "Licence To Kill"
Elton John "Heartache All Over The World"
Stevie Wonder "Overjoyed"

All three artists were Dionne Warwick's "friends" on the charity single That's What Friends Are For.

Sunday 2 August 2020

SHOW #373 - "When you hear our drums, hear them sound, we're gonna fight until we have won this town..."

Tenpole Tudor "Swords Of A Thousand Men"
Boris Gardiner "You're Everything To Me"



Johnny Hates Jazz "Heart Of Gold"
Donna Summer "Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger)"

Madonna "The Look Of Love" (Mark Ledder, email)
Frankie Goes To Hollywood "Watching The Wildlife"

Creatures "Right Now"
Cliff Richard "My Pretty One"

CALLING AMERICA:
Melissa Manchester "You Should Hear How She Talks About You"



Big Country "Chance"
Haywoode "Roses"

Fuzzbox "Love Is The Slug"
Nick Straker Band "A Walk In The Park"

The Jam "The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow)"
Wally Jump Jr. and the Criminal Element "Tighten Up (I Just Can't Stop Dancin')"



Dio "Rock 'n' Roll Children"
Hipsway "The Honeythief"

Huey Lewis and the News "Do You Believe In Love"
Herb Alpert featuring Janet Jackson "Diamonds"

Classix Nouveaux "Is It A Dream"
Leo Sayer "Orchard Road"

CALLING AMERICA
:
Curtie and the Boombox "Black Kisses Never Make You Blue"



LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Jermaine Stewart "We Don't Have To..."
Howard Jones "You Know I Love You...Don't You?"
Irene Cara "Flashdance...What A Feeling"

All three song titles contain an ellipsis.

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.

Sunday 28 June 2020

SHOW #368 - "Desolation, where I once lived, I have seen in times gone by..."

Ultravox "Reap The Wild Wind"
The Pogues & The Dubliners "The Irish Rover"



Depeche Mode "It's Called A Heart"
Bobby Thurston "Check Out The Groove"

Joe Jackson "It's Different For Girls"
Robbie Nevil "Dominoes"

Change "Glow Of Love"
Bourgeois Tagg "I Don't Mind At All"

CALLING AMERICA
:
Abba "On And On And On"



UB40 "If It Happens Again"
Graham Bonnet "Night Games"

The Alarm "Rain In The Summertime"
Stevie Wonder "I Ain't Gonna Stand For It"

U2 "The Unforgettable Fire"
Imagination "Flashback"



Debbie Gibson "Electric Youth"
Blue Zoo "Cry Boy Cry"

Bros "Chocolate Box"
The Selecter "Missing Words"

Rene & Angela "I'll Be Good"
Genesis "Tonight Tonight Tonight"

CALLING AMERICA:
Cock Robin "When Your Heart Is Weak"



LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Maxi Priest "Some Guys Have All The Luck"
Tears For Fears "Mothers Talk"
Grandmaster Melle Mel "White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)"

All three tracks have the titles of Beatles number one hits in their lyrics,

Sunday 21 June 2020

#SHOW 367 - "Fever breathe your love on me, take away my name, fever lay your hands on me, never be the same..."

Thompson Twins "Doctor Doctor"
Patti Labelle and Michael McDonald "On My Own"



Sharpe & Numan "Change Your Mind"
Danny Wilson "The Second Summer Of Love"

Level 42 "Heaven In My Hands"
Blue Rondo A La Turk "Me And Mr Sanchez"

Manhattan Transfer "Twilight Zone"
Elkie Brooks "No More The Fool"

CALLING AMERICA:
Diana Ross "Pieces Of Ice"



Royal House "Can You Party"
Magnum "Start Talking Love"

David Bowie "Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)"
Bananarama "Do Not Disturb"

Big Audio Dynamite "The Medicine Show"
Heaven 17 "Sunset Now"



Jimmy Somerville with June Miles Kingston "Comment Te Dire Adieu"
Tom Robinson "War Baby"

Elvis Costello "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"
Simply Red "Infidelity"

Whispers "And The Beat Goes On"
Dire Straits "Private Investigations"

CALLING AMERICA:
DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince "Parents Just Don't Understand"



LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Elton John "Wrap Her Up"
Huey Lewis and the News "The Heart Of Rock 'n Roll"
Squeeze "Pulling Mussels From The Shell"

All three tracks mention bingo calls in the lyrics.

Sunday 14 June 2020

SHOW #366 - "I can't sit still or settle down, and when I walk I don't touch the ground, see those girls, they're heaven blessed, I guess it's so they know best..."

OMD "Tesla Girls"
Queen "I Want It All"



Mai Tai "Body And Soul"
JoBoxers "Boxerbeat"

Daryl Hall & John Oates "Private Eyes"
Robert Howard and Kym Mazelle "Wait"

Bluebells "I'm Falling"
Fairground Attraction "Find My Love"

CALLING AMERICA
:
Ambrosia "Biggest Part Of Me"



ACDC "You Shook Me All Night Long"
Donna Allen "Joy And Pain"

A Flock Of Seagulls "Space Age Love Song"
Bangles "Be With You"

Eric Clapton "Behind The Mask"
Soft Cell "Soul Inside"



Altered Images "Bring Me Closer"
Mac Band featuring the McCampbell Brothers "Roses Are Red"

Yazoo "The Other Side Of Love"
Genesis "Paperlate"

Jimmy The Hoover "Tantalise"
Billy Joel "Leave A Tender Moment Alone"

CALLING AMERICA
:
The Fixx "Secret Separation"



LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE
:
Paul Hardcastle "Just For Money"
Microdisney "Town To Town"
Abba "Super Trouper"

All three tracks mention Glasgow in the lyrics.

Sunday 7 June 2020

SHOW #365 - "I've done all I can do, all the letters I've sent through, put my life in the palms of your hands..."

A-Ha "You Are The One"
The Police "So Lonely"



Jellybean featuring Elisa Fiorillo "Who Found Who"
Big Country "The Teacher"

Desireless "Voyage Voyage"
Gary Numan "This Wreckage"

Suzi Quatro "Mama's Boy"
Nick Heyward "Whistle Down The Wind"

CALLING AMERICA:
Joe Jackson "You Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want)"



Temptations "Treat Her Like A Lady"
King Kurt "Destination Zululand"

Pop Will Eat Itself "Can U Dig It"
Iron Maiden "The Evil That Men Do"

Voice Of The Beehive "I Say Nothing"
Scritti Politti "Absolute"


Huey Lewis and the News "If This Is It"
Sherrick "Just Call"

Feargal Sharkey "You Little Thief"
Yarbrough & Peoples "Don't Stop The Music"

H20 "I Dream To Sleep"
Tina Turner "Private Dancer"

CALLING AMERICA:
The Cure "Fascination Street"



LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE
:
New Order "Bizarre Love Triangle"
Love & Money "Jocelyn Square"
Belinda Carlisle "Circle In The Sand"

All three song titles feature geometric shapes.

Sunday 31 May 2020

SHOW #364 - "And I can't operate on this failure, when all I want to be is completely in command..."

Tears For Fears "Pale Shelter"
Amii Stewart "The Letter"



LL Cool J "Going Back to Cali"
King "Won't You Hold My Hand Now"

Maria Vidal "Body Rock"
Level 42 "The Chinese Way"

Bucks Fizz "Piece Of The Action"
Billy Idol "Eyes Without A Face"

CALLING AMERICA:
Waitresses "I Know What Boys Like"



Yoko Ono "Walking On Thin Ice"
Curiosity Killed The Cat "Ordinary Day"

Marc Almond "Tears Run Rings"
Bruce Foxton "Freak"

Lightning Seeds "Pure"
Kool and the Gang "Too Hot"



Shakin' Stevens "Love Attack"
ZZ Top "Rough Boy"

Sybil "Don't Make Me Over"
Bad Manners "Walking In The Sunshine"

Kraftwerk "Computer Love"
Spandau Ballet "How Many Lies"

CALLING AMERICA:
Crowded House "Something So Strong"



LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE
:
Elvis Costello "Everyday I Write The Book"
Heaven 17 "(And That's No Lie)"
Madness "Sweetest Girl"

All three tracks feature Afrodiziak on backing vocals.

Sunday 24 May 2020

SHOW #363 - "Words as weapons, sharper than knives, makes you wonder how the other half die..."

INXS "Devil Inside"
Change "Mutual Attraction"



The Wedding Present "My Favourite Dress"
John Taylor "I Do What I Do"

Squeeze "Tempted"
Steinski and Mass Media "We'll Be Right Back"

Slade "Myzsterious Mizster Jones"
This Way Up "Tell Me Why"

Meli'sa "Fool's Paradise"
UK Subs "Keep On Running (Til You Burn)"



Deacon Blue "Chocolate Girl"
Love And Rockets "So Alive"

Talk Talk "My Foolish Friend"
Hazell Dean "They Say It's Gonna Rain"

Robert Palmer "Johnny And Mary"
Bangles "Hero Takes A Fall"



Motors "Love And Loneliness"
Roxanne Shanté "Have A Nice Day"

A Flock Of Seagulls "I Ran"
Def Leppard "Hello America"

Yes "Love Will Find A Way"
Jackson Browne "In The Shape Of A Heart"

Grace Slick "Dreams"
Alphaville "Forever Young"



LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Bananarama "More Than Physical"
Bryan Ferry "Kiss & Tell"
Aretha Franklin and Elton John "Through The Storm"

All three tracks stalled at number 41 in the charts.

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

Sunday 17 May 2020

SHOW #362 - "When you call me on the phone you make my spirits rise, I'm glad the others didn't last, it's a blessing in disguise..."

Evelyn Thomas "High Energy"
Far Corporation "Stairway To Heaven"



Christians "When The Fingers Point"
Kim Wilde "Water On Glass"

A Guy Called Gerald "Voodoo Ray"
Adam and the Ants "Deutscher Girls"

The Police "Don't Stand So Close To Me 86"
Julia Fordham "Happy Ever After"

CALLING AMERICA:
John O'Banion "Love You Like I Never Loved Before"



ELO "All Over The World"
Coffee "Casanova"

Mobiles "Drowning In Berlin"
Skids "Working For The Yankee Dollar"

Queen "Breakthru"
Pigbag "The Big Bean"



Thompson Twins "King For A Day"
Donny Osmond "Soldier Of Love"

Shakespears Sister "You're History"
David Grant "Stop And Go"

Depeche Mode "Leave In Silence"
Kate Bush "This Woman's Work"

CALLING AMERICA:
Luther Vandross "'Til My Baby Comes Home"



LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE
:
Status Quo "Rock 'n' Roll"
Style Council "The Lodgers"
Boomtown Rats "Someone's Looking At You"

The three artists were the first three to perform at Live Aid.




Sunday 10 May 2020

SHOW #361 - "Look to the heavens and see it shine, heals the sick and leads the blind..."

Hooters "Satellite"
Sweet Tee "I Got Da Feelin'"



Pet Shop Boys "Love Comes Quickly"
Aztec Camera "Working In A Goldmine"

XTC "Generals And Majors"
Sylvester featuring Patrick Cowley "Do You Wanna Funk"

China Crisis "King In A Catholic Style"
Mtume "Juicy Fruit"

CALLING AMERICA
:
The Tubes "She's A Beauty"



Roman Holliday "Don't Try To Stop It"
Blow Monkeys featuring Sylvia Tella "Choice?"

Stranglers "Midnight Summer Dream"
Princess "After The Love Has Gone"

De La Soul "Say No Go"
Marti Webb "Take That Look Off Your Face"



Suzanne Vega "Marlene On The Wall"
Stock, Aitken & Waterman "Roadblock"

Bucks Fizz "New Beginning (Mamba Seyra)"
Big Country "Just A Shadow"

Squeeze "Another Nail In My Heart"
Boy George "To Be Reborn"

CALLING AMERICA:
The Church "Under The Milky Way"



LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
REO Speedwagon "Take It On The Run"
Erasure "It Doesn't Have To Be"
Howard Jones "Hide And Seek"

All three tracks begin and end with the same line.

Sunday 3 May 2020

SHOW #360 - "Turn a corner then you see a door, walk on through, throw yourself on the floor..."

Daryl Hall "Dreamtime"
Alison Moyet "Weak In The Presence Of Beauty"



Haysi Fantayzee "Shiny Shiny"
New Order "Shellshock"

Norman Cook "Blame It On The Bassline"
Duran Duran "Do You Believe In Shame"

Shalamar "Friends"
Paul McCartney "Waterfalls"

CALLING AMERICA:
The Clash "Train In Vain"



Ultravox "The Voice"
Heart "There's The Girl"

Prince "Anotherloverholenyohead"
Bros "Cat Among The Pigeons"

Hollywood Beyond "What's The Colour Of Money"
The Cure "The Hanging Garden"



Rah Band "Clouds Across The Moon"
Thin Lizzy "Thunder and Lightning"

Ollie & Jerry "Breakin'...There's No Stopping Us"
Elton John "I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That"

Hazell Dean "Whatever I Do (Wherever I Go)"
Japan "Quiet Life"

CALLING AMERICA
:
Honeymoon Suite "Feel It Again"



LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE
:
Cliff Richard "The Only Way Out"
Kim Wilde "The Touch"
Bananarama "Robert de Niro's Waiting"

All three artists recorded the first three Comic Relief singles.

Sunday 26 April 2020

SHOW #359 - "But when you think I've had enough of your sea of love, I'll take more than another riverful..."

Depeche Mode "Strangelove"
Status Quo "Burning Bridges"



Then Jerico "The Motive (Living Without You)"
Debbie Gibson "Only In My Dreams"

David Grant & Jaki Graham "Mated"
Jesus and Mary Chain "Sidewalking"

Karel Fialka "Hey Matthew"
Kate Bush "Experiment IV"

CALLING AMERICA:
Real Life "Catch Me I’m Falling"



Haircut 100 "Nobody’s Fool"
Modern Romance "Queen Of The Rapping Scene"

Luther Vandross "I Really Didn’t Mean It"
The Look "I Am The Beat"

Donna Summer "Love's About To Change My Heart"
Bruce Springsteen "My Hometown"



Sabrina "Boys (Summertime Love)"
Creatures "Miss The Girl"

Wet Wet Wet "Angel Eyes"
ELO "Twilight"

Sisters Of Mercy "This Corrosion"
Diana Ross "Muscles"

CALLING AMERICA:
Howard Jones "Everlasting Love"



LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE
:
Madness "Yesterday’s Men"
Paul Young "Everything Must Change"
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions "Brand New Friend"

All three tracks feature backing vocals from members of Londonbeat.

Sunday 19 April 2020

#SHOW 358 - "The alcohol loves you while turning you blue, view it from here, from closer to near, awake me..."

Associates "Party Fears Two"
Liquid Gold "Dance Yourself Dizzy"



Nik Kershaw "Dancing Girls"
Icicle Works "Love Is A Wonderful Colour"

T'Pau "Only The Lonely"
New Order "Touched By The Hand Of God"

Blancmange "Waves"
Raw Silk "Do It To The Music"

CALLING AMERICA:
Little River Band "Man On Your Mind"



Bucks Fizz "When We Were Young"
Dead Or Alive "Brand New Lover"

Soft Cell "Bedsitter"
Europe "Rock The Night"

Cameo "Single Life"
Cliff Richard "I Just Don't Have The Heart"



Adventures "Broken Land"
Gary Moore "Empty Rooms"

Deacon Blue "Love And Regret"
Timex Social Club "Rumors"

David Christie "Saddle Up"
Malcolm McLaren and the Bootzilla Orchestra "Something's Jumpin' In Your Shirt"

CALLING AMERICA
:
Thompson Twins "Get That Love"


LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE
:
Phil Collins "Two Hearts"
OMD "Locomotion"
George Benson "In Your Eyes"

All three song titles are also the name of hits for Kylie Minogue.

Sunday 12 April 2020

SHOW #357 - "Wasting time is a crime in their eyes, I'm still young, so much time to decide what to do..."

Level 42 "Hot Water"
Fat Boys featuring the Beach Boys "Wipeout"



Sheila and B Devotion "Spacer"
Kissing The Pink "The Last Film"

David Sylvian & Riuichi Sakamoto "Forbidden Colours"
Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam with Full Force "I Wonder If I Take You Home"

Double "The Captain Of Her Heart"
Sting "Spread A Little Happiness"

CALLING AMERICA:
Terri Gibbs "Somebody's Knockin''"
 


Pet Shop Boys "It's Alright"
Five Star "If I Say Yes"

UB40 "Don't Let It Pass You By"
Martika "Toy Soldiers"

Mantronix "Bassline"
Barbara Dickson "January February"



Peter Gabriel "No Self Control"
Honey Bane "Turn Me On, Turn Me Off"

Paul McCartney "Take It Away"
The Real Roxanne with Hitman Howie Tee "(Bang Zoom) Let's Go Go"

Ultravox "Slow Motion"
All About Eve "Road To Your Soul"

CALLING AMERICA:
'Til Tuesday "Voices Carry"



LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE
:
Depeche Mode "Everything Counts"
China Crisis "Tragedy And Mystery"
Tanita Tikaram "Twist In My Sobriety"

All three tracks feature an oboe.

Sunday 5 April 2020

SHOW #356 - "Well the truth may need some rearranging, stories to be told, and plain to see the facts are changing, no meaning left to hold..."

Human League "Keep Feeling Fascination"
Wonder Stuff "Get Together"



Aretha Franklin & Whitney Houston "It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be"
New Musik "Living By Numbers"

Shannon "Give Me Tonight"
Slade "Lock Up Your Daughters"

Monie Love "Grandpa's Party"
Big Country "Where The Rose Is Sown"

CALLING AMERICA
:
Saga "Wind Him Up"



Rainbow "Can't Happen Here"
Krush "House Arrest"

Untouchables "Free Yourself"
Chris Rea "Stainsby Girls"

Julian Lennon "Too Late For Goodbyes"
Mica Paris "Breathe Life Into Me"



Toyah "Brave New World"
The Truth "A Step In The Right Direction"

Echo and the Bunnymen "The Game"
Little Benny and the Masters "Who Comes To Boogie"

Duran Duran "My Own Way"
Londonbeat "9am (The Comfort Zone)"

CALLING AMERICA:
Eria Fachin "Savin' Myself"



LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
INXS "Need You Tonight"
Culture Club "White Boy"
Roxette "The Look"

All three tracks include gaps of silence.

Sunday 29 March 2020

SHOW #355 - "No-one would believe me, this thing could be so easy, just say what's all in my mind, I'll be round some time..."

Westworld "Sonic Boom Boy"
Style Council "Walls Come Tumbling Down!"



Heaven 17 "Come Live With Me"
Patrice Rushen "Forget Me Nots"

Madness "Embarrassment"
Lovebug Starski "Amityville (House On The Hill)"

Captain Sensible "Glad It's All Over"
Hot Chocolate "Girl Crazy"

CALLING AMERICA:
Christopher Cross "Ride Like The Wind"



Dr Hook "Sexy Eyes"
Two Men, A Drum Machine and a Trumpet "Tired Of Getting Pushed Around"

Animal Nightlife "Mr Solitaire"
Iron Maiden "Flight Of Icarus"

Howard Jones "Things Can Only Get Better"
Undertones "Wednesday Week"



David Essex "Tahiti"
The Cure "Lullaby"

Wah! "Story Of The Blues"
Ofra Haza "I'm Nin'Alu"

Korgis "Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime"
Belinda Carlisle "I Get Weak"

CALLING AMERICA:
Wax "Right Between The Eyes"



LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE
:
Modern Talking "Brother Louie"
The Twins "Ballet Dancer"
Trio "Da Da Da"

All three bands orignated from Germany.

Sunday 22 March 2020

SHOW #354 - "With your avenger eyes and your cat-like ways I can hold you, you are a fool for me to be cruel..."

Soft Cell "Torch"
Alison Moyet "That Ole Devil Called Love"



Rainmakers "Let My People Go-Go"
Pretenders "Talk Of The Town"

Blancmange "Blind Vision"
Manic MCs featuring Sara Carlson "Mental"

Altered Images "Don't Talk To Me About Love"
W*A*S*P "The Real Me"

CALLING AMERICA
:
Culture Club "Miss Me Blind"



Freeez "Flying High"
Marillion "Heart Of Lothian"

Amazulu "Montego Bay"
Bauhaus "Ziggy Stardust"

Associates "Club Country"
Bryan Ferry "Don't Stop The Dance"



Sunfire "Young, Free And Single"
Jim Diamond "Hi Ho Silver"

Lloyd Cole and the Commotions "Lost Weekend"
Crown Heights Affair "You Gave Me Love"

Redskins "Bring It Down (This Insane Thing)"
Kenny Rogers & Sheena Easton "We Got Tonight"

CALLING AMERICA:
Living Colour "Cult Of Personality"



LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE
:
ELO "Hold On Tight"
Wham! "Battlestations"
Prince "Girls And Boys"

All three songs include passages in French.

Sunday 15 March 2020

SHOW #353 - "The time has come, a fact's a fact, it belongs to them, let's give it back..."

Midnight Oil "Beds Are Burning"
The Shadows "Riders In The Sky"



Diana Ross "My Old Piano"
Housemartins "Build"

Kid Creole and the Coconuts "I'm A Wonderful Thing, Baby"
Rock Steady Crew "Hey You - The Rock Steady Crew"

Morrissey "Interesting Drug"
SOS Band "Just Be Good To Me"

CALLING AMERICA:
Go-Go's "We Got The Beat"



Jolly Roger "Acid Man"
Light Of The World "Time"

The Kinks "Come Dancing"
AC/DC "Guns For Hire"

Jaki Graham "Round And Around"
Wedding Present "Kennedy"



Gary Numan "I Die: You Die"
Aztec Camera "How Men Are"

Mel & Kim "F.L.M."
Pinkees "Danger Games"

OMD "So In Love"
George Michael "Kissing A Fool"

CALLING AMERICA
:
Steve Winwood "The Finer Things"



LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE
:
Thompson Twins "Don't Mess With Dr Dream"
Frazier Chorus "Dream Kitchen"
Suzanne Vega "Tom's Diner"

All three song titles contain places where people eat.