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.