I'm filling in on my college station for a D.J. who plays '80s music.

[NightTrain]

As such, I've been digging through my vinyl and CDs to figure out what to spin this Wednesday. I want to offer a mixed bag of what was going on musically during (primarily) the first half of the '80s.

So far, I've dug out such artists as the Human League, Donnie Iris, Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force, Musical Youth, Diesel, Thomas Dolby, The Dirt Band, Buckner & Garcia, The Stray Cats, Marshall Crenshaw, Cyndi Lauper, Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5, Blondie, Terri Gibbs, Kim Wilde, George Benson, LL Cool J, Kim Carnes, Dead Or Alive, The Scorpions, The Clash, Culture Club, Men Without Hats, Chilliwack, Rupert Holmes, Randy Meisner, and LeRoux, among others.

The WHUS '80s show runs on Wednesdays from 3:00-5:00 p.m. Eastern U.S. Time. Should prove an interesting two hours for me!

If you'd like to check the show out, go to http://whus.org/listen.htm

[ralps]

1. Please don't forget the Talking Heads

:hi: :hug:

[Pithlet]

10. I second Talking Heads.

Anything from More Songs About Buildings and Food, or Life after Wartime. Hell, anything they did in that time period :thumbsup:

[HeyManThatsCool]

34. I also throw down with the Talking Heads

[Maddy McCall]

2. Gene Loves Jezebel.

Please add them for me. :-)

[RetroLounge]

32. and don't forget Flesh For Lulu

and Big Country, and Icicle Works...

RL

[Maddy McCall]

33. Romeo Void

I might like you better if we slept together... :-)

[RetroLounge]

39. Oooh, I had that on Vinyl EP

Loved the Sax...

RL

[CanuckAmok]

3. Gun Club. Cramps. Killing Joke.

What time zone? I'm so-o-o there.

[DS1]

4. Thompson Twins

[drumwolf]

5. If you want some of the more indie/underground end of that era....

there was a lot of great punk rock that came out during that era.

Husker Du, Replacements, Black Flag, Circle Jerks, G.B.H., and Subhumans all had their heyday during that time.

[CanuckAmok]

6. Early OMD. Tears for Fears. Public Image Ltd. Max Webster.

Psychedelic Furs...

[xmas74]

15. Pyschedelic Furs...

I am there!

[Left Is Write]

7. LeRoux? Diesel?

I love you!

Throw in some Yaz for me too, will you?

[CanuckAmok]

8. PS Please don't play Pac Man Fever. Pretty-please?

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

9. No! DO play it! Please!

It's so over-the top stupid I LOVE it! :silly:

Besides, I'm an old arcade game nut.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

11. Mission of Burma. Lime Spiders. Dinosaur Jr. My Bloody Valentine.

The Pixies. X. The Blasters.

And I could think of hundreds more! :D

[peekaloo]

12. Echo and the Bunnymen!

Bring On the Dancing Horses.

[CanuckAmok]

13. Yeah...but 'The Killing Moon". Or anything else off "Ocean Rain"

How could I forget Echo and the Bunnymen?!

[peekaloo]

18. D'oh I forgot 'The Killing Moon'

:bounce:

[CanuckAmok]

22. Yeah...I have the "All Night Version" 12".... the production is amazing.

Asian strings section and all!

[HeyManThatsCool]

35. I 2nd the Killing Moon

[Tektonik]

25. The Cutter!

[Squeech]

14. Valley Girl

by Frank Zappa and his daughter Moon Unit.

Gang of Four: "I Love a Man in Uniform"

Soft Cell: "Tainted Love"

XTC: "Making Plans for Nigel" or "Senses Working Overtime"

The first few Dead Can Dance records-- I'm especially fond of Aion.

Camper Van Beethoven. They defined alternative before REM did. But don't forget REM.

[xmas74]

16. For a touch of a little bit later...

can you throw in The Church and something by Robin Hitchcock?
You really gotta add XTC-I used to drive my parents nuts with them.

[progressoid]

17. Put down that Rupert Holmes...Step away from any Holmes record...

Just play the Gross Pointe Blank soundtrack.

[peekaloo]

19. Corey Hart!

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[progressoid]

21. Oh sweet Jesus!

[CanuckAmok]

20. Three Definitive Eighties Tracks:

Time Zone (Afrikka Bambaatta and Lohn Lydon):

"World Destruction"

Speak of the destruction. (x3)

This is a world destruction, your life ain't nothing.
The human race is becoming a disgrace.
Countries are fighting with chemical warfare.
Not giving a damn about the people who live there.
Nostradamus predicts the coming of the Antichrist.
Hey, look out, the third world nations are on the rise.
The Democratic-Communist Relationship,
won't stand in the way of the Islamic force.
The CIA is looking for you.
The KGB is smarter than you think.
Brainwash mentalities to control the system.
Using TV and movies - religions of course.
Yes, the world is headed for destruction.
Is it a nuclear war?
What are you asking for?

This is a world destruction. Your life ain't nothing.
The human race is becoming a disgrace.
The rich get richer.
The poor are getting poorer.
Fascist, chauvinistic government fools.
People, Moslems, Christians and Hindus.
Are in a time zone still searching for the truth.
Who are you to think you're a superior race?
Facing forth your everlasting doom.
We are Time Zone. We've come to drop a bomb on you.
World destruction, kaboom, kaboom, kaboom!

This is the world destruction, your life ain't nothing.
The human race is becoming a disgrace.
Nationalities are fighting with each other.
Why is this? Because the system tells you.
Putting people in faceless categories.
Knowledge isn't what it used to be.
Military tactics to control a nation.
Who wants to be a president or king? Me!
Mother Nature is gonna work against you.
Nothing in your power that you can do.
Yes, the world is headed for destruction.
You and I know it, cause the Bible tells you.
If we don't start to look for a better life,
the whole world will be destroyed in a time zone!

Speak of the destruction. (x3)


Killing Joke:

"Eighties"

Eighties - i'm living in the eighties
Eighties - i have to push, i have to struggle
Eighties - get out of my way, i'm not for sale no more
Eighties - let's kamikaze 'til we get there
And we sang
You do it this way
Eighties - by day we run by night we dance, we do
Eighties - i'm in love with the coming race
Eighties - i've got the best, i'll take all i can get
Eighties - i'm living for the eighties
Eighties - i'm living in the eighties - i push
Eighties - i'm living
Eighties - i'm living in the eighties - i struggle
Eighties - i'm living
Eighties - i'm living
Eighties - i'm living in the eighties
Eighties - i'm living in the eighties - i push
Eighties - push, push, struggle
Eighties - i'm living
Eighties - eighties - i'm living
Eighties - i'm living in the eighties - i push
Eighties - push, push, struggle
----------------------------------
(original lyrics)
Eighties - I'm living in the Eighties
Eighties - I have to push, I prostitute myself
Eighties - I saw the whole world getting anxious
Eighties - I saw the worlds begin to march
And we sang
In these Eighties
Eighties - I'm sitting on a table talking ideals
Eighties - I got the best, I'll take all I can get
Eighties - Here comes the savage day
Eighties - I saw the worlds begin to march
And we sang
In these Eighties
Eighties - I'm living in the Eighties - I push
Eighties - I saw the worlds begin to march
Eighties - I'm living in the Eighties - I struggle
Eighties - I saw the worlds begin to march
Eighties - I'm living in the Eighties - I push
Eighties - I saw the worlds begin to march
Eighties - I'm living in the Eighties - I struggle
Eighties - I saw the worlds begin to march


Frankie Goes to Hollywood:

"Two Tribes"

Ladies and gentlemen, let me present-
FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD
Possibly the most important thing.
This side of the world........

Oh yeah, well 'ard!.......

Let's go

<1>-When two tribes go to war
A point is all you can score
When two tribes go to war
A point is all you can score

Cowboy No. 1
A born-again poor man's son
On the air America
I modelled shirts by Van Heusen-yeah

You know



Working on the black gas

Switch off your shield
Switch off and feel
I'm working on loving-yeah
Giving you back the good times
Ship it out-out
I'm working for the black gas



We got two tribes
We got the bomb
We got the bomb-yeah
Sock it to me biscuits-now

Are we living in a land
Where sex and horror are the new Gods?
Yeah

When two tribes go to war
A point is all you can score

[Tikki]

23. Germs, X, Minutemen, Gun Club, oh, and why not some...

Weirdos and Dickies.

[Tektonik]

24. New Order, The Smiths, Echo and the Bunnymen, Depeche Mode, The Cure

I could keep going and going and going...

[Flaxbee]

26. I will weep and gnash my teeth in nostalgia if you play:

"Land Down Under"; Men at Work
"One Night in Bangkok"; Murray Head
"Video Killed the Radio Star"; The Buggles
anything by Adam Ant
anything by Thomas Dolby

Not saying they have artistic merit in the eyes (ears) of others, but those songs transport me through time to high school. Not a bad time, not a good time, but a lot of memories.

Just please, dear god, don't play Huey Lewis!

[tuvor]

27. You you can't can't not not play play songs songs from from

Talk Talk and and Duran Duran's first first albums albums.

[tuvor]

28. Violent Femmes

The only million-seller never to crack Billboard's Top 200.

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

29. The Violent Femmes!!

[arcos]

30. Where's Bon Jovi? nt

[NightTrain]

46. In the trashcan, where they belong!

:puke:

[cam75219]

31. DK

[Beware the Beast Man]

36. Good selection, but,

if I were spinning 80's discs, it would be more along the lines of Misfits, Exploited, D.R.I., Corrosion of Conformity, Minor Threat, black Flag, Circle Jerks, Big Black, Ministry, Mudhoney, the Pixies, Dead Kennedys, Minor Threat, Metallica, Slayer, VoiVod, Public Enemy, Run-D.M.C., old Beasties, Samhain, Motorhead, etc.

:headbang:

[HeyManThatsCool]

40. Misfits- Hollywood Babylon

would be a good choice

[HeyManThatsCool]

37. Soft Cell- Say Hello Wave Goodbye

Steve Miller- Abracadabra

The Go-Go's- This Town

The Specials- Stupid Marriage

Twilight Zone- Golden Earring

I Predict- The Sparks

Vanity Kills- ABC


Pale Shelter- Tears for Fears

[RetroLounge]

38. More I just remembered

Lets Active - Every Word Means No

Stray Cats - Runaway Boys

PoleCats - Make A Circuit With Me

GenX - Ready Steady Go

Echo & The Bunnymen - Do it Clean

REM - Radio Free Europe

RL

[General Zod]

41. Don't forget.... Ultravox, XTC, Modern English, Kajagoogoo

.....Ian Dury & The Blockheads, Sparks, The JoBoxers, The Romantics, Berlin, The Specials, ABC, Spandau Ballet, General Public,The Church, Adam Ant, Red Rockers, The Plimsouls, The Alarm, Squeeze, Romeo Void.....lots of great stuff from the early 80's.

[kodi]

42. some 3rd world and steel pulse might be a nice rhythm

3rd world stuff>>>>> "love's got me dancin' on the floor" was big in my neck of the woods.

and steel pulse? whatever groove you got. ,.. today? shit from "earth crisis" is apropos.

[catzies]

43. The English Beat. In heavy rotation on KROQ in the 80s.

"I Confess" was the #2 most-requested song of the decade by Valley Girls. Ok, fine, fer sure fer sure!

Play Zappa's song too. ;)

[NightTrain]

44. "Save It For Later" would make my personal Top 20 of the '80s.

In fact, the whole SPECIAL BEAT SERVICE album was great! :headbang:

[NightTrain]

45. Guess what, y'all? I'm playing '80s music for FOUR hours, not two!

The D.J. who precedes the one I'm filling in for just had a death in her family and needed somebody to cover her 1-3 p.m. show on Wednesday. Since I was going to be there anyway from 3-5, I volunteered.

So, it looks like your truly and the 1980s will be ruling the WHUS airwaves for four big hours on Wednesday!

(For the record, all times mentioned are for the Eastern U.S.A.)

[Theres-a]

48. Good!Then you'll have time to play Captain Sensible!

:hi: I'll be listening!How about some Bauhaus?

[Siyahamba]

47. At least one of the tracks from Thriller

Regardless of what has happened since then, the album Thriller was a big part of what was going on musically during the first half of the 80s.

[GreenPartyVoter]

49. Duran Duran.. the love of my lif through the bulk of the 80s *g*