Alternative 80s

With a lot of previous episodes not around on some platforms, this is a perfect time to repost last year's Halloween episode.

It's October, which of course brings us the annual Halloween podcast. Do you have what it takes to listen to the end?

Track Listing

1) Something In My House (Mortevicar Mix) - Dead Or Alive

2) Bloodletting [The Vampire Song] - Concrete Blonde

3) Full Moon Dirty Hearts - INXS with Chrissie Hynde

4) Swamp Thing - The Chameleons

5) I'm A Werewolf, Baby - The Tragically Hip

6) Magic - Mick Smiley

7) Weird Science [Extended Dance Mix] - Oingo Boingo

8) Ghost Dancing - Simple Minds

9) Spirits In The Material World - The Police

10) Devil In My Car - B-52s

11) Lucretia My Reflection - The Sisters Of Mercy

12) Dead Souls - Joy Division

13) Haunted When The Minutes Drag - Love And Rockets

14) Everyday Is Halloween - Ministry

15) Black Celebration [Black Tulip Mix] - Depeche Mode

16) Killing Game - Skinny Puppy

17) Nightmares [12" Extended Mix] - A Flock Of Seagulls

18) Christine [Rare 12" Version] - John Carpenter

Miss us? We missed you! So so sorry it's taken two whole months to get a podcast out! Can you believe it? Well we're finally back with an illustrious choice of music, and this episode has actually completed while on the road. So here it comes, uploaded in Girard, OH:

1) Loving The Alien - David Bowie

2) Up On The Catwalk (Ultimate Remix) - Simple Minds

3) The Sanity Assassin - Bauhaus

4) Collapsing New People - Depeche Mode

5) Peek-A-Boo (Silver Dollar Mix) - Siouxsie and The Banshees

6) TWA - Nitzer Ebb

7) Supernaut - 1,000 Homo DJs / Trent Reznor

8) A Girl Doesn't Get Killed By A Make Believe Lover... 'Cuz It's Hot - MLWTTKK

9) A Short Term Effect - The Cure

10) Kamikaze - Thompson Twins

11) One Of Our Submarines

12) Puss N' Boots - Adam Ant

13) Let Me Go - Heaven 17

14) The One Thing (Rhythm Scholar Dangerous Razors Remix) - INXS

15) Things Can Only Get Better - Howard Jones

Hi then, hello again - Surfingtrucker here with another fine podcast for y'all. Can't believe it's been a full month since the last podcast, we're doing the we can! Hope you enjoy the podcast this month, we try to make each and every one unique and enjoyable for you. Without further ado, here's the track listing:

1) Berlin (Is Dufte!) - Nina Hagen

2) Less cities, More Moving People - The Fixx

3) Pop Musik - M

4) Vienna (Live at Live Aid) - Ultravox

5) Seattle (12" U.S. Mix) - Public Image Limited

6) San Jose - Frankie Goes To Hollywood

7) Viva Las Vegas (12" Mix) - ZZ Top

8) My City Was Gone (live) - The Pretenders

9) Englishman In New York - Sting

10) No Sleep Til Brooklyn - Beastie Boys

11) Angel Of Harlem - U2

12) Cities In Dust (12" Eruption Mix) - Siouxsie And the Banshees

13) Walking In L.A. (Live) - Missing Persons

14) Punch Out At Malibu -Surf Punks

15) Unlikely Remix

16) Vienna Calling - Falco

17) To Live And Die in L.A. - Wang Chung

18) Union City Blue - Blondie

19) Fun City - Marc And The Mambos

It's June here in the States, time for cool tunes from the hottest podcast around. Too cheesy? Yah, maybe a bit. Enjoy this month's selections, especially the treat at the end.

Track Listing:

1) Escalator Of Life - Robert Hazard

2) Just Too Easy - Romeo Void

3) Bond Medley with View To A Kill (Live 2011) - Duran Duran

4) Warm Leatherette - The Normal

5) Behind The Mask - Yellow Magic Orchestra

6) New Life (Live 1982) - Depeche Mode

7) Moments In Love - Art Of Noise

8) Problemes D'amour [Ah Ou Ah Version] - Alexander Robotnick

9) Lorelei - Cocteau Twins

10) Saved By Zero [Extended Version] - The Fixx

11) The World In Which We Live - Wang Chung

12) Rhythm Nation [Video Version] - Janet Jackson

13) America (Live 1985) - Prince

14) Let's Go All The Way [Extended Blix Mix] - Sly Fox

15) Mouth To Mouth [Landray Vocal Mix] - The Glove

16) Warm Leatherette

Another month, more lock down, and more music. Continuing in our series of art disguised as noise, we bring you another podcast of music and frivolity. Enjoy!

Track Listing:

1) House Phone - Kraftwerk

2) Love, In Itself - Depeche mode

3) Mechanical Man - Devo

4) In Babylon - The Vapors

5) Uh Oh (Here I Go Again) - The Rings

6) Betty David Eyes (Extended Mix) - Kim Carnes

7) To Be a Lover (Mother Of mercy Mix) - Billy Idol

8) On Any Other Day - The Police

9) Too Bad On Your Birthday - Joan Jett

10) Unhappy Birthday - The Smiths

11) Happy Birthday (Dance Mix) - Altered Images

12) Love Train (Ride The A Train Mix) - Holly Johnson

13) We're desperate Los Angeles Punk Legends - X

14) Possessed To Skate - Suicidal Tendencies

15) Punch Out At Malibu - Surf Punks

16) The World is My Oyster (Trapped) - Frankie Goes To Hollywood

17) More To Lose - Seona Dancing

18) Castles In Spain - The Armoury Show

19) Tubular Bells Pretty Boys And Pretty Girls (Regan's House Medley) - The Book Of Love '

20) Dizzy - Throwing Muses

21) Da'ale Da'ale (You Are My Angel [New Boat Dance] - Ofra Haza

It's the end of April, and many of us are still in lock down. While we here at Alt80s take this seriously, look at it this way - it's a great time to listen to all of our podcasts! We,re dipping into the dark wave side of things this episode. enjoy!

1) Into The Light - Siouxsie and The Banshees

2) Sense Of Sin - Limbo

3) Restrained In A Moment (I Love You) - The Royal Family And The Poor

4) Sensoria (12" Mix) - Cabaret Voltaire

5) In Camera Obscura (Dance Mix) - Figures On A Beach

6) First, Last, And Always - Sisters Of Mercy

7) Revenge - Ministry

8) Charlotte Sometimes - The Cure

9) Black Celebration (Live) - Depeche Mode

10) Love Like Blood (Gestalt Mix) - Killing Joke

11) Warlock (ed) - Skinny Puppy

12) Wasteland - The Mission

13) Red Light (Shine) - Dance Society

14) Spiritwalker - The Cult

15) Nervious Xions (Live) - My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult

16) Worth Waiting For - Gene Loves Jezebel

17) Asleep - The Smiths

18) Spirit In The Sky - Nina Hagen

Hello faithful, as well as new, listeners! What a turn we've takken since the last podcast. In light of that, we've gone upbeat and easy - no panicking here! We're leaving the Quarantunes and Epidemix behind and just escaped to some great tunes. Adjust your masks, relax, and let these tunes infect your soul.

Track Listing:

1) Something About You (U.S. Remix) - Level 42

2) I Could Be Happy (Martin Rushent Remix) - Altered Images

3) The Big Sky (Meteorological Mix) - Kate Bush

4) Sex Crime (1984) [Live] - The Eurythmics

5) Be Near Me (Munich Disco Mix) - ABC

6) Don't Forget My Number (Single Mix) - Milli Vanilli

7) My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me To The Doctor) - Dead Or Alive

8) Key To Her Ferrari - Thomas Dolby

9) Shake Your Rump - Beastie Boys

10) DS 21 - Jane Child

11) Doctor Detroit (Extended Mix) - Devo

12) Melody - Boys Brigade

13) Jack U Off - Prince

14) Talk Talk - It's My Life (Live at Montreux, 1986)

15) Doot Doot - Freur (Live at The Marque, 1984)

16) A Kissed Out Red Flatboat - Cocteau Twins

17) Welcome to The Pleasuredome - Frankie Goes To Hollywood

Everyone is on lock down, so it's a great time to bring some cheer with a new podcast, poured into your lives with the care and love befitting a great pint. Raise a glass to all these fantastic Irish artists, be safe, and celebrate Saint Patrick's Day with us. Cheers!

"May the Irish Hills caress you, may her lakes and rivers bless you, may the luck of the Irish enfold you, may the luck of Saint Patrick behold you."

Track Listing:

1) Lookin' After Number One - Boomtown Rats

2) Sunday Bloody Sunday (Live Aid 1985) - U2

3) Red Light - Into Paradise

4) Tell The Boys - Tuesday Blue

5) Looking Up - The Slowest Clock

6) Big Decision (Extended Version) - That Petrol Emotion

7) What Now - InTua Nua

8) Mr Twilight - Light A Big Fire

9) I Just Wanna - Blue In Heaven

10) Flags - Crimes Of Conscious

11) Orange And Red (Picasso Remix) - Guernica

12) Streams Of Whiskey - The Pogues

13) What Now - Something Happens

14) Never Saw You - The Stars Of Heaven

15) Years Later - Cactus World News

16) Alternative Ulster - Stiff Little Fingers

17) Mandinka - Sinead O'Connor

18) This Is The Seas (Live) - The Waterboys

19) Only Losers Take The Bus (12" Version) - The Fatima Mansions

20) Someone Like You - The Fountainhead

21) Baby Turns Blue - The Virgin Prunes

22) Call Me Blue (Blue Green Version) - A House

Welcome to March, avid listeners! Springtime here in the states, a time of awakening and renewal as winter attempts to hold areas in her icy grip to no avail. With that in mind, we're going to visit those true one hit wonders from the 80's. While some of these bands may have had a bit of a chart showing in their home countries after a smash hit, overall they never got past the winter of their chart success. It's a shame, because these bands still had a lot to offer, which we'll share in this podcast. Enjoy!

Track Listing:

1) Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven) - Dexy's Midnight Runners

2) TV - Flying Lizards

3) Mind Of A Toy

4) News At Ten - The Vapors

5) Anitina (The First Time I See Her Dance) - M.A.R.R.S.

6) Runaway - Freur

7) Babydoll - Laurie Anderson

8) Hurt - Re-Flex

9) Moonlight And Muzak - M

10) Wonderland - Big Country

11) Johnny Friendly - JoBoxers

12) John Wayne Is Big Leggy - Haysi Fantayzee

13) Six Months In A Leaky Boat - Split Enz

14) High Time - Icicle Works

15) Paint By Number Heart - Martha And The Muffins

16) Pop Goes the World - Men Without Hats

17) The Plastic Age - The Buggles

18) You're The Only Love - Payola$

19) Let It All Hang Out - The Nails

20) Far Side Of Crazy - Wall Of Voodoo

21) The Man With The Four-Way Hips - Tom Tom Club

22) Milk From The Coconut - Toto Coelo

Valentine's day is here once again, but we've taken a slightly different take on the holiday.

1) I Hate Myself For Loving You - Joan Jett

2) Now It's My Turn - Berlin

3) Just Go Away - Blondie

4) If You Leave - O.M.D.

5) Is She really Going Out With Him? - Joe Jackson

6) Don't You (Forget About Me)[Original 12" Version] - Simple Minds

7) Every Breath You Take (Lost 12' Version) - The Police

8) Heartache - Gene Loves Jezebel

9) Missing You (Extended Version) - John Waite

10) The One I Love - R.E.M.

11) I Love You, Goodbye - Thomas Dolby

12) Girl U Want - Devo

13) Best Friend's Girl - The Cars

14) Walk Away From Love - Yazoo

15) See You - Depeche Mode

16) Pack It Up - The Pretenders

17) Always Something There To Remind Me (Extended Version) - Naked Eyes

18) Tears - Missing Persons

19) Louise - Human League

20) In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel

21) Out Of Touch (12" Version) - Hall and Oates