Alternative 80s

As the summer winds down (sort of) here in the states, we figured this would be a good week for some simple, feel-good hits from the 80's Track List; 1) Sixty-Eight Guns [Single Version] - The Alarm  2) Song For A Future Generation - B-52s  3) Sowing The Seeds Of Love [Wen's Overnight Mix] - Tears For Fears  4) Man Made - A Flock Of Seagulls  5) Dear God - XTC  6) Vive Le Rock [Unreleased Rico Conning 12" Mix] - Adam Ant  7) Don't Change - INXS  8) Come Back Friday - Wide Boy Awake  9) Love Train [Ride The 'A' Train 12" Maxi Single] - Holly Johnson  10) Listen To The Sirens - Tubeway Army  11) Everything Counts [Original 1983 Mix] - Depeche Mode  12) O Superman - Laurie Anderson  13) Rat Race - The Specials  14) Too Good To Talk To - The English Beat  15) Be Good Johnny - Men At Work  16) A Day At The Races - Art Of Noise  17) The Race - Yello  18) Last Cigarette - Dramarama  19) Sweet Thing - Yazoo  Download August2018.mp3

Welcome to mid-year! Where has the summer gone? We thought it would be nice to focus this podcast on German artists. We've done a couple of other countries in the past, and figured Germany deserved the spotlight this time around. So crank it up and enjoy! Track List: 1. Nina Hagen - Univesal Radio [Universal Dance Mix]  2. Alphaville - Big In Japan [Extended Remix]  3. Nena - Just A Dream  4. Propaganda - Jewel  5. Spider Murphy Gang - Skandal Im Sperrbezirk  6.Klaus Nomi - Rubberband Lazer  7. Kraftwerk - The Robots  8. Taco - Puttin' On The Ritz  9. Die Krupps - Fur Einen Augenblick  10. D.A.F. - Der Mussolini ['88 Remix]  11. Einstürzende Neubauten - Yü-Gung [Adrian Sherwood-Mix] 12.Peter Schilling - 120 Grad  13. Modern Talking - Jet Airliner  14. Trio - Da Da Da I Don't Love You You Don't Love Me Aha Aha Aha [Long Version]  15. Falco - Rock Me Amadeus [Salieri Version]  16. These Guys? - Yes, It's True [NYC Full Subway Mix] Outro music: Art Of Noise - Happy Harry's High Club Download July_End_2018.mp3

Hey there Alt80 fans! Uhm - when did July happen? I hadn't realized so much time occurred since the last podcast! I guess we better get down to it, eh? Track Listing - 1) The World Is My Oyster (Scrapped)/(Trapped) - FGTH  2) Ghost Dancing - Simple Minds  3) Tainted Love / Where Did Our Love Go? - Soft Cell  4) A to Z - ABC  5) Gateway To Hell - Thrill Kill Kult  6) The Choke - Skinny Puppy  7) Control I'm Here - Nitzer Ebb  8) Emeralds And Pearls - Freur  9) Just One Kiss - The Cure  10) Dead Souls - Joy Division  11) After The Rain - Comsat Angels  12) Hit The Mark - Fiction Factory  13) One Small Day (Special Remix) - Ultravox  14) Don't Tell Me (Dance Remix) - Blacmange  15) Cloudbusting (Video Mix) - Kate Bush  16) Wir Leben Immer Noch (Lucky Number) - Nina Hagen Band  17) Gut Felling / Slap Your Mammy - Devo  18) No Time This Time - The Police Download June2018.mp3

At a loss for a clever title, we went with a P.I.L. song title, despite not playing it on the podcast. Just great music this podcast, no tricky themes - enjoy! Track Listing: 1. Disappointed - P.I.L.  2. In The Name Of Love [Big Value Version, April1982] - Thompson Twins  3. Rational Youth - No More And No Less  4. The Lucy Show - A Million Thing [Original Mix]  5. I Can Crawl - Abandon  6. The Fixx - Built For The Future [12" Rock Version]  7. Siouxsie and The Banshees - Monitor  8. Art Of Noise - Legs [Inside Leg Mix]  9. Altered Images - I Could Be Happy [Martin Rushent Remix]  10. Hohokam - Harlequin Tears  11. Expression - The Waiting Game  12. White Door - Flame To My Heart  13. Combo Audio - Romanticide  14. Bongos - Number With Wings  15. Romeo Void - Never Say Never  16. Sparks - Eaten By The Monster Of Love  17. Prince - The Dance Electric Download April2018.mp3

So we accidentally uploaded the incorrect podcast file last night, giving you a double dose of our last podcast. Things are better today, so here we go again, with the latest update. If you're curious why the author chose some of these songs to be in his book, you can read that here. Track Listing (as created by Ready Player One author , Ernest Cline)01 – Oingo Boingo – Dead Man’s Party 02 – Billy Idol – Dancin’ With Myself 03 – Family Ties – Opening Theme 04 – Schoolhouse Rock – Verb 05 – Duran Duran – Wild Boys 06 – John Williams – Star Wars Soundtrack – The Throne Room End Title 07 – Midnight Oil – Beds Are Burning 08 – Howard Jones – Like To Get To Know You Well 09 – Basil Poledouris – Conan The Barbarian – Anvil Of Crom 10 – Ladyhawke Soundtrack – Main Title 11 – Richard Strauss – Also Sprach Zarathustra 12 – The Beepers – Video Fever 13 – Men Without Hats – The Safety Dance 14 – New Order – Blue Monday 88 Remix 15 – Duran Duran – Union Of The Snake 16 – Billy Idol – Rebel Yell 17 – Cyndi Lauper – Time After Time 18 – LA Style – James Brown Is Dead 19 – Blondie – Atomic 20 – Wham! – Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go 21 – The Plimsouls – A Million Miles Away 22 – Change – John Waite 23 – Peter Gabriel – In Your Eyes 24 – They Might Be Giants -Don’t Let’s Start 25 – Def Leppard – Pour Some Sugar On Me 26 – Bryan Adams – Kids Wanna Rock 27 – Buckner & Garcia – Pacman Fever 28 – Rush – The Temples of Syrinx 29 – AC/DC – Dirty Deeds Done Cheap 30 – Schoolhouse Rock – Three is a Magic Number 31 – Rush – Subdivisions32 – Monty Python and the Holy Grail – End Music Download Late_March_2018.mp3

We're still alive! Been a while since the last podcast, and we figured we'd go easy this time around and just play some great Alternative favorites. We probably don't even need a playlist since y'all are so smart, but we'll do one anyhow. Enjoy! Track List: 1) Let Me Go - Heaven 17  2) It's My Life [Extended 12"] - Talk Talk  3) The Walls Came Down - The Call  4) Waterfall - Wendy and Lisa  5) 19 [Destruction Mix] - Paul Hardcastle  6) Send Me An Angel [1986 Extended Mix] - Real Life  7) Leipzig - Tomas Dolby  8) Never Say Never [12" remix] - Romeo Void  9) Obsession [extended] - Animotion  10) Let's Dance [12" Extended remix] - David Bowie  11) Rock The Casbah [Lost 12" Version] - The Clash  12) Swear - Tim Scott  13) Castles In Spain - The Armoury Show  14) No More Words [Extended Dance Version]  15) Mountains - Prince  16) Hello Again [Extended Remix] - The Cars  17) Every Day Is Like Sunday - The Pretenders Download March_2018.mp3

As promised, and sadly delayed, the Punkcast we've been promising. Spike your hair, grab those safety pins, put on those Doc Martens and observe some hard core Anarchy! Track Listing; 1. Suicide's An Alternative-You'll Be Sorry - Suicidal Tendencies  2. Too Young To Die - Agent Orange  3. Holier - Corrosion Of Conformity  4. Live For Now - Iron Cross  5. Chunks - Last Rights  6. Reach For The Sky - Social Distortion  7. No Class - Reagan Youth  8. Young Til I Die - Seven Seconds  9. Amoeba - Adolescents  10. I Against I - Bad Brains  11. Chemical Warfare - Dead Kennedys  12. I Love Livin In The City - Fear  13. Look Back And Laugh - Minor Threat  14. TV Set - The Cramps  15. Code Blue - T.S.O.L.  16. We Must Bleed - The Germs  17. It's The Limit - Cro-Mags  18. Subway - Razors  19. Angels With Dirty Faces - Sham 69  20. Vicars - Peter And The Test Tube Babies 21.Now Or Never - Upright Citizens  22. TV Set - The Cramps [Oops - played it twice!]  23.  Saturday Girls - Verticle Strokers  24. Taste Of Power - Instant Agony  25. Girl On The Run - Honey Bane  26. Antisocial Disease - Sick Things  27.Big A Little A - Crass  28. Open Your Eyes - Action Pact  29. The Serenade Is Dead - Conflict  30. Jet Boy Jet Girl - Chron Gen  31. Daily News - The Exploited  32. Fifteen - The Ejected  33. Vengance - The Nips  34. Night Of The Living Dead - The Misfits  35. Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldnt've) - The Buzzcocks  36. Bleak Outlook - The Unwanted Download Punkast2018.mp3

Happy 2018!! We're starting this year off with a look back 30 years at the top 25 Alternative hits from 1978. No track listing - no fun in that! We hope everyone had a great and safe New Year's Eve, and we look forward to bringing you another year of fantastic podcasts. Thanks for listening and spreading the word! Download Top_25_-_19871.mp3

Whew - time got away from us, but we were able to not only get a Christmas podcast together in time, it's FULL of stuff we haven't played in the past, as well as a few of the classic favorites. We hope you enjoy it, and we wish all of our listeners a very Merry Christmas!  Track List: 1. Joy To The World [Mocean Workers Remix] 2. Baby It's Christmastime - Bananarama  3. Father Christmas - The Kinks  4. The And - Holiday Girl  5. They Might Be Giants - O Tannenbaum  6. Pet Shop Boys - Birthday Boy  7. Mono Puff - Careless Santa  8. Erasure - She Won't Be Home  9. Clever Lines - After The Snow Melts  10. INXS - Merry Christmas  11. Jona Lewie - Stop The Cavalry  12. Payola$ - Christmas Is Coming  13. Christopher Twinning - Fat Badger Christmas  14. Richard Cheese - Last Christmas  15. Prince - Another Lonely Christmas [Extended Version]  16. Billy Idol - Merry Christmas Baby  17. The Dogmatics - Christmas Time (Sure Don't Feel Like)  18. Cristina - Things Fall Apart  19. Aimee Mann - Whatever Happened To Christmas  20. League Of Gentlemen - Bells Of Christmas  21.The Pretenders - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas  22. Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas [Extended]  23. Lisi - My Silent Night  24. Siouxsie And The Banshees - Il est né le divin enfant  25. The Greedys - A Merry Jingle  26. The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping  27. Alan Vega - No More Christmas Blues  28. FGTH - The Power Of Love '93 [Alternative Mix] Download Christmas_2017.mp3

Halloween is over, and we decided to have some fun with a post in a I group on Facebook. A thread was started, asking "your favorite song EVER?", and some great songs started popping up. We took that list and made a podcast out of a lot of the selections. Wish we could have done more, but figured a 2 1/2 hour podcast was really almost too much. Enjoy! Track Listing: 1) Depeche Mode - Never Let Me Down Again  2) New Order - Thieves Like Us  3) U2 - Party Girl  4) INXS - Disappear  5) Nik Kershaw - Wouldn't It Be Nice [Extended]  6) Eurythmics - Sexcrime (1984) [extended]  7) The Smiths - How Soon Is Now?  8) XTC - All Of A Sudden (It's Too Late)  9) The Cure - All Cats Are Grey  10) Thomas Dolby - Europa And The Pirate Twins  11) Jesus And Mary Chain - April Skies  12) Dream Academy - Life In A Northern Town  13) Yaz - In My Room  14) Kissing The Pink - Certain Things Are Likely [Remix]  15) Electronic - Getting Away With It  16) Nick Heyward - Tell Me Why [Extended Remix]  17) Big Country - Fields Of Fire  18) Puppets - Way Of Life  19) Icehouse - Icehouse  20) Simple Minds - Hunter And The Hunted  21) Vitamin Z - Burning Flame [Extended Remix]  22) Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now  23) The Cure - Lullaby 24) The Cure - Lovesong  25) Depeche Mode - Strangelove [Maxi Mix]  26) Depeche Mode - Behind The Wheel / Route 66 [Mega Mix]  27) Oingo Boingo - Stay  28) The Smiths - I Know It's Over  29) Cocteau Twins - Crushed Download Episode_169_-_80s_New_Wave_Group_Favorites_Mixdown_1.mp3