Alternative 80s

It's June here on the Emerald coat, and we're loving life! Hopefully it shows with our latest podcast. Slap on some SPF50 and enjoy!

Track Listing:

1) Cross the Border [Steel Love Dance Mix] - Icehouse

2) Last Call - Skinny Puppy

3) Lost Planes - The Fixx

4) I Still Believe (Great Design) - The Call

5) See Those Eyes - Altered Images

6) Kids In America [Rhythm Scholar Totally 80's Remix] -Kim Wilde

7) Dance Halls Days [1983 Remix] - Wang Chung

8) Breathe - Ministry

9) Performance - Tones On Tail

10) Wake Up - The Danse Society

11) West End Girls [Original 12" Mix] - Pet Shop Boys

12) Moments In Love [DMC Ben Liebrand June '87 Remix] - Art Of Noise

13) In Little Ways - Let's Active

14) When It Rains {Extended Version] - Ten Ten

15) A Wish Away - Wonder Stuff

16) Rock The Casbah [Rhythm Scholar Boogie Bombs Remix] - The Clash

17) Doctorin' The Tardis - The Timelords

18) How To Be A Millionaire [Bond Street Mix] - ABC

Part of our name is ALTERNATIVE, and we need to get a little more of that into the podcast. It's a great show to start May, so crank it up and enjoy it!

Track list:

1) Birth, School, Work, Death - The Godfathers

2) I'm An Adult Now - Pursuit Of Happiness

3) Third Uncle - Bauhaus

4) Down In It [Single] - Nine Inch Nails

5) Dreams Never End - New Order

6) Fire Woman - The Cult

7) Brand New Cadillac - The Clash

8) Public Image - Public Image Limited

9) Zerøx - Adam Ant

10) Typical Girls - The Slits

11) Lay Your Hands On Me (James Farber Remix) - Thompson Twins

12) Do You Wanna Hold Me? - Bow Wow Wow

13) Pop Muzik [1989 Remix] - M

14) Original Sin - INXS

15) I Don't Know Why I Love You - The House Of Love

16) That's When I Reach For My Revolver - Mission Of Burma

17) Shadowplay - Joy Division

18) I Found That Essence Rare - Gang Of Four

19) Eighties - Killing Joke

20) Murder By Numbers - The Police

21) Strange Brew Theme - Bob And Doug McKenzie with Ian Thomas

Frankie getting back together for a one off performance? How awesome is that?? It made the opening musical selection easy to choose. Enjoy!

Track Listing:

1) Welcome To The Pleasuredome (a new world) - FGTH

2) Love Missle F-111 [Dance Mix] - Sigue Sigue Sputnik

3) White China [Razormaid Mix] - Ultravox

4) In A Big Country - Big Country

5) Click Click - English Beat

6) Social Fools - Devo

7) 17 Days - Prince

8) You Remind Me Of Gold - Human League

9) Do It Clean - Echo And The Bunnymen

10) The Safety Dance [Dance Mix] - Men Without Hats

11) Hot In The Summer [Terminator Mix] - Billy Idol

12) AEIOU Sometimes Y [Long Version] - Ebn-Ozn

13) Over The Rooftops - Gene Love's Jezebel

14) Down On Me - Jesus And Mary Chain

15) Mirror People - Love And Rockets

16) Pointing Bone - Siouxsie And The Banshees

17) A Night Like This - The Cure

18) But Not Tonight - Depeche Mode

19) We Can Get Together - Flowers aka Icehouse

20) Doot-Doot [12" mix] - Freur

21) Bye Bye Love - The Cars

Hi then, hello again - your old buddy SurfingTrucker with another sun-soaked podcast. Last one that will come from Nashville! Headphones, sunscreen, Alternative 80s Podcast, and you're all set!

Track List:

1) Goody Two Shoes (Extended) - Adam Ant

2) Wouldn't It Be Good (Extended Version) - Nik Kershaw

3) Young Guns [Go For It!] - Wham!

4) Rock Lobster - B52's

5) Echo Beach - Martha And The Muffins

6) Cherry Beach Express - Pukka Orchestra

7) Bird Bathroom - Surf Punks

8) Walking On Sunshine (Extended Mix) - Katrina And The Waves

9) The Tide Is High - Blondie

10) Beach Song - Dead Milkmen

11) Belly Of The Whale - Burning Sensations

12) Sea, Swallow Me - Cocteau Twins + Harold Budd

13) This Is The Sea - The Waterboys

14) Blister In The Sun - Violent Femmes

15) Bikini Girls With Machine Guns - The Cramps

16) On The Beach - Comsat Angels

17) Sea Of Sin [Sensoria] - Depeche Mode

18) Play In The Sunshine - Prince

19) Seven Seas - Echo And The Bunnymen

20) Walking In My Shoes [Ambient Whale Mix] - Depeche Mode

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

As we prepare to relocate to Florida's Emerald Coast, we can't miss out on this Irish holiday. So enjoy this podcast from 2020 which focused on Irish alternative bands from the 80s, and stay safe.

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

Valentine's Day - Need we say more?

Track List:

1) I Love You [Extended Version] - Yello

2) Love Me Simple - Tuesday Blue

3) Kiss Me On The Bus - The Replacements

4) Louise - Human League

5) I Want Your (Hands On Me) - Sinead O'Connor

6) Nothing Compares 2 U - The Family

7) Love My Way - Psychedelic Furs

8) Space Age Love Song - A Flock Of Seagulls

9) My Heart Goes Bang - Dead Or Alive

10) Only You - Yazoo

11) Waterfall - Wendy And Lisa

12) Surrender Your Heart - Missing Persons

13) Don't Ever Change - The Jesus And Mary Chain

14) If You Were Here - Thompson Twins

15) This Could Be Love - The Cars

16) That's Why People Fall In Love - Thomas Dolby

17) Shy Boy [Extended Version] - Bananarama

18) Jursidiction Of Love - Devo

19) There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths

20) Tainted Love / Where Did Our Love Go? - Soft Cell

21) I Love You Goodbye - Thomas Dolby

22) (This Is Not A) Love Song - Public Image Limited

Hey y'all - back in the portable studio, near Chicago this time around. Great lineup, concert announcements and all around great content. Enjoy!

Track Listing:

1) Synchronicity II - The Police

2) Crazy [Manic Mix] - Icehouse

3) Keep On Laughin' - Ric Okasek

4) Why Can't I Be You? - The Cure

5) Obsession - Animotion

6) Goodbye Is Forever - Arcadia

7) Dear Prudence [Original 12" Version] - Siouxsie And The Banshees

8) Regret - New Order

9) Here Comes The Rain Again - Eurythmics

10) Not So Wonderful - The Keep

11) Midnight - Yazoo

12) Coming Up Close - 'til Tuesday

13) Got The Time - Joe Jackson

14) Bad Streets - Missing Persons

15) Pleasure Of Love - Tom Tom Club

16) Two Of Hearts - Stacey Q

17) The Last Film - Kissing The Pink

18) Get The Balance Right! [Combination Mix] - Depeche Mode

19) White Punks On Dope - The Tubes

It's our annual countdown show, and we never disappoint! Sit back, crank it up, and reminisce.

Track Listing:

25) Love Plus One (Edge Remix) - Haircut 100

24) Friend Or Foe (Alternate Version) - Adam Ant

23) White Wedding [Live] - Billy Idol

22) Senses Working Overtime - XTC

21) Nip It In The Bud - B-52's

20) Shock The Monkey (Extended Remix) - Peter Gabriel

19) Peek-A-Boo! [Dance Velocity] - Devo

18) Elephant Talk - King Crimson

17) Stand And Deliver - Adam Ant

16) Never Say Never - Romeo Void

15) Mickey - Toni Basil

14) Since You're Gone - The Cars

13) A Town Called Malice - The Jam

12) Hungry for You (j'aurais toujours faim de toi) - The Police

11) Walking In L.A. [Live] - Missing Persons

10) Talk Talk - Talk Talk (Extended Mix)

9) Blue Spark (Live On MDA Telethon) - X

8) Vacation - The Go-Go's

7) I Predict - Sparks

6) Rock This Town - Stray Cats

5) Don't You Want Me - Human League

4) Words [Extended Version] - Missing Persons

3) Sex Dwarf [Extended Version] - Soft Cell

2) I Ran (So Far Away) [Extended Mix] - A Flock Of Seagulls

2.5) Da Da Da I Don't Love You You Don't Love Me Aha Aha Aha - Trio

1) Do I Ever Expose Number One? No - You'll Just Have To Listen And Find Out!

Two Christmas podcasts this month! This time we dipped back into 2017 to keep things different since we have two podcasts so close together. So enjoy and Merry Christmas!

Track List:

1. Joy To The World [Mocean Workers Remix]

2. Baby It's Christmastime - Bananarama 

3. Father Christmas - The Kinks 

4. Holiday Girl - The And

5. O Tannenbaum - They Might Be Giants 

6. Birthday Boy - Pet Shop Boys 

7. Careless Santa - Mono Puff

8. She Won't Be Home - Erasure

9. After The Snow Melts - Clever Lines

10. Merry Christmas - INXS

11. Stop The Cavalry - Jona Lewie

12. Christmas Is Coming - Payola$

13. Fat Badger Christmas - Christopher Twinning

14. Last Christmas - Richard Cheese

15. Another Lonely Christmas [Extended Version] - Prince

16. Merry Christmas Baby - Billy Idol

17. Christmas Time (Sure Don't Feel Like) - The Dogmatics

18. Things Fall Apart - Cristina

19. Whatever Happened To Christmas - Aimee Mann

20. Bells Of Christmas - League Of Gentlemen

21. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - The Pretenders

22. Do They Know It's Christmas [Extended] - Band Aid

23. My Silent Night - Lisi

24. Il est né le divin enfant - Siouxsie And The Banshees  

25. A Merry Jingle - The Greedys

26. Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses

27. No More Christmas Blues - Alan Vega

28. The Power Of Love '93 [Alternative Mix] - FGTH

1) We Three Kings - Book Of Love

2) Fruitcake - The Superions

3) X'mas Time [It Sure Doesn't Feel Like It] - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

4) Last Christmas - Wham!

5) Santa's Beard - They Might Be Giants

6) Another Lonely Christmas - Prince

7) Merry Something To You - Devo

8) Things Fall Apart - Cristina

9) Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses

10) Silent Night - Sinead O'Connor

11) Winter Wonderland - Eurythmics

12) Fairytale Of New York - The Pogues And Kirsty MacCall

13) One Christmas Calalogue- Captain Sensible

14) Merry Christmas, Santa Claus - Max Headroom

15) Frosty The Snowman - Cocteau Twins

16) Do They Know It's Christmas? (12" Mix) - Band Aid

17) Gabriel's Message - Sting

18) Christmas [Baby Please Come Home] - U2

19) Jingle Bells (Single Version) - Yello

20) Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer - The Smithereens

21) It Doesn't Often Snow At Christmas (New Version) - Pet Shop Boys

22) Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - The Pretenders

23) Always Winter, Never Christmas - XTC

24) Holier Than Thou [Pts. 1 and 2] / The Power Of Love [Instrumental] - Frankie Goes To Hollywood

25) Blue Christmas - Dead Or Alive