#212 - Top 25 Tunes Of 1980

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#212 - Top 25 Tunes Of 1980

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Jan 3, 2021

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Hello lovely listeners and welcome to 2021! Normally we'll give you a full list of songs in the podcast, but this is a countdown, so where's the fun in that? Pretty sure you'll know everything in this countdown, so relax and enjoy the countdown!

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Jan 3, 2021

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89 min listen
Episode #201 - No Covid, Just Great Music: 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 Marq by Alternative 80s
96 min listen
Episode #196 - For Your Uber Pleasure: Welcome back from the holidays, and welcome to 2020! After the holidays we like to relax and go with an "easy" podcast, which works out well since we got a request from Diego, who is a good friend of the show. So he we go Diego - a less deep track podcast for your passengers, as well as for those who want to introduce some great 80's New Wave to your friends. Track Listing: 1) Close (To the Edit) - Art Of Noise 2) Cars - Gary Numan 3) Black Cars [Special Dance Mix] - Gino Vanelli 4) The Safety Dance [Special Club Mix] - Men Without Hats 5) Pop Music - M 6) Dance Hall Days - Wang Chung 7) Dance This Mess Around - B52's 8) Doctor! Doctor! [Extended Mix] - Thompson Twins 9) What Difference Does It Make? - The Smiths 10) Love Missile F-111 [Extended Version] - Sigue Sigue Sputnik 11) I Love You - Yello 12) Everything Counts [Original 1983 Mix] - Depeche Mode 13) Situation (1982 U.S. Remix by Francois Kevorkian) - Yazoo 14) Let's Go To Bed - The Cure 1 by Alternative 80s
91 min listen
Christmas 2019 Revisited: Since we switched servers at the beginning of this year, a lot people missed last year's Christmas podcast. Here it is again in all it's glory - hopefully it'll tide you over until this year's Christmas Special gets posted. Enjoy! Track Listing: 1) You Trashed My Christmas - The Primitives 2) Christmas Time Again - Bad Manners 3) Santa Claus - They Might Be Giants 4) We Wish You A Protein Christmas - The Fall 5) The Snow Miser Song - 45 Grave 6) Merry Christmas Everybody (Live) - The Cure 7) 867-5309 / Jenny (Christmas Version) - Tommy Tutone 8) Fairytale Of New York - The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacCall 9) A Change At Christmas - The Flaming Lips 10) It's Always Christmastime - Al Jourgenson 11) White Christmas - Bad Religion 12) She Won't Be Home - Erasure 13) Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - R.E.M. 14) Jingle Bells (Diversion 1) - Art Of Noise 15) Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses 16) Always Winter Never Christmas - XTC 17) Christmas In Vegas - Ma by Alternative 80s
98 min listen
Episode #209 - The Laid Back Episode: Tis the season for special podcasts, we figured this was the perfect chance to just relax with some easy Alt80s tunes. Enjoy! Track Listing: 1.) Funky Town [12 inch Extended Version] - Pseudo Echo 2.) Girlfriend Is Better - Talking Heads 3.) Skin - Icehouse 4.) I'm The Man - Joe Jackson 5.) Give Me Back My Man [Party Mix] - B-52s 6.) She Sells Sanctuary - The Cult 7.) The Motion Of Love - Gene Loves Jezebel 8.) Strawberry Fields Forever - Candy Flip 9.) Situation [Original 7 inch Mix] - Yazoo 10.) I Believe In You - Tuesday Blue 11.) Throw Your Arms Around Me - Hunters And Collectors 12.) Synchronicity II [Live] - The Police 13.) Two Sisters - Fiction Plane 14.) Idols - Altered Images 15.) Everywhere I Go - The Call 16.) Dragnet [Movie Mix] - Art Of Noise 17.) Doctor Detroit [Extended Version] - Devo 18.) Gratitude [Extended Dance Version] - Oingo Boingo 19.) Is there something I Should Know? - Duran Duran 20.) Corona And The Pirate Twins - The Dol by Alternative 80s
89 min listen
Episode #199 - True One Hit Wonders and The Greatness You Missed: 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 by Alternative 80s
93 min listen
Episode #195 - Top 25 of 1989: It's the end of the year, and the end of yet another decade. Welcome to our annual top 25 countdown! This year we jump back 30 years to 1989 and enjoy the best of the best that year had to offer. Enjoy the countdown - we'll include everything except for the top 5 in the track listing...gotta leave some sort of surprise, right? Track List: 25) Kingdom Of Rain - The The 24) Channel Z - B52s 23) Way Of The World - Max Q 22) The Last Of The Famous Int'l Playboys - Morrissey 21) Don't Crash The Car Tonight - Mary's Danish 20) Compulsion - Martin Gore 19) Fascination Street - The Cure 18) I'll Be You - The Replacements 17) Veronica - Elvis Costello 16) Higher Ground - Red Hot Chili Peppers 15) Between Something And Nothing - The Ocean Blue 14) Mayor Of Simpleton - XTC 13) Round And Round - New Order 12) Proud To Fall - Ian McCulloch 11) Last Cigarette - Dramarama 10) Here Comes Your Man - The Pixies 9) Stand - R.E.M. 8) Fire Woman - The Cult 7) So Alive - Love by Alternative 80s
130 min listen
#216 - Chock Full: Wow - it's been a month? Time Marches on ,and we're sorry for the delay. Don't waste any time - download and enjoy this latest episode of Alt80s! Track listing: 1.) Butterbean - B52s 2.) Sewing The Seeds Of Love [Wen's Overnight Mix] - Tears For Fears 3.) Son Of A Gun - Dead Or Alive 4.) Fishing - PiL 5.) Fist Banging Mania - S.O.D. 6.) Institutionalized - Suicidal Tendencies 7.) Stigmata [Remix] - Ministry 8.) Nobody's Diary [Extended Version] - Yazoo 9.) Stand - R.E.M. 10.) West End Girls [Dance Mix] - Pet Shop Boys 11.) She's Always in My Hair - Prince 12.) Rio - Duran Duran 13.) Rio Rocks! - Sigue Sigue Sputnik 14.) Another Day - Strawberry Switchblade 15.) Strawberry Fields Forever [12" Vinyl Mix] - Candy Flip 16.) Bizarre Love Triangle [Shep Pettibone 12" Remix] - New Order 17.) New Dress - Depeche Mode 18.) Dragnet Drag - Peter Murphy 19.) Call Me [The Indiscriminate Mix] - Go West by Alternative 80s
95 min listen
Episode #198 - Better To Have Love And Lost...Or Is It?: 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 by Alternative 80s
102 min listen
Episode #208 - Halloween 2020: Welcome to the Alt80s Funhouse! Slip inside and feast your ears on this years selection. Step this way, everyone is welcome. Track listing: 1) Ghost Highway - Mazzy Star 2) The Cardinal Sin Dead Can Dance 3) Stigmata - Ministry 4) Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - Specimen 5) Crucify Me [12" Version] - Moev 6) Witchcraft [Extended] - Book Of Love 7) All Cats Are Grey - The Cure 8) Disorder - Joy Division 9) Lights - The Sisters Of Mercy 10) Roll Call - Peter Murphy 11) The Devil Lives In My Husband's Body - Pulsallama 12) Nightmare On My Street [12" Version] - DJ Jazzy Jeff And the Fresh Prince 13) Are You Ready For Freddy - Fat Boys 14) Horror Movies - Bollock Brothers 15) Tender Surrender - Freur 16) A Daisy Chain 4 Satan - My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult 17) Halloween [Peel Sessions] - Siouxsie And the Banshees 18) Halloween [Extended] - Ministry by Alternative 80s
93 min listen
#214 - The Cover Episode: Listener Adam Agosto asked about doing a podcast of Alt80s covers. Low and behold - here it is! No rhyme or reason for most of the selections, I just enjoyed them and hope you will as well. Thanks for the suggestion, Adam! Original artist names are included in the off chance you don't recognize one. Enjoy! Track Listing - 1.) Dope - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) [Dead or Alive] 2.) Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Memorabilia [Soft Cell] 3.) System Of A Down - The Metro [Berlin] 4.) Skindred - Electric Avenue [Eddie Grant] 5.) Tori Amos - Rattlesnakes [Lloyd Cole] 6.) Machinehead - Message In A Bottle [The Police] 7.) Amy Baker (Band) - Everything Counts [Depeche Mode] 8.) Leo Moracchioli - The Safety Dance [Men Without Hats] 9.) Marilyn Manson - Tainted Love [Soft Cell] 10.) Drowning Pool - Rebel Yell [Billy Idol] 11.) Powerman 5000 - Whip It [Devo] 12.) Bowling For Soup - I Ran (So Far Away) [Flock Of Seagulls] 13.) Quietdrive - Time After Time [Cyndi Lauper] 14.) by Alternative 80s
93 min listen
Episode #207 - Halloween 2019 revisited: 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" E by Alternative 80s
93 min listen
Episode #200 - Luck Of The Irish Be With You!: 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 by Alternative 80s
93 min listen
Episode #197 - February 2020: It's February, and this happens to be published on Palindrome Day, a rather unique day in and of itself. More "easy" Alt tunes this podcast - it seems to have been very popular last time around. Enjoy! Track Listing: 1) Damaged Goods (EP Version) - Gang Of Four 2) Belly Of The Whale - Burning Sensations 3) A Girl In Trouble (Is A Temporary Thing) [Dance Mix] - Romeo Void 4) Pump Up The Volume (UK 12" Mix) - MARRS 5) I'm In Love With A German Film Star - The Passions 6) Rise (12" Version) - PiL 7) The Lebanon (Extended Version) - Human League 8) The World Is As Soft As Lace - The Felt 9) Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly)[Extended Club Mix] - Icicle Works 10) Jane's Getting Serious - Jon Astley 11) White Horse (Extended Mix) - Laid Back 12) White Lines (Don't Do It) - Grandmaster Flash and Mele Mel 13) Work For Love (Extended Version) - Ministry 14) I Ran (Long Version '82) - Flock Of Seagulls 15) Let Me Go! (Extended Mix) - Heaven 17 16) Johnny Come Home (Ext by Alternative 80s
92 min listen
#219 - Bring Me Back Today: Here we go - another podcast. Upbeat and awesome - finally, after two months! Sorry folks - but here we go... Track Listing: 1) A Million Miles Away - The Plimsouls 2) Crushed By The Wheels Of Industry - Heaven 17 3) Summertime - Fun Boy Three 4) 1963 - New Order 5) Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag - Pigbag 6) Girls On Film - Duran Duran 7) The Model - Kraftwerk 8) Fashion - David Bowie 9) Cindy C. - Prince 10) Paninaro - Pet Shop Boys 11) Best Years Of Our Lives - Modern Romance 12) Rock Lobster - B-52s 13) Only You - Yazoo 14) Waterfall - Wendy and Lisa 15) The Shadow Of Love - The Damned 16) Rage Hard [Freddie Basetone remix] - Frankie Goes To Hollywood 17) Thrash - Underworld 18) Emeralds And Pearls - Freur 19) Hideaway [Little Louie Vega mix] - Erasure by Alternative 80s
91 min listen
#213 - The Fun Ones: Welcome to February! As is customary after the holidays, we take it easy and do up a lighthearted podcast. Enjoy some of these simpler Alternative tracks from the 80's! Track Listing: 1.) I La La La Love You - Pat Travers 2.) Belly Of The Whale - Burning Sensations 3.) Will You Stay The Night - Comsat Angels 4.) More To Lose - Seona Dancing 5.) Let Me Go - Heaven 17 6.) Don't Wanna Fall In Love - Jane Child 7.) Lover Come Back To Me [Extended Mix] - Dead or Alive 8.) Come Back Friday - Wide Boy Awake 9.) Let's Go - Wang Chung 10.) Tell Me Why - Berlin 11.) 88 Lines About 44 Women - the Nails 12.) I Love You [Extended Mix] - Yello 13.) Cool Places - Sparks 14.) Legs [Inside Leg Mix] - Art Of Noise 15.) Lost Planes - The Fixx 16.) Candy-O - The Cars 17.) Uniform [Extended Mix] - Icehouse 18.) Things Can Only Get Better [Special Extended Mix] - Howard Jones by Alternative 80s
90 min listen
#215 - It's All About Love Of...?: Love is in the air, as it always is this time of the year - but some of have a love for motorsports as well. Hope y'all enjoy a high octane boost from our latest podcast! Track List: 1) No One Driving - John Foxx 2) Don't Crash The Car Tonight - Mary's Danish 3) Devil In My Car - B-52s 4) Behind the Wheel/Route 66 Mega Mix - Depeche Mode 5) Racer X - Big Black 6) Speed Racer [Extended Version] - Devo 7) Jerry Was A Race Car Driver - Primus 8) Trans Europe Express - Kraftwerk 9) Little Red Corvette - Prince 10) Speeding - The Creatures 11) Driving In My Car - Madness 12) Black Cars [Extended] - Gino Vanelli 13) Drive - The Cars 14) A Day At The Races - Art Of Noise 15) The Race - Yello 16) Cartrouble - Adam Ant 17) Mercury Blues - David Lindley 18) Cars - Gary Numan 19) Drive My Car - Breakfast Club 20) Close (To The Edit) - Art Of Noise by Alternative 80s
90 min listen
Episode #203 - Confusing Incidental Series Number 203: 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 by Alternative 80s
91 min listen
#220 - Nothing Like An English Summer: Another podcast so quickly? Yes! Gotta make up for lost time. Let's head to the beach and enjoy some sunshine! Track Listing: 1) English Summer - Eurythmics 2) Someone, Somewhere In Summertime - Simple Minds 3) Taking In The Summer - The Higher Primates 4) On The Beach - Comsat Angels 5) Bikini Wax - Killer Pussy 6) Can't Get A Tan - Surf Punks 7) Summer Spies - Fatal Charm 8) Play In The Sunshine - Prince 9) Beach Culture - Thompson Twins 10) All Summer Single - Billy Idol 11) Sunshine In The Shade [Live] - The Fixx 12) This Summer - Squeeze 13) Suddenly Last Summer - The Motels 14) Echo Beach - Martha And The Muffins 15) It Could Be Sunshine - Love And Rockets 16) Summer Boy - Freezepop 17) Endless Summer Of The Damned - Bauhaus 18) Over The Summer - Sparks 19) Summer Of Love - B52s 20) Walking In The Sunshine - Bad Manners 21) Cruel Summer - Bananarama 22) Snow In The Summer - The Cure 23) Rain In The Summertime - The Alarm 24) Bird Bathroom - by Alternative 80s
95 min listen
Episode #206 - Yes, We're Still Here!: 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 by Alternative 80s
90 min listen
#229 - Finding Our Way Around Indecision: Ahhh - time to relax. No countdowns or specials, just a light hearted podcast this time. Enjoy! Track Listing: 1) Whisper To A Scream [Birds Fly] (Extended Club Mix) - Icicle Works 2) More To Lose (Rare Version) - Seona Dancing 3) Legs (Inside Legs Mix) - Art Of Noise 4) Wings Of A Dove (12" Remix) - Madness 5) Relax (Original 7") - Frankie Goes To Hollywood 6) Up On The Catwalk - Simple Minds 7) Oh Yeah - Yello 8) Deeper And Deeper (Long Version) - The Fixx 9) Love Missle F-111 (Original Version) - Sigue Sigue Sputnik 10) Lay Your Hands On Me (12" Version) - Thompson Twins 11) Flying North ( High Altitude Extended Play) - Thomas Dolby 12) Be Good Johnny - Men At Work 13) The Politics Of Dancing - Re-Flex 14) Let' Go All The Way - Sly Fox 15) Don't Stand So Close To Me (Extended 12") - The Police 16) Behind The Wheel / Route 66 Megamix - Depeche Mode 17) Coast To Coast - Jesus And Mary Chain by Alternative 80s
93 min listen
Episode #211 - Christmas 2020: Snowfall, Christmas trees, and the annual Alt80s Christmas podcast - it's all here! Track Listing: 1.) Hey Santa - UK Subs 2.) There Ain't No Sanity Clause - The Damned 3.) Christmas Was A Friend Of Mine - Fay Lovsky 4.) We Three Kings - Blondie 5.) Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - X 6.) Listen, The Snow Is Falling - Galaxy 500 7.) Candy Carol (Sugar Lips Caroling) - Book Of Love 8.) X'Mas Time (Sure Doesn't Feel Like) - Mighty Might Bosstones 9.) I Believe In Father Christmas - U2 10.) Insanity Over Christmas - Madness 11.) Home For Christmas - Kate Bush 12.) Peace In Our Time - Elvis Costello 13.) Blue Christmas - Dead Or Alive 14.) Ghost Reindeer In The Sky - R.E.M. 15.) Il Est Ne (Mistletunes Christmas Song) - Tom Tom Club 16.) Stille Nacht - Nina Hagen 17.) Jingle Bells (Santa Club Mix) - Yello 18.) One Christmas Catalogue - Captain Sensible 19.) Mary Xmess - Sun 60 20.) Holier Than Thou (The First) - FGTH 21.) Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - by Alternative 80s
96 min listen
#233 - All My Life I Wanted To Fly: Welcome to episode 233! We're moving into springtime, which has nothing to do with this podcast, lol. Just enjoy - we had fun with this one, then went into a rather interesting theme towards the end. I assure you it was unplanned, but that's how some of the best podcasts are made. Track List: 1) Breakaway [Extended Version] - Big Pig 2) The Earthquake Song - The Little Girls 3) Child Star - The Diodes 4) Buffy Come Back - Angel and The Reruns 5) Buffy's Dead - Send For Help 6) Dwarf Tossin' - Bouquet Of Veal 7) Girls Like Me - Wild Combo 8) Unit 3 and Venus - Pajama Party 9) Hello Dad, I'm In Jail - Was (Not Was) 10) Jealous - Gene Loves Jezebel 11) Boy [Extended Mix] - Book Of Love 12) Over The Border - Flock Of Seagulls 13) The World Is As Soft As Lace - Felt 14) I'm In Love With A German Film Star - The Passions 15) Pop Life [Fresh Dance Mix] - Prince 16) Unlikely Remix 17) Cocaine Decisions - Frank Zappa 18) White Horse - Laid back 19) White Line by Alternative 80s
93 min listen
#212 - Top 25 Tunes Of 1980: Hello lovely listeners and welcome to 2021! Normally we'll give you a full list of songs in the podcast, but this is a countdown, so where's the fun in that? Pretty sure you'll know everything in this countdown, so relax and enjoy the countdown! by Alternative 80s
100 min listen
#222 - Let Me See What I Don't Get: Welcome to August, lovely listeners! Brief delay while Roxy and myself welcomed a new addition into the world, but we're back and ready to send some awesome music your way. A heads up, the very last song does have some profanity, just a warning to save you from embarrassment while in the drive-thru. Enjoy! Track Listing: 1) The Honeythief - Hipsway 2) Reward - The Teardrop Explodes 3) A New England [12" Version] - Kirsty MacCall 4) Spellbound (Live) - Siouxsie And the Banshees 5) Chant No.1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) [Extended Mix] - Spandau Ballet 6) Kiss Me [U.S. Remix] - TinTin 7) Kiss Me Quick [Extended Mix / New Version] - Sparks 8) Birthday - Sugarcubes 9) Together In Electric Dreams - Philip Oakley and Giorgio Moroder 10) Elevator Man - Oingo Boingo 11) Legs [Dance Mix] - ZZ Top 12) Madness - Killing Joke 13) Same Old Madness - Ministry 14) Murderous - Nitzer Ebb 15) Bed Sitter - Soft Cell 16) Black And White - INXS 17) Girls Just Wanna H by Alternative 80s
96 min listen
#231 - Don't You Forget About Me: It's Valentine's Day 2022, and we're actually honoring it this year! Here's my mix tape to you. ❤ Track Listing: 1) Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds 2) Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) [Extended Version] - Flock Of Seagulls 3) You Know I Love You, Don't You? - Howard Jones 4) What Do All The People Know - The Monroes 5) Heart Of Glass [Extended Version] - Blondie 6) Invisivlble - Alison Moyet 7) Say Hello, Wave Goodbye - Soft Cell 8) Always Something There To Remind Me [Long Version] - Naked Eyes 9) Send Me An Angel [Extended Version] - Real Life 10) The Promise - When In Rome 11) Just Can't Get Enough - Depeche Mode 12) Love Action (I Believe In Love) - Human League 13) One Thing Leads To Another [Extended Mix] - The Fixx 14) I Melt With You [Dance Mix] - Modern English 15) Never Can Say Goodbye [Shep Pettibone Extended Remix] - The Communards 16) Heartbreak Beat - Psychedelic Furs 17) Don't Change - INXS 18) Maybe Monday - 'til Tuesda by Alternative 80s
124 min listen
Episode #204 - Summertime Rules: 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 by Alternative 80s
90 min listen
#221 - It's So Good: Welcome to the latest podcast! Roxy is due any day now, so we're getting in as many shows before Hunter is born. Hope y'all enjoy this latest mix! Track Listing: 1) I Feel Love - Donna Summer 2) The Nelson Highrise (Sector One - The Elevator) - Alphaville 3) Matter Of Time (live) - Berlin 4) Million Miles Away - Positive Noise 5) Bye Bye Love (Live Aid) - The Cars 6) Visions Of The Night - The Police 7) Out Of Control - U2 8) Train In Vain (Extended Mix) - The Clash 9) Family Of Noise - Adam Ant 10) Fields Of Fire (Remix) - Big Country 11) Escape The Escape - Tuesday Blue 12) Ink And Paper - Modern English 13) Beat Box (Live, 1986) - Art Of Noise 14) I Don't Remember - Peter Gabriel 15) Biko - Simple Minds 16) Heads We're Dancing - Kate Bush 17) Suspicion (Jezebel Mix) - Gene Loves Jezebel by Alternative 80s
90 min listen
Episode #205 - My city was gone (but the music isn't): 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. - by Alternative 80s
93 min listen
#223 - The One Across The Hall: It's September and summer is slowly disappearing on us, but that won't keep us from the podcast. Put this one together for y'all while in Orlando, FL - hope you enjoy. Track Listing: 1) Hanging On The Telephone - Blondie 2) Get The Balance Right - Depeche Mode 3) Dominion - The Sisters Of Mercy 4) Kill The Pain - Frankie Goes To Hollywood 5) Disintegration - The Cure 6) It's A Mug's Game - Soft Cell 7) Red Eye - Devo 8) Never Say Never - Romeo Void 9) Metal - Gary Numan 10) Miserable Lie - The Smiths 11) Overkill - Ministry 12) Another Day - Strawberry Switchblade 13) Puttin' On The Ritz - Taco 14) Safety Dance - Men Without Hats 15) What I Want - Dead Or Alive 16) Airhead - Thomas Dolby 17) Seconds - Human League 18) Suffer The Children - Tears For Fears 19) Like An Animal (12" Club? What Club? Mix) by Alternative 80s
93 min listen

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#272 - From Blue Lagoons to Crowded Rooms: Episode #272 is hear for ya! Thanks go out to Douglas for offering quite a few suggestions for this podcast, as well as all the other listeners with so many great suggestions. Enjoy - I'm headed to the beach for the day! Track Listing: 1) In Camera Obscura [Dance Mix] - Figures On A Beach 2) Children Say [Slap Bass Mix] - Level 42 3) The Promise [Coliseum Mix] - When In Rome 4) Brides Of Frankenstein [Megamix] - OMD 5) Young, Free And Single - Boney M 6) Time Will Tell - The Twins 7) Waiting For the Flood - Love And Rockets 8) She Sells Sanctuary [Extended Version] - The Cult 9) Heaven - Until December 10) Without A Doubt - Color Theory with My Manifesto 11) Everything Counts [Absolut Mix] - Depeche Mode 12) Russian Radio [Razormaid Club Mix] - Red Flag 13) Rage Hard [The Young Person's Guide To The 12" Mix] - Frankie Goes To Hollywood 14) Sleepwalking (On The Highwire) - Siouxsie And The Banshees 15) Glory - Cold Cave 16) Let The Day Begin - by Alternative 80s
92 min listen
#271 - Butterbean Butterbean!: Hey! Another podcast that formed in my head while on the road! Don't worry - it's not travel based. Hope y'all enjoy the goodness as you crave a southern favorite. Also, that's Negativland. Don't worry, you'll understand once you start listening. Track Listing: 1) Butterbean - B52's 2) Fine Time [Silk Mix]- New Order 3) Def Con One - Pop Will Eat Itself 4) Bottom Line [Original UK 12" Extended Mix] - Big Audio Dynamite 5) Bottom Of The Ocean - House Of Freaks 6) Ramrod (Featuring Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel) - Foetus 7) King's Lead Hat - Brian Eno 8) Ronnie's Song - LAX 9) No Myth (Someone To Dance With) - Michael Penn 10) Beat City - The Flowerpot Men 11) Come Back Friday - Wide Boy Awake 12) Let's Go Crazy [Extended 12' Version] - Prince and The Revolution 13) Clones (We're All) - Alice Cooper 14) Too Shy [Extended Version] -Kajagoogoo 15) Killing Jar [Lepidopteristic Mix] - Siouxsie And The Banshees 16) Vanessa Vacillating - Slow Children 17) Acciden by Alternative 80s
91 min listen
#270 - Shut Your Mouth: Here we go - another podcast! Hopefully everyone has made it safely through the tough winter we had here in the states. Got a great podcast here to help warm you up - enjoy! Track Listing: 1) World Shut Your Mouth - Julian Cope 2) Radio Free Europe - R.E.M. 3) Holiday Girl - The And 4) Careless Memories (Live) - Duran Duran 5) Technology - The Group 6) Let's Go To Bed - The Cure 7) Temptation - New Order 8) In Too Deep - Dead Or Alive 9) Love Missile F1-11 (Sigue Sigue Sputmix) - Sigue Sigue Sputnik 10) I Say Nothing - Voice Of The Beehive 11) What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy) (Live) - Information Society 12) Shiney Shiney (Dance Mix) - Haysi Fantayzee 13) Destination Unknown - Psuedo Echo 14) Over You - Roxy Music 15) Oh Yeah (Dance Mix) - Yello 16) Private Life - Oingo Boingo 17) Black Leather - Sex Pistols 18) Ce Plane Pour Moi - Plastic Bertrand 19) Love Me Like A Stranger - The Fans 20) One Thing Leads To Another (Rhythm Scholar Full Deception Remix) - The by Alternative 80s
97 min listen
#269 - Where I Got My Kicks: Nothing like driving 2300 miles to come up with the opening track for our latest podcast. Strap in and enjoy! Track Listing: 1) Route 66 - Depeche Mode 2) Rush Hour [Extended Version] - Jane Weidlin 3) Time Machine - Silicon Dream 4) Cuban Slide - Pretenders 5) (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence Dear - Blondie 6) Baby I Don't Care - Transvision Vamp 7) Rebel Girl - Bikini Kill 8) Room At The Top [Extended Version] - Adam Ant 9) Don't Go [Class X Remix] - Yazoo 10) Desire [Hollywood Remix] - U2 11) Dangerous Type - The Cars 12) Mutiny - The Family 13) Pop Life [Extended 12" Version] - Prince and The Revolution 14) Cathedral Junky - G-Schmitt 15) Monkey Gone To Heaven - The Pixies 16) Tragic Error - Tanzen 17) Suburbia - Pet Shop Boys 18) Lawnchairs - Our Daughters Wedding 19) It's You, Only You (Mein Schmerz) [Crazier Than Ever Razormaid Dance Remix] - Lena Lovich by Alternative 80s
95 min listen
#268 - Here I Go Again: New Year, and a new podcast. We're just pumping them out lately, hope y'all have been able to keep up! Some deeper, cooler tracks this episode, a la college radio style, dipping back to my roots at WUNH in Durham, NH. Enjoy! 1) Uh Oh, Here I Go Again - The Rings 2) Be Brave [BBC Version] - Comsat Angels 3) God O.D. - Meat Beat Manifesto 4) Razor's Edge - Revolting Cocks 5) I Want To be A Prostitute - Alisa 6) Cat House - Danielle Dax 7) Sex Under Wasser - D.A.F. 8) She's In Parties - Bauhaus 9) I Want To Know - Data 10) Same Old madness - Ministry 11) New Gold Dream [Maxi 12" Version] - Simple Minds 12) No Name, No Slogan - Acid Horse 13) Singularity - New Order 14) Resurrection Joe [Long Version] - The Cult 15) It'll End In Tears - Gene Loves Jezebel 16) Ringfinger - Nine Inch Nails 17) Closely Closely (Enough's Enough) - Art Of Noise 18) AB/7A - Throbbing Gristle 19) Apathy - 1000 Homo DJs 20) Waiting For Mommie - My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult 21) Die Krup by Alternative 80s
102 min listen
#267 - 2023 Year In Review: New Years Day – U2 Bedbugs and Ballyhoo – Echo & The Bunnymen Real Wild Child (Wild One) - Iggy Pop  Metal – Gary Numan  Black Coffee In Bed – Squeeze Chains Of Love – Erasure Dancing With Tears In My Eyes (Live) - Midge Ure  Everybody Wants To Rule The World (Live) - Tears For Fears  Love Will Tear Us Apart Again (Live) – New Order  Uncontrollable Urge (Live) - Devo  Love Action (I Believe in Love) – Human League  Sister Europe – Psychedelic Furs  There Is A Light That Never Goes Out – The Smiths Mandinka – Sinead O’Connor Eighties – Killing Joke Boy’s Don’t Cry – The Cure  Israel – Siouxsie And The Banshees Mirror People – Love And Rockets  Dominion / Mother Russia – The Sisters Of Mercy  Dig It – Skinny Puppy  Revenge - Ministry Even Better Than The Real Thing – U2 Cloudbusting [Exten by Alternative 80s
125 min listen
#266 - 10th Annual Christmas Special: 1) Jingle Bells - X 2) You Trashed My Christmas - The Primitives 3) Listen, The Snow Is Falling - Galaxie 500 4) Candy Carol - Book Of Love 5) December Will Be Magic Again - Kate Bush 6) Christmas Time Again - Bad Manners 7) Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses 8) A Christmas We Deserve - ABC 9) Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree - Mel Smith and Kim Wylde 10) It Doesn't Often Snow At Christmas - Pet Shop Boys 11) Baby It's Christmas - Bananarama 12) Countdown To Christmas Party Time - XTC 13) Winter Wonderland - Cocteau Twins 14) Il Est Ne (Mistletunes Christmas Song) - Tom Tom Club 15) Another Lonely Christmas [Live] - Prince 16) Father Christmas - The Kinks 17) The Season's Upon Us - Dropkick Murphys 18) X'Mas Time (It Sure Doesn't Feel Like It) - Mighty Mighty Bosstones 19) Fairytale Of New York - The Pogues Featuring Kirsty MacColl 20) The Power Of love - Frankie Goes To Hollywood 21) Santa's Beard - They Might Be Giants 22) Things Fall Apart - C by Alternative 80s
120 min listen
#265 - Let The Good Times Roll: Hard drive crashed, but we always find a way to keep things going. Enjoy a fun-filled episode while we recover and get ready for our holiday podcast which is coming up next. Track Listing: 1) Let The Good Times Roll - The Cars 2) Union Of The Snake - Duran Duran 3) Bottom Line [Original U.K. 12" Mix] - Big Audio Dynamite 4) My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me To The Doctor) - Dead Or Alive 5) The Perfect Kiss - New Order 6) Fields Of Fire - Big Country 7) In Between Days [DJ Raven Extended Mix] - The Cure 8) Shake The Disease [Remix Extended] - Depeche Mode 9) Blowing Up Detroit - John Palumbo 10) Let's Dance [12" Remix] - David Bowie 11) Passion Planet [eLeMeNOhPeaQ Extended Version] - Thompson Twins 12) Cross The Border [Steel Love] - Icehouse 13) Pain - Oingo Boingo 14) Vive Le Rock [Unreleased 12" Mix] - Adam Ant 15) South Central Rain - R.E.M. 16) Relax - Frankie Goes To Hollywood 17) I Send You A Message - INXS 18) Go! [Club Mix] - Tones On Tail by Alternative 80s
97 min listen
#264 - You Are An Imagination: It's November - getting close to the end of yet another year, sadly. This podcast has nothing to do with that, thankfully, just a whole bunch of great 80's tunes! Track Listing: 1.) Daydreamer - Cindy Wilson 2.) Because You're Frightened - Magazine 3.) Black Tears - Maria Loves Me 4.) Lips Like Sugar [12" Mix] - Echo And The Bunnymen 5.) Pop Muzik [Disco Purrfection Version] - M 6.) A Deeper Blue - Ghost Dance 7.) Babes Of The 80's [Tobias Bernstrup Remix] - Lebanon Hanover 8.) Love Buzz [Original Version] - Nirvana 9.) You Aint Seen Nothin' Yet - Figures On A Beach 10.) Where's Captain Kirk? - Spizzenergi 11.) Cuts You Up [12" Maxi Single] - Peter Murphy 12.) Something Inside Me Has Died - Kommunity FK 13.) Machine's [Tony's Edit] - Red Flag 14.) Wonderful Life - Black 15.) Pedestrian Walkway - The Fallout Club 16.) Could Be Her...Could be You - Thompson Twins 17.) Mongoloid - Devo 18.) Pretty Baby - Blondie 19.) Field Word [Long London Version] - Ryuich by Alternative 80s
91 min listen
#263 - Halloween 2023: It's here - and we're not going with a cheap "fun-size" podcast, we're king size, baby! Turn up the sounds and turn down the lights - it's Halloween! 1.) Every Day Is Halloween [Retro Electro Mix] - Ministry 2.) Every day Is Halloween - Kate Pierson 3.) I'm Gonna Haunt You - Fred Schneider 4.) No One Lives Forever - Oingo Boingo 5.) Something In My House [Mortevicar Mix] - Dead Or Alive 6.) Fear (Of The Unknown) [12" Urban Fear Mix] - Siouxsie And The Banshees 7.) Fly On The Windscreen [Death Mix] - Depeche Mode 8.) Void Eater - Hall & Nails (Mashup by ah!) 9.) Flesh For Fantasy - Billy Idol 10.) Armie Of The Night - Sparks 11.) The Howling - Babel 12.) Bates Motel - The Hitmen 13.) Norman Bates - Landscape 14.) I Want Candy [12" Remix] - Bow Wow Wow 15.) The Drowning Man - The Cure 16.) Martin - Soft Cell 17.) The Three Shadows Part III - Bauhaus 18.) Phantom Living - The Fixx 19.) Don't Pay The Ferryman - Chris De Burgh 20.) Dr, Mabuse - Propaganda 21.) Dra by Alternative 80s
152 min listen
#262 - A Human Heart Goes Out Tonight: Okay - time to liven things up! Thanks for all the great requests that came flooding in, I only wish I could fit them all into this podcast. If not, you can be sure they'll be on the next. Enjoy! Track Listing: 1) Don't Need A Gun [Single Edit] - Billy Idol 2) Sowing The Seeds Of Love [Wen's Overnight Mix] - Tears For Fears 3) Big Hollow Man - Danielle Dax 4) I Go Crazy [Extended Mix] - Flesh For Lulu 5) In A Big Country [Extended Mix] - Big Country 6) Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - They Might Be Giants 7) European Son - Japan 8) Lover Come Back To Me [Razormaid Mix] - Dead Or Alive 9) Angst In My Pants - Sparks 10) Lost Weekend - Lloyd Cole And The Commotions 11) Listening - Pseudo Echo 12) Sanctify Yourself [Extended Remix] - Simple Minds 13) Let The Day Begin - The Call 14) Hold Back The rain - Duran Duran 15) Rain In The Summertime - The Alarm 16) Who Can Stop The Rain - Thompson Twins 17) 6060-842 - The B-52's 18) Close-Up - Art Of Noise 19) by Alternative 80s
99 min listen
#261 - R.I.P. Dad: Hopefully y'all will still enjoy this podcast despite the sad undertones. A tribute to my dad who passed away a week ago at the age of 91. He'll be missed, and this podcast is my therapy. Track Listing: 1) Always Something There To Remind Me [Extended Meow Mix] - Naked Eyes 2) Pictures Of You - The Cure 3) Human - The Human League 4) Be Still My Beating Heart - Sting 5) With Or Without You - U2 6) Forever young [Special Dance Mix] - Ultravox 7) Hold Me My Daddy - XTC 8) Fade Into You - Mazzy Star 9) Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds 10) When Doves Cry - Prince 11) Had A Dad - Jane's Addiction 12) Cry, Cry, Cry - Elvis Costello And The Attractions 13) The Singer (AKA The Folksinger) - Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds 14) Don't Take Your Guns To Town - U2 15) Ring Of Fire - Social Distortion 16) Father - The Mission 17) Daddy's Going To Heaven Now - The Mission 18) Heaven - Psychedelic Furs by Alternative 80s
90 min listen
#260 - Last Day Of Our Acquaintance: Had a slightly different podcast lined up - then we lost the lovely yet troubled Sinead O'Connor, so changes were made. It's a shame - such a powerful voice with messages some just weren't ready or willing to hear. In spite of that, we hope you enjoy our latest podcast, sprinkled with some of Sinead's work throughout in tribute. Track Listing: 1) Mandinka (Live On Letterman, September 7, 1988) - Sinead O'Connor 2) Heart And Soul [12" Remix] - T'Pau 3) Razor Garden [12" Mix] - Hanover Fist 4) The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight [Dominant Mix] - Dominatrix 5) Beds Are Burning [Extended] - Midnight Oil 6) To Look At You [Extended Version] - INXS 7) Mother (Live in Berlin, July 21, 1990) - Sinead O'Connor with The Band 8) Nothing Compares 2 U (Live 1990, Date Unknown) - Sinead O'Connor 9) Love's Like A Needle - The River Detectives 10) Russian Radio - Red Flag 11) Runaway (Single Remix) - Thompson Twins 12) Being Boiled - Human League 13) Burning Flame - Vita by Alternative 80s
97 min listen
#259 - That's Where She Lives: Mid July and the summer is easy! We have all kinds of great bands in this lineup - from Devo to Death Cult. Enjoy our latest episode, and don't forget to share and subscribe! Track Listing: 1) Like An Animal [Club? What Club? Mix] - The Glove 2) I Don't Want Your Love - Duran Duran 3) Going Under - Devo 4) Hounds Of Love [Alternative Version] - Kate Bush 5) Sugar Hiccup - Cocteau Twins 6) Rescue - Echo And The Bunnymen 7) With Love (Sea And Sky) - Death Cult 8) Wasteland - The Mission U.K. 9) Sanctified - Nine Inch Nails 10) Sensoria [7" Mix] - Cabaret Voltaire 11) 1969 - The Sisters Of Mercy 12) Deus - The Sugarcubes 13) Addiction - Skinny Puppy 14) Snake Dance [Live] - The March Violets 15) Love Will Tear Us Apart - The Swans 16) Situations - Cetu Javu 17) Hanging Garden - The Cure 18) After The Snow - Modern English 19) The Telephone Call - Kraftwerk 20) I Wanted To Tell Her [Tongue Tied Mix] - Ministry 21) Leaders Of Men - Joy Division 22) Rise [Bob C by Alternative 80s
93 min listen
#258 - If That Don't Suit Ya, That's A Drag: Mid -June and time for another podcast. I'm assuming y'all were out of school when June rolled around, but hey, let's grab ahold of those memories with the opening of this podcast. Track Listing: 1) School's Out - Annabella 2) Look Sharp - Joe Jackson 3) Everywhere At Once - The Plimsouls 4) Poison! [12" mix] - The Weathermen 5) Beauty Of Poison - Specimen 6) I Can't Help It - Screaming Sneakers 7) I Don't Mind At All - Bourgeois Tagg 8) Thinking Of You - The Colour Field 9) Anitina [The First Time I See Her Dance]- M|A|R|R|S. 10) Boys Don't Cry - The Cure 11) Walk the Dinosaur - Was (Not Was) 12) Rockit [Long Album Version] - Herbie Hancock 13) I Want Your Hands On Me [Dance Mix] - Sinead O'Connor w/MC Lyte 14) Rubber Glove Seduction - PTP 15) I'm Falling - Ministry 16) Freemason (You Broke The Promise) - Boxcar 17) Music That You Can Dance To [Club Version] - Sparks 18) Finish What Ya Started [Rare Remix] - Van Halen 19) Missing You [Exten by Alternative 80s
90 min listen
#257 - Stealer, Steal Her, We Cross The Border: 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 by Alternative 80s
98 min listen
#256 - I'll Live And Die, Don't Ask Me Why: 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) Fore 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 wi by Alternative 80s
88 min listen
#255 - The World Is My Oyster: 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 by Alternative 80s
90 min listen
#254 - Subtle Innuendos: 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 by Alternative 80s
89 min listen
#253 - Happy St. Patrick's Day: Happy Saint Patrick's Day! As we prepare to relocate to Florida's Emerald Coast, we can't miss out on this don't 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 Fati by Alternative 80s
93 min listen
#252 - I Need It To Ride In Your Car: 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 by Alternative 80s
101 min listen
#251 - Another Industrial Ugly Morning: 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 by Alternative 80s
93 min listen
#250 - Top 25 Countdown Of 1982: 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 by Alternative 80s
120 min listen
Classic Alt80s - December 2017: 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 by Alternative 80s
101 min listen
Classic Alt80s - Christmas 2011: 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 by Alternative 80s
97 min listen
Classic Alt80s - December 20 2012: Classic podcast from 2012, came after a life changing upheaval and move to Tennessee and includes the initial appearance of Roxy. Not a Christmas podcast - I don't believe we did one that year, but enjoy just the same! 1) Where The Streets Have No Name - U2 2) Push - The Cure 3) I Could Be Happy - Altered Images 4) Coast To Coast - Jesus And Mary Chain 5) It's A Mug's Game - Soft Cell 6) Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four) [Extended Mix] - Eurythmics 7) Paisley Park [Extended Version] - Prince 8) Heartbreak Beat - Psychedelic Furs 9) The Screams Of Passion - The Family 10) China - Red Rockers 11) I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down - Elvis Costello 12) The Fanatic - Felony 13) She Talks In Stereo - Gary Myrick and the Figures 14) Uh Oh (Here I Go Again) - The Rings 15) Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division 16) Still On Fire - Aztec Camera 17) Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of These) - Eurythmics 18) Digging Your Scene - The Blow Monkeys 19) Tenderness - General Pu by Alternative 80s
91 min listen
Classic Alt80s - December 2009: Turned back the way back machine to 2009! Enjoy this little bit of Alt80s nostalgia. 1) Swear [Extended Mix] - Tim Scott 2) Success - Sigue Sigue Sputnik 3) Things Fall Apart - Cristina 4) Can't Stop Running [Powerblast Mix] - Space Monkey 5) War [Hidden] - Frankie Goes to Hollywood 6) Call It Heaven - Step On Board 7) Day After Day - Thompson Twins 8) Chamber Of Hellos [Ivan Ivan Remix] - Wire Train 9) Bringing Home The Ashes - The Wild Swans 10) Love Action (I Believe In Love) - The Human League 11) Prison Bound - Social Distortion 12) Jingle Bells [Single Version] - Yello by Alternative 80s
59 min listen
#245 - Walking Hand In Hand: Halloween is done - time to relax with another fine podcast. Kick back and enjoy as you finish off the last the "extra" candy you "accidentally" purchased the day after Halloween. Track Listing: 1) Pictures Of You - Berlin 2) Angel Park - Big Country 3) Open Your Eyes - Tuesday Blue 4) The 4th Dimension - Devo 5) You Can Run - A Flock Of Seagulls 6) What I Want - Dead Or Alive 7) Rock Me Amadeus [Salieri Version] - Falco 8) Route 66 [Shep Pettibone Single Mix] - Depeche Mode 9) Disappointed - P.I.L. 10) Lunar Bay - Frankie Goes To Hollywood 11) A Feeling - Throwing Muses 12) Upstairs - Gene Loves Jezebel 13) Bullet The Blue Sky - U2 14) Nothing Compares 2 U - The Family 15) Money [Original Extended Mix] - The Flying Lizards 16) A Private Future - Love And Rockets 17) Life In A Northern Town [Extended mix] - The Dream Academy 18) Over the Sea - Information Society 19) He's Angry [Unreleased 1984] - Ministry 20) Two Wrongs Don't Make A Right (But They Make Me by Alternative 80s
98 min listen
Halloween 2022 - Dreaming Is Free: It's time for this year's Halloween podcast, digging up some songs that fit the theme but aren't the same songs played year after year. Hope you enjoy this episode - just don't fall asleep. Special thanks to listener Steve Turner for allowing us to use his original artwork on the week's podcast, great stuff! Check out his IG: @bezerkartwerk Track Listing: 1) Dreaming - Blondie 2) Nightmares [12" Extended Mix] - A Flock Of Seagulls 3) Do You Fear (For Your Child) - My Life With The thrill Kill Kult 4) Armies Of The Night - Sparks 5) Dead Souls - Joy Division 6) Down In It [Shred] - Nine Inch Nails 7) Over The Hills And Far Away - The Mission 8) Psycho Killer - Talking Heads 9) Norman Bates - Landscape 10) Perfect Murder [Alternative RS Vocal Demo] - The Glove 11) The Killing Jar - Siouxsie And The Banshees 12) Pagan Love Song - Virgin Prunes 13) Lucifer Over Lancashire - The Fall 13) (Waiting For) The Ghost Train - Madness 14) Our Darkness - Anne Clark by Alternative 80s
113 min listen
Classic Alt80s - Halloween 2009: Too much to limit to one podcast, so let's open the crypt and dust off this episode from 2009. Stay tuned for a new 2022 Halloween podcast in another week. Track listing: 1) Every Day Is Halloween - Ministry 2) A Time For Fear [Who's Afraid] - Art Of Noise 3) Halloween - The Dream Syndicate 4) Nightmares - Flock Of Seagulls 5) People Who Died - The Jim Carrol Band 6) Halloween - The Misfits 7) Devil In My Car - The B-52's 8) Pet Sematary - The Ramones 9) Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) - David Bowie 10) Witchcraft - Book Of Love 11) Ghost Town [Extended Version] - The Specials 12) Nightmare On My Street [Extended Mix] - DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince 13) No One Lives Forever - Oingo Boingo 14) Dead Pop Stars - Altered Images 15) Spellbound - Siouxsie And The Banshees 16) Fear Of Ghosts - The Cure by Alternative 80s
75 min listen

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#212 - Top 25 Tunes Of 1980

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