We had a great night on Andy Fea’s Interactive 80s Radio Show on Beverley FM last week. Andy asked me to pick 30 1980’s tracks to reminisce and bop along to. We chatted about band life, Red Guitars, Planet Wilson, being on the road and recording in the studio back then.
Rich took these photographs…
Here are the songs I chose:
Sisters of Mercy – Body Electric
The Smiths – This Charming Man
David Bowie – Fashion
Lou Reed – New Sensations
Jesus and Mary Chain – Just like Honey
Sugar Cubes – Birthday
Screaming Blue Messiahs – Good and Gone
The Godfathers – I Want Everything
The Church – Just for You
Nick Cave – The Mercy Seat
Run DMC – Walk this Way
Three Johns – AWOL
Cocteau Twins – Pearly Dewdrops Drops
Prince – Girls and Boys
Cameo – Word Up
Psychedelic Furs – Into you like a train
Lloyd Cole – Perfect Skin
Blondie – Rapture
Talking Heads – Once in a Lifetime
The Lucy Show / Ephemeral (This Is No Heaven)
Grandmaster Flash – White Lines
New Order – Love Vigilantes
Joy Division – Love will tear us apart
Billy Idol – Shotgun Wedding
The Clash – Rock the Casbah
Frankie Goes to Hollywood – Relax
Husker Du – Don’t want to know if you are lonely
Stranglers – Golden Brown (ideally Duchess, but that was 1979)
Iggy Pop – Run Like a Villain
Neil Young – Rockin in the Free World
Teardrop Explodes – Reward
Andy White – Soldiers Sash
The Creatures – Miss the Girl
Rich and Lou Duffy-Howard – Visit our Home Page
That’s an interesting selection.
Thanks Opher the 80s were cool after all!