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27 June 2016: it's... 1984
« on: June 27, 2016, 11:33:03 AM »
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Re: 27 June 2016: it's... 1984
« Reply #1 on: June 27, 2016, 03:48:31 PM »
BOS Macca featuring David Gilmour on guitar "No More Lonely Nights"

ETA: I won't post the setlist for those who want to listen without the spoilers...
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Re: 27 June 2016: it's... 1984
« Reply #2 on: June 27, 2016, 08:30:45 PM »
BOS Macca featuring David Gilmour on guitar "No More Lonely Nights"

Funny: I spent years requesting that, and AL finally played it in the George Martin tribute set a few weeks before the end. And now here it is again.
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Re: 27 June 2016: it's... 1984
« Reply #3 on: June 28, 2016, 10:34:52 AM »
He sure loves him some Debbie Deb! (but man this "Lookout Weekend" tune of hers is looooong)
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Re: 27 June 2016: it's... 1984
« Reply #4 on: June 28, 2016, 06:01:21 PM »
1. Bus Boys, Cleanin’ Up the Town
-News: Ronald Reagan invokes Bruce Springsteen
2. Bruce Springsteen, Born in the USA
-1984 KFOG commercial
3. Blasters, I’m Shakin’
-Movie: Hard To Hold (Rick Springfield)
4. Debbie Deb, Lookout Weekend
-Movie: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
5. HSAS, Whiter Shade of Pale
-Mary Lou Retton at the Olympics
6. Alphaville, Forever Young (Special Extended Mix)
-Movie: Streets of Fire
7. Alan Parsons Project, Don’t Answer Me
-News: Ronald Reagan opens the Vietnam Memorial
8. Thompson Twins, The Gap
9. Paul McCartney, No More Lonely Nights – Give My Regards to Broad Street
-Geraldine Ferraro accepts Vice-President nomination
10. Scandal, Hands Tied
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Re: 27 June 2016: it's... 1984
« Reply #5 on: June 28, 2016, 07:28:37 PM »
1. Bus Boys, Cleanin’ Up the Town
-News: Ronald Reagan invokes Bruce Springsteen
2. Bruce Springsteen, Born in the USA
-1984 KFOG commercial
3. Blasters, I’m Shakin’
-Movie: Hard To Hold (Rick Springfield)
4. Debbie Deb, Lookout Weekend
-Movie: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
5. HSAS, Whiter Shade of Pale
-Mary Lou Retton at the Olympics
6. Alphaville, Forever Young (Special Extended Mix)
-Movie: Streets of Fire
7. Alan Parsons Project, Don’t Answer Me
-News: Ronald Reagan opens the Vietnam Memorial
8. Thompson Twins, The Gap
9. Paul McCartney, No More Lonely Nights – Give My Regards to Broad Street
-Geraldine Ferraro accepts Vice-President nomination
10. Scandal, Hands Tied

#s 1, 4 and 5 (and possibly 10) are bustouts, afaik, so kudos for that. Nice mix of the familiar and the obscure. I saw the BusBoys open for  Linda Ronstadt, of all people, at Radio City Music Hall back in the day.
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Re: 27 June 2016: it's... 1984
« Reply #6 on: July 05, 2016, 03:52:54 PM »
He sure loves him some Debbie Deb! (but man this "Lookout Weekend" tune of hers is looooong)
I've never heard it before, and I feel I've heard it enough to last the rest of my life.
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