10 Aug 2006--it's...1982

[RGMike]

And BOS3 Split Enz, Six Months in a Leaky Boat.

How the hell do you spell Ayatearama?

I was just gonna say "6 Katrinas in a Leaky Set".

[ggould]

WOW!!! A Flock of Seagull's bustout.  BOS "Telecommunication"

Another BOS, the Waitresses.  Dave suddenly cranks this set up a couple of notches.

How can FOS and BOS exist in the same sentence?

I think a great case can be made that their debut LP was terrific synthpop.

terrific synthpop
another oxymoron!
 :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

[Gazoo]

Also quite timely (and a great segue): Israel's invasion of southern Lebanon into Stand or Fall.

I keep hoping someone will trot out Human League's unjustly ignored "The Lebanon".

Talk about songs which are at least, if not more relevant today:

She dreams of nineteen sixty-nine
Before the soldiers came
The life was cheap on bread and wine
And sharing meant no shame
She is awakened by the screams
Of rockets flying from nearby
And scared she clings onto her dreams
To beat the fear that she might die

And who will have won
When the soldiers have gone
From the Lebanon
The Lebanon

Before he leaves the camp he stops
He scans the world outside
And where there used to be some shops
Is where the snipers sometimes hide
He left his home the week before
He thought he'd be like the police
But now he finds he is at war
"Weren't we supposed to keep the peace"

And who will have won
When the soldiers have gone
From the Lebanon
The Lebanon
The Lebanon
From the Lebanon

I must be dreaming
It can't be true
I must be dreaming
It can't be true

And who will have won
When the soldiers have gone?
From the Lebanon
The Lebanon
The Lebanon
From the Lebanon

Thanks for posting these lyrics!  The song was on the air in Pittsburgh regularly but missed the national Top 40, and I haven't heard it since '83.

War, war is stupid.
And people are stupid.

[Gazoo]

one of the funnest songs from the one my wife calls "the whiner."

She's not the only one.  

PS: I *still* think this is Hot Chocolate's "Emma" every time the drums start on this song.

[SFGuy]

Great set, though I don't remember a few like the Flock of Seagulls tune.

[RGMike]

Great set, though I don't remember a few like the Flock of Seagulls tune.

the FOS was definitely a breakout fore dave; it was a "deep album cut" from that LP that got some play in NYC back then but I'm not sure how widespread it was in the rest of the country.

[mshray]

Still sounding really good on Satruday Morning.  This is the best 1982 set of the year, at least.

8/10/2006 - Thursday! The year...1982!!!
 
1.  Prince - 1999  
2.  Don Henley - Dirty Laundry  
3.  Fixx - Stand or Fall  
4.  English Beat - Save it For Later  
5.  Roxy Music - More Than This (BEST OF SET!!)  
6.  Police - Secret Journey  
7.  Flock of Seagulls - Telecommunication  
8.  Waitresses - I Know What the Boys Like  
9.  Dexy's Midnight Runners - C'Mon Eileen  
10.  Split Enz - Six Months in a Leaky Boat  
 
BONUS TRACK:  Go Go's - Vacation
 
MOVIE: Fast Times at Ridgemont High

[RGMike]

Still sounding really good on Satruday Morning.  This is the best 1982 set of the year, at least.

Indeed. That FOS-into-Waitresses segue (hard cold ending into hot beginning) was, sonically speaking, killer.  

Note that we avoided the '90s for yet another week.

[SFGuy]

Still sounding really good on Satruday Morning.  This is the best 1982 set of the year, at least.

Indeed. That FOS-into-Waitresses segue (hard cold ending into hot beginning) was, sonically speaking, killer.  

Note that we avoided the '90s for yet another week.

I'm not foward to when the late 90's comes up in a couple years. 1998-2000 was, perhaps, the worst era in rock music history. Way too much sugar (teen pop). 2000 bought us Carlos Santana's worst song ever with the talentless hack from Matchbox 20.

[RGMike]

I'm not foward to when the late 90's comes up in a couple years. 1998-2000 was, perhaps, the worst era in rock music history. Way too much sugar (teen pop). 2000 bought us Carlos Santana's worst song ever with the talentless hack from Matchbox 20.

And I guarantee that song ("Smooth") will be the first official Katrina of that year.

[Gazoo]

I'm not foward to when the late 90's comes up in a couple years. 1998-2000 was, perhaps, the worst era in rock music history. Way too much sugar (teen pop). 2000 bought us Carlos Santana's worst song ever with the talentless hack from Matchbox 20.

And I guarantee that song ("Smooth") will be the first official Katrina of that year.

Should we have a term for a song that's a Katrina in the non-10@10 KFOG playlist?  I wouldn't call it a "Grey Seal," but I haven't listened to regular KFOG much lately ... thoughts?

PS: No Doubt will be the first Katrina of 1997.  Or else Natalie Imbruglia.

[RGMike]

Should we have a term for a song that's a Katrina in the non-10@10 KFOG playlist?  I wouldn't call it a "Grey Seal," but I haven't listened to regular KFOG much lately ... thoughts?

PS: No Doubt will be the first Katrina of 1997.  Or else Natalie Imbruglia.

I've called the KFOG playlist Katrinas "Killer Queens" but it could just as easily be a "Rocket Man". We should ask Darryl for stats on, say, the last five years.

What No Doubt song did you have in mind for '97? Their breakthru album came out in '96; was "Don't Speak" a late '96/early '97 hit?  That would be ironic, in any case, since KFOG ignored them at the time (tho' they were HUGE on Live 105). Indeed, most of the years's best songs were ignored by KFOG.  Here's hoping Dave will have the sense to play "Tubthumping" and "Mmmmbop".

My '97 Katrina money would be on one of these:

Green Day, "Time of Your Life".
Duncan Sheik, "Barely Breathing"
Sarah MacLaughlan, "Building a Mystery"
Shawn Colvin, "Sunny Came Home"
Sheryl Crow, "Everyday is a Winding Road" OR "If it Makes You Happy"

[Gazoo]

What No Doubt song did you have in mind for '97? Their breakthru album came out in '96; was "Don't Speak" a late '96/early '97 hit?  That would be ironic, in any case, since KFOG ignored them at the time (tho' they were HUGE on Live 105).

My recollection is that "Just a Girl" had hit in the summer of '96 and "Don't Speak" was hitting radio around the time I arrived in SF, late '96, and stayed there into the early months of '97.  A few other songs got heavy airplay on Live 105 -- "Spiderwebs" and "Sunday Morning" are the two I recall -- and I imagine all three getting reps.

I have "Don't Speak" on a cassette mix, composed mostly of Live 105 tapings, that also includes these 1997 gems:

White Town, "Your Woman"
Squirrel Nut Zippers, "Hell"
Space, "Female of the Species"
Wallflowers, "Sixth Avenue Heartache"
OMD, "Walking on the Milky Way"
R.E.M., "E-Bow the Letter" (grossly underrated track!!)
Poe, "Angry Johnny"
Folk Implosion, "Natural One"
Cardigans, "Lovefool"
U2, "Discotheque"
Chemical Brothers f/ Noel Gallagher, "Setting Sun"
Portishead, "Sour Times (Nobody Loves Me)"

Good times, good times.

[RGMike]

I have "Don't Speak" on a cassette mix, composed mostly of Live 105 tapings, that also includes these 1997 gems:

White Town, "Your Woman"
Squirrel Nut Zippers, "Hell"
Space, "Female of the Species"
Wallflowers, "Sixth Avenue Heartache"
OMD, "Walking on the Milky Way"
R.E.M., "E-Bow the Letter" (grossly underrated track!!)
Poe, "Angry Johnny"
Folk Implosion, "Natural One"
Cardigans, "Lovefool"
U2, "Discotheque"
Chemical Brothers f/ Noel Gallagher, "Setting Sun"
Portishead, "Sour Times (Nobody Loves Me)"

Great stuff, and indeed, except for the Wallflowers and U2, all were ignored by KFOG. Gawd, Live 105 was one hell of a station back then.