17 Jan 2012: it's...1985

[Tinka Cat]

and the other '80s staple-band: REM. At least it's a rarity.  BOS2FRA.

Yes, it gets my BOS!!

But what song was it? I'm guessing it was from Fables. I don't have that cassette anymore.

Pat Healy informs us on FB that it wasn't R.E.M., but Golden Palominos (with Michael Stipe on vocals).

Ahhhhh, that would explain why it doesn't sound like Peter Buck. Wikipedia says some of the lead guitar was done by Richard Thompson, and it certainly did sound like him.

I saw Golden Palominos twice back in the day.  I'm pretty sure I was at this show:
http://www.nytimes.com/1986/01/12/arts/pop-golden-palominos.html

.. and this one:
http://www.nytimes.com/1987/04/15/arts/music-golden-palominos.html

[Here'sToYa!]

But now we got Sting going all ungrammatical on us. That's always bothered me.

Word

[Here'sToYa!]

Read through this thread and looked at the tunegenie.

<sigh>; so uninspired; half the set was LN's; is KFOG trying to be the Drive or the Sound?

Love Vigilantes is a terrific song and BOS-worthy but was played within the last six months or so, I think.

[RGMike]

Love Vigilantes is a terrific song and BOS-worthy but was played within the last six months or so, I think.

yes, and we've heard it 4 times in the AL era. Not the technical definition of a katrina, I guess (esp since 1985 comes up so damn often) but still...

[Wayback]

1/17/12 - Tuesday! Down the Road to...1985!!
 1. John Fogerty - The Old Man Down the Road
 2. Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Change It
(News: Jesse Jackson & Bishop Desmond Tutu speak out against apartheid in South Africa)
 3. Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World
 4. INXS - Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain)
 5. Dream Academy - Life In a Northern Town
 6. New Order - Love Vigilantes
(TV: Moonlighting - Maddie doesn't want to take a "cheating spouse" case)
 7. Sting - If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
 8. The Golden Palominos (w/ Michael Stipe) - Boy (Go)
(News: The music compact disc is catching on)
 9. Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party
10. Bruce Springsteen - Trapped (B.O.S!)

[Big Fingers McGee]

With apologies to radical:

Track  Quality   Necessary
1           C                D
2           D-               D
3           B                 F
4           B                 D
5           B                 C
6           B                 D
7           C                 D-
8           B                  B
9           B                 F
10         B                 B

For me it's a hard year to go wrong, but I'd agree that it was severely lacking in "hey" moments.

[ggould]

is KFOG trying to be the Drive or the Sound?

They're trying to be Live 105 of a dozen years ago!

[sundaygal]

With apologies to radical:

Track  Quality   Necessary
1           C                D
2           D-               D
3           B                 F
4           B                 D
5           B                 C
6           B                 D
7           C                 D-
8           B                  B
9           B                 F
10         B                 B

For me it's a hard year to go wrong, but I'd agree that it was severely lacking in "hey" moments.

You mean haaaaay moments!  Pretty meh, but look on the bright side: At least she didn't play Mr. Mister.....

[radical347]

With apologies to radical:

Track  Quality   Necessary
1           C                D
2           D-               D
3           B                 F
4           B                 D
5           B                 C
6           B                 D
7           C                 D-
8           B                  B
9           B                 F
10         B                 B

For me it's a hard year to go wrong, but I'd agree that it was severely lacking in "hey" moments.

Lol.  Once we got past #1 and #2 this set was pleasantly new-wave, if a bit unexciting.

The INXS song wasn't particularly common...but not particularly interesting either.

I would have liked Mr. Mister. (Broken Wings, not Kyrie.)

[Here'sToYa!]

OMG!! AL WAS TRYING TO TELL US SOMETHING (SORRY TO GO ALL KRASOWSKI ON Y'ALL, BUT THIS IS BIG).

IF YOU LOVE SOMEBODY SET THEM FREE WASN'T JUST SOME CORPORATE RADIO FODDER FOISTED UPON OUR RADIO HOSTESS, IT WAS A SECRET MESSAGE, A CRY FOR HELP, A MIDDLE FINGER TO THE MAN! IF ONLY SHE COULD HAVE CHANGED "THEM" IN THE TITLE TO "HER," IT WOULD HAVE BEEN PERFECT (AND TAKEN CARE OF THE GRAMMAR ERROR NOTED ABOVE).

VIVE LA RÉSISTANCE, FRÈRES ET SOEURS!