8 May 2014: it's... 1983!

[CapnJack]

FB request thread is up.

[CapnJack]

I won't be around for the live broadcast today, so take notes!

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1. Oingo Boingo - Who Do You Want to Be?
2. Polecats - Make a Circuit With Me
3. Bowie - Let's Dance

The first two I'd tag as rarities (the Oingo Boingo may even be a bustout), and while we've heard the Bowie a whole lot, it def says '83 to me.

[Here'sToYa!]

1. Oingo Boingo - Who Do You Want to Be?
2. Polecats - Make a Circuit With Me
3. Bowie - Let's Dance

The first two I'd tag as rarities (the Oingo Boingo may even be a bustout), and while we've heard the Bowie a whole lot, it def says '83 to me.

Well, we've had Maniac and Safety Dance since, so it's sounding like K-Tel 1983 these last few songs.

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(Flashdance promo)
4. Michael Sembello - Maniac
5. Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
(Ted Koppel on Reagan's defense policy>Return of the Jedi)
6. TFF - Mad World

Ah, the rise of Rock of the 80s, with that vaguely anxious, stilted vocal delivery. What's the over-under on Kajagoogoo?

[urth]

1. Oingo Boingo - Who Do You Want to Be?
2. Polecats - Make a Circuit With Me
3. Bowie - Let's Dance

The first two I'd tag as rarities (the Oingo Boingo may even be a bustout), and while we've heard the Bowie a whole lot, it def says '83 to me.

Well, we've had Maniac and Safety Dance since, so it's sounding like K-Tel 1983 these last few songs.

Yep, overall this set is cleaving pretty close to what was getting airplay on Rock of the 80s/MTV in '83.

7. Big Country - In a Big Country

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8. The Smiths - This Charming Man
(The Outsiders: Matt Dillon et al)
9. The The - Uncertain Smile
10. Jackson Browne - Tender is the Night

[Here'sToYa!]

Pleasant set

[Here'sToYa!]

Is this Kinks (Don't Forget to Dance) song 11?

[urth]

Whoa! This one goes to 11!

11. The Kinks - Don't Forget to Dance

[Here'sToYa!]

All right, this is just downright silly now.

12. U2, Two Hearts Beat as One

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All right, this is just downright silly now.

12. U2, Two Hearts Beat as One

Hmmm, wonder what's up? Is she just in the zone and running with it? Or is there a subtext we're missing?

I can recall Dave going to 12 or 13 once, but the excuse for that was that he was playing the Genesis "Back in NYC/Hairless Heart/Counting Out Time" sequence from The Lamb, and to paraphrase, "you just can't split those up, you just can't do it."

[Here'sToYa!]

Hmmm is right. I believe she did not mention Big Country or The The when counting down the songs, so she ended up with a nice, even ten.

[urth]

OK, did she drop a couple songs out of the backsell? She announced the Jackson Browne song as tune #8, iirc.

[urth]

Hmmm is right. I believe she did not mention Big Country or The The when counting down the songs, so she ended up with a nice, even ten.

SSHHHHHHH! I won't tell if you won't.