20 Sept 2011: it's... 1985 (again)

[Nate]

Frequent flier Alarm gets a snooze. "Give Me Strength" indeed.

help a clueless geezer out, who is this?

"Give me strength, give me hope... Who will light the fire..."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strength_%28The_Alarm_album%29

[Tinka Cat]

Frequent flier Alarm gets a snooze. "Give Me Strength" indeed.

help a clueless geezer out, who is this?

heh, the band is called The Alarm, ... and they triggered a freq flier "alarm".  

Nice one, Nate.

[ggould]

Frequent flier Alarm gets a snooze. "Give Me Strength" indeed.

help a clueless geezer out, who is this?

"Give me strength, give me hope... Who will light the fire..."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strength_%28The_Alarm_album%29

give me strength to make it to the end of the song!

[Nate]

Frequent flier Alarm gets a snooze. "Give Me Strength" indeed.

help a clueless geezer out, who is this?

heh, the band is called The Alarm, ... and they triggered a freq flier "alarm".  

Nice one, Nate.

Also "snooze". ;-)

BOS TT, Prince, FYC. No strong recommendations on any of those, but they were at least somewhat deeper cuts.

[Tinka Cat]

Frequent flier Alarm gets a snooze. "Give Me Strength" indeed.

help a clueless geezer out, who is this?

heh, the band is called The Alarm, ... and they triggered a freq flier "alarm".  

Nice one, Nate.

Also "snooze". ;-)

[RGMike]

Wow, nobody noticed that FYC's "Johnny Come Home" was a MAJOR bustout? Def gets my BOS. It's on my wishlist but I didn't request it this time around. I'm fairly stunned that AL finally played it after all this time. So kudos fot that. Otherwise it sounds like it was pleasant but not earth-shattering.

[radical347]

Wow, nobody noticed that FYC's "Johnny Come Home" was a MAJOR bustout? Def gets my BOS. It's on my wishlist but I didn't request it this time around. I'm fairly stunned that AL finally played it after all this time. So kudos fot that. Otherwise it sounds like it was pleasant but not earth-shattering.

She's played it before, because I remember in a previous 1985 set it went Smalltown Boy > Johnny Come Home.  Still a good rarity, though.

[sundaygal]

9/20/11- Tuesday! Spinning Back to...1985!

 1.  Dead or Alive- You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)
(Ad: Leg warmers)
 2.  Prince- Pop Life (B.O.S!)
(Ad: Jem doll)
 3.  Stevie Ray Vaughan- Look at Little Sister
 4.  Don Henley- All She wants To Do is Dance
 5.  Thompson Twins- Lay Your Hands on Me
(Sports news: 49ers win Super Bowl!)
 6.  Hooters- Day by Day
 7.  Phil Collins- Take Me Home
 8.  Fine Young Cannibals- Johnny, Come Home
(News: "New" Coke fails)
 9.  Julian Lennon- Too Late for Goodbyes
10.  The Alarm- Strength

[RGMike]

Wow, nobody noticed that FYC's "Johnny Come Home" was a MAJOR bustout? Def gets my BOS. It's on my wishlist but I didn't request it this time around. I'm fairly stunned that AL finally played it after all this time. So kudos fot that. Otherwise it sounds like it was pleasant but not earth-shattering.

She's played it before, because I remember in a previous 1985 set it went Smalltown Boy > Johnny Come Home.  Still a good rarity, though.

wow, I'd totally forgotten that -- one of her first 1985 sets in 2009 (if not *the* first).

[RGMike]

Frequent flier Alarm gets a snooze. "Give Me Strength" indeed.

help a clueless geezer out, who is this?

"Give me strength, give me hope... Who will light the fire..."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strength_%28The_Alarm_album%29

give me strength to make it to the end of the song!

 Back in '85 they were jokingly referred to as "U3".