15 Nov 2012: it's... 1984

[RGMike]

LN4: U2.

BOS3 Alphaville, "Big in Japan". or "Big in My Pants" as we used to joke.

[radical347]

VHM Pretenders, greatly improving a rather awful song.  Cute segue there (Bush/Ferraro --> "thin line Betw Love & hate"), assuming it was intentional.

It probably was.  As blah as the music selection & delivery often is in the RR era, "Icky" is the one that seems to be consistently delivering.

[radical347]

DHM to the Pretenders.  LN22U2.

OMG...Uber BOS4 to Alphaville!  This is one that I've often requested in the AL era to no avail.

[RGMike]

OMG...Uber BOS4 to Alphaville!  This is one that I've often requested in the AL era to no avail.

wow, Dave never played it either -- an actual bustout, much to my amazement.

LN5: Tina -- there are tracks on this LP I would've preferred. or one of her fab B-sides from the period.

[urth]

LN4: U2.

BOS3 Alphaville, "Big in Japan". or "Big in My Pants" as we used to joke.

This is one that escaped my attention back when it was a current. I first came to know the phrase "Big in Japan" as the title of a Tom Waits song, but that came a good 15 years after this one.

Love Tina, but What's Love is another LN, imo. Wish they'd dig a little deeper into Private Dancer.

[RGMike]

1. Bruce Springsteen - Cover Me
2. The Cars - Drive
3. General Public - Tenderness
(News: Miss America - Vanessa Williams nude pics.)
4. Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
(News: Ronald Reagan in a landslide)
5. The Pretenders - A Thin Line Between Love And Hate
6. The Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now
7. David Bowie - Blue Jean
8. U2 - Pride (In The Name of Love)
(Commercial: TRANFORMERS!!!)
9. Alphaville - Big In Japan
10. Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It

[RGMike]

LN4: U2.

BOS3 Alphaville, "Big in Japan". or "Big in My Pants" as we used to joke.

This is one that escaped my attention back when it was a current. I first came to know the phrase "Big in Japan" as the title of a Tom Waits song, but that came a good 15 years after this one.

didn't do much on the Pop chart but alt-radio on the East Coast played it to death.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_in_Japan_(phrase)

[RGMike]

so, tomorrow... I'm hoping for a '60s year but more likely a 2nd 90s visit.