08-07-2024
It’s show number 80 in month 08. Need more? I rewatched the movie Grosse Pointe Blank, in which Minnie Driver’s character, a community radio DJ, declares an all ’80s weekend on her show. This is where that all led.
Intro: Roulette - Dom Mariani and the Majestic Kelp, Underwater Casino, 2003. Dom Mariani has been making fine music for many years in several bands, most notably with The Stems.
The Stranger - the Flaming Hands, the B-side of their 1980 single, I Belong To Nobody
The Seeker - the Sunnyboys, from a 1980 EP. This version from the 2007 Shock compilation Do The Pop! Redux Part One.
Tomorrow - Cold Chisel, from East, one of the most popular Australian albums of 1980.
Simple Love - the Saints, from the 1981 album Monkey Puzzle, this version from the 2002 compilation Do The Pop! the Australian Garage Rock Sound 1976-87.
Six Months In A Leaky Boat - Split Enz, from their 1982 album Time and Tide, which was recorded in Sydney, this version from the Tim Finn collection North, South, East, West...Anthology, released in 2009.
Who Can It Be Now - Men At Work, the album Business As Usual, 1982.
Only Lonely - Divinyls, released in Australia in 1982 as part of the soundtrack to the film Monkey Grip. Released in the US in 1983 on the album Desperate. This version from the 1991 compilation Essential.
Two Steps Back - Strange Tenants, from a 1983 EP, Take One Step. Band started in Melbourne in 1981.
Igloo - the Screaming Tribesmen, 1983 single, included in the 1987 album Bones and Flowers. This version from the 2002 Shock Records compilation Do The Pop.
I Want You Back - the Hoodoo Gurus from their 1984 debut album Stoneage Romeos.
The Trumpet Song - the Particles, the song came out on an EP in 1984 titled I Luv Trumpet and was reissued on an album titled 1980s Bubblegum.
(Tossed in a 1980s TV ad for Vegemite - yum!)
Black Fella White Fella - Warumpi Band, from their 1985 album Big Name, No Blankets. This version from the 2016 compilation The Glory Days Of Aussie Pub Rock Vol. 1, disc 2.
Sounds Of Then (This is Australia) - GANGgajang, from their first album, released in 1985.
We Don’t Need Another Hero - written by Graham Lyle (Scottish) and Terry Britten (born in England, grew up in Australia), the vocal was by Tina Turner (American), it was an important part of the 1985 film Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, starring Mel Gibson (American/Australian), co-directed/written by the great Australian filmmaker George Miller, and is brilliant! iTunes
Outro - Chicken Omelette, by Baby Langston, from their acclaimed 1998 album.
