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Spring is officially here in the states, and you know what that means? No, seriously - because I haven't a clue. But, we do know what good music is all about, and here's another podcast full of 80's goodness!Track listing:1.) The Medicine Show - Big Audio Dynamite 2.) Nowhere Girl - B-Movie 3.) Ball Of Confusion [U.S. Mix] - Love and Rockets 4.) Out Of Hand - Lemon Drops 5.) Russian Roulette - Lords Of The New Church 6.) Doot-Doot [12" Mix] - Freur 7.) Proud To Fall - Ian McCulloch 8.) Fade To Grey [12" Extended version] - Visage 9.) Welcome To the Boomtown - David and David 10.) Between Something And Nothing - The Ocean Blue 11.) New Toy [12" Mix] - Lene Lovich 12.) I Go Crazy [Extended Version] - Flesh For Lulu 13.) Sleeper In Metropolis - Anne Clark 14.) That Smiling Face - Camouflage 15.) Swear [Long Version] - Tim Scott 16.) Homosapian [Elongated Dancepartydubmix] - Pete Shelly

Wow - it's been a month? Time Marches on ,and we're sorry for the delay. Don't waste any time - download and enjoy this latest episode of Alt80s!Track listing:1.) Butterbean - B52s 2.) Sewing The Seeds Of Love [Wen's Overnight Mix] - Tears For Fears 3.) Son Of A Gun - Dead Or Alive 4.) Fishing - PiL 5.) Fist Banging Mania - S.O.D. 6.) Institutionalized - Suicidal Tendencies 7.) Stigmata [Remix] - Ministry 8.) Nobody's Diary [Extended Version] - Yazoo 9.) Stand - R.E.M. 10.) West End Girls [Dance Mix] - Pet Shop Boys 11.) She's Always in My Hair - Prince 12.) Rio - Duran Duran 13.) Rio Rocks! - Sigue Sigue Sputnik 14.) Another Day - Strawberry Switchblade 15.) Strawberry Fields Forever [12" Vinyl Mix] - Candy Flip 16.) Bizarre Love Triangle [Shep Pettibone 12" Remix] - New Order 17.) New Dress - Depeche Mode 18.) Dragnet Drag - Peter Murphy 19.) Call Me [The Indiscriminate Mix] - Go West

Love is in the air, as it always is this time of the year - but some of have a love for motorsports as well. Hope y'all enjoy a high octane boost from our latest podcast!Track List:1) No One Driving - John Foxx 2) Don't Crash The Car Tonight - Mary's Danish 3) Devil In My Car - B-52s 4) Behind the Wheel/Route 66 Mega Mix - Depeche Mode 5) Racer X - Big Black 6) Speed Racer [Extended Version] - Devo 7) Jerry Was A Race Car Driver - Primus 8) Trans Europe Express - Kraftwerk 9) Little Red Corvette - Prince 10) Speeding - The Creatures 11) Driving In My Car - Madness 12) Black Cars [Extended] - Gino Vanelli 13) Drive - The Cars 14) A Day At The Races - Art Of Noise 15) The Race - Yello 16) Cartrouble - Adam Ant 17) Mercury Blues - David Lindley 18) Cars - Gary Numan 19) Drive My Car - Breakfast Club 20) Close (To The Edit) - Art Of Noise

Listener Adam Agosto asked about doing a podcast of Alt80s covers. Low and behold - here it is! No rhyme or reason for most of the selections, I just enjoyed them and hope you will as well. Thanks for the suggestion, Adam! Original artist names are included in the off chance you don't recognize one. Enjoy!Track Listing -1.) Dope - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) [Dead or Alive] 2.) Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Memorabilia [Soft Cell] 3.) System Of A Down - The Metro [Berlin] 4.) Skindred - Electric Avenue [Eddie Grant] 5.) Tori Amos - Rattlesnakes [Lloyd Cole] 6.) Machinehead - Message In A Bottle [The Police] 7.) Amy Baker (Band) - Everything Counts [Depeche Mode] 8.) Leo Moracchioli - The Safety Dance [Men Without Hats] 9.) Marilyn Manson - Tainted Love [Soft Cell] 10.) Drowning Pool - Rebel Yell [Billy Idol] 11.) Powerman 5000 - Whip It [Devo] 12.) Bowling For Soup - I Ran (So Far Away) [Flock Of Seagulls] 13.) Quietdrive - Time After Time [Cyndi Lauper] 14.) Bloodhound Gang - Kids In America [Kim Wilde] 15.) Nine Inch Nails - Dead Souls [Joy Division] 16.) Magic Jones - Orinoco Flow [Enya] 17.) Fear Factory - Cars [Gary Numan] 18.) Social Code - Whisper to A Scream [Icicle Works] 19.) Goldfinger - 99 Red Balloons [Nena] 20.) Love Spit Love - How Soon Is Now...? [The Smiths] 21.) Lacuna Coil - Enjoy The Silence [Depeche Mode] 22.) Orgy - Blue Monday [New Order]23.) MxPx - Take On Me [a-ha] 24.) Faith and The Muse - Running Up That Hill [Kate Bush]

Welcome to February! As is customary after the holidays, we take it easy and do up a lighthearted podcast. Enjoy some of these simpler Alternative tracks from the 80's!Track Listing:1.) I La La La Love You - Pat Travers 2.) Belly Of The Whale - Burning Sensations 3.) Will You Stay The Night - Comsat Angels 4.) More To Lose - Seona Dancing 5.) Let Me Go - Heaven 17 6.) Don't Wanna Fall In Love - Jane Child 7.) Lover Come Back To Me [Extended Mix] - Dead or Alive 8.) Come Back Friday - Wide Boy Awake 9.) Let's Go - Wang Chung 10.) Tell Me Why - Berlin 11.) 88 Lines About 44 Women - the Nails 12.) I Love You [Extended Mix] - Yello 13.) Cool Places - Sparks 14.) Legs [Inside Leg Mix] - Art Of Noise 15.) Lost Planes - The Fixx 16.) Candy-O - The Cars 17.) Uniform [Extended Mix] - Icehouse 18.) Things Can Only Get Better [Special Extended Mix] - Howard Jones

Hello lovely listeners and welcome to 2021! Normally we'll give you a full list of songs in the podcast, but this is a countdown, so where's the fun in that? Pretty sure you'll know everything in this countdown, so relax and enjoy the countdown!

Snowfall, Christmas trees, and the annual Alt80s Christmas podcast - it's all here! Track Listing:1.) Hey Santa - UK Subs 2.) There Ain't No Sanity Clause - The Damned 3.) Christmas Was A Friend Of Mine - Fay Lovsky 4.) We Three Kings - Blondie 5.) Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - X 6.) Listen, The Snow Is Falling - Galaxy 500 7.) Candy Carol (Sugar Lips Caroling) - Book Of Love 8.) X'Mas Time (Sure Doesn't Feel Like) - Mighty Might Bosstones 9.) I Believe In Father Christmas - U2 10.) Insanity Over Christmas - Madness 11.) Home For Christmas - Kate Bush 12.) Peace In Our Time - Elvis Costello 13.) Blue Christmas - Dead Or Alive 14.) Ghost Reindeer In The Sky - R.E.M. 15.) Il Est Ne (Mistletunes Christmas Song) - Tom Tom Club 16.) Stille Nacht - Nina Hagen 17.) Jingle Bells (Santa Club Mix) - Yello 18.) One Christmas Catalogue - Captain Sensible 19.) Mary Xmess - Sun 60 20.) Holier Than Thou (The First) - FGTH 21.) Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - The Pretenders 22.) Holier Than Thou (The Second) - FGTH 23.) Feast Of Lights - They Might Be Giants 24.) Snow - Cocteau Twins 25.) Do they Know It's Christmas? - Band Aid

Since we switched servers at the beginning of this year, a lot people missed last year's Christmas podcast. Here it is again in all it's glory - hopefully it'll tide you over until this year's Christmas Special gets posted. Enjoy!Track Listing:1) You Trashed My Christmas - The Primitives2) Christmas Time Again - Bad Manners3) Santa Claus - They Might Be Giants4) We Wish You A Protein Christmas - The Fall5) The Snow Miser Song - 45 Grave6) Merry Christmas Everybody (Live) - The Cure7) 867-5309 / Jenny (Christmas Version) - Tommy Tutone8) Fairytale Of New York - The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacCall9) A Change At Christmas - The Flaming Lips10) It's Always Christmastime - Al Jourgenson11) White Christmas - Bad Religion12) She Won't Be Home - Erasure13) Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - R.E.M.14) Jingle Bells (Diversion 1) - Art Of Noise15) Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses16) Always Winter Never Christmas - XTC17) Christmas In Vegas - Marc Almond18) Stuff The Turkey - Alien Sex Fiend19) We Three Kings - Book Of Love20) Black Christmas - Poly Styrene21) Christmas Griping - R.E.M.22) Things Fall Apart - Cristina23) Santa Claus - Throwing Muses24) Mrs Clause Has Menopause - The Steriles25) Bells Of Christmas - Gentlemen League26) Silent Night - The Dickies27) Christmas Time - The dBs28) Do They Know It's Christmas (Feed The World) - Band Aid

Tis the season for special podcasts, we figured this was the perfect chance to just relax with some easy Alt80s tunes. Enjoy! Track Listing:1.) Funky Town [12 inch Extended Version] - Pseudo Echo 2.) Girlfriend Is Better - Talking Heads 3.) Skin - Icehouse 4.) I'm The Man - Joe Jackson 5.) Give Me Back My Man [Party Mix] - B-52s 6.) She Sells Sanctuary - The Cult 7.) The Motion Of Love - Gene Loves Jezebel 8.) Strawberry Fields Forever - Candy Flip 9.) Situation [Original 7 inch Mix] - Yazoo 10.) I Believe In You - Tuesday Blue 11.) Throw Your Arms Around Me - Hunters And Collectors 12.) Synchronicity II [Live] - The Police 13.) Two Sisters - Fiction Plane 14.) Idols - Altered Images 15.) Everywhere I Go - The Call 16.) Dragnet [Movie Mix] - Art Of Noise 17.) Doctor Detroit [Extended Version] - Devo 18.) Gratitude [Extended Dance Version] - Oingo Boingo 19.) Is there something I Should Know? - Duran Duran 20.) Corona And The Pirate Twins - The Dolby Kids

Welcome to the Alt80s Funhouse! Slip inside and feast your ears on this years selection. Step this way, everyone is welcome.Track listing: 1) Ghost Highway - Mazzy Star 2) The Cardinal Sin Dead Can Dance 3) Stigmata - Ministry 4) Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - Specimen 5) Crucify Me [12" Version] - Moev 6) Witchcraft [Extended] - Book Of Love 7) All Cats Are Grey - The Cure 8) Disorder - Joy Division 9) Lights - The Sisters Of Mercy 10) Roll Call - Peter Murphy 11) The Devil Lives In My Husband's Body - Pulsallama 12) Nightmare On My Street [12" Version] - DJ Jazzy Jeff And the Fresh Prince 13) Are You Ready For Freddy - Fat Boys 14) Horror Movies - Bollock Brothers 15) Tender Surrender - Freur 16) A Daisy Chain 4 Satan - My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult 17) Halloween [Peel Sessions] - Siouxsie And the Banshees 18) Halloween [Extended] - Ministry

With a lot of previous episodes not around on some platforms, this is a perfect time to repost last year's Halloween episode. It's October, which of course brings us the annual Halloween podcast. Do you have what it takes to listen to the end?Track Listing1) Something In My House (Mortevicar Mix) - Dead Or Alive2) Bloodletting [The Vampire Song] - Concrete Blonde3) Full Moon Dirty Hearts - INXS with Chrissie Hynde4) Swamp Thing - The Chameleons5) I'm A Werewolf, Baby - The Tragically Hip6) Magic - Mick Smiley7) Weird Science [Extended Dance Mix] - Oingo Boingo8) Ghost Dancing - Simple Minds9) Spirits In The Material World - The Police10) Devil In My Car - B-52s11) Lucretia My Reflection - The Sisters Of Mercy12) Dead Souls - Joy Division13) Haunted When The Minutes Drag - Love And Rockets14) Everyday Is Halloween - Ministry15) Black Celebration [Black Tulip Mix] - Depeche Mode16) Killing Game - Skinny Puppy17) Nightmares [12" Extended Mix] - A Flock Of Seagulls18) Christine [Rare 12" Version] - John Carpenter

Miss us? We missed you! So so sorry it's taken two whole months to get a podcast out! Can you believe it? Well we're finally back with an illustrious choice of music, and this episode has actually completed while on the road. So here it comes, uploaded in Girard, OH:1) Loving The Alien - David Bowie2) Up On The Catwalk (Ultimate Remix) - Simple Minds3) The Sanity Assassin - Bauhaus4) Collapsing New People - Depeche Mode5) Peek-A-Boo (Silver Dollar Mix) - Siouxsie and The Banshees6) TWA - Nitzer Ebb7) Supernaut - 1,000 Homo DJs / Trent Reznor8) A Girl Doesn't Get Killed By A Make Believe Lover... 'Cuz It's Hot - MLWTTKK9) A Short Term Effect - The Cure10) Kamikaze - Thompson Twins11) One Of Our Submarines12) Puss N' Boots - Adam Ant13) Let Me Go - Heaven 1714) The One Thing (Rhythm Scholar Dangerous Razors Remix) - INXS15) Things Can Only Get Better - Howard Jones

Hi then, hello again - Surfingtrucker here with another fine podcast for y'all. Can't believe it's been a full month since the last podcast, we're doing the we can! Hope you enjoy the podcast this month, we try to make each and every one unique and enjoyable for you. Without further ado, here's the track listing:1) Berlin (Is Dufte!) - Nina Hagen 2) Less cities, More Moving People - The Fixx 3) Pop Musik - M 4) Vienna (Live at Live Aid) - Ultravox 5) Seattle (12" U.S. Mix) - Public Image Limited 6) San Jose - Frankie Goes To Hollywood 7) Viva Las Vegas (12" Mix) - ZZ Top 8) My City Was Gone (live) - The Pretenders 9) Englishman In New York - Sting 10) No Sleep Til Brooklyn - Beastie Boys 11) Angel Of Harlem - U2 12) Cities In Dust (12" Eruption Mix) - Siouxsie And the Banshees 13) Walking In L.A. (Live) - Missing Persons 14) Punch Out At Malibu -Surf Punks 15) Unlikely Remix 16) Vienna Calling - Falco 17) To Live And Die in L.A. - Wang Chung 18) Union City Blue - Blondie 19) Fun City - Marc And The Mambos

It's June here in the States, time for cool tunes from the hottest podcast around. Too cheesy? Yah, maybe a bit. Enjoy this month's selections, especially the treat at the end.Track Listing:1) Escalator Of Life - Robert Hazard 2) Just Too Easy - Romeo Void 3) Bond Medley with View To A Kill (Live 2011) - Duran Duran 4) Warm Leatherette - The Normal 5) Behind The Mask - Yellow Magic Orchestra 6) New Life (Live 1982) - Depeche Mode 7) Moments In Love - Art Of Noise 8) Problemes D'amour [Ah Ou Ah Version] - Alexander Robotnick 9) Lorelei - Cocteau Twins 10) Saved By Zero [Extended Version] - The Fixx 11) The World In Which We Live - Wang Chung 12) Rhythm Nation [Video Version] - Janet Jackson 13) America (Live 1985) - Prince 14) Let's Go All The Way [Extended Blix Mix] - Sly Fox 15) Mouth To Mouth [Landray Vocal Mix] - The Glove16) Warm Leatherette

Another month, more lock down, and more music. Continuing in our series of art disguised as noise, we bring you another podcast of music and frivolity. Enjoy! Track Listing:1) House Phone - Kraftwerk 2) Love, In Itself - Depeche mode 3) Mechanical Man - Devo 4) In Babylon - The Vapors 5) Uh Oh (Here I Go Again) - The Rings 6) Betty David Eyes (Extended Mix) - Kim Carnes 7) To Be a Lover (Mother Of mercy Mix) - Billy Idol 8) On Any Other Day - The Police 9) Too Bad On Your Birthday - Joan Jett 10) Unhappy Birthday - The Smiths 11) Happy Birthday (Dance Mix) - Altered Images 12) Love Train (Ride The A Train Mix) - Holly Johnson 13) We're desperate Los Angeles Punk Legends - X 14) Possessed To Skate - Suicidal Tendencies 15) Punch Out At Malibu - Surf Punks 16) The World is My Oyster (Trapped) - Frankie Goes To Hollywood 17) More To Lose - Seona Dancing 18) Castles In Spain - The Armoury Show 19) Tubular Bells Pretty Boys And Pretty Girls (Regan's House Medley) - The Book Of Love '20) Dizzy - Throwing Muses 21) Da'ale Da'ale (You Are My Angel [New Boat Dance] - Ofra Haza

It's the end of April, and many of us are still in lock down. While we here at Alt80s take this seriously, look at it this way - it's a great time to listen to all of our podcasts! We,re dipping into the dark wave side of things this episode. enjoy!1) Into The Light - Siouxsie and The Banshees 2) Sense Of Sin - Limbo 3) Restrained In A Moment (I Love You) - The Royal Family And The Poor 4) Sensoria (12" Mix) - Cabaret Voltaire 5) In Camera Obscura (Dance Mix) - Figures On A Beach 6) First, Last, And Always - Sisters Of Mercy 7) Revenge - Ministry 8) Charlotte Sometimes - The Cure 9) Black Celebration (Live) - Depeche Mode 10) Love Like Blood (Gestalt Mix) - Killing Joke 11) Warlock (ed) - Skinny Puppy 12) Wasteland - The Mission 13) Red Light (Shine) - Dance Society 14) Spiritwalker - The Cult 15) Nervious Xions (Live) - My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult 16) Worth Waiting For - Gene Loves Jezebel 17) Asleep - The Smiths 18) Spirit In The Sky - Nina Hagen

Hello faithful, as well as new, listeners! What a turn we've takken since the last podcast. In light of that, we've gone upbeat and easy - no panicking here! We're leaving the Quarantunes and Epidemix behind and just escaped to some great tunes. Adjust your masks, relax, and let these tunes infect your soul.Track Listing:1) Something About You (U.S. Remix) - Level 42 2) I Could Be Happy (Martin Rushent Remix) - Altered Images 3) The Big Sky (Meteorological Mix) - Kate Bush 4) Sex Crime (1984) [Live] - The Eurythmics 5) Be Near Me (Munich Disco Mix) - ABC 6) Don't Forget My Number (Single Mix) - Milli Vanilli 7) My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me To The Doctor) - Dead Or Alive 8) Key To Her Ferrari - Thomas Dolby 9) Shake Your Rump - Beastie Boys 10) DS 21 - Jane Child 11) Doctor Detroit (Extended Mix) - Devo 12) Melody - Boys Brigade 13) Jack U Off - Prince 14) Talk Talk - It's My Life (Live at Montreux, 1986) 15) Doot Doot - Freur (Live at The Marque, 1984) 16) A Kissed Out Red Flatboat - Cocteau Twins 17) Welcome to The Pleasuredome - Frankie Goes To Hollywood

Everyone is on lock down, so it's a great time to bring some cheer with a new podcast, poured into your lives with the care and love befitting a great pint. Raise a glass to all these fantastic Irish artists, be safe, and celebrate Saint Patrick's Day with us. Cheers! "May the Irish Hills caress you, may her lakes and rivers bless you, may the luck of the Irish enfold you, may the luck of Saint Patrick behold you."Track Listing:1) Lookin' After Number One - Boomtown Rats 2) Sunday Bloody Sunday (Live Aid 1985) - U2 3) Red Light - Into Paradise 4) Tell The Boys - Tuesday Blue 5) Looking Up - The Slowest Clock 6) Big Decision (Extended Version) - That Petrol Emotion 7) What Now - InTua Nua 8) Mr Twilight - Light A Big Fire 9) I Just Wanna - Blue In Heaven 10) Flags - Crimes Of Conscious 11) Orange And Red (Picasso Remix) - Guernica 12) Streams Of Whiskey - The Pogues 13) What Now - Something Happens 14) Never Saw You - The Stars Of Heaven 15) Years Later - Cactus World News 16) Alternative Ulster - Stiff Little Fingers 17) Mandinka - Sinead O'Connor 18) This Is The Seas (Live) - The Waterboys 19) Only Losers Take The Bus (12" Version) - The Fatima Mansions 20) Someone Like You - The Fountainhead 21) Baby Turns Blue - The Virgin Prunes 22) Call Me Blue (Blue Green Version) - A House

Welcome to March, avid listeners! Springtime here in the states, a time of awakening and renewal as winter attempts to hold areas in her icy grip to no avail. With that in mind, we're going to visit those true one hit wonders from the 80's. While some of these bands may have had a bit of a chart showing in their home countries after a smash hit, overall they never got past the winter of their chart success. It's a shame, because these bands still had a lot to offer, which we'll share in this podcast. Enjoy!Track Listing:1) Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven) - Dexy's Midnight Runners2) TV - Flying Lizards3) Mind Of A Toy4) News At Ten - The Vapors5) Anitina (The First Time I See Her Dance) - M.A.R.R.S.6) Runaway - Freur7) Babydoll - Laurie Anderson8) Hurt - Re-Flex9) Moonlight And Muzak - M10) Wonderland - Big Country11) Johnny Friendly - JoBoxers12) John Wayne Is Big Leggy - Haysi Fantayzee13) Six Months In A Leaky Boat - Split Enz14) High Time - Icicle Works15) Paint By Number Heart - Martha And The Muffins16) Pop Goes the World - Men Without Hats17) The Plastic Age - The Buggles18) You're The Only Love - Payola$19) Let It All Hang Out - The Nails20) Far Side Of Crazy - Wall Of Voodoo21) The Man With The Four-Way Hips - Tom Tom Club22) Milk From The Coconut - Toto Coelo

Valentine's day is here once again, but we've taken a slightly different take on the holiday.1) I Hate Myself For Loving You - Joan Jett2) Now It's My Turn - Berlin3) Just Go Away - Blondie4) If You Leave - O.M.D.5) Is She really Going Out With Him? - Joe Jackson6) Don't You (Forget About Me)[Original 12" Version] - Simple Minds7) Every Breath You Take (Lost 12' Version) - The Police8) Heartache - Gene Loves Jezebel9) Missing You (Extended Version) - John Waite10) The One I Love - R.E.M.11) I Love You, Goodbye - Thomas Dolby12) Girl U Want - Devo13) Best Friend's Girl - The Cars14) Walk Away From Love - Yazoo15) See You - Depeche Mode16) Pack It Up - The Pretenders17) Always Something There To Remind Me (Extended Version) - Naked Eyes18) Tears - Missing Persons19) Louise - Human League20) In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel21) Out Of Touch (12" Version) - Hall and Oates