Monday, July 31, 2006

Verandah breakfast on a cool morning, just another 40 degree day...

18th November 2003
Another show, another dollar.....well not really!

  1. Wham Rap - Wham
  2. Boom, boom, boom - Paul Lekakis
  3. Candy Girls - New Edition (I don't think I even remembered this song before I played it!)
  4. Freeze Frame - J Geils Band
  5. Da da da - Trio
  6. Hit me with your rhythm stick - Ian Dury.
  7. Higher Love - Steve Winwood
  8. Mirror in the Bathroom - The English Beat
  9. Invisible Touch - Genesis
  10. Just can't get enough - Depeche Mode
  11. Shiny shiny - Haysi Fantayzee (Not so easily forgotten.)
  12. Pressure Down - John Farnham (More requests)
  13. Absolutely - Eurogliders
  14. New Years Day - U2

Sunday, July 30, 2006

Wham, Lionel Richie, Do re mi.............

4th November 2003 - Choose Life

1. 80's mix (3 minute version)
2. Wake me up - Wham
3. The Look of Love - ABC
4. Things can only get better - Howard Jones
5. Robert de Niro's waiting - Bananarama
6. Running with the Night - Lionel Richie
7. Man Overboard - Do Re Mi
8. Age of Reason - John Farnham
9. You're the Voice - John Farnham
10. Man Eater - Daryl Hall & John Oates
11. Life in a Northern Town - Dream Academy
12. A View to a Kill - Duran Duran

As I will move house sometime in the nearish future I figure that the information I have collected about the longest running show on Roxfm would be safer on the web than on paper in my house!

Saturday, July 29, 2006

The very beginnings


I have found my track listings for Choose Life - an hour of 80's music, both unusual, obscure, and classic songs, once a week on our local community radio station, Roxfm.

The earliest records I have date from Oct. 2003.

28/10/03

1. Our lips are sealed - The Go Go's
2. Love Action - Human League
3. Wherever I lay my hat - Paul Young
4. Come back and stay - Paul Young
5. Chemistry - Mondo Rock
6. Borderline - Madonna
7. When loves come to town - U2 & B.B. King
8. Bad vs Ghostbusters - Michael Jackson vs Ray Parker Jr.
9. Every little thing she does is magic - The Police
10. And she was - Talking Heads
11. C'est la Vie - Robbie Nevil
12. Ghost Town - The Specials
13. Master Blaster (Jammin) - Stevie Wonder
14. Shaddup you face - Joe Dolce