Where were all the songs chosen from for tonight? The first few songs were chosen whilst we searched for Grant’s songs.
Remember Grant Harvie? He presented with me on NYE2018. I invited him to sit with me again last night. His songs of choice are denoted by an asterisks – ‘ * ‘
A few nights back @ThatEricAlper asked on Twitter “What are the quintessential 80s songs?“.
I said: ‘Jump – Van Halen‘, then had a brilliant idea to ask “I’d love if somebody could compile all these songs for me – so I can set up a radio playlist...”
My friend @nethead tweeted that he had compiled and published the entire list. The songs I played are denoted by the plus-or-minus sign – ‘ ± ‘
- Loosing My Religion – REM *
- I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing- Aerosmith
- Down Under – Men At Work * ±
- West End Girls – Pet Shop Boys
- Electric Blue – Icehouse *
- Read About It – Midnight Oil *
- Dr Heckyll And Mr Jive – Men At Work *
- Mr Blue Sky – ELO *
- Dream World – Midnight Oil *
- Lay Your Love On Me – Roachford
- Listen To Your Heart – Roxette
- Better – Screaming Jets
- It’s My Life – Bon Jovi *
- When I Come Around – Green Day
- Come On Eileen – Dexy’s Midnight Runners *
- Virtual Insanity – Jamiroquai
- Bitter Tears – Inxs
- Paper In Fire – John Mellencamp
- Fight For You Right To Party – The Beastie Boys
- Let’s Work – Mick Jaggger
- Highway To Hell – AC/DC
- Do The Evolution – Pearl Jam *
- Dream On – Aerosmith
- Sweet Dreams Are Made Of These – Annie Lennox
- Addicted To Love – Robert Palmer ±
- Africa – Toto ±
- Always Something There To Remind Me – Naked Eyes ±
- Another One Bites The Dust – Queen ±
- Back On The Chain Gang – The Pretenders ±
- Call Me – Blondie ±
- Don’t Dream It’s Over – Crowded House ±
- Electric Avenue – Eddie Grant ±
- Footloose – Kenny Loggins ±
- Heaven – Bryan Adams ±
- I Want To Know What Love Is – Foreigner ±
- Jessie’s Girl – Rick Springfield ±
- Keep On Loving You – REI Speedwagon ±
- Mickey – Tony Basil ±
- Owner Of A Lonely Heart – Yes ±
- Roam – B52’s ±
- Shake It Up – The Cars ±
- Tainted Love – Soft Cell ±
Not as many songs as some weeks, yet a lot of fun to setup and present. See you all in two weeks time!
