Three Times the Gimmick!

Yes, it's the third compilation of songs from the 1980s which have two words in the title. 

Real profound, huh?  I thought I'd pick some two-word TV shows that ran in the Eighties,

But that was too much work, so I went back to the minimalist approach of only two-word phrases like wallpaper in the BG.  Here are the bi-vocable song selections:

01 - 80's Girl - Eric Blake - 1981  (2:50)

02 - Running Dog - Lo Tek - 1980  (1:19)

03 - Television Vision - The Sinceros - 1981  (2:44)

04 - Danger Games - The Pinkees - 1982  (2:55)

05 - Be Stiff - DEVO with Toni Basil - 1981  (3:24)

06 - Gimme Attention - Zro4 - 1980  (1:45)

07 - Napalm Springs - Vivabeat - 1982  (4:30)

08 - Designer Genes - Amoebas in Chaos - 1981  (1:29)

09 - Leather Complex - VS - 1980  (2:02)

10 - Mirror Mirror - Jimmy and the Boys - 1981  (2:06)

11 - Later Baby - The Dadistics - 1980  (3:14)

12 - Fade Out - Repetition - 1981  (4:36)

13 - Separate Rooms - The Boxboys - 1980  (3:13)

14 - World Destruction - Time Zone - 1984  (5:05)

15 - Happy Funeral - Kitchen and the Plastic Spoons - 1980  (3:07)

16 - TV Love - Simpletones - 1980  (1:35)

17 - Dead Sea - Spray Pals - 1982  (5:28)

18 - Female Trouble - Morbid Opera - 1986  (2:02)

19 - Bored Housewifes - Androids of Mu - 1980  (2:19)

20 - TV Party - Black Flag - 1981  (3:31)

21 - Bad Influence - Screamin' Rachael and Remote - 1980  (3:33)

22 - Baby Baby - The Impossible Years - 1981  (2:59)

23 - Duncan Dancin' - Non Band - 1982  (3:09)

24 - Negative Image - Crown Agent - 1981  (3:30)

25 - No Secrets - Missing Persons - 1986  (4:49)

From semi-lo-tech to pretty good production values, the songs' messages are in turn quaint, outrageous, sincere, and sarcastic.  Some get there message across in under two minutes.  Dive in, but don't forget your rubber suit and/or disinfectant hose-down afterwards.

MA-182 - Two Word 80s 3X

See you Monday!

  

Ego, Ego ... It's on a Comp We Go!

 

Yup, the songs on this compilation all relate to the "me-ness" or "you-ness" of a certain person.

01 - I'm So Neat - The Phones - 1980  (2:32)

02 - You're You, I'm Me - Lost Cherrees - 1984  (2:18)

03 - I Can Help - Peasants - 1981  (2:51)

04 - We Are the Kids - The Staff - 1981  (2:56)

05 - Tell Me Straight - One to One - 1985  (3:23)

06 - Just What I Need - Nikki and the Corvettes - 1980  (2:47)

07 - I'm a Square - Anorexia - 1980  (2:08)

08 - I Wanna Go Home - Holly and the Italians - 1981  (3:40)

09 - I'll Be There for You - The Underachievers - 1984  (1:51)

10 - What About Me - Belinda Metz - 1984  (4:16)

11 - I Don't Wanna Be Young - The RPM's - 1980  (2:09)

12 - I Can Wait - The Marks - 1981  (2:54)

13 - Now That I've Tasted Blood - Love Dolls - 1986  (3:08)

14 - I Can't Believe - Girl Overboard - 1989  (4:38)

15 - Time of My Life - Manufactured Romance - 1981  (3:18)

16 - Tell Me a Story - Grey Obscurity - 1983  (3:38)

17 - I'm a Wimp - Baby's Arm - 1984  (2:36)

18 - I Won't Stop - Karen Lawrence and the Pinz - 1981  (4:03)

19 - I'm Real - Dogs - 1984  (2:02)

20 - Turn Me On Turn Me Off - Honey Bane - 1981  (2:58)

21 - I'm So Attractive - The Photos - 1980  (3:38)

22 - I See You - Subject - 1983 

23 - I Won't Breed In Captivity - The Holy Sisters of the Gaga Dada - 1986  (5:21)

24 - Your I's Are Too Close Together - Elevators - 1980  (3:21)

25 - Please Believe Me - LMNOP - 1986  (2:21)

That kind of self-centered thinking can make you end up inside a self-generated singularity, like a mental and emotional black hole. And of course, that's the problem! GET YOUR MIND OFF YOURSELF!

Take a look at just the last two songs.  Who doesn't know a few people whose "I's" are way too close together!?!  And the last track is the unacknowledged theme song of every two-faced so-and-so (including a lot of elected folks).  "Please believe me when I say I'll never lie to you!  Please believe me when everything I say is a lie!"

MA-189 - It's Just Me

Well, I ain't lying when I say I hope you'll think these songs worth at least one listen. See you Thursday!