Words from the Eighties

Something about the song titles and words, be be a little more accurate.

MA-145 - Two Word 80s:

01 - Radio Teeth - Scissor Fits - 1981  (2:16)

02 - Idiot Dancers - Industrials - 1980  (1:53)

03 - Twinkling Stars - Nine Circles - 1982  (4:09)

04 - Girlfriend's Girlfriend - The Elevators - 1980  (2:48)

05 - Another World - Scarlet Party - 1983  (3:12)

06 - Pretty Girl - The Liggers - 1980  (2:57)

07 - Running Scared - The Fools - 1981  (2:23)

08 - Lullaby Cheat - Ludus - 1980  (4:38)

09 - The Girls - Famous Five - 1982  (3:07)

10 - Macho Man - Fladge 200 - 1981  (2:41)

11 - Video Kids - Prototype - 1983  (3:31)

12 - Games Up - Rank Amateurs - 1981  (3:54)

13 - Top Secret - The Last Words - 1980  (1:53)

14 - Kanal Banal - Gina X - 1984  (3:15)

15 - TV Eyes - The Voices - 1981  (3:30)

16 - Girl Games - Manchester Mekon - 1982  (2:32)

17 - Monkey Monkey - Boys Boys - 1980  (1:53)

18 - American Cheez - Nice Lawns - 1982  (2:11)

19 - Midnight Rain - Die Hausfrauen - 1981  (4:22)

20 - TV Talks - Mo - 1980  (2:50)

21 - Air Attack (live) - Kujira - 1983  (4:14)

22 - Blood Vessel - Details at Eleven - 1986  (3:29)

23 - Throw Away - Helicopters - 1982  (2:54)

24 - Lost Fight - Locusts - 1981  (2:37)

25 - Insect lounge - The Mutants - 1980  (2:56)

26 - Psychic Magic - G I Orange - 1985  (3:04)

Yup, all of the above songs have two-word titles.  So many fun songs!  BTW, Track 25 was the source of the title of KCSC's student-run radio show back in the early Eighties.  A little more about "The Insect Lounge" from an outdated blog post here.  Have no fear, MA-119 will be reposted!

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MA-146 - One Word 80s Too:

01 - Popstar - Afraid of Mice - 1981  (2:31)

02 - Paradise - Sophie and Peter Johnston - 1983  (3:52)

03 - Alive - Sandii and the Sunsetz - 1981  (4:29)

04 - Meaningless - Gary Myrick & the Figures - 1980  (3:07)

05 - Shuffle - Fictions - 1980  (2:42)

06 - Fool - The Tearjerkers - 1982  (3:07)

07 - Savage - The Nuns - 1981  (2:16)

08 - Vertigo - Standing Waves - 1981  (3:56)

09 - Photoplay - Tahnee Cain and Tryanglz - 1984  (3:31)

10 - Media - The Verdix - 1981  (3:02)

11 - Warm - Family Fodder - 1980  (3:46)

12 - Subliminal - Drinking Electricity - 1981  (4:07)

13 - Time - Pauline Murray - 1989  (4:38)

14 - Unwind - UK Decay - 1981  (3:27)

15 - Darkness - This Eternal Waiting - 1987  (4:10)

16 - Opposite - Chandra - 1980  (3:51)

17 - Prams - Vital Disorders - 1981  (2:16)

18 - Danceability - National Euphoria - 1983  (2:53)

19 - Shame - Trigger and the Thrill Kings - 1984  (4:09)

20 - Fire - Occult Chemistry - 1980  (2:09)

21 - BOYS - Unit 3 with Venus - 1981  (2:25)

22 - Monotone - Les Anglaises - 1985  (3:15)

23 - Video - Jeff Lynne - 1984  (3:24)

See you on Monday for more recovered music!

  

Welcome to ANTHOLOGY AUGUST 2026!

First off is a spacey one.

MA-31 - Eye in the Sky:

1 - Rockin' Chair on the Moon Bill Haley 1952

2 - My Satellite Jesse Belvin 1956

3 - Red Planet Rock Don Lang and His Frantic Five 1957

4 - Planetary Run Joe Montgomery 1957

5 - Rocket To The Moon   Tony Perkins 1957

6 - Rock It To The Moon Jackie Góetroe and The Scamps 1958

7 - Satellite Rock Joe Tate and the Hi Fives 1958

8 - Rocket To The Moon    Lenny Welch 1958

9 - Light My Rockets Neil Alan 1958

10 - Sputnik Dance The Equadors 1958

11 - Rockin' On The Moon Deacon and The Rock & Rollers 1959

12 - Like Out Of This World Rockin' Charlie 1959

13 - Satellite City Earl Wrightson 1960

14 - People From Another World Jive Five 1961

15 - Signals From Saturn Rose DuBats 1962

16 - First Man To Stand On The Moon Buck Griffin 1963

17 - Countdown The Crescendos 1963

18 - Rocket Ship Don Drummond 1964

19 - Space Race Gene and The Esquires 1965

20 - I'll Send You to the Moon Les Baroques 1966

21 - Hippy, Skippy Moon Strut (Opus #1) The Moon People 1969

22 - Santa's Rocket Tim Dinkins 1969

23 - I’m a Stranger Here Five Man Electrical Band   1973

24 - Galaxy War 1977

25 - Eye In The Sky Alan Parsons Project 1987

26 - Books about UFOs Husker Du 1987

27 - Interplanet Janet Man or Astro-Man 1996

28 - Return of the Attack of the Curse of the Son of the Astro Squid Part XIV Chapter 6   The Amino Acids    2004

29 - Hot Rod Ride to the Moon Hi-Fly Rangers 2006

30 - Martian Rendezvous Alu 2008

By the way, Track Five's performer is that Tony Perkins, the guy who a few years later worked for Mr Hitchcock on a little black-and-white exploitation film.

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MA-151 - Four-Color Fantasies - Volume 1!!!:

01 - George of the Jungle - Scott Shaw - 1989  (2:24)

02 - Peter Parker - The Great Luke Ski - 2002  (3:23)

03 - Official Suburban Superman - Suzy Quatro - 1973  (3:06)

04 - Look Out for the Batman - Tony Eira - 1966  (2:39)

05 - Super Heroes - The Model - 1981  (3:11)

06 - Aquaman - Grandpa Griffith - 2006  (3:36)

07 - Barney Google - The Mellomen with Thurl Ravenscroft - 1949  (1:56)

08 - Superman - Allison McCallum - 1972  (2:29)

09 - Green Hornet - Mr Unique and the Leisure Class - 1984  (2:43)

10 - Parker - Victor Banana - 1989  (2:10)

11 - Lois Lois - Superman's Girlfriend - 1979  (4:53)

12 - Comic Strip Wobble - Joe Capp and the Starfires - 1962  (2:24)

13 - Dick Tracy - The Chants - 1961  (2:16)

14 - Magilla Gorilla - The Family Goat - 1969  (2:37)

15 - Up Up and Away - Jivin' Jean & the Jokers - 1959  (2:36)

16 - Dr Strange - Paul Roland - 1982  (2:56)

17 - Captain America - Jimmy Buffett - 1970  (3:20)

18 - Spiderman - Stikky - 1988  (0:54)

19 - Superman - Joyce Davis - 1962  (2:31)

20 - L'Invincible Batman - Batman - 1966  (2:30)

21 - The Phantom - The Super Dupers - 1966  (3:35)

22 - Iron Man - Vitamin Lounge - 2002  (3:55)

23 - Superman Love - Chet Bolins - 1981  (2:37)

24 - Deputy Dog - Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs - 1966  (2:49)

25 - Help Help! and I Had a Hamburger Dream - Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, and Jimmy Carroll - 1964  (2:16)

26 - (I Saw) Batman (In the Launderette) - The Shapes - 1979  (2:38)

27 - Supergirl - Readymades - 1977  (1:46)

28 - Stop Talkin' About Comic Books or I'll Kill You - Ookla the Mok - 2006  (1:46)

29 - Capt Kangaroo - Suburban 9 to 5 - 1968  (1:57)

Pay no attention to Track 28.  Keep talkin'!  See you Thursday.

  

Someday Soon You'll Cry, Baby Blue, on the Hill

To wrap up this ANTHOLOGY AUGUST, a crop of youthful faves which still tug at my ears' heartstrings (is that possible?)!

MA-68 - 45s & Favorites, Disc 10:

01 - Fool on the Hill - Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 - 1968  (3:05)

02 - Someday Soon - Judy Collins - 1969  (3:44)

03 - Fresh as a Daisy - Emitt Rhodes - 1970  (2:48)

04 - Walk a Mile in My Shoes - Joe South - 1968  (4:07)

05 - A Case of You - Joni Mitchell - 1971  (4:22)

06 - Temptation Eyes - The Grass Roots - 1969  (2:34)

07 - Loneliness Is Just a Word - Chicago - 1971  (2:36)

08 - Me and My Arrow - Harry Nilsson - 1970  (2:06)

09 - Cry Baby - Janis Joplin and Full Tilt Boogie - 1971  (3:55)

10 - Baby Blue - Badfinger - 1971  (3:35)

11 - Do You Want to Dance - Bette Midler - 1972  (2:43)

12 - Changes - David Bowie - 1971  (3:33)

13 - This Masquerade - Leon Russell - 1972  (2:59)

14 - Lose Again - Linda Ronstadt - 1976  (3:32)

15 - Going for the One - Yes - 1977  (5:29) 

16 - Jocko Homo - Devo - 1978  (3:38)

17 - Cheese and Onions - The Rutles - 1978  (2:39)

18 - It's Raining Again - Supertramp - 1982  (4:21)

19 - Trouble Again - Karla Bonoff - 1979  (3:32)

20 - Nights Are Forever (from Twilight Zone: The Movie) - Jennifer Warnes - 1983  (3:35)

21 - Dear Prudence - The Beatles-BRG-VM - 2011  (3:51)

When I first encountered Track 5, I read the song name before hearing it.  I thought it was a clever image.  "I've caught a case of you and I can't get over it!"  Imagine my shock when I heard Joni sing "I could drink a case of you."

Track 7 astounds me because it's so brief.  When I bought the 45, I figured it was a shortened version of a longer album track.  Imagine my surprise when I bought Chicago III and discovered this was it!

Track 8, of course, is from the TV movie The Point.  Have you seen it?

Track 17 is another little work of genius by Neil Innes for the Rutles.

I remember the video for Track 18, don't you?

Track 20 is briefly heard on a jukebox in Twilight Zone: The Movie.  It's a good song, given a stronger cachet by this knowledge, I think.

The last track is another exceptional entry from the Beatles Remixers Group.  It's a spiffy semi-rewind of "Dear Prudence," from LOUD to soft, instead of the original's soft to LOUD.

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Walk Like an Egyptian or Turning Japanese? We Belong!

If you can't find a familiar friend or new musical buddy in this compilation, you need to find a new planet.

01 - MTV Theme ''Man on the Moon'' - Jonathan Elias; John Petersen - 1981  (0:54)

02 - I Think I'm in Love - Eddie Money - 1982  (3:09)

03 - We Belong - Pat Benatar - 1984  (3:42)

04 - Addicted to Love - Robert Palmer - 1986  (4:05)

05 - Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel - 1987  (4:50)

06 - The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun - Julie Brown - 1984  (4:41)

07 - Turning Japanese - The Vapors - 1980  (3:47)

08 - Theme from “The Greatest American Hero” - Joey Scarbury - 1981  (3:15)

09 - Roll Over Beethoven (Long Version) - Electric Light Orchestra - 1973  (8:10)

10 - Hold Me - Fleetwood Mac - 1982  (3:46)

11 - Shakin' - Eddie Money - 1982  (3:10)

12 - The Warrior - Patty Smyth and Scandal - 1984  (3:58)

13 - Words - Missing Persons - 1983  (4:30)

14 - Shadows of the Night - Pat Benatar - 1982  (3:39)

15 - Mickey - Toni Basil - 1981  (3:38)

16 - Mexican Radio - Wall of Voodoo - 1982  (4:11)

17 - Walk Like an Egyptian - The Bangles - 1986  (3:24)

18 - Shock the Monkey - Peter Gabriel - 1982  (3:57)

For an added sensory overload experience, watch the videos of some of these, like "Shakin'," "Words," or "Sledge Hammer."

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The Water Is Wide, But Don't Say Goodbye!

 

... Or you'll miss all the fun of these nifty songs.  Some I heard on AM radio in the Seventies, others I encountered later.

01 - Goodbye - Mary Hopkin - 1969  (2:24)

02 - A Certain Kind - Bloodrock - 1971  (4:10)

03 - Friends - Elton John - 1971   (2:23)

04 - Wondr'ing Aloud/Wond'ring Again - Jethro Tull - 1971  (5:58)

05 - I Am I Said (edit) - Neil Diamond - 1971  (4:05)

06 - Oh Woman, Oh Why - Paul McCartney - 1971  (4:34)

07 - Don't Do It (live) - The Band - 1972   (4:27)

08 - Behind Blue Eyes - The Who - 1971   (3:41)

09 - Am I Blue - Bette Midler - 1972  (5:20)

10 - Grave Concern - Graham Nash - 1974  (2:46)

11 - The Bitch Is Back - Elton John - 1974  (3:44)

12 - Fame - David Bowie - 1975  (4:12)

13 - Beginnings - Steve Howe - 1975  (7:30)

14 - Saucy Sailor/Black Freighter (live) - Steeleye Span - 1978  (9:31)

15 - Bad Reputation - Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - 1980  (2:48)

16 - The Water Is Wide - Karla Bonoff - 1979  (4:56)

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"I Am Helpless Without My Computer" and Other Truths

Yeah, the 1980s had a lot going for it, including predictions of what's now common.

01 - I Am Helpless Without My Computer - The Nobodys  1984   (4:25)

02 - Back in Flesh - Wall of Voodoo  1981   (3:41)

03 - Porch - Personal Effects  1984   (2:53)

04 - Is This Love - Karen Lawrence  1986   (4:31)

05 - The Salt in My Tears - Martin Briley  1983   (3:24)

06 - The Fanatic - Felony  1983   (3:34)

07 - Color Anxiety - 9353  1983   (3:43)

08 - Mental Hopscotch - Missing Persons  1982   (3:15)

09 - You're Gettin' Even While I'm Gettin’ Odd - J Geils Band  1984   (6:46)

10 - Ways to Be Wicked - Lone Justice  1985   (3:25)

11 - Modern Man - National Pastime  1986   (4:09)

12 - Knight - Get Smart!  1984   (2:14)

13 - End of the World - Personal Effects  1984   (3:15)

14 - Love Me Too - Blanket of Secrecy  1982   (2:41)

15 - Running In Place - Iam Siam  1984   (3:28)

16 - Remote Control - Eternal Triangle  1984   (3:07)

17 - Fashion Hurts - Xex  1980   (2:12)

18 - Snake Dance - March Violets  1984   (4:55)

19 - The Computer Generation - Jyl  1984   (4:07)

20 - TV Man - The Bolshoi  1987   (4:35)

21 - Waiting Out the Eighties - The Coupe de Villes  1985   (3:08)

Listen to these fab songs while playing mental hopscotch.  Learn new ways to be wicked, while running in place and waiting out the Eighties.

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Flashin' My Favorites for All to See

 

Yup, I heard most on AM radio, and some from albums I bought in the Seventies.

01 - Beginnings (single version) - Chicago - 1969  (2:49)

02 - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (single version) - Iron Butterfly - 1968  (2:53)

03 - Carry on Till Tomorrow - Badfinger - 1970  (4:46)

04 - Green-Eyed Lady - Sugarloaf - 1970  (6:49)

05 - That's the Way God Planned It (live) - Billy Preston - 1971  (4:33)

06 - Alone Again (Naturally) - Gilbert O'Sullivan - 1971  (3:36)

07 - DOA (album version) - Bloodrock - 1971  (8:28)

08 - Music - Carole King - 1971  (3:50)

09 - Hold Your Head Up - Argent - 1971  (6:16)

10 - Hoedown (live) - Emerson, Lake & Palmer - 1974  (4:16)

11 - Ride Captain Ride - Blood, Sweat & Tears - 1975  (5:05)

12 - All Around My Hat - Steeleye Span - 1975  (4:06)

13 - WOLD (live) - Harry Chapin - 1976  (5:05)

14 - I Wanna Be Sedated - The Ramones - 1978  (2:29)

15 - Watching Over You - Emerson, Lake & Palmer - 1977  (3:53)

16 - We Belong to the Night - Ellen Foley - 1979  (5:08)

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Soon to Be Your Favorites, Too!

 How can I share my joy at listening to a wide variety of music? I guess by passing some of it along. You won’t find a theme otherwise.

01 - 45 Single - Suburban Reptiles - 1978  (1:48)

02 - Private Eye - Buddy Wilkins - 1960  (2:23)

03 - TH Queen (live) - Destroy All Monsters - 1995  (3:06)

04 - Echo Beach - Martha & the Muffins - 1979  (3:33)

05 - Floating Dream - Peanut Butter Conspiracy - 1967  (2:09)

06 - The Fool on the Hill (Major/Minor Swap) - The Beatles - The Evolution Control Committee - 1994  (2:58)

07 - LA Sleaze - CPC Gangbangs - 2008  (1:48)

08 - It Hurts to Be Sixteen - Andrea Carroll - 1963  (2:05)

09 - Ghost Rider - Suicide - 1976  (2:30)

10 - Back of My Hand - The Jags - 1979  (3:20)

11 - Do You Dream in Color? - Living Links - 1990  (3:34)

12 - Behind Those Eyes - The Diodes - 1977  (2:31)

13 - Nursery Rock - Judy & Joyce - 1958  (1:58)

14 - Television Addict - The Victims - 1979  (2:57)

15 - Disco Biscuit - Lung Leg - 1997  (2:17)

16 - She Got a Nose Job - The Dellwoods - 1962  (2:16)

17 - Fragile Beings - X-Teens - 1980  (2:13)

18 - Pop Star - Swoons - 1994  (2:13)

19 - Bloody Ice Cream - Bikini Kill - 1996  (1:21)

20 - What the World Needs Now Is Love - The Staple Singers - 1968  (2:44)

21 - Age of Corruption - Alan Klein - 1965  (3:31)

22 - Shot by Both Sides - Magazine - 1978  (4:03)

23 - Danger Signs - Penetration - 1979  (2:27)

24 - Magic Colors - Lesley Gore - 1967  (2:29)

25 - Don't Wake Me Up - Midnite Snaxxx - 2015  (1:32)

26 - Three Stars - Tommy Dee with Carol Kay and the Teen-Aires - 1959  (3:11)

27 - Love from Abbey Road - The Beatles - Sacred Cowboy - 2011  (7:34)

28 - Get Off the Radio - The Sharks - 1980  (2:57)

Track 5 is a pleasant diversion, but the way-out imagery is less impressive than in Track 11.

Track 6 is a virtuoso display of techno wizardry. But it wouldn’t have been a hit for the Beatles this way!

Track 8 crystallizes a true observation. Of course, you can hurt at other ages too -- don’t tell Andrea. And that chinking wood block might have inspired same in the Man from U.N.C.L.E.! Ya think? I figured not.

Don’t you agree that Track 13 is a buncha fun? Deedly-quack-quack, indeed!

I don’t know what a Disco Biscuit, even after listening to the song (Track 15)!

We’re all “Fragile Beings” (Track 17), but the X-Teens make it sound so fun!

Track 21 speaks for itself, but I wish I’d thought of it first! “I’m travelin’ so fast, I’m passing’ the wind!”

Track 24 -- wow -- what a pop-music depiction of the utter existential emptiness of lost love! (and co-written by Neil Sedaka, too!)

Track 26 is a curiosity, with disgustingly juvenile lyrics. It was a quicky rushed out to cash in on the deaths of Richie Valens, Buddy Holly, and the Big Bopper. The vocals are so maudlin! See what you think.

On the other extreme, Track 27 is just an astounding assemblage of Beatle beats!

And Track 28 signs us off. Hey, you!

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Once More into the Future!

Yes, it's another forward-looking compilation of songs which address a future world and time.

01 - The Year 2,000 Will Turn Out Okay (live) - The Deadbeats - 1978  (2:19)

02 - Computer Dating (live) - General Accident - 1980  (3:27)

03 - Time Machine - Jack Donovan and the Knight Caps - 1959  (2:19)

04 - Kitchen Motors - Crash Course in Science - 1980  (1:58)

05 - World 2000 - Gary Knight - 1968  (2:50)

06 - Home Alone - Los Microwaves - 1981  (1:46)

07 - Waiting for the Future - Berlin - 1980  (3:16)

08 - Polyclimate Is Here - John Ruth - 1981  (3:42)

09 - Babies on Parade - The Body Electric - 1983  (4:47)

10 - Lost in Space - Androids of Mu - 1980  (4:04)

11 - Science's Fiction - Hates - 1982  (2:11)

12 - Cyborg - The Outcasts - 1979  (3:11)

13 - Metropolis - Schwefel - 1988  (4:47)

14 - The Ultimate System - Murder the Disturbed - 1979  (3:59)

15 - In Nineteen-Ninety-Nine - Al Bernard - 1924  (3:21)

16 - The Future Now - Psychic Youth - 1981  (4:19)

17 - Robot Holiday - The Spizzles - 1981    (2:23)

18 - Living in a Vacuum - The Higher Primates - 1980  (1:32)

19 - Here Is the News - ELO - 1981   (3:44)

20 - Into Overload - Overload - 1980  (3:08)

21 - Dumping-Cart Motion - Glass Museum - 1983  (3:04)

22 - Just Too Many People - The Miamis - 1976  (3:09)

23 - Everything's Moving Too Fast - Peggy Lee - 1946  (2:58)

24 - Shape of Things - Manual Scan - 1986  (1:41)

Of course, it's up to YOU to decide what kind of future you want.  Polyclimates, Robot Holidays, or just a surrender to an endless Dumping-Cart Motion.

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For myself, I predict that if you come back on Monday you'll encounter another socko, boffo music comp!

  

WELCOME TO ANTHOLOGY AUGUST!

Yup, because I'm such a creative compiler, I got a plethora of presentations for ya this month.  Some are new; some are representations of comps which have been updated and/or altered.

To begin with, here's Disc 11 of my 45s & Favorites.

01. Chelsea Morning - Joni Mitchell (2:30)      1969

02. One Tin Soldier - The Original Caste (3:38)    1969

03. Closer to Home (single version) - Grand Funk Railroad (5:30)    1970

04. We're for the Dark - Badfinger (3:53)    1970

05. Get It On - Chase (2:59)    1971

06. I'm a Man (single version) - Chicago (3:26)    1969

07. Timothy - The Buoys (2:43)    1971

08. 10538 Overture - Electric Light Orchestra (5:29)    1971

09. Doctor My Eyes - Jackson Browne (3:19)    1972

10. Old Man - Neil Young (3:23)    1972

11. Taxi - Harry Chapin (6:42)    1972

12. Undercover Man - The Edgar Winter Group (3:49)    1972

13. Helen Wheels - Paul McCartney & Wings (3:45)    1973

14. Get Ready (single version) - Rare Earth (2:51)    1969

15. Junk Food Junkie (live) - Larry Groce (3:04)    1975

16. Barracuda - Heart (4:24)    1977

17. Rock 'n' Roll High School - Ramones (2:18)    1979

18. Twilight Zone - Golden Earring (4:40)    1982

19.  Pressure - Billy Joel (4:37)    1982

These are all fun in different ways.  For me, the real curiosity of this group is Track 3, the "single version" of Grand Funk's "Closer to Home."  I bet somebody today could come up with a more succinct (and technically polished) version today using Audacity or some such.

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Travel down some backroads of your mind and check back in Thursday, fellow time travelers!