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stuck in the 80s
Dec 11, 2016 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Music
With Ron Raymond, Jr.
A lexicon of the great 80s music you remember, from pre-80s punk to new music from your favorite 80s artists...and everything inbetween.
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| EX-GIRL Pop Muzik Back to the Mono Kero HIBOOM 2001 CD It's the 4th installment of my FAST FORWARD: THE BEST OF 2000-2016 series - THE COVERS part 2. This Japanese all-girl band covered the classic 1979 song by M.
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| 7:06 PM |
| Joan Jett & The Blackhearts destination unknown Endless Bummer OST BLACKHEART 2009 CD Rock From a 2009 film that no one saw, but with an amazing soundtrack, and this cover of the 1982 Missing Persons gem.
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| 7:12 PM |
| DAVID BOWIE Cactus HEATHEN COLUMBIA 2002 CD Rock An excellent cover of the Pixies song from their 1988 album, SURFER ROSA.
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| 7:15 PM |
| IVY I Don't Know Why I Love You GUESTROOM UNFILTERED RECORDS 2002 CD Rock This NYC indie-pop band covered the 1989 single by The London alt-rock band, The House Of Love.
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| 7:18 PM |
| ERASURE Video killed the radio star Other People's Songs Mute/BMG 2003 CD Rock The synthpop legends covered the 1979 Buggles classic on this all-covers album.
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| 7:23 PM |
| THE DRESDEN DOLLS Pretty In Pink High School Reunion - A Tribute to Those Great 80's Films! AMERICAN LAUNDROMAT RECORDS 2005 CD Rock The Psychedelic Furs were well-represented with covers since Y2K, including this gem by this popular dark cabaret band from Boston.
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| 7:26 PM |
| THE FOXGLOVE HUNT Love My Way STOP HEARTBEAT THISTIME Records 2008 CD Rock A great cover of the 1982 P-Furs classic.
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| 7:30 PM |
| No Doubt It's My Life No Doubt: The Singles (1992-2003) INTERSCOPE 2003 CD Rock This 2003 cover of the 1984 Talk Talk hit charted higher than the original, reaching No. 10.
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| 7:34 PM |
| ELASTICA Da da da THE MENACE ATLANTIC 2000 CD Rock The popular London alt-rock band with a great cover of the 1982 favorite by Germany's Trio.
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| 7:40 PM |
| Casiotone for the Painfully Alone When You Were Mine Young Shields - EP TOMLAB 2005 CD Rock With one of the best names for a music act ever, a cover of the Prince classic that sounds like it could have come from the 1990s Lowell, Mass. musician LaTour, who had a hit called "People Are Still Having Sex."
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| 7:44 PM |
| I AM THE WORLD TRADE CENTER Shoot you down THE TIGHT CONNECTION KINDERCORE 2002 CD Rock The Athens, GA synthpop band covering the 1989 gem by The Stone Roses.
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| 7:48 PM |
| SHINY TOY GUNS Major Tom (Coming Home) Girls Le Disko (The Remixes) [Bonus Track Version] V/A ULTRA RECORDS 2009 CD Techno This version of the 1983 Peter Schilling classic by the L.A. synth-rock band was featured in a 2010 Lincoln car commercial.
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| 7:54 PM |
| PLACEBO Running up that Hill Sleeping With Ghosts (deluxe edition) ASTRALWERKS 2003 CD Rock An amazing cover of the 1985 global hit by Kate Bush. This was a minor hit in the U.K., Australia and Sweden in 2007.
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| 7:59 PM |
| THE FUTUREHEADS Hounds of Love THE FUTUREHEADS SIRE 2004 CD Rock The English post-punk band with a brilliant cover of fellow Englander Kate Bush and the title track of her brilliant 1985 album.
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| 8:02 PM |
| RACHID TAHA Rock el Casbah Tekitoi WRASSE RECORDS 2004 CD World The Algerian musician and activist, with an Arabic version of the 1982 Top 10 classic by The Clash.
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| 8:06 PM |
| JOEY RAMONE What a Wonderful World DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME SANCTUARY 2002 CD Rock A song made famous by Louis Armstrong, this was released about a year after Joey died in 2001. It was used in the Denis Leary comedy THE JOB and during the end credits for the 2002 Michael Moore film, BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE.
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| 8:14 PM |
| Blondie feat. Keilah Baez, Felicia Dennis and Keisha Williams Relax Blondie 4(0)-Ever: Greatest Hits Deluxe Redux / Ghosts of Download Noble ID, LLC 2014 CD Blondie released their kick-ass cover 30 years after Frankie Goes To Hollywood took their controversial original to No. 1 worldwide.
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| 8:19 PM |
| STARS This Charming Man Nightsongs LE GRAND MAGISTERY 2001 CD Rock Gotta love when a band uses the original song as a sample on a cover version, just like this Canadian indie-pop band did with the 1983 Smiths classic.
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| 8:22 PM |
| The Puppini Sisters Walk like an egyptian The Rise & Fall of Ruby Woo Decca (UMO) 2007 CD Jazz A lovely jazz-swing cover of the 1986 Bangles No. 1 hit.
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| 8:24 PM |
| Jack Neat Murder by Numbers Many Miles Away SOLARMANITE RECORDS 2001 CD Rock From a Police tribute album, a jazzy cover of the 1983 gem from SYNCHRONICITY.
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| 8:27 PM |
| THE BAD PLUS (Theme From) Chariots of Fire SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY? COLUMBIA 2005 CD Jazz A popular Minneapolis jazz trio with one of the best covers I've ever heard, a cover of the No. 1 Vangelis hit from 1982.
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| 8:34 PM |
| Richard X Vs Liberty X Being Nobody (Main Mix) Presents His X-Factor Vol. 1 ASTRALWERKS 2003 CD Techno What do you get when you take a cover of a classic by Rufus & Chaka Khan and put it against "Being Boiled" by The Human League? A sort-of mashup/sort-of cover that reached the Top 10 in both the U.K. and Ireland.
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| 8:37 PM |
| THE EVOLUTION CONTROL COMMITTEE Fock It All Rights Reserved SEELAND 2011 CD One of the most unique and brilliant covers I've ever heard, this cover of the Harold Faltermeyer hit was created by using another song (Herbie Hancock's "Rockit").
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| 8:39 PM |
| NOUVELLE VAGUE Bela Lugosi's Dead BANDE A PART LUAKA BOP 2006 Internet Rock No other act since Y2K did as many incredible 80s covers as this Paris new wave bossa nova band did. Here they take on the 1979 Bauhaus classic.
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| 8:43 PM |
| KRIS DELMHORST Why can't I have you Cars SIGNATURE SOUNDS RECORDING COMPANY 2011 CD This Brooklyn Americana artist did an entire album of covers by The Cars, an album which featured the band's Greg Hawkes. One of my all-time favorite covers and Cars songs.
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| 8:48 PM |
| Michael Andrews featuring Gary Jules Mad World Donnie Darko (Music From the Original Motion Picture Score) V/A EVERLOVING RECORDS 2001 CD Rock This cover was a massive hit worldwide, charting higher than the 1982 Tears For Fears original, and reaching No. 1 in the U.K. and Portugal, and the Top 10 in six other countries.
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| 8:51 PM |
| JOHNNY CASH Personal Jesus American IV: The Man Comes Around V/A American Recording Company 2002 CD Bluegrass An incredible cover of the 1989 Depeche Mode hit, released about a year before Johnny passed away in 2003.
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| 8:56 PM |
| BECK Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind HOLLYWOOD RECORDS 2004 CD Rock From my all-time favorite film, this is an amazing cover of the 1980 Top 20 hit by The Korgis.
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