I Completed 80s Music

We're gonna rock down to podcast avenue in this weeks ep as January 1982 continues in playlist 54. Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes grind the assault course to fly jets (you eyeballin' me Mayo-naise?!), Eddy Grant sings about a street in London while Prince prepares us for the Millenium. The Thompson Twins make their introduction, Bauhaus dance with old Nick and we end with Kajagoogoo hitting number...

Another shiny shiny episode this week as we continue into early 1983. Ian Astbury discovers a band in his cellar, China Crisis emulate Eno, Haysi Fantayzee dance around the apocalypse, the Alan Parsons Project causes the Mixtaper to have a wobbly bottom lip, Level 42 have Alan Partridge eating the Chinese Way and the Belle Stars leave us with the sign of the times. What an ep! (seriously though, b...

Welcome to 1983 and year 4 of our quest! Playlist 53 starts with Wham! celebrating unemployment, we travel the high and low roads with Runrig and meet Billy Griffin. Joe Jackson takes us for a night on the town before the Stranglers get all Parisian. Men at Work have an iconic 80s moment and we pop and lock our way to the end of the show courtesy of Grandmaster Flash.   Please help fund the show a...

Merrrrry retro Christmas and a Happy 1983! And we have some gifts as we finish playlist 52 with some magic tricks and a blue story! Then we're into the celebrations proper as we reflect back on the year that was 1982, hand out some awards and then look forward to all the treats 1983 has in store! Please help fund the show and get roasted on the next episode: https://buymeacoffee.com/80smixtaper Ch...

It's the last playlist of 1982 and (almost) the last episode of that year as we jump onto playlist 52. The Maisonettes take us down Heartache Avenue, we get two Christmas singles, Fleetwood Mac make their welcome return after 3 years, Dionne Warwick signs off, Laura Branigan signs the Stanley Cup and John Williams shows us how movie music should be done - Elllliiiottt! Please help fund the show an...

We start with The Beat and end with a Beat Surrender this week as we roll into December 1982 and the end of The Jam. Cliff Richard also limbers up for a run of Christmas Hits, we learn why we all briefly got fascinated by the pan pipes, Phil Collins goes Motown and goes massive and Malcolm McLaren goes from agent provocateur to artiste provocateur!   Please help fund the show and get roasted on th...

It's almost December 1982 and as we open our advent calendar who do we find behind the cardboard doors? (it's the 80s, so no milk chocolate) Bing Crosby and David Bowie! We also introduce the Pale Fountains for one brief dalliance and bathe in the creative majesty of The The. Bucks Fizz get hot and bothered in the kitchen, Culture Club can't stop dropping hits, Madness win an Ivor Novello and Ultr...

He's only gone and done it! The tonne!  Yes folks, somehow, amazingly, this is the 100th episode of the pod.  After a brief celebration and discussion about how technically backward I now am, we get back into the show proper. Modern Romance kick off the party reminding us the 80s were the best years of our lives. Meanwhile Duran Duran get on a yacht and ruin some perfectly tailored suits. Annie Le...

And when I get that feeling it's like podcast healing! Yes folks as we reach the cusp of the tonne (episode 99 over all!), Playlist 50 brings us Marvin Gaye's brief comeback. Hall and Oates get chased by a panther, America bring their box of magic tricks, while a Flock of Seagulls consider a burgeoning photography career. Donna Summer makes her step into the 80s with the help of literally everyone...

Cornettos and operatic voices at the ready! It's time for the ultimate cheesefest in this episode as we reach November 1982 and Renee & Renato! We meet Men At Work, have a drizzly flirtation with Supertramp and Heaven 17 kick off their Luxury Gap release. Meanwhile Rush brood on suburban isolation and Blancmange release their biggest hit. All in the latter half of playlist 49! Please help fund...

You may not wanna dance, but this week's pod will have you on your feet to Eddy Grant and Playlist 49, October 1982. We also introduce a little ditty from John Mellencamp and both Dionne Warwick and Killing Joke make their first appearance. We tell the brief story of The Mood, Diana Ross is hungry for muscles and we finally say goodbye to ABBA!   Please help fund the show and get roasted on the ne...

Wham! Nuff said.  In all seriousness though, this is a biggie. The second half of playlist 48 and October 1982 introduces one of the biggest groups of the 80s to the fold. We also get an inspirational anthem from Toyah, Julio Iglesias makes everyone's mums put a song on repeat a little too often, Kid Creole talks paternity, we briefly meet Blue Zoo and Kool & The Gang have us dancing yet again...

It's a mad world this week in 1982 as we finally introduce Bath's finest, Tears For Fears. The Pretenders also find strength in tragedy, Air Supply find love and Spandau Ballet find a new wardrobe. The Kids from Fame bring an emotional closure, Dexy's raise our spirits and Steve Winwood proves that 3 times the charm!  Please help fund the show and get roasted on the next episode: https://buymeacof...

Pass the podcast on the left hand side! We finally meet Musical Youth and clear up any confusion on what they were passing as we complete September 1982 and playlist 47. The Clash and The Jam (almost) break up, Peter Gabriel is shocking, Ultravox are reaping and Roxy Music comes to an end, which has us weeping.    Please help fund the show: https://buymeacoffee.com/80smixtaper Links to Playlist 47...

It's gonna be hot in the city tonight as we finally introduce Boy George and Culture Club, Billy Idol releases the aforementioned hit, Patrick Cowley brings the High NRG and we Zoom in with Fat Larry's Band amongst others! Please help fund the show: https://buymeacoffee.com/80smixtaper Links to Playlist 47: Spotify Apple Music In case the hyperlinks don't work, the tracks are: 1. Patrick Cowley -...

Don't push me, cos this pod is close to the edge! As we slip further into August 1982, we do indeed finally reach, "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash (or was it?!), Evelyn King drops a club classic, UB40 release their last socially conscious song before the big time, Jennifer Holliday proves we're gonna love her, ABC reach the end of the lexicon and Dire Straits get every dramatic! Please help fun...

This week you hold a glittering prize in your hand and we save a prayer for all the good 80s Music! In the second half of playlist 46 Chicago enter the fray while Frida breaks from ABBA. Judas Priest make a roaring return while Duran Duran prove their ballad chops. Afrika Bambaataa drops a cornerstone of rap, Simple Minds are in their pomp and we say goodbye to Haircut 100.    Please help fund the...

You'll be walking on sunshine with this week's pod. Why? Well as we delve deep into August 1982 we find in the record bins, Rockers Revenge, the Psychedelic Furs brining the film soundtracks, Carly Simon (that was the Why? link), David Sylvian breaking from Japan, Thomas Dolby and Toto Coelo being hungry for more than fame!   Please help fund the show: https://buymeacoffee.com/80smixtaper Links to...

This week the pod gets the eye of the tiger as we step into late July 1982. The Stranglers play a trick on their record label, Kid Creole tells the tale of a crook turned informant, Madness release possibly the best car-related song ever and the McRarys bring a little gospel to proceedings. In the latter half we meet the Boys Town Gang and learn of their impact on the High NRG scene, are Blancmang...

3 6 9, the goose drank wine, the monkey played a podcast which was sublime! Yes folks, this week we continue deeper into July 1982 and the Belle Stars get us all tangled up with the clapping song, Chas & Dave take us on a "proppa" British holiday, Hot Chocolate bring the school romance and Yazoo release the next evolution in the clubbing genre amongst others.  Please help fund the show: https:...

Fame! I wanna podcast forever! Or at least until the 80s Music runs out. We finally slip into July 1982 and hit Irene Cara's big moment that sent mums and their kids into a spin buying leotards and legwarmers. Bananarama strike out on their own and AC/DC strike the cannon fuse. Postman pat takes us on a nostalgia delivery, the Tygers of Pan Tang take us on a rendezvous. John McEnroe throws a music...

Ready for some happy talk? Well you've come to the right place! As we crawl into July 1982 Captain Sensible releases on of the most surprising number 1s of the decade. Asia get caught up in the heat of the moment, David Essex takes us nightclubbing, Dennis Brown is the crown prince of reggae, Dexys drop the biggest seller of 1982 and Trio bring the Casio organ to the fore! Hear all this and more a...

Abracadabra, this pod will reach out and grab ya! Today we dive back into June 1982. But first the Mixtaper goes on a (minor) rant about AI and the platforms so desperate to get into bed with it all in the name of "revenue streams" and reveals his complicated history with one of them. We then get back into the music proper with Bucks Fizz bringing some vocal harmonies. Dollar reach the Trevor Horn...

If you have a sweet tooth, this episode will fix your sugar cravings! We continue into the summer of 1982 and Bow Wow Wow release their confectionary hit. A Flock of Seagulls take us into space, Queen go spanish, Odyssey release their last top 10 hit, Shalamar bring the party and also drop one of the most iconic dance moves of the era and Leo Sayer stops our heart as we finish Playlist 42.    Plea...

My podboy said to your podboy I'm gonna set your pod on fire. And while that does seem a little harsh, it does set up our episode today as we continue in June 1982. As you may have guessed, we have our Iko Iko playoff between the Belle Stars and Natasha. Siouxie brings the strings and fireworks (beautiful song alert), Soft Cell reinvent the torch song, the Bunnymen find their sound and we end with...