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#279 - Where Fashion Sits
Alternative 80s
09/20/24 • 94 min
Welcome to Episode #279! Nothing too deep this particular time around, but we do start it off with a request! Be sure to look for us on Tik Tok, we've made that jump (finally,) and you can even request something through there. Enjoy!
Track List:
1) Puttin' On The Ritz [Extended Mix] - Taco
2) Another Brick - Fake
3) Hit That Perfect Beat - Bronski Beat
4) Devil Inside [Remix Version] - INXS
5) Head On - The Jesus And Mary Chain
6) Wake Up, Stop Dreaming [Extended Version] - Wang Chung
7) Glam Slam [Unreleased Alternate Version] - Prince
8) Monsters And Angels - Voice Of The Beehive
9) Stand Or Fall [Extended Version] - The Fixx
10) I Like The Night (And the Night Likes Me) - Darkways
11) Cuts You Up - Peter Murphy
12) Girlfriend Is Better - Talking Heads
13) Straight To Hell - The Clash
14) Every Breath You Take [Lost 12" Version] - The Police
15) Blue Monday - New Order
16) We Can Get Together - Flowers
17) Fields Of Fire [12" Mix] - Big Country
18) Don't Go [Original 1982 12" Mix] - Yazoo
#220 - Nothing Like An English Summer
Alternative 80s
07/01/21 • 94 min
Another podcast so quickly? Yes! Gotta make up for lost time. Let's head to the beach and enjoy some sunshine!
Track Listing:
1) English Summer - Eurythmics
2) Someone, Somewhere In Summertime - Simple Minds
3) Taking In The Summer - The Higher Primates
4) On The Beach - Comsat Angels
5) Bikini Wax - Killer Pussy
6) Can't Get A Tan - Surf Punks
7) Summer Spies - Fatal Charm
8) Play In The Sunshine - Prince
9) Beach Culture - Thompson Twins
10) All Summer Single - Billy Idol
11) Sunshine In The Shade [Live] - The Fixx
12) This Summer - Squeeze
13) Suddenly Last Summer - The Motels
14) Echo Beach - Martha And The Muffins
15) It Could Be Sunshine - Love And Rockets
16) Summer Boy - Freezepop
17) Endless Summer Of The Damned - Bauhaus
18) Over The Summer - Sparks
19) Summer Of Love - B52s
20) Walking In The Sunshine - Bad Manners
21) Cruel Summer - Bananarama
22) Snow In The Summer - The Cure
23) Rain In The Summertime - The Alarm
24) Bird Bathroom - Surf Punks
#214 - The Cover Episode
Alternative 80s
02/07/21 • 92 min
Listener Adam Agosto asked about doing a podcast of Alt80s covers. Low and behold - here it is! No rhyme or reason for most of the selections, I just enjoyed them and hope you will as well. Thanks for the suggestion, Adam! Original artist names are included in the off chance you don't recognize one. Enjoy!
Track Listing -
1.) Dope - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) [Dead or Alive]
2.) Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Memorabilia [Soft Cell]
3.) System Of A Down - The Metro [Berlin]
4.) Skindred - Electric Avenue [Eddie Grant]
5.) Tori Amos - Rattlesnakes [Lloyd Cole]
6.) Machinehead - Message In A Bottle [The Police]
7.) Amy Baker (Band) - Everything Counts [Depeche Mode]
8.) Leo Moracchioli - The Safety Dance [Men Without Hats]
9.) Marilyn Manson - Tainted Love [Soft Cell]
10.) Drowning Pool - Rebel Yell [Billy Idol]
11.) Powerman 5000 - Whip It [Devo]
12.) Bowling For Soup - I Ran (So Far Away) [Flock Of Seagulls]
13.) Quietdrive - Time After Time [Cyndi Lauper]
14.) Bloodhound Gang - Kids In America [Kim Wilde]
15.) Nine Inch Nails - Dead Souls [Joy Division]
16.) Magic Jones - Orinoco Flow [Enya]
17.) Fear Factory - Cars [Gary Numan]
18.) Social Code - Whisper to A Scream [Icicle Works]
19.) Goldfinger - 99 Red Balloons [Nena]
20.) Love Spit Love - How Soon Is Now...? [The Smiths]
21.) Lacuna Coil - Enjoy The Silence [Depeche Mode]
22.) Orgy - Blue Monday [New Order]
23.) MxPx - Take On Me [a-ha]
24.) Faith and The Muse - Running Up That Hill [Kate Bush]
Christmas 2019 Revisited
Alternative 80s
12/04/20 • 97 min
Since we switched servers at the beginning of this year, a lot people missed last year's Christmas podcast. Here it is again in all it's glory - hopefully it'll tide you over until this year's Christmas Special gets posted. Enjoy!
Track Listing:
1) You Trashed My Christmas - The Primitives
2) Christmas Time Again - Bad Manners
3) Santa Claus - They Might Be Giants
4) We Wish You A Protein Christmas - The Fall
5) The Snow Miser Song - 45 Grave
6) Merry Christmas Everybody (Live) - The Cure
7) 867-5309 / Jenny (Christmas Version) - Tommy Tutone
8) Fairytale Of New York - The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacCall
9) A Change At Christmas - The Flaming Lips
10) It's Always Christmastime - Al Jourgenson
11) White Christmas - Bad Religion
12) She Won't Be Home - Erasure
13) Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - R.E.M.
14) Jingle Bells (Diversion 1) - Art Of Noise
15) Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses
16) Always Winter Never Christmas - XTC
17) Christmas In Vegas - Marc Almond
18) Stuff The Turkey - Alien Sex Fiend
19) We Three Kings - Book Of Love
20) Black Christmas - Poly Styrene
21) Christmas Griping - R.E.M.
22) Things Fall Apart - Cristina
23) Santa Claus - Throwing Muses
24) Mrs Clause Has Menopause - The Steriles
25) Bells Of Christmas - Gentlemen League
26) Silent Night - The Dickies
27) Christmas Time - The dBs
28) Do They Know It's Christmas (Feed The World) - Band Aid
Episode #209 - The Laid Back Episode
Alternative 80s
11/16/20 • 89 min
Tis the season for special podcasts, we figured this was the perfect chance to just relax with some easy Alt80s tunes. Enjoy!
Track Listing:
1.) Funky Town [12 inch Extended Version] - Pseudo Echo
2.) Girlfriend Is Better - Talking Heads
3.) Skin - Icehouse
4.) I'm The Man - Joe Jackson
5.) Give Me Back My Man [Party Mix] - B-52s
6.) She Sells Sanctuary - The Cult
7.) The Motion Of Love - Gene Loves Jezebel
8.) Strawberry Fields Forever - Candy Flip
9.) Situation [Original 7 inch Mix] - Yazoo
10.) I Believe In You - Tuesday Blue
11.) Throw Your Arms Around Me - Hunters And Collectors
12.) Synchronicity II [Live] - The Police
13.) Two Sisters - Fiction Plane
14.) Idols - Altered Images
15.) Everywhere I Go - The Call
16.) Dragnet [Movie Mix] - Art Of Noise
17.) Doctor Detroit [Extended Version] - Devo
18.) Gratitude [Extended Dance Version] - Oingo Boingo
19.) Is there something I Should Know? - Duran Duran
20.) Corona And The Pirate Twins - The Dolby Kids
Episode #205 - My city was gone (but the music isn't)
Alternative 80s
07/04/20 • 92 min
Hi then, hello again - Surfingtrucker here with another fine podcast for y'all. Can't believe it's been a full month since the last podcast, we're doing the we can! Hope you enjoy the podcast this month, we try to make each and every one unique and enjoyable for you. Without further ado, here's the track listing:
1) Berlin (Is Dufte!) - Nina Hagen
2) Less cities, More Moving People - The Fixx
3) Pop Musik - M
4) Vienna (Live at Live Aid) - Ultravox
5) Seattle (12" U.S. Mix) - Public Image Limited
6) San Jose - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
7) Viva Las Vegas (12" Mix) - ZZ Top
8) My City Was Gone (live) - The Pretenders
9) Englishman In New York - Sting
10) No Sleep Til Brooklyn - Beastie Boys
11) Angel Of Harlem - U2
12) Cities In Dust (12" Eruption Mix) - Siouxsie And the Banshees
13) Walking In L.A. (Live) - Missing Persons
14) Punch Out At Malibu -Surf Punks
15) Unlikely Remix
16) Vienna Calling - Falco
17) To Live And Die in L.A. - Wang Chung
18) Union City Blue - Blondie
19) Fun City - Marc And The Mambos
03/08/20 • 93 min
Welcome to March, avid listeners! Springtime here in the states, a time of awakening and renewal as winter attempts to hold areas in her icy grip to no avail. With that in mind, we're going to visit those true one hit wonders from the 80's. While some of these bands may have had a bit of a chart showing in their home countries after a smash hit, overall they never got past the winter of their chart success. It's a shame, because these bands still had a lot to offer, which we'll share in this podcast. Enjoy!
Track Listing:
1) Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven) - Dexy's Midnight Runners
2) TV - Flying Lizards
3) Mind Of A Toy
4) News At Ten - The Vapors
5) Anitina (The First Time I See Her Dance) - M.A.R.R.S.
6) Runaway - Freur
7) Babydoll - Laurie Anderson
8) Hurt - Re-Flex
9) Moonlight And Muzak - M
10) Wonderland - Big Country
11) Johnny Friendly - JoBoxers
12) John Wayne Is Big Leggy - Haysi Fantayzee
13) Six Months In A Leaky Boat - Split Enz
14) High Time - Icicle Works
15) Paint By Number Heart - Martha And The Muffins
16) Pop Goes the World - Men Without Hats
17) The Plastic Age - The Buggles
18) You're The Only Love - Payola$
19) Let It All Hang Out - The Nails
20) Far Side Of Crazy - Wall Of Voodoo
21) The Man With The Four-Way Hips - Tom Tom Club
22) Milk From The Coconut - Toto Coelo
Episode #195 - Top 25 of 1989
Alternative 80s
12/30/19 • 129 min
It's the end of the year, and the end of yet another decade. Welcome to our annual top 25 countdown! This year we jump back 30 years to 1989 and enjoy the best of the best that year had to offer. Enjoy the countdown - we'll include everything except for the top 5 in the track listing...gotta leave some sort of surprise, right?
Track List:
25) Kingdom Of Rain - The The
24) Channel Z - B52s
23) Way Of The World - Max Q
22) The Last Of The Famous Int'l Playboys - Morrissey
21) Don't Crash The Car Tonight - Mary's Danish
20) Compulsion - Martin Gore
19) Fascination Street - The Cure
18) I'll Be You - The Replacements
17) Veronica - Elvis Costello
16) Higher Ground - Red Hot Chili Peppers
15) Between Something And Nothing - The Ocean Blue
14) Mayor Of Simpleton - XTC
13) Round And Round - New Order
12) Proud To Fall - Ian McCulloch
11) Last Cigarette - Dramarama
10) Here Comes Your Man - The Pixies
9) Stand - R.E.M.
8) Fire Woman - The Cult
7) So Alive - Love And Rockets
6) Good Thing - Fine Young Cannibals
5) SSL - TFF
4) PJ - DM
3) EL - UT
2) LS - BFT
1) LS - C
#229 - Finding Our Way Around Indecision
Alternative 80s
01/13/22 • 93 min
Ahhh - time to relax. No countdowns or specials, just a light hearted podcast this time. Enjoy!
Track Listing:
1) Whisper To A Scream [Birds Fly] (Extended Club Mix) - Icicle Works
2) More To Lose (Rare Version) - Seona Dancing
3) Legs (Inside Legs Mix) - Art Of Noise
4) Wings Of A Dove (12" Remix) - Madness
5) Relax (Original 7") - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
6) Up On The Catwalk - Simple Minds
7) Oh Yeah - Yello
8) Deeper And Deeper (Long Version) - The Fixx
9) Love Missle F-111 (Original Version) - Sigue Sigue Sputnik
10) Lay Your Hands On Me (12" Version) - Thompson Twins
11) Flying North ( High Altitude Extended Play) - Thomas Dolby
12) Be Good Johnny - Men At Work
13) The Politics Of Dancing - Re-Flex
14) Let' Go All The Way - Sly Fox
15) Don't Stand So Close To Me (Extended 12") - The Police
16) Behind The Wheel / Route 66 Megamix - Depeche Mode
17) Coast To Coast - Jesus And Mary Chain
#283 - May The Road Rise With You
Alternative 80s
12/06/24 • 114 min
It's December and our last "normal" podcast for the year, so I hope, as always, you enjoy!
Track List:
1) Rise - P.I.L.
2) Strip [Extended Version] - Adam Ant
3) Hands Up In The Air [Extended Mix] - Boom Crash Opera
4) Welcome To The Pleasuredome [Into Battle Mix] - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
5) We Close Our Eyes [Overhang Mix] - Go West
6) I Wish U Heaven [Radio Edit] - Prince
7) Little Girls - Oingo Boingo
8) Mongoloid - Devo
9) Here And Now [12" Remix] - Missing Persons
10) No Name No Slogan - Acid Horse (Cabaret Voltaire and Ministry collaboration)
11) Chessboards [12" Remix] - Killing Joke
12) Love Missile F-111 [Ultraviolence Mix] - Sigue Sigue Sputnik
13) Alternative - The Exploited
14) Join In The Chant [Burn 12" Mix] - Nitzer Ebb
15) Headhunter [Ultrasound Killer Remix] - Front 242
16) Hospital Waste - Skinny Puppy
17) A Girl Doesn't Get Killed By A Make-Believer... 'Cuz It's Hot - My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult
18) Kingdom Of Rain - The The with Sinead O'Connor
19) How Soon Is Now? - The Smiths
20) Only Lonely - Divinyls
21) Up On the Catwalk [Unofficial Extended Version] - Simple Minds
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FAQ
How many episodes does Alternative 80s have?
Alternative 80s currently has 90 episodes available.
What topics does Alternative 80s cover?
The podcast is about New, Punk, 80S, Retro, Music, Classic, Podcasts, Arts, Dance and Alternative.
What is the most popular episode on Alternative 80s?
The episode title '#221 - It's So Good' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Alternative 80s?
The average episode length on Alternative 80s is 96 minutes.
How often are episodes of Alternative 80s released?
Episodes of Alternative 80s are typically released every 18 days, 9 hours.
When was the first episode of Alternative 80s?
The first episode of Alternative 80s was released on Dec 30, 2019.
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