Welcome to the Boomtown Episode 6 (A Very 80s Christmas)

12/11/20 • 71 min

Welcome back to the 80s! We close 2020, and celebrate our first year of podcasts, with a Christmas-ish episode. We’ll play your favorite 80s music, but sprinkle in a few Christmas songs to help get you in the mood for the holiday season.
A shout out to those of you who have been with us since the beginning and welcome to our new listeners. As always, thanks to the people who helped us put this together: Alan (for all our artwork), DJ Phil B (for the technical stuff) and to David Baerwald and David Ricketts, also known as David + David, for their amazing album which inspired the title of our podcast.
Please tell all your friends about us and follow this page so you know when new podcasts are available. You can also follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
Songs chosen by Benny Banzai & Dr. Dave.
1. Pet Shop Boys - Always on My Mind (Extended Dance Version) (Introspective 1988, single release 1987)
2. Mike + the Mechanics - All I Need Is a Miracle (Mike + the Mechanics 1985, single release 1986)
3. Chaka Khan - I Feel For You (I Feel For You 1984)
4. Young MC - Bust a Move (Stone Cold Rhymin' 1989)
5. Run DMC - Christmas in Hollis (A Very Special Christmas 1987)
6. Lindsey Buckingham - Holiday Road (National Lampoon's Vacation soundtrack 1983)
7. The Kinks - Come Dancing (State of Confusion 1983, single release 1982)
8. Dan Hartman - I Can Dream About You (Streets of Fire soundtrack 1984)
9. John Cougar Mellencamp - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (A Very Special Christmas 1987)
10. Level 42 - Lessons in Love (Running in the Family 1987)
11. The Clash - Train in Vain (Stand by Me) (London Calling 1979, single release 1980)
12. Haircut One Hundred - Love Plus One (Pelican West 1982)
13. Howard Jones - New Song (Human's Lib 1984, single release 1983)
13. U2 - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) (A Very Special Christmas 1987)
14. Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough (Speak & Spell 1981, single release 1982)
15. New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle (Brotherhood 1986)
16. Wang Chung - Let's Go! (Mosaic 1986, single release 1987)
17. Bob & Doug McKenzie - The Twelve Days of Christmas (The Great White North 1981)
Listen, enjoy and share. A lot! And thanks for keeping 80s music alive.
Have a Merry 80s Christmas and a Happy New Year!
BB & DD

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Welcome to the Boomtown Episode 5 (For Those About To Rock...)

Welcome back to the 80s! It's time to turn the volume up to 11 and ROCK! Let's get back to basics with some killer guitar riffs, pulsating bass lines and thumping drums (OK, and maybe the occasional keyboard). Whether you're a black shirt, blue jeans wearing headbanger, shed a tear during power ballads or just like throwing up the Sign of the Horns, there's something here for you. Rock on!
A shout out to those of you who have been with us since the beginning and welcome to our new listeners. As always, thanks to the people who helped us put this together: Alan (for all our artwork), DJ Phil B (for the technical stuff) and to David Baerwald and David Ricketts, also known as David + David, for their amazing album which inspired the title of our podcast.
Please tell all your friends about us and follow this page so you know when new podcasts are available. And starting with this episode we'll be on a regular release schedule of 80s goodness every other month. You can also follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
Songs chosen by Dr. Dave & Benny Banzai.
Group or artist - song title (album and release date)
1. The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary (Long Version) (Love 1985)
2. Joan Jett - Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah) (Bad Reputation 1981, single release 1982)
3. AC/DC - Back in Black (Back in Black 1980)
4. Lita Ford - Kiss Me Deadly (Lita 1988)
5. Bon Jovi - In and Out of Love (7800 Fahrenheit 1985)
6. Ratt - Round and Round (Out of the Cellar 1984)
7. Heart - What About Love (Heart 1985)
8. Boston - Amanda (Third Stage 1986)
9. Warrant - Heaven (Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich 1989)
10. Cheap Trick - If You Want My Love (One on One 1982)
11. Orion the Hunter - So You Ran (Orion the Hunter 1982)
12. Billy Squier - In the Dark (Don't Say No 1981)
13. Sammy Hagar - I'll Fall in Love Again (Standing Hampton 1982)
14. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Jammin' Me (Let Me Up (I've Had Enough) 1987)
15. Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine (Appetite for Destruction 1987, single release 1988)
16. Loverboy - Working for the Weekend (Get Lucky 1981)
17. Power Tool - Two Heads Are Better Than One (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure soundtrack 1989)
18. Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Like a Rock (Like a Rock 1986)
Listen, enjoy and share. A lot! And thanks for keeping 80s music alive.
BB & DD

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Welcome to the Boomtown Episode 7 (Dr. Dave's Forgotten 80s Volume 1)

Welcome back to the 80s! In case you were curious, Dr. Dave isn’t just a catchy 80s radio DJ name, he actually IS a university professor. Anyway, years ago he hosted an 80s music internet radio show at his school titled the “Forgotten 80s.” He’s revived that theme for this episode, selecting some of his favorite 80s songs from not only one hit wonders, but also popular artists and icons of the decade that were only sort of popular, with kind of memorable videos (or not), that may have faded from your memory. Hopefully you’ll hear one that will make you sit up and say, “No way! I totally forgot about that song!”
A shout out to those of you who have been with us since the beginning and welcome to our new listeners. As always, thanks to the people who helped us put this together: Alan (for all our artwork), DJ Phil B (for the technical stuff) and David Baerwald and David Ricketts, also known as David + David, for their amazing album which inspired the title of our podcast.
Please tell all your friends about us and follow this page so you know when new podcasts are available. You can also follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
Songs chosen by Dr. Dave.
1. Roger Hodgson - Had a Dream (Sleeping with the Enemy) (In the Eye of the Storm 1984)
2. Bryan Adams - Kids Wanna Rock (Reckless 1984)
3. Cutting Crew - One for the Mockingbird (Broadcast 1986, single release 1987)
4. Tommy Shaw - Girls with Guns (Girls with Guns 1984)
5. Charlie Sexton - Beat’s So Lonely (Pictures for Pleasure 1985)
6. Moving Pictures - What About Me? (Days of Innocence 1982)
7. David Gilmour - Blue Light (About Face 1984)
8. Tony Carey – A Fine, Fine Day (Some Tough City 1984)
9. U2 - Two Hearts Beat As One (War 1983)
10. A Flock of Seagulls - Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You) (Listen 1983, single release 1982)
11. Icehouse - Crazy (12” version) (Man of Colours 1987)
12. The Alan Parsons Project - Don’t Answer Me (Ammonia Avenue 1983, single release 1984)
13. Asia - The Smile Has Left Your Eyes (Alpha 1983)
14. Donnie Iris and the Cruisers - Love is Like a Rock (King Cool 1981)
15. Utopia - Crybaby (Oblivion 1984)
16. Franke & the Knockouts - Sweetheart (Franke & the Knockouts 1981)
17. Manfred Mann’s Earth Band - Runner (Somewhere in Afrika 1983, single release 1984)
18. Talk Talk - It’s My Life (It’s My Life 1984)
19. Frank and Moon Zappa - Valley Girl (Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch 1982)
20. The Tubes - Talk to Ya Later (The Completion Backward Principle 1981)
Listen, enjoy, share, follow. And thanks for keeping 80s music alive!
BB & DD