Elkie Brooks - Fool If You Think It's Over

5 Best:

Christopher Cross - Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)

Alton Edwards - I Just Wanna (Spend Some Time With You)

The J. Geils Band - Centerfold

D Train - You're The One For Me

Iron Maiden - Run To The Hills

Worst:

Toni Basil - Mickey

Stranglers

Hall & Oates

Lindsey Buckingham

Soft Cell

OMD

There’s a “Theme From The Boiler” track on Spotify in case anyone like @Michael Bubré wants to put the (very cool) instrumental on their playlist but would rather not have the actual song popping up!

I did see that and was wondering what it was - as it were I have just put the song on my playlist anyway (because it is a good song!) so I'll just take my chance on the ~1 in 300 (and decreasing with each further week) Russian roulette of it coming on shuffle at an inappropriate time

I won’t be able to join today unfortunately but will be continuing the reviews over Christmas!

Stranglers - Golden Brown

Human League - Being Boiled

Soft Cell - Say Hello Wave Goodbye

Jam - A Town Called Malice

Rhoda Dakar - The Boiler 😮

Best

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Maid Of Orleans (The Waltz Of Joan Of Arc)

Soft Cell - Say Hello Wave Goodbye

Theatre Of Hate - Do You Believe In The Westworld

The Jam - Town Called Malice

The Stranglers - Golden Brown

Worst

Shakin' Stevens - Oh Julie

Toni Basil - Mickey

Coming up at 4pm with 44 new songs to cover another 7 weeks of 1982!

It's close at the top of last week's poll, could there be a late surprise...

https://sync-tube.de/room/2gHBerpI

The Jam - Town Called Malice

Japan - European Son

The Stranglers - Golden Brown

Theatre Of Hate - Do You Believe In The Westworld

XTC - Senses Working Overtime

Oop sorry for the late votes, kinda forgot I'd not already done it - don't know if I'll have helped with the closeness!

2 I already knew and 3 discoveries this week - Japan 3 for 3 on getting votes from me with discoveries now, Theatre Of Hate have one of my favourite discoveries across all the sessions so far and XTC also another great discovery (shame we won't get any more from them).

Next faves I already knew would be Soft Cell, The J. Geils Band, Iron Maiden and Daryl Hall & John Oates and next best discoveries were Kraftwerk, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, Electric Light Orchestra's 'Here Is The News' and I can't not mention Rhoda Dakar although it's a bit of its own thing.

Best of Week 15 poll results

8 The Stranglers - Golden Brown

7 The Jam - Town Called Malice

6 Soft Cell - Say Hello Wave Goodbye

5 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Maid Of Orleans (The Waltz Of Joan Of Arc)

4 Depeche Mode - See You

3 Japan - European Son

3 The Human League - Being Boiled

3 The Mobiles - Drowning In Berlin

3 Theatre Of Hate - Do You Believe In The Westworld

2 Iron Maiden - Run To The Hills

2 XTC - Senses Working Overtime

1 Alton Edwards - I Just Wanna (Spend Some Time With You)

1 Christopher Cross - Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)

1 D Train - You're The One For Me

1 Daryl Hall And John Oates - I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)

1 Electric Light Orchestra - Here Is The News

1 Elkie Brooks - Fool If You Think It's Over

1 Lindsey Buckingham - Trouble

1 Phil Lynott - Yellow Pearl

1 Rhoda With The Special AKA - The Boiler

1 The J. Geils Band - Centerfold

Wall of fame

Week 1: John Foxx - Underpass

Week 2: Blondie - Atomic

Week 3: The Cure - A Forest

Week 4: Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart

Week 5: David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes

Week 6: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Enola Gay

Week 7: Jona Lewie - Stop The Cavalry

Week 8: Visage - Fade To Grey

Week 9: The Teardrop Explodes - Reward

Week 10: Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes

Week 11: The Specials - Ghost Town

Week 12: Soft Cell - Tainted Love

Week 13: Laurie Anderson - O Superman

Week 14: Ultravox - The Voice

Week 15: The Stranglers - Golden Brown

Full list of hits covered today, all of them are on Spotify except where marked with * (w/e of Top 40 new entries in bold):

27/02/1982

Adam And The Ants - Deutscher Girls*

Adrian Gurvitz - Classic

Bow Wow Wow - Go Wild In The Country

Starsound - Stars On Stevie

Robert Palmer - Some Guys Have All The Luck

UB40 - I Won't Close My Eyes

Abba - Head Over Heels

Modern Romance - Queen Of The Rapping Scene (Nothing Ever Goes The Way You Plan)

06/03/1982

ABC - Poison Arrow

Gary Numan - Music For Chameleons

Associates - Party Fears Two

Goombay Dance Band - Seven Tears

Imagination - Just An Illusion

13/03/1982

Julio Iglesias - Quiereme Mucho (Yours)

David Bowie - Baal's Hymn EP

Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight (Live Version)

Kool And The Gang - Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It)

Visage - Damned Don't Cry

Pluto - Your Honour

Foster And Allen - A Bunch Of Thyme

The Nolans - Don't Love Me Too Hard

20/03/1982

Chas And Dave - Ain't No Pleasing You

Leo Sayer - Have You Ever Been In Love

Classix Nouveaux - Is It A Dream

27/03/1982

Japan - Ghosts

Bucks Fizz - My Camera Never Lies

Dollar - Give Me Back My Heart

Status Quo - Dear John

Bill Wyman - A New Fashion

Barbra Streisand - Memory

03/04/1982

Altered Images - See Those Eyes

Roxy Music - More Than This

The Boomtown Rats - House On Fire

Elton John - Blue Eyes

Motorhead - Iron Fist

Shalamar - I Can Make You Feel Good

Shakatak - Night Birds

10/04/1982

Paul McCartney With Stevie Wonder - Ebony And Ivory

Pigbag - Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag

Haircut One Hundred - Fantastic Day

Rainbow - Stone Cold

England World Cup Squad - This Time (We'll Get It Right)

Bananarama With Fun Boy Three - Really Saying Something

Monsoon - Ever So Lonely

Votes welcome for up to five of your favourites, with the song with the most votes played at the start of the next session!

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My votes:

ABC - Poison Arrow

Associates - Party Fears Two

Classix Nouveaux - Is It A Dream

Japan - Ghosts

Roxy Music - More Than This

ABC - Poison Arrow

Adam And The Ants - Deutscher Girls

Japan - Ghosts

Monsoon - Ever So Lonely

Visage - Damned Don't Cry

The Associates - Party Fears Two

Visage - Damned Don't Cry

Dollar - Give Me Back My Heart

Monsoon - Ever So Lonely

Japan - Ghosts

Associates - Party Fears Two

Japan - Ghosts

Shakatak - Night Birds

Pigbag - Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag

Monsoon - Ever So Lonely

This is the first week I don't think I've had any big favourites I already knew show up, so these were all new to me.

Bucks Fizz - My Camera Never Lies

Abba - Head Over Heels

Barbra Streisand - Memory

Classix Nouveaux - Is It A Dream

ABC - Poison Arrow

Visage - The Damned Don't Cry

Associates - Party Fears Two

Gary Numan - Music For Chamaeleons

Bucks Fizz - My Camera Never Lies (the best #1 of 1982 imo)

Shakatak - Night Birds

Monsoon - Ever So Lonely

Pigbag - Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag

Japan - Ghosts

Altered Images - See Those Eyes

Shalamar - I Can Make You Feel Good.

Again I prefer the more high tempo and synth tracks. Is It A Dream is a great synth dancefloor-focused track, Poison Arrow another great dancefloor focused track. The Damned Don't Cry is more meditative but I like it too. The Associates very unique with their vocalist, Music for Chamaeleons has a great bassline.

My Camera Never Lies is a bit cheesy but I still really like it. Shakatak great jazz piano vibes. Ever so Lonely is a lovely song too. Pigbag good fun and Ghosts an unusual top 10 hit. See Those Eyes my fave from Aletered Images great indie track, and the Shalamar song a classic thorugh both them and Kavana in the 90s.

My RIP choice for Chris Rea would be Let's Dance.

For Perry Bamonte of The Cure, it has to be Friday I'm In Love even if that is terribly predictable.

RIP the football player John Robertson who died yesterday. He's mentioned in the lyrics of one of the songs we will be listening to on Sunday.

The 5 best:

Modern Romance - Queen Of The Rapping Scene (Nothing Ever Goes The Way You Plan)

Imagination - Just An Illusion

Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight (Live Version)

Pluto - Your Honour

Roxy Music - More Than This

The worst:

Bow Wow Wow - Go Wild In The Country

ABC - Poison Arrow

Associates - Party Fears Two

Monsoon - Ever So Lonely

Bucks Fizz - My Camera Never Lies

Abba - Head Over Heels