Pour Some '80s On Me

07/08/2024

On this day in 1983, Echo and the
Bunnymen released the single 'Never Stop'

07/08/2024

On this day in 1981, The Go-Go’s released their debut studio album “Beauty and the Beat” featuring “We Got the Beat" "How Much More" "Our Lips Are Sealed" “This Town” and “Lust to Love”

07/06/2024

Pour Some 80s on Me 7/5/24 - hosted by Fritz Siegel!
Duran Duran - Save A Prayer - 1982
Husker Do - Crystal - 1986
Slayer - Spill The Blood - 1988
Cheap Trick - The Flame - 1988
J. Geils Band - Freeze Frame - 1981
Eurythmics - Would I Lie To You? - 1985
Lou Reed - Dirty Blvd. - 1989
Chicago - Hard To Say I’m Sorry/Get Away - 1982
The Police - Murder By Numbers - 1983
The Corn Dollies - Be Small Again - 1988
Bobby Brown - My Prerogative - 1988
Journey - Any Way You Want It - 1980
Simple Minds - All The Things She Said - 1985
Kenny Rogers - Don’t Fall In Love With A Dreamer - 1980
The Cure - Lullaby - 1989
Laura Branigan - Gloria - 1982
Toto - Africa - 1982
Motley Crue - Kickstart My Heart - 1989
UB40 - The Way You Do The Things You Do - 1989
Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer - 1986
Big Country - In A Big Country - 1983
Bow Wow Wow - I Want Candy - 1982
Neil Diamond - America - 1980
Echo & The Bunnymen- People Are Strange - 1987
Metallica - The Frayed Ends of Sanity - 1988
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07/03/2024

07/01/2024

45 years ago today, the first Sony Walkman hit store shelves.

06/29/2024

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'Pour Some '80s On Me' airs Friday nights from 10pm-Midnight on WUTK 90.3 The Rock, right after The Funhouse. It is totally rad!

06/29/2024

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Join DJ Fritz Siegel as he spins the BEST tunes from the 1980s!

06/29/2024

Pour Some 80s on Me 6/28/24 - hosted by Fritz Siegel!
Art of Noise - Close To The Edit - 1984
Joe Jackson - Breaking Us in Two - 1983
Public Enemy - Caught, Can We Get A Witness? - 1988
The Human League - Don’t You Want Me? - 1981
Duran Duran - Notorious - 1986
Bob Dylan - You Wanna Ramble - 1986
OMD - Bloc Bloc Bloc - 1985
AC/DC - For Those About To Rock (We Salute You) - 1981
Janet Jackson - Nasty - 1986
Depeche Mode - Black Celebration - 1986
Missing Persons - Destination Unknown - 1982
Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues (1988 Version) - 1988
Johnny Cash - Well Alright - 2024
Guided By Voices - Radio Show (Trust The Wizard) - 1989
Guided By Voices - Serene King - 2024
Bonnie Raitt - Cry On My Shoulder - 1989
Ozzy Osbourne - Secret Loser - 1986
Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of The Heart - 1983
Randy Travis - Reasons I Cheat - 1986
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Don’t Come Around Here No More - 1985
Billy Joel - Uptown Girl - 1983
Twisted Sister - We’re Not Gonna Take It - 1984
Kajagoogoo - Too Shy - 1983
El DeBarge - Who’s Johnny - 1986
Cyndi Lauper - The Goonies ‘R’ Good Enough - 1985
U2 - All I Want is You - 1988
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06/27/2024

On this day in 1980, Joy Division released the single “Love Will Tear Us Apart"

06/25/2024

ON THIS DATE (40 YEARS AGO)
June 25, 1984 - Prince: Purple Rain (Soundtrack) is released.
# ALL THINGS MUSIC PLUS+ 5/5
# Allmusic 5/5 stars
# Rolling Stone (see original review below)

Purple Rain is the sixth studio album by Prince, released on June 25, 1984. It is the first to officially be credited to Prince and The Revolution, and is the soundtrack album to the 1984 film Purple Rain. It spent 24 consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200 Top Albums chart (August 4, 1984, to January 18, 1985) becoming one of the top soundtracks ever. Rolling Stone magazine ranked it #72 on their list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. In 2012, the album was added to the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry list of sound recordings that "are culturally, historically, or aesthetically important, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States."

The two main songs from Purple Rain, "When Doves Cry" and "Let's Go Crazy", would top the Billboard Hot 100 and were hits around the world, while the title track would go to number two on the Billboard Hot 100.

Purple Rain was the first Prince album recorded with and officially credited to his backing group The Revolution. The resulting album was musically denser than Prince's previous one-man albums, emphasizing full band performances, and multiple layers of guitars, keyboards, icy electronic synthesizer effects, drum machines, and other instruments. Musically, Purple Rain remained grounded in the Minneapolis sound and R&B elements of Prince's previous work while demonstrating a more pronounced rock feel in its grooves and emphasis on guitar showmanship. As a soundtrack record, much of the music had a grandiose, synthesized, and even—by some evaluations—a vaguely psychedelic sheen to the production and performances. The music on Purple Rain is generally regarded as the most pop-oriented of Prince's career, though a number of elements point towards the more experimental pop/psychedelic records Prince would record after Purple Rain. As with many massive crossover albums, Purple Rain's consolidation of a myriad of styles, from pop rock to R&B to dance, is generally acknowledged to account in part for its enormous popularity.
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ORIGINAL ROLLING STONE REVIEW

The spirit of Jimi Hendrix must surely smile down on Prince Rogers Nelson. Like Hendrix, Prince seems to have tapped into some extraterrestrial musical dimension where black and white styles are merely different aspects of the same funky thing. Prince's rock & roll is as authentic and compelling as his soul and his extremism is endearing in an era of play-it-safe record production and formulaic hit-mongering. "Purple Rain" may not yield another smash like last year's "Little Red Corvette," but it's so loaded with life and invention and pure rock & roll thunder that such commercial considerations become moot. When Prince sings "Baby I'm a Star," it's a simple statement of fact.

The Hendrix connection is made overt here with the screaming guitar coda that ends "Let's Go Crazy," with the manic burst that opens "When Doves Cry" and in the title song, a space ballad that recalls "Angel" with its soaring guitar leads and a very Hendrixian lyrical tinge ("It's time we all reach out for something new - that means you, too"). There are also constant reminders of Sly Stone in the ferocious bass lines and the hot, dance-conscious mix. But like Jimi and Sly, Prince writes his own rules. Some of his effects are singularly striking - note that eerie, atonal synthesizer touches that creep in at the end of "The Beautiful Ones" and the otherworldly backward-vocal montage in the frankly salacious "Darling Nikki" - and his vocals continue to be among the most adventurous and accomplished on the current scene. Prince also does wonderful things with string-section sounds, and his band - if it's not actually him playing all the parts - burns throughout.

Anyone partial to great creators should own this record. Like Jimi and Sly, Prince is an original; but apart from that, he's like no one else. (RS 426/427)
~ Kurt Loder (July 19 - August 2 , 1984)

TRACKS:
All songs written and composed by Prince; except "Computer Blue", lyrics by Prince, music by Prince, John L. Nelson, Wendy & Lisa and Dr. Fink.

Side one
"Let's Go Crazy" – 4:39
"Take Me with U" (with Apollonia Kotero) – 3:54
"The Beautiful Ones" – 5:13
"Computer Blue" – 3:59
"Darling Nikki" – 4:14

Side two
"When Doves Cry" – 5:54
"I Would Die 4 U" – 2:49
"Baby I'm a Star" – 4:24
"Purple Rain" – 8:41

06/23/2024

On this day in 1981, Tom Tom Club released their self-titled debut studio album featuring singles "Wordy Rappinghood" “Genius of Love" and “Under the Boardwalk"

Both "Wordy Rappinghood" and "Genius of Love" topped the US dance chart.

06/22/2024

40 Years Ago.
The Starr Was Born
&

One of the greatest soundtracks of all time Purple Rain.

06/22/2024

Pour Some 80s on Me 6/21/24 - hosted by Fritz Siegel!
The Blue Nile - The Downtown Lights - 1989
Robert Earl Keen - Swervin’ In My Lane - 1984
ABC - Poison Arrow - 1982
Richard Marx - Satisfied - 1989
10,000 Maniacs - Like The Weather - 1987
Adam Ant - Desperate But Not Serious - 1982
Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar On Me - 1987
Violent Femmes - Gone Daddy Gone - 1983
The Flirts - Jukebox (Don’t Put Another Dime In) - 1982
Foreigner - Waiting For A Girl Like You - 1981
Van Halen - Hang ‘Em High - 1982
R.E.M. - Don’t Go Back To Rockville - 1984
Tina Turner - Show Some Respect - 1984
Billy Idol - Rebel Yell - 1983
Tears For Fears - Head Over Heels/Broken - 1985
Men At Work - Who Can It Be Now? - 1982
Billy Squier - Everybody Wants You - 1982
Prince - When Doves Cry - 1984
Tom Petty - Depending On You - 1989
Conway Twitty - I Made You A Woman - 1981
Pat Benatar - Love is A Battlefield - 1983
Paul Hardcastle - 19 - 1985
Devo - Whip It - 1980
Eric Carmen - Hungry Eyes - 1987
Ramones - Pet Sematary - 1989
Atlantic Starr - Always - 1987
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06/21/2024

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Join DJ Fritz Siegel as he spins tunes from the 1980s!

06/21/2024

Tonight👀

On this day in 1982, ABC released their debut studio album “The Lexicon of Love” featuring "Tears Are Not Enough" "Poison Arrow" “The Look of Love" and “All of My Heart"

06/15/2024

Pour Some 80s on Me 6/14/24 - hosted by Fritz Siegel!
Talk Talk - Talk Talk - 1982
R.E.M. - Turn You Inside Out - 1988
Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time - 1983
Chicago - What Kind of Man Would I Be? - 1988
Alabama - Dixieland Delight - 1983
Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon - 1984
The B-52’s - Summer of Love - 1986
Jimmy Ruffin - Night of Love - 1980
The Statler Brothers - Angel in Her Face - 1984
Eric Clapton - Bad Influence - 1986
Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers - Tomorrow People - 1988
Simple Minds - Alive & Kicking - 1985
KC & The Sunshine Band - Make Me A Star - 1981
Billy Joel - The Longest Time - 1983
Cher - If I Could Turn Back Time - 1989
U2 - Pride (In The Name of Love) - 1984
Kenny Rogers - Lady - 1980
Modern English - I Melt With You - 1982
Billy Vera & The Beaters - At This Moment - 1986
Huey Lewis & The News - Back in Time - 1985
Stray Cats - 16 Candles - 1984
Grateful Dead - Victim of The Crime - 1989
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06/08/2024

Pour Some 80s on Me 6/7/24 - hosted by Fritz Siegel!
Jo Boxers - Just Got Lucky - 1983
The Time - Wild and Loose - 1982
EPMD - Get off The Bandwagon - 1988
Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World - 1985
Jimmy Buffett - Growing Older But Not Up - 1981
Erasure - Leave Me To Bleed - 1987
Tom Waits - Downtown Train - 1985
Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill - 1985
Bon Jovi - Bad Medicine - 1988
Bon Jovi - Legendary - 2024
Pat Benatar - Ooh Ooh Song - 1984
Quiet Riot - Cum On Feel The Noize - 1983
Dolly Parton - 9 to 5 - 1980
Lionel Richie - Say You, Say Me - 1986
Soundgarden - Beyond The Wheel - 1988
Scritti Politti - Perfect Way - 1985
Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning - 1987
Philip Bailey & Phil Collins - Easy Lover - 1984
Paul McCartney - Spies Like Us - 1985
Suzanne Vega - Left of Center - 1986
Phish - Esther - 1989
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06/08/2024

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Join DJ Fritz Siegel as he spins the BEST tunes from the 1980s!

06/01/2024

On this day in 1983, Talking Heads released their fifth studio album “Speaking In Tongues” featuring singles “Burning Down the House" and “This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)"

06/01/2024

Pour Some 80s on Me 5/31/24 - hosted by Fritz Siegel!
LL Cool J - I’m That Type of Guy - 1989
Whitney Houston - Greatest Love of All - 1985
Peabo Bryson - Love is On The Rise - 1981
Waylon Jennings - What About You? - 1980
Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing - 1982
Goo Goo Dolls - Slaughterhouse - 1987
Toto - We Can Make It Tonight - 1986
Tom Petty - I Won’t Back Down - 1989
Yello - Tied Up - 1988
Metallica - One - 1989
Guns N Roses - Patience - 1988
Chicago - Stay The Night - 1984
Duran Duran - The Reflex - 1984
Kylie Minogue - I Should Be So Lucky - 1988
Depeche Mode - Blasphemous Rumors - 1984
Def Leppard - Photograph - 1983
General Public - Tenderness - 1984
Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock - It Takes Two - 1988
The Plimsouls - A Million Miles Away - 1983
Berlin - Heartstrings - 1986
Pink Floyd - Sorrow - 1987
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05/31/2024

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05/30/2024

On this day in 1980, Peter Gabriel released his eponymous third solo studio album featuring “Intruder” “No Self Control” “I Don’t Remember” “Games Without Frontiers” and “Biko”

05/28/2024

On this day in 1982, Roxy Music released their eighth and final studio album “Avalon” featuring singles “More than This" “Avalon" and “Take a Chance with Me”

05/25/2024

Pour Some 80s on Me 5/24/24 - hosted by Fritz Siegel!
Devo - Working in A Coal Mine - 1981
Black Flag - Rise Above - 1981
Irene Cara - Flashdance… What A Feeling - 1983
Kenny Rogers - The Night Goes On - 1984
Simple Minds - Book of Brilliant Things - 1984
John Lennon - Woman - 1980
UB40 - Here I Am (Come and Take Me) - 1989
The Smithereens - Behind the Wall of Sleep - 1986
Run DMC - Papa Crazy - 1988
Squeeze - Hourglass - 1987
Motley Crue - Danger - 1983
Willie Nelson - I Am The Forest - 1983
Adam Ant - Goody Two Shoes - 1982
Wendy & Lisa - Fruit At The Bottom - 1989
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - A Wasted Life - 1982
Soundgarden - Power Trip - 1989
Tone Loc - Funky Cold Medina - 1989
Dokken - Dream Warriors - 1987
Divinyls - Back To The Wall - 1988
Peter Schilling - Major Tom (Coming Home) - 1983
Men Without Hats - Safety Dance - 1982
Lenny Kravitz - Freedom Train - 1989
Lenny Kravitz - It’s Just Another Fine Day (In The Universe of Love) - 2024
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05/24/2024

40 years ago today, The Bangles released debut album “All Over The Place.” We called it “one of the finest girl-group/garage-band albums ever recorded.” Read our classic feature on the , featuring , The Dream Syndicate, Rain Parade, The Three O'Clock and more: https://magnetmagazine.com/2001/05/18/one-nation-underground-the-story-of-the-paisley-underground/

05/23/2024

On this day in 1983, The Police released “Every Breath You Take” - the lead single from their fifth and final studio album “Synchronicity”

“I'll be watching you”