This week on Listen Up!: Part II of a five part series of radio shows that count down the weeks before your host turns 50. The Teen Years (1977-1984) will focus on music that came out during that time frame. It will be the sounds inspired by reading Rock Scene Magazine, Trouser Press, listening to college radio, visiting independent record shops and hanging out with assorted weirdos.
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Playlist (Artist -Title- Album – Year of song)
Opening Theme
Man or Astroman? – Maximum Radiation Level – Experiment Zero – 1996
Background Music
Phil Kraus And Bob Rosengarden – Percussion: Playful And Pretty -1965
The Undertones – Teenage Kicks – The Best Of: The Undertones – Teenage Kicks - 1978
The Cramps – New Kind of Kick – Bad Music For Bad People – 1981
Sex Pistols – Pretty Vacant – Never Mind the Bollocks Here’s the Sex Pistols – 1977
The Plugz – Achin’ – Better Luck -1981
Blondie – Accidents Never Happen – Eat To The Beat – 1979
Elvis Costello – Accidents Will Happen – Armed Forces – 1979
Wreckless Eric – Whole Wide World – Wreckless Eric- 1978
X-Ray Spex – Germ Free Adolescents – Germ Free Adolescents – 1978
The Specials – Blank Expression – The Specials – 1979
Ultravox! – The Man Who Dies Every Day – Ha! Ha! Ha!-1977
Gary Numan – Are “Friends” Electric – Replicas -1979
The Church – Electric Lash – Seance – 1983
Kate Bush – The Man With The Child In His Eyes – The Kick Inside -1978
Peter Gabriel – D.I.Y. – Peter Gabriel – 1978
Joy Division – Isolation – Closer – 1980
The Residents – Godsong – Fingerprince -1977
Talking Heads – I Zimbra – Fear of Music – 1979
Toyah – I Want To Be Free – Anthem -1981
Lene Lovich – Say When – Stateless – 1978
The Ramones – Cretin Hop – Rocket To Russia – 1977
Buzzcocks – Ever Fallen In Love ((You Shouldn’t’ve Fallen In Love With) – Singles Going Steady -1978
Kursaal Flyers – Television Generation – Various Artists: DIY: Teenage Kicks – UK Pop I (1976-79) – 1977
Black Flag – TV Party – Wasted Again -1982
X – I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts – More Fun In The New World -1983
The Gun Club – She’s Like Heroin To Me – Fire Of Love – 1981
Television – Friction – Marquee Moon – 1977
Echo & The Bunnymen – Villiers Terrace – Crocodiles – 1980
The Revillos – Where’s The Boy For Me? – Various Artists: DIY – Starry Eyes: UK Pop II (1978-79) – 1979
The Clash – Career Opportunities – The Clash – 1977
Eater – Thinking of The USA – The Album – 1977
Devo – Beautiful World – New Traditionalist -1981
Closing Theme
Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune – New Affections – 1997
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