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The podcast edit for our 5/11/12 Revenge of the 80s Radio show is up and available at the bottom of this post. This week, Maryam Zadeh, the current Tapps lead singer, is our guest. Zadeh worked with Tapps founder Allan Coellho, before he invited her to front the band. Maryam is working on a solo project, where her musical and vocal styles bring back the New Romantic sound of the 80s. We will also play one of her new tracks, “Love Storm.” Our conversation takes place in Hour 2 of the show.
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In Hour 1, we feature our list of the Top 11 Horn/Sax solos of the 1980s, with tracks from Haircut 100, Hazel O’Connor, Men At Work, Paul Young, INXS and more.
Revenge of the 80s airs live on Radio 80s 87.6FM weekday mornings 7-9am ; We are also on live with Indigo FM, (Victoria, AUS), Seymour FM, Elwood FM and Surf FM in Melbourne, AUS, Central GM in Spain and 80s and More radio in the UK
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No commentsThe recent passing of Men At Work’s Greg Ham, who was well-known for his woodwinds work on some of the band’s biggest hits, inspired me to look back into the classic alternative era for its eleven most memorable sax and horn solos:
11. Kirk Pengilly, Saxophone – “The One Thing” (INXS)
While sounding much like the lyrics’ “cat-call from the bough,” this sax solo was a fitting bridge to INXS’ international hit “The One Thing.” Kirk Pengilly’s performance in the video was fun to watch as he plays the riff while moving around on the floor like someone should call 911 as the band members infiltrate some kind of dinner gathering. Still, the sporadic quick fingers and the wailing end note became the track’s third hook, behind the flowing chorus and guitar melody, all together making the song a catchy, yet timeless tune.
10. Phil Smith, Saxophone – “Love Plus One” (Haircut 100)
Nick Heyward, Les Nemes and Graham Jones made Brit-pop music history when they invited Phil Smith to join Haircut 100 permanently after he did some work with them in the group’s beginning stages. The result: a smooth sax accompaniment and solo for their biggest international hit, “Love Plus One.” Smith’s sax became a staple of Haircut 100’s signature
Continue Reading our Top 11 Horn/Sax solos of the 80s on our Examiner.com page: http://www.examiner.com/article/the-top-11-classic-alternative-horn-and-sax-solos-of-the-80s
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The podcast edit for our 5/4/12 Revenge of the 80s Radio is up and available at the bottom of this post. This week, we catch up on some requests. You can make yours by e-mailing us at radio@revengeofthe80sradio.com . We play music from The Eurythmics, Midnight Oil, The Beat Farmers, Icehouse, Wall of Voodoo, Aztec Camera and more. Plus, a music block in honor of the upcoming Girls Got Rhythm Fest in St. Paul, MN this week with tracks from Nikki and the Corvettes, The Little Girls and The Pandoras (Nikki Corvette, The Little Girls and Kim Shattuck – formerly of The Pandoras adn currently with The Muffs) will play that weekend (May 11, 12, 13) with Ronnie Spector, The 5, 6, 7, 8s and many more great girl bands
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The podcast edit for this week’s Revenge of the 80s Radio is up and available at the bottom of this post. This week, Pascal Languirand of Trans-X is our guest. Trans-X will release their upcoming new album, Hi-NRG, on May 21. In addition to discussing the album, we will premiere two tracks from Hi-NRG. We will also talk about Languirand’s musical avant-garde artistry, his career and thoughts on composing music. Our conversation leads off Hour 2 of the show.
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During Hour 1, we play a music block, saluting Greg Ham of Men At Work, who passed away a short time ago.
We will also play classics from The (Paul Collins) Beat, The English Beat, The Hoodoo Gurus, Flash & the Pan, Wang Chung and more.
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Tags: 80s podcast, 80s radio, greg ham, hi nrg, interview, living on video, new wave podcast, poscal languirand, trans x, transx, tribute
Posted by
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Paul Collins Beat - photo by Elizabeth Lynch
With several albums and hit songs under his belt, The Beat founder Paul Collins remembers how important the local record store was and still is to our culture and to musicians. Collins and The Beat headlined a lineup of local rockers at Greenwich Village’s landmark Generation Records to show support as part of National Independent Record Store Day.
Tags: 2012, beat, generation records, new york greenwich village, NYC, paul collins, power pop, record store day
Posted by
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The podcast/syndication edit for our 4/20 Revenge of the 80s Radio show is up and available at the bottom of this post. In hour 2, Nikki Corvette talks about her new solo tracks (of which we presented the World Radio Premiere), “I’m Stronger” and “Hot Sun.” We also find out what else Nikki has been up to lately, including taking part in a special benefit concert for musician Scott Morgan and her co-headlining the upcoming Girls Got Rhythm Fest in St. Paul, Min (May 11-12). Our conversation takes place in the second segment of Hour 2.
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We also play music from Mental As Anything, Berlin, Plastic Bertrand, INXS, Adam and the Ants, Laurie Anderson and more.
***NOTE: We will play a tribute music block to Greg Ham of Men At Work on next week’s Revenge of the 80s Radio show. RIP Greg Ham.***
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Posted by
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Greg Ham, multi-instrumentalist for Men at Work, was found dead in his Malbourne, Australia home on Thursday. He was 58.
Among the various woodwind solos Ham will always be remembered for are the sax interlude from “Who Can It Be Now?” and the flute melody in “Down Under.”
Ham’s was discovered after some neighbors realized they had not heard from him in a few days and contacted police. According to various Australian newspapers, police have been investigating his death, but believe that there is no evidence of foul play.
“There are a number of unexplained aspects to it which has caused our attendance here today, and we’re assisting the local detectives to determine what has occurred,” Detective Senior Sergeant Shane O’Connell told reporters.
Men At Work frontman Colin James Hay, longtime friends with Ham, issued the following statement on his band mate’s death:
I met Greg Ham 40 years ago, at Kim Gyngell’s house in 1972. Last year of high school. He had blond hair, rosy cheeks, ridiculously bright eyes, and along with Gyngell, was the funniest person I knew. He was sharp, real sharp. We were friends from then on, we liked each other. He lived for a while in Park Street in St Kilda, in a communal household, which was the best of times. The best parties ever. Greg took up the saxophone and flute during this time, he was always practicing. He got really good. We shared countless, unbelievably memorable times together, from stumbling through Richmond after playing the Cricketers Arms, to helicoptering into New York City, to appear on Saturday Night Live, or flying through dust storms in Arizona, above the Grand Canyon, or getting lost, driving aimlessly through the Gippsland countryside. We played in a band and conquered the world together. I love him very much. He’s a beautiful man. He never lost his love and passion for music, and indeed taught music to kids over the last few years. He was a great teacher, and they loved him. The saxophone solo on Who Can It Be Now, was the rehearsal take. We kept it, that was the one. He’s here forever. I’m thinking about his family, and hoping they are receiving the love and support they need and deserve.
Hay indicated to Australian reporters that Ham was angry and hurt over recently losing a lawsuit claiming that he stole the flute melody for “Down Under” from the 1932 children’s folk tune “Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree” by Marion Sinclair. “ The MAW leader, who is touring the U.S., said the ABC (Australia) that the lawsuit may have been devastating to his overall psyche: ”The last time I saw him was a few months ago and … it’s a long-term thing. There’s always a long-term thing for all of us, the issue of addiction I think.”
Revenge of the 80s Radio will play a tribute music block to Ham no the 4/27 show.
Tags: colin hay, dead, down under, flute, greg ham, melbourne, men at work, saxophone, who can it be now
Posted by
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Paul Collins, “The King of Power Pop,” will headline an all-day Record Store Day event at Generation Records on Thompson Street in New York City on Saturday, April 21. It will be the fourth annual celebration of independent record stores at the Greenwich Vilage landmark.
Collins, a passionate supporter of Power Pop, DIY music and record stores, will anchor a line-up of Power-Pop heavyweights from the New York-Metro area including Supertouch, Joyce Manor and Night Birds plus a host of prominent alt-music DJs.
Generation Records will open up at 10am, and the first DJ will promptly spin new and classic power pop, garage punk and DIY rock tracks. There will be memorabilia and special items available as well, including 60 limited-edition pressings of Supertouch’s new single, “Lost My Way,” according to the store’s event website.
The Record Store Day performance schedule for Saturday is:
- 2:00-2:25 – Joyce Manor
- 2:40-3:05 – Night Birds
- 3:50-4:50 – Zack Lopez (Freshkills)
- 4:50-5:30 – Supertouch
- 6:30-7:10 – Paul Collins Beat
Collins, co-founder of The Nerves, The Breakaways and Founder of The Beat, also recently announced dates for a mini-tour of Australia in May.
Tags: diy, garage punk, generation records, independent record store, indie rock, power pop, record store day, record store day 2012
Posted by
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Tonight on Revenge of the 80s Radio, we feature driving music of the classic alternative era, with songs about cars, driving, speeding, songs with car references in them and tracks that we like to blast with the top and windows down while on the highway. This program is an encore presentation.
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We will also play music from The Kings, Pearl Harbor and the Explosions, Men Without Hats, Josie Cotton, ABC and Stan Ridgway & Pietra Wexstun.
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Tags: Cars, driving music, driving songs, music, new wave 80s podcast, new wave podcast, summer
