A Touch of Pink

3 Jun 2016

Show 550 / 4 June 2016

Wow! My 550^th show and still here … with another great selection of trash pop with a gay slant, actually 6 gay acts tonight, including Damien Mancell (see below) and Rod Thomas (aka BLx2 see above).

There’s a few old acts with new albums that are worth considering. The three Degrees have a great new album called Strategy: Our Tribute To Philadelphia, a collection of oldies such as Disco Inferno, Don’t Leave Me This Way and Love Train. ABC have a follow up to 1982’s Lexicon Of Love, and it’s another collection of lush orchestrated ballads with an 80’s sound. Thomas Anders (lead singer from Modern Talking) has a new album featuring a couple of new tracks plus 13 re-recorded versions of Modern Talking’s hits. Cyndi Lauper’s new country album is wonderful, my favourite track being You’re the reason our kids are ugly. There is a Volume 2 of BBC Radio 2’s Sounds Of The 80’s, recorded by artists such as Foxes, Will Young, All Saints and Mika. And don’t forget about Rufus Wainwright’s Take All My Loves, a new album based on Shakespeare Sonnets. Other current favourites include Tight Fit’s Together, a new collection of remixed hits, Billie Ray Martin’s The Soul Tapes, a collection of soul covers, and Mari Wilson’s Pop Deluxe, a collection of hits from 60’s ladies such as Dusty, Cilla and Petula.

My Song Of The Week is “House On A Rock” from Ngaire (see above). An amazing singer from Sydney with the 5^th track from her new album Blastoma, due out on 10^th June. There is no video for this song yet, but check out the video for the 2^nd single Diggin below.

Here follows tonight’s playlist. Tune in this Saturday on JOY 94.9 from 6-7pm for a bakers dozen of fab-u-lous tracks. Your host is Dick.

Playlist for Show 550 to be broadcast on 4th June 2016

Three Degrees	Strategy
Ngaire **	House on a rock
Jes	Dreamweaver (Roger Shah radio edit)
Amanda Lear	Follow me
Eurotix ##	You won’t see me dancing
Jimmy Somerville and John Winfield ##	Somebody’s lover now ft Matthew David and Gillian Wisdom
RuPaul ##	U wear it well
Thomas Anders	Lunatic
Ladyhawke **	A love song (Adam Turner radio edit)
Jussie Smollett and Bre-Z ##	Shine On Me
Bright Light Bright Light ft Elton John ##	All in the name (Cid and Fancy radio edit)
Damien Mancell ** ##	To be with you (stars)
ABC	Flames of desire

AUSSIE Content * GLBTIQ Content #

What have we seen around town this week ?

Film : The Nice Guys : Starring Russell Crowe and (the dreamy – see below) Ryan Gosling as two hopeless private detectives following the same person. It plays out like a cross between L.A. Confidential and Pulp Fiction, with an hysterically funny script. We laughed out loud on a number of occasions, always a good sign. Excellent.