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19 Feb 2018

Triple X – Show 363 – 18/2/18 – Linda Ronstadt/Jethro Tull/Gino Vanelli/The Cars/Aussies & More

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Show 363

They Say It’s Gonna Rain by Hazell Dean. 1985 single. She’s British Hi-NRG… What a stupid, gimmicky name for a genre of music…

In Circles by Benjamin Orr. Request.

How Do I Make You by Linda Ronstadt. Request.

+Coming Home Now by Boyzone. LGBTI for Stephen Gately, who joined the band in 1993. This is from their 1995 debut album, Said and Done. Gately gets a writing credit as well as singing.

+Journeyman by Jethro Tull. LGBTI for Dee Palmer, their transgander keyboardist from 1977-80. But she also worked with them as an arranger earlier on. This is from their 1978 album, Heavy Horses, their 11^th.

+Subhuman by Throbbing Gristle . Like all their stuff, this is noisy. But it’s LGBTI for Genesis P-Orridge – transgender/third gender – who officially took this name when they turned 21.

Black Cars by Gino Vanelli. Title track from his 1985 album, his 9^th. Canadian singer.

Love Will Find a Way by Yes. From their 12^th studio album, Big Generator, released in 1987.

Single Life by Cameo. Title track from their 1985 album, their 11^th. They were from NYC and started in the early 1970s.

Joe le taxi by Vanessa Paradis. 1988 single from Johnny Depp’s ex. written by Franck Langolff and Étienne Roda-Gil for French child singer Vanessa Paradis (she was 14 when she recorded it in 1987). It was later included in her debut album, M&J, which was released in 1988.

Thighs High (Grip Your Hips and Move) by Tom Browne feat. Toni Smith. 1980 single by jazz trumpeter, Tom Browne. The single is from his third solo album, Magic. The vocals for the single were provided by Toni Smith, who also helped compose the song.

Aussies 1988

*Lost by The Church. From the album Starfish, from 1988 and their 6^th and most successful.

*Streets of Your Town by The Go-Betweens. From 16 Lovers Lane (1988), the group’s most commercial offering, providing this alternative radio hit, the band’s biggest chart hit in both the UK and Australia.

*When There’s This Party by Ed Kuepper. From Everybody’s Got To, Kuepper’s third solo album. It was recorded in 1988 and released on the Hot label.

*All I do by Daryl Braithwaite. 1988 single from his 1988 solo album, Edge. It was his second coming 9 years after the debut.

*Son of a Famous Man by Little River Band. From their 10^th album, Monsoon, also from 1988.

*I think I love you by Ratcat. Ratcat formed in 1986 in Sydney, and were a mainstay of that city’s live music scene. This single is from 1988.

*Don’t Go Now by Ratcat. Request for a double shot so here you go!

Merengue by Malcolm McLaren. Request.

Herjazz by Huggy Bear. 1993 single from this English riot grrrl band, formed in 1991 and based in Brighton. Huggy Bear, btw, was the name of my teddy bear when I was a little kid.

Monica Webster by The Delgados. 1995 release from this Scottish band from Motherwell, North Lanarkshire.

Baby Come to Me by Regina Belle. Request.

Drive by The Cars. Request.

Chain Mail by James. 1986 non-album single.

Secret Island by Swell Maps. From their album, Jane from Occupied Europe. 1980.