TripleX

14 Sep 2015

13 September 2015

Show 252

Featuring Diana Wolfe and Monique Kenny from The Party Girls.

All Fall Down by Platinum Blonde. Canadian band that formed in 1982…though it has had a number of English and Scottish members along the way. This is from their 1983 self-titled debut album.

*Nervous Kid by Maybe Dolls. Diana’s Cd.

*Boys In Town by Divinyls. Diana’s Cd.

*Venus by The Party Girls. Diana’s Cd.

Johnny Hit and Run Paulene by X. Soundtrack song from The Decline of Western Civilization, an American doco about the Los Angeles punk rock scene, filmed through 1979 and 1980 and directed by Penelope Spheeris.

1 of the 2 by The Damned. From their 1977 debut album, Damned Damned Damned.

*History Never Repeats by Split Enz. Request.

Aussie women

*Wasn’t it Good by Tina Arena. From Arena’s second album Don’t Ask (1994).

*Let the Music Play by Marcia Hines. 1978 single from Ooh Child, her 4th studio album.

*Under My Skin by Deborah Conway. 1991 String of Pearls…the album that garnered Conway the 1992 ARIA for best female artist.

*Xanadu by Olivia Newton-John. Single from the 1980 movie soundtrack, peaked at no. 2 in Australia.

*Soviet Snow by Shona Laing. From openly bisexual Kiwi artist who has said she will never be in a sexual relationship with a man again…which seems to me makes her a lesbian, but, pfft, labels, who needs ‘em? This is from her 1988 album, South.

*Ambiguous Girl by Sweet Jayne. Featuring lesbian rocker and Melbourne star Cris Bonacci, who was the lead guitarist and gave the British band Schoolgirl their heavy sound in the 80s and early 90s…and both managed and slept with Samantha Fox. This is from their self-titled EP from 1979.

XXL by Mylene Farmer. Request.

Split Myself in Two by Meat Puppets. From their second album, Meat Puppets II, released in 1984.

Johnny Are You Queer by Josie Cotton. Request.

Money Changes Everything by Cyndi Lauper. Request.

Come Back by Dresden China. 1986 track from this West German band. They formed in 1985 at the height of the German new wave era, joining Alphaville, Camouflage and others. They continued to play and record till 2012.

I’m Gonna Be Somebody by Jack Mack and the Heart Attack. From the soundtrack to the 1984 film Police Academy. The band was originally a 60s cover band formed by Max Carl Gronenthal, who penned tunes for a variety of 80s films.

Wild Night by John Mellencamp and Me’Shell Ndegeocello. Request. Boosting my LGBTIQ content with Ndegeocello.