TripleX

21 Dec 2015

13 December 2015

Show 264

I’ll be Good by Rene and Angela. (Jimmy) René Moore and Angela Winbush are artist/producers who recorded four album: their 1980 self-titled debut, the second album Wall to Wall in 1981 and their final album for the label, 1983’s Rise…all from Capitol. In 1985 they switched to Mercury and put out a final album, Street Called Desire, from which this single was released that same year. Finished with 1 minute of it last week and got 2 texts asking for the rest, so here it is…

88 Lines about 44 Women by The Nails. Originally recorded for their 1981 EP Hotel for Women, the song was re-recorded and released to critical and commercial acclaim on the band’s 1984 album Mood Swing. This is a Bill Young song…whom Mark found! He’s alive, well and living off the grid in Vermont.

+Rage Hard by Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Their fifth single. It was released in August 1986. It was also the second track on their second and final album, Liverpool, released in the same year. LGBTIQ for lead singer William Holly Johnson.

You make it heaven by Terri Wells. Request.

Summer Breeze by St Clair Pinckney. Request.

Cruisin’ by D’Angelo. Request.

Don’t Look Any Further by Dennis Edwards & featuring Siedah Garrett. Edwards is much better known for his years as a lead with the Temptations. But in 1984 he tried this solo work till being recalled to the band. He was also married to Ruth Pointer and their daughter Issa sings with mum in The Pointer Sisters. Siedah is a prolific artist, writing and performing with everybody…from Michael Jackson to the Brand New Heavies, Madonna to Quincy Jones.

Dance On by Prince. 1988 track from Lovesexy, his 10th studio album.

+Move Away by Culture Club. The first single from 1986’s From Luxury to Heartache, their last album before George was arrested for heroin possession and the band broke up. Here’s a bit of trivia you might not have known, Lieutenant Lush from Bow Wow Wow was George O’Dowd’s first stage persona. He also dated CC’s drummer, Jon Moss, during the early years of the band…which made it very messy when they broke up. LGBTIQ

Aussie Johns – following up on my Johnnys from last week… I’ll have to follow up next week with all women to make up for 2 weeks with just 1…

*Miracle in Marrickville by John Kennedy. 1985 7” single released by Kennedy as a solo artist. When he was confirmed as a little Catholic kid he took the middle name Francis so he could be JFK.

*That’s Freedom by John Farnham. 1990 single release from Chain Reaction, his 14th studio album, also from 1990.

*If I were a Carpenter by John Swan or Swanee. 1981 single release that sounds a bit like his brother, Barnesy… It was also on his 1982 album, This time it’s different.

*Rip Rip Woodchip by John Williamson. 1989 single that won the 1990 award for Most Performed Australasian Country Work from APRA.

*Gay Time Rock and Roll City by John Paul Young. The song opened JPY’s “Green” album in 1977.

*Totally Hot by Olivia Newton-John. Title track from her 1978 album, her 10th studio album…except in the US where it was no. 9 because her 1972 album Olivia wasn’t released there till 1995.

What is Punk by Mr T Experience. I haven’t played a Bill Young song in ages and now here are 2 tonight. This track is from the Berkeley band’s second album, Night Shift at the Thrill Factory, released in 1988.

More than a Feeling by Boston. Written by Boston founder Tom Scholz and released as the lead single from their self-titled debut album on Epic Records in September 1976, with “Smokin'” on the flipside. The single peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100. In 1999 it was named the 39th best hard rock song of all time by VH1.

Everybody have fun tonight by Wang Chung. 1986 hit single from their album Mosaic. Sometimes listed as a one hit wonder in the US where Dance Hall Days just didn’t make it as big… My fave memory of this is of Fraser quoting the title in his Fraser way on Cheers.

+Rapture by Blondie. From 1981. I quite liked it at the time but I’m not sure why… I get to tick the LGBTIQ box for Deborah Harry who has said a number of times that she has had intimate relationships with both men and women.

Here I go Again by Whitesnake. David Coverdale’s band after leaving Deep Purple…I had no idea these guys were English. This is a 1982 single, released from Saints and Sinners, their 5th studio album.

+Wish I could Fly like Superman by The Kinks. 1979 single that was also released on the Kinks’ 1979 album, Low Budget. The song’s disco style was created as a response to Arista Records founder Clive Davis’s request for “a club-friendly record,” despite writer Ray Davies’ hatred of disco. His brother Dave is their openly gay lead guitarist.