This week, Johnny Mars took us to 1985. The Year that brought us “Back To The Future”, Live Aid Concerts & Nintendo with The Super Mario Brothers and Duck Hunt. Tune in Saturday mornings from 9 to noon, and stream from anywhere using the free Audacy app.
9AM
The Waterboys- “The Whole Of The Moon”
R.E.M.- “Driver 8”
Talking Heads- “The Lady Don’t Mind”
Pete Townshend- “Face The Face”
Simple Minds- “Sanctify Yourself”
Katrina & The Waves- “Walking On Sunshine”
Big Audio Dynamite- “Medicine Show”
Jesus & Mary Chain- “Just Like Honey”
Lone Justice- “Ways To Be Wicked”
Bryan Ferry- “Don’t Stop The Dance”
Husker Du- “Makes No Difference At All”
10AM
John Fogerty- “The Old Man Down The Road”
Stevie Ray Vaughan- “Look At Little Sister”
Tears For Fears- “Mother’s Talk”
Richard Thompson- “When The Spell Is Broken”
Til Tuesday- “Voices Carry”
John Mellencamp- “Rumble Seat”
Wang Chung- “To Live And Die In L.A.”
Dire Straits- “One World”
New Order- “Perfect Kiss”
Eric Clapton- “Forever Man”
Shriekback- “Nemesis”
11AM
The Smiths- “How Soon Is Now”
The Firm- “Radioactive”
Suzanne Vega- “Marlene On The Wall”
The Cure- “A Night Like This”
Sting- “Love Is The Seventh Wave”
The Replacements- “Kiss Me On The Bus”
Nick Lowe- “Seven Nights To Rock”
Prefab Sprout- ‘When Love Breaks Down”
Kate Bush- “Running Up That Hill”
Del Fuegos- “Don’t Run Wild”
The Untouchables- “Free Yourself”
INXS- “This Time”
Next week, Johnny Mars takes us to 1974. The year David Bowie was singing about “1984”, America had a Watergate Scandal on its hands followed by a presidential resignation and Stephen King published his first novel, “Carrie”. Tune in Saturday mornings from 9 to noon, and stream from anywhere using the free Audacy app.