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80's Show - Songs From the Big Hair - 09-01-13

Tex Rubinowitz, Dirty Looks, Lyres, Elevators and more...


Once again, Robbie White comes down to WRIR to play the hits and rarities of the 1980s.

Artist/Song

Saturday Night Is Partying Time

Joe King Carrasco & the Crowns: Party Weekend

Date Bait: I'm Outta Here

Beatnik Flies: Message From The Underground

Tex Rubinowitz: Feelin' Right Tonight

Slickee Boys; Invisible People

Banarama: Cruel Summer

Jack Webb: Anti-Drug Promo

Bangles: Live (Cover of the Merry Go Round)

Capt Sensible: WOT

Any Trouble: Second Chance

Rosanna Rosanadanna

Let's Active: Blue Line

Eddie Angel: Rampage

Hoodoo Gurus: Spaghetti Western

Duane Eddy: The Trembler

Raybeats: The Calhoun Surf

Bow Wow Wow: Orang-Outang

Slickee Boys: Crawling Hand

Monks: Skylab

Lyres: Help You Ann

Blotto: My Baby's The Star Of A Drivers Ed Movie

Monks: Johnny Be Rotten

Johnny Rubbish: Living in NW3

Church: Under The Milky Way

dBs: Love Is For Lovers

Dirty Looks: They've Got Me Covered

Elevators: Girlfriend's Girlfriend

Monks: I Ain't Gettin' Any

Flock Of Seagulls: I Ran

Cheech & Chong Commercial

Cure: Boys Don't Cry

Martha & the Muffins: Women Around The World At Work

NRBQ: Me And The Boys

Fleshtones: Shadow Line

Harry Nilsson: That Is All

80's Show - Songs From the Big Hair - 04-06-13

Monsoon, Department S, Jill Solbule, Martin Newell and more... Martha Hull & the Steady Jobs - First Time 7" - Wasp Records MS7, 1982 Robbie White does the 80's Show with me once again! artist / song: manitoba's wild kingdom / the party starts now barracudas / i wish it could be 1965 again dogs / hey belinda stranglers / skin deep rollins band / earache my eye wanktones / vuelve primavera martha hull & the steady jobs / i wanna burn out ratso / it ain't easy being cool bruce springstone / flinstones cramps / new kind of kick beastie boys / fight for your right to party smitherines / only a memory billy bremner / loud music in cars human sexual response / jackie onassis godfathers / cold turkey damned / help pretenders / not a second time monsoon / tomorrow never knows spongetones / eloquent spokesman big country / in a big country martin mull / men leroi brothers / pretty little lights of town david johansen / we gotta get outta this place dept s / is vic there jill solbule / in living color marshall crenshaw / the usual thing ramones / danny says xtc / ball & chain dukes of stratosphere / vanishing girl martin newell / julia profumo utopia / love is the answer

80's Show - Songs From the Big Hair - 09-29-12

Lime Spiders, Squeeze, XTC, Fleshtones and more.... The Robbie White 80's Spectacular once again comes to WRIR!!! artist / song: don't play us cheap / saturday night is partying time johnny bombay & the reactions / ramona velvet monkeys / drive in killer bees / tv violence the dark / late show gene simmons / anti-drug song blasters / marie marie ratso / rumble bob e rock / same ol' cat jump 'n the saddle / the curly shuffle smithereens / behind the wall of sleep missing persons / destination unknown stranglers / hanging around captain lou promo / captain lou albano nrbq / me and the boys lime spiders / slave girl fleshtones / screaming skulls cynics / get away girl cramps / bop pills english beat / can't get used to losing you sam phillips / i can't stop crying pretenders / thin line between love & hate star trek / anti-drug promo barone & mastro / lost like me korgis / if it's all right with you baby stackridge / something about the beatles marshall crenshaw / mary ann spongetones / my girl mary ann utopia / last of the new wave riders lords of the new church / like a virgin squeeze / if I don't love you xtc / bell and chain cleaners from venus / fun brotherhood of lizards /rusty iron sun

80's Show - Songs From the Big Hair - 04-28-12

Flirts, Wiretrain, Fiction Factory, Howard Jones and more... Robbie White and myself in the kitchen at WRIR after the show artist / song: manitoba's wild kingdom / the party starts now flirts / put another dime in the jukebox joan jett & the blackhearts / i love rock 'n' roll lords of the new church / open your eyes blondie / call me ramones / psychotherapy cramps / goo goo muck damned / smash it up pt2 fiction factory / heaven jam / town called malice howard jones / what is love? wiretrain / chambers of hellos joe jackson / steppin' out martha and the muffins / echo beach xtc / senses working overtime the las / there she goes replacements / i will dare rockpile / teacher teacher marshall crenshaw / someday someway siouxsie and the banshees / spellbound taravelling willburys / handle with care george harrison / got my mind set on you souxie & the banshees / dear prudence pete shelley / homosapien wall of voodoo / mexican radio todd rungren / bang on the drum all day frank zappa / valley girl squeeze / is that love? go-gos / we got the beat pretenders / stop your sobbing vapors / turning japanese

80's Show - Songs From the Big Hair - 01-21-12

Robbie White returns with more 80's gems and rarities... artist / song: original cast of "don't play us cheap" /saturday night martha hull / fujiama mama bob e rock / humes senior high eddie angel / rampage wanktones / shortnin' bread dave van allen / i'm gonna sit right down and mail myself to elvis tex rubinowitz and the bad boys / bad boy dogs / never come back pleasurehead / catholic guilt ramones / mental hell revillos / bobby come back jam / start josie cotton / johhny are you queer? bow wow wow / i want candy jags / back of my hand smitherines / blood & roses stranglers / golden brown tpoh / i'm an adult now joan jett & the blackhearts / bad reputation frank zappa / sharleena frank zappa / republican medley cramps / new kind of kick fleshtones / new scene fuzztones / 1-2-5 cynics / get away girl plan 9 / flashback nrbq / captain lou albano marshall crenshaw / cynical girl bongos / numbers with wings utopia / princess of the universe lambrettas / beat boys in the jet age xtc / respectable street

80's Show - Songs From the Big Hair - 11-12-11

Colonel White is back in town to let his 80's tunes off the leash!!! Robbie White (aka: the Colonel) and yours truly in the WRIR kitchen artist / song: stranglers / waltz in black hugh cornwell / white room stranglers / nuclear device tru fax & the insaniacs / king of machines beatnick flies / in my heart slickee boys / golden love dan / eighteen wanktones / lovin' man tex rubinowitz & the bad boys / rock 'n' roll ivy marshall crenshaw / monday morning rock bongos / in the congo ian.gomm / hold on national lampoon / mr. rogers brian wilson / love and mercy was not was / knocked down made small nick lowe / ragin' eyes xtc / king for a day expressos / tango in mono frank zappa / sharleena frank zappa / hot plate heaven in the green hotel frank zappa / watermelon in easter hay black flag / tv party bad brains / pay to cum stiff little fingers / at the edge dogs / gone damned / stretcher case cramps / you got good taste ramones / the kkk took my baby away tpoh / walking in the woods utopia / one world records / i spent a week with you last night

80's Show - Songs From the Big Hair - 07-30-11

80's hits and rarities with guest dj Robbie White, aka "The Colonel" Robbie White with 2 tickets to the 80's artist / song: kim wilde / water on glass jam / set the house ablaze chords / maybe tomorrow single bullet theory / keep it tight robin lane & the chartbusters / send me an angel katrina and the waves / red wine and whiskey xtc / senses working overtime beatnick flies / daze of apple wine velvet monkeys / world of steve martin / mad at my mother insect surfers / i'm im gear blotto / i wanna be a lifeguard kirsty maccoll / he's on the beach utopia / trapped utopia / love in action squeeze / quintessence flo & eddie / we are all gumby fleshtones / american beat martha and the muffins / women around the world at work lords of the new church / new church frank zappa / the meek shall inherit nothing monsoon / ever so lonely ronnie spector / something's gonna happen bangles / how is air up there dolly mixture / everything and more tpoh / hard to laugh dbs / black and white ramones / do you remember rock 'n' roll radio? adolescents / amoeba dogs / too much class for the neighbourhood ian gomm / hooked on love

80's Show - Songs From the Big Hair - 02-04-11

Colonel White came down from Maryland to join me today and play some great tunes/rarities from the 1980's. Enjoy!!! artist/song: manitoba's wild kingdom / the party starts now slickee boys / life of the party tommy keene / back to zero martha hull / feelin' right tonight wanktones / hiccupped to hell velvet monkeys / evelyn marble todd rundgren / the want of a nail utopia / infrared & ultraviolet rubinoos / if i had you back tpoh / she's so young xtc / sacrificial bonfire cheap trick / next position please bourgeois tagg / i don't mind at all monks / i ain't gettin'any new musik / world of water jam / running on the spot barone and maestro / flew a falcon roger & the goosebumps / stairway to gilligan's island dee dee king / funky man wufticket / yamama joe piscopo & eddie murphy / ebony & ivory paul mccartney / this one damascus / a day in the life of green acres utopia / i just want to touch you toms / it's needless julian lennon / valotte dave stewart & barbara gaskins / it's my party private dicks / she said no a-moms / modern noise leila & the snakes / r&r weirdos stranglers / everybody loves you when you're dead lightning raiders / psychecelic music little bo bitch / annoying all the neighbors

80's Show - Songs From the Big Hair - 09-11-10

Robbie White brings the tunes and joins me in the studio for 2 hours of 80's fun. artist/song: manitoba's wild kingdom/the party starts now • kim wilde/kids in america • slickee boys/gotta tell me why • sunnyboys/show me some discipline • tru fax & the insaniacs/mystery date • beatnick flies/in my heart • swimming pool q's/stock car sin • joan jett/little liar • go gos/how much more • expressos/tango in mono • siouxsie & the banshees/dear prudence • evan johns & the h-bombs/sugar cookie • tex rubinowitz & the bad boys/hot rod man • polecats/make a circuit with me • billy hancock & the tennessee rockets/please don't touch • buzz & the fliers/little pig • revillos/rev up • the king/sweet home alabama • alice cooper/drug free psa • neil young/rockin' in the free world • star trek/drug free psa • ramones/we want the airwaves • madness/house of fun • replacements/unsatisfied • tears for fears/sowing the seeds of love • george harrison/cheer down • records/i don't remember your name • dootz/i'm the dootz • dan/misunderstood • utopia/last of the new wave riders • lime spiders/action woman • stranglers/all day and all of the night

80's Show - Songs From the Big Hair - 06-26-10

Playlist (artist/song/label): 4 out of 5 doctors/opus 10/nemporer • single bullet theory/keep it tight/nemporer • luxury/green hearts/sr • shoes/she satisfies/elektra • sorrows/teenage heartbreak/pavillion • romantics/21 and over/nemporer • ruts/staring at the rude boys/virgin • jam/monday/polydor • urban verbs/subways/wb • replacements/color me impressed/twin tone • suburbs/love is the law/polygram  • new models/permanent vacation/modern method • elevators/girlfriend's girlfriend/arista • nervebreakers/my girlfriend is a rock/wild child • cucumbers/my boyfriend/fake doom • don dixon/preying mantis/enigma • mission of burma/academy fight song/ace of hearts • scream/came without warning/dischord • brian briggs/see you on the other side/bearsville • wipers/d-7/park ave • elvis costello/mystery dance/columbia • dave alvin/border radio/sony • holly beth vincent/honalu/wounded bird • kirsty maccoll/he's on the beach/irs • let's active/blue line/irs • robin lane & the chartbusters/why do you tell lies/wb • third world/96 degrees in the shade/umg • barrence whitfield & the savages/stop twistin' my arm/rounder • black uhuru/spongi reggae/mango • 20/20/yellow pills/portrait • hoodo gurus/arthur/a&m • swimming pool q's/little misfit/db • x/hungry wolf/elektra • skids/into the valley/virgin