We were both pretty stunned by the sad news of John Hughes’ passing, as were no doubt hordes of others who’s difficult adolescent years were somehow reflected in a spate of pastel heavy cinematic paens to pubescent heartache. While the 50′s marked the dawning of teen culture, the 80′s gave a voice to their angst and very few captured it on screen better than Hughes, who gave hope to gawky computer geeks, fashion freaks and overzealous jocks alike.
We may have shied away from joining the ranks with yet another tribute to Jacko but we couldn’t let this one pass without a dedicated show covering some of the music which propelled classics like 16 Candles, Pretty In Pink, and soundtracked those moments when you got your 1st car and felt like you were cruising in Cameron’s dad’s Ferrari despite it actually being previously your mum’s clapped out Mini.
Tracklisting:
Psychedelic Furs – “Pretty in Pink”
Big Audio Dynamite – “Bad”
Killing Joke – “Eighties”
The Smiths – “Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want”
Stevie Ray Vaughan – “Lenny”
The Beat – “March of the Swivelheads”
Otis Redding – “Try A Little Tenderness”
Soundbed: Yello “Oh Yeah”
Click here to download the show! (115Mb, 256k MP3)
The featured video for this week could only be this (especially as we didn’t get to play it in full) – Otis Redding’s incredible performance of Try A Little Tenderness:
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