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”
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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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It all went a little disco via the Indian subcontinent this week, with both Trick and Tom dropping Pakistani and Indian classics and Tom then contuining with tracks all matching one theme: they took some kind of inspiration from Giorgio Moroder.
Add on to that an old fave of both presenters in the form of Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy and a classic, CLASSIC Upsetters dub (arguably one of the funkier out there) and it all amounts to one fine listen. Don’t believe us? Hit the play button below and if the opening track doesn’t grab you, nothing will…
Tracklisting:
Karye Pyar “Tafo feat Nahid Akhtar”
Vijay Benedict “Kasam Paida Karne Wale Ki”
Ebony Bones “The Muzik”
Killing Joke “Turns To Red”
Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy “Language Of Violence (Jazz Version)”
Boriken Soul “Boriken”
The Upsetters “Dub In The Backseat”
Soundbed: Georgio Moroder’s Midnight Express OST including “Chase” and “Love Theme”
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Featured video this week is the original version of the Disposables “Language of Violence”, a old favourite of ours which sadly didn’t age as well. A shame as at the time this was truly awesome stuff:
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