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Alternative 80s

Alternative 80s

Written by: PopTart Tango Productions
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Offering up the best in New Wave, Goth, Post-Punk and Ska from the 80's, including rare and hard to find music you forgot you've missed!Copyright 2026 PopTart Tango Productions Music
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  • #310 - Love Me Simple
    Jan 26 2026

    Snowmageddon! Despite a good portion of the US being buried under snow and ice, it's beautiful here on the Emerald Coast - perfect podcast weather!

    Track Listing:

    1) Love Me Simple - Tuesday Blue

    2) Message Of Love - The Pretenders

    3) Up The Junction - Squeeze

    4) Ghostdance (Surprise Mix) - Ghostdance

    5) Hysteria (Defcon Mix) - Amnesia

    6) Russian Roulette (New Beat Mix) - Zinno

    7) The Drop Deal - Bazz

    8) Junk Funk (Get On Down) [John Peel Sessions BBC 1] - Frankie Goes To Hollywood

    9) Hymn - Ultravox

    10) Nothing Compares 2 U - The Family

    11) Beat Box (Wicked Mix) - The Art Of Noise

    12) Robo Cop - Sleeze Boyz

    13) Pump Up The Volume (Original 1987 Mix) - M.A.R.R.S.

    14) Riders In The Night - Freur

    15) Punish Me With Kisses - The Glove

    16) Swimming Horses - Siouxsie And The Banshees

    17) Standing There - The Creatures

    18) Fade To Grey (Extended Mix) - Neon

    19) The Devil Does Drugs - My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult

    20) Lightning Man - Nitzer Ebb

    21) This Is A Test - Channel 5

    22) Quite Unusual - Front 242

    23) To Look At You - INXS

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    1 hr and 51 mins
  • #309 - Don't Go
    Jan 13 2026

    Holidays are over, and I hope everyome enjoyed theirs. Had a wonderfuly surprising visit from a AWESOME friend from Utah, so got sidetracked. Hope this podcast makes it up to y'all.

    1) Don't Go (Original 12" Remix) - Yazoo

    2) Speed Racer (Extended Version) - DEVO

    3) Uh-Oh (Here I Go Again) - The Rings

    4) Blister In The Sun - Violent Femmes

    5) Puss-N-Boots - Adam And The Ants

    6) Echo Beach - Toyah

    7) Love Like Blood - Killing Joke

    8) Promised Land (12" Version) - Skeletal Family

    9) She Sells Sanctuary - The Cult

    10) Just Fascination - Cabaret Vltaire

    11) Flesh For Fantasy (Below The Belt Mix) - Billy Idol

    12) I Want Your Love - Transvision Vamp

    13) Never Say Never - Romeo Void

    14) Secret Separation (Extended Version) - The Fixx

    15) She's Always In My Hair (12" Version) - Prince

    16) Ceremony (Original Version) - New Order

    17) Up On the Catwalk (Extended Version) - Simple Minds

    18) Just Got Lucky (Remix Version) - JoBoxers

    19) Suspicion (Jezebel Mix) - Gene Loves Jezebel

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    1 hr and 38 mins
  • #308 - Christmas 2025, Episode 2
    Dec 19 2025

    Too much awesome Christmas to contain in one podcast, so here's Episode 2!

    Track Listing:

    1) Things Fall Apart - Christina

    2) Baby It's Christmas - Banarama

    3) It's Always Christmas Time - Al Jourgensen

    4) Christmas Day - Squeeze

    5) Another Lonely Christmas (Extended) - Prince

    6) I Believe In Father Christmas - U2

    7) Blue Christmas - The Misfits

    8) Oi To The World - The Vandals

    9) This Time Of The Year - Mighty Mighty Bosstones

    10) Christmas Is Coming - The Payolas

    11) Frosty The Snowman - Cocteau Twins

    12) Feed The World - Band Aid

    13) Winter Sky - Big Country

    14) Home On Christmas Day - Cyndi Lauper

    15) A Change At Christmas (Say It Isn't So) - Flaming Lips

    16) My Silent Night - Lisi

    17) Run Run Rudolph - Billy Idol

    18) Space Christmas - Shoenen Knife

    19) Fairytale Of New York - The Pogues Featuring Kirsty MacColl

    20) The Fat Man's Coming - David Byrne

    21) Snow Girl - Haircut 100

    22) Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - The Pretenders

    23) Xmas Time (Sure Doesn't Feel Like) - Mighty Mighty Bosstones

    24) Silent Night - Sinead O'Connor

    25) Merry Christmas, Santa Claus - Max Headroom

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    1 hr and 33 mins
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