Exploring the legacy of ’80s college rock, the Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour airs Tuesdays at 10 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Pacific on Strangeways Radio. If you caught tonight’s episode, pop over to the Strangeways message board to leave comments or requests for future shows.
And if you missed tonight’s episode, it’ll rebroadcast at 2 p.m. Eastern/11 a.m. Pacific on Friday at strangewaysradio.com.
Sebadoh, “Ocean”
The Gun Club, “Sex Beat”
The Call, “The Walls Came Down”
Magazine, “Shot By Both Sides”
The Replacements, “Bastards of Young”
The Cult, “Love Removal Machine” (Manor Sessions)
The Dead Milkmen, “Welcome to Undertown” [NEW]
Big Country f/ Kate Bush, “The Seer”
Blondie f/ Beth Ditto, “A Rose By Any Name” [NEW]
The Cure, “A Strange Day”
XTC, “Towers of London” (Rejected Single Recording)
The Housemartins, “Get Up Off Our Knees”
Fun Boy Three, “Our Lips Are Sealed”
Lou Reed, “Sex With Your Parents (Motherfucker), Part II”
J Mascis, “The Boy With the Thorn In His Side” (Live)
“Bastards of Young”!!! Bring on “Tim” and back-to-back #1 placings for the ‘Mats in the ’84 and ’85 polls!!!
Loved hearing “The Seer” again–with Kate sounding as wonderful as ever! (And thought for a sec that we were going to get “The Teacher,” too! :)) Saw BC on this tour in ’86. Still ranks up there with the best live performances I have ever seen. The love between band and audience was unlike anything I had experienced before and something I have rarely seen/felt at any show since. The set list was amazing, with the band doing “Fields of Fire” near the beginning AND a longer version at the end(!), with nonstop brilliance in between. (Probably identical to this set: http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/big-country/1986/tower-theatre-upper-darby-pa-43d8c3c7.html)
Stuart, RIP!
Another ACE show, Matt!