Last weekend’s “4 for The Cure Memorial Weekend” special on Sirius XM’s classic-alternative station 1st Wave featured an unannounced and unexpected bonus: Robert Smith counting down his Top 30 songs from the ’80s.
The two-hour show — featuring Smith intro’ing songs by everyone from My Bloody Valentine to Chaka Khan — is being repeated at 4 p.m. Eastern today and 8 p.m. Eastern Sunday on 1st Wave (Sirius 22, XM 44), according to a post on The Cure’s official site.
For Cure fans who don’t have satellite radio, the kind folks at Chain of Flowers have transcribed and/or paraphrased most of Smith’s Top 30 intros, and also have download links for much of last weekend’s Cure special, including Richard Blade’s interview with Smith and the Hollywood Bowl concert.
Robert Smith’s “My ’80s Top 30” on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave:
ABC, “Look of Love”
The Associates, “Tell Me It’s Easter on Friday”
David Bowie, “Let’s Dance”
Kate Bush, “Cloudbusting”
Cocteau Twins, “Persephone”
Christina, “Things Fall Apart”
D.A.F., “Sex Unter Wasser”
Depeche Mode, “Personal Jesus”
Dinosaur Jr, “Freak Scene”
Echo and the Bunnymen, “Killing Moon”
The Fun Boy Three with Bananarama, “It Ain’t What You Do…”
Peter Gabriel, “Red Rain”
Human League, “Human”
The Jesus and Mary Chain, “Some Candy Talking”
Joy Division, “The Eternal”
Chaka Khan, “I Feel For You”
Madness, “Return of the Lost Palmas Seven”
My Bloody Valentine, “Lose My Breath”
Mel & Kim, “Respectable”
New Order, “Everything’s Gone Green”
Yoko Ono, “Walking On Thin Ice”
Pixies, “Gigantic”
The Pretenders, “Don’t Get Me Wrong”
Prince, “Starfish & Coffee”
Psychedelic Furs, “Heaven”
Siouxsie and the Banshees, “Dear Prudence”
Soft Cell, “Tainted Love”
The Sugarcubes, “Birthday”
Suzanne Vega, “Small Blue Thing”
Tom Waits, “In the Neighborhood”
PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS:
Robert was not too keen on Gary Numan, then?
Any bands from Manchester??
uh.. bizarre..!
Er most of us think of Joy Division/New Order as a Manchester band…
Agree with Echo, Psychedelic Furs, ABC and Soft Cell….a few others I would change. Japan, Squeeze and Thompson Twins are missing.