Exploring the legacy of ’80s college rock, Slicing Up Eyeballs airs every Tuesday 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. (This episode, by the way, is a mixtape we made for Versions Galore; it can be downloaded here).
Intro: Love and Rockets, “Motorcycle”
David Bowie, “I’ve Been Waiting For You” (Neil Young)
Ted Leo/Pharmacists, “Six Months in a Leaky Boat” (Split Enz)
Primal Scream, “Darklands” (The Jesus and Mary Chain)
Depeche Mode, “Route 66” (Nat King Cole)
The Damned, “Alone Again Or” (Love)
The House of Love, “Pink Frost” (The Chills)
U2, “Dancing Barefoot” (Patti Smith)
New Order, “Turn the Heater On” (Keith Hudson)
Pixies, “Winterlong” (Neil Young)
The Replacements, “Monkey Gone to Heaven” (Pixies)
Suede, “Brass in Pocket” (The Pretenders)
The Great Book of John, “Never Tear Us Apart” (INXS)
The Cure, “Hello, I Love You (Slight Return)” (The Doors)
The Flaming Lips, “Unmade Bed/No Quarter” (Sonic Youth/Led Zeppelin)
Echo & The Bunnymen, “Paint It Black” (Rolling Stones)
Erasure, “Just Can’t Get Enough” (Depeche Mode)
Morrissey, “That’s Entertainment” (The Jam)
