Alternative 80s

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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!

  1. #318 - On Any Other Day

    6d ago

    #318 - On Any Other Day

    Almost summertime, but it's not too late for some more cool tunes from the 80s, so let's go! Track Listing: 1) On Any Other Day - The Police 2) Take This Town - XTC 3) Always There - The Fact 4) Hello Again (Remix) - The Cars 5) Here To Go (Go Mix Version) - Devo 6) Out Of Mind Out Of Sight (The Nnix Mmix) - Models 7) Brian (The Pure Techno Bassdrum Mix) - Absurd 8) Numbers\Computer World 2 - Kraftwerk 9) Die Kybernauten - Klangwerk 10) Why Me? (12" Mix) - Planet P Project 11) Jane's Getting Serious - Jon Astley 12) Jane Says - Jane's Addiction 13) Don't Worry - The B-52's 14) Dragnet '88 (Art Of Noise 12" Mix) - The Art Of Noise 15) Warriors Of The Wasteland (Attack Full Mix) - Frankie Goes To Hollywood 16) Eternal Blue - Stiff Kittens 17) Police On My Back - The Clash 18) Song To The Siren - This Mortal Coil

    1h 37m
  2. #317 - What I Want

    May 8

    #317 - What I Want

    Podcast time in May! Some deep cuts, a couple of requests, and some well-known favorites - they're all here! 1) What I Want (12" Mix) - Dead Or Alive 2) Belly Of The Whale (12" Single) - Burning Sensations 3) China (Dance Mix) - Red Rockers 4) The Drop Deal (Mix 1) - Bazz 5) If I Ever - Red Flag 6) Solace (12" Mix) - Play Dead 7) No New Tale To Tell - Love And Rockets 8) Flesh (Full 12" Version) - A Split Second 9) Telephone (Swedish 12" Mix) - Style 10) A E I O U Sometimes Y (Long Version) - Ebn-Ozn 11) When The Lights Go Out - Naked Eyes 12) Dance - Strawberry Switchblade 13) Nicotine Stain - Siouxsie And the Banshees 14) The 15th - Wire 15) Ring Of Fire (Remix) - Wall Of Voodoo 16) World Destruction - Time Zone 17) Blown Away - The Expelled 18) Complications - Killing Joke 19) Stand Alone - Martian Dance 20) This Side Of Heaven - Play Dead 21) Please (Extended Version) - The Bolshoi

    1h 31m
  3. #316 - Mickey

    Apr 19

    #316 - Mickey

    Back after a small amount of recovery, and we have a lot of requests for you, so let's go! Track Listing: 1) Mickey (Original Recording Remastered) - Toni Basil 2) It Only Makes Me Laugh - Danny Elfman 3) Dance This Mess Around - The B-52s 4) Counting The Beat - The Swingers 5) Chelsea Girl - Simple Minds 6) So Long - Fischer Z 7) The Fool - The Fixx 8) Positive Vibrations - The Soft Boys 9) Fergus Sings The Blues - Deacon Blue 10) Close To You - Nine Ways To Win 11) I Have The Touch ('85 Remix) - Peter Gabriel 12) Sensoria - Cabaret Voltaire 13) Over The Shoulder (12" Mix) - Ministry 14) The Past Sure Is Tense - Captain Beefheart 15) Never Never (Extended 12" Mix) - The Assembly 16) Imagination - Sad Lovers And Giants 17) My Favourite Dress - The Wedding Present 18) Really Stupid - The Primitives 19) Rain - The Cult 20) Fear Is Never Boring - The Bears 21) Fahrenheit 1989 - Umo Detic

    1h 39m
  4. #315 - The Closer That You Get

    Mar 29

    #315 - The Closer That You Get

    Nothing fancy this week, just great music mixed for all your listening pleasure! Hope you enjoy it as you get ready for Spring! Track List: 1) The Closer That You Get - Missing Persons 2) Someone Somewhere In Summertime - Simple Minds 3) Noise In This World - English Beat 4) Bottom Line (Original UK 12" Mix) - Big Audio Dynamite 5) Bostich - Yello 6) Our Lips Are Sealed - Fun Boy Three 7) Hounds Of Love (Alternative Mix) - Kate Bush 8) Shadowplay - Joy Division 9) Hearts And Minds (Mix Hypersonic) - Nitzer Ebb 10) Quite Unusual - Front 242 11) After The Flesh - My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult 12) Thieves - Ministry 13) Change (Extended Version) - Tears For Fears 14) Hongkong Garden (Marie Antoinette Version) - Siouxsie And The Banshees 15) Born In Xixax - Nina Hagen 16) Unlikely Remix 17) Blown Away - The Expelled 18) Oh Bondage! Up Yours! - X Ray Spex 19) Sex Bomb Boogie (Magic Flute) - Sigue Sigue Sputnik 20) If You Were Here (Axelsoft's MiXmas Remix) - Thompson Twins 21) Da Da Da Ich Lieb Dich Nicht Du Liebst Mich Nicht Aha Aha Aha - Trio 22) Let's Go All The Way (Multi-Mix by Les "Mix Doctor" Adams of DMC) - Sly Fox

    1h 41m
  5. #314 - Middle Of The Road

    Mar 9

    #314 - Middle Of The Road

    Did y'all survive Daylight Saving's time? Hope so. Ended up with another themed podcast, decided to go with a travel theme since my girl has decided to reide with me in the truck this week. Strap in and let's go! Track Listing: 1) Middle Of The Road - The Pretenders 2) Don't Crash The Car Tonight - Mary's Danish 3) Cruiser - The Cars 4) Can't Get There From Here - R.E.M. 5) Behind The Wheel/Route 66 (Just Say Mao! Version) - Depeche Mode 6) Roam (Extended Mix) - B52's 7) The Passenger - Siouxsie And The Banshees 8) Close (To The Edit) ('altogether now') - Art Of Noise 9) Autobahn (2024 Single Edit) - Kraftwerk 10) Highway Song - Iggy Pop 11) Drive, She Said - Stan Ridgeway 12) In A Big Country (Extended Mix) - Big Country 13) I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers 14) I Ran (So Far Away) (Extended Remix) - A Flock Of Seagulls 15) Little Red Corvette (Dance Mix) - Prince 16) Why Don't We Do It In The Road - Lydia Lunch 17) Road To Nowhere - Talking Heads 18) Black Cars (Extended Version) - Gino Vanelli 19) Rise (12 Inch Version) - Public Image Limited

    1h 35m
  6. #313 - Daylight Savings Time

    Mar 3

    #313 - Daylight Savings Time

    Clocks moves forward soon, so why not songs about, or that reference, time? Track Listing: 1) Clocked In - Black Flag 2) Got The Time - Joe Jackson 3) Like Clockwork - Boomtown Rats 4) 11:59 - Blondie 5) Five Minutes - The Stranglers 6) Minutes To Midnight - Midnight Oil 7) 12 O'Clock Tick Tock - U2 8) A Question Of Time (Extended Mix) - Depeche Mode 9) Midnight - Yazoo 10) Cry, The Clock Said - Gary Numan 11) Time/The End Of Time - The Chameleons 12) Seven Minutes To Midnight - Wah! 13) Clockface - Siouxsie And The Banshees 14) Beat The Clock (Extended Version) - Sparks 15) 10:15 Saturday Night - The Cure 16) Time The Avenger - The Pretenders 17) Clockwork (Extended) - SSQ 18) Time It's Time - Talk Talk 19) Midnight To Midnight - The Psychedelic Furs 20) Seconds - U2 21) How Soon Is Now? - The Smiths 22) Some Other Time - X 23) Twenty Four Hours - Joy Division 24) Seconds (Extended Vocal Re-Edit) - Human League 25) Clockout - Devo

    1h 56m
  7. #312 - Universal Radio

    Feb 15

    #312 - Universal Radio

    Slid into my old college radio days with this podcast - a few more obscure bands than you're probably used to, which is a good thing. Enjoy! Track List: 1) Univeral Radio (Universal Dance Mix) - Nina Hagen 2) Ahead - Wire 3) Ages Of You - R.E.M. 4) Beyond Today - Translators 5) Johnson's Aeroplane - INXS 6) My Cherie Amour - Hudson Creepers 7) Messages - O.M.D. 8) I Want To Be A Toy - Dead Or Alive 9) Universal Daddy (Aquarian Dance Mix) - Alphaville 10) Another Lost Look - Altered Images 11) Treasure (What Ever Happened To Pete The Chop?) - U2 12) In The Wild - Hoodoo Gurus 13) Fascination Street - The Cure 14) Endless Groove - Freur 15) Pull Back My Strings - Swimming Pool Q's 16) Don't Go Away - Primitons 17) When It Rains (Extended Version) - Ten Ten 18) White Door - Windows 19) Opposite World - Mutants 20) White Car - Cabaret Voltaire 21) Rose of Avalanche - Always There 22) Sensitive - The Field Mice

    1h 34m
  8. #311 - Dreaming

    Feb 1

    #311 - Dreaming

    Beginning of February, great time to put out a podcast that deals with affairs of the heart, just in time for Valentine's Day. Don't worry, it's not overly sappy! 1) Dreaming - Blondie 2) Always On My Mind - Pet Shop Boys 3) Bizarre Love Triangle (Extended Dance Mix) - New Order 4) Modern Love (Lost 12" Version) - David Bowie 5) I Got The Message (Long Version) - Men Without Hats 6) Only You - Yaz 7) The Love Parade (12" Mix) - Dream Academy 8) This Must The Be The Place (Naive Melody) - Talking Heads 9) The Ghost In You - Psychedelic Furs 10) If You Were Here - Thompson Twins 11) Those Eyes, That Mouth - Cocteau Twins 12) I Melt With You (Resurrection Version) - Modern English 13) Dear Prudence (Original 12" Version) - Siouxsie And The Banshees 14) When I'm With You (Rework Version) - Sparks 15) Message To My Girl - Split Endz 16) Nowhere Girl (Radio Edit) - B-Movie 17) April Skies - The Jesus And Mary Chain 18) I Will Follow - U2 19) I Wanna Be Adored - The Stone Roses 20) Crazy (12" Mix) - Icehouse 21) Close To Me (Extended 12" Remix) - The Cure 22) I Love You (Extended Version) - Yello 23) Space Age Love Song - A Flock Of Seagulls (With The Prague Philharmonic Orchestra)

    1h 50m
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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!

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  • Creator
    SurfingTrucker
  • Years Active
    2013 - 2026
  • Episodes
    124
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright STR Productions
  • Show Website
    Alternative 80s

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