I remember watching Countdown in the 1980s at a friends house. My mate was a Greek Australian and the clip for Culture Club’s Karma Chameleon was being played. My mate’s Greek dad walked into the room and said “Turn it off”. I thought it was because Boy George was gay. It was only 1984 and homosexuality was still slightly taboo. Even more so in a Greek household.
I asked why he wanted this particular clip turned off and this 55 year old Greek man replied “Because this woman is a slut” We did not have the heart to tell him that Boy George was a male.
Ahhhhh, I miss the 80s.
Yea I miss the 80s too.
I don’t think we realised how unique it was at the time.
I certainly don’t feel the same fondness for the 90s or 00s, and I was a bit too young at the time to remember much of the 70s.
Having said that, it would be too hard to go back to an era with no internet or multi channel TV, or dare I say it, no MediaSpy !!
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I know what you mean about the WOW factor. It’s something I really need to keep me engaged with a radio station, and those wow songs are too few and far between on mainstream FM, perhaps with the exception of Smooth. Breeze and River 94.9 gives you wow songs all the time which keeps me coming back for more. Kids in the Kitchen were an amazing 80s band - those 3 songs are awesome. Current Stand is probably in my all-time top 50 songs. There was something about the 80s and I suspect they will outlive the 90s and 00s by a big margin.
Hammerhead - James Reyne
Playing right now on 2ST (via 91.7 FM).
I remember hearing that song on 2EC whilst down in the Sapphire Coast (Merimbula/Eden area) as part of their “Flock of 80s” program on weekday mornings back in October. On that same morning, I also heard “I Hear Motion” by The Models, as well as “Wonderful Life” by Black.
If you ask me, the South Coast has more interesting commercial music radio stations than the North Coast, mainly due to the lack of SCA & BOG/SRN stations. 
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Yes and no, re North vs South Coast re music.
When 2EC and 2ST do play music, I agree that they do very well, particularly when you consider it seems to be locally programmed.
However, EC/ST blot their copybook with more talkback programming than I would like to hear, particularly on weeknights. That’s where North Coast SCA take the honours, with the “Greatest Years In Music”, which really isn’t a bad program at all… They’ve played a few gems of late, as I discovered last week.
But yes, either of Grant or SCA vs BOG, it’s no contest. 2RE is the only BOG AM station I’ve heard that plays any decent music. All of the regional BOG FM stations are a mixed bag of shit, they can’t be listened to for any real length of time by anyone.
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That’s a good point, re talkback programming on weeknights (& weekend afternoons during NRL/AFL season) on 2EC/2ST ruining things on the music front. As for its CHR stations, Power FM is better than Star FM IMHO.
Re “Greatest Years In Music”, the closest station in Sydney that airs the program is 2GO on the Central Coast, which can be heard into many parts of the metropolitan area, as well as down to parts of the Illawarra, where Wave & i98 both fight it out in the Hot AC/CHR format, therefore depriving the region of a real adult music station unless one tunes to the Sydney stations. The program is also heard on Mix 106.3 in Canberra, which within its listening area, has a decent amount of ‘classic hits’ AM stations that are receivable such as 2CA, 2GN & 2XL, all of which are part of the Capital Radio Network’s “Forever Classic” group.
As for the regional BOG FM stations being a mixed bag of s**t, I would group Wave FM with them, even though they’re owned by Grant. Seeing that you pick up Wave during good tropo, would you agree with my assessment?
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I don’t think I would quite put WAVE in the same boat as the BOG… WAVE doesn’t in my experience at least, go from one music extreme to the other quite like BOG does.
And SCA does have NRL/AFL in the winter months too.
I’m well aware of the SCA stations, inc. Triple M, taking NRL/AFL in the winter months. 
With this in mind, it’s one of the disadvantages of going to regional areas (ie. outside of Central Coast, Wollongong, Canberra, Gold Coast & Sunshine Coast) on weekends during the winter months, by which you won’t be able to listen to the adult-formatted regional commercial music stations for any length of time if you wanted music that isn’t heavy on the current Top 40 hits that the CHR stations play. 
Caught a couple of gems driving back across the border this afternoon
Goanna - Razor’s Edge on 102.9 Hot Tomato (an absolute favourite of mine)
Charlie Daniels Band - Devil Went Down to Georgia on Rebel 99.4
To go slightly OT, the moment 99.4 came up as receivable (just after the Byron Bay turnoff for those curious) it made my listening experience a whole lot better. This trip has made me very thankful for SEQ radio (a topic I will explore at some point in further detail in the appropriate thread later)
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please remove this overplayed piece of crap from the “Great Songs” thread.
Done. 
when a radio station programs that song, it’s lazy.
There’s so many other quality ACDC songs. 
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It’s being safe, rather than lazy.
But they have so many other songs that sound so much better! Thunderstruck is an awful song!!
Shoot to Thrill
Hells Bells
Let There Be Rock
For Those About To Rock
Jailbreak
Dirty Deeds
To name but a few…
‘Thunderstruck’ is still a very very good song, but yes, AC/DC have a lot of other great songs also deserving of airplay too.
“Enter Sandman” - Metallica on K rock Geelong
Finally living up to their name for once!
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Thanks to tonight’s tropo:
“You Are” Lionel Richie - “Love Song Dedications” on New FM & the Super Radio Network’s FM stations, about a few minutes ago
An unflogged classic of his that is not “All Night Long”, “Hello” or “Dancing On The Ceiling”.
Also within the same hour:
“All My Love” Led Zeppelin
"Rikki Don’t Lose That Number" Steely Dan
Both of the above were heard as part of the Greatest Years In Music’s “Mystery 9 @ 9”, which I normally get just via 2GO, but tonight can also be accessed via KO.
Lovin’ You by Minnie Riperton (live version) got airplay on Mike WIlliams overnight program on 2GB. First time I heard the song since I was a kid some 30 years ago. Having said that I wouldn’t know if this song gets regular rotation on the music/FM stations.
gets played all the time on Smooth TV on Foxtel - every time I look at her I see her daughter (Maya Rudolph) - Minnie died when Maya was just a toddler. So sad.