38 Special- Hold On Loosely.
HFM Armadale. The music director of this station deserves a Meadow Lea award- ‘oughta be congratulated’. Fantastic rock skewed mix.
38 Special are a band that hardly ever gets played on Australian radio, apart from the very occasional run of ‘Second Chance’. Never the AOR hits.
HFM is pretty much the Perth equivalent of what Bridge FM Redcliffe is in Brisbane, and can be heard across much of the metro area.
You can see their playlist here:
And compare it with Bridge FM:
HFM are a bit more adventurous than Bridge FM in my experience. That said, Bridge FM is a solid choice too.
Tears For Fears - “Head Over Heels”
Heard tonight on Star 104.5.
Not that rare, but I’ve only ever heard them play “Everybody Wants To Rule The World” before, so it was a nice change.
Dire Straits- Once Upon A Time In The West
Radio Djiido New Caledonia via E-skip.
Anything is Possible / Icehouse right now on 99.7 Bridge FM. Followed by Rock and Roll Girls /John Fogarty
Phillip Bailey (with Phil Collins on drums and vocals) - Walking on the Chinese Wall on Triple M Melbourne’s Flock of 80s yesterday, haven’t heard that on the radio since the days of EON!
I haven’t heard this one on radio for years!
Voices Carry - Til Tuesday
Great song!
Heard a short while on Great Lakes FM Forster.
I think this song has aged well and would suit the sound of WSFM and Gold104.3 very nicely.
Common Ground / Goanna tonight on 99.7 Bridge FM. Wow, I haven’t heard this since the 80s. Yet I still knew all the words! I think this song pretty much captured the 80s political angst perfectly.
Love that song!
I played ‘Rip In Heaven’ from ‘Til Tuesday on The Conga Line. It was part of a ‘Crap From The Past’ tribute. ‘Voices Carry’ has also been played in the past.
I have also played plenty of Goanna including ‘Common Ground’. Goanna is mainly played on the Tuesday night show (album rock).
Two Of Hearts - Stacey Q
Just played on WSFM 80s… love that song!
Would love to hear her other Aussie hit ‘We Connect’ get a spin.
She Sells Sanctuary by The Cult got a run on Triple M Melbourne today. Probably the best part of my day!
Triple M just need a lot more songs like this, and a lot less of the same old flogged bogan songs. I can’t put up with all the same type of rock songs to wait for gems like this to pop up.
Kate Bush - The Man with the Child in His Eyes
Played on 2UE this morning. I’ve personally never heard this track on Australian radio before (although according to an earlier post, it was played on Smooth back in 2016).
Been on 3MP’s log for quite some time. Have also heard it in regional Vic. 2QN & Edge long before ACE bought them, GOLD 1071 and The River 1467. ABC 774 have used it as a filler over the years too.
Was also a regular on previous incarnations of 3MP, pretty much on the mark for easy listening.
Anyone know the name of this track heard on this 4BH 1987 aircheck.
The track runds from 1:10 to 1:30.
I done a google search on the lyrics “I love green” “Tell the world I do” but only seem to get the two matches from Al green and Jimmy Reed which are two totally different songs.
Does Shazam give you a match?
It’s Corrinna Corrinna by Ray Peterson. “I love Corrinna…”