Also what I forgot to add to what I heard on Triple M’s Awesome 80s Friday (Regional version) was Queen - One Vision one of the other seldom played songs from Queen from the band’s “A Kind of Magic” album appearing in the 1985 film Iron Eagle and charting in at #35 on the Kent Music Report charts in 1986.
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Late this afternoon
Caravan Of Love - The Housemartins
(on 87.8 Newy FM LPON Newcastle)
As I Lay Me Down - Sophie B Hawkins
(on 107.9 Move FM Lithgow)
No Say In It - Machinations
Lost - The Badloves
(both on SWR 99.9 Blacktown)
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Sophie B had some great songs.
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It kind of puts commercial radio to shame when music video channels play better music
Saw these three in a row just now on MTV 80s (Foxtel Channel 804)
Lessons In Love - Level 42
Too Much - Bros
I Was Born To Love You - Freddie Mercury
I believe this channel is now programmed in the US, which sadly would mean that I won’t see much Australian music, certainly not like with the old MAX Music TV channel.
NOW 80s, a FAST channel on my Fetch TV, is a UK based music video channel is another one that also plays some great rarely heard on radio songs.
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Or Channel V in the early 90’s
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The Proclaimers - Sunshine On Leith. Just now on The Breeze (of course). Never heard this song on radio let alone on radio in Australia! Was soooo good to hear.
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As a Heart of Midlothian supporter I puke when this song comes on, given the close link with Hibernian (didn’t think Scottish Football would get a run on this thread didn’t you)…
The Stranger by Billy Joel
Just now on Breeze 100.6
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I walked around Woolworths this morning and they heard a good song, Scar from Missy Higgins.
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The Fire Inside/ Bob Seger on Breeze. Gee haven’t heard this song for decades. It’s more an album track I thought. Anyway I must have heard it on FM104 maybe in an album show.
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Last Friday
October Grey - Screaming Jets on C91.3
Smoke From A Distant Fire - Sanford Townsend Band on Vintage FM
2 great songs I haven’t heard in ages 
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On The Breeze this morning:
Marcella Detroit, “I Believe “ I hadn’t heard this song on radio for about 30 years 
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The Triple M (Sydney) metro GOAT Year Battles is playing some great tracks.
Today the battle was 1971 vs 1983
Some great 1971 songs I heard today were
Maggie May - Rod Stewart
Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin
Lola - The Kinks
(as 70s music is fast becoming lost to radio as we age).
1983 was a little more predictable but notable songs I heard were
Beat It - Michael Jackson (not often heard on the metro stations)
1999 - Prince (only notable because they played the 12 inch mix)
Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Yes
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At 2:56 PM during Triple M Sydney’s GOAT Year countdown, they played Divinyls: “I Ain’t Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore” a cover of the Young Rascals song from 1965 that appeared in the 1992 film “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”
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Heard a few great songs on Triple M Regional’s Awesome 80s Friday via Triple M Newcastle in no particular order
You’ll Never Know - 1927
Boys Don’t Cry - The Cure
Shock the Monkey - Peter Gabriel
Talk it Over - Grayson Hugh
Two Tribes - Frankie Goes to Hollywood (a lot of rugby league fans will remember the Jon Stevens cover to promote Super League Australia during their only season when the rugby league competition was split into two in 1997)
Lookin’ for Love - Johnny Diesel and the Injectors
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Lemon Tree - Fools Garden
This morning on Chilli FM Launceston
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I wonder how, I wonder why?
(They came to play that)
Great song.
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Peter Frampton’s “Do You Feel Like We Do” on Vintage FM about 2 hours ago…the full 14 minutes!!! 
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Heard tonight on 7BOD “Star FM” community radio 98.5 Bicheno where I am tonight
Slipping Away - Max Merritt & The Meteors
Get That Jive - Dragon
More More More - Bananarama
Miss Devine - Icehouse
And on the “Retro 20/20” countdown on 105.1 7SD
Cars - Gary Numan
The Unguarded Moment - The Church
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Heard today on Yacht Rock DAB Hobart
Lotta Love - Nicolette Larson
Trouble - Lindsay Buckingham
Stumblin In - Chris Norman & Suzi Quatro (the original and the best!)
Lowdown - Boz Scaggs
And on ABC Hobart DAB (stereo)
Sleeping Satellite - Tamsin Archer
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