Baggy Trousers 80s Night 26.5.2018

Bit of a frustrating start with the bloody football on in the pub, having to dumb down the first hour, but that's as far as the moaning goes for this post! Very soon after, we had a full pub, and best of all, a full dancefloor. The drinks flowed, the friends and punters kept coming, and the requests were relentless! It was so much fun seeing everyone really getting into the night, having not seen this since my indie night back in February.

So many thanks to all those that supported the night, especially as it's the only full-on themed 80s night I'll be doing this year. I'll be back to my usual Friday night slot on the 15th June, I'll be playing  a tribute to the best of the new wave scene from 1978 to 1981 with a night called "Rosegarden Funeral Of Sores" so keep an eye out for your invites!

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Genetic Engineering
The Alarm - Rescue Me
Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
Hall & Oates - I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)
The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up
Tom Tom Club - Wordy Rappinghood
The Stone Roses - She Bangs The Drum
Fun Boy Three feat. Bananarama - Really Saying Something
Big Audio Dynamite - E=MC2
The Stranglers - Strange Little Girl
The Sisters Of Mercy - This Corrosion
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Peek A Boo
Living In A Box - Living In A Box
Red Box - Lean On Me (Ah-Li-Ayo)
The Housemartins - Five Get Over Excited
Fine Young Cannibals - Johnny Come Home
Animotion - Obsession
March Violets - Snake Dance ®
The Associates - Club Country
The Cure - Why Can't I Be You?
David Bowie - China Girl
The Smiths - Girlfriend In A Coma
The Mighty Wah! - The Story Of The Blues
Malcom McLaren - Buffalo Girls
Duran Duran - Notorious
U2 - Where The Streets Have No Name
Prince  - When Doves Cry ®
A-ha - The Sun Always Shines On TV ®
The Cult - Fire Woman
The Waterboys - The Whole Of The Moon ®
Huey Lewis & The News - The Power Of Love ®
Madonna - Material Girl
Katrina &The Waves - Walking On Sunshine ®
Simple Minds - Alive & Kicking ®
Gary Numan - We Are Glass
New Order - Blue Monday ®
Human League - The Lebannon
Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now
The Specials - Do Nothing
Department S - Is Vic There?
Stevie Wonder - Master Blaster
David Bowie - Let's Dance ®
Culture Club - Time  (Clock Of The Heart) ®
Depeche Mode - Get The Balance Right
Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World
J Geils Band - Centrefold
Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go Go ®
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen ®
Adam Ant - Prince Charming ®
The Clash - Should I Stay Or Should I Go?
The Jam - Town Called Malice
Blondie - Call Me
Bow Wow Wow - I Want Candy
Landscape - Einstein A Go Go
Nik Kershaw - Wide Boy
The Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic ®
Dr. & The Medics - Spirit In The Sky
The Cult - Rain ®
Bryan Adams - Run To You ®
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Enola Gay ®
UB40 - One In Ten
Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
Madness - Baggy Trousers
Martha & The Muffins - Echo Beach
The Piranhas - Tom Hark
Kim Wilde - Kids In America
Toni Basil - Hey Mickey
Bad Manners - The Can Can
Trio - Da Da Da Ich Lieb Dich Nicht Du Liebst Mich Nicht Aha Aha Aha
Stray Cats - Stray Cat Strut
Spandau Ballet - Paint Me Down
Soft Cell - Tainted Love
The Cure - In Between Days ®
Tenpole Tudor - Swords Of a Thousand Men
Ultravox - Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart ®
Public Image Limited - Rise
Human League - Don't You Want Me ®
Talk Talk - Today
Captain Sensible - Happy Talk

X-The Unknown 11.5.2018

Well if the hangover was anything to go by, and my need for a take-away curry on Saturday night, I assume that Fridays alternative night was a good night! With my current enthusiasm directed to the end of the month 80s night, Junes main event and the weather turning that bit colder (although it was still damn hot in the pub!) I was feeling a tad reluctant about the night.

But the show must go on, and with the spirited few, now known as the 'last supper gang', the once empty pub slowly grew into a decent crowd, although not an alternative one I hasten to add, and after a few pints, and with the usual witty/sarcastic banter between Ralph and I, the night grew into a good laugh, with obviously a great selection of themed tracks to while away the hours!

So many thanks to those that showed their support. and to DJ Ralph, I'll be back at the end of May for a special bank holiday rare Saturday night appearance, playing host to my 'Baggy Trousers 80s night'  and expect to be bombarded with promos for the next official alternative frenzy, aka 'Rosegarden Funeral Of Sores' on the 15th June!

DJ Ralph
The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet
Siouxsie & The Banshees  - Love in a Void
The Sisters Of Mercy - Black Planet
13 Candles - Xenomorph
Merciful Nuns - Karma Inn
Adam Ant - Apollo 9
Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Barbarandroid
Deviant UK - What's Your Malfunction?
32Crash - The Man Who Came From Later

DJ Russ
The Killcreeps - Humaniods From The Deep
Scarlet & The Spooky Spiders - Alien In My Head
Marilyn Manson - Cruci-fiction In Space
New Earth Orbit - Abandoned World
Gary Numan - In A Dark Place
Joy Division - Transmission
Sonic Jesus - Space Heels

DJ Ralph
Gary Numan - Down In The Park
Metroland - We Need Machines Without Romance
God Module - Companion
VNV Nation - Streamline
Godhead - 2000 Years Of Human Error
Din A Tod - Cold Star
Project Pitchfork - IO

DJ Russ
Human League - Black Hit Of Space
Killing Joke - Into The Unknown
New Model Army - Space
David Bowie - Halo Spaceboy
Psychic TV - Alienist

DJ Ralph
White Zombie - More Human Than Human
Spear Of Destiny - Prison Planet
Fields Of The Nephilim - Moonchild
Suspiria - The Far Heavens
Atomzero - Symbiotic
Destroid - Leaving Ground
Grendel - Chemicals & Circuitry

DJ Russ
Baba Naga - Popo Bawa
Nine Inch Nails - Into The Void
A Flock Of Seagulls - Space Age Love Song
Holy Barbarians - Space Junkie
The Mission - Into The Blue
Duran Duran - Planet Earth (Manchester Square Demo Version)
Miguel & The Living Dead - Aliens Wear Sunglasses
Die Selektion - Kalter Atem

DJ Ralph
Pop Will Eat Itself - Def Con One
Index - Static Sky
Combichrist - From My Cold Dead Hands
Uberbyte - Last Human
Prodigy - Out Of Space
Extize - Arschloch Alarm ®
Suicide Commando - Untergrund
Rammstein - Benzin ®
Anne Clarke & Implant - Tune Up Your Chips & Circuits
Turnbull ACs - Manmade Modern Machines
Rotersand - Exterminate Annihilate Destroy
Exoplanet - Exoplanet

DJ Russ
Space - Magic Fly
Kraftwerk - Spacelab
Depeche Mode  - Satellite ®
The Cure - Other Voices
Ultravox - Sleepwalk
Tubeway Army - Praying To The Aliens
Japan - Alien
The Jam - The Place I Love
The Rezillos - Flying Saucer Attack
The Tourists - So Good To Be Back Home Again
The Police - Secret Journey
E.L.O. - Mr. Blue Sky
Radiohead - Paranoid Android
The Doors - Not To Touch The Earth
Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - I'm The Urban Spaceman