Welcome to the Boomtown Episode 7 (Dr. Dave's Forgotten 80s Volume 1)

Welcome to the Boomtown

Welcome back to the 80s! In case you were curious, Dr. Dave isn’t just a catchy 80s radio DJ name, he actually IS a university professor. Anyway, years ago he hosted an 80s music internet radio show at his school titled the “Forgotten 80s.” He’s revived that theme for this episode, selecting some of his favorite 80s songs from not only one hit wonders, but also popular artists and icons of the decade that were only sort of popular, with kind of memorable videos (or not), that may have faded from your memory. Hopefully you’ll hear one that will make you sit up and say, “No way! I totally forgot about that song!”
A shout out to those of you who have been with us since the beginning and welcome to our new listeners. As always, thanks to the people who helped us put this together: Alan (for all our artwork), DJ Phil B (for the technical stuff) and David Baerwald and David Ricketts, also known as David + David, for their amazing album which inspired the title of our podcast.
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Songs chosen by Dr. Dave.
1. Roger Hodgson - Had a Dream (Sleeping with the Enemy) (In the Eye of the Storm 1984)
2. Bryan Adams - Kids Wanna Rock (Reckless 1984)
3. Cutting Crew - One for the Mockingbird (Broadcast 1986, single release 1987)
4. Tommy Shaw - Girls with Guns (Girls with Guns 1984)
5. Charlie Sexton - Beat’s So Lonely (Pictures for Pleasure 1985)
6. Moving Pictures - What About Me? (Days of Innocence 1982)
7. David Gilmour - Blue Light (About Face 1984)
8. Tony Carey – A Fine, Fine Day (Some Tough City 1984)
9. U2 - Two Hearts Beat As One (War 1983)
10. A Flock of Seagulls - Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You) (Listen 1983, single release 1982)
11. Icehouse - Crazy (12” version) (Man of Colours 1987)
12. The Alan Parsons Project - Don’t Answer Me (Ammonia Avenue 1983, single release 1984)
13. Asia - The Smile Has Left Your Eyes (Alpha 1983)
14. Donnie Iris and the Cruisers - Love is Like a Rock (King Cool 1981)
15. Utopia - Crybaby (Oblivion 1984)
16. Franke & the Knockouts - Sweetheart (Franke & the Knockouts 1981)
17. Manfred Mann’s Earth Band - Runner (Somewhere in Afrika 1983, single release 1984)
18. Talk Talk - It’s My Life (It’s My Life 1984)
19. Frank and Moon Zappa - Valley Girl (Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch 1982)
20. The Tubes - Talk to Ya Later (The Completion Backward Principle 1981)
Listen, enjoy, share, follow. And thanks for keeping 80s music alive!
BB & DD