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"Bela Lugosi's Dead" by BAUHAUS
Bauhaus's first single became a spooky-sexy Goth anthem, but the song is built on music from some of the sunniest places imaginable. Plus: 7+ hour…
Scott Frampton
Oct 27, 2022
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"Don’t Come Home A Drinkin' (with Lovin' on Your Mind)" by LORETTA LYNN
Loretta Lynn won fans as her songs were banned by radio, singing the truths she knew.
Scott Frampton
Oct 5, 2022
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September 2022
“All the Young Dudes” by MOTT THE HOOPLE
The 50th anniversary of David Bowie's endeavor to save one of his favorite bands.
Scott Frampton
Sep 16, 2022
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"More Than This" by ROXY MUSIC
Smooth, suave, and seductive, Roxy Music's swan song captures how romance is both a beginning and an end. [Summer of '82, pt. 6]
Scott Frampton
Sep 2, 2022
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August 2022
“Don’t Go” by Yazoo (a k a Yaz)
He left Depeche Mode after writing their hits. She left school to sing in pubs with R&B bands and didn't even like synth pop. Of course they made…
Scott Frampton
Aug 24, 2022
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"You Dropped A Bomb On Me" by THE GAP BAND
The Wilson Brothers took Greenwood, Archer and Pine Streets (and Tulsa's dark history) all over the world. [Summer of '82 pt. 4]
Scott Frampton
Aug 16, 2022
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“Come On Eileen” by DEXY’S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS
The idiosyncratic Celtic Soul of a contrarian one hit wonder, [Summer of '82 pt. 3]
Scott Frampton
Aug 8, 2022
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"The Message (feat. Melle Mel & Duke Bootee)" by GRANDMASTER FLASH & THE FURIOUS FIVE
The song that took Hip-Hop beyond the party. [Summer of '82, pt. 2]
Scott Frampton
Aug 1, 2022
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July 2022
"Words" by MISSING PERSONS
Plexiglass bikinis, a drummer's band, and Frank Zappa. [Summer of '82 pt. 1]
Scott Frampton
Jul 22, 2022
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“Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)” by KATE BUSH
Stranger Things put a 37 year-old song on the pop charts, which is fitting: Kate Bush's music always did seem out of time.
Scott Frampton
Jul 1, 2022
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June 2022
“Summer Breeze” by THE ISLEY BROTHERS
For the first official week of summer: The Isley Brothers make something hot and funky from Seals and Crofts' '70s soft rock exemplar, "Summer Breeze."
Scott Frampton
Jun 24, 2022
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“Blue Rondo à la Turk” by THE DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET
For June 8th: The titular Turk who inspired one of Brubeck's more invigorating time signature experiments was a musician named June Eighth
Scott Frampton
Jun 8, 2022
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