Friday night music is: TV, Radio & Communication

[Chris S]

Radio Clash

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krl-2hgFrJU

 

[Chris S]

The Clash - Capital Radio

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyJj_PzYlRI

 

[Cletus Van Damme]

 

[Cletus Van Damme]

 

[PeteXXX]

The Sun Always Shines on T.V. - a-ha

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=a3ir9HC9vYg

Beat you to it.. 👍

 

[newts]

Blondie - Hanging On The Telephone​

Debbie Harry stirring pleasant thoughts from a teenager in1978

View: https://youtu.be/uWhkbDMISl8

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

A later version (it first featured on a 1983 LP)
The Stray Cats
Something's Wrong With My Radio

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNADVTNdBOE

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I have a cover by Frenzy, on 7" single, & a LP (a psychobilly band)

Wall Of Voodoo
Mexican Radio

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyCEexG9xjw

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I remember John Peel eulogising over this

Latin Quarter
Radio Africa

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqsTq3WsFZ4

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

REM
Radio Free Europe

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okCDUzPeFIE

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Radio Radio

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eifljYPFW-E

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Not far off the truth (particularly early mornings/'day-time tv')

Bruce Springsteen
57 Channels & Nothing On

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAlDbP4tdqc

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I could have imagined John Peel doing this, if the Beeb had ever sacked him (or maybe even Mark Radcliffe doing the same)

Mark Germino
Rex Bob Lowenstein

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLZDQhIYAKQ

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

The actual track/band name has no bearing on this thread, but John Peel once stated of it, that it sounded;
"Like An Automated Distress Call, From A Cold-War Era Russian Underground Radar Bunker" (or a similar phrase)

Fast Forward
Bye-Bye Love

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkwgqH7HL7M

 

[Venod]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KNCk7PwQGk&ab_channel=LiveFromAustinTX