Mix 98-5's "Back To The 80s Friday Night" Preferred Playlist

[BoscoGoldBear]

I know I'm going to take a lot of crap, but this is what Mix should sound like on Friday nights (excluding the spots and promos).

Hour #1:

Give It To Me Baby - Rick James
Escapade - Janet Jackson
Into The Groove - Madonna
I Wanna Be Your Lover - Prince
I Love Rock'N'Roll - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Rumors - Timex Social Club
Too Turned On - Alisha
Catch Me I'm Falling - Pretty Poison
Rio - Duran Duran
Don't Be Cruel - Bobby Brown
White Lines - Grandmaster Flash
Get Down On It - Kool and the Gang

Hour #2:

Rock Steady - The Whispers
You're The One For Me - "D" Train
Jungle Love - The Time
Girls Girls Girls - Motley Crue
Let's Groove - Earth, Wind and Fire
Silent Morning - Noel
Back To Life - Soul II Soul
Conga - Gloria Estefan
Panama - Van Halen
So Many Men, So Little Time - Miquel Brown
Pump Up The Volume - M/A/R/R/S
C'est La Vie - Robbie Nevil

Hour #3:

I'm Coming Out - Diana Ross
No Parking On The Dance Floor - Midnight Star
Girlfriend - Pebbles
Rock Me Amadeus - Falco
I Want It All - Queen
Object Of My Desire - Starpoint
Let The Music Play - Shannon
Situation - Yaz
Just Got Paid - Johnny Kemp
Back In Black - AC/DC
Let's Dance - David Bowie
You Spin Me Round - Dead Or Alive

Hour #4:

Electric Boogie - Marcia Griffiths
Tarzan Boy - Baltimora
Candy Girl - New Edition
Wild Thing - Tone Loc
Enter Sandman - Metallica
Just An Illusion - Imagination
Looking For A New Love - Jody Watley
When I Hear Music - Debbie Deb
Pour Some Sugar On Me - Def Leppard
Let It Whip - Dazz Band
We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off - Jermaine Stewart
Off The Wall - Michael Jackson

Hour #5:

Word Up - Cameo
Push It - Salt-N-Pepa
Early In The Morning - Gap Band
Addicted To Love - Robert Palmer
Teardrops - Womack and Womack
Can You Feel The Beat - Lisa-Lisa
Forget Me Nots - Patrice Rushen
Here I Go Again - Whitesnake
Only In My Dreams - Deborah (don't call me Debbie) Gibson
Relax - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
She's A Bad Mama Jama - Carl Carlton
I Can't Wait - Nu Shooz

That's my idea of a typical "Back To The 80s Friday Night!" In the Dick Clark-vein, it has a beat, and (for the most part) you can dance to it! Now let's hear from the peanut gallery out there!

 

[Retro]

And how do most of those songs fit Mix's Hot/Modern AC format?

 

[MassMusicMan]

You don't seem to have any understanding of how music radio works.When radio people haven't heard of some of the songs on your list, then you have a problem.

I get the feeling that Joe overplays songs, but he's not going to start playing stiffs for variety.

Remember: this guy called Daughtry "head banging music."

 

[Retro]

I know most of the R&B/Dance songs listed, however they are much more suited for a classic dance/disco show instead.

 

[radiotony]

Isn't "Catch Me I'm Falling" by Real Life?

 

[MHB]

Isn't "Catch Me I'm Falling" by Real Life?

Yes, this is a different song (a dance song). And he has played it.

 

[Retro]

Me thinks that they should play the Pretty Poison song anyway. Well it was in that John Hughes film that took place in part in Boston anyway.

 

[Watt]

Some of the songs you listed are not from the '80's: Metallica/"Enter Sandman" (1991), Diana Ross/"The Boss" (1979), Michael Jackson/"Off the Wall" (1979) and Marcia Griffiths/"Electric Boogie" (1990), to cite a few; but let's not split hairs.

Your playlist is sorely lacking in the New Wave and British pop that defined the 1980's; that being said, it would be good to add some dance hits in...though I rarely listen to the show.

 

[MassMusicMan]

Some of the songs you listed are not from the '80's: Metallica/"Enter Sandman" (1991), Diana Ross/"The Boss" (1979), Michael Jackson/"Off the Wall" (1979) and Marcia Griffiths/"Electric Boogie" (1990), to cite a few; but let's not split hairs.

That doesn't stop Joe from playing "Heart Of Glass" from 1979.

 

[Watt]

Some of the songs you listed are not from the '80's: Metallica/"Enter Sandman" (1991), Diana Ross/"The Boss" (1979), Michael Jackson/"Off the Wall" (1979) and Marcia Griffiths/"Electric Boogie" (1990), to cite a few; but let's not split hairs.

That doesn't stop Joe from playing "Heart Of Glass" from 1979.

Blondie's "Parallel Lines" record, on which "Heart of Glass" appears, was released in 1978, but again, let's not split hairs.

Joe can play whatever he wants, it's his show. Perhaps he should change the name of it, though, in the name of accuracy.

 

[Retro]

Some of the songs you listed are not from the '80's: Metallica/"Enter Sandman" (1991), Diana Ross/"The Boss" (1979), Michael Jackson/"Off the Wall" (1979) and Marcia Griffiths/"Electric Boogie" (1990), to cite a few; but let's not split hairs.

But with the exception of Marcia Griffiths (actually I heard John Garabedian say that it was a 1986 record instead, but I digress) and Metallica, those songs charted back in 1980, and therefore would technically make them 80's songs instead.

 

[BoscoGoldBear]

But hasn't Mix played an occasional early 1990s song here and there which is 1980s-ish? (I would include "Enter Sandman," while Extreme would be borderline.)

BTW, I listed "I'm Coming Out" by Diana Ross from 1980, NOT "The Boss" from 1979, although the latter was a great pick as well.

Keep in mind that I (along with everyone else) mercifully never even considered 1980s tunes by these artists:

Kenny Rogers
Air Supply
Christopher Cross
Smokey Robinson
Barbra Streisand
Neil Diamond
Lionel Richie

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[Retro]

Mix should play such a song as "All Night Long (All Night) by Lionel Ritchie though, maybe anyway.

 

[Team America]

I think we all could list millions of songs. And I fully understand why some songs get airplay more than others.
But an occasional "Oh Wow Song" like Secret Seperation from The Fixx, from 1986. Could work. Even Harlem Shuffle from The Stones also from 1986 could work as well. ZLX,ROR,ODS, would never touch Harlem Shuffle.

 

[Eli Polonsky]

Even Harlem Shuffle from The Stones also from 1986 could work as well. ZLX,ROR,ODS, would never touch Harlem Shuffle.

I liked the original version by Bob & Earl (1964) better...

 

[BoscoGoldBear]

Some of the songs you listed are not from the '80's: Metallica/"Enter Sandman" (1991), Diana Ross/"The Boss" (1979), Michael Jackson/"Off the Wall" (1979) and Marcia Griffiths/"Electric Boogie" (1990), to cite a few; but let's not split hairs.

Your playlist is sorely lacking in the New Wave and British pop that defined the 1980's; that being said, it would be good to add some dance hits in...though I rarely listen to the show.

I listed the songs the way they were based on what Kiss 108 was doing during the Sunny Joe White days (1979-1991) - lots of dance music, with only about two interruptions (usually for rock) per hour. The British/new wave stuff I associate with Hitradio 103, which was LESS successful than Kiss 108 was (only ran from 1982 to 1986).

 

[mistermicrophone]

Some of the songs you listed are not from the '80's: Metallica/"Enter Sandman" (1991), Diana Ross/"The Boss" (1979), Michael Jackson/"Off the Wall" (1979) and Marcia Griffiths/"Electric Boogie" (1990), to cite a few; but let's not split hairs.

Your playlist is sorely lacking in the New Wave and British pop that defined the 1980's; that being said, it would be good to add some dance hits in...though I rarely listen to the show.

I listed the songs the way they were based on what Kiss 108 was doing during the Sunny Joe White days (1979-1991) - lots of dance music, with only about two interruptions (usually for rock) per hour. The British/new wave stuff I associate with Hitradio 103, which was LESS successful than Kiss 108 was (only ran from 1982 to 1986).

Does anybody know what year it is???? Just wondering...

 

[Retro]

Some of the songs you listed are not from the '80's: Metallica/"Enter Sandman" (1991), Diana Ross/"The Boss" (1979), Michael Jackson/"Off the Wall" (1979) and Marcia Griffiths/"Electric Boogie" (1990), to cite a few; but let's not split hairs.

Your playlist is sorely lacking in the New Wave and British pop that defined the 1980's; that being said, it would be good to add some dance hits in...though I rarely listen to the show.

I listed the songs the way they were based on what Kiss 108 was doing during the Sunny Joe White days (1979-1991) - lots of dance music, with only about two interruptions (usually for rock) per hour. The British/new wave stuff I associate with Hitradio 103, which was LESS successful than Kiss 108 was (only ran from 1982 to 1986).

Except for 2 things here:

1) Mix targets the MTV generation.

2) Kiss's target demo by their own admition was 25+ back during the 80's by their own admition.

 

[radiorama1]

You don't seem to have any understanding of how music radio works.When radio people haven't heard of some of the songs on your list, then you have a problem.

Funny, I recognized I think all but one song on that playlist.

Although I find Steve N.'s musical views (ie "headbanger music") questionable at times, I agree that specialty programs such as an 80's show need to mix it up a bit. A few of those songs he mentioned, used sparingly in the right places, would make the average listener say "wow, I forgot all about that one".

I mean, how many more times do we really have to hear "(Don't You) Forget About Me", "Faithfully" and "Lucky Star" on that show? You can hear all of those tunes 5x daily on stations such as Magic 106.7.

 

[Retro]

Hey, its good to see you Radiorama1!

I agree that shows such as Back To The 80's Friday Night need to mix it up a bit as well. And I totally agree with you on the songs that you mentioned also! When tuning into a radio show you want to hear something different, not what you always hear elsewhere. :

Now the show is much better than it used to be, however much more variety would still be good though.