WXLO 80's show sat night

[Mickey37]

Heard 'XLO's 80's show on the drive back from the cape tonight. Unlike some other 80's programming, they actually had variety. I can't tell you the last time I heard "Whisper To A Scream" by Icicle Works (the song also goes by the title Birds Fly, for some reason) before tonight.

 

[wkrpfm]

We need to bring Todd Baker to Mass radio!..he said he would LOVE to come to Boston if we could find him a station...mmmm...Mix would be great!

 

[diamondj]

Joe Cortese has always played "Birds Fly (Whisper To A Scream)" on Mix 98.5's "Back To The 80s Friday Night." He has even pulled out the longer 12 inch version once or twice.

 

[BoscoGoldBear]

The music that Mix (and apparently WXLO) has is not party-friendly - unless you come from a family of WRKO rockheads (as exemplified by those GEICO TV commercials)! :

Did I write WRKO? I meant WAAF rockheads! Same company - I had Entercom on my mind! ;D

 

[BoscoGoldBear]

The music that Mix (and apparently WXLO) has is not party-friendly - unless you come from a family of WRKO rockheads (as exemplified by those GEICO TV commercials)! :

Did I write WRKO? I meant WAAF rockheads! Same company - I had Entercom on my mind! ;D

I should have pointed out that Mix (and probably WXLO) have a different idea of what the 1980s was all about (early alternative rock - aka new wave - and heavy metal) than I do. I don't consider Duran Duran, U2, The Police, Talking Heads, Huey Lewis, AC/DC, Wang Chung, Cyndi Lauper (who was on WBCN months before hitting Hitradio, MTV and Kiss, in that order), Motley Crue, The Cure, Quiet Riot and Def Leppard party music - unless you're one of those WAAF rockheads. What I do consider party music (which Mix will never play in a million years):

Double Dutch Bus - Frankie Smith
White Lines - Grandmaster Flash
Give It To Me Baby - Rick James
The Rain - Oran "Juice" Jones
Rumors - Timex Social Club
Word Up - Cameo
Fantastic Voyage - Lakeside
I'm Coming Out - Diana Ross
anything by Michael Jackson, Madonna or Prince
Keep On Movin' - Soul II Soul
Teardrops - Womack and Womack
Rapper's Delight - Sugarhill Gang
Candy Girl - New Edition
I.O.U. - Freeez
Celebration and Get Down On It - Kool & the Gang
Too Turned On - Alisha
I Can't Wait - Nu Shooz
Diamond Girl - Nice and Wild

Now adding this will bring a lot of variety, and maybe - just maybe - you won't see me complain about Mix basically being a rock station for a while! :-\

 

[Mickey37]

In other news, MIKE-FM is very repetitive on the weekends. I heard the same Pink Floyd song (I forget which one, just that it was Floyd) around the same time Saturday and Sunday.

Thousands of songs, eh?

 

[ciao99]

The music that Mix (and apparently WXLO) has is not party-friendly - unless you come from a family of WRKO rockheads (as exemplified by those GEICO TV commercials)! :

Did I write WRKO? I meant WAAF rockheads! Same company - I had Entercom on my mind! ;D

I should have pointed out that Mix (and probably WXLO) have a different idea of what the 1980s was all about (early alternative rock - aka new wave - and heavy metal) than I do. I don't consider Duran Duran, U2, The Police, Talking Heads, Huey Lewis, AC/DC, Wang Chung, Cyndi Lauper (who was on WBCN months before hitting Hitradio, MTV and Kiss, in that order), Motley Crue, The Cure, Quiet Riot and Def Leppard party music - unless you're one of those WAAF rockheads. What I do consider party music (which Mix will never play in a million years):

Double Dutch Bus - Frankie Smith
White Lines - Grandmaster Flash
Give It To Me Baby - Rick James
The Rain - Oran "Juice" Jones
Rumors - Timex Social Club
Word Up - Cameo
Fantastic Voyage - Lakeside
I'm Coming Out - Diana Ross
anything by Michael Jackson, Madonna or Prince
Keep On Movin' - Soul II Soul
Teardrops - Womack and Womack
Rapper's Delight - Sugarhill Gang
Candy Girl - New Edition
I.O.U. - Freeez
Celebration and Get Down On It - Kool & the Gang
Too Turned On - Alisha
I Can't Wait - Nu Shooz
Diamond Girl - Nice and Wild

Now adding this will bring a lot of variety, and maybe - just maybe - you won't see me complain about Mix basically being a rock station for a while! :-\

Excellent point. The so-called 80's stations just play 80's music that suburban middle aged housewives were listening to in the 80s. There was a lot more to the 80's than Huey Lewis and Madonna.