Salutations™!!
Other than the end of both Hour #1 and Hour #3 starting over at the tail end of those hours, it went off without a hitch this week. The theme this week was Part Two of “Albums Turning Forty.” Here’s the playlist:
Hour #1

Maniac – Michael Sembello
Sharp Dressed Man – ZZ Top
Total Eclipse of the Heart – Bonnie Tyler
Saved By Zero – The Fixx
Stand Back – Stevie Nicks
I’m Still Standing – Elton John
Burning Down the House – Talking Heads
Come Dancing – The Kinks
Synchronicity II – The Police
Come Back and Stay – Paul Young
Too Shy – Kajagoogoo
Hour #2
Borderline – Madonna
She Bop – Cyndi Lauper
She Works Hard For the Money – Donna Summer
Automatic – Pointer Sister
Here Comes the Rain Again – Eurythmics
True – Spandau Ballet
She’s A Beauty – The Tubes
Blister in the Sun – Violent Femmes
Everyday I Write the Book – Elvis Costello
Talking in Your Sleep – The Romantics
Undercover of the Night – Rolling Stones
Hour #3
The Cutter – Echo & The Bunnymen
Love on a Farmboy’s Wages – XTC
Oblivious – Aztec Camera
Cool Places – Sparks (with Jane Weidlen)
Everything Counts – Depeche Mode
Affair of the Heart – Rick Springfield
Lawyers in Love – Jackson Browne
Islands in the Stream – Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton
Hello – Lionel Richie
The Reflex – Duran Duran
Rebel Yell – Billy Idol
Owner of a Lonely Heart – Yes
I have no clue what next week’s theme is, yet.
Until next time, same blog channel and SOME blog time…
Scorp out!
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“Many miles away something crawls from the slime at the bottom of a dark Scottish lake.” – “Synchronicity II” (Sumner)