Tonight: The Return of ABBA

Tonight on Subculture: The Return of ABBA! Featuring information and music from their forthcoming album & virtual “ABBAtar” concert. Also, classic music, remixes and covers from Lush, Erasure, Portishead and more!

Subculture: Fridays 8-10p ET on WXOJ 103.3fm in Northampton, MA or live online @ valleyfreeradio.org // Replays Sunday AM 2-4 // Playlists: wxojsubculture.wordpress.com // FB: wxojsubculture

ABBA “Summer Night City”
Erasure “Voulez Vous”
Elvis Costello “When I Was Cruel, No. 2”
U2 “Dancing Queen (Live)”
Frida “I Know There’s Something Going On”
Pale Honey “Lay All Your Love on Me”
ABBA “Don’t Shut Me Down”
Blancmange “The Day Before You Came (Extended)”
Goldfrapp “Head First (Live)”
Culture Club “Voulez Vous (live)”
Madness “Money Money Money”
ABBA “Waterloo (French version)”
Erasure “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (Live 1987)”
Men Without Hats “S.O.S.”
Meryl Streep, Julie Walters & Christine Baranski “Super Trouper”
Goldfrapp “Alive (Joakim Remix)”
Frida “Fernando (Swedish version)”
Sinead O’ Connor “Chiquitita”
Portishead “S.O.S.”
Lush “Hey Hey Helen”
Stereolab “The Free Design”
ABBA “The Visitors”

Tonight: BLUE.

Tonight on Subculture: The Incredible colour BLUE. Featuring The Sugarcubes, XTC, Cocteau Twins, Future Bible Heroes and more!

BT “Blue Skies (with Tori Amos)”
Future Bible Heroes “Love Is Blue”
Cocteau Twins “Blue Bell Knoll”
Junkie XL “Perfect Blue Sky (feat. Robert Smith)”
a-ha “The Blue Sky (Demo)”
Yazoo “Mr Blue”
Peter Murphy “Blue Heart (12” Version)”
XTC “Blue Overall”
Altered Images “Pinky Blue (Dance Mix)”
I Monster “Daydream In Blue”
New Order “Blue Monday (12″ version)”
Todd Rundgren (ELO) “Bluebird Is Dead”
Chicane “From Blue to Green”
Ladytron “Blue Jeans 2.0”
Lana Del Rey “Blue Jeans (RAC mix)”
David Bowie “Blue Jean (Extended Dance Mix)”
Siouxsie & The Banshees “Something Blue”
Depeche Mode “Blue Dress”
Mark Ronson “True Blue (feat. Angel Olsen)”
Daniel Ash “Blue Angel”
Love and Rockets “The Purest Blue”
Brian Eno “Deep Blue Day”
Cocteau Twins “Bluebeard”
Erasure “Blue Savannah”
Moby “Blue Moon (Holy Ghost! Remix)”
The Sugarcubes “Blue Eyed Pop”
Pixies “Greens and Blues”
Elvis Costello “My Little Blue Window”

Subculture: Fridays 8-10p ET on WXOJ 103.3fm in Northampton, MA or live online @ valleyfreeradio.org // Replays Sunday AM 2-4 // Playlists: wxojsubculture.wordpress.com // FB: wxojsubculture

Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

Diversity, love, loss, acceptance, kindness. It was the Mister Rogers way.

HOUR ONE:

1. MISTER ROGERS – THEME SONG
2. REM – SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE (HIP MIX)
3. DEPECHE MODE – PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE
4. SIA – PLAYGROUND
5. THE GO! TEAM – FRIENDSHIP UPDATE
6. ERASURE – FREEDOM
7. SONDRE LERCHE – SOFT FEELINGS
8. MISTER ROGERS – YOU CAN NEVER GO DOWN THE DRAIN
9. THIEVERY CORPORATION – THE FORGOTTEN PEOPLE
10. IVY – I’VE GOT A FEELING
11. STARSAILOR – BRING MY LOVE
12. JOHNNY MARR – LITTLE KING
13. MORRISSEY (WANKER!) – HOLD ONTO YOUR FRIENDS
14. DEPECHE MODE – LEAVE IN SILENCE
15. MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND (COVER) – FEELING GOOD
16. LAURIE ANDERSON – THE PUPPET MOTEL

HOUR TWO:

1. METRIC – HELP, I’M ALIVE
2. ONO – GIVE PEACE A CHANCE (CSS MIX)
3. SIGUE SIGUE SPUTNIK – EVERYBODY LOVES YOU (TOK TOK VS. SOFFY O. MIX)
4. THE CARDIGANS – RISE AND SHINE
5. ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN – THE PUPPET
6. XTC – KING FOR A DAY
7. MISTER ROGERS SPEAKS TO CONGRESS 1969
8. ABBA – THE TIGER
9. JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS – MAKE BELIEVE
10. BOOK OF LOVE – SUNNY DAY
11. KEANE – SUNSHINE
12. LLOYD COLE & THE COMMOTIONS – BRAND NEW FRIEND
13. 10,000 MANIACS – YOU HAPPY PUPPET
14. MISTER ROGERS – KIDS AFFECTED
15. LE TIGRE – FRIENDSHIP STATION
16. THE SUNDAYS – LOVE
17. MISTER ROGERS – CLOSING SONG

“Love isn’t a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like struggle. To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.” – Fred Rogers

Subculture: Fridays 8-10p ET on WXOJ 103.3fm in Northampton, MA or live online @ valleyfreeradio.org // Replays Sunday AM 2-4 // FB: wxojsubculture

Artist Spotlight: Vince Clarke

Tonight: A musical thanks to London for a total resistance of the president’s recent visit (and for flying a perfect man-baby balloon). Plus, a listen to artists featured in 2018 music biopics and featured synthmaster, Vince Clarke. //

HOUR ONE / PART ONE: LONDON

1. WENDY JAMES – LONDON’S BRILLIANT
2. MADNESS – WE ARE LONDON
3. STEPHANE POMPOUGNAC – LONDON IN THE RAIN

HOUR ONE / PART TWO: 2018 MUSIC BIOPICS

1. MIDNIGHT OIL – MIDNIGHT OIL 1984 (MOVIE TRAILER) (Film to debut in US in August!)
2. MIDNIGHT OIL – KOSCIUSKO
3. THE SLITS – HERE TO BE HEARD: THE STORY OF THE SLITS (MOVIE TRAILER) (SHOWING AT AMHERST CINEMA 08.15.18)
4. THE SLITS – EARTHBEAT (7″ VERSION)
5. GRACE JONES – GRACE JONES: BLOODLIGHT AND BAMI (MOVIE TRAILER)
6. GRACE JONES – FEEL UP
7. QUEEN – BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (MOVIE TRAILER)
8. QUEEN – FUN IT
9. NICO – NICO, 1988 (MOVIE TRAILER) (USA RELEASE DATE: 08.01.18)
10. NICO – TANAMORE

HOUR ONE / PART THREE: VINCE CLARKE PT.1

1. DUBFIRE & MISS KITTEN – RIDE (VINCE CLARKE REMIX)
2. YAZOO COMMENTARY
3. YAZOO – STATE FARM
4. THE ASSEMBLY – STOP/START (EXTENDED VERSION)

 

HOUR TWO: VINCE CLARKE PT.2

1. ERASURE – STOP!
2. MISTER MIDI – IT’S ALL DONE BY THE MACHINE (FT. VINCE CLARKE)
3. THE CLARKE & WARE EXPERIMENT – ELECTRIC LASERLAND
4. REED AND CAROLINA – BEFORE (VINCE CLARKE REMIX)
5. COMPOSITION OF SOUND – ICE MACHINE
6. DEPECHE MODE – ANY SECOND NOW (VOICES) [24/48 PCM STEREO]
7. VINCE GIVES A SYNTH DEMONSTRATION 1987
8. ANDY BELL – CALL ON ME (VINCE CLARKE REMIX)
9. ROBERT MARLOW & VINCE CLARKE – CALLING ALL DESTROYERS
10. ERASURE- JACQUES COUSTEAU
11. VCMG – RECYCLE
12. ALKA & VINCE CLARKE – TRUNCATE (VINCE CLARKE REMIX)
13. LADYTRON – THE ANIMALS (VINCE CLARKE REMIX) – LADYTRON’S NEW ALBUM DUE LATER THIS YEAR!
14. VINCE CLARKE & RICHARD BUTLER – WORK IT OUT (FOR JOHNNY BRAVO CARTOON)

 

SUBCULTURE: Fridays 8-10p ET on WXOJ 103.3fm in Northampton, MA or live online from anywhere @ valleyfreeradio.org // Replays Sunday AM 2-4 // FB: subculturema

The Thin Line: A Mixed (Feelings) Tape for Valentine’s Day

HOUR ONE:

1. MEAT BEAT MANIFESTO – ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE
2. BAT FOR LASHES – SUNDAY LOVE
3. XTC – SUGULLS SCREAMING KISS HER, KISS HER
4. MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND (GLORIA JONES) – TAINTED LOVE
5. MISSING PERSONS (THE DOORS) – HELLO, I LOVE YOU
6. SAINT ETIENNE (NEIL YOUNG) – ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART (ANDREW WEATHERALL REMIX)
7. THE MAGNETIC FIELDS – I DON’T REALLY LOVE YOU ANYMORE (Happy birthday, Stephin Merritt!)
8. THE LOVEBOAT THEME SONG
9. SONDRE LERCHE – SUFFUSED WITH LOVE
10. THE CURE – FRIDAY I’M IN LOVE (STRANGELOVE MIX)
11. TRIO – SUNDAY YOU’RE IN LOVE, MONDAY YOU’RE ALONE
12. THE SUBURBS – LOVE IS THE LAW
13. THE HIGH VIOLETS – LOVE IS BLINDING
14. YEAH YEAH YEAHS – CHEATED HEARTS
15. GOTYE – HEARTS A MESS (SPECIAL BROKEDOWN VERSION)

 

HOUR TWO:

1. FLEMING & JOHN – A PLACE CALLED LOVE
2. BOOK OF LOVE – YOU MAKE ME FEEL SO GOOD
3. LUSH – FOR LOVE
4. STARS – ELEVATOR LOVE LETTER
5. FUTURE BIBLE HEROES – I’M LONLEY (AND I LOVE IT)
6. ERASURE – I LOVE TO HATE YOU
7. THE LOVEMAKERS – KISS ME
8. TAMARYN – LOVE FADE
9. POPTONE (LOVE AND ROCKETS) – LOVE ME
10. SPECIMEN – LOVERS
11. THE DAMNED – THE SHADOW OF LOVE
12. THE HOUSE OF LOVE – I DON’T KNOW WHY I LOVE YOU
13. 808 STATE VS. ART OF NOISE – MOMENTS IN LOVE (MASSEY MIX TWO)
14. KINGS OF CONVENIENCE – LOVE IS NO BIG TRUTH\
15. PRINCE – I WANNA BE YOUR LOVER

 

 

SUBCULTURE: Fridays, 8-10p EST on WXOJ 103.3fm in Northampton, MA or live online @ valleyfreeradio.org / replay Sunday mornings 2-4a

The Thin Line

Tonight on Subculture: THE THIN LINE. An instant mixed(feelings)tape for your Valentine’s Day. Get relationship tips from The Damned, The Lovemakers, Future Bible Heroes and Captain Stubing.

Oh, Robert.

Subculture: Fridays, 8-10p EST on 103.3fm WXOJ in Northampton, MA or live online @ valleyfreeradio.org. Rebroadcast of program Sunday mornings 2-4a.

The Story of Bonnie & Clyde

Tonight’s program follows the story of Bonnie & Clyde through song. Each song title, played in order, will give you a tiny piece of the infamous duo’s story. We’ll be typing in the playlist as the show airs (10.19.17 / 8-10p EST on WXOJ 103.3fm in Northampton, MA or live online @ valleyfreeradio.org) and follow up with the complete story of song titles to reveal… well, I guess we all know what happens in the end) 😉

HOUR ONE:

1. AIR – ONCE UPON A TIME
2. TRICKY – BONNIE & CLYDE
3. THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS – ENJOYED
4. R.E.M. – ROMANCE (and)
5. DURAN DURAN (BOWIE) – FAME
6. JEM – THEY (were)
7. THE MAGNETIC FIELDS – YOUNG AND INSANE
8. ERASURE – SEARCHING (for a)
9. DEPECHE MODE – DANGEROUS (SENSUAL MIX)
10. TIGER & WOODS – TIME
11. SLOW TRAIN – IN THE BLACK OF THE NIGHT
12. TORI AMOS (EMINEM) – BONNIE & CLYDE (were)
13. PHANTOGRAM – RUNNING FROM THE COPS

 

HOUR TWO:

1. CARINA ROUND – (in a) STOLEN CAR
2. MORRISSEY – DEAR GOD, PLEASE HELP ME
3. GRAEME REVELL & TIM SIMONEC – BONNIE (screamed)
4. THE REVEREND HORTON HEAT – THE DEVIL’S CHASING ME
5. PETER MURPHY – ALL NIGHT LONG (the)
6. THE CLASH – BANKROBBER
7. ALPINE – LOVERS
8. AZEDA BOOTH – RAN
9. LLILAS KATELANOS – AFTER A WHILE
10. FRONT 242 – HEADHUNTER
11. ON AND ON – COPS
12. GUY FOX – CONQUERED
13. (THE SUNDAYS – HERE’S WHERE THE STORY ENDS)

” ONCE UPON A TIME, BONNIE & CLYDE ENJOYED ROMANCE AND FAME. THEY WERE YOUNG AND INSANE, SEARCHING FOR A DANGEROUS TIME. IN THE BLACK OF THE NIGHT, BONNIE & CLYDE BEGAN RUNNING FROM THE COPS IN A STOLEN CAR. ‘DEAR GOD, PLEASE HELP ME!’ BONNIE SCREAMED. ‘THE DEVIL’S CHASING ME!’ ALL NIGHT LONG THE BANKROBBER LOVERS RAN BUT AFTER A WHILE, THE HEADHUNTER COPS CONQUERED.”

 

 

 

Songs from the top 100 alternative albums of the 1980s (#25-1)

SUBCULTURE IS ON THE AIR! 

SUBCULTURE: Fridays 8-10p EST on WXOJ 103.3fm in Northampton, MA or live online @ valleyfreeradio.org // Repeat of tonight’s program can be heard Sunday mornings from 12a-2a // Purchase tracks & support Valley Free Radio @ Spinitron.com (under Valley Free Radio) // FB: subculturema

HOUR ONE:

• 25. DAVID BOWIE – RICOCHET – LET’S DANCE – 1983
• 24. MODERN ENGLISH – CHAPTER 12 (12″ MIX) (ORIGINAL VERSION ON “RICOCHET DAYS” – 1984
• 23. ERASURE – RIVER DEEP, MOUNTAIN HIGH (MOUNTAIN HIGH WARM DEPTHS MIX) (ORIGINAL VERSION ON “THE INNOCENTS” – 1988
• 22. JAPAN – QUIET LIFE – ASSEMBLAGE – 1981
• 21. THE SMITHS – CEMETRY GATES – THE QUEEN IS DEAD – 1986
• 20. COCTEAU TWINS – BUT I’M NOT – GARLANDS – 1982
• 19. YAZ – GOODBYE 70s – UPSTAIRS AT ERIC’S – 1982
• 18. OMD – MESSAGES (RAZORMAID MIX) (ORIGNIAL VERSION ON “ORCHESTRAL MANOEVERS IN THE DARK” – 1980
• 17. SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES – BELLADONNA – HYAENA – 1984
• 16. JOY DIVISION – ISOLATION – CLOSER – 1980
• 15. BAUHAUS – SHE’S IN PARTIES – BURNING FROM THE INSIDE – 1983
• 14. THE CURE – THE HANGING GARDEN – PORNOGRAPHY – 1982
• 13. SOFT CELL – SEEDY FILMS – NON-STOP EROTIC CABARET – 1981

 

HOUR TWO:

• 12. THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS – HERE COMES COWBOYS – MIRROR MOVES – 1984
• 11. TALK TALK – CALL IN THE NIGHTBOYS – IT’S MY LIFE – 1984
• 10. SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES – CANNONS – TINDERBOX – 1985
• 9. DURAN DURAN – HOLD BACK THE RAIN – RIO – 1982
• 8. NEW ORDER – TRUTH – MOVEMENT – 1981
• 7. KRAFTWERK – COMPUTER WORLD – 1981
• 6. DEPECHE MODE – BOYS SAY GO! – SPEAK & SPELL 1981
• 5. ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN – SILVER – OCEAN RAIN – 1984
• 4. DURAN DURAN – ANYONE OUT THERE? – DURAN DURAN – 1981
• 3. ROXY MUSIC – TAKE A CHANCE WITH ME – AVALON – 1982
• 2. THE POLICE – SYNCHRONICITY II – SYNCHRONICITY – 1983
• (BONUS SONG: PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION – COMPUTER BLUE – PURPLE RAIN SDTRK 1984)
• #1 – TEARS FOR FEARS – THE HURTING – THE HURTING – 1983

 

COVFEFE (and an Erasure cd giveaway!)

Covfefe is… eh. Doesn’t matter, really, but we start the show with Randy Rainbow’s fabulous Covfefe musical. AND tonight (6/9, 8-10p EST) we’re giving away Erasure’s latest cd, “World Be Gone.” Tune in at WXOJ 103.3fm in Northampton, MA or live online at: valleyfreeradio.org (open to US residents only, please) Contest line: 413.585.1033

Subculture: Fridays 8-10p WXOJ 103.3fm in Northampton, MA // live online worldwide: valleyfreeradio.org // replays Sunday morning 12a-2a // purchase tracks @ Spinitron.com (under Valley Free Radio)

HOUR ONE:

1. RANDY RAINBOW – COVFEFE
2. JOE JACKSON – RIGHT AND WRONG
3. THE CRYSTAL METHOD – KEEP HOPE ALIVE (TRIP HOPE MIX)
4. ERASURE – DRAMA! (ACT 2)
5. GEORGE KRANTZ – DIN DAA DAA
6. HOT CHIP – I FEEL BETTER
7. INXS – ON A BUS
8. THE LAST POETS – BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO STRUGGLE
9. CERRONE – SUPERNATURE
10. DADDY – YOU ARE MINE
11. FROU FROU – MUST BE DREAMING
12. DAVID BOWIE – RICOCHET

 

HOUR TWO:

1. THOMAS DOLBY – HYPERACTIVE! (HEAVY BREATHER SUBVERSION MIX)
2. SELWAY – DIGITAL EMOTION (SERATONIN MIX)
3. DANIEL ASH – WALK THIS WAY (GROOVY VOCAL MIX)
4. ERASURE – LEAVE ME TO BLEED (VINCE CLARK / ERIC RADCLIFFE MIX)
5. ERASURE – WORLD BE GONE (Congratulations to Kerry – the winner of the “World Be Gone” Erasure cd!)
6. WAVE MACHINES – BLOOD WILL ROLL
7. EDDIE JAPAN – SUBURBAN LADY (NEW ALBUM, “GOLDEN AGE” OUT 7/18 – LIVE PERFORMANCE WITH GREG HAWKES OF THE CARS IN NORTHAMPTON, 7/22)
8. AFRO DUB – FAST FUNK
9. PETER GABRIEL – IN THE SUN
10. HOLY GHOST! – WAIT & SEE
11. MINISTRY – SHE’S GOT A CAUSE
12. SCRITTI POLITTI – 28/8/78
13. STEVE LEVINE – NETWORK 7: OPENING TITLES

Depeche Tonight!

Many thanks to the New Wave/Alt-80s crowd on Facebook for helping compile tonight’s playlist!

One of our contributor’s, Sean, was recently surprised by Depeche Mode in NYC.         Check it out here!

Another contributor, Jenn, has posted an awesomely cheesy cover by Depeche.                    Watch and listen here!

HOUR ONE:

1. WHERE’S THE REVOLUTION (EWAN PEARSON REMIX)
2. JONATHAN PEREZ – TORA! TORA! TORA!
3. DMK – EVERYTHING COUNTS
4. DAVE GAHAN – USE YOU (MAPS REMIX)
5. SYNTHS REVOLUTION EXCERPT
6. LEAVE IN SILENCE
7. NEW LIFE GENERATION – ENJOY THE SILENCE (CHILLOUT MIX)
8. FRIENDLY FIRES – STRANGELOVE
9. ROKYSOPP (FT. SUSANNE SUNDFOR) – ICE MACHINE
10. MARTIN L. GORE – IN A MANNER OF SPEAKING
11. ERASURE – JUST CAN’T GET ENOUGH
12. TORUL – STRIPPED
13. YARUSKIN AXENOV – PERSONAL JESUS

HOUR TWO:

1. JOHNNY MARR – I FEEL YOU
2. IN YOUR ROOM (JEEP ROCK MIX)
3. YAZOO SHORT STORY EXCERPT
4. YAZOO – GOOD TIMES
5. RECOIL – 1+2
6. THE ASSEMBLY – NEVER NEVER 
7. DAVE GAHAN & SOULSAVERS – ALL OF THIS AND NOTHING
8. BIG BAND KK – WALKING IN MY SHOES
9. VCMG – LOWLY
10. THE MISSION – ONLY YOU & YOU ALONE
11. COMPOSITION OF SOUND/COMING BACK TO YOU – ADDICTION
12. FORCED TO MODE – TOLD YOU SO (LIVE)
13. PENELOPE AUSTIN – HEAVEN
14. DEPECHE MODE – STORIES OF OLD