Save Ferris "The 80's Show." PBAFM 89.7

On air 20th June.

Now playing (1988)

Playlist.
20.6.26.
Yello 85.
(Theme)
Oh Yeah.
1. Wa Wa Nee 88.
One on one (Ain't I good enough)
2. Kiss 80.
Shandi.
3.Thompson Twins 86.
(Lucas)
King for a day.
4. Time Bandits 85.
Endless road.
5. Run-D.M.C 84.
Rock box.
6. Max Q 89.
Way of the world.
7. No1/Aus-Album 82.
Kim Wilde.
(1982 with a bullett)
Cambodia.
8. No1/Aus-Single 88.
Cheap Trick.
The Flame.
9. No1/UK-Single 84.
Frankie goes to Hollywood.
Relax.
10. No1/UK-Single 88.
Debbie Gibson.
Foolish beat.
11. Donna Summer 83.
She works hard for the money.
12. Loverboy 81.
Turn me loose.
13. Duran Duran 81.
Girls on film.
14. Prince 85.
(12inch)
Pop life.
15. Ray Charles and the Blues Brothers 80.
(Blues Brothers)
Shake your tail feather.
16. Simply Red 85.
Money's too tight to mention.
17. The Cure 85.
In between Days.
18. Madness 83.
Wings of a dove.
19. The Psychedelic Furs 81.
Pretty in Pink.
20. Level 42 85.
Leaving me now.
21. Cory Hart 85.
Never Surrender.
22. Peter Cetera 86.
(The Karate Kid 2)
Glory of love.
23. Judas Priest 80.
Living after midnight.
24. Phil Collins 81.
I missed again.
25. 1927 88.
That's when I think of you.
26. AC/DC 83.
Flick of the switch.
27. John Farnham 88.
Two strong Hearts.
28. Berlin 84.
No more words.
29. A flock of Seagulls 82.
Space aged love song.
30. Alice Cooper 80.
Clones (Were all )
31. Roxy Music 80.
Over you.
32. T'Pau 87.
Heart and soul.
33. Jan Hammer 85.
(Miami Vice)
Crockets Theme.
34. Journey 82.
Open arm's.
35. Van Halen 86.
Love walks in.
36. Sade 84.
Your love is king.
37. Billy Fields 82.
True love.

June 20th, 1980 - “The Blues Brothers” had its general theatrical release.

😎 “They're not gonna catch us. We're on a mission from God." - Elwood Blues (Dan Aykroyd)

The film was a hit, and has since become a classic. In fact, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." This took place in 2020.

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“The mission began in Aykroyd's teenage years as a young Canadian frequenting the blues bars of Ottawa where he grew up. His dad, Peter, worked as a bureaucrat in the Canadian government, for many years on the National Film Board.”

"Music was a huge part of our lives," Aykroyd explains, a 45-year-old Cuban cigar stuck in his mouth during an interview in New York. "Every weekend he'd look in the paper to see which record collections were being sold, and he would buy secondhand records. I grew up listening to Fats Waller and Jack Hilton." But as he grew older, Aykroyd gravitated to a small blues bar called Le Hibou, where all the great blues stars came to play. "I would be there every weekend when I was 14 or 15," Aykroyd says. "I got to see Muddy Waters, and even jammed behind him one night." The blues legend had gotten impatient that his drummer was taking too long on a break, so he invited anyone in the audience to fill in, and Aykroyd jumped up. "He gave me the beat, and he said, 'You keep that beat going.'"

“The weekly excursions exposed Aykroyd to Howlin' Wolf, James Cotton, Cary Bell, Paul Butterfield and Charlie Musselwhite, the mouth harp, or harmonica, genius. Aykroyd's fascination with Musselwhite led to his first dabbling in the harmonica, which he continues to play today as part of the Blues Brothers band. But his more extensive, in-depth education in the blues came during his abbreviated tenure at Carleton University, where he connected with Doug Tansley, a man who worked in the university's audiovisual department. "One night I went to his apartment and he had a wall of blues albums," Aykroyd exclaims, waving his hand at a 20-foot wall. "I mean, it was…floor to ceiling, wall to wall, every conceivable blues album…. I started at the beginning of time and listened to Ma Rainy, Big Bill Broonzy, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Mississippi John Hurt, Son House."

“Getting Aykroyd talking about the blues is akin to turning on a faucet. There's such a mastery of blues's history that he can spill out a CliffsNotes—like monologue in a few sentences. Unprompted, he ranges from the slave trade origins of the music, to field hollers sung while working, to the Saturday night front porch serenades with "a cheap Chinese harmonica, a cigar box banjo, and gut bucket bass and a washboard." He weaves in the influence of black gospel music with its piano and organ components, to the evolution of the Saturday night juke joint. The narrative spans musical events in America, east of the Mississippi from Appalachia to the Mississippi Delta and eventually to the urban centers of the mid-South and North, such as Memphis and Chicago. Aykroyd could expand each topic into a lengthy oral defense for a post-doctoral dissertation.” - Gordon Mott (Cigar Aficionado)

😎 😎

Released in June, 1988, Information Society released their ‘Self Titled’ album. Information Society is a vibrant synth-pop and freestyle record. Driven by the massive hit "What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)," the album balances catchy, high-energy club pop with industrial dance and hip-hop influences, standing out as a defining electronic release of the late '80s. The album is widely regarded as an excellent late-80s synth-pop record, with fans and critics pointing to the deep cuts (like "Walking Away" and "Running") as being just as strong as their chart-topping single. Four singles came from the album, Walking Away, Repetition, What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy) and Lay All Your Love on Me (written by ABBA).

Cher released ‘Heart of Stone’ 37 years ago on June 19, 1989.

💿🎹 80’s Album Rewind…. 🎹
Elton John
Breaking Hearts 💕

On June 18, 1984, Elton John released Breaking Hearts, an album that became part of the soundtrack of one of music’s greatest decades.

The album arrived during a year packed with iconic releases and quickly found an audience thanks to its catchy melodies, polished production, and the hit single “Sad Songs (Say So Much).” The song became a radio favorite and helped keep Elton firmly in the spotlight during the MTV era.

What made Breaking Hearts special was its combination of classic Elton John songwriting and the bright, energetic sound that defined mid-1980s pop music. Fans who bought the album on vinyl, cassette, or later discovered it through MTV remember it as one of the standout releases of 1984.

More than four decades later, Breaking Hearts remains a wonderful snapshot of Elton John’s enduring ability to connect with listeners and adapt to a changing musical landscape.

What is your favorite song from Breaking Hearts?

#1984

On this day in 1987, Whitesnake’s self-titled LP peaked at #2 on the US Billboard 200 Albums Chart (June 13)

This album did everything but go to #1…

It was held in the #2 spot for 10 non-consecutive weeks by three different albums, including U2's “The Joshua Tree”, Whitney Houston's “Whitney”, and mostly Michael Jackson's “Bad”.

It spent more weeks inside the top five than any other album in 1987, hovering at or near its peak position over the course of seven months from 13 June 1987 to 23 January 1988, and charted for 76 weeks in total on the Billboard 200.

The album also spawned two Billboard Hot 100 smash hit singles: "Here I Go Again '87" which reached #1 on 10 October, and "Is This Love" which reached #2 on 19 December.

Rolling Stone called the album a mixture of styles reminiscent of Led Zeppelin, Scorpions and Foreigner; what makes it such a guilty pleasure, though, is that Coverdale isn't simply stealing licks; he and guitarist John Sykes understand the structure, pacing and drama of the old Led Zeppelin sound and deserve credit for concocting such a convincing simulacrum".

In 2019, Rolling Stone ranked the album 12th among "50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time".

It was the first and only Whitesnake album for guitarist John Sykes, who co-wrote nine songs with David Coverdale before being fired before the album was released, as well as the final album to feature longtime bass player Neil Murray.

Click on the link below to watch “Here I Go Again ‘87”:

https://youtu.be/WyF8RHM1OCg

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Happy 59th Birthday to 80s star, Mia Sara (born June 19, 1967)! Sara made her major film debut opposite Tom Cruise as the fairy-tale Princess Lili in Ridley Scott's visually stunning fantasy epic, “Legend”. She landed her defining role as Sloane Peterson, the clever, supportive, and effortlessly cool girlfriend of Ferris Bueller, solidifying her status as an enduring 80s crush.

Happy 45 Anniversary to Superman II,
Released on the day, June 19, 1981 .