The Secret History of Rock: Episode 003

30 October:  Frankenstein Moon

Topics

1. Definitions
2. 1985
3. Whatever Happened To..?
4. Now and Then
5. A Chip Off the Old Block–Sort of
6. Useless Information

Playlist

1. Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)/Green Day
2. Roadrunner/Jonathan Richman
3. We Used to Wait/Arcade Fire
4. Running Up That Hill/Kate Bush
5. Don’t You Forget About Me/Simple Minds
6. I Don’t Like Mondays/Boomtown Rats
7. Give It Away/Red Hot Chili Peppers
8. Arias and Symphonies/The Spoons
9. Breaking In/Spoons
10. So in Love/OMD
11. If You Want It/OMD
12. London Calling (Live)/The Clash
13. Rock Star/Hole
14. Come Out and Play/Offspring
15. West End Girls/Pet Shop Boys
16. Out House/Madness

Next week: The Concept of Retro, Medical Mysteries of Music, One Hit Wonders, 1980, The Tricky Issue of Sampling and More Useless Information

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