SHOW #121 - "See your innocence slipping away, don't believe it's coming back soon..."

The Clash "Rock The Casbah"
Rockers Revenge "The Harder They Come"

Eurythmics "Beethoven (Love To Listen To)"
Phil Collins "Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)"

OMD "Forever Live And Die"
Quincy Jones "Razzamatazz"

UFO "Young Blood"
Culture Club "Move Away"

Assembly "Never Never"
George Benson "Love X Love"

THE HARDER I TRY:
Animotion "Let Him Go"

Grace Jones "Pull Up To The Bumper"
Status Quo "A Mess Of The Blues"

Whitney Houston "Saving All My Love For You"
Beastie Boys "(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party)"

Big Country "Look Away"
Steven Dante "I'm Too Scared"

Trio "Da Da Da"
Smokey Robinson "Being With You"

Laura Branigan "Gloria"
John Foxx "Europe (After The Rain)"

Hue & Cry "Looking For Linda"
Fresh 4 featuring Lizz E "Wishing On A Star"

Monsoon "Ever So Lonely"
Go West "Don't Look Down"

THE NOBODY'S DIARY:
Lonnie Hill "Galveston Bay"

The Smiths "The Boy With The Thorn In His Side"
Kim Wilde "Four Letter Word"

Donna Summer "Unconditional Love"
Bee Gees "You Win Again"

A-Ha "You Are The One"
Japan "Visions Of China"

AC/DC "Rock n Roll Ain't Noise Pollution"
Steve Arrington "Dancing In The Key Of Life"

Pretenders "Back On The Chain Gang"
Rock Steady Crew "Hey You (The Rock Steady Crew)"

Odyssey "Going Back To My Roots"
UB40 "I Won't Close My Eyes"

Nik Kershaw "The Riddle"
The Imposter "Pills And Soap"

THE HARDER I TRY:
Nick Straker Band "Leaving On The Midnight Train"

The Cure "The Love Cats"
Haywoode "Roses"

Flying Pickets "When You're Young And In Love"
Fuzzbox "Self"

This was the final edition of 2012, and as such, the acts featured in italics represent artists of the 1980s who died this year.

SHOW #120 - "The kitchen's still leaking, with floods on the floor..."

U2 "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"
Kennedy Rose "More Than One Night A Year"

Los Lobos "Rudolph The Manic Reindeer"
Santa & Claus "Christmas Dance (Christmas Dance (Wann Gibt's Denn Hier Geschenke E)"

Billy Joel "She's Right On Time"
Buzz Of Delight "Christmas"

Sheena Easton "It's Christmas All Over The World"
They Might Be Giants "Santa's Beard"

Fishbone "Slick Nick (You Devil You)"
Peter Cetera "Silent Night"

Orange Juice "Holiday Hymn"
Jimmy Buffett "Christmas In The Caribbean"

Audio 2 "A Christmas Rhyme"
Hanoi Rocks "Dead At Xmas"

Reckless Sleepers "Every Day Will Be Like A Holiday"
Alexander O'Neal "Sleigh Ride"

Bon Jovi "Backdoor Santa"
Billy Squier "Christmas Is The Time To Say I Love You"

Huey Lewis & the News "Winter Wonderland"
54-40 "2000 Years Of Love"

XTC "Thanks For Christmas"
Michael Damian "Christmas Time Without You"

Depeche Mode "Christmas Island"
Ramones "Merry Christmas (I Don't Wanna Fight Tonight)"

Ray Parker Jr. "Christmas Time Is Here"
Timbuk 3 "All I Want For Christmas"

Bob Seger "Little Drummer Boy"
Ryuichi Sakamoto "Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence"

Sherwin Linton "Santa Got A DWI"
Madness "Inanity Over Christmas"

New Edition "Give Love At Christmas"
Shark Island "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town"

The Alarm "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"
Buster Poindexter "'Zat You Santa Claus?"

John Mellencamp "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"
Chris Stamey Group "Christmas Time"

Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton "A Christmas To Remember"
Torch Song "Hark"

Payolas "Christmas Is Coming"
Fay Lovsky "Christmas Was A Friend Of Mine"

Prince "Another Lonely Christmas"
Throwing Muses "Santa Claus"

Erasure "She Won't Be Home"
Siouxsie and the Banshees "Il Est Né Le Divin Enfant"

Chris Squire & Alan White "Run With The Fox"
Captain Sensible "One Christmas Catalogue"

Schooner Fare "What Christmas Means To Me"
Dan Fogelberg "Same Old Lang Syne"



This was a Christmas special edition of the programme.

SHOW #119 - "She wondered what was the fuss all about..."

Bruce Hornsby and the Range "The Way It Is"
Blancmange "Blind Vision"

Rolling Stones "Undercover Of The Night"
Imagination "In And Out Of Love"

Cher "I Found Someone"
The Jesus and Mary Chain "Some Candy Talking"

Quireboys "7 O'Clock"
BB & Q Band "Genie"

Madness "Driving In My Car"
Vanessa Paradis "Joe Le Taxi"

THE HARDER I TRY:
It Bites "Whole New World"

Visage "Fade To Grey"
Eddy Grant "Can't Get Enough Of You"

Doctor and the Medics "Burn"
Martika "I Feel The Earth Move"

Frankie Goes To Hollywood "Relax"
Thin Lizzy "Cold Sweat"

Gladys Knight "Licence To Kill"
Dexys Midnight Runners "Dance Stance"

Adeva "Musical Freedom (Moving On Up)"
Nick Heyward "Whistle Down The Wind"

Phil Fearon & Galaxy "Everybody's Laughing"
Siouxsie and the Banshees "Fireworks"

Murray Head "One Night In Bangkok"
Queen "Scandal"

THE NOBODY'S DIARY:
Young MC "Know How"

Whitesnake "Here I Go Again"
Polecats "John, I'm Only Dancing"

Dooleys "Love Patrol"
Robert Palmer "Change His Ways"

Bon Jovi "You Give Love A Bad Name"
Grover Washington Junior "Just The Two Of Us"

George Harrison "When We Was Fab"
Fun Boy Three with Bananarama "It Ain't What You Do, It's The Way That You Do It"

Bobby Brown "Rock Witcha"
King "Taste Of Your Tears"

Soft Cell "Soul Inside"
Boomtown Rats "Someone's Looking At You"

Billy Bragg "Between The Wars"
Kim Wilde "View From A Bridge"

THE HARDER I TRY:
The Adventures "Send My Heart"

Philip Bailey "Walking On The Chinese Wall"
Maisonettes "Heartache Avenue"

Echo and the Bunnymen "Lips Like Sugar"
Kate Bush "Hounds Of Love"