SHOW #122 - "And every minute I keep finding clues that you leave behind..."

Police "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da"
Belinda Carlisle "La Luna"

Michael Jackson "Rock With You"
Vixen "Cryin'"

Wah! "Story Of The Blues"
Terence Trent D'Arby "If You Let My Stay"

Style Council "You're The Best Thing"
Jellybean featuring Adel Bertei "Just A Mirage"

Level 42 "Micro Kid"
Alvin Stardust "I Feel Like Buddy Holly"

THE HARDER I TRY:
Toto Coelo "Dracula's Tango"

Jesus & Mary Chain "Darklands"
Hall & Oates "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)"

Freddie Mercury "Time"
Dusty Springfield "Nothing Has Been Proved"

U2 "Desire"
Sharon Redd "Never Give You Up"

Depeche Mode "Strangelove"
Billy Ocean "Suddenly"

Morrissey "Ouija Board Ouija Board"
T'Pau "Valentine"

Mike Oldfield & Maggie Reilly "Moonlight Shadow"
David Bowie "Time Will Crawl"

Belouis Some "Some People"
Run DMC vs Aerosmith "Walk This Way"

THE NOBODY'S DIARY:
Quarterflash "Harden My Heart"

Kool and the Gang "Celebration"
Duran Duran "New Moon On Monday"

Bruce Willis "Under The Boardwalk"
Undertones "Wednesday Week"

Paul Simon "You Can Call Me Al"
Big Audio Dynamite "Medicine Show"

Gloria Gaynor "I Am What I Am"
Paul Young "Love Of The Common People"

Glass Tiger "Don't Forget Me When I'm Gone"
Barbara Jones "Just When I Needed You Most"

Bryan Ferry "Slave To Love"
Heatwave "Gangsters Of The Groove"

Selecter "The Whisper"
Simple Minds "Promised You A Miracle"

THE HARDER I TRY:
Re-Flex "Couldn't Stand A Day"

Spandau Ballet "Musclebound"
Natalie Cole "Pink Cadillac"

Paul McCartney "Take It Away"
The Damned "Anything"

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.