8/4/2006 - Post Roast

It's not easy to follow up an out-and-out 40th birthday roast, but that's the task assigned to me at the Goldhawk that night. '80s hair jokes galore. Happy birthday Dave S.

11:00
Talk Talk - TALK TALK
I Ran (So Far Away) - A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS
The One Thing - INXS
Somebody Told Me - THE KILLERS
Do You Want To - FRANZ FERDINAND
My Sharona - THE KNACK
Dreaming - BLONDIE
Vacation - THE GO-GO'S
Song With A Mission - THE SOUNDS
Hard To Explain - THE STROKES
Debaser - PIXIES
Get Off This - CRACKER
Carnival - CARDIGANS
1,000 Times - TAHITI 80

12:00
Girl - BECK
This Scene Is Dead - WE ARE SCIENTISTS
Banquet - BLOC PARTY
Blueside - ROONEY
Radiation Vibe - FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE
I Predict A Riot - THE KAISER CHIEFS
Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth - THE DANDY WARHOLS
Finding Out True Love Is Blind - LOUIS XIV
Fake Tales Of San Francisco - ARCTIC MONKEYS
Is It Any Wonder? - KEANE
Rebellion (Lies) - THE ARCADE FIRE
Elephant Stone - THE STONE ROSES
Grey Cell Green - NED'S ATOMIC DUSTBIN
Disco 2000 - PULP
Laid - JAMES
Look Sharp! - JOE JACKSON
Stop Your Sobbing - PRETENDERS
Take Me, I'm Yours - SQUEEZE

1:00
Everything Counts (live) - DEPECHE MODE
Inbetween Days - THE CURE
This Charming Man - THE SMITHS
Town Called Malice - THE JAM
Rudie Can't Fail - THE CLASH
House Of Fun - MADNESS
Enjoy Yourself - THE SPECIALS
The Tender Trap - SKANATRA
Low Rider - WAR
Oye Como Va - SANTANA
Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing - STEVIE WONDER
Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard - PAUL SIMON
Superman - R.E.M.
Cruel To Be Kind - NICK LOWE
Surrender - CHEAP TRICK
Somebody To Shove - SOUL ASYLUM
Alex Chilton - THE REPLACEMENTS

2:00
Dance Like A Monkey - THE NEW YORK DOLLS
I Want Candy - BOW WOW WOW
Roam - THE B-52'S
Manic Monday - THE BANGLES
They Don't Know - KIRSY MACCOLL
It's Not Unusual - TOM JONES
Burning Love - ELVIS PRESLEY
Midnight Confessions - THE GRASS ROOTS
It Won't Be Long (U.S. stereo) - THE BEATLES
Be My Baby - THE RONETTES
Concrete And Clay - UNIT 4 PLUS 2
Dancing In The Street - THE MAMAS & THE PAPAS