On tonight’s “Static” program (Thursday 14th September) …

Last year we celebrated 30 years of our show by playing our favourite songs from the past three decades … so this year, we’re going back Before “Static”!

This week, co-host Mick has selected two hours of key songs released before 1992 – some that shaped him at the time, and others that have meant the most to him in the years since.

Playlist:
THE HUMMINGBIRDS “Hindsight” (Phantom)
DAVID BOWIE “Andy Warhol” (RCA Victor)
MY BLOODY VALENTINE “Emptiness Inside” (Creation)
THE RONETTES “Be My Baby” (Philles)
ABBA “Knowing Me, Knowing You” (Polar/RCA Victor)
INXS “Jan’s Song” (WEA)
HOODOO GURUS “I Want You Back” (Big Time)
TALK TALK “Inheritance” (Parlophone)
THE ART OF NOISE “Snapshot” (ZTT)
THE KINKS “Do You Remember Walter?” (Pye)
SISTER SLEDGE “Lost In Music” (Cotillion/Atlantic)
PIXIES “Broken Face” (4AD/Remote Control)
ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN “The Cutter” (Korova/WEA)
MALCOLM McLAREN with THE McLARENETTES “Soweto” (Charisma)
THE TRIFFIDS “The Seabirds” (White Hot)
PRINCE “The Cross” (Paisley Park/Warner Bros)
PUBLIC ENEMY “Prophets Of Rage” (Def Jam)
THE SMITHS “Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want” (Rough Trade)
LUSH “Thoughtforms” (4AD/Remote Control)
SCOTT WALKER “Always Coming Back To You” (Philips)
ED KUEPPER “Burned My Fingers” (Truetone)
MARVIN GAYE and TAMMI TERRELL “Ain’t Nothing Like The Real Thing” (Tamla Motown)
THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS “Highwire Days” (Columbia)
THE TRASH CAN SINATRAS “Obscurity Knocks” (Go! Discs)