Yep, all of these songs are about modern media, including themselves!
Whether it's spy TV, the Bee Gees, American Bandstand, Elvis, or what-have-you, these songs are what happens when pop music looks into a funhouse mirror.01 - Rock Show - Excel - 1980 (3:30)
02 - I Slept in an Arcade - Black Randy & the Metrosquad - 1979 (2:28)
03 - Caught on Tape - Zom Zom - 1985 (1:49)
04 - I'm in the Charts - The Radio Rhythm Boys - 1980 (2:36)
05 - Townshend Nose - Mikes House - 1987 (2:29)
06 - Kill the Bee Gees - The Accidents - 1979 (2:52)
07 - James Bond - Ralph and the Ponytails - 1980 (2:22)
08 - Television Screen Heroes - MI5 - 1980 (4:06)
09 - Late Show - The Dark - 1981 (3:46)
10 - Disneyland (live) - Come On - 1980 (1:53)
11 - Parasites - The Tyros - 1980 (3:15)
12 - Adventures in Modern Recording - The Buggles - 1981 (3:39)
13 - Sorry About That, Chief - Spiny Norman's Mind Games - 1981 (2:16)
14 - The TV Made Me Do It (Blame It on the Quasar) - Lip Service - 1982 (3:59)
15 - TerrorVision - The Fibonaccis - 1986 (3:42)
16 - American Bandstand - The Seat Belts - 1981 (2:06)
17 - (Let's Get Let's Get) Tammy Wynette - The Maggots - 1980 (1:33)
18 - New Heroes - Noise Annoys - 1981 (1:28)
19 - November 22, 1963 - Destroy All Monsters - 1989 (4:18)
20 - Dead Rock n' Rollers - Detention - 1983 (1:37)
21 - I'm in Love with the Girl on the Manchester Virgin Megastore Checkout Desk - The Freshies - 1980 (2:49)
22 - Beautiful Pictures - Fatal Microbes - 1979 (1:49)
23 - I Wanna Kill James Tailor - Ivan and the Executioners - 1979 (2:49)
24 - (I Work for) K.A.O.S. - The Spliffs - 1987 (2:57)
25 - Disco Pop Stars - Altered Images - 1982 (2:35)
26 - Jackie Onassis - Human Sexual Response - 1980 (3:45)
27 - Modern Time's Pop - Mad Tea-Party - 1980 (2:10)
28 - Elvis Impersonator Blues - Beasts of Bourbon - 1988 (2:54)
Now, I ain't advocatin' violence against a Tailor, nor a Wynette! But I do hope you have a hoot, as I do when listening.
MA-155 - Recursive Rock
See you Thursday!
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