H-eighties

I know, the eighties yadda yadda yadda. But it wasn’t all giant mobile phones, Duran Duran and ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’.

Jeremy Paxman got short shrift from David Peace in a recent interview where Paxman and PR hag Lynne Franks tried to portray the eighties as far less divisive and nasty that they actually were. Well worth a view at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/8733178.stm

The brutal and highly politicised nature of those times still hold a grim fascination for me. So I thought a mix of brutal, unsettling and highly politicised music was just the ticket. That should sort everything out. Here it is...enjoy (if that’s the right word)

http://www.mediafire.com/?eil2znw2zyt

Tracklisting:

Reich: Electric Counterpoint………..Kronos Quartet
Lock Groove (In)…………. Liquid Liquid
America Is Waiting………..Brian Eno & David Byrne
Holocaust…………This Mortal Coil
Three English Football Grounds………..I, Ludicrous
Sheep Farming In The Falklands (Flexi version)……Crass
Inglan Is A Bitch…………….Linton Kwesi Johnson
O King Of Chaos………………..Julian Cope
Beasley Street (Live)…………….John Cooper Clarke
Johnny Miner……….The Mekons
Wildworld…………..The Birthday Party
Asbestos Lead Asbestos……………………..World Domination Enterprises
British Colonialism & The BBC…………….Chumbawamba
Tommy Opposite…………………Yeah Yeah Noh
Still Walking……………….Throbbing Gristle
Walking On Thin Ice (1981 Re-edit)……….Yoko Ono
Jerusalem………….Mark Stewart
Remember (Peel Session)…………..The Mighty Wah!