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12 September 2008

Radio MetaChat: Starting at 9pm PDT for about two hours, we present to you ARGH! A Music War.→[More:]
Nope, not a spelling mistake. I'm recreating URGH! A Music War, with a few differences as I don't have all the tracks, and some are different. Because I care about the music you listen to.

post by: Zack_Replica at: 21:54 | 10 comments

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posted by Zack_Replica 12 September | 22:34

You're missing it!

1. The Police - Driven To Tears (3:29)
2. Wall of Voodoo - Back in Flesh (3:40)
3. Toyah Wilcox - Dance (5:24)
4. John Cooper-Clarke - Evidently Chickentown (2:23) Best pome evah.
5. OMD - Enola Gay (3:34)
6. Chelsea - I'm On Fire (3:42) Anthemic punk rawk kicks yr ass!

posted by Zack_Replica 12 September | 23:22

The starred listings are from the URGH! soundtrack. In the 1st update, The Police and Toyah are from the original too.

7. Oingo Boingo - Ain't This The Life (2:57)*
8. Echo & the Bunnymen - Never Stop (4:47)
9. Jools Holland - Foolish I Know (2:08)*
10. XTC - Respectable Street (3:12)*
11. Klaus Nomi - Total Eclipse (3:29)
12. Spizzenergi - Where's Captain Kirk (2:31) aka Athletico Spizz 80, Spizzoil, Spizzles, and Spizz.

posted by Zack_Replica 12 September | 23:42

13. Go Go's - Head Over Heels (3:36)
14. Dead Kennedys - Holiday In Cambodia (3:44)
15. Steel Pulse - Ku Klux Klan (4:37)*
16. Gary Numan - We Are Glass (4:08)
17. Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - Bad Reputation (2:46)*

Yes, it's JFJ. Kneel, already.

Also, hello to the lone listener!

posted by Zack_Replica 12 September | 23:59

18. Magazine - Model Worker (2:53)*
19. The Members - Offshore Banking Business (3:11)
20. The Au Pairs - Come Again (3:53) Sounds like Gang of Four with more personal lyrics. Not as famous as they should've been.
21. The Cramps - Garbageman (3:30) you gotta beat it with a stick. you gotta beat it 'til it's thick. you gotta live until you're dead. you gotta rock 'til you see red. now do you understand?
22. pere ubu - final solution (5:01) Famously covered by Peter Murphy.

posted by Zack_Replica 13 September | 00:16

23. Devo - Uncontrollable Urge (3:28)* Icons.
24. Fleshtones - Shadow-line (3:01)*
25. X - Los Angeles (2:24)
26. UB40 - Rat In Mi Kitchen (3:03)
27. The Police - So Lonely (4:52)

End of ARGH! The rest is encores and extras.

posted by Zack_Replica 13 September | 00:31

Dag, I missed most of this. thanks anyway!

posted by not_on_display 13 September | 00:43

28. XTC - No Thugs in Our House (5:08)
29. Hunters & Collectors - 99th Home Position (2:39)
30. Surf Punks - My Beach (1:49) yeah, the download took longer than I thought. should've been listed in the "official" tracks. oh, the shame.

posted by Zack_Replica 13 September | 00:45

n_o_d - np. i'll be pod casting it within a day. :)

posted by Zack_Replica 13 September | 00:47

31. Albertos Y Lost Trios Paranoias - Heads Down, No Nonsense, Mindless Boogie (2:38)
32. Buzzcocks - Harmony in My Head (3:09)
33. UB40 - One in Ten (4:33)
34. The Police - Message In A Bottle (4:53)

That be it! There were two listeners and thanks to them!

posted by Zack_Replica 13 September | 01:00

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