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December 24, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

DJ Setlist: Homecoming – 80s DJ Set for Christmas Eve, Turks Bar, Havelock North, Thursday, December 24

sa ntBack in the bay for Christmas – and down to Turks to play some 80s tunes – good fun. And a good list I reckon, not your standard 80s DJ set…well, not my standard one, but plenty of favourites, and a few random selections…Merry Christmas everyone, here’s the tunes I played as a long-haul 5pm-11.30pm set:

1. Tom Petty, Free Falling
2. Los Lobos, I Got LoadedDecks
3. Joe Jackson, Steppin’ Out
4. Jo Jo Zep, Walk On By
5. Toto, Rosanna
6. Chris Isaak, You Owe Me Some Kind of Love
7. Suzanne Vega, Left of Centre
8. Robbie Robertson, Somewhere Down The Crazy River
9. Roy Orbison, You Got It
10. Paul Young, Wherever I Lay My Hat (That’s My Home)
11. R.E.M., Talk About The Passion
12. Steely Dan, Hey Nineteen
13. Champaign, How ‘Bout Us
14. Bob Dylan, Tight Connection To My Heart
15. Grayson Hugh, Talk It Over
16. Tim Finn, Fraction Too Much Frictionxmas eve
17. Coup D’etat, Dr. I Like Your Medicine
18. Th’ Dudes, Walking In Light
19. The Dance Exponents, Victoria
20. Herbs, Long Ago
21. Sonny Day and the All-Stars, Saving Up
22. Mockers, Swear It’s True
23. Swingers, Counting The Beat
24. Dave Dobbyn, Slice of Heaven
25. Talking Heads, Burning Down The House
26. Pretenders, Back On The Chain Gang
27. Chris Rea, Let’s Dance
28. Traveling Wilburys, Handle With Care
29. Roxy Music, More Than This
30. The Police, King of Pain
31. Talk Talk, Life’s What You Make It
32. Mike Oldfield, Moonlight Shadow
33. UB40, Food For Thougth
34. U2, Unforgettable Fire
35. The The, The Beat(en) Generation
36. Sharon O’Neill, Maxine
37. Men At Work, Who Can It Be Now?
38. Bobby McFerrin, Don’t Worry Be Happy
39. Go-Betweens, Streets of Your Town
40. Spandau Ballet, True
41. Texas, I Don’t Want A Lover
42. Sade, Hang On To Your Love
43. Smokey Robinson, Being With You
44. Commodores, Night Shift
45. Tracy Chapman, Talkin’ ‘Bout A Revolution
46. Joan Armatrading, Me Myself I
47. Madness, It Must Be Love
48. The Cars, You Might Think
49. Psychedelic Furs, Love My Way
50. Visage, Fade to Grey
51. The Art of Noise – feat. Tom Jones, Kiss
52. Fine Young Cannibals, I’m Not The Man I Used To Be
53. The Power Station, Some Like It Hot
54. Billy Ocean, Caribbean Queen
55. Grace Jones, Pull Up To The Bumper
56. Neneh Cherry, Buffalo Stance
57. The Housemartins, Caravan of Love
58. Inner City, Good Life
59. Harold Faltermeyer, Axel F.
60. New Order, Bizarre Love Triangle
61. Pet Shop Boys, What Have I Done To Deserve This?
62. Prince, Erotic City
63. Bronski Beat, Small Town Boy
64. Thompson Twins, Love On Your Side
65. Simple Minds, Promised You A Mircale
66. OMD, Enola Gay
67. Madonna, Lucky Star
68. Cyndi Lauper, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
69 Duran Duran, Hungry Like The Wolf
70. ABC, The Look of Love
71. Phil Collins, Don’t Lose My Number
72. Huey Lewis & The News, I Want A New Drug
73. Whitney Houston, How Will I Know
74. Stevie Wonder, Part-Time Lover
75. Hall + Oates, Maneater
76. Mick Jagger, Just Another Night
77. ZZ Top, Sharp Dressed Man
78. Stevie Nicks w/ Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around
79. The Cult, She Sells Sanctuary
80. Guns N’ Roses, Rocket Queen
81. Bon Jovi, Wanted Dead or Alive
82. Def Leppard, Pour Some Sugar On Me
83. Pixies, Debaser
84. Wham!, Last Christmas
85. Salt N Pepa, Push It
86. The Bangles, Eternal Flame
87. Cold Chisel, Forever Now
88. The Waterboys, The Whole of the Moon
89. Icehouse, Electric Blue
90. David Bowie, Ashes To Ashes
91. Pseudo Echo, Funky Town
92. Genesis, That’s All
93. The Pogues, Fairytale of New York

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