Category Archives: 81 82 83 84

81 82 83 84 Season 1 Episode 21: Two Steps Forward (Six Steps Back)

At home he feels like a tourist
At home he feels like a tourist
He fills his head with culture
He gives himself an ulcer
He fills his head with culture
He gives himself an ulcer

This week’s show (setlist below):

This is the best video of an early Gang of Four performance I could find on YouTube – in Zagreb in 1981. If you didn’t see them live back then, check this out:

 

81 82 83 84 Season 1 Episode 18: Hey Hey My My

Well we survived 2021! Let’s hope 2022 is an improvement.

As I mention on this week’s show, I came across a truly bizarre live jam on YouTube this week – Neil Young and Devo, playing Hey Hey My My (Into the Black). Here’s the link: https://bit.ly/3sKmom4 – if you can listen to the end you’re a stronger person than I am. (Note: this is NOT the version that’s in this episode.)

Here’s the latest installment of 81 82 83 84. Happy New Year everyone!

81 82 83 84 Season 1 Episode 12: There’s Always the Sun

How many times have you been told
If you don’t ask, you don’t get?
How many lads have taken your money?
Your Mother said you shouldn’t bet
Who has the fun? Is it always a man with a gun?
Someone must have told you, if you work too hard, you can sweat?

There’s always the sun
There’s always the sun
Always, always, always the sun

 

Pretty sunset timelapse from Aruba a few years back. Only 82 seconds. Worth a watch!