World Cafe Playlist for 07/14/2020

Music of 1980 with host Stephen Kallao

1980 was the year of “The Miracle on Ice,” the birth of CNN, the invention of the Post-It note – And it was a banner year for music. Today, we’ll look back 40 years to the debut of U2 and Pretenders, the final releases from John Lennon and Bob Marley, and seminal records from Blondie, Bruce Springsteen, Diana Ross, Jackson Browne, and Peter Gabriel.

*Talking Heads “Crosseyed and Painless” Remain In Light

Bob Marley & The Wailers “Could You Be Loved” Uprising

Stevie Wonder “Master Blaster (Jammin’)” Hotter Than July

Diana Ross “I’m Coming Out” Diana

Prince “When You Were Mine” Dirty Mind

The English Beat “Tears Of A Clown” I Just Can’t Stop It

Dexy’s Midnight Runners “Seven Days Too Long” Searching For The Young Soul Rebels

Jackson Browne “That Girl Could Sing” Hold Out

Bruce Springsteen “Hungry Heart” The River

The Pretenders “Brass In Pocket” Pretenders

Grace Jones “Private Life” Warm Leatherette

U2 “I Will Follow” Boy

David Bowie “Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)” Scary Monsters

Hour Two
*Steely Dan “Hey Nineteen” Gaucho

Peter Gabriel “Games Without Frontiers” Peter Gabriel (iii)

Dire Straits “Tunnel Of Love” Making Movies

The Selecter “On My Radio” Selected Selecter Selections

John Lennon “Watching The Wheels” Double Fantasy

Paul McCartney “Coming Up” McCartney II

The Feelies “Everybody’s Got Something To Hide (Except Me)” Crazy Rhythms

Blondie “Rapture” Autoamerican

The Clash “Lightning Strikes (Not Once But Twice)” Sandinista!

The Police “Driven To Tears” Zenyatta Mondatta

Grateful Dead “Don’t Ease Me In” Go To Heaven

Linda Ronstadt “How Do I Make You” Mad Love

The Buggles “Video Killed The Radio Star” The Age Of Plastic

*Optional Song