My Radio Boo broadcast with Rock, Hard Rock & Heavy Rock cover versions of the 80s (1979 - 1989).
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22:00 - 23:00
01. In The Army Now - STATUS QUO (LP In The Army Now, 1986)
Original version:
In The Army Now - BOLLAND (LP The Domino Theory, 1981)
Status Quo lyrics, Bolland lyrics
02. I Love Rock 'N Roll - JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS
(LP I Love Rock 'N Roll, 1981)
Original version:
I Love Rock 'N Roll - THE ARROWS (single, 1975)
Arrows lyrics, Joan Jett lyrics
03. Ride Like The Wind - SAXON (LP Destiny, 1988)
Original version:
Ride Like The Wind - CHRISTOPHER CROSS (LP Christopher Cross, 1979)
Saxon lyrics, Christopher Cross lyrics
04. The Passenger - SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES
(LP Through The Looking Glass, 1987)
The Passenger - IGGY POP (LP Lust For Life, 1977)
Banshees lyrics, Iggy's lyrics
05. Real Wild Child (Wild One) - IGGY POP (LP Blah-Blah-Blah, 1986)
Original version.
Real Wild Chil - JOHNNY O'KEEFE with THE DEE JAYS (single, 1958)
Iggy Pop lyrics, Johnny O'Keefe lyrics
06. I Only Want To Be With You - THE TOURISTS
(LP Reality Effect, 1979)
Original version:
I Only Want To Be With You - DUSTY SPRINGFIELD (single, 1963)
Song lyrics
07. I Fought The Law - THE CLASH (EP The Cost Of Living, 1979)
Original version:
I Fought The Law - THE CRICKETS (single, 1960)
Other known version:
I Fought The Law - BOBBY FULLER FOUR (1965)
Clash lyrics
08. Friday On My Mind - GARY MOORE (LP Wild Frontier, 1987)
Original version:
Friday On My Mind - THE EASYBEATS (single, 1966)
Song lyrics
09. Anarchy In The UK - MEGADETH feat. STEVE JONES
(LP So Far, So Good... So What! 1988)
Original version:
Anarchy In The UK - SEX PISTOLS (LP Never Mind The Bollocks... 1977)
Megadeth lyrics, Sex Pistols lyrics
10. Johnny B Goode - JUDAS PRIEST (LP Ram it Down, 1988)
Original version.
Johnny B. Goode - CHUCK BERRY (single, 1958)
Most popular version in Hellas:
Johnny B. Goode - PETER TOSH (sungle, 1983)
Judas Priest lyrics, Chuck Berry lyrics, Peter Tosh lyrics
11. Cum On Feel the Noize - QUIET RIOT (LP Metal Health, 1983)
Original version.
Cum On Feel The Noize - SLADE (single, 1973)
Quiet Riot lyrics, Slade lyrics
12. Higher Ground - RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS (LP Mother's Milk, 1989)
Original version:
Higher Ground - STEVIE WONDER (LP Innervisions, 1973)
Peppers lyrics, Stevie lyrics
13. Smokin' In The Boys Room - MÖTLEY CRUE (LP Thatre Of Pain,1985)
Original version:
Smokin' In The Boys Room - BROWNSVILLE STATION (single, 1973)
Song lyrics
14. Your Mama Don't Dance - POISON (LP Open Up & Say...Ahhh! 1988)
Original version:
Your Mama Don't Dance - LOGGINS & MESSINA
(LP Loggins & Messina, 1972)
Song lyrics
15. Leader Of The Pack - TWISTED SISTER (LP Come Out & Play, 1985)
Original version:
Leader Of The Pack - THE SHANGRI-LAS (single, 1964)
Twisted Sister lyrics, Shangri-Las lyrics
16. Once Bitten Twice Shy - GREAT WHITE (LP ...Twice Shy, 1989)
Original version:
Once Bitten Twice Shy - IAN HUNTER (LP Ian Hunter, 1975)
Ian Hunter lyrics
17. Hazy Shade Of Winter - BANGLES (OST Less Than Zero, 1987)
Original version:
A Hazy Shade Of Winter - SIMON & GARFUNKEL (single, 1966)
Bangles lyrics, Simon & Garfunkel lyrics
23:00 - 00:00
18. All Day & All Of The Night - THE STRANGLERS
(LP All Live & All Of The Night, 1987)
Original version:
All Day & All Of The Night - THE KINKS (single, 1964)
Song lyrics
19. Everybody Needs Somebody To Love - THE BLUES BROTHERS
(OST The Blues Brothers, 1980)
Original version:
Everybody Needs Somebody To Love - SOLOMON BURKE (1964)
Blues Brothers lyrics
20. I Got Loaded - LOS LOBOS (LP How Will The Wolf Survive, 1984)
Original version:
I Got Loaded - LITTLE BOB & THE LOLLIPOPS (single, 1965)
Song lyrics
21. Can You Hear Me - WILLIE & THE POOR BOYS (1985)
Original version:
Can You Hear Me - LEE DORSEY (1065)
Song lyrics
22. Seven Days - JOE COCKER (LP Sheffield Steel, 1982)
Original version:
Seven Days - RON WOOD (LP Gimme Some Neck, 1979)
Joe Cocker lyrics
23. 400 Dragons - ADRIAN JOHN LOVERIDGE (LP Square One, 1981)
Original version:
400 Dragons - THIEVES (LP Yucatan, 1979)
Song lyrics
Κουβεντούλα με το Μάκη (Άνθιμο) Κατιρτζόγλου, πρώην παρουσιαστή μουσικών εκπομπών (Club FM, 107.4) και νυν ηθοποιό
24. To Be A Lover - BILLY IDOL (LP Whiplash Smile, 1986)
Original version:
I Forgot To Be Your Lover - WILLIAM BELL (single, 1968)
Billy Idol lyrics, William Bell lyrics
25. Roadhouse Blues - FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD
(b side on ''Rage Hard'', 1986)
Original version:
Roadhouse Blues - THE DOORS (LP Morrison Hotel, 1970)
Frankie lyrics, Doors lyrics
26. People Are Strange - ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN
(OST The Lost Boys, 1987)
Original version:
People Are Strange - THE DOORS (LP Strange Days, 1967)
Bunnymen lyrics, Doors lyrics
27. Dancing Barefoot - U2 (b side on ''When Love Comes To Town'', 1989)
Original version:
Dancing Barefoot - PATTI SMITH GROUP (LP Wave, 1979)
U2 lyrics, Patti Smith lyrics
28. Baby, I Love You - RAMONES (LP End Of The Century, 1979)
Original version
Baby, I Love You - THE RONETTES (single, 1963)
Ramones lyrics, The Ronettes lyrics
29. Downtown Train - ROD STEWART (single, 1989)
Original version:
Downtown Train - TOM WAITS (LP Rain Dogs, 1985)
Song lyrics
30. If You Go Away - OSCAR BENTON (LP If You Go Away, 1984)
Original version.
Ne Me Quitte Pas - JACQUES BREL (single, 1959)
Most known version:
If You Go Away - TERRY JACKS (single, 1974)
Terry Jacks lyrics, Jacques Brel lyrics
31. Sweet Jane - COWBOY JUNKIES (LP The Trinity Sessions, 1988)
Original version:
Sweet Jane - THE VELVET UNDERGOUND (LP Loaded, 1970)
Cowboy Junkies lyrics, Velvet Underground lyrics
...and here are some cover versions NOT included in the broadcast:
Alone - HEART (1987)
Alone - i-TEN (1983)
Bette Davis Eyes - KIM CARNES (1981)
Bette Davis Eyes - JACKIE DeSHANNON (1975)
China Girl - DAVID BOWIE (1983)
China Girl - IGGY POP (1977)
Dancing In The Street - DAVID BOWIE & MICK JAGGER (1985)
Dancing In The Street - MARTHA REEVES & THE VANDELLAS (1964)
Dear Prudence - SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES (1983)
Dear Prudence - THE BEATLES (1968)
Eloise - THE DAMNED (1986)
Eloise - BARRY RYAN (1968)
Family Man - HALL & OATES (1982)
Family Man - MIKE OLDFIELD (1982)
Get It On (Bang A Gong) - THE POWER STATION (1985)
Get It On - T-REX (1971)
Got My Mind Set On You - GEORGE HARRISON (1987)
I've Got My Mind Set On You - JAMES RAY (1962)
Harlem Shuffle - THE ROLLING STONES (1986)
Harlem Shuffle - BOB & EARL (1963)
Heart & Soul - HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS (1983)
Heart & Soul - EXILE (1981)
Heart Full Of Soul - CHRIS ISAAK (1987)
Heart Full Of Soul - THE YARDBIRDS (1965)
Hold On - SANTANA (1982)
Hold On - IAN THOMAS (1981)
Hot Summer Nights - NIGHT (1979)
Hot Summer Nights - WALTER EGAN (1978)
I'll Be Satisfied - SHAKIN STEVENS (1982)
I'll Be Satisfied - JACKIE WILSON (1959)
I Wanna Go Back - EDDIE MONEY (LP Can't Hold Back, 1986)
I Wanna Go Back - BILLY SATELLITE (single, 1984)
Jimmy Loves MaryAnn - JOSIE COTTON (LP From The Hip, 1984)
Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne - LOOKING GLASS (LP Subway Serenade, 1973)
La Bamba - LOS LOBOS (1987)
La Bamba - RITCHIE VALENS (1958)
Love Is The Drug - SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY & THE JUKES (1984)
Love Is The Drug - ROXY MUSIC (1975)
Mony Mony - BILLY IDOL (studio, 1981 / live, 1987)
Mony Mony - TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS (1968)
Obsession - ANIMOTION (single, 1984)
Obsession - MICHAEL DE BARRES & HOLLY KNIGHT (OST A Night In Heaven, 1983)
(Oh) Pretty Woman - VAN HALEN (1982)
Oh, Pretty Woman - ROY ORBISON (1964)
Right Now - THE CREATURES (1983)
Right Now - MEL TORME (1962)
Sea Of Love - THE HONEYDRIPPERS (1984)
Sea Of Love - PHIL PHILLIPS (1959)
Spirit In The Sky - DOCTOR & THE MEDICS (1986)
Spirit In The Sky - NORMAN GREENBAUM (1969)
Stairway To Heaven - FAR CORPORATION (1985)
Stairway To Heaven - LED ZEPPELIN (1971)
The Best - TINA TURNER (LP Foreign Affair, 1989)
The Best - BONNIE TYLER (LP Hide Your Heart, 1988)
Thrid Uncle - BAUHAUS (1982)
Third Uncle - BRIAN ENO (1974)
Unchain My Heart - JOE COCKER (1987)
Unchain My Heart - RAY CHARLES (1961)
Walk This Way - RUN DMC feat. STEVEN & JOE (1986)
Walk This Way - AEROSMITH (1975)
01. In The Army Now - STATUS QUO (LP In The Army Now, 1986)
Original version:
In The Army Now - BOLLAND (LP The Domino Theory, 1981)
Status Quo lyrics, Bolland lyrics
02. I Love Rock 'N Roll - JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS
(LP I Love Rock 'N Roll, 1981)
Original version:
I Love Rock 'N Roll - THE ARROWS (single, 1975)
Arrows lyrics, Joan Jett lyrics
03. Ride Like The Wind - SAXON (LP Destiny, 1988)
Original version:
Ride Like The Wind - CHRISTOPHER CROSS (LP Christopher Cross, 1979)
Saxon lyrics, Christopher Cross lyrics
04. The Passenger - SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES
(LP Through The Looking Glass, 1987)
The Passenger - IGGY POP (LP Lust For Life, 1977)
Banshees lyrics, Iggy's lyrics
05. Real Wild Child (Wild One) - IGGY POP (LP Blah-Blah-Blah, 1986)
Original version.
Real Wild Chil - JOHNNY O'KEEFE with THE DEE JAYS (single, 1958)
Iggy Pop lyrics, Johnny O'Keefe lyrics
06. I Only Want To Be With You - THE TOURISTS
(LP Reality Effect, 1979)
Original version:
I Only Want To Be With You - DUSTY SPRINGFIELD (single, 1963)
Song lyrics
07. I Fought The Law - THE CLASH (EP The Cost Of Living, 1979)
Original version:
I Fought The Law - THE CRICKETS (single, 1960)
Other known version:
I Fought The Law - BOBBY FULLER FOUR (1965)
Clash lyrics
08. Friday On My Mind - GARY MOORE (LP Wild Frontier, 1987)
Original version:
Friday On My Mind - THE EASYBEATS (single, 1966)
Song lyrics
09. Anarchy In The UK - MEGADETH feat. STEVE JONES
(LP So Far, So Good... So What! 1988)
Original version:
Anarchy In The UK - SEX PISTOLS (LP Never Mind The Bollocks... 1977)
Megadeth lyrics, Sex Pistols lyrics
10. Johnny B Goode - JUDAS PRIEST (LP Ram it Down, 1988)
Original version.
Johnny B. Goode - CHUCK BERRY (single, 1958)
Most popular version in Hellas:
Johnny B. Goode - PETER TOSH (sungle, 1983)
Judas Priest lyrics, Chuck Berry lyrics, Peter Tosh lyrics
11. Cum On Feel the Noize - QUIET RIOT (LP Metal Health, 1983)
Original version.
Cum On Feel The Noize - SLADE (single, 1973)
Quiet Riot lyrics, Slade lyrics
12. Higher Ground - RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS (LP Mother's Milk, 1989)
Original version:
Higher Ground - STEVIE WONDER (LP Innervisions, 1973)
Peppers lyrics, Stevie lyrics
13. Smokin' In The Boys Room - MÖTLEY CRUE (LP Thatre Of Pain,1985)
Original version:
Smokin' In The Boys Room - BROWNSVILLE STATION (single, 1973)
Song lyrics
14. Your Mama Don't Dance - POISON (LP Open Up & Say...Ahhh! 1988)
Original version:
Your Mama Don't Dance - LOGGINS & MESSINA
(LP Loggins & Messina, 1972)
Song lyrics
15. Leader Of The Pack - TWISTED SISTER (LP Come Out & Play, 1985)
Original version:
Leader Of The Pack - THE SHANGRI-LAS (single, 1964)
Twisted Sister lyrics, Shangri-Las lyrics
16. Once Bitten Twice Shy - GREAT WHITE (LP ...Twice Shy, 1989)
Original version:
Once Bitten Twice Shy - IAN HUNTER (LP Ian Hunter, 1975)
Ian Hunter lyrics
17. Hazy Shade Of Winter - BANGLES (OST Less Than Zero, 1987)
Original version:
A Hazy Shade Of Winter - SIMON & GARFUNKEL (single, 1966)
Bangles lyrics, Simon & Garfunkel lyrics
23:00 - 00:00
18. All Day & All Of The Night - THE STRANGLERS
(LP All Live & All Of The Night, 1987)
Original version:
All Day & All Of The Night - THE KINKS (single, 1964)
Song lyrics
19. Everybody Needs Somebody To Love - THE BLUES BROTHERS
(OST The Blues Brothers, 1980)
Original version:
Everybody Needs Somebody To Love - SOLOMON BURKE (1964)
Blues Brothers lyrics
20. I Got Loaded - LOS LOBOS (LP How Will The Wolf Survive, 1984)
Original version:
I Got Loaded - LITTLE BOB & THE LOLLIPOPS (single, 1965)
Song lyrics
21. Can You Hear Me - WILLIE & THE POOR BOYS (1985)
Original version:
Can You Hear Me - LEE DORSEY (1065)
Song lyrics
22. Seven Days - JOE COCKER (LP Sheffield Steel, 1982)
Original version:
Seven Days - RON WOOD (LP Gimme Some Neck, 1979)
Joe Cocker lyrics
23. 400 Dragons - ADRIAN JOHN LOVERIDGE (LP Square One, 1981)
Original version:
400 Dragons - THIEVES (LP Yucatan, 1979)
Song lyrics
Κουβεντούλα με το Μάκη (Άνθιμο) Κατιρτζόγλου, πρώην παρουσιαστή μουσικών εκπομπών (Club FM, 107.4) και νυν ηθοποιό
24. To Be A Lover - BILLY IDOL (LP Whiplash Smile, 1986)
Original version:
I Forgot To Be Your Lover - WILLIAM BELL (single, 1968)
Billy Idol lyrics, William Bell lyrics
25. Roadhouse Blues - FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD
(b side on ''Rage Hard'', 1986)
Original version:
Roadhouse Blues - THE DOORS (LP Morrison Hotel, 1970)
Frankie lyrics, Doors lyrics
26. People Are Strange - ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN
(OST The Lost Boys, 1987)
Original version:
People Are Strange - THE DOORS (LP Strange Days, 1967)
Bunnymen lyrics, Doors lyrics
27. Dancing Barefoot - U2 (b side on ''When Love Comes To Town'', 1989)
Original version:
Dancing Barefoot - PATTI SMITH GROUP (LP Wave, 1979)
U2 lyrics, Patti Smith lyrics
28. Baby, I Love You - RAMONES (LP End Of The Century, 1979)
Original version
Baby, I Love You - THE RONETTES (single, 1963)
Ramones lyrics, The Ronettes lyrics
29. Downtown Train - ROD STEWART (single, 1989)
Original version:
Downtown Train - TOM WAITS (LP Rain Dogs, 1985)
Song lyrics
30. If You Go Away - OSCAR BENTON (LP If You Go Away, 1984)
Original version.
Ne Me Quitte Pas - JACQUES BREL (single, 1959)
Most known version:
If You Go Away - TERRY JACKS (single, 1974)
Terry Jacks lyrics, Jacques Brel lyrics
31. Sweet Jane - COWBOY JUNKIES (LP The Trinity Sessions, 1988)
Original version:
Sweet Jane - THE VELVET UNDERGOUND (LP Loaded, 1970)
Cowboy Junkies lyrics, Velvet Underground lyrics
...and here are some cover versions NOT included in the broadcast:
Alone - HEART (1987)
Alone - i-TEN (1983)
Bette Davis Eyes - KIM CARNES (1981)
Bette Davis Eyes - JACKIE DeSHANNON (1975)
China Girl - DAVID BOWIE (1983)
China Girl - IGGY POP (1977)
Dancing In The Street - DAVID BOWIE & MICK JAGGER (1985)
Dancing In The Street - MARTHA REEVES & THE VANDELLAS (1964)
Dear Prudence - SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES (1983)
Dear Prudence - THE BEATLES (1968)
Eloise - THE DAMNED (1986)
Eloise - BARRY RYAN (1968)
Family Man - HALL & OATES (1982)
Family Man - MIKE OLDFIELD (1982)
Get It On (Bang A Gong) - THE POWER STATION (1985)
Get It On - T-REX (1971)
Got My Mind Set On You - GEORGE HARRISON (1987)
I've Got My Mind Set On You - JAMES RAY (1962)
Harlem Shuffle - THE ROLLING STONES (1986)
Harlem Shuffle - BOB & EARL (1963)
Heart & Soul - HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS (1983)
Heart & Soul - EXILE (1981)
Heart Full Of Soul - CHRIS ISAAK (1987)
Heart Full Of Soul - THE YARDBIRDS (1965)
Hold On - SANTANA (1982)
Hold On - IAN THOMAS (1981)
Hot Summer Nights - NIGHT (1979)
Hot Summer Nights - WALTER EGAN (1978)
I'll Be Satisfied - SHAKIN STEVENS (1982)
I'll Be Satisfied - JACKIE WILSON (1959)
I Wanna Go Back - EDDIE MONEY (LP Can't Hold Back, 1986)
I Wanna Go Back - BILLY SATELLITE (single, 1984)
Jimmy Loves MaryAnn - JOSIE COTTON (LP From The Hip, 1984)
Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne - LOOKING GLASS (LP Subway Serenade, 1973)
La Bamba - LOS LOBOS (1987)
La Bamba - RITCHIE VALENS (1958)
Love Is The Drug - SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY & THE JUKES (1984)
Love Is The Drug - ROXY MUSIC (1975)
Mony Mony - BILLY IDOL (studio, 1981 / live, 1987)
Mony Mony - TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS (1968)
Obsession - ANIMOTION (single, 1984)
Obsession - MICHAEL DE BARRES & HOLLY KNIGHT (OST A Night In Heaven, 1983)
(Oh) Pretty Woman - VAN HALEN (1982)
Oh, Pretty Woman - ROY ORBISON (1964)
Right Now - THE CREATURES (1983)
Right Now - MEL TORME (1962)
Sea Of Love - THE HONEYDRIPPERS (1984)
Sea Of Love - PHIL PHILLIPS (1959)
Spirit In The Sky - DOCTOR & THE MEDICS (1986)
Spirit In The Sky - NORMAN GREENBAUM (1969)
Stairway To Heaven - FAR CORPORATION (1985)
Stairway To Heaven - LED ZEPPELIN (1971)
The Best - TINA TURNER (LP Foreign Affair, 1989)
The Best - BONNIE TYLER (LP Hide Your Heart, 1988)
Thrid Uncle - BAUHAUS (1982)
Third Uncle - BRIAN ENO (1974)
Unchain My Heart - JOE COCKER (1987)
Unchain My Heart - RAY CHARLES (1961)
Walk This Way - RUN DMC feat. STEVEN & JOE (1986)
Walk This Way - AEROSMITH (1975)