Ten must-play records for an evening on the dance floor as nominated by:
Tim Borden, Snuggery music director
— ”Everybody Have Fun Tonight,” Wang Chung
— ”Word Up,” Cameo
— ”The Midas Touch,” Midnight Star
— ”I Can`t Turn Around,” J. M. Silk
— ”To Be a Lover,” Billy Idol
— ”Nail It to the Wall,” Stacy Lattisaw
— ”Hip to Be Square,” Huey Lewis & the News
— ”Don`t Leave Me This Way,” Communards
— ”Talk to Me,” Chico DeBarge
— ”Brand New Lover,” Dead or Alive
Tom Piazza, deejay-veejay at Clubland
— ”Brotherhood,” New Order (LP)
— ”True Stories,” Talking Heads (LP)
— ”Revenge,” Eurythmics (LP)
— ”Cry for Love,” Iggy Pop
— ”Brand New Lover,” Dead or Alive
— ”Too Much or Nothing,” General Public
— ”Freak in the Street,” Untouchables
— ”Don`t Leave Me This Way,” Communards
— A surprise selection from the `50s, `60s or `70s
— ”Love Kills,” Joe Strummer
VISUALS
The Top 10 videos at Video Metro, compiled by Shelley Howard:
— ”Human,” Human League
— ”I Didn`t Mean to Turn You On,” Robert Palmer
— ”Wild Wild Life,” Talking Heads
— ”More Than Physical,” Bananarama
— ”Brand New Lover,” Dead or Alive
— ”World Domination,” Belle Stars
— ”Gravity,” James Brown
— ”Musique Non Stop,” Kraftwerk
— ”Cry for Love,” Iggy Pop
— ”Bizarre Love Triangle,” New Order
LINES FREQUENTLY USED BY PEOPLE TRYING TO GET BACKSTAGE AT A CONCERT WHEN THEY HAVE NO BUSINESS BEING THERE
As heard time and again by Danny DiSilvestro, Jam Productions` chief of security for field personnel.
— ”I`ve got a relative in the band.”
— ”I won a backstage pass from a radio station.”
— ”I`m a waitress at the band`s hotel.”
— ”I met the band in Detroit, and their road manager promised me backstage passes for this show.”
— ”I`m the representative for the beer company that`s cosponsoring the show.”
— ”I`m a guest of the record company.”
— ”I`m a stagehand.” (Person often is carrying a flashlight.)
— ”I`ve got a pizza for the band.” (Person is carrying pizza carton.)
— ”The box-office manager messed up and didn`t put backstage passes in the envelope with my tickets.”
— ”I`m from the mayor`s office.”
ON THE AIR
Recent additions to the rock playlist at radio station WNUR, Northwestern University (list courtesy of music director Dan Osborn).
— ”Insected,” The The (single)
— ”Pig Heaven,” White Zombie (single)
— ”The Ghost of Cain,” New Model Army (LP)
— ”God`s Favorite Dog,” Various Artists (LP)
— ”Keen,” That Petrol Emotion (12-inch single)
— ”All the Pancakes You Can Eat,” Baby Astronauts (LP)
— ”Filigree and Shadow,” This Mortal Coil (double LP)
— ”Happy Head,” Mighty Lemon Drops (LP)
— ”Stars and Hank Forever,” Residents (LP)
— ”What Is Truth?” Various Artists (LP)
— ”Texas,” Jacobites (LP)
— ”LP,” Head of David (yes, an LP)
— ”Scarred But Smarter,” Drivin` and Cryin` (LP)
— ”Faster, Fright Wig, Kill Kill,” Fright Wig (LP)
— ”Horror Stories,” Dwarves (LP)
— ”Lyres Lyres,” Lyres (LP)
— ”Sun Arise,” Godfathers (12-inch single)
— ”Element of Light,” Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians (LP)
— ”The Way It Is,” Sorry (LP)
— ”I Against I,” Bad Brains (LP)
TWO THINGS YOU CAN DO IN THE UNITED STATES
THAT YOU CAN`T DO BACK IN BRITAIN
According to Michael Ashton and Peter Rizzo, members of the British band Gene Loves Jezebel.
— Get mugged, get shot at and get rich, all in one day.
— Lie to everyone about your age, status, financial standing and past
(whereas in England everyone knows you`re a poor, lower-class has-been).
