Benny Banzai and Dr. Dave bring you the best from the greatest decade ever for music. From A Flock of Seagulls to ZZ Top, we'll feature our favorite tracks, the Top 40 hits, and the deep cuts. Take a trip back to a time when skinny ties and leg warmers were the height of fashion, when MTV still played videos, and music meant something. It's all about the music.
All content for Welcome to the Boomtown is the property of Welcome to the Boomtown and is served directly from their servers
with no modification, redirects, or rehosting. The podcast is not affiliated with or endorsed by Podjoint in any way.
Benny Banzai and Dr. Dave bring you the best from the greatest decade ever for music. From A Flock of Seagulls to ZZ Top, we'll feature our favorite tracks, the Top 40 hits, and the deep cuts. Take a trip back to a time when skinny ties and leg warmers were the height of fashion, when MTV still played videos, and music meant something. It's all about the music.
Episode 32: Welcome to the Boomtown Episode 1 (A Taste of the 80s - Special Edition)
Welcome to the Boomtown
1 hour 28 minutes
10 months ago
Episode 32: Welcome to the Boomtown Episode 1 (A Taste of the 80s - Special Edition)
Welcome back to the 80s! Five years ago, December 18, 2019, the first episode of Welcome to the Boomtown dropped. While we were happy with the final product, we also realize it could have been better. Much better. So, to celebrate our 5th Anniversary, here's Episode 1 - A Taste of the 80s, done in the style of our current episodes. This is what we had in mind in the beginning. Thank you to all our Boomtowners who have been with us from Day One. We appreciate you, a lot. Welcome to our new listeners! As always, thanks to the people who helped us put this together: Alan (for all our artwork), DJ Phil B (for the technical stuff) and David Baerwald and David Ricketts, also known as David + David, for their amazing album which inspired the title of our podcast.Please tell all your friends about us and follow this page so you know when new podcasts are available. You can also follow us on Facebook, Instagram, X, Tribel, Hive, Mastodon, Threads, and Bluesky.Songs chosen by both of us.Group or artist - song title (album and release date)Blondie - Call Me (American Gigolo soundtrack 1980)Madness - Our House (The Rise & Fall 1982)Rick Astley - Together Forever (Whenever You Need Somebody 1987, single release 1988)The B-52's - Roam (Cosmic Thing 1989)Bananarama - Venus (True Confessions 1986)Los Lobos - Set Me Free (Rosa Lee) (By the Light of the Moon 1987)ABBA - Lay All Your Love on Me (Super Trouper 1980, single release 1981)Talking Heads - Wild Wild Life (True Stories 1986)The Plimsouls - A Million Miles Away (Everywhere at Once 1983)Berlin - The Metro (Pleasure Victim 1982, single release 1983)XTC - Mayor of Simpleton (Oranges & Lemons 1989)Yello - Oh Yeah (Stella 1985)Roxette - The Look (Look Sharp! 1988, single release 1989)The Greg Kihn Band - The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em) (RocKihnRoll 1981)U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday (Live) (Under a Blood Red Sky 1983, original release War 1983)The Police - Synchronicity II (Synchronicity 1983)Rainbow - Street of Dreams (Bent Out of Shape 1983)The Fixx - Secret Separation (Walkabout 1986)The Alarm - Rain in the Summertime (Eye of the Hurricane 1987)Simple Minds - Sanctify Yourself (Once Upon a Time 1985, single release 1986)Peter Schilling - Major Tom (Coming Home) (Error in the System English Version 1983)Listen, enjoy, share, follow. And thanks for keeping 80s music alive!BB & DD
Welcome to the Boomtown
Benny Banzai and Dr. Dave bring you the best from the greatest decade ever for music. From A Flock of Seagulls to ZZ Top, we'll feature our favorite tracks, the Top 40 hits, and the deep cuts. Take a trip back to a time when skinny ties and leg warmers were the height of fashion, when MTV still played videos, and music meant something. It's all about the music.
