Frequencies 20-April-2008

khz    UTC    SINPO   Country      Station
5850   2137   45433   CAN          Radio Canada Int. (French)
5885   2145   33333   CVA          Radio Vaticana (Instrumental Music) ??
5915   2147   44444   ??           Under HFRadio.org it list USA - "New Organisation", Languange unknown. Hmmm.
5975   2155   34433   RUS          VOR
6065   2157   34444   SWEDEN       Radio Sweden Intl - Had to use LSB AM had annoying adj. interference.
                                  Faintly hear possibly China Fading In.

90's Memories / Flashbacks - Part 2

Well Its Friday night, nothing on the normal TV worth watching so back into the swing of things here and lets continue on with the 90's :)

1992 - (1992 Top 100 List)

1. Sir Mixalot - Baby got Back ( I like big butts )
2. Vanessa Williams - Save The Best For Last
3. Eric Clapton - Tears in Heaven
4. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge
5. Shanice - I Love Your Smile
6. Mr Big - To Be With You
7. Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy
8. Michael Jackson - Black Or White
9. Billy Ray Cyrus - Achy Breaky Heart
10. Guns N' Roses - November Rain
11. Tom Cochrane - Life Is A Highway
12. CeCe Peniston - Finally
13. Patty Smyth - Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough
14. George Michael Elton John - Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
15. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
16. Sophie B. Hawkins - Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover
17. Technotronic - Move this
18. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
19. Shakespears Sister # 1 Stay
20. MC Hammer - 2 Legit 2 Quit
27. KWS - Please Don't Go
28. Michael Bolton - When A Man Loves A Woman
29. Genesis - I Can't Dance
30. Richard Marx - Hazard
31. U2 - Mysterious Ways
32. The Heights - How Do You Talk To An Angel
33. U2 - One
34. Genesis - Hold On My Heart
35. Arrested Development - People Everyday
36. Genesis - No son of Mine
37. Bryan Adams - Do I Have To Say The Words
38. The Cure - Friday I'm in love
39. Ugly Kid Joe - Everything About You
40. Bryan Adams - Thought I'd Died And Gone To Heaven
41. Snap - rhythm is a dancer
42. Richard Marx - "Take this Heart"
43. Charles and Eddie "Would I Lie To You"
44. Amy Grant - That's What Love Is For
45. Mr. Big - Just Take My Heart


1993 - (1993 Top 100 List)

1. Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You
2. Tag Team - Whoomp! (There It Is)
3. UB40 - Can't Help Falling In Love
4. Mariah Carey - Dream Lover
5. Snow - Informer
6. Soul Asylum - Runaway Train
7. Billy Joel - The River Of Dreams
8. The Proclaimers - I Gonna Be (500 miles)
9. Spin Doctors - Two Princes
10. Arrested Development - Mr Wendal
11. Rod Stewart - Have I Told You Lately
12. Duran Duran - Ordinary World directors cut
13. Meat Loaf - I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)
14. Duran Duran - Come Undone
15. Ace Of Base - All That She Wants
16. 4 Non Blondes - What's Up
17. Bon Jovi -Bed of Roses
18. Aerosmith - Crying
19. Ugly Kid Joe - Cats In The Cradle
20. Cypress Hill - Insane In The Brain
21. Madonna - Rain
22. Inner Circle-bad boys
23. DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince - Boom Shake The Room
24. Inner Circle - Sweat (A La La La La Long)
25. Captain Hollywood Project - More and more
26. Haddaway - What is Love
27. Sting - Fields Of Gold
28. Green Jelly - three little pigs
29. Aerosmith - Living On The Edge
30. Sting - If I Ever Lose My Faith In You

90's Memories / Flashbacks

Well it official I just can't help myself..... After going over the top 100 songs of the last few years of the 80's I have to see how my tastes where in the 90's :)

Looking at the stats I liked 30 odd % of the listed Top 100 songs for 87, 88 and 89 hmmmmm very interesting. Stay Tuned as this is going to take me ages to do, but I got to do it, as it should highlight that Music of today is total SHIT!! so I'm hoping to see a major drop of in songs I like towards the end of the 90's especially.

1990 (High School, Year 8 - 1990 Top 100 List)

1. Wilson Phillips - Hold On
2. Roxette - It Must Have Been Love
3. Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares
4. Madonna - Vogue
5. Phil Collins - Another day in paradise
6. Jon Bon Jovi - Blaze Of Glory
7. Michael Bolton- How Am I Supposed To Live Without You
8. Technotronic - Pump Up The Jam
9. Paula Abdul - Opposites Attract
10. Heart - All I want to do is make love to you
11. Alannah Myles - Black Velvet
12. Linda Ronstadt - Don't Know Much
13. Snap - Power
14. Roxette - Dangerous
15. Billy Joel - We Didn't Start The Fire
16. Rod Stewart - Downtown Train
17. B-52´s - Roam
18. Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby
19. Michael Bolton - How Can We Be Lovers
20. M.C. Hammer - U Can't Touch This
21. Phil Collins - i wish it would rain down
22. Phil Collins - Something Happened on the Way to Heaven
23. Aerosmith - Janie's Got A Gun
24. Taylor Dayne - I'll Be Your Shelter
25. Tom Petty - Free Fallin'
26. Go West - The King of Wishful Thinking (1990)
27. Technotronic - Get Up! (Before The Night Is Over)
28. Gloria Estefan - Here We Are
29. Faith No More - Epic
30. Jive Bunny and The Mastermixers - Swing The Mood



1991 - (1991 Top 100 List)
1. Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It For You
2. C C Music Factory ☆ Everybody Dance Now
3. EMF - unbelievable
4. Extreme - More Than Words
5. Amy Grant - Baby Baby
6. Bette Midler - From A Distance
7. Jesus Jones - Right Here, Right Now
8. Roxette - Joyride
9. Amy Grant - Every Heartbeat
10. London beat - I've Been Thinking About You
11. R.E.M. - Losing My Religion
12. Scorpions - Wind of Change
13. Roxette - Fading like A Flower
14. Extreme - Hole HEarted
15. Michael Bolton - Love Is A Wonderful Thing
16. Rod Stewart - Rhythm Of My Heart
17. Divinyls - I Touch Myself
18. Bryan Adams - Can't Stop This Thing We Started
19. The KLF - 3AM Eternal
20. Enigma - Sadness Part 1
21. Prince - Cream
22. UB40 - Here I Am (Come & Take Me)
23. Seal - Crazy
24. Chris Issak - Wicked Game
25. INXS - Disappear
26. Dee Lite - Groove Is In The Heart
27. George Michael - Freedom '90
28. Rod Stewart - The Motown Song
29. R.E.M. - Shiny Happy People

80's Memories / Flashbacks

Tonight I've decided to start of with what music / songs I first remember actually paying any attention to when I was alot younger to current:

1987 - (Selected from here)
1. Crowded House - Don't dream It's over
2. Steve Winwood - "The Finer Things"
3. Cutting Crew - I Just Died In Your Arms Tonight
4. Suzanne Vega - "Luka"
5. Bangles - Walk Like An Egyptian
6. Alone - Heart
7. Whitney Houston - "I Wanna Dance with Somebody"
8. Starship - Nothing´s Gonna Stop Us Now
9. Bruce Hornsby & The Range - The Way It Is
10. Bon Jovi - Living on a Prayer
11. Los Lobos - La Bamba
12. U2 - With Or Without You
13. Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now
14. Billy Idol - Mony Mony
15. Chris De Burgh - Lady In Red
16. U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
17. Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes - (I've Had) The Time Of My Life
18. Club Nouveau - Lean On Me,
19. Madonna - Open your heart
20. Kim Wilde ~ You Keep Me Hangin' On
21. Samantha Fox - Touch Me (I Want Your Body)
22. Genesis - In too deep
23. Huey Lewis & The News - Hip To Be Square
24. Michael Jackson - Bad
25. Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead Or Alive
26. The Pretenders - Don't Get Me Wrong
27. Beastie Boys - (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right To Party
28. Pseudo Echo - Funky Town


1988 - (Selected from here)
1. Steve Earle - "Copperhead Road"
2. Guns N' Roses - "Sweet Child O' Mine"
3. Midnight Oil - Beds are Burning
4. Tracy Chapman - Fast Car
5. INXS - Need You Tonight
6. George Harrison - I've Got My Mind Set On You
7. Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is A Place On Earth
8. Gloria Estefan feat - Anything For You
9. Cheap Trick - The Flame
10. Billy Ocean - Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car
11. The Escape Club - Wild wild west
12. Robert Palmer - Simply Irresistible
13. Eric Carmen - Hungry Eyes
14. Phil Collins - Groovy Kind of Love
15. Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry, Be Happy
16. UB40 - Red Red Wine
17. Bon Jovi-Bad Medicine
18. Beach Boys - Kokomo
19. INXS - Devil inside
20. Kylie Minogue - Locomotion
21. U2 - Desire
22. Terence trent d'arby - Sign your name
23. INXS - New Sensation
24. Elton John - Candle in the Wind
25. Foreigner - Say You Will
26. Icehouse - Electric Blue
27. Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind
28. Cher - I Found Someone
29. Never Tear Us Apart, INXS
30 . Steve Winwood - Valerie


1989 - (Selected from here)

1. Poison - Every Rose Has Its Thorn
2. Paula Abdul - Straight Up
3. Bette Midler - Wind Beneath My Wings
4. Richard Marx - Right Here Waiting
5. Roxette - The Look
6. Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy
7. Phil Collins - Two Hearts
8. Roxette - Listen to your heart
9. Simply Red - If you dont know me by now
10. Madonna - Like A Prayer
11. Martika - Toy Solider
12. Mike and the Mechanics - The Living Years
13. The Bangles - Eternal Flame
14. Tone Loc - Wild Thing
15. Bad English - When I See You Smile
16. Cher - If I Could Turn Back Time
17. Fine Young Cannibals - Good Thing
18. Michael Damian - Rock On
19. B-52's - Love Shack
20. Richard Marx - Satisfied
21. Madonna - Cherish
22. Natalie Cole - Miss You Like Crazy
23. R.E.M. - Stand
24. Aerosmith - Love In An Elevator
25. Bon Jovi - Lay Your Hands On Me
26. Edie Brickell & New Bohemians - What I Am
27. Guns N' Roses - Paradise City
28. Alice Cooper - Poison
29. Donna Summer - This Time I Know It's For Real
30. Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal



Songs that popped in my head during this flash back:

Huey Lewis and the News - The Power of Love

Belinda Carlisle - Leave A Light On

Phil Oakley - Together In Electric Dreams

Swinging on a star - Bruce Willis & Danny Aiello

The Drifters - Under The Boardwalk

Ghostbusters - Music Video

Billy Joel - Uptown Girl

What am I listening to tonight ?

Looking over lastnight list of music, you probably think WTF from Country to Rammstein. Fact is I have a varied taste and it really comes down to how I'm feeling or, to tell you the truth, what pops in my mind / i remember, like tonight I'm starting of with ENYA, lets see where it takes me :)

Music:

1. Enya - Only Time
2. Enya - Anywhere Is
3. Sgt Barry Sadler - Ballad of the green beret
4. Enya - Sail Away
5. Europe - The Final Countdown (Live)
6. ABBA - Happy New Year
7. ABBA - Super Trouper
8. ABBA - THE WAY OLD FRIENDS DO ( Live '79)
9. ABBA - The Piper (Super Trouper)
10. ABBA - ON AND ON AND ON ( Live Last Concert)
11. The Police - Every Breath You Take
12. The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me
13. Cher - If I Could Turn Back Time
14. U2 - Vertigo: Video
15. U2 - With Or Without You
16. U2 - Where The Streets Have No Name
17. U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
18. U2 - Sweetest Thing: Video
19. The Cramberries - Zombie
20. The Cramberries - Just my imagination
21. The Cranberries - Linger
22. The Corrs - Runaway
23. The Corrs - So Young (Unplugged)
24. Scottish Music (Go the drums)
25. Battlefield Band in concert 2006
26. Scottish Music 2 - Unknown Band
27. The Corries - The Wild Mountain Thyme
28. The Corries Flower of Scotland (1975 ???)
29. The Corries Scotland The Brave (humorous)

Video:

1. Apocalypse Now - smell of napalm
2. Ghostbusters 2 - Court Scene "DOH, RAY EGON".
3. Final Countdown - Dog fight scene
4. River Dance Monkeys (Remix)
5. Riverdance (Eurovision Song Contest 1994 Dublin)

I'm Still Kicking / Alive

G'day All,

I'm been a tad lazy in putting up my Shortwave Frequency reports as when I actually have just been tuning to the few BIG players listening to news etc, so there nothing new to report. I can assure you that while I've been giving the ICOM R75 a break, the DEGEN DE1103 is performing perfectly. And I'm prolly going to give Band Scanning a break, and if i find a few hard to get frequecies / stations then I'll report them as I encounter them :)

In the mean time, I've been slightly addicted to YOUTUBE looking for bits and bobs. Initially I was adding these to the left side of the blog, but its hard to see when I've added new Videos or Music which I've found to make me laugh or enjoyed. So to make it easier I'll add a add blog entry listening ones I've found which I'd like to say :)

Music:

1. Dennis Leary - I'm an Asshole (Uncensored)
2. The Proclaimers - I would walk 500 Miles
3. Proclaimers - I'm on my way
4. Kenny Rodgers - Coward of the County
5. Kenny Rodgers - The Gambler
6. Kenny Rodgers - Lucille
7. Prodigy - Breathe
8. Prodigy - Firestarter
9. Midnight Oil - The Power & The Passion (1983)
10. Midnight Oil - Short Memory
11. Midnight Oil - US Forces (1982)
12. Rammstein - Du Hast Live from Volkerball
13. Rammstein - Du Hast - Music Video
14. Rammstein - Du Hast - Music Video (English)
15. Rammstein - feuer frei(XxX-soundtrack)
16. 2 LIVE CREW - HEY WE WANT SOME PUSSY
17. Hocus Pocus - Heres Johnny
Videos:

1. Scooby stuck in snow life is four wheel drive
2. I-80 Interstate Accident's After Snow Storms