Is anyone else starting to lose just a little bit of interest in the show 3 months into it?

When the 12" record came along early in the show and it was Together In Electric Dreams It made me turn off and not return tonight. Just too predictable. I like Phil Oakey a great deal, and Moroder for that matter, but I've heard that song far to much as a 7" without wanting the longer version.

Maybe I just didn't feel very 80's tonight. I've sort of decided with the new year to try and not endlessly look back, and try to enjoy the here and now of music a bit more if I can. Now we are yet another year further away from the 80's. A full quarter century since 1989. I try not to dwell on such a frightening stat.

I didn't bother to listen to it last week. I did listen last night, but Sara Cox is a awful presenter. They really should get rid of her and bring in somebody better. Michael Sheen's Eighties was a far better programme.

I used to at least listen to some of the show live (before I'd end up falling asleep!) but now I record and listen later. I agree about Sara Cox. I don't know if she'll record the show if there's a time when she can't do it live, but it'd be interesting to hear someone else standing in.
I know I've plugged this before, but I much prefer Richard Green's show on radio Devon. I like the fact it doesn't seem like it's totally living in the past. He gives info on what artist/groups from the 80s are up to today and also plays what he calls an 80s today track - a present track by an 80s artist/group. There'll also usually be a live track as well, or his guest will sing live.
I am definitely looking forward to catching up with part 2 of Michael Sheen's show.

Michael Sheen's show is excellent, anyone know if this is going to be a regular thing or was it just for the 2 weeks over Christmas?

Just 2 weeks. I enjoyed last weeks show. Will catch up with yesterday's one on Iplayer.

I'm not losing interest in Sara's show, I was just too pissed last night to listen

I agree, though, that Together... was a predictable and cr*p 12" How about the full version of Gary Byrd's "The Crown"? A former Radio 1 presenter, anyone remember his show presented from a phone box outside Radio City Music Hall? The studio wasn't working and he phoned in his links.

I'm still not convinced that Sara Cox is right for this show. I'd be interested in hearing what David Jensen could do with the format if Sara goes on holiday, now he's no longer at Smooth. It sounds like he was going through the motions there but something like this where he could use his musical knowledge about a period he was personally involved with, could revitalise him.

I've listened to sounds of the 80's since it started in my taxi- and I have to say I didn't listen to it last night, (must be getting a bit bored) heard the first song, then switched over to Smooth, where it was Pete Waterman's party music, as I think I'm fed up of all the chatter on R2, She needs to play more music , rambles a bit too much!!

Not a bad idea, as I firmly associate him with watching TOTP in the best half of the 80's, and somebody such as himself could do something that allowed him to be a proper presenter again, unlike the bound and gagged deadbeat that Smooth Radio made him sound like on the Drive show in the final quarter of last year.

Just checking this now as it's available on iPlayer
He has some big name 80s guests on:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p001d7bb/episodes/guide

Can't find a tracklist though.

As for Sounds Of The 80s, I've stopped listening. Sara Cox isn't the best choice of presenter for me and I've got all these songs on my music server anyway. Forgotten 80s on Absolute is way better as I hear a lot of 80s tracks I haven't heard before.

I don't know if there's usually a playlist on the site. At the moment he's doing a top 80 of the 80s. The songs played aren't obscure ones, but there aren't too many of the overplayed cheesy pop ones. Also, as I said, there are current tracks by 80s artists and groups so it's not all 80s songs.

Did you hang around to listen to it? I really enjoyed hearing that version as it was quite musically different from the 7" and I've now downloaded it. Maybe just personal taste, loved the bass line in the bridge and the guitar being used more prominently near the end...

No I didn't, but now you've mentioned it I may check it out on the catch up player and see if I agree with you.

On air now... sounds like MJ Bad is the album of the week - Paula Abdul - Straight Up playing out now.

Anyone else listening?

Yep. Sara has been sitting in on mornings on Radio 1 for the last 2 weeks and she really works well in that time slot. Really enjoy listening. Not sure I'm so keen at 10 in the evening.

It needs a jock who was spinning those discs back in the day.

Elton's Too Low For Zero is this week's album

Nice to hear Bucks Fizz I Hear Talk - can't recall the last time I heard that played

Missed the show, will listen on catch up, but....

A good album from 1983 that begins with a very under played Christmas record that I love, but although it has Christmas in the title I am not sure it is necessarily meant to be an actual Christmas record.

Nice to see Bucks Fizz being played. There was plenty of Bucks Fizz appreciation on POTP earlier today too. This song was out just a couple of weeks after the terrible coach crash the group were involved in, and so I guess that put pay to any promotion at the time other than the story in the news about them. It made No34 for 3 straight weeks.

Too Low......without doubt my favourite EJ album and Cold As Christmas is a great track, I did hear it a couple of times on Radio 2 before Xmas but it's not a Xmas song it's about a renationalises that is loveless hence the line as cold as Christmas in the middle if the year.

So good tracks last night. Department S's Is Vic There was genius.

The supposed 12" of the week was in fact merely the album version of Tears for Fears Shout. The 12" is very different.

Sounds Of The 80's in vision from 10.20-11.20pm. Press the red button.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03q9qsl

Great! Hope there'll be lots of great Adam hits on tonight, my toe will be tapping to Ant Music under the duvet. Hope Sara fits in Puss In Boots, my favourite song by Adam

On air. Audio only till 2215, when Freeview RB 301 offers a video feed as well as audio...

WHAM - Bad Boys first track.

Hazel O'Connor, great track!