I never said it was a classic, I was merely commenting on what was happening on the show and saying it was an album I liked at the time.

Your comment is noted though.

The show has guest Annie Nightingale. Could be a bit more of an interesting listen for a change from a dj who was definitely around in the 80s and knows her stuff..

As an aside I see Sara Cox presented Loose Ends on R4 tonight, the Beeb's 'serious' talk channel, not that that's an issue? Just curious the Beeb would use someone who likes to gabble just a tad!

Listening tonight, with Sara making more mistakes. Tracey Ullman's My Guy got Top 10 in 1988? Wrong.
Plus when introducing the News at Midnight she said Radio 1 before correcting herself.

Wrong on two counts infact regards the Tracey Ullman single, on year and position. My Guy followed up a couple of top fivers in 1983, with Breakaway & They Don't Know, but it only reached No23, and in March 1984. It was notable for having a video that featured the then newly elected leader of the Labour party Neil Kinnock in it. I bet she never even mentioned that good anecdote about the track.

It's the constant stream of casual low level errors that really put me off a show. I put it on only to hear a Samantha Fox single playing which was enough to make me tune back out instantly and not come back.

Yeah, listening to music from different decades, different styles, plus new stuff and documentaries on different things is SO old and embarrassing.
Glad I'm old and grey then!

Old isn't a physicality, it's a mentality!

Hm! Trivial really. Sara Cox reads from given script. If script is wrong then what she reads will be wrong. Hardly her fault then. TBH I don't even remember Tracey Ullman's My Guy thinking at first was that a cover of the famous Mary Wells Motown hit, only on hearing to realise that it was a cover of My Girl by Madness and not as good. I wouldn't have had a clue what year in the 80s it was, neither I suspect would the majority. It's mainly about the music and it was a decent selection tonight.

Sorry but if she needs a script written for her she's the wrong person for the show, of course it's about the music and therefore should be factually accurate not near enough, would that do for a history program? Would getting the date of the miners strike wrong be acceptable to the BBC? now was it 1984 or 1988??

She would do her own research if she was really interested in the music she was playing, at least Tony Hadley on Absolute 80's on a Saturday night was 'there'

Factual accuracy is important with shows like this imo. POTP another example of a show that gets it wrong occasionally, 'That's What Friends Are For' being the worst example.

Yes the music comes first of course, but other aspects are not trivial. They don't have to read out information about the songs they play, they choose to do so, and if they choose to do so then they should get things right. It's not that difficult. After all, for people that do not know song facts that well it feeds them incorrect facts that might play with their own memory. Someone might think "oh, I thought that was older than that" or "I'm sure I heard that when I was doing such and such, I must be mistaken". It's about being totally professional and not slapdash around the edges. It makes me wonder if Sara Cox is one of those presenters that just turns up, does the job and goes home, leaving every aspect of the research to others and expecting to turn up and have someone hand her some paperwork with someone else's hard work to pass off as her own on the radio. It sounds like it.

Can you elaborate? I'm keen to know more about this, as I cannot recall it.

From 1977 last September, TB informing us that the Deniece Williams song which he'd just played was covered by Dionne Warwick And Friends in 1985 when in fact they're completely different songs with the same title. Sloppy to say the least. It irks me particularly because I have the podcast so is a constant reminder.

Remember that now, yes. A surprising one from Tony that. The Dionne Warwick and Friends one is so memorable that you'd think it was an unlikely error to make.

I would imagine most of R2's presenters do just that, although I wouldn't say they just turn up. I'm sure they are in the studio and hour or two before they go on air and rummage through the contents of the show with the producer. But yeah, why shouldn't Sara leave the musical research to others? It's their job to do the research after all, not Sara's. She is just the link between the music and giving a friendly ear to proceedings. By criticising her over getting facts wrong over a minor hit that most people have well forgotten about, you are shooting the messenger whereas the real culprits are the researcher/producer if you want to attach blame.

After years at Radio 1 it's hardly surprising she might slip up once in a while. Last time I saw her she was human after all.

Tony saying "Our Friends Electric" was a surprise error for me - even if it is scripted wrong - any DJ from the '79 era would know the correct title.

Last night, whilst Sounds of the 80s was going out, I was watching a BBC4 TV show about railways with Ian Hislop, during which he visibly says a particular line opened in 1861 but the "1" is overdubbed to a "2" in the audio.

Even he reads a script and hasn't a clue what he's waffling on about.

I wonder if Sounds of the 80s is a live show, which can't be corrected? Or is it just that no one at the BBC cares?

I have listened to this show a few times & listening to guest Annie Nightingale, I wished they picked someone like her. I prefer people who were around then to host.

I see that Sounds of the 80s is moving to Friday (same time) and the slot is being taken by Craig Charles. Glad that Craig is finally being given a permanent slot on R2.

For a moment I actually thought that Craig was also the new host of Sounds Of The 80's. I don't think it's been getting great listening figures on Saturday nights and that is why it is moving. It will get even fewer on Friday nights I think. I almost never bother with it anymore and am even less likely to do so on a Friday night. I thought an 80's show would be a must listen each week and it began quite promising but really didn't last and inspire any long term regular passion, in part due to the host and also continuing to play far too many overheard obvious 80's tracks like commercial radio's decade specific stations.

The inactivity of this Sounds Of The 80's show thread compared to Pick Of The Pops speaks volumes.

I like her show. This week she played a good mix of stuff. I don't agree it's just the same as the commercial stations. She played Rosie Vela, an A-Ha tune I've never heard before and the 12" of You Spin Me Round. Yes I know she waffles on a bit, but I like her, so what if she makes the occasional mistake.

I assumed that the show moving to Friday was more about not wanting to work weekends; plus doubling up on Craig Charles, and moving The Arts Show to Thursday, thus reducing the number of more costly hour long shows.

As Sara's 80s show is moving from Saturday to Friday, it will have swapped places with Phil Butler's 70s and 80s show on BBC Yorkshire stations, which has just moved from Friday to Saturday.

As part of this reshuffle, Diana Luke's 60s show moved from Saturdays to Sundays.

I may now start to listen to Sara's show more as her new timeslot is more convenient.

I'd been meaning to post about this the other day, I do listen when I get the chance, though am a couple of weeks behind at the moment. Shame it isn't on 8 - 10, as I'll only be able to hear the first hour live on the way home from work, so will wait until I can listen to it all in one go.
I know I always mention this In this thread, but Richard Green's retro on radio Devon is what Sounds Of The 80s really should be and I urge anyone who hasn't checked it out, who likes 80s music to do so.

More likely moving the show from Saturday to Friday is compete with Abdoilte Radio 80.s show on Friday