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02/12/2010

Music and chat with Nemone, featuring a handpicked playlist from Heaven 17.

Sheffield's Heaven 17 are considered a hugely influential electronic soul and funk pop band who recently embarked on their 30th Anniversary Tour of their ground-breaking 1980 album Penthouse And Pavement

Their first single, (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang, was banned by Mike Reid at Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 1 due to the lyrical content which mentioned Ronald Reagen, and was an attack on Margaret Thatcher's lockdown on the steel mills in Sheffield.

Other themes explored include nuclear war, religious extremism and American influence in the world.

Unlike the seemingly 'cold' music of other electronic bands, Heaven 17 drew on funk and R&B to create pop-friendly, danceable hooks.

The album is featured in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

The band pick their current favourite tracks for a Lunchtime Playlist inlcuding Everything Everything, Crystal Fighters, Donna Summer, Minnie Riperton and Mott the Hoople.

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Thu 2 Dec 2010 13:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • The Only Ones

    Another Girl, Another Planet

    • Virgin.

  • Mr Twin Sister

    All Around And Away We Go

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Double Six.
    • 1.

  • Young MC

    Know How

    • The Hip Hop Collection.
    • Universal Music TV.

  • Ladytron

    Ace Of HZ

  • M.I.A.

    Paper Planes

  • Bees

    Winter Rose

    • Every Step's A Yes.
    • Fiction.
    • 2.

  • Ladytron

    Ace Of HZ

  • The Monkees

    Valleri

    • WARNER BROS.

  • The Stranglers

    Skin Deep

    • EMI.

  • Vampire Weekend

    Run

    • Contra.
    • XL Recordings.
    • 1.

  • Two Wounded Birds

    My Lonesome

    • My Lonesome (single).
    • Holiday Friends.
    • 1.

  • School of Seven Bells

    I L U

    • CD SINGLE.
    • FULL TIME HOBBY.
    • 1.

  • Arcade Fire

    Keep The Car Running

  • Cypress Hill

    I Ain't Goin' Out Like That

    • Columbia.

  • Kelis

    Trick Me

    • Virgin.

  • Jenny and Johnny

    Big Wave

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 1.

  • Mogwai

    White Noise

    • 1.

  • Pulp

    Do You Remember The First Time?

    • Island.

  • Interpol

    Summer Well

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Soft Limit.
    • 1.

  • Modern Eon

    Childs Play

    • Dindisc.

  • The Specials

    Stereotype

    • Chrysalis.

  • The Vaccines

    Wreckin' Bar (Ra Ra Ra)

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Marshall Teller.
    • 1.

  • Donna Summer

    Working The Midnight Shift

    • Casablanca Records.
    • 6.

  • Warpaint

    Undertow

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Rough Trade.
    • 1.

  • Miles Kane

    Inhaler

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Linton Kwesi Johnson

    Reality Poem

  • Ensemble

    Envies D'Avalanches

    • Fatcat Records.
    • 1.

  • Morrissey

    Dagenham Dave

    • CD SINGLE.
    • RCA.
    • 1.

  • Crystal Castles & Robert Smith

    Not In Love

    • Polydor.

  • The Drums

    Me And The Moon

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Moshi Moshi / Island.
    • 1.

  • Bob Dylan

    Times They Are A-Changin' [2010 Mono Version]

  • Smoke Fairies

    Strange Moon Rising

    • COOPERATIVE MUSIC.
    • 1.

  • Beach House

    Zebra

    • CD SINGLE.
    • BELLA UNION.
    • 1.

  • Gang of Four

    Damaged Goods

    • MCA.

  • Field Music

    Measure

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Memphis Industries.
    • 1.

  • Doves

    Kingdom of Rust

  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs

    Date With the Night

    • Polydor.

Broadcast

  • Thu 2 Dec 2010 13:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 6 Music