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A nod in the direction of the World's Biggest News Story to start with , then back to the usual mishmash of great records that never got anywhere. Apart from Generation X, who can boast a top ten hit with their take on the imaginary clash between John Lennon and Elvis Presley. Remember that King Rocker was written when Lennon was still alive. I can only imagine the resident of the Dakota building playing the Generation X single over and over, listening for clues as to what young punk rockers thought of him. Or maybe he was too busy baking wee buns to listen.Ìý Ending tonight with the second best version of Gloria, a 1976 record whichÌýshowed many young bands the neat trick of taking and old song and speeding it up. Our band didÌýit with Can't Explain. Eater based a short and unspectacular career on it. Any other ideas ?Ìý

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Wire - Outdoor Miner
Shop Assistants - Fixed Grin
Broken Hearts - Tuesday Evening Girl
Damned - New Rose
Velvet Monkeys - Second Ave
Lime Spiders - Out Of Control
Generation X - King Rocker
Go Betweens - Karen
Left Banke - Lazy Day
X - Painting The Town Blue
Elvis Costello - Sunday’s Best
Vibrators - London Girls
Pere Ubu - I Will Wait
Human League - Empire State Human
Eddie & The Hot Rods - GloriaÌý