Deep Cuts and Superficial Wounds
23 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 months ago - ★★★★★ - 28 ratingsI like 80s music, and I especially like finding 80s music that is new to me. This is a mixtape podcast sharing the songs I find and offering an alternative playlist to what you’d hear on the Time Life Awesome 80s compilation.
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Audrey
May 22, 2023 06:32 - 1 hour - 141 MBThis is the long overdue second episode of 2023, thanks in part to Tyler Sorenson, host of Different Heat, who reminded me this was a project I care about. If you’re wishing there were more episodes of Deep Cuts and Superficial Wounds to listen to, go check out Different Head. Track listing: 0:00: Tapps, “Hurricane” 8:20: Marc Flores, “Magic Moment (Do It! Do It!)” 12:58: Tato, “Crazy Boy” 19:42: Man, “Someday, Somewhere” 24:34: Amin-Peck, “Running Straight” 30:40: One of Them,...
Laura
January 04, 2023 07:42 - 1 hour - 129 MBAnd… we are back! After fourteen months of no Deep Cuts and Superficial Wounds, the podcast is back with ninety minutes of 80s pop gems for you. We will not be returning to a week-to-week schedule, but my life is finally arranged in a way that I can afford to sort though music and start putting new episodes together. Let’s rock. Listen to the Italoween episode of Different Head that finally got me to work on new episodes again. But also listen to the funky Christmas city pop episode of D...
Hazel
October 26, 2021 09:08 - 3 hours - 265 MBIt's an all-music, no-talk Halloween episode featuring three hours fo weird, spooky-adjacent music. All the tracks come from previous episodes, so if you want any context for any of these tracks, go check out the original episodes: Samantha, Sabrina and Wanda. Track listing: 0:00 Toto Coelo, “Dracula’s Tango (Sucker for Your Love)” 5:51 Fancy, “Slice Me Nice” 11:33 Phoebus, “Frankenstein” 17:54 Kathy Joe Daylor, “Little Witch” 24:37 Box 20th, “Midnight Horror” 28:27 Daydrea...
Wanda
October 18, 2021 08:35 - 1 hour - 145 MBPart two of a celebration of 80s music that’s either outright spooky or Halloween-adjacent. Listen to previous Halloween episodes, Samantha and Sabrina — and also this episode, which has a solid dark-dancey vibe. Also listen to Different Head’s Halloween episodes: Spooky, Midnight Horror and Vol. 75. Track listing: 0:00 Art Fine, “Dark Silence” — Apple Music • Spotify • Amazon Music 8:27 Box 20th, “Midnight Horror” 12:20 Trilogy, “Black Devil” — Apple Music • Spotify • ...
Sabrina
October 10, 2021 01:28 - 1 hour - 137 MBThe sequel to last year’s Halloween episode, Samantha, is now a two-part special. Also listen to Different Head’s Halloween episodes: Spooky, Midnight Horror and Vol. 75. Track listing (purchase/stream links TK!) 0:00 Toto Coelo, “I Eat Cannibals” — Apple Music • Spotify • Amazon Music 9:17 The Doctor, “Frankenstein” 14:15 Atrium, “Doctor Jekyll” 20:28 Methusalem, “Zombie” 25:25 Methusalem, “Alien” 29:34 Babalu, “Bogey Man” 36:29 Monte Kristo, “The Girl of Lucifer...
Tori
September 21, 2021 07:12 - 1 hour - 128 MBNo theme is the best theme. These tracks don’t suck. Listen to Katherine’s podcast Smart Mouth. “Seven DJs Share the Weirdest Records in Their Crates.” Track listing: 0:00 Imagination, “Just an Illusion” — Apple Music • Spotify • Amazon Music 9:57 Topo & Roby, “Under the Ice” — Spotify • Amazon Music 15:26 Clio & Kay, “Keep on Dancing” — Apple Music • Spotify 19:48 Depeche’s Cover, “Nodisco” 24:37 Ape, “Time to Change” 29:46 Waterfront Home, “Dancin’ in Heaven” — A...
Dina
August 11, 2021 22:42 - 1 hour - 95 MBThe former U.S.S.R. had its own synthpop and new wave acts, but the Cold War prevented a lot of Americans from hearing how good they were at assembling those 80s music building blocks into cool formations we didn’t get here. Track listing: 0:00 Alyans, “At Dawn (На заре)” — Apple Music • Spotify • Amazon Music 8:18 Forum, “Let’s Call Each Other (Давайте созвонимся)” — Apple Music • Spotify • Amazon Music 11:37 Tvoi Den, “Let Me (Позвони)” 15:26 Rusya, “Bewitched Ring (Зачаро...
Dorothy
June 21, 2021 01:09 - 1 hour - 118 MBIt’s summer, it’s pride and it’s (almost) post-pandemic. I’m celebrating all three of these with an episode I’m hoping sets the tone for the entire season. Special thanks to DJ Eric Pruitt for for suggestions from his playlist tribute to the days of Marilyn’s Back Street. Watch the video for C.C. Catch’s “Cause You Are Young.” Track listing: 0:00 Sylvester, “Rock the Box” — Apple Music • Spotify • Amazon Music 6:53 Plastic Mode, “Summer Time” — Apple Music • Spotify 10:43 Chr...
Alison
May 17, 2021 06:20 - 1 hour - 132 MBSomeone said they like my show but they weren’t into the Asian artists I’ve played, so here is an episode with an entire block of Asian artists. Plus some other stuff. Track listing: 0:00 Betty Miranda, “Take Me to the Top” — Apple Music • Spotify 8:43 Eddy Huntington, “Meet My Friend” — Apple Music • Spotify • Amazon Music 14:47 Jennifer Rush, “Ring of Ice” — Apple Music • Spotify • Amazon Music 18:31 Albert One, “Everybody” — Spotify 23:36 Kermesse, “Mrs. Moon” 30:04...
Kelly
April 26, 2021 01:09 - 1 hour - 125 MBSixteen songs I totally vouch for and then one that’s about a woman who is actually a cat. Special assist from Sam Pancake, host of a podcast I produce, Sam Pancake Presents the Monday Afternoon Movie. The final track comes Steve, longtime online friend whose own collection of pop culture antiquities, Obscure Video Games, you can see on Twitter and on Tumblr. Also watch the videos for Julia Claire’s “Cat in Disguise” and the intro sequence to the movie Mismatched Couples, where the fin...
Traci
April 12, 2021 07:51 - 1 hour - 123 MBThirteen episodes in, this niche 80s mixtape podcast finally features its debut of Sylvester and Valerie Dore. With a major assist from Ryan Capiro. Also listen to the episode of Different Head that gave me this episode’s Simon Byrne track. (Different Head is the podcast that inspired me to make this show, and it is just great in general.) Track listing: 0:00 Fancy, “Lady of Ice” — Apple Music • Spotify • Amazon Music 6:48 Mozzart, “Scandal & Vice” — Apple Music • Spotify • Amazon ...
Violet
March 22, 2021 07:28 - 1 hour - 148 MBHere’s a different sort of episode. Instead of blocks of a few songs, each grouped around a theme, this episode is all based on a single theme — and it’s one big block. Have you ever seen Friday the Thirteenth: A New Beginning? Well, this one is inspired by that movie’s new wave girl, Violet, and the dark dance music I’d like to think she’d listen to. Track listing: 2:38 Monica Zanda, “Give Up” — Apple Music • Spotify • Amazon 8:26 BWH, “Stop” — Apple Music • Spotify • Amazon 15...
Stacey
March 15, 2021 05:24 - 1 hour - 138 MBAnd… we’re back! This episode features a selection of 80s synthpop from South Africa in addition to some classic italo disco as well as the best listener call-in this podcast will probably ever receive. 0:00 Linda “Babe” Majika, “Let’s Make a Deal” — Apple Music • Spotify • Amazon 5:32 Linda “Babe” Majika, “Don’t Treat Me So Bad” — Apple Music • Spotify • Amazon 11:44 Ebony, “I Need Somebody” 18:18 Image, “Valencia” 26:42 Taxi, “All My Life” 31:39 Splash, “Peacock” 37:42...
Brooke
February 07, 2021 03:10 - 1 hour - 130 MBAfter a month-long absence, Deep Cuts and Superficial Wounds returns with italo disco, euro disco, a little bit a new wave and a female forward selection of 80s hits by the one and only Love Connie. Watch Drew’s big Simpsons project that kept this podcast offline all month. And here’s that big Twitter thread where people were shouting out their favorite artists in celebration of Sophie’s life and work. 0:00 Madleen Kane, “Cover Girl” — Apple Music • Spotify • Amazon 7:46 Lana Pil...
Kimberly
December 31, 2020 08:14 - 1 hour - 131 MBIt’s actually the most Italian episode yet. Track listing (and where to buy these tracks): 0:00 Den Harrow, “Charleston” — Apple Music • Spotify • Amazon 7:06 Facts & Fiction, “Give Me the Night” — Apple Music • Spotify • Amazon 13:06 Duke Lake, “Dance Tonight” — Apple Music • Spotify 19:09 R. Bais, “Dial My Number” — Apple Music • Spotify • Amazon 25:43 Boyd Brothers, “Keep It Coming” — Apple Music • Spotify • Amazon 34:44 Electric Mind, “Let Me Love Tonight” — ...
Jessica
December 13, 2020 09:08 - 1 hour - 123 MBFeaturing Jpop by way of italo disco, and I could not be more excited about it. Track listing (and where to buy these tracks): 0:00 John Rocca, “I Want It to Be Real” — Apple Music • Spotify • Amazon 8:48 Pineapples, “Come On Closer” — Apple Music • Spotify 14:18 Evelyn Barry, “Take It as a Game” — Apple Music • Spotify • Amazon 20:11 Paul Paul, “Good Times” — Apple Music • Spotify 25:07 Katy Gray, “Hold Me Tight” 30:22 Maurice McGee, “Do I Do” — Spotify 37:52 Cla...
Heather
November 20, 2020 08:47 - 1 hour - 120 MBAustralians and saxophones and Madam Butterfly. First, here is the reddit threat about sax in italo disco tracks. And here is the Fantastic Planet video for ”Spacer Woman.” And here is the vide for ”Bop Girl” featuring a 15-year-old Nicole Kidman with her naturally curly hair. Track listing (and where to buy or stream these tracks): 0:00 Shannon, “Give Me Tonight” — Apple Music • Spotify 8:52 Eleven Pond, “Watching Trees” — Apple Music • Spotify • Amazon 14:03 Hugh Bullen, “A...
Kristen
November 10, 2020 09:49 - 1 hour - 134 MBAmerica is still here, against all odds, so let’s listen to some music. If you’re into “Dance It Down,” then you really have to check out its music video, which is both so squarely 80s but also fairly representative for mid-2000s indie culture. Track listing (and where to buy or stream these tracks): 0:00 Freeez, “IOU” — Apple Music • Spotify 8:12 Mirage, “Woman” — Spotify 13:18 Danny Keith, “Keep On Music” — Apple Music • Spotify 19:45 Nina Pee, “You’re the Sun of My Life” ...
Samantha
October 26, 2020 10:10 - 2 hours - 167 MBItalo disco makes the perfect Halloween dance party. Check out Dorine Hollier sexy-dancing out of her cardigan on Italy’s Superclassifica show in 1984. If you like this episode, you might be into Different Head’s awesome October episodes, which you can listen to here, here, here, here and here. If you want to be nosy, check out my Halloween specials on Gayest Episode Ever and Singing Mountain, up later this week. Track listing (and where to buy or stream these tracks): Dorin...
Tiffany
October 20, 2020 08:28 - 1 hour - 138 MBIn which I offer you my new favorite song, as of this week of music researching. If you want to check out my other music podcast — Singing Mountain, which is about video game music — then I’d suggest you start with the episode that’s all about 80s dance music. And if you want to see my homemade music video for Paul Parker’s ”Right on Target,“ then watch the video ”Blue Boy” here. Track listing (and where to buy these tracks): Tapps, “Runaway (With My Love)” — Apple Music • Spotify ...
Stephanie
October 12, 2020 23:44 - 1 hour - 149 MBThis has been a year of surprises, but I really didn't foresee myself digging a duet by Jermaine Jackson and Pia Zadora. Yet here we are. Watch my weird homemade video using Blue Russell’s ”I Wanna Fly Away” and the Japanese stop-motion Nutcracker. And also watch the equally weird non-homemade video for the last track in this week’s episode, Kristal’s “Love and Magic.” Track listing (and where to buy these tracks): Blue Russell, “I Wanna Fly Away” — Apple Music • Spotify • Amazon Mu...
Jennifer
October 05, 2020 06:29 - 1 hour - 76.4 MBThis podcast will not be all italo disco, but this episode is. Track listing (and where to buy these tracks): Kano, “Another Life” — Apple Music • Spotify • Amazon Music Vic Trick, “I Want Someone to Love” — Apple Music • Spotify • Amazon Music Dario Delle’Aere, “Eagles in the Night” Glasses, “Fall in Love Again” Paul Lekakis, “Boom Boom (Let’s Go Back to My Room)” — Apple Music • Spotify • Amazon Music Vivien Vee, “Blue Disease” — Apple Music • Spotify • Amazon Music N...
Lisa
October 05, 2020 01:56 - 1 hour - 110 MBI like 80s music, and I spend time hunting down 80s gems that I didn’t hear back in the day, either because I grew up in the U.S. and missed out on all the cool euro stuff or because most 80s nights tend to feature the same few dozen hits again and again. I decided to try out putting some of my favorites in an “annotated mixtape,” to borrow the phrasing of the podcast Different Head, which I like a great deal and which inspired me to make this show. Enjoy the synthy goodness. If you’re wan...