Is It Just Me? - GUESTS: Jonesy & Amanda rate the Top 5 80's hits 🎶

Episode Date: August 22, 2021

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Jonesy and Amanda in the morning. WSFM. Edgeham Top 5. Jonesy and Amanda are here. Hello. I'm clapping myself. Hey Mitches. Pleasure to have you here guys. I'm here too. Jen is here too. We all work in the same building so it's the ARN umbrella brand. We do this podcast. We adore you. We admire you. I'm a radio nerd. Mitch is a radio nerd. We've looked up to the two of you for years. That's very kind of you. And funnily enough when we needed 80s music experts, you were the admire you. I'm a radio nerd. Mitch is a radio nerd. And we've looked up to the two of you for years. That's very kind of you. And funnily enough, when we needed 80s music experts, you were the first people we thought of. That's in our wheelhouse. Yes, for our 80th episode, we're

doing the top five 80s songs. And I'm more 80s because they were my formative dancing years. Oh, were they? You were at disco? At the disco? It wasn't called a disco. I was pre-disco, I think. This was just where we'd go out dancing around the handbags. But I had my head kind of shaved like a flock of seagulls. And it was all...

It was a new wave. It was the 80s. It was a new wave. I was the new wave era. Punk. Punk was there. Punk was there. And then everyone said, hey, guys, would you mind wearing a ruffled shirt?

Yeah. And then that's where we went. And that was the distinction. Got it. All the songs would have been new for you at the time. Because you were on radio. When did you start on radio? I started in 1990.

But, yeah, I used to work in a disco down the snow called the Schloss Bar. The what? The Schloss Bar. Schloss Bar. Beg your pardon. Can't say that with my lisp. I was the DJ down there.

Wow. And the big song at the time was Chain Reaction by Diana Ross. Oh, yeah. Was that a floor filler? That was a floor filler. Communards, don't lead me this way. It was a massive floor filler. I think when people are drinking in the snow, you know,

you could put the seekers on and people would dance. Curiously, though, what's it called? Bon Jovi, Living on a Prayer. That came out at that time, but it never really filled the floor. Really? These days it does. Yeah, but it never really filled the floor. Really? These days it does. Yeah, of course it does. Strangest thing.

It's kind of like Daryl Braithwaite, The Horses. The Horses. It had a resurgence many years after it was actually released. And now all these songs are being remixed and we're playing them on our radio station. It's very weird. Strange times. Strange times. So we've each brought two songs.

I've brought two. Mitch has brought two. Jennifer is the fifth one. She's just gone. And are these your favourite 80s songs? Yeah. Okay, great. And what would you like us to do?

Well, after you've heard them all, you can rank them one to five. You decide the top five in order. So we will begin. This is my first song. Oh, yeah. Call me. Come on. Call me.

Bang it. Call me. Call me. You don't have to sing. Call me. Banga. Call me. Call me. You don't have to sing. Call me. Such a range. Mitch. I know.

So excited to show it off. That's mine. Isn't that brilliant? I love that song. That's a great song. From the movie American Gigolo. Oh, great film. When she says call me, that was something completely different in the 80s.

Home phones. Yeah, that's true. Oh, yeah. But there was one phone in the house and you had to, we had a code word if you're talking to a boy. You'd say, I'm doing the washing up, which meant mum's listening. Oh, really? Hold on.

So if you were on the phone in the bedroom, you could hear the conversation in the other room. No, there was no phone in the bedroom. There was one phone in the middle of the house in a hallway and a phone table. And you had to sit at that little table for any phone conversation. And you had to ask your parents if you could use the phone. Yeah.

And you'd be 30. Mum, can I use the phone? No, Betty's phoning, so be quick. Do you find it weird that people's attitudes towards phone calls have changed completely? Because now people just watch their iPhones ring and just choose to ignore it. Home phones, it was like, drop everything. We can't miss this call. Yeah.

And the curious thing is with my friends, and maybe this is a reflection of me, but we'll be talking about something. And in the group of people, you'll say, they'll ask your opinion about something. And then as soon as you start talking, they'll start scrolling through the phone. And people's attention span has now dropped to about five seconds. I'll ask your opinion about something. Yeah. And then as soon as you start talking, they'll start scrolling through the phone. Yeah. And people's attention span has now dropped to about five seconds. You've got five seconds to get their attention. To pitch it. Oh, is that sorry? I just completely lost it.

Yeah, you really lost me to Jonesy. All right, song number two is still mine. Ready? Yep. Oh. I love it. It's easy. I love it.

Wait for the hit. Or the drop, as we record. I love it. Baby, I love it. Wait for the hit. Or the drop, as we call it. Jonesy and I use this a little as our Alzheimer's test. We do all the lyrics from beginning to end. Stumble out of bed, stumble to the kitchen, pour myself a cup of ambition. Amanda, your face is dripping. That's palsy that's different. Oh, sorry.

Isn't that a good song? That's a great song. Yeah. And it still stands up. Dolly's around. Dolly's still going? Dolly's still going. She's iconic.

So they're my two picks. Wow, I love those. So Brendan's got Brendan. I like it. That's like when you call your dad his first name. That felt very weird. You call the teacher mum. Yeah.

I like it. So what do I do? I just say. No, don't we have to hear all of them first? I've got to hear all of them. Mitchell like it. So what do I do? I just say... No, don't be able to hear all of them first. I've got to hear all of them. Mitchell, do you want to do your little preamble? Cherry picks. Yeah, so my first one, I'm a bit uncertain about it,

but it's an Aussie one. I wanted to throw an Aussie one in there. It's got, like, a bit of a sentimental background. It was like we had this home video when I was growing up of mum and dad dancing in the lounge room, and it was just so wholesome and lovely. Mum had the tea towel in her hand. She'd just taken a brief moment from, you know,

being a busy mum to just dance with her husband in the lounge room and it was to this song, Throw Your Arms Around Me, Hunters and Collectors. Beautiful song. I've got a story for this song too. Do you? Let's get started. I don't want to overtake the singing.

That's a good story. What's your story? Mine is that when my husband, who was my boyfriend at the time, came to my place to propose to me, and he was at the door in a suit and he had a bag with him, and I said, what's happened where are you going and he said I've just no I need to come in for a second and he came in and he opened up the bag and there was a bunch of carnations and a bottle of champagne and he got down on his

hands and knees not on his hands and knees and he said will you marry me? And so I went and put on a bridesmaid's dress that I'd worn a few months before and we put this song on repeat. And every time I think of this song, I think of that story. And didn't he say to you with the flowers, get used to it? No, that was the first time we ever went out. He bought me a bunch of flowers. He said, get used to them. And I've never had any since.

And he said, well, I meant that bunch. And didn't you have it often in a pile of old wedding dresses? No, I had that bridesmaid's dress on. How many dresses? Have you been married multiple times? No, no, no. I just had it off in that dress then. Thanks for all the information.

Just then. Was the song still playing? Was this song still playing? Yeah, probably. It goes for three minutes and 40. It's embarrassing, as you can imagine, taking a bridesmaid's dress to the dry cleaner That's looked like it's been used

The old Lewinsky special Alright good pick Mitchell That was good I feel like I've won Amanda over Because it's sentimental for her too And now I do love a ballad So my other pick is also a big belter Total Eclipse of the Heart. Oh!

Jonesy, you and Amanda could do this, actually. Oh, this is a banger. This is my karaoke song. To Vista! Wow, these are great songs. And Rod Stewart could have sung that song. And that could have gone on the road as a tour and presented by Fisherman's Friends or Soothers. Oh, yeah. Well done, Mitchell.

They're good. I feel that my two are going to rank higher than yours, just quietly. I'm a pop radio guy, so that's as pop as it got. My songs were as pop as it got in those times. Fair enough. Far out. All right, I'm ready.

Jenna, are you ready for yours? I am. Here we go. I think the last one is the best one. I'm not even going to explain it. Just play it. It sells itself. Play it.

Oh, I like this. Oh, yeah. The water boys. The Water Boys. What the hell is this? Do you not know it? No, hold on. Give it some... Yeah.

The Water Boys. No, I've never heard this in my life. Never. You've never heard this song? You're lacking. Exactly. Wow, it's Jenna's old soul coming through. Came like a comet.

Oh. You still talking about Amanda's wedding? It's not on the dress. Oh, well done. Who is this? Don't mention Uranus. The water boys. The water boys.

The moon. All right, there we go. You've got all five. All right, you've got them there. Do you want us to, like, give you time to deliberate? Yes, please. Are we doing this as an individual? Okay.

Oh, wow. I like this. Okay, pull the headphones off. Pretend we're not here. I know what you're going to do. I'll put it together and then we'll hand that in. That's what you'll say. I'll put it to what you would do.

And I would imagine that to me is how I'm thinking that's how it could be with a possibility of that as a change in. I'm not looking. I'm scared. What do you think? Don't forget the first ones. So there

we have it. Do you want us to... Can I open my eyes? Yeah, open your eyes. Alright, hold on. We'll do a drum roll and if you want to announce it. Yeah. Are you going to go five to one? Best radio voice, five to one. We're going to go five to one. All right, five to one.

Okay. Coming in at number five, as good as it is, it's a bit of an album track, The Hole of the Moon. No! Jenna, we love that song. We love that song, but the boys, the audience, they didn't like it. Total Eclipse of the Heart coming in at number four. What?

Number three. Any other day, that would be number one. Is a cheery pick. Call me Blondie. Yeah. Please. It's Saturday. Number two, it's Throw Your Arms Around Me.

Oh, my God. Oh, my God. And number one, it's got to be number five. Yeah, okay. That makes sense. The streets have got me on the job. Uh-oh, they're forgetting the lyrics. Oh, no.

Alzheimer's test. Well, you've got it. Oh, it's so good. Have you ever interviewed? I don't want to insult you. Have you interviewed Dolly Parton? Yes. Was it this year?

It was last year. You're kidding. No, it was this year over the Zoom. It was Christmas. Yeah, she had a book out of all those songs. She printed them in a beautiful book. And we interviewed her and could see her. We did a Zoom thing.

It was a highlight of my life. She was so charming. She really is an icon through the years for all the right reasons. The song Islands in the Stream, which is sung with Kenny, was written by Barry Gibb. Oh. Barry Gibb. Mitch, do you know who Barry Gibb is?

Yeah, of course. Who is it? Oh, right. Bee Gees. Yeah. So he didn't have anyone to. And Lionel Richie was originally going to sing Islands in the Stream. Oh, that would be a very different vibe. It would, wouldn't it? And Lionel said, was originally going to sing Islands in the Stream. Oh, that would be a very different vibe, wouldn't it?

And Lionel said, oh, I want to sing this. And then Barry rang Kenny Rogers. Really? And said, got someone. That's right. Do you know, could we get Dolly Parton to sing this with you? And he said, well, I'll go and ask her. And Kenny went into the bathroom where Dolly was.

And she was in the bath. The point is, he was recording at her studios. It wasn't that they were living together and sharing a toilet. Yeah, but she was in the bath and he walked in. You're over-egging it now. Islands in the stream. Oh, see, that's a visual joke he's making there. That's true.

No, it's great. I think Amanda is the Mitchell and I'm the Jonesy of our show. It's very, I've found the dynamic. Yeah, that's so true, actually and I'm the Jonesy of our show. It's very... Oh, that's... I've found the dynamic. Yeah, that's so true, actually. I'm here too. And where's Tim? It's true, actually. Amanda often calls you by your full name.

Brendan, I do the same. I'm like, Mitchell. Scalds. Scalds. Intelligent. I like rules. Intelligent. The cute one.

Always in front of you in the foreground of the marketing pictures. It's awful. It's true. It's my life. I know what you want. It's the hype, guys. You've got to go up the back. Although Amanda and I have very similar haircuts. We have the same hairdresser,'s awful. It's my life. It's my life. I know what you want. It's the hype, guys. You've got to go up the back. Although Amanda and I have very similar haircuts.

We have the same hairdresser, I think. Well, wow. I cut Jonesy's. Have you seen the back of it? Have a look. Yeah, look at the back. That was unfortunate. I didn't know a guard was supposed to go on the clippers.

It's a thing. Yeah, that's a look in the arm. It's a brain injury thing. This was so fun for us. What a treat. Thank you for being here. I loved that. Thank you. I was rocked. us. What a treat. Thank you for being here. I love that. Thank you.

I was rocked. Why don't we do songs of the 1920s next? None spring to mind, oddly enough. So many do. Roll out the barrel. I'm going Darktown Strutters Ball. I'm picking the last post. That's my hit.

You're all good. Hey, before we let you go, I wanted to ask one question of you, Amanda. We've got a lot of young listeners, a lot of them female. So I thought let's absorb some Amanda Keller wisdom while we've got her. What would you like to know? So let's just pretend you can go back to little Amanda Keller in her 20s. What advice would you give her? I would say just go for it.

Don't have any destination in mind. I always felt anxious that I didn't know what I wanted my career to be, what jobs I wanted. And so it's the side doors for me where all the adventure has come. And that's what I think has given me my 150 million year career or my longevity that I just went sideways a lot. And that saved me, I think. Except in the proposal, the front door.

That's where it came from. And never be rude. That's my other thing. Yeah, right. I've got to work on that. Mitchell's career is over then in that case. What about 20-year-old Jonesy? Any advice for him?

When that 30-year-old woman puts the hard word on you, when you're 19, take her up on it. Unless she's in a bridesmaid's dress. Unless she's in a bridesmaid's dress. Can I say one thing very quickly? I know you have to go. But I used to work Shire Boys through and through. I used to work at Coles in Southgate

when I left school. I worked there and I wanted to get into radio. It was an aspiration of mine. I loved it. But I wasn't in. I had no in. And I was at Coles and my mum said, Jonesy lives in the Shire. And his wife, I always see her in aisle three. She loves the broad beans. Maybe I'm embellishing. And she said, ify lives in the Shire and his wife, I always see her in aisle three. She loves the broad beans. She doesn't.

Maybe I'm embellishing. And she said, if you ever get this woman held up an A4 photo, this is Jonesy's wife. You put a hard word on her and you say, I want a job with your husband. And the day she came through, I packed it in. I knew it was her. I had this visual image of your

beautiful wife in my mind and I was there at the checkout I was 18 scanning her items high cholesterol diet too

check it lots of Metamucil lots of Metamucil yeah and I said I'd love to meet you and you were there at the ATM

getting a wad of cash or something but you were there and I couldn't do it I was terrified but you should have done you should have sent something well here we are

it came full circle yeah look at that Mrs. Grime I had to tell you my mum I don't do it. I was terrified. You should have done something. Well, here we are. It came full circle. Yeah, look at that. Mrs. Crane. I had to tell you. My mum, I don't know why she knew that you lived in the area or who your wife was, but you're a local myth. A local myth. Glangus Young used to live just down the road.

And she was a mytheth. From Nancy Lister. Sorry, I missed that. I said your wife was a mytheth. A mytheth. Yeah, she was. Are you mocking my list? Yeah, I don't know.

Amanda, what was your number one rule of show business? Be nice? So come on and bully Mitch Alright, thank you so much for being here guys It was fun, thank you This has been amazing, we love you guys Thank you, that was great fun Is it just me?

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