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Matthew Rudd

@matthewjrudd.bsky.social

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Creator of #forgotten80s (all my fault, then). Classic Pop scribe. I'm also an educator, a swimmer, a pescatarian, a #Corrie obsessive and the property of a rowdy French bulldog.

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Matthew Rudd @matthewjrudd.bsky.social · 2d

He has had ample work done but I'll defend him. He's always been a really strong broadcaster and I have always liked him. I'm sorry he's gone so early.

Matthew Rudd @matthewjrudd.bsky.social · 2d

They should have recast. They had no problem doing that for Todd or the teenagers. Or indeed, James.

Matthew Rudd @matthewjrudd.bsky.social · 2d

I rather like the Baileys. Ed is a fine actor, genuinely, and now they have a James who can act too. They need potential and success, they've had neither.

Matthew Rudd @matthewjrudd.bsky.social · 2d

I'm not a massive fan, never was even in the peak era, but they are very, very collectible.

Matthew Rudd @matthewjrudd.bsky.social · 2d

Spandau Ballet boxset, perchance?

Matthew Rudd @matthewjrudd.bsky.social · 2d

Updated #forgotten80s blog ... where you can also find our request guidelines and the show’s back story - forgotten80s.blogspot.com …

Forgotten 80s

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Matthew Rudd @matthewjrudd.bsky.social · 2d

#forgotten80s is also a 24 hour station on @absoluteradio.bsky.social Premium ... head to absoluteradio.co.uk/premium for details of how to subscribe!

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Matthew Rudd @matthewjrudd.bsky.social · 2d

officialcharts.com/archive for your TND + TEOH research ... #forgotten80s

The Official Charts

The Official UK Top 40 chart is compiled by the Official Charts Company, based on official sales of sales of downloads, CD, vinyl, audio streams and video streams. The Top 40 is broadcast on BBC Radio...

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Matthew Rudd @matthewjrudd.bsky.social · 2d

TND & TEOH:
1) Email only.
2) Usual repeat rules on artists (one show) + songs (30 shows).
3) Four submissions per feature. I'll pick 2 for TND + 3 for TEOH.
4) TND: artists whose biggest chart peak was from 41 down. TEOH: any single peaking from 41 down.

#forgotten80s

Matthew Rudd @matthewjrudd.bsky.social · 2d

#forgotten80s

Matthew Rudd @matthewjrudd.bsky.social · 2d

The Nobody's Diary (TND) via Ian Johnson:

Red Guitars "Steel Town"
Little Steven "Bitter Fruit"

The Edge Of Heaven (TEOH) via Graeme Langton:

Kool and the Gang "Hangin' Out"
Chaka Khan "Love Of A Lifetime"
Gregory Abbott "I Got The Feelin' (It's Over)"

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Matthew Rudd @matthewjrudd.bsky.social · 2d

#forgotten80s

Matthew Rudd @matthewjrudd.bsky.social · 2d

The Nobody’s Diary - lower charting singles of the 80s by acts who would ultimately never make the Top 40! Tonight's two were by Red Guitars + Little Steven, as suggested by Ian Johnson. Here’s the archive - open.spotify.com/playlist/7FB... #forgotten80s

The Nobody's Diary - an Absolute 80s archive

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Matthew Rudd @matthewjrudd.bsky.social · 2d

It is notable that I get far more requests for Arcadia than I do for the Power Station ... #forgotten80s

Matthew Rudd @matthewjrudd.bsky.social · 2d

Me too, and I have had to hear clips of it all week while building the show.

Matthew Rudd @matthewjrudd.bsky.social · 2d

It's a shame that playing Men At Work's other stuff prompts some criticism of Down Under, because Down Under is still magnificent. Doesn't get played on #forgotten80s for obvious reasons, but it holds up completely as a signature song.

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Matthew Rudd @matthewjrudd.bsky.social · 2d

I'd question they were a sensation at all ... they were peripheral compared to Bros, Jason etc. #forgotten80s

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Matthew Rudd @matthewjrudd.bsky.social · 2d

Cool.

They should get BBC team of the year, but the Lionesses and the Ryder Cup team are higher profile.

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Matthew Rudd @matthewjrudd.bsky.social · 2d

Given the career Burt Ward subsequently pursued, I'd be amazed if they didn't call one of his films Cock Robin. #forgotten80s

Pete Deller @petedeller.bsky.social · 2d

Worst Batman episode ever. And before you say anything, I mean that the Boy Wonder turns into a chicken.

Matthew Rudd @matthewjrudd.bsky.social · 2d

Who else do Rovers have as England candidates?

Matthew Rudd @matthewjrudd.bsky.social · 2d

Said through gritted teeth...

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Matthew Rudd @matthewjrudd.bsky.social · 2d

Will he be first choice at scrum half though?

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Matthew Rudd @matthewjrudd.bsky.social · 2d

Haha, I'll bet.

What a player though.

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Matthew Rudd @matthewjrudd.bsky.social · 2d

It's what you unwashed types call Mikey Lewis :) #forgotten80s

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Matthew Rudd @matthewjrudd.bsky.social · 2d

Cock Robin. The band that forces me to do a lot of 'unhiding' on the #forgotten80s Facebook page.

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