The Psychedelic Furs

They wanted Mick Ronson of David Bowie's band for another.

They wanted Richard Butler of Psychedelic Furs.

But when they invited English singer Robert Palmer to audition, he blew them away so much that they decided that he and he alone would be the singer of Power Station.

There was one album, a self-titled record in 1985, and it was a giant success.

Never in a band or anything, but he liked his music, and he just gave me these lyrics.

The Psychedelic Furs had a song called Susan Strange, I think, so we didn't call it Susan Strange as originally planned, just Susan.

And I played the piano on it.

Bruce's grandmother's piano, to be exact.

You're not going to believe the name of this band.

Psychedelic Furs.

That's the name of the band.

That's a crazy name for a band.

Features ghost in the title this time.

It does? I mean, it sounds like the Psychedelic Furs.

It is the Psychedelic Furs.

What's the

name of the song?

Buy a car and watch it rust Sister, see them fall to dust They fall around In another crowded room Paint me like the shirt I'm in

This week's song in memory of former station owner David Preston there which was Sister Europe by the Psychedelic Furs which was released as the band's second single when it came out in 1980 when it failed to make an impression on the UK chart.

I do not recall ever having spoken to David about the Psychedelic Furs which is a great shame and preceding Sister Europe you heard Alternative Alf Garnett by Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine requested by Brian Taylor.

A request now from David in Perth, who has asked to hear Austin, Texas, based a Black Angels with Entrant Song.

The Black Angels formed in 2004 and are still active, releasing six studio albums, with Entrant Song being a promo-only single released to boost sales of their Phosphine Dream album released the previous year.

Generationally, okay, all right, because I know generationally, okay, who's your main, like, high school playlist?

Oh, The Clash, Replacements, Husker Dudes, Psychedelic Furs.

I'm right in there.

I'm about eight years before Stone Temple Pilots came and mocked up my radio.

So all of those artists that you just mentioned waning, but man, you've got OMD's first album.

Psychedelic Fur's first album.

Yeah.

X, right? Yeah.

Breeders.

Psychedelic Furs and The Breeders and people who came from beneath the populace, if you will.

Yeah, who were sort of taking pop music and deconstructing it.

And that's what we gravitated towards.