Episode #237: Half the Day's Gone and We Haven't Earned a Penny

'80s Atonement episodes (two episodes each year when I play only '80s R&B) are weird. It's like I'm subbing my own show. I don't recognize a lot of these songs with their Vocoders and their gated reverb and their Yamaha DX7 horns. That's what I get for falling into a vat full of hair gel as a teenager. Anyway, here's the December '21 '80s Atonement episode. Of course Prince is on it. Still no Whitney though. I blame myself.

Artist	Song	Year	Label
Set 1
I.N.D.	Everybody Likes to Do It	1981	Erect
S.O.S. Band	High Hopes	1982	Tabu
David Grant	Rock the Midnight	1983	Chrysalis
Precious Wilson	Nice Girls Don't Last	1986	Jive
Prince	Dirty Mind	1980	Warner Bros.
Dee Edwards	Two Hearts Are Better Than One	1980	Cotillion
Set 2
Slave	Sizzlin' Hot	1980	Cotillion
Forrest	One Lover (Don't Stop the Show)	1983	Dance
Kenny Lynch	Half the Day's Gone and We Haven't Earned a Penny	1983	Satril
Phyllis Hyman	Screamin' at the Moon	1986	PIR
Lamont Dozier	The Pressure Is On	1981	M&M
Philippé Wynne	Put Your Own Puzzle Together	1980	Uncle Jam
Ted Hawkins	Who Got My Natural Comb?	1982	Rounder
Set 3
Zapp	Playin' Kinda Ruff	1982	Warner Bros.
Fonzi Thornton	I Work for a Livin'	1982	Mirage
Steve Monite	Things Fall Apart	1984	HMV
RAH Band	Hunger For Your Jungle Love '83	1983	TMT
Positive Force	People Get On Up	1980	Sugar Hill
Crown Heights Affair	Love Ripoff	1982	De-Lite
The Time	Onedayi'mgonnabesomebody	1982	Warner Bros.
Set 4/Outro
The Gene Dunlap Band	When You're Hot	1985	Capitol
Defunkt	Avoid the Funk	1982	Hannibal
George Clinton	Get Dressed	1982	Capitol
Michael Henderson	(We Are Here to) Geek You Up	1981	Buddah
Syreeta	Quick Slick	1981	Tamla
Maze feat. Frankie Beverly	I Wanna Thank You	1983	Capitol