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Rock Arena - Suzanne Dowling July - Dec 1985

July 30 1985
THIS WEEK SUZANNE DOWLING INTRODUCES THE SYDNEY BAND DO RE MI WHO ARE PEFORMING LIVE IN THE STUDIO AND NEW VIDEOS BY DIRE STRAITS AND PAUL YOUNG;ARTISTS:;DO RE MI 'VALENTINE'S DAY'(0.38)LIVE;DO RE MI 'CUTTLEFISH BEACH'(3.02)LIVE;DO RE MI 'IDIOT GRIN'(7.37)LIVE;DO RE MI 'RACING TO ZERO'(10.02)LIVE;DO RE MI 'NEW TABOOS'(14.28)LIVE;DO RE MI 'WARNINGS MOVING CLOCKWISE'(17.20)LIVE;DO RE MI 'EVERYTHING'S OVER'(21.19)LIVE;DO RE MI 'MAN OVERBOARD'(24.30)LIVE;DO RE MI (1000 MOUTHS)(29.01)LIVE;YELLO 'VICIOUS GAMES'(33.24);STANLEY CLARKE 'BORN IN THE USA';DIRE STRAITS 'MONEY FOR NOTHING'(41.23);PAUL YOUNG 'TOMB OF MEMORIES'(45.53);ARETHA FRANKLIN 'FREEWAY OF LOVE'(50,44);COMMODORES 'ANIMAL INSTINCT'(50.44);DO,RE,MI, 'BURNING THE BLUES'(54.43)LIVE

August 10 1985
SPECIAL ON PHIL COLLINS FEATURING SOME OF HIS EARLIER WORK WITH 'GENESIS' AND ALSO HIS CURRENT HITS INTERCUT WITH CU IV COLLINS.SONGS FEATURED ARE 'SUSSUDIO','MISSED AGAIN','ABACAB','I KNOW WHAT I LIKE','CARPET CRAWL','TRICK OF THE TAIL','FOLLOW YOU,FOLLOW ME','IN THE AIR TONIGHT','I DON'T CARE ANY MORE','THAT'S ALL','EASY LOVER','BILLY DON'T LOSE THAT NUMBER','YOU CAN'T HURRY LOVE','I CANNOT BELIEVE IT'S TRUE','ONE MORE NIGHT'.PHILIP BAILEY CLIP 'WALKING ON THE CHINESE WALL' IS SHOWN (PRODUCED BY COLLINS) AND SEGS FROM THE BEATLES CLIP 'HELLO GOODBYE'.IAN MELDRUM (UNSEEN) CONDUCTS IV WITH COLLINS AND THE PROGRAM IS INTRODUCED BY PRESENTER SUZANNE DOWLING

August 20 1985
SUZANNE DOWLING PRESENTS ROCK ARENA WITH FEATURED GROUP 'HOODOO GURUS' RECORDED LIVE IN CONCERT IN 1984 SINGING 'LET'S ALL TURN ON','TOJO','ARTHUR','BE MY GURU'&'BITTERSWEET'.NEW AUSTRALIAN BAND THE SHINDIGGERS SING 'HANGING IT UP',OTHER VIDEO CLIPS ARE DREAM ACADEMY 'LIFE IN A NORTHERN TOWN',HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS 'POWER OF LOVE'&'WALKING ON A THIN LINE',THE BEAT 'HANDS OFF,SHE'S MINE',FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS 'JOHNNY COME HOME',DOOBIE BROTHERS 'TAKE ME IN YOUR ARMS'&'WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES',MICHAEL MCDONALD 'NO LOOKIN BACK' AND FEARGAL SHARKEY 'LISTEN TO YOUR FATHER'&'LOVING YOU'

September 3 1985
THIS WEEKS SHOW FEATURES AN INTERVIEW WITH THE EURYTHMICS(17.45) AND SUZANNE DOWLING INTRODUCES NEW RELEASES FROM THE YOUNG DOCTORS AND BATTLEHAPPY.;ARTISTS:;DO RE MI 'IDIOT GRIN'(0.18);BATTLE HAPPY 'EVIL DONALD'(3.46);YOUNG DOCTEURS 'AROUND'(7.56);TOURISTS 'I ONLY WANNA BE WITH YOU'(12.08);EURTYMICS 'SWEET DREAMS'(14.29);EURYTHMICS 'I LOVE YOU LIKE A BALL AND CHAIN'(19.18);KING 'TROUBLE'(23.11);KING 'I KISSED THE SPIKEY FRIDGE'(27.18);KING 'LOVE AND PRIDE'(31.20);KING 'WON'T YOU HOLD MY HAND NOW'(36.12);CABARET VOLTAIRE 'SENSORIA'(42.02);CABARET VOLTAIRE 'BIG FUNK'(45.54);JIMMY NAIL 'LOVE DON'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE'(54.53)

September 24 1985
00.00 OPENING TITLES;
00.18 BRIAN FERRY 'DON'T STOP THE DANCE';
04.10 DOWLING INTRO;
05.01 THE JAM 'START';
07.16 MCU IV WELLER (PRIOR TO STYLE COUNCIL'S MELBOURNE CONCERT) RE WHY HE FORMED STYLE COUNCIL, POLITICAL COMPONENT OF HIS SONGS REFLECTED IN NEW ALBUM, SUPPORT OF PARTICULAR CAUSES IN BRITAIN, HIS ANTI THATCHERITE SENTIMENTS, CO PRESIDENT IN BRITAIN OF INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF YOUTH, TOP 10 BANDS RELUCTANT TO COMMIT THEMSELVES TO CAUSES, HEROIN WIDESPREAD AMONGST BRITISH YOUTH, MAY JOIN BRITISH LABOUR PARTY IN FUTURE;
15.46 STYLE COUNCIL 'THE WHOLE POINT OF NO RETURN';
18.30 DOWLING LINK, INTRO JOHN MELLENCAMP;
19.38 JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP 'LITTLE PINK HOUSES';
24.15 GRAPHIC;
24.18 JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP 'LOVELY OL' NIGHT' B&W;
28.24 DOWLING INTRO FLOTSAM JETSAM RECORDED LIVE IN ABC STUDIO;
29.27 'BUTCHERS OF LUST';
34.04 'THE CHOSEN FEW';
37.57 '100% ONE SECOND LOVE';
42.28 '115 BPM/CRYSTAL DISCO/R27 MEDLEY';
54.37 DOWLING LINK, INTRO SAYLE & NEIL FROM 'THE YOUNG ONES';
36.04 ALEXEI SAYLE 'HELLO JOHN, GOT A NEW MOTOR';
59.32 GRAPHIC;
59.33 NEIL 'HOLE IN MY SHOE', INCL END CREDITS

October 15 1985
THIS A SPECIAL SHOW (90 MINUTES LONG) HOSTED BY SUZANNE DOWLING, FEATURING NEW ABORIGINAL BAND 'WARUMPI BAND', PREFAB SPROUT WITH TWO SONGS FROM THEIR POPULAR NEW ALBUM, WILLIE & THE POOR BOYS WHOSE ROYALTIES FROM THEIR ALBUM GO TOWARDS MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS (MS) RESEARCH, TALKING HEADS, BRYAN ADAMS AND PAT METHENY GROUP.;
ARTIST/MUSIC:;
THE THREE O'CLOCK 'HER HEAD'S REVOLVING' (00.17);
THE WHO 'THE SEEKER' (5.06);
ROGER DALTREY 'AFTER THE FIRE' (8.12);
TALKING HEADS 'DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT' (13.55);
'PSYCHO KILLER' (16.38);
'ONCE IN A LIFETIME' (21.56);
'ROAD TO NOWHERE' (25.21);
WARUMPI BAND 'BREADLINE' (30.19);
'BLACKFELLA/WHITEFELLA' (33.49);
BRYAN ADAMS 'RUN TO YOU' (38.15);
'HEAVEN' (41.49);
'SUMMER OF '69' (45.44);
WILLIE & THE POOR BOYS 'BABY PLEASE DON'T GO' (50.14);
'YOU NEVER CAN TELL' (53.00);
'CHICKEN SHACK BOOGIE' (57.26);
'THESE ARMS OF MINE' (60.06);
PREFAB SPROUT 'WHEN LOVE BREAKS DOWN' (64.23);
'APPETITE' (67.59);
PAT METHENY GROUP 'JAMES' (73.00);
'ARE YOU GOING WITH ME' (80.37);
THE DREAM ACADEMY 'THE LOVE PARADE' (90.00)

October 29 1985
SUZANNE DOWLING PRESENTS ROCK ARENA WITH SPECIAL FEATURE ON YOUNG MELBOURNE BAND 'BOOM CRASH OPERA'.SONGS RECORDED IN STUDIO ARE 'HOLD ME DOWN','ROCKS ARE IN MY HEAD','TOO HOT TO THINK','AXE TO GRIND','THIS IS THE FACE THAT I'M LIVING IN','GAP THAT OPENED','FLOPPY MAN STAND UP','SPIRIT OF PROGRESS'. OTHER VIDEO CLIPS SHOWN ARE JULIE BROWN 'THE HOMECOMING QUEEN'S GOT A GUN', MINK DE VILLE SINGING 'MIXED UP SHOOK UP GIRL'&'I MUST BE DREAMING',AND WHAT IS THIS WITH 'MIND MY HAVE STILL I'

November 19 1986
THIS SHOW BY MIDNIGHT OIL, LIVE FROM GOAT ISLAND ON SYDNEY HARBOUR, INTRODUCED BY SUZANNE DOWLING WHO DISCUSSES THE CONCERT (SPONSORED BY RADIO STATION 2JJJ-FM, RECORDED AND PREVIOUSLY SHOWN ON JANUARY 19TH 1985, WITH SIX MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF EQUIPMENT ON A BARGE AND 200 CONTESTANT WINNERS INCLUDED IN THE LIVE AUDIENCE), THE GROUP'S TOURING AND SUCCESS OF LATEST ALBUM. SHOW SIMULCAST ON CAPITAL CITY RADIO STATIONS AROUND AUSTRALIA. BAND MEMBERS INCLUDE:JAMES MAGINIE (GUITAR, KEYBOARDS), ROB HIRST (DRUMS, VOCALS), MARTIN ROTSEY (GUITAR), PETER GIFFORD (BASS, VOCALS) & PETER GARRETT (VOCALS).;MUSIC/DETAILS:;(ALL MIDNIGHT OIL);'BEST OF BOTH WORLDS' (3.01);'WHEN THE GENERALS TALK' (7.32);'MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT' (12.05);'SLEEP' (16.15);'ONLY THE STRONG' (21.41);'SHORT MEMORY' (27.40);'KOSCIUSZKO' (33.00);'US FORCES' (37.46);'JIMMY SHARMAN'S BOXERS' (42.15);'BORDERLINE' (48.52);'TIN LEGS & TIN MINES' (52.00);'DON'T WANNA BE THE ONE' (56.53);'POWER AND THE PASSION' (59.52);'READ ABOUT IT' (66.18);'HARRISBURG' (71.10);'STAND IN LINE' (74.20)

November 26 1985
THIS WEEKS SHOW FEATURES THE SYDNEY BAND CALLED GANGGAJANG WHO WERE RECORDED LIVE IN THE ROCK ARENA STUDIOS, SUZANNE DOWLING INTERVIEWS TWO MEMBERS OF THE BAND GRAHAM BIDSTRUP(30.36) AND MARK CALLAGHAN(40.44); ARTISTS:;THE CURE 'CLOSE TO ME'(0.17);SADE 'YOUR LOVE IS KING'(4.53);SADE 'SWEETEST TABOO'(8.30);MIDGE URE 'IF I WAS'(14.30);SIMPLE MINDS 'ALIVE AND KICKING'(18.42);GANGGAJANG 'GIMME SOME LOVIN'(24.30); GANGGAJANG 'DISTRACTION'(27.15);GANGGAJANG 'SHADOWS OF YOUR LOVE'(33.13);GANGGAJANG 'SOUNDS OF THEN'(36.40);GANGGAJANG 'MAYBE I'(43.12);GANGGAJANG 'AMBULANCE MEN'(47.09);GANGGAJANG 'GIVER OF LIFE'(50.41);GANGGAJANG 'THE BIGGER THEY ARE'(54.50);GANGGAJANG 'HOUSE OF CARDS'(58.52);GANGGAJANG 'VIVA LES VEGAS'(61.02)

December 7 1985
SUZANNE DOWLING PRESENTS SPECIAL ROCK ARENA 'A NIGHT WITH LOU REED',BASED ON A CONCERT RECORDED LIVE AT THE BOTTOM LINE IN NEW YORK CITY. REED SINGS 'SWEET JANE','I'M WAITING FOR THE MAN','MARTIAL LAW','DON'T TALK TO ME ABOUT WORK','WOMEN','WAVES OF FEAR','WILD SIDE','TURN OUT THE LIGHTS','NEW AGE','KILL YOUR SONS','SATELLITE OF LOVE','WHITE LIGHT WHITE HEAT' & 'ROCK N ROLL'

December 17 1985
2.00 OPENING TITLES;
2.17 VS ARTISTS AGAINST APARTHEID VIDEO CLIP "SUN CITY";
9.49 MS DOWLING INTRO;
11.21 VS DAVID JOHANSEN VIDEO CLIP "HEARD THE NEWS";
15.36 VS DEPECHE MODE VIDEO CLIP "BLASPHEMOUS RUMOURS";
20.37 VS SHRIEKBACK VIDEO CLIP "NEMESIS";
24.10 MCU DOWLING;
24.59 VS LONE JUSTICE VIDEO CLIP "WAYS TO BE WICKED";
28.13 VS TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS VIDEO CLIP "DON'T COME AROUND HERE NO MORE";
32.44 VS REM VIDEO CLIP "CAN'T GET THERE FROM HERE";
36.28 MCU DOWLING;
37.07 VS KIRSTY MACCOLL VIDEO CLIP "A NEW ENGLAND";
40.47 VS ABC VIDEO CLIP "BE NEAR ME";
44.15 VS BEARGARDEN VIDEO CLIP "I WRITE THE NEWS";
48.26 MCU DOWLING;
49.00 VS NILE RODGERS VIDEO CLIP "LET'S GO OUT TONIGHT";
52.30 VS DROP BEARS VIDEO CLIP "SHALL WE GO";
57.08 VS JASON & THE SCORCHERS VIDEO CLIP "WHITE LIES";
1.00.34 MCU DOWLING;
1.01.36 VS GANGAJANG VIDEO CLIP "GIVER OF LIFE" & CLOSING CREDITS

December 21 1985
00.00 OPENING TITLES;
00.17 DOWLING INTRO;
BOOM CRASH OPERA:;
00.54 'TOO HOT TO THINK';
05.46 'AXE TO GRIND';
12.19 'GAP THAT OPENED';
16.45 DOWLING LINK;
17.22 GRAPHIC;
DO RE MI:;
17.24 'IDIOT GRIN';
19.54 'RACING TO ZERO';
24.17 'NEW TABOOS';
27.09 'WARNINGS MOVING CLOCKWISE';
31.00 'MAN OVERBOARD';
35.13 DOWLING LINK;
35.46 GRAPHIC;
GANGAJANG;
35.48 'DISTRACTION';
39.07 'SOUNDS OF THEN';
43.08 'MAYBE I';
46.57 'HOUSE OF CARDS';
49.56 DOWLING LINK;
50.36 GRAPHIC;
50.38 FLOTSAM JETSAM '115BPM/CRYSTAL DISCO/R27' MEDLEY, INCL END TITLES

December 24 1985
THIS SHOW INTRODUCED BY SUZANNE DOWLING (WHICH WAS SHOWN PREVIOUSLY THIS YEAR ON 1/10/85) WAS THE STYLE COUNCIL 'TUMBLING DOWNUNDER' CONCERT HELD IN MELBOURNE (THE ONLY PERFORMANCE IN THIS CITY, HELD IN MAY, 85'), WITH 14 SONGS PERFORMED. SIMULCAST ON CAPITAL CITY RADIO STATIONS AROUND AUSTRALIA. BAND MEMBERS INCLUDE:PAUL WELLER (SINGER), D.C. LEE (VOCALS), STEVE WHITE (DRUMS), CAMILLE HINDS (GUITAR), STEVE SIDELNYK (PERCUSSION), ROBBIE GLANFIELD (BANJO), HELEN TURNER (IVORY'S) AND MICK TALBOT (SINGER).;ARTIST/MUSIC TITLE:;(ALL STYLE COUNCIL);'BIG BOSS GROOVE' (0.40);'SHOUT TO THE TOP' (5.24);'SEE THE DAY' (8.44);'EVERYTHING TO LOSE' (13.23);'CATCH ME I'M FALLING' (17.13);'OUR FAVOURITE SHOP' (24.32);'LONG HOT SUMMER' (27.50);'CALL ME' (31.43);'HOMEBREAKERS' (35.49);'A STONE'S THROW' (41.05);'MY EVERCHANGING MOODS' (43.18);'JUST CAME TO PIECES' (48.09);'WALLS COME TUMBLING DOWN' (50.48);'INTERNATIONALISTS' (54.17)

December 31 1985 (labelled December 24 1985)
THIS SPECIAL 'NEW YEARS EVE' SHOW INTRODUCED BY SUZANNE DOWLING FEATURES JIMMY BARNES IN CONCERT IN MAY, 1985 AT THE SYDNEY ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE. PROGRAM SIMULCAST ON CAPITAL CITY RADIO STATIONS AROUND AUSTRALIA (SYDNEY 2JJJ-FM (105.7), MELBOURNE EON-FM (92.3),PERTH 96FM & HOBART 7THE-FM). BAND MEMBERS INCLUDE:JIMMY BARNES (SINGER), CHRIS STOTLIG & MAL ISTIC (GUITARISTS), RAY ARNOTT (DRUMMER) AND BRUCE HOWE (BASS). LAST SONG PERFORMED 'GOODBYE' WITH BAND MEMBERS MEETING AUDIENCE AND TITLES 'HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM ROCK ARENA'.;MUSIC/TITLE:;(ALL JIMMY BARNES);'BOYS CRY OUT' (3.24);'DAYLIGHT' (7.15);'YOU GOT NOTHING I NEED' (10.46);'PROMISE ME YOU'LL CALL' (14.10);'THICK SKINNED' (17.48);'TEMPTATION' (20.56);'LITTLE SISTER' (23.56);'ONLY ONE' (27.09);'RESURRECTION SCHUFFLE' (30.32);'NO SECOND PRIZE' (35.26);'MY TURN TO CRY' (40.00);GOODBYE' (44.20)