S5E230 - Scritti Politti 'Cupid & Psyche 85' with Paul Marfleet

<p>When British band <strong>Scritti Politti</strong> originally got together at Leeds Polytechnic in 1977, they were a punk-inspired collective of art students and squatters with a penchant towards Marxism. In the early 1980s leader <strong>Green Gartside</strong> scrapped all that and pivoted the band to a pop/soul sound that paid homage to American artists Michael Jackson and Aretha Franklin among others. This week we're joined by Aylesbury, UK resident <strong>Paul Marfleet</strong> as we dig into their smash sophomore album <strong>'Cupid & Psyche 85'</strong>  </p> <p>Songs featured in this episode: <em>God Save The Queen</em> - Sex Pistols; <em>Some Like It Hot</em> - Power Station; <em>Notorious</em> - Duran Duran; <em>Heads Will Roll</em> - Echo & The Bunnymen; <em>Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart</em> - Mark Almond; <em>Capital (It Fails Us Now)</em> - Gang Of Four; <em>Rent</em> - Pet Shop Boys; <em>Bibbly-O-Tek, Skank Bloc Bologna</em> - Scritti Politti; <em>Confusion</em> - New Order; <em>Poison Arrow</em> - ABC; <em>The Sweetest Girl</em> - Scritti Politti; <em>Dedicated Follower Of Fashion</em> - The Kinks; <em>The Word Girl, Small Talk</em> - Scritti Politti; <em>Careless Whisper</em> - George Michael; <em>Absolute, A Little Knowledge</em> - Scritti Politti; <em>We Can Work It Out</em> - Chaka Khan; <em>Union Of The Snake</em> - Duran Duran; <em>Don't Work That Hard, Perfect Way</em> - Scritti Politti; <em>Perfect Way</em> - Miles Davis; <em>Oh Patti (Don't Feel Sorry For Loverboy)</em> - Scritti Politti; <em>Human Nature</em> - Michael Jackson; <em>Lover To Fall, Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)</em> - Scritti Politti; <em>I Say A Little Prayer</em> - Aretha Franklin; <em>Hello It's Me</em> - Todd Rundgren; <em>Right</em> - David Bowie; <em>Hypnotize</em> - Scritti Politti; <em>The Message</em> - Grand Master Flash & The Furious Five; <em>The Whisper Of Your Mind</em> - The Lilac Time; <em>Way To Blue</em> - Lisa Hannigan, Teddy Thompson, Green Gartside (from the concert film 'The Songs o