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This week’s Two for Tuesday is courtesy of the lovely Gary Numan. And yes, he has plenty of great songs other than Cars – check out this fun version with NIN.

This week’s two for Tuesday is from The Pogues, my favourite Irish band. “Let Englishmen fight English wars” indeed!

Lá Fhéile Pádraig Sona Daoibh.

As you can probably guess by now, I’m a big fan of 80′s alt rock. Keeping with this trend, this week’s twofer is from The Smiths:

Today’s songs are dedicated to Dawn, Alceste and Nikos.

Enjoy these two songs from The Jam.

This week’s twofer is from Kate Bush. She’s one of those artists that people either love or hate. I’ve never met anyone who is neutral on her. Leave me a comment if you are.

Your two for Tuesday this week comes from Guided by Voices. The previous two (The Who and The Beatles) twofers were big influences for GbV.

This week’s twofer is from The Beatles. Today is my friend Betsy’s birthday. She’s a big Beatles fan too so here they are.

Bet you were expecting their song Birthday, weren’t you?

Beatles-related trivia for February 9th:

1964 – The Beatles made the first of three record-breaking appearances on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” 73 million people watched the show. It was their American TV debut.

1972 – Wings made their concert debut at Nottingham University in England.

1993 – Paul McCartney released a solo album, “Off The Ground.”

This week’s twofer is from The Who, playing this Sunday’s Superbowl.

Enjoy this selection from the Buzzcocks for this week’s two for Tuesday.

This week’s two for Tuesday is brought to you by Genesis, that would be Peter Gabriel Genesis. Congrats to the band for being selected for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.