Show #221--2/28/10

Hour 1: Billboard Hot 100 Spotlight—February 29, 1960

Summer Set—Monty Kelly (#82)
Way Down Yonder in New Orleans—Freddy Cannon (#78)
Any Way the Wind Blows—Doris Day (#72)
Darling Lorraine—The Knockouts (#57)
Sixteen Reasons—Connie Francis (#55)
Why—Frankie Avalon (#44)
Money (That’s What I Want)—Barrett Strong (#43)
Baby What You Want Me to Do—Jimmy Reed (#37)
Go, Jimmy, Go—Jimmy Clanton (#32)
Too Much Tequila—The Champs (#30)
You Got What it Takes—Marv Johnson (#20)
Harbor Lights—The Platters (#15)
Wild One—Bobby Rydell (#10)
Beyond the Sea—Bobby Darin (#6)
What in the World’s Come Over You—Jack Scott (#5)
Teen Angel—Mark Dinning (#4)
He’ll Have to Go—Jim Reeves (#3)
Handy Man—Jimmy Jones (#2)
Theme from “A Summer Place”—Percy Faith (#1)

Hour 2  (A Contrast.)

Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White—Perez Prado
Pink and Sour—Califone
$300—Soul Coughing
Our Lips Are Sealed—Fun Boy Three
Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go)—Garbage
Cuban Slide—The Pretenders
I Got High—Clem Snide
The Only Living Boy in New York—Simon & Garfunkel
Curves of the Needle—Field Music
Think of Me with Kindness—Gentle Giant
If You Want Me to Stay—Sly & the Family Stone
Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)—US3
Y Aparecio El Trombon—Juan Pablo Torres

Show #220--2/21/10

Songbird—Fleetwood Mac
For You—tUnE-yArDs
Sunlight—tUnE-yArDs
Paper Sun—Traffic
Let’s Write a Book—Field Music
Goodie Two Shoes—Sky
Move Over—Janis Joplin
Gudbuy T’Jane—Slade
Playin’ in the Band—Stampeders
Here I Am (Come and Take Me)—Al Green
Who Makes Your Money—Spoon
Art Czars—Japandroids
Art War—The Knack
Let Me Out—The Knack

Hour 2—Sunday Sampler Plays with Fire

The Great Canyon Fire in General—Spirit
Burn On—Randy Newman
Smoke on the Water—Deep Purple
Kundalini Bonfire—Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds
Fire—Jason Collett
Burning for You—Blue Oyster Cult
Burn & Rob—Paleface
Fire on the Bayou—The Meters
Play with Fire—The Rolling Stones
This Wheel’s on Fire—The Band
Eternal Flame—Joan as Police Woman
Eternal Flame—The Bangles
I’m on Fire—Dwight Twilley Band

Show #219--2/14/10

One Life Stand—Hot Chip
AEIOU Sometimes Y—Ebn-Ozn
Secret Journey—The Police
Every Little Thing She Does is Magic—The Police
Drain the Blood—The Rural Alberta Advantage
Useful Chamber—Dirty Projectors
Be Still My Beating Heart—Sting
Sewn—The Feeling
No Regrets—Tom Rush
A Child Should Be a Fish—Leo Kottke
Take You Far Away—Emitt Rhodes

Hour 2—Ladies’ Night

Tom’s Diner—Suzanne Vega
Black Horse and the Cherry Tree—KT Tunstall
Rock Me on the Water—Linda Ronstadt
Dreaming My Life Away—Best Coast
Cornflake Girl—Tori Amos
Human Behavior—Bjork
I Gotta Know—Wanda Jackson
Hot Dog! That Made Him Mad—Carolyn Mark & the Room-Mates
For Today—Jessica Lea Mayfield
Getaway (February)—Jen Trynin
Journal of Ardency—Class Actress
I’m Satisfied—Fanny
Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)—Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
Forest Green Oh Forest Green—Holly Miranda

You may have noticed Christine McVie down there...didn't get to her tonight.
She'll be the very first next week. (Yes, I'm a loose ends tier-upper).

Row 1:  Jessica Lea Mayfield, Christine McVie, Holly Miranda, Linda Ronstadt,
Bjork, KT Tunstall, Tori Amos, Carolyn Mark.

Sorta Row 2:  Fanny, Wanda Jackson, Suzanne Vega, Joan Jett.

Sorta Row 3:  Jen Trynin, Bethany Cosentino (Best Coast), Elizabeth Harper (Class Actress).

Show #218--2/7/10

I’d Do It All Again—Corinne Bailey Rae
With Your Love—Jefferson Starship
Continuum—Jaco Pastorius
Jealous of Roses—Bibio
Girls! Girls! Girls!—Liz Phair
Sleep (Fingers’ Lulllaby)—The Boomtown Rats
Runnin’ Round—Marvin Pontiac
Lovely Gold—Michael Yonkers
Phantom Don’t Go—Jookabox
What Would I Want? Sky—Animal Collective
Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel—Tavares
Goodnight Tonight—Wings

Hour 2—A Sunday Sampler encore from 6/15/08

(Heavy on the sixties, eh?)

Step Inside Love—Cilla Black
Summer Wind—Frank Sinatra
Think Twice—LaVern Baker & Jackie Wilson
Lucille—The Everly Brothers
Don’t Throw Your Love Away—The Searchers
Out of Limits—The Marketts
Woman—Peter & Gordon
Lost Girl—The Troggs
Hey Baby (They’re Playing Our Song)—The Buckinghams
Things I’d Like to Say—New Colony Six
As We Proceed—Travis Morrison
Sinner—Downtown Harvest
Babylon—David Gray
Cheek to Cheek—Kenny Burrell Trio
Matte Kudasai—King Crimson
Harmony—Elton John
Nealization—Soulive

Show #217--1/31/10

The Enchanted Sea—The Islanders
Remember (Walkin’ in the Sand)—The Shangri-Las
The Coldest Days of My Life—The Chi-Lites
RR vs. D—Au
The All Golden—Van Dyke Parks
Lewis Takes Action—Owen Pallett
The Uptown Train—Joe Jackson
1841 Shuffle—Roy Buchanan
The One Thing—INXS
My Love is Better—Annie
The Hate—Exit Clōv
It’s Gonna Be—Norah Jones
Don’t Let Go—Wang Chung

Hour 2—Overlooked 80’s

Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)—Squeeze
Fashion—David Bowie
Pay the Devil (Ooo, Baby, Ooo)—The Knack
Senses Working Overtime—XTC
Pop Song 89—R.E.M.
Good Morning Girl/Stay Awhile—Journey
Vitamin L—B.E. Taylor Group
Wind Him Up—Saga
This Woman’s Work—Kate Bush
The King of Rock and Roll—Prefab Sprout
New Day for You—Basia
Pretending—Eric Clapton

Show #216--1/24/10

Elimination Dancing—Bow Wow Wow
Like a Cannonball—Menudo
Poker Face—Lady GaGa
Norway—Beach House
Feel it All Around—Washed Out
Cobra—Quicksilver Messenger Service
Black Widow—Stone Axe
Go Now—Bessie Banks
I Wish I Could Jerk Like My Uncle Cyril—Timebox
Girl Don’t Let Me Wait—Timebox
A Question of Temperature—The Balloon Farm
Cherry Red—Groundhogs
Three Girl Rhumba—Wire
Locals Only—Agression
Do the Standing Still—The Dismemberment Plan

Hour 2—Ouch! Various Injuries through Song

You Beat the Hell Out of Me—The Motors
I Got Stung—Paul McCartney
Blistered—Johnny Cash
Knocked Flat—Job Striles
Broken—The Guess Who
Cut to Pieces—The Turn
Shattered—The Rolling Stones
Dazed and Confused—Led Zeppelin
Blinded by the Light—Manfred Mann’s Earth Band
Torn—Natalie Imbruglia
Burnt—The Futureheads
Frozen—Madonna

As far as I can tell, you can't buy this song anywhere right now, but you can view it on YouTube.  A very good 80s pop song that I've always enjoyed (yes, I know it's cheesy).  I don't know if this "pre-Ricky Martin" Menudo song was originally written in Spanish, but if so, this English version comes out surprisingly good (and only the lead singer was fluent in English at this time, by the way).  The video is even clever (although the pinball machine in the cobwebby attic does stretch it)! 

Show #215--1/17/10

Tigers Will Survive—Ian Matthews
Heart Attack—Kurt Vile
Peace Be Upon Us—Sheryl Crow
Crazy on You—Heart
Swim (to Reach the End)—Surfer Blood
We Be’s Gettin’ Down—Graham Central Station
Waiting for You—King Midas Sound
Let Me Into Your World—Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
Close the Door—Teddy Pendergrass
Boogie Nights—Heatwave
Naima—Carlos Santana/John McLaughlin
I Believe (Love Will Survive)—Sad Café

Hour 2—A Round of Remakes

Oops! I Did it Again—Richard Thompson (Britney Spears)
Believe—Robbie Fulks (Cher)
I Can’t Let Go—Sloan (Evie Sands)
Please Please Me—The Score (The Beatles)
Rocket Number 9—NRBQ (Sun Ra)
Ram On—They Might Be Giants (Paul and Linda McCartney)
Spaceman—The Roches with Mark Johnson (Harry Nilsson)
Fight for Your Right (To Party)—The HotRats (The Beastie Boys)
Reach Out for Me—The Laughing Dogs (Dionne Warwick)
This Land is Your Land—Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings (Woody Guthrie)
Vehicle—Orquesta Cubana de Musica Moderna (The Ides of March)
He Was Really Sayin’ Somethin’--Bananarama (The Velvelettes)
(Don’t Fear) The Reaper—Van She (Blue Oyster Cult)
Running Up That Hill—Placebo (Kate Bush)

Show #214--1/10/10

Take It In—Hot Chip
The Flower Called Nowhere—Stereolab
Ladyfingers (Camara Kambon remix)—Herb Alpert
Again Again—Eternity’s Children
Conquistador—Procol Harum
Goodbye Forever—The Association
Ain’t No Use—Moby Grape
Coming Home—Hush Arbors
Last Steam Engine Train—Leo Kottke
Dyslexic Heart—Paul Westerberg
Moonless March—Aloha
Race: In—Battles
Strange News from Another Star—Blur

Hour 2—Elvis Everywhere

Blue Moon of Kentucky—Elvis Presley
Don’t Be Cruel—Elvis Presley
Heartbreak Hotel—Stan Freberg
It’s Now or Never—Elvis Presley
Honestly Sincere (from “Bye Bye Birdie”)—Dick Gautier
I Slipped, I Stumbled, I Fell—Elvis Presley
Viva Las Vegas—Elvis Presley
Maria’s the Name—El Vez
In the Ghetto—Eilert Pilarm
Double Trouble—Elvis Presley
Suspicious Minds—Elvis Presley
Trouble/Guitar Man—Elvis Presley
A Little Less Conversation—Elvis Presley
Bill Hicks on Elvis Presley & Charlie Hodge
Patch it Up—Elvis Presley
If You Talk in Your Sleep—Elvis Presley