Show #255--10/31/10

A Few Minutes of Silence—Paul Westerberg

White Lies—Grin

Ram On—Paul and Linda McCartney

Space Child—Spirit

Handed Love—The Corin Tucker Band

Citysong—Luscious Jackson

Madman Across the Water—Elton John

Art Decade—Marco Benevento

Click, Click, Click, Click—Bishop Allen

This Kind of Love—Meg Hentges

Boyfriend—Best Coast

Zombie Jamboree (Back to Back)—Nilsson

Zombies—The Laughing Dogs

Hour 2—Ladies of the 80’s

Time After Time—Cyndi Lauper

I Drove All Night—Cyndi Lauper

Upside Down—Diana Ross

Chain Reaction—Diana Ross

When I Think of You—Janet Jackson

Love Will Never Do (Without You)—Janet Jackson

Alone—Heart

Bebe Le Strange—Heart

Anything for You—Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine

Bad Boy—Miami Sound Machine

How Will I Know—Whitney Houston

You Give Good Love—Whitney Houston

Ain’t No Big Deal—Madonna

Like a Virgin—Madonna

 

Show #254--10/24/10

Burning Down the House—Talking Heads

Rope and Summit—Junip

Nautilus—Bob James

Can You Get to That—Funkadelic

Nappy Head—War

Queen of Clubs—KC and the Sunshine Band

Dancing in the City—Marshall Hain

It is Not Meant to Be—Tame Impala

Lover of Mine (Roman Ruins remix)—Beach House

Let My Love Open the Door—Pete Townshend

SuperImposer—Oceansize

In the Mind of the Bourgeois Reader—Sonic Youth

Everybody Needs Somebody—Love Psychedelico

Hour 2—Encore hour from 1/18/09

For Today—Jessica Lea Mayfield

Will You Return?—The Avett Brothers

Being Here—The Stills

Fire—Jason Collett

Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire—Joni Mitchell

Blow Away—George Harrison

Walking Through My Dreams—The Pretty Things

Walking on a Dream—Empire of the Sun

Escalator of Life—Robert Hazard

Praying to a New God---Wang Chung 

Street Trash—Tobacco

Less Cities, More Moving People—The Fixx

Roads Girdle the Globe—XTC

The Footsteps Die Out Forever—Kaki King

Long Dark Road—The Hollies

Show #253--10/17/10

The Sun—The Naked and Famous

Let’s Write a Book—Field Music

I Am Who I Am—The Books

Garret Intrigues—Sue Ann Harkey

Sweet Tuesday Morning—Badfinger

White Noise—Lauren O’Connell

Do the Bearcat—David Wilcox

I Really Taught Me to Watusi—Katrina & the Waves

Goody Two Shoes—Adam Ant

Round and Round--Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti  

Black Stations/White Stations—M + M

Lies (Through the 80’s)—Manfred Mann’s Earth Band

Hour 2—Songs of Goffin & King

One Fine Day—Carole King

Will You Love Me Tomorrow—The Shirelles

Not Just Tomorrow, But Always—Bertell Deche

Every Breath I Take—Gene Pitney

Her Royal Majesty—James Darren

Point of No Return—Gene McDaniels

Chains—The Beatles

He Hit Me (and it Felt Like a Kiss)—Jody Miller

Hey Girl—Freddie Scott

Honey & Wine—The Back Porch Majority

Don’t Bring Me Down—The Animals

Pleasant Valley Sunday—The Monkees

Snow Queen—Roger Nichols

I Happen to Love You—The Electric Prunes

The Loco-Motion—Grand Funk

Hi-De-Ho (That Old Sweet Roll)—Blood, Sweat, and Tears

(You Make Me Feel Like ) A Natural Woman—Aretha Franklin

Smackwater Jack—Carole King

Show #252--10/10/10

Drunk Girls—LCD Soundsystem
My Body—Young the Giant
Chick Habit—April March
Stop Your Sobbing—The Pretenders
I’m Aware—Clinic
Reach the Beach—The Fixx
Taken In—Mike + the Mechanics
Left of Center—Suzanne Vega
Pigeon—Maps & Atlases
Cousins—Vampire Weekend
I am Made of Chalk—Crystal Castles
You Should Learn—We Are Scientists
Chasing Pirates—Norah Jones
Close to You—Maxi Priest
Stoney Street—Amon Tobin

Hour 2—TEN

10-9-8—Face to Face
Pretend We’re Dead—L7
The Metal—Tenacious D
Ten Feet Tall—XTC
Center of Attention—Guster
Come Here Often?—The Bobs
Eaten by the Monster of Love—Sparks
Maybe—Kristen Ward
Anyone for Tennis—Cream
Tennessee—Arrested Development
Also Frightened—Animal Collective
Swim Until You Can’t See Land—Frightened Rabbit
Lighten Up McGraw—Crack the Sky

Show #251--10/3/10

Smashed! Blocked!—John’s Children

And Your Bird Can Sing—The Beatles

Half a Mind—The Holy Modal Rounders

My Foolish Pride—The Ides of March

Tell it to the Kids—Bis

Take it In—Hot Chip

If You Want My Love—Cheap Trick

Old Fangs—Black Mountain

I Wanna Thank You—Sloan

Firewood—The Waxwings  

Mirrorage—Glasser

Homeward Bound—Aztec Two-Step

Permission—Joseph Arthur

Because—Elliott Smith 




Hour 2—It’s on Me

 

Whip it on Me—Jessie Hill

You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me—Laura Nyro & Labelle

Down on Me (Live)—Big Brother & the Holding Company

Call on Me—Chicago

Don’t Call on Me—The Monkees

Don’t Blame it on Me—The Association

Take on Me—A.C. Newman

Take a Chance on Me—ABBA

Cheat on Me—The Cribs

Have a Drink on Me—AC/DC

Hard on Me—Richard Thompson  

Fall on Me—R.E.M.

Have One on Me—Joanna Newsom

Show #250--9/26/10

Burn it Down—Los Lobos

Heaven (Must Be There)—Rose Ranger

September—Pomplamoose

Surfin—William Orbit

My Time—Minus the Bear

Summer Angel—Minus the Bear

Summer’s Over—Sheena Easton

Trans-Continental Hustle—Gogol Bordello

Hebba Ho—Ditch Croaker

This Empty Place—The Searchers

Can’t Get Used to Losing You—Andy Williams

Cast Your Fate to the Wind—Shelby Flint

Canadian Sunset—Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra (Eddie Heywood, Piano)

Harvest Moon—Neil Young

Hour 2—40 Years Ago:  The Official UK Singles Chart, September 26, 1970

What was on the top of the pops across the pond on this date 40 years ago, with a little peek at stateside as well.  

How Can I Be Sure—Dusty Springfield (#37)

Lola—The Kinks (#35)

Neanderthal Man—Hotlegs (#32)

Our World—Blue Mink (#29)

Paranoid—Black Sabbath (#19)

25 or 6 to 4—Chicago (#17)

Make It With You—Bread (#10)

Black Night—Deep Purple (#9)

The Wonder of You—Elvis Presley (#5)

You Can Get It If You Really Want—Desmond Dekker (#4)

Give Me Just a Little More Time—Chairmen of the Board (#3)

The Tears of a Clown—Smokey Robinson and the Miracles (#2)

Band of Gold—Freda Payne (#1)

Show #249--9/19/10

Paris Train—Beth Orton

I See it Coming—Guards

Bootstraps—Drew Grow and the Pastors’ Wives

He’s Gonna Step on You Again—John Kongos

Machine #2—Leo Kottke

Hellodrama—What Made Milwaukee Famous  

Dancehall Queen—Robyn

In My Eyes—Robyn

I Beg Your Pardon—Kon Kan

Live in Sunshine—The Rapture

The French Open—Foals

If it Happens Again—UB40

Can't Get Enough of You Baby--Smash Mouth 

Hour 2—Duos & Duets

There’ll Be No Next Time—Louis Prima & Sam Butera

Justine—Don & Dewey

Say Man—Bo Diddley

Sugar Mama, Peachy Papa—Percy Mayfield

Think Twice—LaVern Baker & Jackie Wilson

Tramp—Otis Redding & Carla Thomas

Some Velvet Morning—Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood

I’ll Hold You—Frankie & Johnny

If It’s True—Yo La Tengo

From a Whisper to a Scream—Elvis Costello

Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around—Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty

I’m Alive—Kenny Chesney & Dave Matthews

Vertigo—The Andreas Kapsalis & Goran Ivanovic Guitar Duo

Falling Slowly—Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova 

Train Song—Feist + Ben Gibbard

I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)—Aretha Franklin & George Michael 

Show #248--9/12/10

King of Anything—Sara Bareilles

King of Nothing—Seals & Crofts

I Feel the Earth Move—Carole King

Trick Bag—Earl King

No Fool No More—Charles Walker & the Daffodils

I Can’t Go—Big Buddy Lucas

Better Things—Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings

Never Found a Girl—The Mighty Imperials (feat. Joseph Henry)

Fight for Me—Wildbirds & Peacedrums

Lights—Interpol

Ta Douleur—Camille

Collector—Here We Go Magic

No Horse—The Dead Weather

Sad Fuzz—Ty Segall

Hour 2—City Snapshots

Another Hundred People—Pamela Myers

No Pity (in the Naked City)—Jackie Wilson

Traffic Jam—James Taylor

Summer in the City—The Lovin’ Spoonful

Another Rainy Day in New York City—Chicago

Living for the City—Stevie Wonder

Expressway to Your Heart—The Soul Survivors

Crosstown Traffic—Jimi Hendrix

One Way Street—Jigsaw

Walking in L.A.—Missing Persons

City Flat—Boom Crash Opera

The City is Here for You to Use—The Futureheads

22 Grand Job—The Rakes

City—Capitol K

The City—The Dismemberment Plan

Up on the Roof—The Cryan’ Shames