Show #293--7/31/11

Mothers Talk—Tears for Fears

Arrest Yourself—Hot Chip

Fight the Power—Bis

Morning Breaks (and Roosters Complain)—The Apples in Stereo

Lover of Mine (Roman Ruins remix)—Beach House

The Wilhelm Scream—James Blake

MoneyGrabber—Fitz and the Tantrums

Better Things—Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings

Inflation—Chocolate Snow

Cleo’s Mood—Don Byron

Humpin’, Bumpin’ & Thumpin’—Andre Williams

Screamin’ and Shoutin’—The Fabulettes

If You Talk in Your Sleep—Albert King

Hour 2—Real People

Songs named after real people during this hour (click to make larger):

Show #292--7/24/11

You See Everything—Low

Dearest—The Black Keys

Two Against One—Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi (feat. Jack White)

Jet Airliner—Paul Pena

The Suburbs—Arcade Fire

Funny Face—The Kinks

Hoochie—Moby Grape

Apollo, Descend—Bird Names

Long Title: Do I Have to Do This All Over Again—The Monkees

You Set the Scene—Love

Land of Oz—Le Cirque

Merely a Man—XTC

Carnival—Natalie Merchant

Nothing Yet--Same Actor

Hour 2—A Round of Remakes (Encore 1/17/10)

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 #291--7/17/11

Summer Breeze—The Isley Brothers

Touching Down—Therapies Son

#9 Dream—John Lennon

One in the World—Tapes ‘n Tapes

God Put a Smile Upon Your Face—Mark Ronson (feat. The Daptone Horns)       

Wait in the Dark—Memory Tapes

Hawaiian Air—Friendly Fires

Do It All the Time—Jib Kidder

Am I Wrong—Keb’ Mo’

Rollin’ and Tumblin’—Johnny Winter

(I Know) I’m Losing You—Rod Stewart

Reason to Believe—Rod Stewart

The Way it Goes—Gillian Welch

Hour 2—Leiber & Stoller (Encore 7/22/07)

Jailhouse Rock—Elvis Presley
Hound Dog—Big Mama Thornton
Framed—The Coasters
Bernie’s Tune (Live)—Mel Torme
Fools Fall in Love—The Drifters
Keep it Up—The Soul Brothers
If You Don’t Come Back—The Undertakers
(When She Wants Good Lovin’) My Baby Comes to Me—The Chicago Loop
Only in America—Jay & the Americans
Jackson—Johnny Cash & June Carter
Shake ‘Em Up and Let ‘Em Roll—Jerry Leiber & the Coasters
Juicy—Willie Bobo
Smokey Joe’s Café—Loudon Wainwright III
I Keep Forgettin’—Chuck Jackson
I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near)—Michael McDonald
One Kiss Led to Another—Delbert McClinton
Love Me—The Little Willies
On Broadway—George Benson

Show #290--7/10/11

Far Away—Martha Wainwright

What a Friend—Esperanza Spalding

These Are the Laws—Judie Tzuke

My Favorite Mistake—Sheryl Crow

A Mistake—Fiona Apple

My Mistakes—Eleanor Friedberger

Most Wanted—Cults

All Around and Away We Go—Twin Sister

You Don’t Know What You’ve Got—Joan Jett & the Blackhearts

Weights—Nat Baldwin

Measure—Field Music

Two Doves—Dirty Projectors

Kiss and Say Goodbye—Kate & Anna McGarrigle

Hour 2—Tales of Temptation

Temptation (Tim-Tay-Shun)—Red Ingle

Little Egypt (Ying-Yang)—The Coasters

Stop Stop Stop—The Hollies

The Apple—Bill Cosby

Almost Persuaded—Louis Armstrong 

Temptation ‘Bout to Get Me—The Knight Brothers

Midnight Confessions—The Grass Roots

The Confessional—George Carlin

I Want You So Hard—Eagles of Death Metal

Lady Marmalade—Labelle

I Want the One I Can’t Have—The Smiths

Tempted—Squeeze

Family Man—Daryl Hall & John Oates

I Want You (She’s So Heavy)—The Beatles 

Show #289--7/3/11

Rewriting the National Anthem—Albert Brooks

Proud to be an American—The Tubes

Take Off Your Shirt—Bibio

The Fair—100 Monkeys

You Are the Best Thing—Ray LaMontagne

Digging Your Scene—The Blow Monkeys

Better Than Beautiful—Jeb Loy Nichols

Shy That Way—Tristan Prettyman (feat. Jason Mraz)

Second Bird of Paradise—The Rosebuds

Trippin’ on a Hole in a Paper Heart—Stone Temple Pilots

Damage—Handsome Furs

Echo Beach—Martha & the Muffins  

Baby Shake-em—Brooke Waggoner

Hour 2—Don’t…

Don’t Let’s Start—They Might Be Giants

Don’t Ask Me Why—Annie Stela

Don’t Look Now (It Ain’t You or Me)—Creedence Clearwater Revival

Don’t Misunderstand Me—Rossington Collins Band

Don’t Panic—Coldplay

Don’t Wait for the Needle to Drop—Dosh

Don’t Speak—No Doubt

Don’t Sell Your Dream (Tonight)—J Rocc

Don’t Look Down—Go West

Don’t Bring Me Down—Electric Light Orchestra

Don’t Let Go—Wang Chung

Don’t Stop Me Now—Queen

Don’t Tell Me—Blancmange

Don’t Stop—Annie

Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough—Michael Jackson 

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