Show #366--12/30/12

Reminder: Monday Music Club (a treasure trove of 60s & 70s music, familiar and forgotten) continues 12/31 through IUP Christmas break, 8pm to Midnight.

As for Sunday:

Let the Mystery Be—Iris DeMent

Everybody Knows—Ryan Adams

Body of Work—The Mynabirds

Not Fade Away—Eric Hine

Invisible Man—The Breeders

Open Sign—UUVVWWZ

Runnin’ Down a Dream—Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers 

Regions—Big Sir

God Put a Smile on Your Face—Coldplay

Mermaid Smiled—XTC

Love Somebody—Rick Springfield

Heroes—Callers

What Do You Like?—Graham Parker w/Punch Brothers

Life Gets Better—Graham Parker

Hour 2: Billboard Hot 100 Spotlight, December 30, 1972

Hits & near-hits from this date 40 years ago. 

Jesus Was a Capricorn—Kris Kristofferson (#91)

Last Song—Edward Bear (#80)

I Didn’t Know I Loved You (Till I Saw You Rock and Roll)—Gary Glitter (#71)

992 Arguments—The O’Jays (#66)

The Relay—The Who (#47)

No—Bulldog (#44)

Crazy Horses—The Osmonds (#39)

Trouble Man—Marvin Gaye (#33)

Been to Canaan—Carole King (#26)

Walk on Water—Neil Diamond (#17)

Your Mama Don’t Dance—Loggins & Messina (#10)

It Never Rains in Southern California—Albert Hammond (#5)

You’re So Vain—Carly Simon (#4)

You Ought To Be With Me—Al Green (#3)

Clair—Gilbert O’Sullivan (#2)

Me and Mrs. Jones—Billy Paul (#1)

Show #365--12/23/12

This Will Be Our Year—OK Go

Everyday—Rogue Wave

Saundersfoot—Minotaur Shock

Obedear—Purity Ring

On and On—Tapes ‘n Tapes

Move On (Bloom Like the Sunlight in My Song)—Mike Doughty

Running Back—Mike Doughty

Keep on Running Away—Lazy Racer 

Can’t Get Up—Supergrass

Higher Ground—Stevie Wonder

Nobody’s Fault But Mine—David Bromberg Band

Rain on a Highway—Daughn Gibson

Circle of Love—Steve Miller Band

Hour 2: 80s Also-Rans

They tried, but these songs missed the (Pop) Top 40. Nevertheless, well worth hearing, and they’ll be heard tonight.

The Hallelujah Chorus—The Roches

I Won’t Be Home Tonight—Tony Carey

Jesse—Julian Lennon

The Mayor of Simpleton—XTC

Happy Ending—Joe Jackson

Fool Moon Fire—Walter Egan

Tip of My Tongue—The Tubes

Knock Me Down—Red Hot Chili Peppers

Pilot Error—Stephanie Mills

You Are in My System—The System

Less Cities, More Moving People—The Fixx

Ashes to Ashes—David Bowie

Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy—David Bowie & Bing Crosby 

Monday Music Club -- 12/17/12

Not here next Monday (Christmas Eve); back here on New Year's Eve. As for tonight (start 'n' end dates as always, just refer to the first and last tracks): 

(1958)

Flea Brain--Gene Vincent & the Blue Caps
Rubber Biscuit--The Chips
Willie and the Hand Jive--The Johnny Otis Show
The Girl Can't Help It--Little Richard
Take Out Some Insurance--Jimmy Reed
Have Love Will Travel--Richard Berry
Pick Up Sticks--The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Christmas (Comes But Once a Year)--Amos Milburn
Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor (on the Bedpost Overnight)--Lonnie Donegan
Quite a Party--The Fireballs
Nag--The Halos
Hard Headed Woman--Wanda Jackson
You Don't Miss Your Water--William Bell
Do-Re-Mi--Lee Dorsey
Mr. Moonlight--Dr. Feelgood & the Interns
You've Really Got a Hold on Me--The Miracles
There! I've Said it Again--Bobby Vinton
I Want to Hold Your Hand--The Beatles
Tell Me What You See--The Beatles
You Can't Do That--The Beatles

Hour 2

This Empty Place--Dionne Warwick
Today--The New Christy Minstrels
Don't Tell Mama (from "Cabaret")--Jill Haworth/Joel Grey
Shot Gun/Blind Man, Blind Man--Willie Bobo
Little Bit O' Soul--The Music Explosion
Break Away--The Next Exit
Two Rooms--The Cyrkle
Maple Fudge--The Guess Who
Maid of Sugar, Maid of Spice--Mouse & the Traps
That's the Way It's Gonna Be--Lee Mallory
Don't Bring Me Down--The Animals
Reach Out I'll Be There--The Four Tops
Shake--The Shadows of Knight
I'm Still a Struggling Man--Edwin Starr
8:05--Moby Grape
Air--The Incredible String Band
Like Crying--Fleetwood Mac

Hour 3

Share the End--Carly Simon
The Man Who Called Himself Jesus--Strawbs
Love (Can Make You Happy)--Mercy
Easy to Be Free--Rick Nelson
It's Your Thing--Shirley Scott & the Soul Saxes
Baby Let's Swing/The Last Thing You Said/Don't Tie My Hands--Runt
We Got to Get You a Woman--Runt
White Lies, Blue Eyes--Bullet
She's a Lady--Tom Jones
Put It Where You Want It--The Crusaders
Do Your Thing--Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
Rock On--David Essex
Right On--Ray Barretto
Right On! (from "The Electric Company")
Spiders and Snakes--Jim Stafford
The Family of Man--Three Dog Night

Hour 4

Run Run Run--Jo Jo Gunne
The Shape I'm In--The Band
5:15--The Who
Love is the Drug--Roxy Music
Two Tub Man--The Dictators
Hair of the Dog--Nazareth
Third Rate Romance--The Amazing Rhythm Aces
Can You Fool--Glen Campbell
Just Let Me Be--Pilot
Magic--Pilot
The Disco Strangler--Eagles
No More Fear of Flying--Gary Brooker
The Bump--Kenny
Opus 10/I Want Her--4 Out of 5 Doctors
Beach Girl--Jean-Luc Ponty

(1979)

Show #364--12/16/12

Vitamin L—B.E. Taylor Group

Honey—Moby

Feeling Today—Botany

Everywhere—Fleetwood Mac

Feels Like We Only Go Backwards—Tame Impala 

Feeling So Special—Plug

Bad Kids to the Front—Deerhoof

Are ‘Friends’ Electric?—Tubeway Army  

Lost You Once—All Eyes

Tiny Meat—Ruby 

Feel it Again—Honeymoon Suite

Tall Trees in a Blue Sky—Wang Chung

Why?—Wang Chung

Hour 2: Before They Were Famous (from 10/7/07)

8 pairs of songs, one obscure, and one well-known from groups and singers that made it big…eventually! Tune in and see if you can guess who these “unknowns” are. 

Everybody's Been Talkin'--The Mugwumps
I Saw Her Again--The Mamas & the Papas
The Ostrich--The Primitives
There She Goes Again--The Velvet Underground
Fight Fire--The Golliwogs
Hey Tonight--Creedence Clearwater Revival
Beat it on Down the Line--Mother McCree's Jug Band Champions
Uncle John's Band--The Grateful Dead
It's My Pride--The Guess Who
No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature--The Guess Who
Every Step I Take (Every Move I Make)--The Hassles
Big Shot--Billy Joel
Call on Me--The Bangs
If She Knew What She Wants--The Bangles
So Good to Be Back Home Again--The Tourists
It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)--Eurythmics

Show #363--12/9/12

The City is Crying—Dave Brubeck Quartet

Neighborhood Watch—Memory Tapes

Your Lovely Face—Julia Fordham

New Day For You—Basia

Whose Side Are You On?—Matt Bianco

Don’t Blame it on That Girl—Matt Bianco

Who’ll Be the Fool Tonight?—Larsen/Feiten Band 

Come On (Don’t Come On)—Fig Dish

Louie Louie—The Pretenders

Loved One—Hanni El Khatib

In Her Dreams—The Pursuit of Happiness

But Anyway—Blues Traveler

I Know Something Good About You—Delaney & Bonnie and Friends

Hour 2: I Know/I Knew

I Know—Vashti Bunyan

I Know You Know—Esperanza Spalding

I Know What I Like (in Your Wardrobe)—Genesis

I Know a Little—Lynyrd Skynyrd

I Know—Dionne Farris

I Know You Got Soul—Bobby Byrd 

I Know (You Don’t Love Me No More)—Barbara George

I Know a Place—Petula Clark

I Know There’s an Answer—The Beach Boys 

I Know You’re Married—Bad Livers

I Know a Heartache When I See One—Jennifer Warnes

I Know What Boys Like—The Waitresses 

I Know You Love Me—Smoking Popes

I Knew the Bride (When She Used to Rock and Roll)—Nick Lowe

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

Show #362--12/2/12

Come Back and Stay—Paul Young

The Farther Away I Am—Daryl Hall

White Foxes—Susanne Sundfor

Center of Attention—Guster
Swordfishtrombone—Tom Waits

Bogeyman—Roger Klug

Sell Sell—Alan Price

Grow Up and Blow Away—Metric 

Woman on a Train—The Fixx

See What She Seeing—Dirty Projectors

Ballroom Baby—The Checks

The Life—Gary Clark, Jr.

The Bottle—Gil Scott-Heron

Hour 2: Her Name is…

Marlene—Jackson C. Frank

Martha—Jefferson Airplane

Melissa—The Allman Brothers Band

Carol—Al Stewart

Kate—Ben Folds Five

Ruby—Kaiser Chiefs 

Joanne—Michael Nesmith and the First National Band

Helen—The Cave Singers

Linda—Breathe Owl Breathe

Angelina—Gary Brooker

Monica—The Kinks

Victoria—The Kinks

Ramona—The Stampeders

Nicole—Point Blank