Show #431--3/30/14

Sunday Music Club (1976-1980)

My end-of-the-month feature focusing on a certain period of pop music history. And as always, a mix of familiar & obscure. 

Fox on the Run—Sweet

You Should Be Dancing—Bee Gees

Full of Fire—Al Green

Dazz—Brick

More, More, More—Andrea True Connection

If I Can’t Have You—Yvonne Elliman

I Don’t Know if It’s Right—Evelyn “Champagne” King 

Love is the Answer—Utopia 

Breakaway—Gallagher & Lyle

Never Too Tender—Offenbach

Ponta de Lanca Africano (Umbabarauma)—Jorge Ben 

A Message to You, Rudy—The Specials 

Another Rainy Day in New York City—Chicago

HOUR 2

Strawberry Letter 23—The Brothers Johnson

T.V.O.D.—The Normal

TV is King—The Tubes

Fire—The Pointer Sisters   

White Mice—The Mo-Dettes   

Holiday—Nazareth 

Sleeping Beauty—Lene Lovich

They Got Me Covered—Dirty Looks

Think About Me—Fleetwood Mac

Dance (Pt. 1)—The Rolling Stones   

Angel Eyes—Roxy Music  

Gertcha—Chas & Dave 

Pilot of the Airwaves—Charlie Dore

Street Life—The Crusaders 

Show #430--3/23/14

The High Road—Broken Bells

Are You What You Want to Be?—Foster the People  

Too Shy—Kajagoogoo   

Georgy Porgy—Toto  

Ill Fit—Wave Machines  

You Want it Back—Propellerheads (feat. Jungle Brothers) 

Frame by Frame—King Crimson 

Glowing Green—Wild Decade  

It’s All Over Now—The Rolling Stones  

Lies—The Black Keys 

I’m Glad—Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band  

Glass House—The Tubes 

Bwana—Lindsey Buckingham

Water Fountain—Tune-Yards

Hour 2

Dreaming—Blondie

Dreamin’—Gruppo Sportivo

Dreamer (Live)—Supertramp

Wake Up—XTC 

Josef Tekur Fimmina I Vinnuna—Sigur Ros 

Agave—Botany 

Mysterious Ways—U2

Love Song—Robert Lamm  

Muzika Dlya Fil’ma—Persephone’s Bees

One-Armed Bandit—Jaga Jazzist 

Zug Zwang—Dutch Uncles

Peaches en Regalia—Frank Zappa 

Monday Music Club (Spring Break edition)--3/17/14

A one-off show. Back to student programming next week.

(1949)

Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee--Stick McGhee
Crawlin'--The Clovers
Pour the Corn--Hal Paige & the Whalers
Gimme That Wine--Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
Black Coffee--Peggy Lee
Dat Dere--Oscar Brown, Jr.
The Hunch--Paul Gayten
Think--James Brown & His Famous Flames
Train of Love--Annette
Can't Get Used to Losing You--Andy Williams
Get Lost--The Metallics
Having a Wild Weekend--Dave Clark Five
Walk Like a Man--The Four Seasons
Hanky Panky--Tommy James & the Shondells
Girls Don't Grow on Trees--The Ides of March
Wild Weekend--The Rebels
Saturday Night at the Movies--The Drifters

HOUR 2

You've Really Got a Hold on Me--The Miracles
I Want To (Do Everything For You)--Joe Tex
Game of Love--Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders
All For You--Earl Van Dyke & the Soul Brothers
I'm Not Trying to Hurt You--The Outsiders
Time Won't Let Me--The Outsiders
It's Just a Game, Love--Brenton Wood
It's an Uphill Climb (to the Bottom)--Walter Jackson
Shadows Breaking Over My Head--The Left Banke
Get Me to the World on Time--The Electric Prunes
I Happen to Love You--The Myddle Class
Maze of Love--Dave Clark Five
Funky Broadway--Dyke & the Blazers
Walking the Dog--Zoot Money's Big Roll Band
Baby, You're a Rich Man--The Beatles
Opportunity--Mandala
Abba Zaba--Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Fortune Teller--The Hardtimes
Love Song--Lesley Duncan

HOUR 3

Hope for Happiness/Joy of a Toy/Hope for Happiness Reprise--The Soft Machine
Lucretia MacEvil/Lucretia's Reprise--Blood, Sweat & Tears
Tell the World We're Not In--The Peddlers
Love Her Madly--The Doors
We've Got to Get it on Again--The Addrisi Brothers
Still Water (Love)--The Four Tops
Shaft in Africa--Johnny Pate
How?--John Lennon
Oh Yoko!--John Lennon
Dinah Flo--Boz Scaggs
Hold Her Tight--The Osmonds
Heaven on Their Minds--Carl Anderson (from "Jesus Christ Superstar")
Follow Me--Mary Travers
Too Many People--Paul & Linda McCartney

HOUR 4

Smiling Faces Sometimes--The Undisputed Truth
Aladdin Sane (1913-1938-197?)--David Bowie
Glamour Boy--The Guess Who
Burning Airlines Give You So Much More--Brian Eno
Poetry Man--Phoebe Snow
Occapella--The Manhattan Transfer
Do You Want My Love--Paul Nicholas
Play That Fast Thing (One More Time)--Rockpile
Don't the Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time--Mickey Gilley
So the Night Goes--Starbuck
Living on a Marble--Jim Capaldi
Another Lonely Saturday Night--Greg Kihn Band
I've Done Everything For You--Sammy Hagar
Boogie Fever--The Sylvers

(1976; the last song, anyway)

Show #429--3/16/14

Human Heat—Sam Roberts Band

Raw-Hide—Link Wray & the Wraymen

Middle of the Road—The Pretenders

Down the Road—C2C

We Be’s Gettin’ Down—Graham Central Station

So Put On—Koufax   

Somebody That I Used to Know—Gotye  

Saturday Night—Jonti 

The Caterpillar—The Cure   

E.M.I.L.Y.—Orthy   

See Through Blue—Beth Orton   

Poverty Train—Laura Nyro   

Immunity—Linda Perhacs   

Retreat!—Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings 

Hour 2—There’s a (Metaphorical) Place

I’m Sitting on Top of the World—Al Jolson

The Boulevard of Broken Dreams—Tony Bennett

Lonely Avenue—Ray Charles

Standing in the Shadows of Love—The Four Tops

Waitin’ in Your Welfare Line—Buck Owens

Top of the World—Carpenters

Tightrope—Leon Russell

Running on a Treadmill—Oingo Boingo

Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)—Kate Bush

Rumble Seat—John Mellencamp

Back on the Chain Gang—The Pretenders

Lost in the Supermarket—The Clash

Sitting on Top of the World—The Pogues

Road to Nowhere—Tallking Heads

Wonderland—The Commodores 

Show #428--3/9/14

Golden Age—TV on the Radio    

The Letterbomb—Milagres   

Only Foolin’—Leo Sayer   

Shelter Song—Temples   

Aphrodisiac—Bow Wow Wow   

He’s a Dream—Shandi  

The Politics of Dancing—Re-Flex   

Love is On Your Side—The Love Machine   

Breakers—Local Natives   

Mountain/Relief—Picastro  

Yes/No—The Futureheads 

You/Yours—SoftSpot    

How to Say We’re Sorry—Introverse  

Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap—AC/DC   

Hour 2—Mystery Theme

Another musical brain teaser this week. During this hour, what do all of these songs have in common?

Right Down the Line—Gerry Rafferty  

Sweet Spot—Wild Beasts   

Serena—Duncan Sheik   

Is it Love—Mr. Mister

Billie Jean—Michael Jackson   

Ace of Spades—Motorhead

Nobody’s Fault But Mine—Led Zeppelin

Serve the Servants—Nirvana  

Deuce—Kiss

Venus—Shocking Blue   

No Net Below—Jonatha Brooke

No Man’s Land—Sufjan Stevens

Mean Streets—Tennis 

(Now you see, right? Tennis was tonight's theme.) 

Show #427--3/2/14

Get Free—Major Lazer (feat. Amber Coffman)

Kafka—The Manhattan Transfer

Those Kids—Luke Temple   

Black Hole—Pillar Point

Love and Rock and Roll—Greg Kihn

The Hardest Button to Button—The White Stripes    

Tell it Like it Is—Heart

Free Vibes—Gizelle Smith & the Mighty Mocambos   

Things Nobody’s Named Yet—Warren Zanes  

Veronica Said—Benmont Tench   

Frozen Over—Diane Birch  

Free—Deniece Williams 

Looking for Clues—Robert Palmer 

Hour 2—Mystery Theme Hour

You make the connections (and read my mind) -- what do all of these songs in this hour have in common?

The Middle—Jimmy Eat World  

Survivor—Zebrahead  

The Wire—Haim

Friends—Bette Midler

The Voice—The Moody Blues   

Girls—Dwight Twilley 

Jeopardy—Greg Kihn   

Good Times—Chic   

Heroes—Callers   

Family Affair—Sly & the Family Stone  

That Girl—Stevie Wonder    

Big Brother—Stevie Wonder    

Twilight Zone—Golden Earring   

(Answer: All song titles are also titles of TV shows, past and present.)