Show #477--2/15/15

Hey Tonight—Creedence Clearwater Revival

Flavor—Twin Peaks

Dependin’ on You—The Doobie Brothers

Lovin’ on You—Cary Brothers

Magnet—Punch Brothers

I Have the Skill—Sherbs

Tears Before Bedtime—Elvis Costello & the Attractions

Don’t Wanna Fight—Alabama Shakes

Talk—Coldplay

Xtalk—Hundred Waters

Round and Round—Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti

I’ll Be Your Mirror—Miniature Tigers

Crash—The Velvet Underground

Here Comes Bob—Sparks

Competition—The Dodos

HOUR 2

Last Night I Had a Dream—Randy Newman

Anything You Choose—Spanky & Our Gang

Boys and Girls Together—Chase

You Part the Waters—Cake

Reputation—The Association

Georgia on My Mind—Tim Hardin  

Constitution—Badfinger  

Wives and Girlfriends—Willie Nelson    

Step Back Baby—Bonne Finken

Baby Step Back—Gordon Lightfoot  

Just a Song Before I Go—Crosby, Stills & Nash

Tell Your Story Walking (Live)—Deb Talan 

Crazy Life—Toad the Wet Sprocket

Elvis’ Flaming Star—Pond 

King of the World—Steely Dan 

Ebb/Flow—All We Are

HOUR 3    11 AT 11: "HARD"

More randomness for playlist generation, plucked from the dictionary, and with an additional filter applied. Details to come.  

So, what I did was to troll the Billboard charts from the 60s, 70s, and 80s to find out what the biggest hits were that had the word “hard” in them. Odd, I know, but…it was interesting. And some good songs, too!

 

Here they were, in reverse order, from #11 to #1:

Hard Rock Café—Carole King (#30, 1977)

Don’t Take it So Hard—Paul Revere & the Raiders (#27, 1968)

So Very Hard to Go—Tower of Power (#17, 1973)

Hard Luck Woman—Kiss (#15, 1976)

Try Too Hard—Dave Clark Five (#12, 1966)

Hard To Say—Dan Fogelberg (#7, 1981)

Easy to Be Hard—Three Dog Night (#4, 1969)

Hard Habit to Break—Chicago (#3, 1984)

Breaking Up is Hard to Do—Neil Sedaka (#1, 1962, 2 wks, 7 wks Top Ten)

A Hard Day’s Night—The Beatles (#1, 1964, 2 wks, 8 wks Top Ten)

Hard to Say I’m Sorry—Chicago (#1, 1982, 2 wks, 12 wks Top Ten)