Show #426--2/23/14

SUNDAY MUSIC CLUB, 1965-1969

Something About You—The Four Tops

Walk Tall—The 2 of Clubs

They Are the Lonely—Pat Powdrill & the Powerdrills

Inside Looking Out—The Animals

Charlena—The Outsiders

Look Through Any Window—The Hollies

Judy—Frank Howard

Cleo’s Back—Jr. Walker & the All-Stars

The “In” Crowd—Ramsey Lewis Trio

Colours—Donovan

Mystic Eyes—Them

Spellbinder—Gabor Szabo

Going Back to Miami—Unchained Mynds

She’s a Woman—The Beatles

Obviously 5 Believers—Bob Dylan

Sound of Love—The Five Americans

Said I Wasn’t Gonna Tell Nobody—Sam & Dave

May I Baby—Sam & Dave

Hour 2

California Soul—Marlena Shaw

Hard to Handle—Patti Drew

Safe in My Garden—The Mamas & the Papas

Hair—The Cowsills

Looking Glass—The Association

Voices Green and Purple—The Bees

The Rake—The Id

The Last Wall of the Castle/Rejoyce—Jefferson Airplane

San Francisco Girls—Fever Tree

Hung Upside Down—Buffalo Springfield

The Hunt—Barry Ryan

Death of a Clown—Dave Davies

The Windmills of Your Mind—Noel Harrison

My Foolish Pride—The Ides of March

Don’t Let the Joneses Get You Down—The Temptations

Psyche Rock—Les Yper Sound

Love in the City—The Turtles 

Show #425--2/16/14

Impressions—Neil Finn  

Americans—Oneohtrix Point Never

King of the World—Steely Dan  

You Can’t Do Me—Madeleine Peyroux 

Henriette—Lake Street Dive  

Fully Retractable—Soul Coughing  

Deeper and Deeper—The Fixx

Ring the Bell—White Hinterland

Digital Witness—St. Vincent 

The Jungle Line—Joni Mitchell   

Teeth—Lady Gaga

Paint a Rumour—Eurythmics

Hour 2

Long Promised Road—The Beach Boys   

Good Morning Starshine—Oliver   

Blacklight—ESC

Punchbag—Godley & Creme  

Earthquake—Deerhunter

Black Rice—Women

Human Hands—Elvis Costello & the Attractions 

Blame the Weather—XTC  

A Special Path—Becky Severson

Janglin—Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros

Jackie Wilson Said (I’m in Heaven When You Smile)—Van Morrison  

Call Me—St. Paul & the Broken Bones   

Don’t Let Me Be Lonely—Tammi Terrell   

Impressions—Wes Montgomery  

Just some random Beatles memories

In this very Beatlesy week, I sat down and thought of some personal memories attached to some great Beatles music. No doubt if you happen to stumble upon this post, you may have some cool memories that are also inextricably linked with them. So, without much editing or polishing, here's some of my thoughts:

I was born in 1968, so I wasn’t really aware of the Beatles until after their breakup. But, I did some quick catching up! I seem to recall more Beach Boys records in my mom’s collection than the Beatles.  But I do remember playing a Vee-Jay Beatles album that must have been hers. And I must have inherited some early Beatles singles (on Tollie and Swan!) from relatives as well that are still in my collection. I generally don't play them -- they're too beat up -- but they're great to have as souvenirs of the time!

“Beatles ‘65” was the first Beatles album that I could call mine. It was bought for me by my mom at our local Kmart. I still have it, even though the cheap, thin cardboard cover long ago went kaput. Perhaps realizing that this was a historic “first” for me, I took the yellow price sticker off the shrink wrap and put it on the cover. $4.84. And in the upper right hand corner, some cover damage from where I probably had put a Dymo label with my name on it (Could it have been..."Marc K."?)

As a young boy and avid reader, I used to get every book I could get my hands on about the Beatles from our Erie, PA libraries. A favorite was the very handsome “The Beatles Forever” by Nicholas Schaffner (which I remember having to hide because it had pics of John & Yoko’s “Two Virgins” album and her film “Bottoms.” Naked and semi-naked people!). I can see myself reading Hunter Davies' official biography of the Beatles at my grandmother's house, too. Always with the head in a book!

I also had at least one conversation with my mom about the meaning behind “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,” as in, “You know what that really means, don’t you?” Bless her. And I had to defend a group from my mom’s generation about Julian’s classmate story, even if I’m only halfway sure that John Lennon’s explanation is true. I’ve never experimented with LSD, though, I can say that. The song did not coerce me!

As a matter of fact, I guessed I was effectively spooked by the Beatles’ druggy lifestyle as a kid that I had a very vivid dream that was kind of in the form of those creepy PSAs which seemed to permeate my TV-watching childhood. 

In it, all four Beatles were in a spare, all-white room smoking marijuana and just having a grand old time. They’re dressed in their white smocks a la “Yesterday and Today,” by the way. I can’t hear what they’re saying, and I think there was some ominous announcer voiceover talking about the evils of drugs, when suddenly (don't laugh too hard) my dream "cut" to a white paper towel holder mounted on the wall in that white room, and into frame came a big bloody hand that swiped at the towel. That was the end of that dream, as I no doubt woke up with a start. Maybe a scream. 

After reading about the infamous “butcher cover,” I tentatively tried to peel my own copy of “Yesterday and Today” to see if by some odd chance I had one. Never mind that my copy was purchased at a mall in the early 80s. Stupid kid.

Back before the days when we could listen to almost any piece of music any time we wanted to, I remember thinking about the album “Abbey Road,” and, not having heard in full yet, imagining what the songs sounded like just from the titles (I was way off, of course), even imagining a song called “Abbey Road.” I was a kid with no job, no real pocket money, so I imagined. When I finally got my copy of "Abbey Road" as a teenager, it had a skip near the beginning of "Here Comes the Sun." Grr. 

Seeing “Let it Be” on videocassette in a small makeshift screening room at Stapleton Library at IUP. Haven’t seen it since, and you can’t get it on DVD even now. I think I ended up buying a used copy of the album at a garage sale, and it's still awesome in its pre-"Let it Be...Naked" glory, with the goofy chatty bits and all intact. 

Taking my elementary school-aged son to see “A Hard Day’s Night” at the Denis Theatre in Mount Lebanon; and before that, endless viewings at home with Nick of “Yellow Submarine” when it arrived on videocassette. And being thrilled that he really seemed to be into the music. (The visuals are really pretty cool, too). Purchasing "Help!" on DVD for the Indiana Free Library where I used to work, and seeing it for the first time and sharing it with my family at home. 

And the endless amount of places I see myself enjoying the music, and still do. 

Show #424--2/9/14

All My Loving (Live)—The Beatles

A Little Loving—The Fourmost

Love of the Loved—Cilla Black

Alone Again Or—Love  

Out of My League—Fitz & the Tantrums

Cigarette of a Single Man—Squeeze

Pretty One—Squeeze

Look It Here—Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats 

I Wanna Be With You—Raspberries   

Really Wanted You—Emitt Rhodes

A Feather’s Not a Bird—Rosanne Cash

Waves—Sleeper Agent

Young Fathers—Typhoon

Sell Sell Sell—David Gray 

Without Her—Johanna Warren

You Can’t Do That—Nilsson

Hour 2

Good Intentions—Toad the Wet Sprocket

Future One—Cassorla (feat. Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes)

Simplethings—Miguel

Moneyball—Jennifer Nettles

You Used to Kiss the Girls—John Hiatt

Don’t Wait Up For Me—The Beat

The Feeling I Get—The Knack 

Prince-S—Sebadoh

Rumor Has It—The Honeydogs

Cassius—Foals

I Miss Your Bones—Hospitality

I Heard it Through the Grapevine—The Slits

This Weight—Midlake

Skyscraper—Julian Plenti

Don’t Dream It’s Over—Crowded House

Show #423--2/2/14

Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There is a Season)—Pete Seeger

Who Knows Where the Time Goes—Judy Collins

He—Moby Grape

Sea of Madness—Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

I Will Not Dance—Chi Coltrane

Bring ‘Em Home—Todd Snider 

Black Horse and the Cherry Tree—KT Tunstall

Sugartune—Sloan

No Ideas—Parquet Courts

Face the Face—Pete Townshend

Hyperactive!—Thomas Dolby

Gonna Get Close to You—Dalbello

Mote—Sonic Youth

Sidewalking—The Jesus & Mary Chain

Don’t Stop the Music—Yarbrough & Peoples

Hour 2

The Same Old Thing—NRBQ

Every 1’s a Winner—Bing Ji Ling

Escape Horse—Marco Benevento

You Really Got A Hold on Me—The Georgias

Two Sides of Monsieur Valentine—Spoon 

Keep Pushing Me—James & Bobby Purify

Good Girls—Merry Clayton

All the Love You Got—Diane Birch

Dream Song—Scott Matthews

Too Many People—The Cake Sale

Romantic Traffic—Spoons 

Ten Styles of Funk—Spooner

August Song —The Autumn Defense

Innocence—Pontiak

Run Like Hell—Pink Floyd

The Bewlay Brothers—David Bowie 

Show #422--1/26/14

Perfect Way—Scritti Politti

Same Ole Love (365 Days a Year)—Anita Baker

Main Title "Glengarry Glen Ross"--Wayne Shorter 

Florida—Luke Temple 

These Hands Are Made of Fire—Hawker M. James 

Walking with Thee—Clinic

Fashion—David Bowie

Kundalini Bonfire—Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds

Cloud 69—Lowell

Treble is High—The Cherry Tempo

35 in the Shade—A.C. Newman

Roads Girdle the Globe—XTC

Fire and Ice—Pat Benatar  

Hour 2

See What You Got—Laurel Sorenson

Ice Level—Ava Luna

Don’t Be a Stranger—Tele Novella

Machines—Lothar and the Hand People

Working in a Coal Mine—Devo

Protection—Massive Attack

The Ice is Starting to Melt—Joy Kills Sorrow 

Star 69—R.E.M.

Somebody to Shove—Soul Asylum

Do I Wanna Know?—Arctic Monkeys

I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor—Arctic Monkeys

Run Devil Run—Paul McCartney

Down—Nilsson

All Night Long—Rainbow

Helena Beat—Foster the People 

Show #421—1/19/14

Blood and Fire—Van Halen

Retreat—The Rakes

Twist and Crawl—The English Beat

The Laws Have Changed—The New Pornographers

Sorrow—Frankie Rose 

Dance For You—Dirty Projectors

Am Gone—Adult Jazz

The Real End—Rickie Lee Jones 

48 Crash—Suzi Quatro

52 Card Pick Up—Claire Nicolson

Que Pasa/Me No Pop I—Coati Mundi

Swing 42—Django Reinhardt

Hour 2

Permission—Joseph Arthur

Poker—Electric Light Orchestra

That’s the Way—Led Zeppelin

Up on the Hill Where They Do the Boogie—John Hartford

Hey Diddle (Dixon Van Winkle Mix)—Paul & Linda McCartney

The Biggest Pile of Leaves You Have Ever Seen—Lullatone 

Break/Down/Baby—The Mercies

I’ll Stick Around—Foo Fighters

I Love You—The Mopeds

Brakhage—Stereolab

Overtime—U.S. Girls

Steady, As She Goes—The Raconteurs

The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway—Genesis

Tell Me Something True—Tift Merritt

Retreat!—Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings 

Monday Music Club 1/13/14

Last show of IUP's semester break...

(1961)

Skillet Good and Greasy—Bob Gibson & Bob Camp

Bacon Fat—Andre Williams

Bony Moronie—Larry Williams

Brother James—Big Joe Williams

Lonely Weekends—Charlie Rich

Dig Boy Dig—Freddie Hart

Chain Gang—Sam Cooke

I’m a Woman—Christine Kittrell

The Nervous Beat—Creed Taylor Orchestra

No Fool No More—Charles Walker & the Daffodils

Image (Part 1)—Hank Levine & Orchestra

Please Let Me Wonder—The Beach Boys

Chains—The Cookies

She Cried—Jay & the Americans

I’ll Do Anything (He Wants Me To)—Doris Troy

Let’s Get Together—We Five

Bowling Green—The Everly Brothers

Pretty Flamingo—Manfred Mann

Hour 2

What Now My Love—Mitch Ryder

Happy Times—The Box Tops

Cool Jerk—The Capitols

Raga Rock—The Folkswingers

Beggin’—The Four Seasons

The Big Hurt—Del Shannon

Mr. Pharmacist—The Other Half

Doctor Robert—The Beatles

Mas Que Nada—Sergio Mendes and Brasil ‘66

What’s it Gonna Be—Dusty Springfield

Tighten Up—Archie Bell & the Drells

Quest-ce Que J’ai Danse—David Alexandre Winter

Prelude/To Claudia on Thursday—The Millennium

Fixing a Hole—The Beatles

Coconut Grove—The Lovin’ Spoonful

Everything Happens—Fred Neil

Forgotten Man—The Nova Local

The Soul of a Village—Joe Zawinul

Hour 3

A Song for You—Leon Russell

Hot Burrito #1—The Flying Burrito Brothers

To Love—Matthews Southern Comfort

Getting Married Today (from “Company”)—Beth Howland

Kentucky Rain—Elvis Presley

A Master’s Fool—The Cryan’ Shames

The Coldest Days of My Life—The Chi-Lites

The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys—Traffic

Trouser Snake Rumba—Humble Pie

Roy Rogers—Elton John

Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)—George Harrison

Hour 4

Madge—Stephen Bishop

Black Friday—Steely Dan

Jason Blue—Back Street Crawler

Back Street Kids—Black Sabbath

Heavy Metal Kids—Todd Rundgren

Tie Your Mother Down—Queen

The Bump—Kenny

Piano Dancing—George Fischoff “Super-Piano”

I Wanna Get Me a Gun—Bill Wyman

Beautiful Noise—Neil Diamond

Our Time is Now (Looking Good)—James Holleston

When it Hit Me (The Hurricane Song)—The Kids from C.A.P.E.R.

Night Train—Steve Winwood

Year of the Cat—Al Stewart 

(1976)