Playlist February 25, 2011

Pretty In Pink - The Psychedelic Furs
Plastic Passion - The Cure
The Walk - The Cure
Natural's Not In It - Gang of Four
Jocko Homo - Devo
Freedom Of Choice - Devo
Disorder - Joy Division
11 O'Clock Tick Tock - U2
Comparison of bass lines:
    Insight [excerpt] - Joy Division
    An Cat Dubh [excerpt] - U2
The Cutter - Echo & the Bunnymen
1 2 X U - Minor Threat
Quality Crayon Wax OK - Essential Logic
The Modern Dance - Pere Ubu              
Kick in the Eye - Bauhaus
Gone Dead - The Moodists
Halloween - Siouxsie & the Banshees

We Are On The Air, And We Are Post-Punking!

Any comments?
Requests?

Bonus Track: Dance Dance Dance to the (Internet) Radio!

An argument could be made that Joy Division was the ultimate post-punk band.  Then again, an argument could also be made that playing too much Joy Division on tonight's show would be so depressing that no one would ever want to listen to Rock Show again.  After taking both lines of argument into account, I've decided to take one of the songs I'd thought of playing tonight and reassign it to the important role of pre-show bloody blog bonus track. Remember to tune into The Lab tonight at 6:00 CST!

Request Lines Open: 2/25/11 Post-Punk

Do you have any favorites from the post-punk era? (Think early The Cure, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Devo, Bauhaus, Public Image Ltd, Joy Division, Gang Of Four...)

Or just imagine what sort of music you might be singing if you looked like this.

Playlist February 18, 2011

While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles (f. Eric Clapton)
Badge - Cream (f. George Harrison)
Girl From The North Country - Bob Dylan (f. Johnny Cash)
Wanted Man - Johnny Cash (co-written by Bob Dylan)
Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney gently joshing each other about some woman
Fame - David Bowie (f. John Lennon)
The Passenger - Iggy Pop (f. David Bowie)
Andy's Chest - Lou Reed (f. David Bowie)
Under Pressure - Queen (f. David Bowie)
Lost Paraguayos - Rod Stewart (f. Ronnie Wood)
Not Alone Anymore - Traveling Wilburys (George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty & Bob Dylan)
Sway - The Rolling Stones (f. Pete Townsend & Ronnie Lane)
We Love You - The Rolling Stones (f. Lennon/McCartney)
Say Say Say - Paul McCartney (f. Michael Jackson)

We Are On The Air!

If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.

Bonus Track: "You Can Call Me Al" - Paul Simon

Okay, Chevy Chase is actually just lip-syncing to Paul Simon's lyrics in this video, but this "simulated collaboration" is still pretty entertaining in my book. VH1 used to play this song all the time in the mid-1990's. For some REAL collaborations, don't forget to tune in to Rock Show tonight!

Request Lines Open: 2/16/2011 What are your favorite collaborations?

Everybody knows that late-90s R&B superstars Brandy & Monica once collaborated on an epic track titled "The Boy Is Mine." But did you further know know that Sir Paul McCartney and the late Michael Jackson once joined forces for a little ditty called "The GIRL is Mine"?

But seriously, what are your favorite collaborations?

• Queen and David Bowie?
• Clapton's guitar work on The Beatles' "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"?
• Davy Jones helping Scooby Doo solve a mystery?

The request line is open!

Playlist February 11, 2011

Tonight's Theme: Open/Your Requests

Long Tall Sally - Little Richard

Bad Boy - Larry Williams

She Said Yeah - Larry Williams

Instant Karma - John Lennon & Plastic Ono Band

Itchycoo Park - The Small Faces

Ballroom Blitz - Sweet

Time [Single Edit] - David Bowie

Beauty Queen - Roxy Music

My Generation - The Who

"Fool Me Once" George W. Bush

Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who

Let's Have a Party - Wanda Jackson

The Train Kept A-Rollin' - Johnny Burnette

Tupelo Honey - dusty springfield

Tonight - Iggy Pop

96 Tears - ? & The Mysterians

We Are On The Air!

ROCK SHOW!!!!!!!

Reliving the Beatles' Cavern Days

BBC News talks to Alan McKechnie, a man who used to watch the Beatles when he was just 16 during their Cavern Club days:

It wasn't just the music and the singing, it was their lack of respect for the audience. At the Cavern for those first few gigs, they were quite irreverent to the audience and other people. They were sort of the first punk band. The Beatles were a law unto themselves on the stage.

...

I think the ones who thought that they'd discovered them were a little clique and really did give up on them when the masses found them. It was only when I heard Love Me Do on the radio that I started getting interested in them again.

Request Lines Open: 2/11/2011 "Open Format" Show

There will be no specific theme this week. We are open to your requests for songs from across the broad spectrum of oldies and classic rock from the 50's, 60's, and 70's. Something from the 80's? We'll think about it.

You no longer need to have a Google or OpenID account in order to comment. Take out your frustration with the world by making your requests below!

Playlist February 4, 2011

Tonight's theme: "Space"

Telstar - The Tornados
Starman - David Bowie
Spaceman - Harry Nilsson
"Best place to listen is a concrete bunker..." - Peter Jones as the book
Astronomy Domine - Pink Floyd
Hey Mister Spaceman - The Byrds
I'm the Urban Spaceman - Bonzo Dog Band
2000 Light Years From Home - The Rolling Stones
Satellite of Love - Lou Reed
Theme from Flash Gordon - Queen
Rocket Man - Elton John
Saturn - Stevie Wonder
I Took a Trip on a Gemini Spaceship - David Bowie
Interstellar Overdrive (excerpt) - Pink Floyd

We Are On The Air!

It's all about space tonight. Your thoughts?

Bonus Track: "Bowie's In Space"

by Flight of the Conchords

Bonus Track "Robot Rock"

by Daft Punk