Bonus Track: "Baker Street" by Gerry Rafferty

NPR was playing a montage of songs by artists who died in the year 2011, and I heard a snippet of "Baker Street" by Gerry Rafferty. Of course, I didn't think "Ah, it's Baker Street." Instead, I thought, "It's that song. That's actually a pretty nice song. What is the name of that song and who performs it? Wow, I have no idea. Quick, brain, copy a snippet of lyrics so that later on you can paste them into an internet search string!" Somehow, this plan worked. Thirteen hours after hearing it on NPR, I give this song to you to enjoy.

Have a happy new year!

Playlist: December 7, 2011

Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy - David Bowie & Bing Crosby
Wagon Wheel - Lou Reed
Sweet Jane - Mott The Hoople
All The Young Dudes - David Bowie
China Girl - Iggy Pop
Watch That Man - Lulu
Oh You Pretty Things - Peter Noone
Life On Mars? - Seu Jorge
[YouTube's BowieChick wants to hear more new David Bowie tunes]
Province - TV On The Radio
[Clip from "David Bowie" ep. of Extras]
Success - Iggy Pop

Series 3, Episode XV: "Boughs of Bowie"

The Bowie Tree has many branches—or "boughs," if you will. This week we'll be decking The Lab with many such boughs, i.e., some of our favorite examples of the seemingly countless ways—direct and indirect—in which Mr Bowie has infiltrated other musicians and pop culture in general. Here's but one example a couple examples to help get you in the spirit:

1. The video I originally intended for this post (I finally figured out how to embed it):

Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy with Will Ferrell & John C. Reilly from Will Ferrell

2. And here, of course, is the infamous Bowie v. Jagger Dance-Off:

Playlist: November 30, 2011

SOUTHERN SOUL BLOCK
Go Home Girl - Arthur Alexander
Slip Away - Clarence Carter
She Ain't Gonna Do Right - James & Bobby Purify
Dirty Man - Laura Lee
I've Been Loving You Too Long - Otis Redding

SONGS ABOUT BUILDINGS
Don't Worry About the Government - Talking Heads
Winchester Cathedral - The New Vaudeville Band
Crying in the Chapel - Elvis Presley
Our House - Madness
Big Barn Red - Wings
Love Shack - The B-52's

SONGS ABOUT FOOD
Glass Onion - The Beatles
Cheese and Onions - The Rutles
Jambalaya (On the Bayou) - Fats Domino
Sweet Wine - Cream

Rock Show 11/30/2011: Southern Soul/Songs About Buildings/Songs About Food

A Google image search for "sandwich building" with no context whatsoever. What are these people up to?

This is our second-to-last Rock Show of the semester, and we've come up with a few Rock Show Blocks that you're certain to find entertaining. We'll be taking a dip into the world of Southern Soul, and then taking a page from the David Byrne playbook and putting together two complementary blocks: Songs About Buildings and Songs About Food. Who knows what else we will do. At Rock Show's heart is such spontaneity, even I cannot predict, though I'm guessing it will be A Few More Songs To Round Out The Hour.

Thanksgiving Blog-Only Playlist: 11/24/2011

Your Rock'n'Roll school is not in session this week, but you can still earn some extra credit by completing the assignment below, a blog-only episode of Rock Show that you play right here in your browser window. There's a great collection of music, starting with some classic Rock'n'Roll gold with Little Richard, then meandering over into some love and heartbreak including girl groups The Chantels and The Shirelles. The Moody Blues will finish off the block of love and heartbreak with "Go Now" from 1965. Then we'll pick up the pace with some upbeat tunes, starting with Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons and ending up in a funk twofer featuring Godfather of Soul James Brown and an early release by Funk/Soul/R&B legend Prince. If you're listening in America, enjoy your Thanksgiving dinner however you choose the celebrate! Elsewhere in the world: Have a great day and we'll see you back in The Lab @ KRUI next week!

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Rock Show gave me some money to produce a blog post for tonight's show. I spent the money, so I don't have any left for the post. So this is it. I'm not joking. This is the post. Theenk you verri much.

Playlist: November 9, 2011

In Dreams - Roy Orbison
All I Have To Do Is Dream - The Everly Brothers
Like Dreamers Do - The Beatles
Moonage Daydream - David Bowie
Dream Lover - Bobby Darrin
Sweet Dreams (of You) - Patsy Cline
Jealous Guy - Roxy Music
We Can Work It Out - Stevie Wonder
I Wanna Be Your Lover - The Rolling Stones
Helter Skelter - Oasis
Ooby Dooby - Roy Orbison
One Piece At A Time - Johnny Cash
We Wanna Boogie (Version 1) - Sonny Burgess
Hep Cat Baby - Gene Criss

Series 3, Episode 12: "Roy Show"

Per Wikipedia, there's only one guy of which it can be said that "Elvis Presley and Bono have stated his voice was, respectively, the greatest and most distinctive they had ever heard." That man would be Roy Orbison, who just happens to also be the cat who will be kicking off tonight's episode of Rock Show.

Orbison: the only artist ever inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
not for his music, but for "taming Bono's ego"

Tune in tonight at 7:00 for some Roy, some songs about dreams, some covers of Beatles' songs, and who knows what else!

Playlist: November 2, 2011

The Supermen - David Bowie
Raindrops - Dee Clark
Raining In My Heart - Buddy Holly
Crying In The Rain - The Everly Brothers
Last Kiss - Wayne Cochran
Windy - The Association
Leaves That Are Green - Simon & Garfunkel
Winter - The Rolling Stones
Down Where The Drunkards Roll - Richard & Linda Thompson
Brief Candles - The Zombies
Beginning To See The Light - The Velvet Underground
The Thrill Of It All - Roxy Music

Series 3, Episode 11: Open Season

Is the grayness, coldness, raininess and general dreariness of the impending winter season getting you down? Then tonight's episode of Rock Show may not be for you!

Technically it shall be an "open format" episode this evening, however as fate would have it, things seems to be shaping up into a quasi-embrace of the seasonal doldrums. Ah, but we'll be sure to sprinkle in a pinch of hope as well -- so rest assured that if you face Rock Show tonight, you'll still be able to face the day tomorrow!

Playlist: October 26, 2011

Monster Mash - Vincent Price
Lullaby [extended mix] - The Cure
Spooky - Classics IV
Frenzy - Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Boris the Spider - The Who
Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon
Li'l Red Riding Hood - Sam the Sham & the Pharohs
Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) - David Bowie
Wicked Anabella - The Kinks
The Battle of Evermore - Led Zeppelin
Candy Man - Roy Orbison
Revolution 9 Mash-Up - The Beatles & Vincent Price

Series 3, Episode 10: "Haunted Edition"

Tune in tonight at 7 PM for a special early Halloween episode of Rock Show celebrating some of rock's spookiest creations.

"I put a spell on you!"

Playlist: October 19, 2011

I Feel Fine - The Beatles
Come On - The Rolling Stones
I'm A Boy - The Who
Positively Fourth Street - Bob Dylan
Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys
Dead End Street - The Kinks
Tin Soldier - The Small Faces
See Emily Play - Pink Floyd
Hello Goodbye - The Beatles
John, I'm Only Dancing - David Bowie
Beat Surrender - The Jam
Sheila Take a Bow - The Smiths
Goodnight Tonight - Wings

Series 3, Episode 9: "Non-Album Singles"

With its powers combined, The Beatles 1967 "double A-side" Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields Forever represents arguably the most heralded single in the history of pop music.

Adding to its allure is the fact that it was a "non-album single"; that is, neither of its songs were featured on any of the band's original albums. I hasten to add the word "original" because both songs — along with two other non-album UK singles — would later be included by Capitol Records on the 11-track US release of Magical Mystery Tour, which would eventually (i.e., in 1987) supplant its UK counterpart (a six-track "double EP") as the "official" version of the "album." (Yeah, it's kind of complicated...)

Anyway, as Chris wonderfully put it in his much timelier post below, tonight's episode of Rock Show will celebrate other non-album singles. Tune in!

Rock Show 10/19/2011: "Non-Album Singles"

Today's Rock Show will feature non-album singles: Those songs released by artists as singles, but not featured on an album. Are these a dying breed, or is the practice of non-album singles being resurrected by mp3 culture? Heck if I know.

UPDATE: Be on the lookout for a much more thought-out version of this post by Mike, which I just realized he's working on.

Playlist: October 12, 2011

Charlie Brown - The Coasters
At the Hop - Danny & the Juniors
Sleep Walk - Santo & Johnny
Dark End of the Street - Percy Sledge
I Can't Quit You Baby - Led Zeppelin
Pills - New York Dolls
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - Elvis Costello
(Just Like) Starting Over - John Lennon
Egyptian Shumba - The Tammys
Heaven And Hell [Live] - The Who
Drive-In Saturday [Live] - David Bowie
After The Gold Rush [Live] - Neil Young
Hang Fire - The Rolling Stones
Waiting on a Friend - The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones' Tattoo You written up on AV Club

My wife pointed me to this article on the AV Club about The Rolling Stones' Tattoo You. It has some interesting points to make about the Rolling Stones' great albums, their bad albums, and their great, bad albums. Maybe some Tattoo You should appear on tonight's Rock Show. What do YOU, the listeners, think?

Playlist: October 5, 2011

All Along the Watchtower - Bob Dylan (original)
I Fought the Law - The Clash (The Crickets)
The Man Who Sold the World - Nirvana (David Bowie)
Long Black Veil - The Band (Lefty Frizzell)
Eight Miles High (Robyn Hitchcock (The Byrds)
Mony Mony - Billy Idol (Tommy James & the Shondells)
David Watts - The Jam (The Kinks)
All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix (Bob Dylan)
Girlfriend - Michael Jackson (Wings)
Wild Horses - Flying Burrito Brothers (The Rolling Stones)
I Can't Get Next To You - Al Green (The Temptations)

Bonus Track: "Girlfriend"

Bonus Track "Who Killed Bobby Fuller?"

Series 3, Episode 7: "Covers, Part II"

For the second time in Rock Show history, we'll be presenting an "all cover songs" episode this evening at 7 PM. To help you get into the spirit, here's NFL legend Terry Bradshaw covering Hank Williams' stone-cold classic, "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry." To borrow a phrase from one of the YouTube commenters, prepare to get "Susan Boyled"...

Bonus Track: "West End Girls"

Time got away from us a little bit there and we weren't quite able to finish the "Post-Beatles British Billboarding Block" -- celebrating the four post-Beatles/Stones UK rock bands that meet the following two criteria: (a) they are included in the Top 100 Artists of All Time, as ranked by the Acclaimed Music website; and (b) they had a #1 hit in the US.

We played Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac & The Police. And the fourth "band," making the list with an asterisk by their name (since they're technically a "duo"), is ... Pet Shop Boys:

Playlist: September 28, 2011

Soul Block
He Was Really Sayin' Somethin' - The Velvettes
You Can't Hurry Love - The Supremes
I Second That Emotion - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While) - Kim Weston
Let's Do It Again - The Staple Singers

Lovey, Schnuggie-Woogums Block
You Were On My Mind - We Five
The Longest Time - Billy Joel
You're My Best Friend - Queen

Non-album singles teaser
Watching The River Flow - Bob Dylan
Boys Don't Cry - The Cure
Going Underground - The Jam

Post-Beatles British Billboarding Block
Another Brick in the Wall - Pink Floyd
Dreams - Fleetwood Mac
Every Breath You Take - The Police

Series 3, Episode Six: "No Rix"

For the first time in the post-Rock-Show/Rick-Show-Schism Era, Rock Show is set to take center stage tonight at 7PM on The Lab @ KRUI.  Tonight's episode will be Open Format, which means that pretty much anything goes -- except, of course, that the Rick Ban will be in full effect.

Indeed, we had to pull some strings to even link to the following video, feauturing a classic cut by Rick Derringer.  Hope you enjoy it, as it may be the last sniff of Rick to ever grace the Rock Show website.

Rick Show (Formerly Rickster) is up and running!

Our entirely Rick-related sister program, Rick Show, is now available in blog-only format at http://rickshowiowa.blogspot.com/. Check it out. Enjoy some wonderful videos featuring Rick Astley and Ricky Gervais. Make a Rickquest! Thanks to Paul for making this dream a reality.

Playlist: September 21, 2011

Mr. Blue Sky - ELO (1977)
Raindrops - Dee Clark (1961)
A Beautiful Morning - The Rascals (1968)
Rainy Day, Dream Away - Jimi Hendrix (1968)
Box Of Rain - Grateful Dead (1970)
Who Loves the Sun - Velvet Underground (1970)
See The Sky About To Rain - Neil Young (1974)
Rainy Day In June - The Kinks (1966)
Good Day Sunshine - The Beatles (1966)
Rain - The Jam (1980)
Mamunia - Paul McCartney & Wings (1973)
Purple Rain - Prince (1984)

Series 3, Episode 5: "The Weather"

If you weren't able to catch Rock Show last week, you missed Chris' poignant reminiscing about "when Prince won the Superbowl"—upsetting the heavily favored Colts and Bears—by closing his show-stealing halftime performance with a symbol-laden rendition of "Purple Rain"...performed in the midst of actual rain!

Anyone up for a game of basket—er—football?

This week's episode—provisionally titled "The Weather"—threatens to invite similar musings as we tackle some of the rock genre's greatest songs related to rain, sun, snow, wind, sleet, cloudiness, fog, hurricanes, and perhaps even hail. Please send us your requests and tune in tomorrow (Wed) night at 7:00 CDT.

Playlist: September 14, 2011

Downtown - Petula Clark
Maybe I'm Amazed (Live) - Wings
Heart of the Country - Los Baby Fools
Willie and the Hand Jive - Eric Clapton
X Offender - Blondie
You Got Lucky - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Here Comes My Baby - Cat Stevens
Orange Blossom Special (Live) - Johnny Cash
Pills - Bo Diddley
Getting Better - The Beatles
Still Ill - The Smiths
Miracle Cure - The Who
Things Are Going To Get Better - The Small Faces

Series 3, Episode IV: "A New Hope"

Playlist: September 7, 2011

Sweet-Love-Block
Stumblin' In - Suzi Quatro & Chris Norman (1979)
One On One - Hall & Oates
No More Lonely Nights - Paul McCartney (1984)

Country-Rock-Block
Christine's Tune (A.K.A. Devil in Disguise) - The Flying Burrito Brothers (1969)
You Ain't Going Nowhere - The Byrds (1968)
One More Night - Bob Dylan (1969)
Country Honk - The Rolling Stones (1969)

Proto-Punk-Block
You Really Got Me - The Kinks (1964)
White Light/White Heat - The Velvet Underground (1967)
Old World - The Modern Lovers (released in 1976, but recorded in '72)
Trash - The New York Dolls (1973)
Search and Destroy - The Stooges (1973)

Green-Eyed Lady - Sugarloaf (1970)

Tonight's episode was followed by an encore presentation of the Space episode (click here for playlist).

Bonus Track: "No More Lonely Nights (Playout Version)"

Like your "No More Lonely Nights" with a little more dancability? Here's an alternate version b-side from the single:

Bonus Track: "Out On the Weekend"

We had some technical problems attempting to play this song on the show last night, so here it is for your blogjoyment:

Series 3, Episode 3: "Open Format"

Sometimes a video says it all.

And other times, a video makes absolutely no sense until the internet-only radio hosts who posted it to their blog explain what it's all about.

"Which of the two scenarios is this?" you're probably asking. Tune into The Lab at 7pm to find out.

Playlist: August 31, 2011

Bo Diddley - I'm A Man [A-side = Bo Diddley; 1955]
Little Richard - Slippin' & Slidin' [A-side =  Long Tall Sally; 1956]
Buddy Holly  - Not Fade Away [A-side =  Oh, Boy!; 1957]
Hank Snow - I'm Moving On [A-side = With This Ring, I Thee Wed;1950]
Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come [A-side = Shake; 1964]
Them - Gloria [A-side = Baby Please Don't Go; 1964]
The Rolling Stones - Stupid Girl [A-side = Paint It, Black; 1966]
The Beatles - You Know My Name (Look Up The Number) [A-side = Let It Be; 1970]
Led Zeppelin - Hey Hey What Can I Do [A-side = Immigrant Song; 1970]
David Bowie - Velvet Goldmine [A-side = Space Oddity; 1975]
Prince - 17 Days [A-side = When Doves Cry; 1984]
New Order - 1963 [A-side = True Faith; 1987]
The Smiths - How Soon Is Now? [A-side = William, It Was Really Nothing; 1984]

Series 3, Episode 2: "The B's Knees"

According to this website, "Bees carry pollen back to the hive in sacs on their legs.  It is tempting to explain [the phrase, "the bee's knees"] as alluding to the concentrated goodness to be found around a bee's knee, but there's no evidence to support this explanation."

What's more, I've even heard it asserted in my day that bees don't even have knees, but the picture to my left would suggest otherwise.

But are said matters either here or there?  Maybe.  Because tonight on Rock Show, Chris and Mike shall return to The Hive Lab @ KRU with all sorts of "concentrated goodness" in the form of some of rock's greatest B-sides.

What's a B-side (or, for that matter, an A-side), you may ask.  According to Wikipedia:

A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of gramophone records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song (the one that the record producer hopes will receive radio airplay and become a "hit"), while the B-side, or flipside, is a secondary song that often does not appear on the artist's LP.

For a taste of this honey, tune into The Lab tonight at 7PM!

Playlist: August 24, 2011

Animal Farm - The Kinks (1968)
Diamond Dogs - David Bowie (1974)
Bird Dog - The Everly Brothers (1958)
Hound Dog - Elvis Presley (1956)
Dogs - The Who (1968)
Phenomenal Cat - The Kinks (1968)
Stray Cat Blues - The Rolling Stones (1968)
And Your Bird Can Sing - The Beatles (1966)
Piggies - The Beatles (1968)
Apeman - The Kinks (1970)
Monkey Man - The Rolling Stones (1969)
Ride My Llama - Neil Young (1979)
It Must Be A Camel - Frank Zappa (1969)
Pigs on the Wing (Part 2) - Pink Floyd (1977)

Series 3, Episode 1: "Animal Rock"

Tonight at 7PM your favorite Lab Lads, Chris & Mike, shall open up the 3rd series of Rock Show by putting themselves in a box (creatively speaking, that is):

In other words, we shall restrict ourselves to only playing songs about lab rats. On second thought, that's a tad too restrictive: let's make it songs related to any kind of animal.

Tune in, and join the conversation!

Rock Show Returns Wednesday, August 24th!

We're heading back to the cozy studio that first launched this internet phenomenon that has come to be known affectionately around KRUI as "The Rock Show." Yes, Rock Show is heading back to The Lab@KRUI to bring you a full semester (a full year?) of web-only streaming classic rock and oldies the way that only we - or someone with similar record collections and/or access to the Iowa City Public Library - can! Tune in Wednesdays at 7 p.m., using the links to the right of this text.

Playlist: August 8, 2011

John Lennon -  Watching the Wheels

The Beatles - Come And Get It

Badfinger - No Matter What

Big Star - The India Song

John Lennon - Bony Maronie

Chuck Berry - You Can't Catch Me

Sam Cooke - Bring It On Home To Me

Ben E. King - Stand By Me
Paul McCartney - Too Many People
John Lennon - How Do You Sleep?
George Harrison - Wah-Wah

Rod Stewart - Mine For Me

Cat Stevens - Wild World

Playlist August 1, 2011

Cheap Trick - Surrender

The Lovin' Spoonful - Summer In The City

The Clash - Train In Vain

War - Why Can't We Be Friends?

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Lookin' Out My Back Door

Smiley Lewis - I Hear You Knockin'Buddy Holly - Oh Boy!

The Beatles - Yesterday (Live In Japan 1966)

The Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle

Parliament - Give Up The Funk

Rod Stewart - Handbags & Gladrags (Unplugged)

Cream - I'm So Glad

The Animals - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

Larry Williams - Bony Maronie

Kings of Convenience - I'd Rather Dance With You (by request)

We Are On the Air! 8/1/2011

What will I play on Rock Show this week? Even I don't know yet, but the smart money is on "music."

Playlist: July 25, 2011 - Open Theme

Electric Lady Land - Jimi Hendrix

Crosstown Traffic - Jimi Hendrix

The Rubberband Man - Spinners

Burning Love - Elvis Presley

The Letter - The Box Tops

Now I'm a Farmer - The Who

Kodachrome - Paul Simon

It Came Out Of The Sky - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Tossin' and Turnin' - Bobby Lewis

Surf City - Jan & Dean

The Girl Can't Help It - Little Richard

Landslide - Fleetwood Mac

Different Drum - Linda Ronstadt

Carolina In My Mind - James Taylor

I'm On Fire - Bruce Springsteen

A Pillow of Winds - Pink Floyd

Flying High Again - Ozzy Osbourne

We Are On the Air: 7/25/2011 Open Theme

Comment below if you have any requests for Monday night's show. So far, the playlist includes Elvis, Jimi Hendrix, Fleetwood Mac...

Playlist: July 18, 2011 - "Covered In Beatles" Encore

The Beatles - Long Tall Sally [Paul on vocals]

PLEASE PLEASE ME BLOCK
Arthur Alexander - Anna (Go to Him)
The Cookies - Chains
The Beatles - Boys [Ringo on vocals]
The Shirelles - Baby It's You
Lenny Welch - A Taste Of Honey
The Isley Brothers - Twist and Shout

WITH THE BEATLES BLOCK
Peggy Lee - Till There Was You
The Marvelettes - Please Mr. Postman
Chuck Berry - Roll Over Beethoven
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - You've Really Got a Hold on Me
The Donays - Devil In His Heart
Barrett Strong - Money (That's What I Want)

BEATLES FOR SALE BLOCK
The Beatles - Rock & Roll Music [John on vocals]
Dr. Feelgood & The Interns - Mr. Moonlight
Little Richard - Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey
Buddy Holly - Words of Love
Carl Perkins - Honey Don't
The Beatles - Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby [George on vocals]

"Covered In Beatles" - Encore

Tonight, Rock Show brings you an encore presentation of last semester's "Covered In Beatles" episode, where we explored the original versions of songs that The Beatles would later put their unique stamp on. There may be some slight variations from the original playlist, and definitely some difference in what we choose to talk about during the breaks, but for the most part this is a straight-up rerun of "Covered in Beatles".

Playlist: July 11, 2011 - 80s Vinyl

Theme Song/Intro Music: Backwards Traveler/Cuff Link - Wings
The Things That Dreams Are Made Of - The Human League
Back on the Chain Gang - The Pretenders
Love to Stay - Altered Images
The Look of Love, Pt. 1 - ABC
Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' - Michael Jackson
Nag - Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
Scoundrel Days - A-Ha
Kingdom of Love - Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians
Road to Nowhere - Talking Heads
COLLEGE RADIO CONFESSIONS
When Love Breaks Down - Prefab Sprout
Here Comes Your Man - The Pixies
Girlfriend in a Coma - The Smiths

Bonus Track: "Time Will Crawl (Extended Dance Mix)"

This six-minute track was omitted from the show so that we could play a greater number of tracks, but I'd still like to share it with you. - CRS.

Bonus Track: "My Wife and My Dead Wife"

I changed my mind at the last minute and decided to play a more up-tempo song from this band. This song, though, always sticks with me. It seems to be about how the people you knew sometimes seem to hang around like ghosts. Or it's about actual ghosts. It's hard to tell in the crazy world of Robyn H.

Request Lines Are Open: 7/11/2011 - 80s Vinyl

This week, Mike and Chris return with more Rock Show. They're digging into their record collections to put together a full hour of 1980s vinyl. Enjoy vinyl hits from this bygone era, as well as lesser-known deep tracks from favorite 80s artists. Is there anyone in particular you want to hear?

Playlist: June 27, 2011

Twist & Shout - The Beatles (1963/MB/CD)
Brown-Eyed Girl - Van Morrison (1967/MB/mp3)
Mother Popcorn - James Brown (1969/ICPL/CD)
Come Softly To Me - The Fleetwoods (1959/CL/??)
Boogie On Reggae Woman - Stevie Wonder (1974/MB/LP)
Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder (1976/MB/LP)
Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder) - Beach Boys (1966/CL/mp3)
Thirteen - Big Star (1972/MB/mp3)
Ballroom Blitz - Sweet (1975/??/??)
Heart of Glass - Blondie (1978/MB/LP)
You Make My Dreams - Hall & Oates (1980/MB/LP)
Am I the Man - Jackie Wilson (1960/CL/CD)
Shattered The Rolling Stones - 0:03:47 (1978/MB/CD)

Request Lines Are Open: 6/27/2011 White Wedding Episode

One half of the Rock Show team (Mike) will be co-DJing a wedding reception in late July, and tonight's episode will be a dry run...

The goal: to play the one-hour's-worth of 60s and 70s classic rock & oldies songs that is most likely "to have as many people as possible getting down" at a wedding reception.

Any suggestions/requests?!

Playlist: June 20, 2011

SHAME ON U.(S.A.) BLOCK
Children Of The Revolution - T. Rex
Miss Judy's Farm - Faces
All The Way To Memphis - Mott the Hoople
All I Want Is You - Roxy Music

MEDLEY / LONG ROCK BLOCK
A Quick One, While He's Away - The Who
Sun King Medley - The Beatles

Making Time - Creation
Give Him A Great Big Kiss - The Crystals

Tower Down - Listen Online Tonight

I've just gotten word that the KRUI tower is currently not broadcasting. They are working on the issue. If the signal still isn't going out by 8:00 tonight, you'll have to tune in over the Inter-net.

Do be sure to tune in though, for some quality rock music, including some classic rock medleys and longer album tracks.

Guest Spot on VeeGeePlus - This Sunday

Tune in on Sunday night from 6-8pm to hear Chris fill in as a guest DJ on VeeGeePlus, the show that's all about vinyl. He'll be hauling in a stack of LPs, many of which fall well outside the format of Rock Show, and he may even have his son in tow to celebrate father's day the record collector way!

Playlist: June 13, 2011

ROCK ANCESTRY: BLUES
I Just Want To Make Love To You - Muddy Waters
Before You Accuse - Me Bo Diddley
Back Door Man - Howlin' Wolf
Bring It On Home - Sonny Boy Williamson

POST-PUNK / NEW WAVE BLOCK
I Am The Fly - Wire
Map Ref 41 Degrees N 93 Degrees W - Wire
Accidents Will Happen - Elvis Costello
Crosseyed And Painless - Talking Heads

FIVE DECADES OF THE ROLLING STONES
Prodigal Son (1968)
Turd on the Run (1972)
Neighbors (1981)
Sparks Will Fly (1994)
Back of My Hand (2005)
 
NO PARTICULAR THEME BLOCK
Break It Up - Patti Smith

You've Got a Habit of Leaving - Davy Jones (David Bowie)

Get It - Paul McCartney (feat. Carl Perkins)

Bonus Track: "Dress Me Up As A Robber"

I was trying to choose between two tracks off of McCartney's Tug of War album, and chose "Get It". Here is my second choice:

Request Lines Are Open: 6/13/2011 Episode

We're still putting the final touches on tomorrow's playlist: What would you like to hear? We do take requests during the show, but getting them in early makes us much more likely to have the song you want on hand "when the bullet hits the bone" as it were.

Playlist: June 6, 2011

Ready - Little Richard
We Wanna Boogie - Sonny Burgess
Egyptian Shumba - The Tammys
Blue Moon - Elvis Presley
Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones

THE LOOOOOVE BLOCK
Then He Kissed Me - The Crystals
Lookin' For a Love - Bobby Womack
Cherish - The Association
I Wonder Why - Dion and the Belmonts
I'm Into Something Good - Herman's Hermits

THE "PLEASE" BLOCK
Please, Please, Please / You've Got The Power - James Brown
Please Mister Postman - Beatles
Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want - Smiths
Please - U2

Series 2, Episode 2 is on the air! Join the conversation...

We won't be in the studio on Memorial Day, so be sure to remember to tune back in to Rock Show on Monday, June 6th. We might be inclined to play Elvis Presley's haunting rendition of "Blue Moon" and a lesser-known girl group tune that is simply insane.

Make your requests below!

Playlist: May 23, 2011

Athena - The Who
[Dead Air]
Maybellene - Chuck Berry
Drive My Car - The Beatles
Cadillac Ranch - Springsteen
Roadrunner - The Modern Lovers
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow - The Shirelles
Someday We'll Be Together - The Supremes
He's So Fine - The Chiffons
Dancing In The Street - Martha & The Vandellas
Sweet Is The Night - Electric Light Orchestra
Helpless - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
True Fine Love - Steve Miller Band
Temporary Secretary - Paul McCartney
All I Really Wanna Do - Bob Dylan
Bus Stop - The Hollies
[Mike forgets that iPod in need of "Play"-pressing in in HIS hand]
Talk To You - The Small Faces
(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher

Rock Show: Summer Session

Rock Show's Summer Session schedule begins tomorrow (Monday) night at 8 p.m.!

Rock Show will play on KRUI's main over-the-air stream on Mondays through August 8th. The streaming links to the right have been updated.

I saw this song performed live this past weekend by an actual rockabilly band!

Playlist: May 6, 2011 ("Kid Rock")

Yellow Submarine - The Beatles
Tin Soldier Man - The Kinks
Happy Days Toy Town - The Small Faces
Boris the Spider - The Who
Kooks - David Bowie
Sh Boom (Life Would Be a Dream) - The Jayos

It's a Beautiful Morning - The Rascals

Three Is The Magic Number - Schoolhouse Rock
Lollipop - The Chordettes
Lookin' Out My Back Door - Creedence Clearwater Revival

She's a Rainbow - The Rolling Stones

Hold On - John Lennon

Walking On Sunshine - Katrina & The Waves

Surfin' Bird - The Ramones

Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey - Paul McCartney

Bonus Tracks: Kids Rock

Some commenters recalled that "Surfin' Bird" played a significant role in an episode of Family Guy.


The Beatles - "Hey Bulldog"


The Cure - "Let's Go to Bed"

The Cure - Let's go to Bed by bebepanda

On The Air: 5/6/2011 "Kid Rock" Episode!

This Friday will be our last Rock Show for the semester. Keep watching this spot (or the Facebook page) for schedule information for a possible Summer Session of Rock Show.

How do you turn your children, nieces, nephews, or the children of your friends into Rock Show fans? Start them out early with some fun, kid-friendly Classic Rock and Oldies tunes. Songs like this have had a proud history, even before The Beatles famously decreed that all toy submarines shall be yellow. (The penalty for breaking this rule is DEATH!) Maybe with enough requests, this block of "Kid Rock" could grow to take over the hour.

This is not what I meant! Do not ask us to play Kid Rock!

Alternate Caption: "Sweeeet Hoooome Aaaalabama! Dyoont, doont, dee-doo! BUUUURP!"

Playlist: April 29, 2011 (Royal Wedding Fever!)

The Beatles - Her Majesty
So You Think You're In Love - Robyn Hitchcock
The Perfect Girl - The Cure
God Only Knows - David Bowie
Squeeze Box - The Who
Hold Me Tight (Medley) - Paul McCartney & Wings
Woman - The Zombies
This Will Be Our Year - The Zombies
Baby Blue - Badfinger
Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks
Crocodile Rock - Elton John
Your Song - Elton John
You Gave Me The Answer - Paul McCartney & Wings
Sweethearts Together - The Rolling Stones

Bonus Tracks: More British Love Songs

Pink Floyd - "A Pillow of Winds"

This one comes from my favorite Pink Floyd album: Meddle. This song is so thoroughly steeped in the comfort and safety of home and bed, and the quiet, reassuring companionship of your sleeping sweetheart. - Chris

John Lennon - "Oh Yoko"


Elton John - "Love Song"


Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians - "Insect Mother"

A weirder alternative to the Robyn Hitchcock song I elected to play during the episode proper ("So You Think You're In Love"), "Insect Mother" is more of a psychedelic rock-influenced head trip of a love song. - Chris

On The Air: 4/29/2011 "Royal Wedding Fever!"

I made this in Microsoft Paint at work in five minutes.

This Friday we're playing British love songs to celebrate the marriage of this well-to-do daughter of successful entrepreneurs to this ward of the state. I'm not sure what he does for a living. I think he was in the army for a while - or maybe that was jail. Anyway, we're very disappointed in her.

All that aside: Come and join us to celebrate LOVE! Rock Show Style!

Playlist: April 22, 2011 (Back to the 50s & 60s)

Sixteen Tons Rock'n'Roll - Jimmy Murphy
My Real Name -  Fats Domino
Surfers Rule    The Beach Boys
In My Room - The Beach Boys
Mess Around - Ray Charles

EXPLORATORY "B'S KNEES" BLOCK
La Bamba - Ritchie Valens (A-side = Donna)
Everyday - Buddy Holly (A-side = Peggy Sue)
Rain - The Beatles (A-side = Paperback Writer)

WAR WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR BLOCK
Masters of War - Bob Dylan
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - The Band
My Uncle - The Flying Burrito Brothers
Butcher's Tale (Western Front 1914) - The Zombies
Some Mother's Son - The Kinks
Eve of Destruction - The Turtles

...AND A SPECIAL EARTH DAY SUMMONING OF CAPT PLANET
Crimson and Clover (AKA "Earth!") - Tommy James & the Shondells
The WIND Cries Mary - The Hendrix Experience
Play With FIRE - The Rolling Stones (A-side = The Last Time)
You Don't Miss Your WATER - Otis Redding
Temptation Inside Your HEART - The Velvet Underground

The "1950-1969" Episode (4/22/2011) Is On The Air!

Following 2 wild weeks of loosening the standard Rock Show policies—typified by Mike's moment of Oasis indulgence, not to mention a glaring absence of catch phrases and sound effects —this week we'll be getting back to basics with a one-hour celebration of good old 50s and 60s rock.  Any requests?

"Woo-o-o-ooh, scrambled eggs!"

Playlist: April 15, 2011 (Open Theme and Cleanup Time)

LEFTOVER COVERS FROM LAST WEEK
C'mon Feel The Noize - Oasis
Suffragette City - Big Audio Dynamite
Happy - Of Montreal
Knockin' on Heaven's Door - Guns & Roses

BLOCK OF "ON THE RUN" TUNES
Renegade - Styx
Runnin' Down a Dream - Tom Petty
[song redacted by the Dream Police]
Band on the Run - Paul McCartney & Wings

WALL OF (unfulfilled requests) SHAME BLOCK
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - Neil Young
Bicycle Race - Queen
Space Oddity - David Bowie
Damaged Goods - Gang of Four

...AND FROM THE DARKEST DEPTHS OF MORDOR
Ramble On - Led Zeppelin

Bonus Track: "Brenda's Iron Sledge"

A lesson in songwriting: When searching for a rhyme and running into difficulty, try a non-sequitur. For instance,

All aboard Brenda's iron sledge
Please don't call me Reg
It's not my name

Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians

Episode XII ("Open Format Vol. 4") Is On The Air!!!

Why are Chris and Mike in fear for their lives? Is it because Lawman is about to put an end to their running? Because they can hear their Mommas a'cryin? Because Hangman is comin' down from the gallows?

If the answers to such queries be of any concern to you, tune into The Lab @ KRUI this Friday at 6 for Season I, Episode XII of Rock Show: "Open Format Vol. IV."  The reward for doing so could be very bountiful indeed...

The jig is up, boys, and the news is out!

The agenda will include making amends for some items on the "Rock Show Wall of (Unfulfilled Requests) Shame" as well as dusting off a few cover songs that we didn't get to last week.

If you have other requests, comment away!

Playlist - April 8, 2011 (Covers)

La Bamba - Los Lobos (Ritchie Valens)
Don't You (Forget About Me) - Billy Idol (Simple Minds)
Love Me Tender - Nicholas Cage (Elvis Presley)
This Magic Moment - Lou Reed (The Drifters)

I Saw Her Standing There - John Lennon & Elton John (The Beatles)
Twist and Shout - The Who (The Isley Brothers)
Stand By Me - John Lennon (Ben E. King)
Love Is Strange - Wings (Mickey & Sylvia)

Let's Spend The Night Together - David Bowie (The Rolling Stones)
Ain't Too Proud To Beg - The Rolling Stones (The Temptations)
Twistin' The Night Away - Rod Stewart (Sam Cooke)

Highway 61 Revisited - PJ Harvey (Bob Dylan)

Makin' Whoopie - Amanda Palmer (Eddie Cantor)

Don't Forget Me - Neko Case (Harry Nilsson)

It's 4/8/2011, and the "Cover Show" is On The Air!

This Friday is a special All Covers version of Rock Show. Do you have a favorite cover version of an oldies/classic rock/classic soul/etc. tune you'd like to hear? Get your requests in early! Below, the William Shatner cover that left everyone saying "Elton who?"

Bonus Track: Beatles Cartoon - "Devil In Her Heart"

As mentioned in tonight's show. Full playlist from the show below.

Playlist - April 1, 2011 (Covered in Beatles)

The Beatles - Long Tall Sally
Little Richard - Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey
Chuck Berry - Roll Over Beethoven
Larry Williams - Dizzy Miss Lizzie
Chuck Berry - Rock & Roll Music
Larry Williams - Slow Down

The Marvelettes - Please Mr. Postman
The Cookies - Chains
The Donays - Devil In His Heart
The Shirelles - Baby It's You

The Isley Brothers - Twist and Shout
Barrett Strong - Money (That's What I Want)
Dr. Feelgood & The Interns - Mr. Moonlight
Arthur Alexander - Anna (Go to Him)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - You've Really Got a Hold on Me

Lenny Welch - A Taste Of Honey
Peggy Lee - Till There Was You

Carl Perkins - Honey Don't
Buddy Holly - Words of Love
Buck Owens & The Buckaroos - Act Naturally

Covered in Beatles (4/1/2011) is On The Air!

Between 1960 and 1962, the Beatles landed several weeks-to-months-long gigs playing clubs in the Reeperbahn district of Hamburg, West Germany,  where they were obligated to perform for a minimum of 4½ — and by some accounts up to 8-10 — hours per day.

In addition to getting them hooked on beer and uppers, the demands of the Hamburg lifestyle also led the band to improve dramatically as musicians, and vastly expand their onstage repertoire — in particular their grasp of covering the American music (early rock & roll, R&B, rockabilly, soul, girl groups) that influenced them.

On this week's Rock Show, we'll be playing the original versions of songs that influenced the Beatles strongly enough for the band to eventually cover them on their official studio albums.

Is there a particular song which would later be covered by the Beatles that you'd like us to play?  Do you need to take Preludin in order to stay awake throughout an entire episode of Rock Show?  Let your voice be heard!

Playlist - March 25, 2011 (Episode 9: Funk & Soul)

I Want You Back - The Jackson 5
Signed, Sealed, Delivered - Stevie Wonder
Satisfaction - Otis Redding
Get Up (I feel like being a) Sex Machine - James Brown

I'll Be Satisfied - Jackie Wilson
Whispers (Gettin' Louder) - Jackie Wilson
Anytime You Want Me - Garnet Mimms
Sara Smile - Hall & Oates

Cruisin' - Smokey Robinson
Stand! - Sly & The Family Stone
Freddie's Dead [Single Edit] - Curtis Mayfield
Nothing But a Heartache - The Flirtations
Come See About Me - The Supremes

Good To Me As I Am To You - Aretha Franklin
Tennessee Waltz - Sam Cooke
Boogie On, Raggae Woman - Stevie Wonder
Do That Stuff - Parliament

On The Air, And Ready 2 Get Up & Do Our Thing

It's time for episode # 9: "Soul & Funk"
Join the conversation with comments, requests, etc!

Bonus Track: "Walkin' The Dog" by Rufus Thomas

Stax Records, 1963

Request Lines Open: 3/25/2011 Funk & Soul Show

Rock Show returns tomorrow, when we're gonna hit ya with the funk and soul! It can be assumed that you will be dancing like a fool.

No Rock Show on Friday, March 16th

It's Spring Break at the University of Iowa, so Rock Show and its brethren are taking the week off. We'll return next week with more great music. In the meantime, you can tune into The Lab's stream to hear whatever tunes the computer is picking. I know, I know: a computer can't miscue songs and make terrible puns, but it'll have to do.

In the meantime, feel free to use this thread for general discussion of what sorts of rock/pop music "themes" you'd like to hear us tackle, with examples of songs that fit these themes.

A couple of themes we're working on for upcoming Rock Shows are Soul Music (or perhaps a combo Funk/Soul show) and Covers (Elton John and John Lennon covering "I Saw Her Standing There" live in concert? We can provide that.)

Cheer up! There's more Rock Show to come!

Playlist: March 11, 2011 (Episode 8: Open Format)

Shake Appeal - The Stooges
Shake, Rattle And Roll - Big Joe Turner
Shakin' All Over - Johnny Kid & the Pirates
Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On - Jerry Lee Lewis
Cinnamon Girl - Neil "Shakey" Young

American Girl - Tom Petty
Workin' For The Man - Roy Orbison
Subterranean Homesick Blues - Bob Dylan
Not Guilty - The Beatles
Telephone Line - E.L.O.

Pop Song 89 - R.E.M.
Night Boat to Cairo - Madness
Cemetary Gates The Smiths
Hounds of Love Kate Bush

All the Young Dudes - Mott the Hoople
Smile Away - Paul McCartney

Yo Adrian, We Did it, We Made it into the IMU, and we Are Live!

Request Lines Open: 3/11/2011 "Open Format"

Episode 8 of Rock Show will have no specific theme, so bring on the requests. 

That said, even "open format" episodes have some restrictions, and this week is no exception.  For starters, theme music from the Rocky film franchise will not be tolerated this week.  Also, I know this is to the chagrin of many, but the Oasis ban remains in effect.  Other than that, though, if there's some 50s, 60s or 70s (or even early 80s) Rock music that you wanna hear, let us know!

"Yo, Adrian — you're a wanker!"

Playlist: March 4, 2011 (Episode 7: Rockabilly)

The Train Kept A-Rollin' - Johnny Burnette
Get Rhythm - Johnny Cash
   [Trailer - High School Hellcats]
Susie-Q - Dale Hawkins
Brown-Eyed Handsome Man - Buddy Holly
Fujiama Mama - Wanda Jackson
Baby Let's Play House - Elvis Presley
Flyin' Saucers Rock and Roll - Billy Lee Riley
The Way I Walk - Jack Scott
   [Trailer - Daddy-O]
Cat Man - Gene Vincent
Pink Petal Pushers - Carl Perkins
Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins
Mean Woman Blues - Roy Orbison
   [Quote - Reverend Jimmy Snow]
C'mon Everybody - Eddie Cochran
Luther Played the Boogie - Johnny Cash
Long Tall Sally - Marty Robbins
Gonna rock 'n' Roll Tonight - Carl Mann
Red Headed Woman - Sonny Burgess
   [Trailer - Teenage Doll]
Wild Wild Young Men - Rose Maddox
Bop A Lena - Ronnie Self
I'm Coming Home - Johnny Horton
How Far Can Too Far Go? - The Cramps

We On The Air, Cats, Cos It's Rockabilly Time!

Request Lines Open: 3/4/2011 Rockabilly

Rock your socks off with the likes of Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, as well as some lesser-known artists from the heyday of Rockabilly music on this week's Rock Show. This is where to post your requests if there's anything specific you want to hear. We'll even entertain the possibility of some later Rockabilly Revival, but only if it really cooks!

"Me and the band are goin' to Perkins after this. Ha ha - just kiddin'!"

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

Request Lines Are Open: Space Episode

The next episode of Rock Show will have Space as its theme. Help make this the best episode yet by commenting below with requests for your favorite oldies and classic rock songs having to do with space.

"From Hell's heart, I stab at thee."

Will there be Bowie? Yes, there will HAVE to be some Bowie!

Playlist January 28, 2011

Stream the (non-Beatles) songs from tonight's show using the widget below:


She Loves You - The Beatles

Street Fighting Man - The Rolling Stones

It's Gonna Be Alright - Gerry and the Pacemakers

I'm Alive - The Hollies

Needles and Pins - The Searchers

Friday on My Mind - The Easybeats

I'm a Man - The Yardbirds

She's Not There - The Zombies

No Milk Today - Herman's Hermits

A Legal Matter - The Who

Glad All Over - The Dave Clark Five

A Summer Song - Chad and Jeremy

Tired of Waiting For You - The Kinks

Baby Please Don't Go - Them

Magneto and Titanium Man - Paul McCartney & Wings

Bike - Pink Floyd

Get It On - T Rex

Concrete and Clay - Unit 4 + 2

Bonus Track: "Not Fade Away"

performed by The Rolling Stones




and performed by Lego Rolling Stones on Lego Ed Sullivan's show

We Are On The Air!

Listen Now!

Request Lines Open: 1/28/2011 Show

The theme for Friday's show is The British Invasion. At the end of the hour, we might make room for a couple of requests that don't fit the British Invasion label, but try to think of something you'd like to hear from those days when Britannia first ruled the U.S. airwaves.

Playlist January 21, 2011

Use the gadget below to listen to (most) of the songs from this week's show, without the awesome bits where our hosts talk in between.

Intro: "Rock Show" - Paul McCartney & Wings
"Not Fade Away" - Buddy Holly
"Teenager In Love" - Dion
"Spooky" - The Classics IV
"Tutti Frutti" - Little Richard
"In The Ghetto" - Elvis (by request!)
"Bony Maronie" - Larry Williams
"Rocks Off" - The Rolling Stones
"Flying Saucers Rock'n'Roll" - Billy Lee Riley
"In Dreams" - Roy Orbison
"Memphis, Tennessee" - The Animals
"Fool in the Rain" - Led Zeppelin (by request! Thanks!)
"I'm So Tired" - The Beatles
"Back In My Arms Again" - The Supremes
"Heaven Tonight" - Cheap Trick
"Lovers Rock" - The Clash
"Let Me Take You Home Tonight" - Boston

Bonus Track: "Lucille" - Little Richard

Wooooooooo!

First Episode Airs Fri 1/21/2011 At 6pm Central

Let us know your requests for oldies or classic rock you'd like to hear played by commenting on this post.

Baby Let's Play House

A rollicking, little tune. Also the source from which John Lennon borrowed the infinitely creepy line "I'd rather see you dead, little girl..."