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