3/11/10 Thursday!! A well rounded set from...1989!!
1) Roy Orbison- You Got It
2) Del Amitri- Kiss This Thing Goodbye
(News: DC Call Boy Ring)
3) XTC- King For A Day
(George Bush: I'm The president & I won't eat broccoli!)
4) Replacements- I'll Be You
5) Bob Mould- See A Little Light
(News: Exxon Valdez)
6) Chris Rea- The Road To Hell (Part 2) (B.O.S! tie)
7) Tracy Chapman- Crossroads
(TV: Seinfeld)
8) Lou Reed- Dirty Blvd. (B.O.S! tie)
(Movie: Do The Right Thing)
9) De La Soul- Me Myself and I
10) Tears For Fears- Sowing The Seeds Of Love
3/10/10 Wednesday! Double-back to the sounds of '66-Garage to Motown!
1) The Count Five- Psychotic Reaction
2) Love- Seven and Seven Is
(Ad: Rock 'Em Sock'Em Robots)
3) Johnny Rivers- Secret Agent Man
4) Swingin' Medallions- Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love)
(Movie trailer- Batman!!!)
5) The Outsiders- Time Won't Let Me
6) The Beatles- She Said, She Said (B.O.S!!)
(News: LBJ State of the Union)
7) Bob Dylan- Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine
8) The Paul Butterfield Blues Band- Walkin' Blues
(Ad: Let's have Tupperware Party!)
9) The Supremes- You Can't Hurry Love
10) The Temptations- Ain't Too Proud To Beg
3/9/10 TUESDAY & our platform shoes land in 1976!!!
1) Tom Petty- Rockin' Around With You
2) KC & The Sunshine Band- Shake, Shake, Shake (Shake Your Booty)
( Ads- Look For The Union Label)
3) Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band- Sunspot Baby
4) George Harrison- This Song (B.O.S!!!)
(News: Jimmy Carter)
5) Paul McCartney & Wings- Let 'Em In
6) Paul Simon- 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover
(TV: SNL Gilda as Baba Wawa)
7) Stevie Wonder- I Wish
8) 10cc- The Things We Do For Love
(Movie: The Man Who Fell To Earth)
9) David Bowie- Stay
10) Bryan Ferry- Let's Stick Together
3/8/10 Lights, Camera, Action! It's Movie Monday...take two!
1. Burt Bacharach/ BJ Thomas- Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
(Movie: Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid)
2. Stealers Wheel- Stuck In The Middle With You
(Movie: Reservoir Dogs)
3. Yello- Oh Yeah
(Movie: Ferris Bueller's Day Off)
4. Shirley Bassey- Goldfinger (B.O.S)
(Movie: 007-Goldfinger)
5. Simple Minds- Don't You Forget About Me
(Movie: The Breakfast Club)
6. Aimee Mann- Save Me
(Movie: Magnolia)
7. Harry Nilsson- Everybody's Talkin'
(Movie: Midnight Cowboy)
8. Soggy Bottom Boys- I am A Man Of Constant Sorrow (B.O.S)
(Movie: O Brother, Where Art Thou?)
9. Ray Parker Jr.- Ghostbusters
(Movie: Ghostbusters)
10. Isaac Hayes- Theme From Shaft (B.O.S)
(Movie: Shaft)
3/5/10 - Wheeeeeeee it's Friday & We're in 1985!!!
1. REM- Can't Get There From Here
2. New Order- Love Vigilantes
(News: PMRC/Zappa)
3. Mason & Fenn- Lie For A Lie
4. Charlie Sexton- Beat's So Lonely
(Movie: Fletch)
5. Power Station- Some Like It Hot
6. Big Audio Dynamite- E = MC 2
7. Stevie Ray Vaughan- Look At Little Sister
8. Beat Famers- Happy Boy (B.O.S.!!!!!)
(News/AD: New Coke Old Coke)
9. UB40- Don't Break My Heart
10. Kate Bush- Running Up That Hill
3/4/10 - THURSDAY !! away we go to...1968!
1. The Equals (w/Eddie Grant)- Baby, Come Back
2. Archie Bell & The Drells- Tighten Up
(TV: Dragnet)
3. The Amboy Dukes- Journey To The Center Of The Mind
4. The Moody Blues- Departure/Ride My See-Saw
(TV: Dating Game w/Steve Martin)
5. The Lemon Pipers- Green Tambourine
6. Mary Hopkin-Those Were The Days (B.O.S!!!)
(John Lennon)
7. The Beatles- Glass Onion
8. Van Morrison- Sweet Thing
(News: Smith & Carlos Black Power salute @ The Olympics)
9. James Brown-Say It Loud I'm Black and I'm Proud
10. The Rascals- People Got To Be Free
3/3/10 - WEDNESDAY!! Chart hits & more from?? Mystery year....
1) Soul Asylum- Runaway Train
2) Tim Finn- Hit The Ground Running BOS!!
(Movie-So, I Married An Axe Murderer)
3) James- Laid
4) Lemonheads- Into Your Arms
(News- Internet-ooooh!)
5) Duran Duran- Ordinary World
6) Radiohead- Creep
(News: River Phoenix)
7) U2- Stay (Faraway, So Close!) BOS !!
(Ad: AT & T-You will...)
8) Tasmin Archer- Sleeping Satellite
9) Us3- Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)
(News brief: Clinton)
10) Smashing Pumpkins- Cherub Rock
and the year was (drum-roll) 1993!!
3/2/10 - TUESDAY!! Sweet sounds of ......'74
1) Raspberries- Overnight Sensation
2) Redbone- Come and Get Your Love
(news-Tightwire Act above NYC
3) Fleetwood Mac- Heroes Are Hard To Find
4) The Hues Corporation- Rock The Boat
(TV: Streaker @ the Oscars)
5) Sweet- Fox On The Run
6) B.T.O- You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
(News: Patty Hearst)
7) Genesis-The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
8) Harry Chapin- Cat's In The Cradle
(Ad: Purina Cat Cow-Chow-Chow)
9) Jefferson Starship- Ride The Tiger
10) Loe Reed- Intro/Sweet Jane (live) B.O.S!!!
3/1/10 - MONDAY!! Gettin' Funky in...'81!!!
1. Carl Carlton- She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked)
(Movie: Stripes)
2. The Gap Band- Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)
3. Gary U.S.Bonds-This Little Girl
(TV-SNL Belushi-Gold Medal Winner)
4. Santana- Winning
5. The Teardrop Explodes-Passionate Friend
6. The Go-Go's- This Town
(News: Bohemian Grove)
7. Styx - Too Much Time on My Hands
(News: Reagan)
8. King Crimson - Elephant Talk (B.O.S!!)
9. Soft Cell - Tainted Love
10. Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes
2/26/10 - FRIDAY!!! Oh Canada!
1. Joni Mitchell - Coyote
2. Guess Who - No Time
3. The Band - Chest Fever
4. Steppenwolf - Born to Be Wild
5. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) (GOLD!)
6. Rush - Free Will (SILVER!)
7. Leonard Cohen - Everybody Knows (BRONZE!)
8. Sarah McLachlan - Possession
9. Arcade Fire - Keep the Car Running
10. Bryan Adams - Cuts Like a Knife
(and a bonus for the Canadian exchange rate...)
11. Bare Naked Ladies - One Week
2/25/10 - Thursday! Check it out...1970!!
1. Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4
2. Eric Clapton - Blues Power
3. Grateful Dead - Operator
(News: Senate hearings on "the Pill")
4. Melanie - Look What they've Done to My Song
5. Cat Stevens - Wild World
(Ad: Salem Cigarettes)
6. Traffic - Glad
7. Rod Stewart - Gasoline Alley
(TV: Partridge Family)
8. Partridge Family - I Think I Love You (BEST OF SET!!)
(Ad: Gee Your Hair Smells Terrific)
9. Beatles - Two of Us
(News: Beatles Break/Led Zep top group)
10. Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song
2/24/10 - Wednesday! Good stuff! 1987!!!
1. Los Lobos - Shakin' Shakin' Shakes
2. U2 - Trip Through Your Wires
(TV: Miami Vice)
3. The Cure - Why Can't I Be You?
4. Sinead O'Connor - Mandinka
(News montage)
5. The Godfathers - Birth, School, Work, Death
6. Peter Wolf - Come As You Are
7. Replacements - Can't Hardly Wait (BOS!)
(Movie: Fatal Attraction)
8. Depeche Mode - Strangelove
9. George Michael - Faith
10. David Bowie - Never Let Me Down
2/23/10 - Tuesday! Slippin' back to...1967!!
1. The Doors - Back Door Man
2. Otis Redding/Carla Thomas - Tramp
3. The Bar-Kays - Soul Finger
(TV: The Avengers)
4. The Who - I Can See For Miles
5. Jimi Hendrix Experience - Remember
(News: Vietnam)
6. Moby Grape - 8:05 (BOS!)
7. The Bee Gees - To Love Somebody
8. Beatles - Getting Better
(TV: Spiderman)
9. The Cowsills - The Rain, The Park & Other Things
10. Rolling Stones - Dandelion
2/22/10 - Monday! Later in the '70's...1977!!
1. Elvis Costello - Welcome to the Working Week
2. The Jam - In the City
3. Thin Lizzy - Dancing in the Moonlight
4. Meatloaf - You Took the Words Right Out of my Mouth
(Hot Summer Night) (BOS!)
(Ad: Ronco Records)
5. Kinks - Juke Box Music
6. Blondie - (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence Dear
7. Mink Deville - Spanish Stroll
(News)
8. Climax Blues Band - Couldn't Get it Right
(Movie: Star Wars)
9. Iggy Pop - The Passenger
10. David Bowie - Beauty and the Beast
2/19/10 - FRIDAY!!! Time to play B-sides!
1. Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps - Be Bop A Lula
2. Beach Boys - Don't Worry Baby
3. Rolling Stones - I'm Free
4. Beatles - Rain
5. CCR - Fortunate Son
6. Led Zeppelin - Hey Hey What Can I Do
7. Elton John - Elderberry Wine
8. Fleetwood Mac - Silver Springs
9. Brice Springsteen - Pink Cadillac
10. U2 - Spanish Eyes
2/18/10 - Thursday! Heavy on the New Wave in...1983!!!
1. New Order - Age of Consent
2. Echo & the Bunnymen - Never Stop
(News: Grenada)
3. Tears for Fears - Pale Shelter
4. REM - Sitting Still
5. Marshall Crenshaw - Whenever You're On My Mind
(Movie: Risky Business)
6. Missing Persons - Walking in L.A.
7. Heaven 17 - Let Me Go
8. Styx - Mr. Roboto
(TV: Knight Rider)
9. Adam Ant - Desperate But Not Serious (BOS!)
10. Joan Armatrading - (I Love it When You) Call Me Names
2/17/10 - Wednesday! Remember this year...? 1995!
1. Garbage - Only Happy When it Rains
(Movie: Empire Records)
2. Gin Blossoms - Til I Hear it From You
3. Better Than Ezra - Good
(News: Oklahoma City Bombing)
4. Jayhawks - Blue (BOS!)
5. Toad the Wet Sprocket - Good Intentions
(TV: The Drew Carey Show)
6. Matthew Sweet - Sick of Myself
7. Foo Fighters - Big Me
(TV: SNL Cheerleaders)
8. Edwyn Collins - A Girl Like You
9. Morphine - Honey White
(Ad: Windows '95)
10. Elastica - Connection
BONUS TRACK: Deep Blue Something - Breakfast at Tiffany's
2/16/10 - Tuesday! A quick look back to...1965!!
1. The Dixie Cups - Iko Iko
2. James Brown - I Got You (I Feel Good)
3. Roy Head - Treat Her Right
4. Kinks - Set Me Free
(TV: I Dream of Jeannie)
5. Mamas & the Papas - Go Where You Want to Go
6. Beau Brummels - Just a Little
(News: Civil Rights/Selma, Alabama)
7. Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - Tracks of My Tears (BOS!)
8. Supremes - Back in My Arms Again
(Movie: That Darn Cat)
9. The Four Tops - I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)
10. The Strangeloves - I Want Candy
BONUS TRACK: Beatles - Eight Days a Week