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Monday 14 May 2012

Getting The Hang Of It



I still find it confusing to pre-record the final hour and then go on to present a live show for two hours. The temptation to refer to 'later' in the recording, or refer to 'earlier' during the live part, is something of a head-fuck. But I'm getting there.

9pm-10am

Everett Lilly And The Mountaineers 'Speed At The Sound Of Loneliness'
Sam and Dave 'Hold On, I'm Coming'
{The above pre-openers played in tribute to Everett Lilly, and to Donald 'Duck' Dunn}

Brian Fahey and His Orchestra 'At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbals'
Harry Fragson 'Hello, Hello, Who's Your Lady Friend?'
Bowling For Soup 'Girl All The Bad Guys Want'
Reel Big Fish 'Beer'
The Stooges 'I Wanna Be Your Dog'
Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine 'The Only Living Boy In New Cross'
Billy Bragg 'A13 Trunk Road To The Sea'
Ben Folds Five 'Underground'
Broken Links 'Elektrik'
The Starland Vocal Band 'Afternoon Delight'*
The J. Geils Band 'Centrefold'* {This week's Dad Rock Classic}


10pm-11pm

Rambling Syd Rumpo 'The Ballad Of The Woggler's Moulie'
The Rocking Vickers 'It's Alright'
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band 'Delilah'*
John Otway 'The Green Green Grass Of Home'*
Lou Reed 'Perfect Day'*
The Kinks 'Lola'*
The Vapours 'Turning Japanese'*
Frigid Pink 'House Of The Rising Sun'*

*This week's listener topic was about songs that you didn't get the meaning of straight away.

The Pixies 'Where Is My Mind'
Dresden Dolls 'Girl Anachronism'
The Hellset Orchestra 'Come Into My Lab'

Louie Smells Like Rock and Roll:
The Beach Boys 'Louie Louie'
The Ukelele Orchestra Of Great Britain 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'
Miley Cyrus 'I Love Rock and Roll'

11pm-12am

New Feature to start the final hour...
Penny's Bluegrass Jamboree:
CW Stoneking 'Jungle Blues'
Curtis Eller's American Circus 'Sugar In My Coffin'
Union Station 'Dust Bowl Children'

Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine 'Panic'
Fighting Evil Is Cool 'Ten Times More'
Bernard Sumner 'Love Will Tear Us Apart'
Practical Lovers 'Textbook Romance'
Jenny Lewis 'Black Sand'
Melissa Auf Der Maur 'Followed The Waves'
The Toy Dolls 'Yul Bryner Was A Skinhead'

Mash up ending:
Amy Winehouse vs Queen 'Crazy Little Thing Called Rehab'