The Peak, week of 7/29/13

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Mon 7/29/13: July 1988

BOSes: Patti Smith has the power; Fairground Attraction are perfect; Chrissie and UB40 cover a cover of Dusty's "Breakfast in Bed".

VHM Rhythm Corps, "Common Ground" -- nice segue to this from the obligatory John McClane/Hans Gruber "yippee-ky-ay" clip.

LNs: Fab T-Birds, Smithereens, Crowded House, Robert Palmer.

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Tue 7/30/13: July 1974

BOSes: 10cc, "Wall St Shuffle"; Joni "Free Man in Paris"; Dead "Scarlet Begonias"; Neil Y "Walk on"

For *shame*, Rob: "Sweet Home Alabama"? Really?? And Crapton "I Shot the Sheriff" too? Oy.  LN3: BadCo. LN4: BTO.

Eeek: "Clap For the Wolfman"  (Rob sez: "Clap for the Wolfman, Syphillis for Imus!" LOL!)

OMFG: EJ's fabulous and little-heard "Ticking".  uber-uber-BOS5

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Wed 7/31/13: July/Aug 1997

eek: SmashMouth, Foos, DMB, Wallflowers, Fiona Apple, Corrective Soles... blorf.

Macca's "The World Tonight" is an interesting rarity, tho'.

uber-uber-LN Blur, "Song 2"

NOOOOOOOOOOOO! Sarah McLesbian builds a mystery for the billionth time.

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Thur 8/1/13: Aug 1982

Too many LNs: Billy Idol, JJ, APP, MAW,

VHMs: Translator, Marshall Crenshaw

BOSes: Jackson Browne "Somebody's Baby"; Lords of the New Church "Open Your Eyes"; and uber-uber-BOS to Elvis C's "Man Out Of Time", easily one of his 3 or 4 best-ever.

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Fri 8/2/13: Aug 1965!

Beatles, Dylan, Byrds, Turtles, Castaways... fab-ness! VHMs all.

BOS1 Kinks "Set Me Free".

OK, "California Girls" is pretty LN to my ears. Yardbirds too, wonderful as these songs may be.

BOS2 Ramsey Lewis, "The 'In' Crowd"

if the uber-LN "Satisfaction" (yeah, emblematic of Summer '65 but come on) is song #10 I have to assume we'll "go to eleven".