The Drive, week of 6/20/11

[RGMike]

Mon 6/20/11: 1975

fingers crossed for something not-too-shopworn.

ELO's "Fire on High" may have to do.

aaack! "Lorelei" is moving in again.

eeek! Charlie Daniels is singing about the South again.

it's... it's... the ballroom blitz giving me fits.

even less necessary: Iggles, "OOTN".

Yeesh: Skynyrd give us the gun.

BOS MTM/Chuckles the Clown.  Hope that episode shows up on "ME TV" one of these nites.

uber-unnecessary: War.

uber-uber-unnecessary: "Killer 'Trina". What a trial, indeed.

VHM Nazareth's silly "Hair of the Dog" -- a Bone staple, but I don't listen to the Bone much, and compared to the rest of this set it's practically a bustout.

And we close with "Squeeze Box" -- i heard a cool zydeco cover of this on The Boardwalk last week.

ELO - Fire on High 
Styx - Lorelei 
Charlie Daniels Band - The South's Gonna Do it Again 
Sweet - Ballroom Blitz 
Eagles - One of These Nights 
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Saturday Night Special 
Queen - Killer Queen   
War - Why Can't We Be Friends 
Nazareth - Hair of the Dog 
Who - Squeeze Box   

[RGMike]

Tue 6/21/11: Summer Summer Summer!

we get from Bob what we're not getting from AL.

"School's Out", bitches!

hi hi hi hi there --- have a county pear.

Henley sees a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac.

Beatles (yay) "Follow the Sun" is a nice surprise. BOS.

Cars "Magic" is NOT a nice surprise. Sheesh.

Ain't no cure!  BOS2 the cheezy goodness of Blue Cheer.

VHM a spoonful of summer

WOS Buffett -- c'mon, Bob, "Margaritaville"?? Really??

if her daddy's poor, just do what you feel! I feel like bailing on this set, but I think this is song 10.

Alice Cooper - School's Out 
Beach Boys - Good Vibrations 
Sly & The Family Stone - Hot Fun in the Summertime 
Don Henley - The Boys of Summer 
Beatles - I'll Follow the Sun 
Cars - Magic 
Blue Cheer - Summertime Blues 
Lovin' Spoonful - Summer in the City 
Jimmy Buffett - Margaritaville 
Mungo Jerry - In the Summertime

[RGMike]

Wed 6/22/11: 1971

Zep to start... OMFG! Bob Plays the Carpenters!!  BOS "Superstar"!!!

The Drive has a "live chat" thingy on their site, and Driveheads are none too pleased to hear Karen & Richard...

James Gang followed by Stones.  BOS2 "Wild Horses".

Jeremiah was etc.

Interesting: the live chat crowd on the Drive's site have some sort of baseball-themed "guess what songs Bob will play" game going on. So that Carpenters tune really came outta left field for them.

VHM the 'oo, goin' T-Mobile.

ch-ch-ch-Bowie.

There's a Fiddler on the roof -- that means everything's coming our way.

BOS3 Stevie, "If You Really Love Me"

Led Zeppelin - Going to California 
Carpenters - Superstar 
James Gang - Walk Away 
Rolling Stones - Wild Horses 
Three Dog Night - Joy to the World 
Jonathan Edwards - Sunshine 
Who - Going Mobile 
David Bowie - Changes 
Santana - Everything is Coming Our Way 
Stevie Wonder - If You Really Love Me 

ETA: as of shortly before 1pm, Zep and the Carpenters are tied in the BOS voting with 20.6% each. 

ETA2: I'm pleased to say the Carpenters won!

[RGMike]

Thur 6/23/11: 1979

a Floydian snoozefest starts us off. Call the Police -- or send them a message in a bottle. Fanmail from some flounder?

VHMs ZZT & JJ.

BOS Rupert Holmes and Pina Coladas. I could use a Mojito myself. Or an Old Cuban.

VHM the Start Trek: the Movie commercial with Orson Welles.

inevitable: the Cars. As is Cars 2, apparently.

I don't want Steve Perry to love, touch, or squeeze anything I have. Eww.

Proxy of shray and VHMFRA, REO -- this "Only the Strong Survive" is NTM, methinks.

aaack! WOS Triumph. Almost makes me long for Rush.

Pink Floyd   Young Lust   18.6%
Police   Message In A Bottle   6.0%
ZZ Top   Cheap Sunglasses   8.1%
Joe Jackson   Is She Really Going Out With Him   13.3%
Eagles   The Long Run   6.3%
Rupert Holmes   Escape (The Pina Colada Song)   12.6%
Cars   It's All I Can Do   6.7%
Journey   Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin'   9.5%
REO Speedwagon   Only The Strong Survive   5.6%
Triumph   Lay It On The Line

[RGMike]

Fri 6/24/11: 1968

a nice Friday treat from Bob.  Guess a Pride set in Chicago is out of the question.

we're in a white room with black curtains and some tired starlings.

Great moments in rock history: Rob Grill discovers the horn section. BOS "Midnight Confessions"

Bad moments in overplayed Katrinas: Steppenwolf discover heavy metal thunder.

Great moments in lemonade pie: BOS2 John Fred and Judy Judy Judy.

BOS3 George and his weeping guitar.

unexpected treat: JT's "Something in the way she Moves", from his Apple album. BOS4.

And BOS5 the Chambers Bros, tho' whether Bob has "Time" for the loooong version remains to be seen.

The Band take a load off their collective fanny.

OMFG: the orig (pre-remix) Elvis "A Little Less Convo" -- I've been satisfactionin'-ed! BOS6.

VHM Stevie Gee-tar Miller.

Cream - White Room 
Grass Roots - Midnight Confessions 
Steppenwolf - Born to Be Wild 
John Fred & His Playboy Band - Judy in Disguise 
Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps 
James Taylor - Something in the Way She Moves 
Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today 
The Band - The Weight 
Elvis Presley - A Little Less Conversation   
Steve Miller Band - Living in the U.S.A.