The Drive, week of 7/25/11

[RGMike]

Mon 7/25/11: 1975

"When Black Friday comes..." -- a debt-ceiling reference, Bob?

I've never quite understood ZZT's mis-pronunciation of "tush" -- was it on purpose? did they not know any better? do people in Texas actually say it that way?

ooo... BOS "Wildfire". Nice to see this one getting some love from Bob; hard-core Drive listeners presumably consider it a HFH. Gorgeous.
(ETA: went to the Drive instant chat board -- sure enuf the first comment on "Wildfire" was "whatthehell is this crap??"

Strange Madge -- ick!

Macca's playing Wrigley ths week, so presumably we'll get some Wings.

OMFG: the alternate take of "Memo From Turner" from the Stones' outtakes'n'rarities LP, Metamorphosis. can't remember the last time I heard this on the radio.

EJ finds phreedom in Philly. Sweet chase a fox on the run. BOS2.

BadCo's good lovin's gone bad(co).

Proxy of shray: "Stranglehold".  VHM "Monday Morning" -- so we got Mac but not Macca.

ZZ Top -Tush 
Steely Dan - Black Friday   
Michael Murphy - Wildfire 
Electric Light Orchestra - Strange Magic   
Rolling Stones - Memo From Turner 
Elton John - Philadelphia Freedom 
Sweet - Fox on the Run   
Bad Company - Good Lovin' Gone Bad 
Ted Nugent - Stranglehold 
Fleetwood Mac - Monday Morning   

[Tinka Cat]

Mon 7/25/11: 1975
I've never quite understood ZZT's mis-pronunciation of "tush" -- was it on purpose? did they not know any better? do people in Texas actually say it that way?

maybe they were trying to say the Yiddish "tuchus" and had a Michele Bachmann moment??  Two of the three ZZToppers do resemble orthodox Jews.. hmmm..

 (remember when the Simspons went to NYC and Bart shouted out to the Hasidim "Hey , ZZ Top!  You guys rock!"  -- That ep has since been pulled from syndication b/c of the scenes with the World Trade Center.)

[RGMike]

ooo... BOS "Wildfire". Nice to see this one getting some love from Bob; hard-core Drive listeners presumably consider it a HFH. Gorgeous.
(ETA: went to the Drive instant chat board -- sure enuf the first comment on "Wildfire" was "whatthehell is this crap??"

I posted a comment on the Drive chat board (where I call myself Mike-in-SF) and someone there said "wow, you get to listen to 10@10 at 8am!" or something, so I mentioned being a 10@10 geek and hipped them to The Peak and KFOG. They were rather blown away by AL's '77 setlist from Friday. They do some sorta weird predict-what-Bob-will-play game every morning and they looked at AL's '77 choices and said "we wouldn't've guessed ANY of these!"  But they also saw all the '90s sets and said "yuck!! -- who wants to hear that??"

[RGMike]

Tue 7/26/11: 1968

gotta get yer '60s where ya can these days. Traffic's feelin' alright and so am I. And the Moodies are on the tarmac. or something.

Jimi's on the "Wing" -- and so are the fab four, winging their way to the USSR.

Marvin's listening to fruit again. Well, he did have 9 gay siblings.



BOS Arthur Brown. He CRAY-CRAY!


always a BOS2 for "Classical Gas".

Sly's gonna add some bottoms! He should talk to Marvin's siblings.

I love her valleri. In fact, it's the most beautiful valleri I've ever seen.  BOS3 the pre-fab four. (oo! the "cold ending" version!)

Traffic - Feeling Alright   
Moody Blues - Departure/Ride My See Saw 
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Little Wing 
Beatles - Back in the U.S.S.R.   
Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine 
Tommy James - Mony Mony   
Crazy World of Arthur Brown - Fire 
Mason Williams - Classical Gas 
Sly & the Family Stone - Dance to the Music 
Monkees - Valleri 

[RGMike]

Wed 7/27/11: 1985

no expectations. Fogerty wants in; Knopfler & Sting want their MTV... and they get it -- uncensored, to boot.

JCM's in a small town -- but that "LA doll" didn't care much for it. Guess she's waiting for Crapton. And she was.

WSOS Bryan Adams (Worst Skin of Set). VHM TFF.

Dream Academy make it easy on theyself.

WOS Rush, making "Big Money". There's a sucker born every minute.

WOS2 Thorogood. There's a drinker born every minute.

Fogerty - Centerfield   
Dire Straits - Money For Nothing   
John Mellencamp - Small Town   
Eric Clapton - She's Waiting   
Talking Heads - And She Was   
Bryan Adams - Summer of '69 
Dream Academy - Life in a Northern Town 
Tears for Fears - Shout 
Rush - The Big Money   
George Thorogood - I Drink Alone

[RGMike]

Thur 7/28/11: 1976

I'm thinking Bob will play one of his "goofy" '76 tracks, like "5th of Beethoven" or "Afternoon Delight".

But Queen's "Somebody to Love" is a nice start. VHM.

BOS1 Neil Tennant Al Stewart, in the year of the cahhhht.

Pardon me, my feelings are showin': What's on my mind is to WOS Kansas.

TP breaks down.  Check out Grace Jones' cover of the song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1yDKKcr9x4

Doobs take it to da streets, yo.

Holy crap -- we get the Edmund Fitz, and it ain't even November.  BOS2.

Actually, Mr Seger, sometimes I'd *like* to forget. And speaking of, I never need hear "Play That Funky Music" again. WOS2.

"He's a Magic Man, mama!"


Boston hitch a ride and actually get a VHM from me.

Queen - Somebody to Love 
Al Stewart - Year of the Cat   
Kansas - What's On My Mind 
Tom Petty - Breakdown   
Doobie Brothers - Takin' It To The Streets 
Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald 
Bob Seger - Rock N' Roll Never Forgets 
Wild Cherry - Play The Funky Music   
Heart - Magic Man   
Boston - Hitch a Ride

[RGMike]

Fri 7/29/11: 1970

ABB ride at midnite; Santana takes his "hose" to Peter Green.

Beatles got a feeling everybody had a wet dream...  talk about fire and rain!

Casey Jones got trouble ahead and a troubled behind.  Prep H will clear that right up, CJ.

Van sez it's a marvelous night for a 'trina.

OMGWTFLOL: Frijid Pink's cover of "House of the Rising Sun"!!  BOSFRA and this nearly beats the Sinceros for Rarity of the Week.  And it occurs to me that since The Drive isn't owned by Bonneville anymore, Bob has been playing more rarities and out-of-format songs in his sets.

Crapton causes talk & suspicion and gives an exhibition; Chicago makes me smile -- VHM, and Bob plays some hybrid version -- not the full "Ballet for a Girl..." but not the 45 either.

BOS2 the Doors, with they eyes on the road, they hands upon da whee-ul.

Allman Brothers - Midnight Rider 
Santana - Black Magic Woman 
Beatles - I've Got a Feeling 
James Taylor - Fire and Rain   
Grateful Dead - Casey Jones 
Van Morrison - Moondance   
Frijid Pink - House of the Rising Son 
Eric Clapton - After Midnight   
Chicago - Make Me Smile   
Doors - Road House Blues   

Monday: 10 Macca tunes in honor of his Wrigley Field show.