The Drive, week of 5/28/12

[RGMike]

Wed 5/30/12: 1971!

yay.  BTW -- are there an inordinate amount of Canadians in Chicago (besides Dan Aykroyd)? I keep hearing local commericals on The Drive where the announcers say "aboot" instead of "about".

Let's go upstairs and read Rod's PowerPoint. And lawd! won'cha buy Janis a Mercedes already?

Jonathan Edwards before he found Jeebus; the Cat Man before he found Allah.

Mick's had black and he can nevah go back.

Faces - Stay With Me 
Janis Joplin - Mercedes Benz 
Jonathan Edwards - Sunshine 
James Gang - Walk Away   
Cat Stevens - Peace Train   
Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar   
John Lennon - Imagine 
Elton John - Friends 
Who - Won't Get Fooled Again   
Five Man Electrical Band - Signs 

[RGMike]

Thur 5/31/12: 1983

Feh.

Jackson Browne - Tender is the Night 
Talking Heads - Burning Down the House 
Big Country - In a Big Country   
Huey Lewis and the News - I Want a New Drug   
Todd Rundgren - Bang the Drum All Day   
Night Ranger - Don't Tell Me You Love Me 
Fixx - Saved By Zero   
Yes - Owner of a Lonely Heart   
Billy Idol - Rebel Yell   
Tubes - She's a Beauty 

about as yeesh-worthy as it gets, even tho' that Night Ranger song is a rarity. (Deservedly so, I might add)

[Tinka Cat]

Thur 5/31/12: 1983

Feh.

Jackson Browne - Tender is the Night 
Talking Heads - Burning Down the House 
Big Country - In a Big Country   
Huey Lewis and the News - I Want a New Drug   
Todd Rundgren - Bang the Drum All Day   
Night Ranger - Don't Tell Me You Love Me 
Fixx - Saved By Zero   
Yes - Owner of a Lonely Heart   
Billy Idol - Rebel Yell   
Tubes - She's a Beauty 

about as yeesh-worthy as it gets, even tho' that Night Ranger song is a rarity. (Deservedly so, I might add)

you're right, that song Don't Tell Me.. is pretty bad.   Like the worst song in that set.   I like OOALH By Yes~!!!!

[RGMike]

Fri 6/1/12: 1974

eek: Chapin's in the cradle.

VHM Tull, skating away.

LNs: BTO and Crapton.

Harry Chapin   Cats in the Cradle    14.4%
Jethro Tull    Skating Away on the Thin Ice of a New Day   9.2%
Bachman-Turner Overdrive   You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet   7.0%
Eric Clapton   I Shot the Sheriff   3.7%
Genesis   The Carpet Crawlers   10.7%
Doobie Brothers   Black Water    11.8%
Eagles   Already Gone   10.3%
Steely Dan   Pretzel Logic    10.3%
Reunion   Life is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)   18.1%
Bad Company   Rock Steady