The Drive, week of 9/12/11

[RGMike]

Mon 9/12/11: 1967

welcome to the Human Be-in, human beinz!

BOS1 and proxy of Gaz: Monkees, "Mary Mary".

Streets are uneven when you're down. And Jim should know.

Good sense, in a sense, crippled the Strawberry Alarm Clock.

jeezeus "Brown-Eyed Girl" for the gazillionth time. But delighted BOS2 'erman's 'ermits "Kind of Hush". (ETA: Bob sez this was orig done by the New Vaudeville Band! Why didn't I know that?? I'm off to YouTube...)

VHM Lesley Gore's Coke commercial.  Followed by "I'm a Man" -- coincidence?

BOS3 the Soul Survivors -- they been tryin' to get (in)to you fo' a LONG time!  (and Bob plays the looong version!)



Damn, Bob musta drank a lot of Great Shakes as a kid.

and still will when he's 64.  VHM the Fabs.

Proxy of Geoff: "Tales of Brave Ulysses"

Human Beinz   Nobody But Me   4.9%
Monkees    Mary Mary   7.4%
Doors   People Are Strange   9.2%
Strawberry Alarm Clock   Incense and Peppermints   20.6%
Van Morrison   Brown Eyed Girl   11.0%
Herman's Hermits    There's a Kind of Hush (All Over The World)   
Spencer Davis Group   I'm A Man   11.7%
Soul Survivors   Expressway to Your Heart   4.9%
Beatles   When I'm 64   16.3%
Cream    Tales of Brave Ulysses

[RGMike]

Tue 9/13/11: 1979

Neil Young - My My Hey Hey 
Talking Heads - Life During Wartime 
Judas Priest - Green Manilishi 
Cars - Let's Go 
Santana - All I Ever Wanted 
Tom Petty - Even The Losers 
Cheap Trick - Dream Police 
Patti Smith - So You Want to Be (a Rock & Roll Star) 
Led Zeppelin - Southbound Suarez 
Eagles - In The City 

Judas Priest did a cover of "Green Manalishi"? sorry I missed that. And Patti Smith. The rest... meh.

[RGMike]

Wed 9/14/11: 1971!

we're having a wonderful '70s-centric morning, ahtellyouwhut.

the Cat Man rides the train.

Dude! Tull!  VHM "CrossEyed Mary"


BOS1 "Bitch"; least-necessary: "Bobby Ma-GEE-uh"

Out here in the fields/there's 'trinas on wheels.

OMFG!  uber-BOS2 "Rainy Days & Mondays". Not the last time we hear the Carpenters today, I'm betting.

wanna BOS Yes? it's your move...

proxy of shray, Moodies: the story in your cross-eyes, mary.

Touchdown Raiders!  proxy of Gaz, "Indian Reservation".

Cat Stevens - Peace Train 
Jethro Tull - Cross Eyed Mary 
CCR - Have You Ever Seen The Rain 
Rolling Stones - Bitch 
Janis Joplin - Me and Bobby McGee 
Who - Baba O'Riley 
Carpenters - Rainy Days and Mondays 
Yes - I've Seen All Good People 
Moody Blues - The Story in Your Eyes 
Raiders - Indian Reservation   

[RGMike]

Thur 9/15/11: 1985

gee, ya never hear this year anymore

Sting sets us free.

BOS ZZT in they sleepin' bag.

WOS1 Phil Collins.

da Straits do da walk o' life.

Mike + Mechanics: not my idea of a "Miracle"

BOS2 Boingo, partying with dead men again. First time Bob's played this in a non-Halloween set, methinks.

VHM JCM "LON"

WOS2 Loverboy -- no, I'm NOT "Lovin' Every Minute of it". Sheesh.

BOS3 Pee Wee -- infinity!

WOS3 Heart's "What About Love". Yeesh.

another for the "never again" file: "Don't You Forget I Was Married To Chrissie"

Sting - If You Love Somebody Set Them Free 
ZZ Top - Sleeping Bag 
Phil Collins - Inside Out 
Dire Straits - Walk of Life 
Mike and the Mechanics - All I Need Is A Miracle 
Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party 
John Mellencamp - Lonely Old Night 
Loverboy - Lovin' Every Minute of It 
Heart - What About Love 
Simple Minds - Don't You Forget About Me 

wow, '68 tomorrow! can't remember the last time Bob did '60s twice in one week.

[RGMike]

Fri 9/16/11: 1968!

woo woo woo hoo! S&G start with a 'trina: "Mrs Rabinowitz", as Cousin Brucie used to call it. She lives on Love St -- in Great Neck.

BOS1 BS&T version 1, "I Can't Quit Her". Only use of the word "proselytized" in a pop song.

BOS2-in-perpetuity the fabulous Turtles with the fabulous "Elenore", etc.

another for the "never again" list: the Manfreds' "Mighty Quinn"

VHM Jimi -- tire tracks on your back are still better than skid marks on your underwear.

another BOS-in-perpetuity for Dusty and that nasty preacher's boy. "Lookin' to see how much we've grown" -- er, wha?

and another "Never again": magic car-port ride.


Mick was raised by a toothless bearded hag.

OMFG: BOS4 Georgie Fame, "Bonnie & Clyde"! Cue the machine guns! And Georgie: it's "burlap", not "jewlap". (!)

Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs. Robinson 
Doors - Love Street 
Blood, Sweat & Tears - I Can't Quit Her 
Turtles - Elenore 
Manfred Mann - The Mighty Quinn 
Jimi Hendrix - Crosstown Traffic 
Dusty Springfield - Son of a Preacher man 
Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride 
Rolling Stones - Jumping Jack Flash 
Georgie Fame - Bonnie & Clyde