The Drive, week of 9/24/12

[RGMike]

Mon 9/24/12: 1973

ELP to start.

BOS EJ, "Harmony" -- why this was never a single is baffling.

Smokin' in the boys roome -- gimme 3 steps outta here!

LN: Pink Floyd; HM Dobie Gray.

Mah wumman from Toe-kay-oh -- she makes me VHM.

OMFG: uber-BOS2 Ian Thomas' fab "Painted Ladies"

The preacha an' the teacha -- LAWD! they a uber-LN.

ELP - Karn Evil 9 
Elton John - Harmony 
Brownsville Station - Smokin' in the Boys Room 
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gimme Three Steps 
Pink Floyd - Us and Them 
Dobie Gray - Drift Away 
Who - The Real Me 
Deep Purple - Woman From Tokyo 
Ian Thomas - Painted Ladies 
Doobie Brothers - China Grove 

[RGMike]

Tue 9/25/12: 1967

BOS1 Doors at the next whisky bar.

VHM "Green Tambourine"

uber-LN1: "Nights in White Satin"

colorful set today: BOS2 "Purple Haze"

LN2: Procol harum "Whiteer Shade of Pale"

BOS2 "LSD"

OMFG:  uber-BOS3 Neil D's orig "Kentucky Woman"! (Deep Purple would cover it the following year as their follow-up to "Hush").

a Neil twin-spin: BOS4 the Monkees covering his "Little Bit Me/Little Bit You"

LN3: "Soul Man". Play it Steve. or not.  How many people still mondegreen that line as "I was educated/at Woodstock"?

BOS5 Stones, uncensored.

Doors - Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) 
Lemon Pipers - Green Tambourine 
Moody Blues - The Night: Nights in White Satin 
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Purple Haze 
Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale 
Beatles - Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds 
Neil Diamond - Kentucky Woman   
Monkees - A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You 
Sam & Dave - Soul Man 
Rolling Stones - Let's Spend The Night Together 

[RGMike]

Wed 9/26/12: One Hit Wonders!

should be interesting, at least.

Sanford/Townsend light a fire.

Jesus H Christ, Bob's playing Jesus H Jones. "The new sound of the Drive"?

louie louie louie loo--weeee!  Stories date a colored chick.

eeek: WOS Autograph, "Turn Up the crappy song on the radio". Did they include the line "things go better with rock" because they thought Coke would come calling?

Big Country are in a big, well, you know.

David Essex: biggest "for shame" here because he had many UK hits ("Lamplight", "Hold Me Close") that were wonderful and shoulda been hits here too.

And, like Jesus Jones, Cafferty & Beaver Brown aren't really OHWs either.

All that Glitters is not Gary.

Dream Academy make it easy on theyself.

FINALLY some '60s: San Jose's own... People, people.

Sanford-Townsend Band - Smoke From a Distant Fire 
Jesus Jones - Right Here Right Now 
Stories - Brother Louie 
Autograph - Turn Up the Radio 
Big Country - In a Big Country 
David Essex - Rock On 
John Cafferty/Beaver Brown Band - On the Dark Side 
Gary Glitter - Rock N' Roll, Part 2 
Dream Academy - Life in a Northern Town 
People - I Love You

[Big Fingers McGee]

Wed 9/26/12: One Hit Wonders!

should be interesting, at least.

Sanford/Townsend light a fire.

Jesus H Christ, Bob's playing Jesus H Jones. "The new sound of the Drive"?

louie louie louie loo--weeee!  Stories date a colored chick.

eeek: WOS Autograph, "Turn Up the crappy song on the radio". Did they include the line "things go better with rock" because they thought Coke would come calling?

Really, Jesus Jones is really not a one hit wonder. Really

[RGMike]

Wed 9/26/12: One Hit Wonders!

should be interesting, at least.

Sanford/Townsend light a fire.

Jesus H Christ, Bob's playing Jesus H Jones. "The new sound of the Drive"?

louie louie louie loo--weeee!  Stories date a colored chick.

eeek: WOS Autograph, "Turn Up the crappy song on the radio". Did they include the line "things go better with rock" because they thought Coke would come calling?

Really, Jesus Jones is really not a one hit wonder. Really

Ditto Cafferty/Beaver Brown -- but man, I'd forgotten JJ's "Real Real Real" got as high as #4!

[Big Fingers McGee]

Wed 9/26/12: One Hit Wonders!

should be interesting, at least.

Sanford/Townsend light a fire.

Jesus H Christ, Bob's playing Jesus H Jones. "The new sound of the Drive"?

louie louie louie loo--weeee!  Stories date a colored chick.

eeek: WOS Autograph, "Turn Up the crappy song on the radio". Did they include the line "things go better with rock" because they thought Coke would come calling?

Really, Jesus Jones is really not a one hit wonder. Really

Ditto Cafferty/Beaver Brown -- but man, I'd forgotten JJ's "Real Real Real" got as high as #4!

albeit with a very quick crash afterwards. Still, it's not like it spent one week at #40 and disappeared. It was a legitimate second hit.

[RGMike]

Thur 9/27/12: 1975

sorry, "Born to Run" is an uber-LN at this point. Ditto "Love Hurts"

Dude! She's a dude!  EJ meets a 6-ft Jamaican honey.

BOS1 Zeppelin-by-the-Sea.

VHM "Over My Head"

uber-uber-uber-LN: "Sweet Emotion".

VHM Chicago, "Old Days", drive-in movies and Howdy Doody.

LN4: ELO, "Moneygrabber" "Evil Woman"

BOS2 Foghat, "Fool For the City"

HM "Love is Alive" -- better this than "Dreamweaver", but both were actually hits in '76.

Bruce - Born to Run 
Nazareth - Love Hurts 
Elton John - Island Girl   
Led Zeppelin - Down By The Seaside 
Fleetwood Mac - Over My Head 
Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion 
Chicago - Old Days 
Electric Light Orchestra - Evil Woman   
Foghat - Fool For the City 
Gary Wright - Love is Alive

[RGMike]

Fri 9/28/12: 1983

VHM "King of Pain", tho' I'd've preferred the Weird Al parody.

LN1: Eurythmics; WOS1: Journey.

DUUUDE! Def f---in' Leppard.

WOS2 Genesis.

oh Bowie just you shut your mouse: LN2 "China Girl"

BOS JCM -- forget all about that macho shit; learn to play guitar!

NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!  uber-LN3 and WOS2 Yes.

WOS3 Bryan Pizzaface.

VHM Declan Patrick Aloysius McManus

Police - King of Pain 
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) 
Journey - Send Her My Love 
Def Leppard - Photograph 
Genesis - Home By The Sea 
David Bowie - China Girl 
John Mellencamp - Play Guitar 
Yes - Owner of a Lonely Heart 
Bryan Adams - Cuts Like a Knife 
Elvis Costello - Everyday I Write The Book