The Drive, week of 4/23/12

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Mon 4/23/12: 1966

yay -- tho I suspect there will be several LNs.

instant BOS1: "96 Tears". Farfisa is fabulous.

BOS2: the 'oo are all right.

BOS3: Paul Revere's "Good Thing", gurl.

LN1: "Good Vibrations", not givin' me excitations.

BOS4 Dylan, stuck in Mobile.

Gangsta Mick gots dat bitch undah his fumb, yo. VHM.

LN2: "Sunny Afternoon", esp a week after Tax Day.

Beatles give us the bird. BOS5.

Proxy of AL: lovers muggers and thieves down by the banks of the river Charles.

uber-LN3: "Cali Dreaming".

? And The Mysterians - 96 Tears   
Who - The Kids Are Alright   
Paul Revere and The Raiders - Good Thing 
Beach Boys - Good Vibrations 
Bob Dylan - Stuck Inside of Mobile   
Rolling Stones - Under My Thumb   
Kinks - Sunny Afternoon   
Beatles - And Your Bird Can Sing   
Standells - Dirty Water   
Mamas and the Papas - California Dreaming

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Tue 4/24/12: Harmoni-Cats!

Rolling Stones - Midnight Rambler 
Huey Lewis and the News - The Heart of Rock & Roll   
Beatles - Love Me Do   
Billy Joel - Piano Man   
John Mayall - Room To Move 
Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road   
U2 - Desire   
Supertramp - School   
Blues Traveler - Run-Around   
J. Geils Band - Whammer Jammer 

BOS Geils. Pretty much what I expected (which I why I listened to KPOO instead).

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Wed 4/25/12: 1977

Heart kicks it out; RamJam meet Black Betty. bam-a-LAM!

Once you've had F.Mac you ain't never goin' back.

WOS UFO. Eeek.

uber-BOS Dave Mason, "So High (Rock Me and Roll Me Away)" -- a genuinely delightful rarity.

LN: the Money man goes to "Paradise"

BOS2 BOC go-go-"Godzilla"!


Crapton does coke. And it makes him even MORE boring. 

Jackson B loves him some thunder.

Are you down with APP? I wouldn't wanna be.

Heart - Kick It Out   
Ram Jam - Black Betty   
Fleetwood Mac - Never Going Back Again   
UFO - Love to Love 
Dave Mason - So High (Rock Me Baby and Roll Me Away) 
Eddie Money - Two Tickets to Paradise   
Blue Oyster Cult - Godzilla   
Eric Clapton - Cocaine   
Jackson Browne - You Love the Thunder   
Alan Parsons Project - I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You 

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Thur 4/26/12: 1982

Thorogood is b-b-b-b-b-BAD, all right.  uber-LN1.

BOS1 Crock o'Siegals in Iran, Iran so far away.


Bob, don't tease us with a snippet of  MUZ's "Valley Girl" and then play Steve Winwood. Not cool, bro! Oh wait  -- it's "Valerie". VAL, get it? Oy.

VHM VH. Ditto Mr Fagen in his snazzy spandex jacket.

uber-LN2: Ms Jett expounds upon her loving of the rocking and the rolling.

LNs 3 & 4: the Clash and Billy Idol. Should I stay or should I go to a white wedding?

BOS2 Seger's "Roll Me Away", which always sounds nice when it comes up in Bob's '82 sets.

Thorogood - Bad to the Bone   
Flock of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away) 
Steve Winwood - Valerie   
Van Halen - Oh, Pretty Woman   
Donald Fagen - I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World) 
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Love Rock 'N Roll   
Clash - Should I Stay or Should I Go 
Billy Idol - White Wedding (Part 1) 
Bob Seger - Roll Me Away   
Psychedelic Furs - Love My Way

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Fri 4/27/12: 1974

Yay. I need some cheeze for breakfast.

OK, very late '74: EJ's "LSD"

The Stones doin' some Temp work.

uber-LN: GFR loco-mote.

proxy of GazWOS: breezy Skynyrd.

DUUUUUDE! BOS and proxy of Rod: Trower.

BOS2 Chicago's delightful and not-heard-that-often "Call on Me"

uber-BOS3 my all-time Macca fave "Junior's Farm" -- take me down, jimmeh!

Reggae on, boogie Wonder.

BTO TCB; America get lonely.

EJ - Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds 
Rolling Stones - Ain't To Proud to Beg 
Grand Funk Railroad - The Loco-Motion   
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Call Me The Breeze   
Robin Trower - Bridge of Sighs 
Chicago - Call On Me   
Paul McCartney - Junior's Farm   
Stevie Wonder - Boogie on Reggae Woman 
Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Takin' Care of Business   
America - Lonely People