The Drive, week of 9/10/12

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Mon 9/10/12: 1986

eeek: Bon Jovi's wanted. But not by me.

VHM "Graceland". Ditto Eddie and Ronnie -- whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh!

LN1: PG, "In Your Eyes"

BOS Brooooooce.

WOS1 Journey; WOS2 Fab T-Birds

VHM "Back in the High Life", just because it's not "Higher Love"

VHM Seger

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Tue 9/11/12: 1979

Led Zeppelin - Fool in the Rain   
Police - Walking on the Moon   
Tom Petty - Here Comes My Girl   
Joe Walsh - In the City   
Alan Parsons Project - Damned if I Do 
Foreigner - Head Games 
Cars - The Dangerous Type 
Billy Thorpe - Children of the Sun   
Supertramp - The Logical Song 
Molly Hatchet - Flirtin' with Disaster 

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Wed 9/12/12: Gibberish

just as the Sound did a few weeks back. Da-doo-doo-doo-na-na-hey-hey, etc.

Beatles twin-spin: Ob-La-Di, Goo-Goo-Ga-Joob.

BOS: Steve Miller, sha-ba-da-doo-ma-ma-ma-ma!

BOS2 Little Richard, honey!

"Do you mahnd if we dance wif yo' dates?" uber-BOS3 Otis Day & the Knights, "Shama-Lama-Ding Dong"! You are mah sugah diddy-dip!

Police - De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da 
Steam - Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye 
REO Speedwagon - 157 Riverside Avenue 
Kingsmen - Louie Louie 
Beatles - Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da 
Beatles - I Am The Walrus 
Steve Miller - Shu Ba Da du Ma Ma Ma 
Pearl Jam - Yellow Ledbetter   
Little Richard - Tutti Frutti 
Otis day and the Knights - Shama-lama Ding Dong 

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Thur 9/13/12: 1972

"the weekend at the college didn't turn out like you planned..."

"well ah hope the President knows; what he's into ah don't know"

"and when she passed away, I cried and cried all day..."

"ah never kept a dollah past sunset -- always burned a hole in mah pants..."

"seasons crying no despair, alligator lizards in the air..."

"you're so much woman, I believe we can chug all night..."

"Meet me in the country for a day. We'll be happy and we'll dance..."

"We can't even think of a word that RHYMES!"

"We'll save Australia... don't wanna hurt no kangaroo..."

"all the science I don't understand -- it's just my job 5 days a week..."

Steely Dan - Reelin' in the Years 
Chicago - Dialogue Part 1 and 2 
Gilbert O' Sullivan - Alone Again (Naturally) 
Rolling Stones - Happy 
America - Ventura Highway 
Eagles - Chug All Night 
Doobie Brothers - Listen to the Music 
Alice Cooper - School's Out 
Randy Newman - Political Science 
Elton John - Rocket Man 

Wow: uber-BOS Randy Newman.  Kudos on playing Gilbert O. VHM Stones and VHMFRA that Eagles tune -- can't remember the last time I heard it.

uber-uber-LNs: the Dan, the Doobs, EJ.

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Fri 9/14/12: 1976

expecting Boston, Kansas, Heart, Seger...

VHM Bowie, wop wop wop.

well, it's Live Bullet Seger, not Night Moves Seger, so that's OK.

And Kansas' "What's on My Mind" is more tolerable than most of Leftoverture.

LN1: "Rock'N'Miller"

Starship, "With Your Love" -- aka " 'Miracles' for Dummies"

VHM the Manfreds' "Spirit in the Night"

an Elvin Bishop would be a high priest in Middle Earth, no?

Boston wanna take me home tonight. Sorry, I don't do group scenes.

Almost-LN but BOS anyway: "Europa" is a continent and Carlos is a hose. or something.

LN2: "Magic Man"

David Bowie - Golden Years 
Bob Seger - Turn the Page 
Kansas - What's On My Mind 
Steve Miller Band - Rock 'N Me 
Jefferson Starship - With Your Love 
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Spirits in the Night 
Elvin Bishop - Fooled Around and Fell in Love 
Boston - Let Me Take You Home Tonight 
Santana - Europa   
Heart - Magic Man