The Drive week of 12/17/12

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Mon 12/17/12: 1979

it's a long run, all right.  LN Iggles.

LN2 the Pinko Floyds.

Oy: uber-uber-uber-LN3 Nick Lowe.

I don't want Steve Perry lovin' touchin' or squeezin' any part of me. LN4.

VHM "Tusk", best of a bad lot so far.

VHM2 Rainbow, "Since You've Been Gone"

AC/DC "Shot Down in Flames". A rarity, but that doesn't mean it's good.

LN5 Cheap Trick; LN6 The Jerk.

BOS T.Heads, not exacrtly a rarity either but whatthehell.

Bob's personal Katrina: the 12" mix of "Driver's Seat".

Eagles - The Long Run   
Pink Floyd - Hey You 
Nick Lowe - Cruel To Be Kind 
Rainbow - Since You Been Gone 
Fleetwood Mac - Tusk   
Journey - Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin' 
AC/DC - Shot Down in Flames 
Cheap Trick - Ain't That a Shame 
Talking Heads - Life During Wartime 
Sniff n' The Tears - Driver's Seat   

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Tue 12/18/12: 1986

eek: twice in one day; wonder how many of Bob's LNs will be Renee LNs?

WOS1: Fab T-Birds.

VHM Winwood "Semen Overspill"

Mr Buongiovi gives charity concerts a good name. "Love"... notsomuch.

LN1: Hornsby. and that's the way it is.

Fabulous Thunderbirds - Tuff Enuff 
Steve Winwood - Freedom Overspill 
Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name 
Bruce Hornsby and The Range - The Way It Is 
Gregg Allman - I'm No Angel 
Eric Clapton - It's In The Way That You Use It 
Genesis - In Too Deep 
Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road (live) 
Van Halen - The Best of Both Worlds 
Moody Blues - Your Wildest Dreams

overall, pretty painful.  Can Renee's '86 set be worse?

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Wed 12/19/12: 1969

could it be an all-'60s day?

BOS1&2 Zep, "Heart-breakah"/"Livin' Lovin' Maid"!

awww: BOS3 Hollies, "He Ain't Heavy..."

uber-uber-uber-LN: a godness on a mountan-top. or as the little old lady who complained to Alex Bennett said, "that 'I'm your Penis' song"

LN2: the Doors, stronger than dirt.

VHM Chicago. "Beginnings" sounds nice this morning.

Fogerty's down on da coh-nuh, to watch the magic whore. or something.

BOS4 "Something" -- George's "Blue Jay Way" was the highlight of Magical Mystery Tour last nite.

BOS5 the Guess Who, "Undun".

BOS6 Stones, honky-tonkin'

BOS7 and proxy of Gaz: 3DN, "Easy to be Hard"

Led Zep - Heartbreaker/Living Loving Maid 
Hollies - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother 
Shocking Blue - Venus 
Doors - Touch Me 
Chicago - Beginnings 
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Down On The Corner 
Beatles - Something 
Guess Who - Undun 
Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women 
Three Dog Night - Easy To Be Hard 

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Fri 12/21/12: End of the World


Guns N' Roses   Knockin' On Heaven's Door
Rolling Stones   Gimme Shelter
R.E.M.    It's The End Of The World As We Know It
Def Leppard   Armageddon It
Police   When The World Is Running Down
Europe   The Final Countdown
Cars   Bye Bye Love
Aerosmith   I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing
U2   Until The End Of The World
Steely Dan    Black Friday