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Main Discussion Area => Regional 10@10's across the time zones! => Topic started by: RGMike on March 14, 2011, 08:09:05 AM

Title: The Drive, week of 3/14/11
Post by: RGMike on March 14, 2011, 08:09:05 AM
Mon 3/14/11: 1981

AAAAACK! Instant WOS Starship. I'd be happy if they NEVER find they way back.

Y&S: "Under Pressure" and "Edge of 17" -- 2 queens and a goat!
Working on  royal flush, (you better) you bet.

Y&S to the nth power here: AC/DC and Greg Kihn. it's Kihn-tagious!

Time to play B-sides. No, seriously, this set is so awful I'm cranking up my turntable.

Jefferson Starship - Find Your Way Back 
Tom Petty - The Waiting 
Queen/Bowie - Under Pressure 
Stevie Nicks - Edge of Seventeen   
Who - You Better You Bet 
Billy Squier - In the Dark 
AC/DC - Dirty Deeds 
Greg Kihn - The Breakup Song 
Pretenders - Message of Love 
Blue Oyster Cult - Burning For You 
Title: Re: The Drive, week of 3/14/11
Post by: RGMike on March 15, 2011, 01:41:29 PM
Tue 3/15/11: 1968

Status Quo - Pictures of Matchstick Men 
Jimi Hendrix - Crosstown Traffic 
B.J. Thomas - Hooked on a Feeling 
Beatles - Birthday 
Turtles - Elenore 
Rolling Stones - Sympathy For the Devil 
Jose Feliciano - Light My Fire 
Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride 
Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs. Robinson 
Canned Heat - On The Road Again 

hooray for the Turtles and Jose, but Y&S "Magic Carpet on the Road Again"
Title: Re: The Drive, week of 3/14/11
Post by: RGMike on March 16, 2011, 07:53:46 AM
Wed 3/16/11: 1984

aaack -- 2nd of 3 '80s sets from Bob this week, and 2nd '84 set of the morning. Broooce is in his glory; Percy's in the sea.

VHM the cheezy goodness of early Bon Jovi, "Runaway".

Uh-Oh: summersummersummer -- it turns Ric Ocasek upside down. Nobody told me there'd be snoozefests like this, John.

Henley's down at the grill; Hagar the Horrible can't drive 55. WOS. But his future bandmates are staying after school -- VHM VH.

BOS Foreigner and that fab choir. Best of a bad lot today.

VHM Mr Byrne's oversized suit.
Title: Re: The Drive, week of 3/14/11
Post by: RGMike on March 17, 2011, 07:58:16 AM
Thur 3/17/11: 1972

nothing green here either. Tho' a snifter of "Brandy" is appropriate, I guess.

Sorry, Doobs -- I'll always prefer the Byrds' orig of "Jesus Is Just Alright". More hippie, less Fundie.

I ain't wastin' time in BOSing the ABB.

Damn, Bob's playing late-'72 songs that I identify with '73. Doobs, Dr Hook, Steely Dan.

BOS2 Keef & da Stones, making us "Happy". VHM Tull, "Thick as a Brick".

Actually, America, it *ain't* foggy outside. BOS3 "Sandman", despite some seriously odd lyrical choices. "a hurricane that's abandoned"? WTF?

Looking Glass - Brandy 
Moody Blues - I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band) 
Doobie Brothers - Jesus is Just Alright 
Billy Preston - Outta Space 
Allman Brothers Band - Ain't Wastin' Time No More 
Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show - Cover of Rolling Stone 
Steely Dan - Do It Again 
Rolling Stones - Happy 
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick 
America - Sandman 
Title: Re: The Drive, week of 3/14/11
Post by: RGMike on March 18, 2011, 08:05:47 AM
Fri 3/18/11: 1980

Why do I fear that Heart's "Even It Up" is the best we're gonna get, fine TOTHK tho' it is?

Well, OK, "Driven to (the bitter Sting of) Tears" ain't bad. But "Turning 'Trina-ese" is unnecessary.

NOOOOOOOOOOOO! LoverSagaBoy, "Turn Me On The Loose". WOS-in-perpetuity.

Mr Seger takes some Iggles down to "Fire Lake" to wear "gypsy leather". Er, WHA??

uber-BOS "Love Stinks", making a non-Valentines appearance. Oh, the "Games" APP plays.

"I Will Follow" U2... until they start writing crappy musicals about Spiderman.

Bob with his 2nd "cheat" of the week, playing the live version of "Lola". Er... why?

Heart - Even it Up 
Police - Driven To Tears 
Vapors - Turning Japanese 
Loverboy - Turn Me Loose 
Bob Seger - Fire Lake 
J. Geils Band - Love Stinks 
Alan Parsons Project - Games People Play 
Billy Joel - Sometimes a Fantasy 
U2 - I Will Follow 
Kinks - Lola (live) 
Title: Re: The Drive, week of 3/14/11
Post by: Gazoo on March 18, 2011, 09:18:00 AM
Notable FRA: "Sometimes a Fantasy," seemingly always left off BJ's GH comps even though it charted.  I don't like it, for the same reasons I deeply dislike Steel Breeze's "You Don't Want Me Anymore."
Title: Re: The Drive, week of 3/14/11
Post by: urth on March 18, 2011, 09:51:39 AM
Quote from: Gazoo on March 18, 2011, 09:18:00 AM
Notable FRA: "Sometimes a Fantasy," seemingly always left off BJ's GH comps even though it charted.  I don't like it, for the same reasons I deeply dislike Steel Breeze's "You Don't Want Me Anymore."

I don't dispute your dislike for Stale Cheese's YDWMA, but I'm curious what those reasons are. I have my own reasons, mostly having to do with their being from Sacramento at the time I was in college there. Serious oversaturation of an otherwise crappy song.
Title: Re: The Drive, week of 3/14/11
Post by: Gazoo on March 18, 2011, 10:13:54 AM
Quote from: urth on March 18, 2011, 09:51:39 AM
Quote from: Gazoo on March 18, 2011, 09:18:00 AM
Notable FRA: "Sometimes a Fantasy," seemingly always left off BJ's GH comps even though it charted.  I don't like it, for the same reasons I deeply dislike Steel Breeze's "You Don't Want Me Anymore."

I don't dispute your dislike for Stale Cheese's YDWMA, but I'm curious what those reasons are. I have my own reasons, mostly having to do with their being from Sacramento at the time I was in college there. Serious oversaturation of an otherwise crappy song.

The riff, lyrics, and delivery have a staccato simplicity that rubs my brain the wrong way.