Austin "Bob" week of 12/20/09

[RGMike]

Mon 12/20/09: 1971

Carole King    -It's Too Late                 
Dave Edmunds  -I Hear You Knockin           
Janis Joplin   Me And Bobby McGee           
Cat Stevens     -Wild World                   
Doors        -Love Her Madly               
Three Dog Night      -An Old Fashioned Love Song   
Rolling Stones    -Brown Sugar                   
Santana       -Oye Como Va                   
Sly & The Family Stone    -Family Affair

[RGMike]

Tue 12/22/09: 1985

Stevie Wonder -Part-Time Lover
Dire Straits -Money For Nothing
Loverboy -Lovin' Every Minute Of It
Wham -Freedom
Pat Benatar -Invincible
Honeydrippers -Sea Of Love
John Parr -Naughty Naughty
A-Ha -Take On Me
Lionel Richie -Say You, Say Me

BOS Stevie, singin' about undercover fascists on the run.  VHM the total cheeziness of "Naughty naughty"

[RGMike]

Wed 12/23/09: 1998

Cher -Believe
Barenaked Ladies -One Week
Matchbox Twenty -3 AM
Eve 6 -Inside Out
Goo Goo Dolls -Slide
New Radicals -You Get What You Give
Fastball -The Way
Cake -Never There
Celine Dion & R. Kelly -I'm Your Angel

'98 they way I remember it. "Believe" was 11 years ago?  Hard to, er, believe -- and astounding that 11 years later every other hit single has a processed-thru-a-vocoder vocal and people still aren't sick of that gimmick.

[RGMike]

Thur 12/24/09: Christmas!

Trans Siberian Orchestra -Christmas Eve Sarajevo
Ronettes -Sleigh Ride
Bruce Springsteen -Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Brenda Lee -Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
Elton John -Step Into Christmas
Band Aid -Do They Know It's Christmas
Waitresses -Christmas Wrapping
Dolly Parton -Hard Candy Christmas
Mariah Carey -All I Want For Christmas Is You

[RGMike]

Fri 12/25/09: Surfin' Santas?

Rivieras -California Sun
Ventures -Walk Don't Run
Sunrays -Live For The Sun
Annette -Beach Party
Surfaris -Wipeout
Chantays -Pipeline
Jan & Dean -Surf City
Dick Dale & The Del-Tones -Miserlou
Beach Boys -Surfer Girl