The Drive, week of 11/1/10

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Mon 11/1/10: 1974

stuck in the '70s this morning -- hooray!

Buckwheat Crapton with "mainline Florida , o-TAY!"

Redbone comes'n'gits it; Aerosmith's train keeps a-rollin'; BadCo are ready fo' love.

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uber-BOS Macca & Co, "Junior's Farm", still my favorite single of his.

and BOS2 the orig studio version of Frampton's "Show Me the Way". But I still don't know what dropping a cup has to do with submerging.

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oo! BOS3 the 'oo, doing their version of "Pure & Easy" from Odds'n'Sods. And a child flew past me riding in a star.

VHM EJ & Dr Winston O'Boogie with "LSD". People forget how audacious this seemed in '74.

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Grand Funk - Some Kind of Wonderful 
Eric Clapton - Mainline Florida 
Supertramp - Dreamer 
Redbone - Come and Get Your Love 
Aerosmith - Train Kept a Rollin' 
Bad Company - Ready For Love 
Paul McCartney - Junior's Farm 
Peter Frampton - Show Me the Way 
The Who - Pure and Easy 
Elton John - Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds 

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Tue 11/2/10: 1986

Gregg Allman - I'm No Angel 
Boston - Amanda 
Talking Heads - Wild Wild Life 
Journey - The Girl Can't Help It 
Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over 
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Needles and Pins (live) 
Peter Gabriel - Big Time 
Genesis - Throwing it All Away 
Van Halen - Best of Both Worlds 
Eddie Money - I Wanna Go Back 

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Wed 11/3/10: 1969

nice to be able to listen to Bob in real-time again, especially when it's a '60s set. Even when it starts as katrinishly as this one: proxy of Alicat, "Cinnamon Girl".  BOS1 the Mighty Zep, "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You".

Always a VHM for Mr Nilsson covering Mr Neil.

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Wed 11/3/10: 1969

nice to be able to listen to Bob in real-time again, especially when it's a '60s set. Even when it starts as katrinishly as this one: proxy of Alicat, "Cinnamon Girl".

I'm listening in real-time too.  Unfortunately, also doing dishes and vacuuming in real-time.   

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Wed 11/3/10: 1969

nice to be able to listen to Bob in real-time again, especially when it's a '60s set. Even when it starts as katrinishly as this one: proxy of Alicat, "Cinnamon Girl".

I'm listening in real-time too.  Unfortunately, also doing dishes and vacuuming in real-time.   

I see the Knicks had ceiling problems this week, too.

Damn, everywhere I turn this week it's Burton Cummings!

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VHM Easy Rider pot-smoking. "Green River" indeed. Can't believe Prop 19 lost badly -- thought it would at least be close.

TANC: "Evil Ways", which became a commercial for Winchester "little cigars" back in '70.

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I like Tull as much as the next aging hippie, but I didn't need "Nothing Is Easy" twice in a week.

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Wed 11/3/10: 1969

Neil Young - Cinnamon Girl 
Led Zeppelin - Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You 
Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin' 
Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter 
Chicago - Questions 67 & 68 
Guess Who - These Eyes 
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River 
Santana - Evil Ways 
Crosby, Stills & Nash - Long Time Gone 
Jethro Tull - Nothing is Easy 

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Thur 11/4/10: 1976

Freddie wants somebody to love. Don't we all.

And Rod finds somebody in the form of Ms. Eklund. Yowsah!

and Mr Seger sez "Come to Papa!"

oh lord: The gales of November come early, and Mr Lightfoot supplies a lengthy deejay bathroom break. (the anniv of the wreck is next week)

And the Dan wander in from the City of St John.

segue of the set: Mayor Daley's dead --> "Don't Fear the Reaper". LOL!

WOS Kansas -- it's just a travesty, all right.

BOS "Year of the cat", hitting the spot this morning.

Queen - Somebody to Love 
Rod Stewart - Tonight's the Night 
Steve Miller - Take the Money and Run 
Bob Seger - Come to Poppa 
Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald 
Steely Dan - The Royal Scam 
Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear the Reaper 
Eagles - New Kid in Town 
Kansas - The Wall 
Al Stewart - Year of the Cat 

tomorrow: 10 songs about animals (?!?)

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Thur 11/4/10: 1976
and Mr Seger sez "Come to Papa!"

That was NTM.  I'm glad the soul influence was mentioned; it reminded me (and seemed almost an answer record to) Etta James' "Tell Mama."

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Thur 11/4/10: 1976
and Mr Seger sez "Come to Papa!"

That was NTM.  I'm glad the soul influence was mentioned; it reminded me (and seemed almost an answer record to) Etta James' "Tell Mama."

It's another Willie Mitchell composition.

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Fri 11/2/10: let's get animal, animal...

Yes' "Don't Kill the Whale" is quite the rarity -- I don't think I've EVER heard this on the radio. It'd be Bustout of the Week, if it were actually, y'know... good.

VHM EJ: better croc rock than cock-rock, I always say.

BOS1 "Wild Horses", instant summer-of-'71 flashback.

always a BOS(2) for "White Bird".

hey hey, mama: VHM "Black Dog", makin' me sweat, makin' me groove. Is Percy saying "flaming horde" or "flaming whore"?

from "Black Dog" to "Hound Dog" -- cute, Bob.

BOS3 "Spank Shock the Monkey"

VHM "Banana Splits" "Buffalo Soldier"

inevitable, I guess: "I Am the Walrus".

I'd've much preferred Macca's "Mary Had a Little Lamb" to SRV's.

Yes - Don't Kill the Whale 
Elton John - Crocodile Rock 
Rolling Stones - Wild Horses 
It's a Beautiful Day - White Bird 
Led Zeppelin - Black Dog 
Elvis Presley - Hound Dog 
Peter Gabriel - Shock the Monkey 
Bob Marley - Shock the Monkey 
Beatles - I Am the Walrus 
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Mary Had a Little Lamb