The Drive, week of 6/27/11

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Mon 6/27/11: 1972

Come OWN! let's go "Space Truckin'"!  And Lou Reed goes Warhol star-f***in'.

Da mama pajama rolls outta bed. BOS.

Very young and early Styx: "Best Thing", which is far from it but a NTM bustout in any case.

VHM ELP.  Stones: sometimes the ace, sometimes the deuces. HM "Tumblin' Dice".

L&M -- even tho' they ain't got money, they got BOS2 honey.

Gary Glitter has Rock'n'Roll'n'kiddieporn.

BOS3 Jackson Browne, rockin' on the water.

I loves me a good jew's-harp solo: VHM the 'oo, "Join Together".

Deep Purple - Space Truckin' 
Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side 
Paul Simon - Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard 
Styx - Best Thing 
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - From the Beginning 
Rolling Stones - Tumbling Dice 
Loggins & Messina - Danny's Song 
Gary Glitter - Rock & Roll, Part 2 
Jackson Browne - Rock Me on the Water 
The Who - Join Together 

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Tue 6/28/11: Let's get Animal... animal!

Ted Nugent - Cat Scratch Fever 
Police - Canary in a Coal Mine 
Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit 
Doors - Peace Frog 
Steely Dan - Black Cow 
Stray Cats - Stray Cat Strut 
Steve Miller - Fly Like an Eagle 
Sammy Hagar - Eagles Fly 
Peter Gabriel - Shock the Monkey 
Def Leppard - Animal 

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Wed 6/29/11: 1982

Bob in the '80s. Yuck. "Wasted on the way" indeed.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! WOS1 Asia in heat.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!² WOS2 "Abracadabra"

Mr Idol plays dances with hisself. Ms. Jett lurves RnR. Perhaps a marriage of convenience is in order.

A little ditty... that's JCM's VHM.

Scorpions, "Rock You Like a Hur--" er, I mean, "No One Like You". Oh those wacky Krauts.

Phil C don't care anymore. And neither do I.

"Avalon" gets BOS by default, and BJ's "Allentown" gets BOS2 for being superb.

Crosby, Stills & Nash   Wasted on the Way   17.4%
Asia   Heat of the Moment   14.6%
Steve Miller Band   Abracadabra   9.1%
Billy Idol   Dancing with Myself   5.9%
Joan Jett   I Love Rock N' Roll   9.5%
John Mellencamp   Jack & Diane   6.7%
Scorpions   No One Like You    9.1%
Phil Collins   I Don't Care Anymore   5.9%
Roxy Music   Avalon   11.1%
Billy Joel    Allentown

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Thur 6/30/11: 1976

Heart promised. Duh!

ELO serenade Dirk Diggler.


Walter Murphy has Cheeze for breakfast: BOS "Fifth of Beethoven".

Bob Seger has chili for breakfast: "Fire Down Below".  Pass the Pepto.

Queen make a friend; Chicago serenade Leopold "Butters" Stotch



WOS Aerosmith.

Bob's been upping the pop cheeze factor lately, thank heavens. BOS2 Starbuck. Xylophone solos totally rule!

Ann & Nancy go cwazy! Iggles become Victims of Love -- BOS3.

EJ and Kiki imagine what it's like to be hetero. VHM.

ELO - Living Thing 
Walter Murphy - A Fifth of Beethoven 
Bob Seger - The Fire Down Below 
Queen - You're My Best Friend 
Chicago - If You Leave Me Now 
Aerosmith - Back in the Saddle Again 
Starbuck - Moonlight Feels Right 
Heart - Crazy on You 
Eagles - Victim of Love 
Elton John & Kiki Dee - Don't Go Breaking My Heart 

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Fri 7/1/11: 1966!!

yay for '66 but that commercial on the Drive's player is the most annoying thing ever.

BOS1 Los Bravos. Chicano rock rawks!

BOS2 "8 Miles High".

yo, bitch! you undah mah fumb!

BOS3 the 'oo.

uber-BOS4 the Hollies's fab "I Can't Let Go"



VHM Monkees, believin'.

Hey Little Girl, you don't have to hide nothin' no more!  BOS5

Mitch Ryder - Devil With a Blue Dress 
Los Bravos - Black is Black 
Beach Boys - Good Vibrations 
Four Tops - Reach Out (I'll Be There) 
Byrds - Eight Miles High 
Rolling Stones - Under My Thumb 
Who - The Kids Are Alright 
Hollies - I Can't Let Go   
Monkees - I'm a Believer 
Syndicate of Sound - Little Girl