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RockRoll360 #174 —- WHITE TRASH BEAUTIFUL ( Part 2 )

 

Part 2 of a brand new compilation WHITE TRASH BEAUTIFUL

One new tune on this one by Death Cab for Cutie.
Also one mashed up tune, edited for Podcast and a great
real old song from 1947, that us babyboomers grew up
with throughout the 50’s and 60’s.

This show is ONE BIG MP3 for your listening enjoyment.
Check it out by clicking the play button
and / or downloading.
Also I would like you to share this show with
the music lovers in your life..

Music includes :::::

STAY YOUNG, GO DANCING / DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE
COME CLOSER TOGETHER   ( Mash - Rated PG13 ) 
                    / BEATLES vs. NINE INCH NAILS  
WHITE TRASH BEAUTIFUL     /    EVERLAST  
SMOKE ! SMOKE ! SMOKE ! (THAT CIGARETTE)      /  PHIL HARRIS  
RING OF FIRE       /   SOCIAL DISTORTION  
HEY BIG BROTHER      /     RARE EARTH  
SELF ESTEEM     /       OFFSPRING  
DER KOMMISSAR     /        AFTER THE FIRE  
CAN’T KEEP IT IN      /        CAT STEVENS  
CHICK-A-BOOM (Don’t Ya Jes’ Love It)  /  DADDY DEWDROP  
VOODOO SPELL   /  MICHAEL BURKE  

Sound bites include :::::

Contains scenes of violence & Naked women 
                                                  / Sound Bite from  Monty Python  
Newport Filter Cigarettes     / Vintage spot for The Joey Bishop Show  
Quiet Numskulls I’m Broadcasting
       / Never know next  RR360 Podcast bumper with The 3 Stooges
Time now for a lost 45  Sound bite
                   / Wayne Newton / Record Scratch /  & Stewie
Here I come to save the day   
             /  excerpt of the Mighty Mouse Cartoon Intro  
So that’s it today from The French Chef ( Bon Appetit )
                             / Sound Bite from  Julia Child

Tags: , aaa radio, after the fire, Beatles, cat stevens, Classic Rock, daddy dewdrop, death cab for cutie, eclectic, everlast, free mp3, freeform, joey bishop, julia child, michael burke, mighty mouse, Monty Python, mp3, music, nine inch nails, offspring, phil harris, progressive, rare earth, Rock, RockRoll360, Social Distortion, stewie, the 3 stooges, wayne newton, WLSO

ROCKOLLECTIONS: SALUTE TO MOTHERS PT.3

Mothers Day was just a few days ago, so I’ll continue with our Salute To Mothers.
After all, they work all year round, so why only honor them for a meager one day?
We’ll open this chapter with the Rolling Stones.
How many remember that, like the Beatles, the Stones very first song about drugs was ANTI-DRUG?
And a Mother taking them!
That’s a fact- and besides that, I’d like you to listen to the different quality of the tune.
I not long ago got hold of some Rolling Stones recordings out of Germany, and they are in TRUE stereo!
For years I knew about them, and even had a rather poor quality tape of Satisfaction from Germany, which has NEVER been released to the rest of the world in real stereo.
(Don’t know how they have these things, Japan is good for acquiring this sort of stuff too).
So unless you are one of the few to have heard this, you are in for a treat…like you’ve never heard it before!
Then it is on to the fact that Mothers are part of a very very small club- no matter what we do, they will always love us.
A serial killer? Proven in court without a doubt?
No matter, Mom won’t believe it, lol!
After that, a look at Good Mothers, with Bad Mothers to follow next episode.
Some rockin’ music for Good Mothers- and of course we all know about those Good ones…they are the ones WE have, lol!

Mike

Tags: ANTI-DRUG, Bad Mothers, Beatles, Germany, Good Mothers, Japan, Rolling Stones, Satisfaction, True Stereo

ROCKOLLECTIONS: BEATLE JOHN LENNON ON THE BBC, AND MORE

We move on to John Lennon in our annual remembrance of the lives of two men who were a part of something that probably will never happen again, the phenomenon that was the Beatles.
Dec.8th is the 30th anniversary of John’s death, just astonishing to me, where has the time gone?
I won’t bore you again with my personal memories of that night, but it was a shocker.
John is 30 years gone…for most of us, that’s almost twice as long as he was an active, significant part of our lives!
And he would have turned 70 on Oct.9th, same birthday as his son, Sean.
I’ll cherry pick some more from those delightful 1963 BBC Sessions, highlighting John, from Pop Go The Beatles.
There is a real fun moment in here regarding George Martin’s non-appearance on the show, and the Beatles need for the piano part Martin played on A Hard Day’s Night.
I’ll take you back for some more Roots Rock too.
Then some dialogue simply between a father and a son, but with a cute surprise in its content.
Followed by a Lennon song that for me, always makes me think how unprepared I was for their losses.
I’ll end with a seasonal song, but more intimate with just John and Yoko- not the version with the children’s chorus you are used to hearing.
What can I say? I miss those two guys and wish they were still around.
But when you think about it, it’s all perspective.
Including their solo careers, they left us with a vast library of great music.
So, are the Beatles now half empty or half full?
And given the joy they provided in my life and so many others lives, does it even matter?

Mike

Tags: 1963 BBC Sessions, 30th Anniversary Of John's Death, A Hard Day's Night, Beatles, Dec.8th, George Martin, Oct.9th, Pop Go The Beatles, Roots Rock, Sean Lennon, yoko ono

ROCKOLLECTIONS: ‘ERMAN’S ‘ERMITS PT.1

The featured artists for this week are Herman’s Hermits, one of the early British Invasion bands that swept this country.
They were considered part of the Merseybeat Sound despite being from Manchester and not Liverpool.
These 2 parts are dedicated to a great friend of mine, Denise.
And you will hear me debating with myself just how important a group they were.
Didn’t want to tick Denise off, lol!
Ironically, the more serious songs they did were relegated to B-sides.
But there is no denying the FUN factor of their music.
The first 2 songs I will play were huge here, yet oddly not even released as singles in Britain.
While I may be a little peculiar (yeah, that’s NEW, lol!) with my selections in this Part One, by the time we get through the next episode, I guarantee I will have awakened many memory cells!
In fact, there is one here from 1965 that even I had forgotten- and listen for the Buddy Holly hiccup in it.
Although many critics dismissed them, they had players like Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones sitting in on their sessions.
So what if they weren’t the Beatles, Stones or Dylan.
Like I say, they were, and are, a FUN listen.
Enjoy!

Mike

Tags: B-Sides, Beatles, Britain, British Invasion Bands, Buddy Holly Hiccup, Denise Decker, Dylan, Engineer Ken Stanley, Herman’s Hermits, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, Led Zeppelin, Liverpool, Manchester, Merseybeat Sound, Stones

ROCKOLLECTIONS: HOME FOR THANKSGIVING 2010 PT.4 FINAL

This final chapter is out here a bit early because I am traveling for Thanksgiving myself.
My favorite shows to do are the Thanksgiving and Christmas ones.
I get to make a statement, send a message- as I have said before, music is my form of a Western Union telegram.
This episode definitely feels like Thanksgiving Day to me!
I’ll start this finale off with a beautiful song by Lucy Kaplansky, with some noticeable help from Richard Shindell.
Then, saving the best for last, and calling in some heavy hitters on this topic, at least to me, two of the finest songs ever about Going Home.
And they just happen to share the same title.
After that, is there a Beatle song about Going Home? Sure is!
Finally, another one of those two different endings I do when I have two songs so exquisitely perfect for the task, I can’t make up my mind.
The first one concerns Home being so fine, so desirable, you would run there.
The second…well of all the modes of transportation we have taken over the years, this is without a doubt the nicest way to go Home I can think of.
And even that wasn’t enough, as I slipped in something else to hopefully surprise and delight you on my way out the door, regarding what we have learned these past two weeks through music.
While the Holiday and the Tradition may have started in this country, everybody has something to be thankful for, not the least of which is being alive and around to BE thankful!
I am most certainly grateful for those of you who listen and stick with me, with all my quirky choices of songs and theme shows.
I THANK YOU!
And Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Mike

Tags: Beatles, Christmas, Engineer Ken Stanley, Happy Thanksgiving, Lucy Kaplansky, Richard Shindell, Thanksgiving Day, Western Union

ROCKOLLECTIONS: THE SOUNDS OF PETS PT.1

Since I have been on vacation, a REAL traveling around vacation, not just one from radio like before, here’s an old show from 2006.
I did it for the 40th Anniversary of the Pet Sounds album, so add 4 years to everything I say, lol!
It was, and still is, a landmark album.
And it is commonly accepted as the challenge to the Beatles that resulted in Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.
That fact alone makes it worth a listen.
Plus, even before the Beatles, the Beach Boys (always underrated because of their Surf Music beginnings) had developed into a self-contained group- writing, producing, arranging, etc., their own music.
So, the first of two parts on a Classic Album.
An album you will hear me read about, comment on, and most importantly, play.
Frankly, I think I talked too much, lol!

Mike

Tags: Beatles, Classic Album, radio, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Surf Music

ROCKOLLECTIONS: BILLY PRESTON, UNOFFICIAL 5TH BEATLE PT.2 END

Did you know Billy Preston did a duet with Isaac Hayes?
I’ll play it. Nice and bluesy- to get you In The Mood.
Then back to the Concert For George and another of those magnificent performances.
I like the way Eric Clapton starts the song, then hands off to Billy.
Gotta thank my good old friend, Mike Hennessy, for those concert CD’s.
After that it’s another duet, this one a big hit that reached # 4 I had forgotten about- yes, it happens to me too. One beautiful song!
I’ll have some interesting Preston trivia- like he was, with Janis Ian, the first musical guest on Saturday Night Live back on its debut.
Next, Billy doing a Beatle song from the horrid Sgt. Pepper movie- in which he played Sgt. Pepper (hate to bring back the memory of that flick, lol!).
Followed by a # 1 song everyone should recall and sing along with- it’s all mathematics.
After receiving a kidney transplant, Billy’s health continued to deteriorate, and I was shocked to discover he was in a coma from November 2005 until his death in June 2006!
Finally, we will end with yet another thing you may not have known.
Billy Preston co-wrote a song that was a huge hit for Joe Cocker.
Maybe for the first time, you’ll hear his own version.
And I hope you enjoy it, as well as this entire episode.

Mike

Tags: Beatles, Concert For George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Isaac Hayes, Janis Ian, Joe Cocker, Mike Hennessy, Saturday Night Live, Sgt. Pepper Movie

ROCKOLLECTIONS: BILLY PRESTON, UNOFFICIAL 5TH BEATLE PT.1

After a dopey question from me, we open this show with a better question from Billy Preston.
Although he never quite answers it.
I’ll have some very interesting biography to share with you about Billy- and one of my off-the-cuff remarks that made me want to head for Outta Space.
It still strikes me funny though, lol!
After listening to tapes made during the Beatle sessions, it may surprise you just how close Billy Preston came to being officially the 5th Beatle!
Going to play 2 songs next, one was on the Billboard charts at # 22 and the other # 62.
I will leave it to you to judge the better song, but my feelings will be known.
Did you know that the first recorded version of My Sweet Lord was on a Billy Preston album?
Produced by his good friend George Harrison. And Billy appeared on all of George’s 1970’s albums, at least.
Although ill himself, he took George’s passing very hard.
We will close out this opening chapter (of two) with one of Billy’s remarkable performances at the Concert For George Harrison.

Mike

Tags: 5th Beatle, Beatles, Billboard, Concert For George Harrison, George Harrison, My Sweet Lord, Outta Space

RockRoll360 #080 - Goodbye to WBCN (Part. 21)

 

Amy Brooks, Dan O’Brien, Adam 12
WBCN Band Camp 2007, Bank of America Pavillion, Boston, MA

Continuing with The Goodbye to WBCN final 4 days of Broadcast.
Don’t forget segments with this symbol  ( # ) are bonus additions
and is not from the original 4 day broadcast.

– WBCN 1041 Boston HD 1 Boston
– On Air D.J. Mark Hamilton
– Celebrating 41 Years - Members Of U2
– Looking Back at 41 years  - U2 Adam Clayton
– “One Big Holiday”    by    My Morning Jacket
– Adam Xii on Air
– Looking Back at 41 years  - Beatles Vs. The 3 Stooges
– Looking Back at 41 years  - Roger Daltrey of The Who 
– “Never Say Never”       by        Romeo Void
– Adam Xii interview with Jonathan Kraft owner of The New England Patriots
– Looking Back at 41 years  - Charles Laquidara
– “Blue Sky”                by       The Allman Brothers       #
– Good Morning On The Big Mattress       #
– “Voices Carry”            By    Til’ Tuesday      (1983 Rock & Roll Rumble Winner )     ? #
– Adam Xii & Robin Young

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ROCKOLLECTIONS: REMEMBERING JOHN LENNON PT.2 END

 

We continue our celebration of John Lennon’s life.
Last week we talked about George Harrison’s last song, Horse To Water.
But what was John Lennon’s?
I will play 2 versions of what is commonly regarded as his final song, one a rough cut by him and the other by Mary Chapin Carpenter.
Carpenter does such a good job on it, I feel she took it away from John and made it her own!
Back to his Beatle days after that, with a take that sounds very Buddy Holly to me.
Engineer Ken and I decided to go back to the Mind Games album to finish things off.
There are so many good songs on that LP that were never heard, as the radio playlists began to get even tighter.
So to rectify that a little, we will hear Tight A$ (that’s right, no typo), a catchy rocker called Only People, Out Of The Blue and finish with One Day At A Time- the best way to live your life.
If those song titles do not sound familiar to you, well, I rest my case about commercial radio!
And that will do it for George and John this year.
Hope you got something out of it.

Mike

Tags: Beatles, Buddy Holly, Engineer Ken, George Harrison, Horse To Water, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Mind Games, One Day At A Time, Only People, Out Of The Blue, Tight A$

ROCKOLLECTIONS: REMEMBERING JOHN LENNON PT.1

Last week we did George Harrison, this week it is John Lennon’s turn.
As you should know, he was shot and killed on Dec.8, 1980.
I was looking for a way to open this show, when those “You Are Here” signs occured to me.
Everybody has to be somewhere, so you are here!
I have some rare and unusual Lennon things, in this chapter going back to his Beatle days.
Included is a version of his Norwegian Wood, in which George first unveiled his sitar playing to us.
You’ll hear John and Paul, but George is playing those SITAR chords on GUITAR.
We’ll have some older Beatle things as well.
I’ll tell you about what some of John’s last day was like.
And you’ll hear a very interesting story from George Martin about the animal sound effects on Good Morning Good Morning from Sgt. Pepper, and what the order of succession of them was supposed to represent.
Then I will play you just the isolated animal effects!
Speaking of animals, a Walrus counts, right?
We will close this one out with another isolated bit, this time that radio broadcast of Shakespeare’s King Lear that John used in…well, you know!
Hope you enjoy this one- it was a lot of fun for me to get to play these things for more than just the people who come over to my house.
There will be another episode on Mr. Lennon shortly.

Mike

Tags: Beatles, December 8th 1980, George Harrison, George Martin, Good Morning Good Morning, I Am The Walrus, King Lear, Norwegian Wood, Paul McCartney, Sgt. Pepper, Shakespeare, Sitar

ROCKOLLECTIONS: REMEMBERING GEORGE HARRISON PT.2 END

We will conclude our remembrance of George Harrison for this year, and we will continue to hear some rare and odd selections by him. Plus my very very tenuous geographic connection to him and John Lennon.
Then it is on to George’s LAST recording- a song he wrote and recorded for a Jools Holland album- his own last album, Brainwashed, was to be released later.
The next song, Poor Little Girl, sounds somewhat similar (alliteration alert!), yet could easily have fit on a Beatles album- even the title sounds right!
It was only released on The Best Of Dark Horse.
Then what I consider the centerpiece of this show.
I found the original version of James Ray’s Got my Mind Set On You.
Broken into 2 parts for both sides of a 45 rpm single by Ray, I put them together- but if you listen closely you can hear where the break was.
A song George loved so much he remembered and recorded it 20 some-odd years later.
I’ll play them back to back!
From the Beatle days, a demo for Piggies in which he hadn’t gotten all the words together yet.
So don’t be surprised when he gets to the familiar “eat their bacon”, and instead it is “cut their pork chops”.
After that, I have an intimate, acoustic rendering of the not-too-well-known Run Of The Mill.
We will close things out with the title track instrumental music from George’s Wonderwall album under and above me.
It may surprise some that George was the FIRST of the Beatles to release a solo album!
Hope you enjoy this one, and stay tuned as John Lennon will get the same treatment.

Mike

Tags: Beatles, Brainwashed, Got My Mind Set On You, James Ray, John Lennon, Jools Holland, Piggies, Poor Little Girl, Run Of The Mill, The Best Of Dark Horse, Wonderwall

ROCKOLLECTIONS: REMEMBERING GEORGE HARRISON PT.1

It is time for our annual tributes to George Harrison and John Lennon.
Last year I did a split show.
But there is so much music out there by both of them, much of it unheard, I decided  each would get their own hour.
George died on November 29, 2001, with many of us here in New York City still reeling from the Sept. 11th attacks.
Looking over his songs, I wondered if they had taken on any greater meaning for him as he grew aware that he was terminally ill.
So, I thought I would open up with a few songs to show you what I mean.
But not wanting to play the same old same old, I will be playing different versions, or takes (sometimes demos), throughout these shows and John’s.
Take for instance, Give Me Love, Give Me Peace On Earth, where he sings almost pleadingly “give me life, give me hope”. If he even heard it during his illness, how would that make him feel?
Or the Art Of Dying, would that give him some strength and solace?
George had an ongoing battle with cancer, and that moron who stabbed him and punctured his lung didn’t help.
Isn’t It A Pity he had to leave us.
I have some live things too- one from a concert in 1974 and another from 1991.
Engineer Ken saw him in ‘74 but doesn’t remember hearing the track I will play- a bluesy version of a lesser-known Beatles song, complete with vibes!
It is a different George than the serious one, joking around with the band members and making up new words.
Plus I have George doing an acoustic version of a previously unreleased Bob Dylan song that ultimately ended as electric on the Porky’s Revenge soundtrack (HUH?)
I promise you will hear things you have never heard before.
And all guitar players should particularly enjoy this episode and the next with George Harrison!

Mike

Tags: Art Of Dying, Beatles, Bob Dylan, Engineer Ken, Give Me Love Give Me Peace On Earth, Isn't It A Pity, John Lennon, New York City, Porky's Revenge, Sept. 11th

ROCKOLLECTIONS: HEY HEY…THE MONKEES - PT.1

Here is a group I never thought I would play.
I honestly thought I was too hip to do so, lol!
They were a MANUFACTURED group, the Pre-Fab Four!
A cheap knockoff of the Beatles!
Everyone should know about the ad put in Variety by NBC.
But time has a way of making you mellow, and their music is catchy.
Mainly because they had some great songwriters handing them songs, like Tommy Boyce & Boby Hart, Carole King, and Neil Diamond.
They were considered TV actors first, musicians a distant second!
Mike Nesmith seemed the most serious about music, he wrote Different Drum for Linda Ronstadt & the Stone Poneys among some other very good songs- and in an interview I once heard with him, he sounded so sad about his and the band’s musical shortcomings, he forever had me on his side.
In fact, the Monkees were not ALLOWED to play anything on on most of their 1st records, just sing!
But Nesmith was able to put some of his songs on those albums.
They were immensely popular at the time, and I guess I have to say I like many of their songs- I even have a favorite.
So just for those reasons alone, I bring you the Monkees, lol!
Enjoy, and there is a second half to come.

Mike

Tags: Beatles, Bobby Hart, Carole King, Different Drum, Linda Ronstadt, Mike Nesmith, NBC, Neil Diamond, Pre-Fab Four, Stone Poneys, Tommy Boyce, Variety

RockRoll360 #046 - I Got A Feeling - Part. 1

 

Well The Columbus Weekend has ended and now we head for Halloween.
Year is going by too fast.

Hey if your a baseball fan, you have to check out the
last 3 minutes to the end of show on this show. I wish I
could say it was my idea completely but I have to give
credit to WBZ AM 1030 - News Radio in Boston.

My Fav’s & Gem’s on this one is by Black Eyed Peas ( Another Guilty Pleasure ),
Neil Young, Cage The Elephant and a really lost classic by Jack Kittel. 

So please click, listen, download and of course share this show.

Music includes ::::

I’VE GOTTA A FEELING - THE BLACK EYED PEAS
I’VE GOT A FEELING - THE BEATLES
STAYS IN MEXICO - TOBY KEITH
YOU GIVE ME SOMETHING - JAMES MORRISON
MY BACK PAGES -  THE BYRDS
DAYS THAT USE TO BE - NEIL YOUNG
THE SHOW MUST GO ON - THREE DOG NIGHT
AIN’T NO REST FOR THE WICKED
- CAGE THE ELEPHANT
NOTION - KINGS OF LEON
PSYCHO   (Rated PG-13) - JACK KITTEL
CANDY - PAOLO NUTINI

Sound Bites include:::::::

1972 Eclipse Of The Sun ( On WLSO.FM 360 )
- Sound Bite from Monty Python & Mike A.
You can take Salem out of the country but
- Commercial for Salem Cigarettes
WBCN  - This is new rock - Kings of Leon  WBCN New Rock I.D.
WBCN / Dwayne / and Robert Palmer audio collage
- WBCN Radio Audio Collage
Bring Out Your Dead - Monty Python

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Tags: Beatles, black eyed peas, Byrds, cage the elephant, eclectic, free mp3, jack kittle, james morrison, mix, mixed, Monty Python, mp3, music, Neil Young, paolo nutini, progressive radio, robert palmer, RockRoll360, salem cigarettes, three dog night, toby keith, wbcn

RockRoll360 #045 - Goodbye to WBCN ( Part. 5 )

 

Ken Shelton, Mark Parenteau
                & Charles Laquidara above in Sept. 2009

Continuing with The Goodbye to WBCN final 4 days of Broadcast.
Don’t forget segments with this symbol  ( # ) was not on the original
broadcast but added from by me, from my music & old WBCN
collection from the years 1977 -1988.

Guilty pleasure of mine by the Black Eyed Peas was added
after the BCN I.D. of New Music. I think I’m safe to
safe FreeForm BCN might have this on their playlist.

– WBCN / Dwayne on The Pru  / Robert Palmer
                    audio collage - WBCN Radio Audio Collage   #
– W.. b.. c……. n…..      I.D.
– Classic Lunch Song  - Lunchtime Jock   ( Beatles Parody )
– Unplugged Lunch / Ken Shelton with Peter Flampton ( 4 Songs )
– WBCN I.D. - HD1
– This Is New Rock
– “I Gotta Feeling” by The Black Eyed Peas      #
– “Breaking The Law”    by  Judas Priest
– This is New Rock - The Fixer by Pearl Jam
– “The Fixer” - Pearl Jam
– Play something really loud -
– “Beautiful People”  by Marilyn Manson 
–  Talks about Marilyn Mason
– “When The Man Comes Around”  by Johnny Cash    
– “Police On My Back”  by The Clash

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ROCKOLLECTIONS: BRENDA LEE PT.2 END

I will continue with Brenda Lee- and she has the bona fides, she is in the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame.
But it took her 11 years to get in, the longest time for any artist to make it.
And further indication of the R&R Hall Of Fame’s virtually meaningless existence.
Last chapter, I forewarned men to have a recording device ready.
Right off the bat, it will be time to use it.
And all in good fun, lol!
It’s Brenda’s signature song and hit # 1.
Followed by the earliest song I could find by her, from 1956, a phone number missing a number!
I’ll flip back and forth in this episode with that rough voice of her’s and some ballads- Number one’s and Top Ten songs.
In the early 60’s over in England, her opening act was a then little-known Liverpool group, the Beatles.
They went on to considerable fame also!
For some reason, Brenda Lee was always much more popular in the UK, even having a couple of Top Ten hits there that weren’t even released as singles here in the U.S.
She could rock, sing ballads and combined sexiness with innocence.
It’s a shame Brenda Lee is not better remembered.
But you may be surprised to know she has been mentioned in SONGS, by Chuck Berry, Burton Cummings…even Golden Earring’s Radar Love!
Last week we ran late, this time we had a little bit of time left over.
Not enough for a song, but enough to hear me try to smoothly stretch it to the end, LOL!
Hope you will hold Brenda Lee in higher regard now that you’ve gotten to hear what she could do.

Mike

Tags: Beatles, Burton Cummings, Chuck Berry, Golden Earring, Liverpool, Radar Love, Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame

RockRoll360 #044 - Goodbye to WBCN ( Part. 4 )

       

Some of the WBCN Alumi above….Albert O, David Bieber,
Carter Allen, Steve Berger, Tony Berardini, Bradley J, David Alexander

Segments include ::::

  — WBCN I.D. - The Real WBCN Boston
  – “Hey St. Peter” by Flash In The Pan
  – Mark Hamilton current D.J.
  – Looking Back at 41 Years - Beatles & 3 Stooges Parody
  – “So Sorry” by REM
  – WBCN I.D. - I Heard It On B…..ccc… nnnnnn
  – “Know Your Enemy” by Green Day
  – New Home for Sports to WBZ - The Sports Hub on 98.5
  – Looking Back at 41 Years - Love & Tractors ( Sinatra Parody )
  – “Machine Gun”  - ( Live )   - from Band Of Gypsys
  – Unplugged Lunch / Bradley J. with Garbage ( 3 Songs )

 

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RockRoll360 #043 - Potholes - Part 2

 

Welcome to Part 2 of Potholes
with some really great tuneage.
 
Gems include — Rehab, Flogging Molly, adeep track by Poco,
and even a sound bite from my wife Linda. Also check out
the Winston cigarette commercial  by the famous
Fred Flintstone & Barney Rubble.

Please Listen, Download and Share this program.
Also please leave any comments on the
WLSO.FM / RockRoll360 site.

Music includes:::::

BARTENDER SONG ( Sittin At A Bar ) - REHAB
SWEET THING - KEITH URBAN
BETTE DAVIS EYES - KIM CARNES
LOVE HURTS - INCUBUS
WHEN I’M SIXTY-FOUR - THE BEATLES
IF I EVER LEAVE THIS WORLD - FLOGGING MOLLY
LANDING IN LONDON - 3 DOORS DOWN and feats. BOB SEGER
UNWRITTEN - NATASHA BEDINGFIELD
PICKIN’ UP THE PIECES - POCO
I SHALL BE RELEASED - THE BAND
SOFT AND SWEET - G.LOVE & SPECIAL SAUCE
Sound Bites  includes:::::

DOG  BALL - Comedy from “Stevens & Grdnic”
Wipe my mouth - Sound Bite from  Bette Davis 
My wife Linda promoting Holiday Retirement Home -
              Phone call to Larry Poitras on WNRI in Woonsocket, R.I.
Now here’s something we hope you really like -
                                 Sound Bite from  Rocky & Bullwinkle
KHJ ( Los Angeles ) - Radio Jingle
KFML  ( In Denver - Destruction of Top 40  ) - Classic Radio I.D.
WBOS  ( Music In A Minute ) - Radio I.D.
Winston Cigarettes ( Fred & Barney Winston Break )
                                      - Television Commercial with The Flintstones
Is it all over Rock …I guess so - Sound Bite from   Rocky & Bullwinkle
The End ( By George he’s got It ) It Is the end
                                          - Sound Bite from Rocky & Bullwinkle
Now leaving windows - unknown source  

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ROCKOLLECTIONS: BRENDA LEE PT.1

After my getting rejected again at the beginning of the show, lol, we’ll be taking a look at Little Miss Dynamite, Brenda Lee.
One of the very few women in early Rockabilly music, and toned down, I think, because it was a Boys Club.
If you want to hear a great current singer in that style, I suggest Rosie Flores, and particularly her album Rockabilly Filly.
At 4′ 9”, Brenda had a big voice, and I have always liked it when she would use that rough edge.
The GREATEST voice in Rock & Roll according to John Lennon!
In the 1960’s alone, she had 37 songs that charted on Billboard- surpassed only by a few, the likes of Elvis Presley and the Beatles.
An international star, she sold over 100 million records!
And New Musical Express, that old magazine over in England we heard so much about over here in the States, named her Best Female Vocalist 5 years in a row!
Brenda started early, winning a contest at 6 to appear on the radio.
Her break came after turning down $30 to perform somewhere, instead going to see Red Foley, who let her sing on his TV show that night.
The audience refused to let her leave until she sang 3 more songs.
Gotta love those success stories!
Some real good music here, with another half to follow.

Mike

Tags: Beatles, Best Female Vocalist, Elvis Presley, John Lennon, Little Miss Dynamite, New Musical Express, Red Foley, Rockabilly, Rockabilly Filly, Rosie Flores

ROCKOLLECTIONS: 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF EAGLE LANDING-SPACE:THE FINAL FRONTIER PT.7

Well, I am going to finish up the Moon portion of this Space series with what I am calling Kitchen Sink Moon Songs.
Those are Moon songs that didn’t quite fit into any category in our various stops along the way, but are good enough or just plain interesting enough to warrant playing.
We’ll start off with George Wurzbach, who I ALMOST know.
At my TV announcing job, I work with his on-camera wife- a real nice lady!
George, besides his solo career, is also a member of a group called Modern Man- the male answer to the fabulously funny female Four Bitchin’ Babes.
He can write serious, beautiful songs that can tug at your heartstrings. And he can also write songs like this, A Much Better View Of The Moon, that show his funny, twisted way of looking at things.
Gotta admire the guy in this one, he’s got the right attitude- for him the glass is always half FULL!
After that a very short song by Melanie, then one that although I consider myself very well versed in the music of the past, I had never heard nor heard of. And it reached # 8 on the charts in 1957!
Finally, a sound clip from a Beatles appearance on a British TV comedy show, having fun with an old standard.
Heading in a different direction, 2 Space songs that go together, and you will easily hear why.
And I should point out, in the first one the Byrds accurately sing about pyramids instead of monoliths- as they appeared in Arthur C. Clarke’s original short story.
This will set the table for our next subject- Astronauts.

Mike

Tags: A Much Better View Of The Moon, Arthur C. Clarke, Astronauts, Beatles, British TV, Byrds, Four Bitchin' Babes, George Wurzbach, Melanie, Modern Man, Monoliths, Pyramids, The Moon

ROCKOLLECTIONS: MY RETURN, AND BACK DOING IT AGAIN PT.2 END

We return for this 2nd half with more “return” songs, lol.
Including one from an ex-Beatle that for some reason was never released, but will blow your mind!
After that, I knew that in my self-exile I had missed an entire season, Spring, by just a couple of days.
For all the Hallmark card feelings about Spring, it is often forgotten there was a time that for the Native American Indians in many parts of the country, to have SURVIVED the Winter was a cause for celebration.
Just plain being glad you had made it to Spring and weren’t dead!
So a song about that, written by a Cree Indian jazz musician named Jim Pepper, but the version I’ll play was taken over and done much better by a folk-rock duo.
This song and I have been friends for a very long time- since the early 70’s- so I hope you like it!
And bear in mind when this was broadcast, June 23rd was just 3 days into Summer.
I’ll end by going out pretty much the way we came in.
You may have noticed that I am the lone holdout when it comes to printing playlists of these shows.
I don’t believe in them!
There are maybe half a dozen people in radio that I like to listen to- who of course share my “anything goes” attitude about what to play.
And I most certainly do NOT want to know IN ADVANCE what they are going to play.
The chance to bring back a forgotten song long dormant in your memory, or one you have never heard but catches your ear- these are the things that are the most delightful to me, and why I guard my free-form status so closely.
Why in the hell would I want to tell you what I am going to play before I do so- and why would you bother listening if I did?
The element of surprise or anticipation is key- this show is not background music while you do something else, and I am not wallpaper hanging there so long you don’t notice it anymore!
Let’s take another ride together.

Mike

Tags: Beatles, Hallmark, Jim Pepper, Native American Indians, Spring, Summer, Winter

RockRoll360 # 023 - My Parties - Pt. 1

 
One of my favorite compilations I ever put together is
showcase here and on Part 2. This one is a fun one and
moves from mellow to a toe tapper.
This is a great episode to present to your backyard parties.

We will go from the love experience, to getting yourselves
into a heavenly nirvana. Then we get to your backyard &
home party which ends up a world dance party.

Too many gems here to list, so I guess it’s time to party !

Happy 4th of July weekend, here in 2009.
Happy Birthday America who is 233 years old !

Warning  !!!!!!  This episode and Part 2, should be played LOUD !!!
Also please note Randy Newman tune is rated (R)

Tunes includes ::::

ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE - THE BEATLES
PASS IT ON - THE CORAL
HEAVEN - LOST LONELY BOYS
HEAVEN RIGHT HERE - JEB LOY NICHOLS
MY PARTIES - DIRE STRAITS
THERE’S A PARTY AT MY HOUSE - RANDY NEWMAN
PARTY DOLL - BUDDY KNOX
HERE FOR THE PARTY - GRETCHEN WILSON
AIN’T NOTHIN BUT A HOUSE PARTY - THE J. GEILS BAND
WORLD DANCE PARTY - THE FOOLS
SIMPLE MAN - SHINEDOWN
HEAD ROOM - 10cc
ANOTHER WHITE DASH - BUTTERFLY BOUCHER

Sound Bites include ::::::
All you need is love - Sound Bite from  Moulin Rouge
Ain’t got shit to do - Sound Bite
WROL 1490 in Knoxville - Radio Jingle
KFML in Denver ( Share a Pipe I.D.) - Radio I.D.  

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RockRoll360 #016 - Upside Down- Pt. 2

With nearly 50 Minutes of music and fun, here’s is Part 2 of
“Upside Down” - My fav’s on this one is by
Coheed & Cambria. I hear ELO with Stxy when I hear this song.
Also if you were never lucky enough to hear “The Man Song”
by now in this computer age, here it is. 
Also Shana Twain is one of my guilty pleasures in more ways
than one. Yes more ways than one - In my dreams that is .
Let’s start the show and PLEASE PASS ON.

THE MAN SONG - SEAN MOREY
                   from the BOB & TOM ( Radio Show )
MANNISH BOY - MUDDY WATERS
WELCOME HOME - COHEED AND CAMBRIA
BLUES HARP - MAGIC RONNIE EARL & JAMES COTTON
SWEET HOME CHICAGO - LUTHER JOHNSON JR.
LOVELY DAY - BILL WITHERS
MONEY / PINK FLOYD
KA-CHINGG - SHANIA TWAIN
SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL - THE ROLLING STONES
UPSIDE DOWN - JACK JOHNSON
GOLDEN SLUMBER - THE BEATLES
CARRY THAT WEIGHT - THE BEATLES
THE END - THE BEATLES
HER MAJESTY - THE BEATLES
 

Sound Bites include ::::::

Now its time with silly songs with Larry 
                              - Sound Bite from Veggie Tales
KKND (New Orleans-New Rock-The End) - Radio I.D.
My Mom says a lot of black people in Africa 
                                             - Sound Bite From South Park
Hello I’m Forest , Forest Gump - Sound Bite from Forrest Gump
Gifted - Sound Bite from Forrest Gump
I’m a Sundevil - Sound Bite from Forrest Gump
The Devil don’t change - Sound Bite from the movie 8 MM.
My sweet satin - Backwards bite from Stairway to Heaven
The End - Sound Bite from Rocky & Bullwinkle

I”ll rock you next time on Thursday with me (my voice),
with narration of RockRoll360. Let’s call it my narrative premier
on episode #017 here on WLSO.FM

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ROCKOLLECTIONS: A LOT MORE LITTLE PT.2 & ONE FOR INTERNATIONAL WHISTLERS WEEK

Little Richard actually started recording in the early 50’s, but had little success until he met producer Bumps Blackwell.

And even Blackwell at first treated him as a blues singer.

In fact, Richard was very capable singing blues- a point we will make with the first 2 songs of this chapter.

Also, because of the anti-rock & roll feelings of the period and what was called “race” music, many of Richard’s songs as well as those of Fats Domino, etc, were taken and sung by white artists.

Pat Boone being one that easily comes to mind, but you can’t really blame him. It made the songs more palatable to the radio stations and the record companies.

But Little Richard and the others would change that- and things would NEVER sound the same again!

I will play a few that you may or may not know, and a few that you have to know.

Little Richard Penniman, among his many accomplishments, took Billy Preston on a European tour, picked the Beatles for an opening act in England, and hired Jimi Hendrix for his band.

Maybe those things alone would qualify him for the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame!

Closing this one out, I picked an oddball song from around the same time as Little Richard was hitting it big, to play for International Whistlers Week- which was this week.

No kidding, there is one- the last week of April!

Mike

Tags: Beatles, Billy Preston, Bumps Blackwell, Fats Domino, Jimi Hendrix, Pat Boone, Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame

ROCKOLLECTIONS: A LOTTA LITTLE PT.1

Well it is about time we honored one of the Founding Fathers of Rock & Roll!

And it’s reigning madman.

I am talking about Little Richard, or Richard Penniman.

But the reason it took over 10 years was because he has re-recorded his songs so many times, you never knew which version you would be getting.

Rock & Roll fans knew which were the originals though, and I can assure you I will play the REAL, authentic Specialty label recordings of his many many hits here.

It took me a while to catch up with them all.

I will open with the most frenetic Ready Teddy the world has ever heard (with the possible exception of Buddy Holly’s take), and during this and the next chapter I will undoubtedly play some Little Richard you have never heard.

I gave Engineer Ken a few choices, and he picked Richard’s interpretation of the old Wilbert Harrison chestnut, Kansas City.

Listen to this and you will hear how the Beatles got THEIR version of the song!

Unfortunately, the biography I read from was poorly written, and I apologize for that.

But you will discover that Richard used to watch the medicine men at carnivals and used that to forge his style.

He was also greatly influenced by singer, and perhaps an even greater madman, Esquerita.

I would think probably most people have never heard of him, so maybe someday I’ll do a show on him.

For now, please join me for some timeless, high-energy music that without question was vital in the creation of what came to be known as Rock & Roll.

As crazy egotistical as Little Richard can be at times, he does have the credentials.

Mike

Tags: Beatles, Buddy Holly, Engineer Ken, Esquerita, Kansas City, Ready Teddy, Richard Penniman, Wibert Harrison

ROCKOLLECTIONS: A TOWN WITHOUT PITNEY PT.1

Well, I think I’ll keep you guessing on this one, although there is a huge clue in the title of the episode.
This time we will feature an artist who:
Was a master of teenage romantic angst;
Along with Roy Orbison brought orchestral pop into Rock & Roll;
Was one of the era’s best songwriters, with Hello Mary Lou, He’s A Rebel, Rubber Ball, etc.;
Was an early proponent of “countrypolitan” music;
Was among the first to introduce Eastern elements into pop, well before the Beatles;
Was one of the first to record Jagger/Richards & Randy Newman compositions;
Was an early protege of Phil Spector;
Produced and played all the instruments and voices on his debut hit single;
Played the maracas on the Rolling Stones version of Not Fade Away;
Sang the title song for two classic movies;
Was the first teen idol to perform at the Oscars;
Had a song he SANG prevented from reaching # 1 on charts by a song he WROTE;
Was deservedly inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in 2002.
Figured it out?
PLAY the answer!
Oh, and I finally confused the radio with the podcast. Listen at the break, as I say “Rockollections” instead of “Rock Lives” (hate that name!)

Mike

Tags: Beatles, He's A Rebel, Hello Mary Lou, Jagger/Richards, Not Fade Away, Phil Spector, Randy Newman, Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, Rolling Stones, Roy Orbison, Rubber Ball, The Oscars

ROCKOLLECTIONS: AS THE CROW FLIES- SHERYL THAT IS PT.2- AND HAPPY EASTER

We will open up with a Sheryl Crow song that is a little too personal to me, lol!

Then things get ugly after a faux pas by Crow on the Letterman show.

When asked if a song was autobiographical, she replied yes.

That didn’t sit too well with the Tuesday Night Music Club, who felt they had more input than she did.

Related or unrelated, a member committed suicide, and another died with that nutty auto-erotic asphyxiation.

There Goes The Neighborhood.

Despite all the tragedy and misspeaking, Crow won more Grammys- perhaps from Soaking Up The Sun.

Following those, yet another Grammy, but from an album that failed to go Gold.

Having some writer’s block, Crow produced some songs for Stevie Nicks and did a duet with Kid Rock.

Which I will play.

In concluding, and for this Holy Week, I thought it might be fun to play a couple of HUGE hit songs that were about God. But by the composers themselves, the writers of them!

Well there was only time for one of them, but I invite you to give a listen to Eric Bazilian, who is/was a member of the Hooters.

A song that for me, raises valid theological questions and forces you to look inside yourself.

And check out the Beatles references he throws in the song, absent naturally from the hit version- anybody for some “Cranberry Sauce/I buried Paul”?

This is the better of the two I wanted to play, but I’ll get to that other one.

Happy Easter Everyone!

Mike

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Tags: Beatles, Cranberry Sauce, David Letterman, Eric Bazilian, I Buried Paul, Kid Rock, Stevie Nicks, The Hooters, Tuesday Night Music Club

ROCKOLLECTIONS: ANNIVERSARY OF THE TELEPHONE PT.1

Here is a two-parter, or a four-parter here, that I did in 2006 noting the 130th Anniversary Of The Patent For The Telephone on March 7, 1876- perhaps the world’s greatest invention.
Three days later, March 10, 1876, was the Anniversary Of The First Telephone Call- from Alexander Graham Bell to his assistant, Mr. Watson.
Well, make those 133rd Anniversaries now, these just recent March dates
All the communications we have today, including these computers, can be directly traced back to the telephone.
So, the first of 4 episodes commemorating that day in history with all Telephone Songs- from all over the gamut of Rock.
I will begin the fascinating story of Alexander Graham Bell.
And this Part One will include the most famous telephone call in rock & roll history; maybe the 2nd most obscure Beatles song, as it was only the flip side of a single and never on an album; a phone call to the Spirit World; a warning about the horror of losing a phone number; and the ORIGINAL version of another famous musical phone call.
This series is as good as anything I have ever done.
Don’t hang up on me!

Mike

Tags: Alexander Graham Bell, Beatles

ROCKOLLECTIONS: FEBRUARY 3, 1959- THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED PT.3

Some planes crash, some planes don’t.
In light of our subject, I’ll open this chapter up with a song for a hero pilot, Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger.
Oh yes, do we need heroes!
It’s about expecting more from yourself, and being better than the rest.
And if you have ever wondered, with no false modesty, that is how I regard myself and this show!
I’ll give a tip of the hat to the end of last week’s show, the one with my favorite Buddy Holly song, by playing a rare version of it by a Wing, a Beatle and a Wife.
Did you know that the very first song we heard here in the U.S. in 1964 by the Rolling Stones was a Buddy Holly song?
You’ll hear it and the original.
And a few more originals- just simply great Rock & Roll songs!
Here’s another did you know?
Eric Clapton has been in two supergroups that made only one studio album- Blind Faith and Derek & The Dominoes.
BOTH albums included Buddy Holly songs!
I’ll have what will probably be a surprise.
Then I’ll play what might be my 2nd fave Holly song- it’s really tough to say since there are so many.
Buddy was doing what few at the time were.
Writing and performing his own songs, AND insisting on how they should be produced!
Back then, the producers had the power- you did the song they said, and how they said to do it.
Holly took the power back, and said this is the way I hear it in my head, and this is how it should be done!
And like the Beatles and all the GREAT ones, no two Buddy Holly songs sound alike.
We are halfway home with this incisive look at a historic day!

Mike

Tags: Beatles, Big Bopper, Blind Faith, Buddy Holly, Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, Derek & The Dominoes, Eric Clapton, Richie Valens, Rolling Sones

ROCKOLLECTIONS: FEBRUARY 3, 1959- THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED PT.2

 

We will open up this chapter with a couple of really good tribute songs to Buddy Holly.
First, one from a 1960’s pre-Buckingham/Nicks LP by Fleetwood Mac, that was written by Buddy’s mother!
And the other from a band that did their song in 1994.
Then I’ll give you my own theory as to why that 1959 plane crash was and is still so historically important after 50 years.
After that, something you have most likely never heard, that is so eerie and creepy I will say no more about it.
Followed by a couple of beautiful folkie interpretations of a song Buddy wrote.
One by Eva Cassidy, who had her own tragic and sad story.
I have some more very specific info about that fateful takeoff and crash, some of which was even news to me.
Buddy Holly & The Crickets were VERY influential on the Beatles, and I will make the case to prove it.
We’ll have some contrasts between them, including one Buddy song the Beatles never got around to realeasing.
In fact, and this speaks volumes, the Beatles even chose the name Beatles because of its similarity to Crickets!
We’ll end this, in my opinion thoroughly enjoyable episode, with my very favorite Buddy Holly song, in which he takes a four-letter word and turns it into 4 syllables.
Much more to come, with many more surprises.

Mike

Tags: Beatles, Buddy Holly, Eva Cassidy, Fleetwood Mac, Lindsay Buckingham, Stevie Nick, The Crickets

ROCKOLLECTIONS: IN THEIR OWN WORDS- REMEMBERING GEORGE & JOHN 2008 PT.1

Well this was an easy show for me.
I just let George Harrison and John Lennon do the talking- so In Their Own Words is what we’ll call it.
In this first half, George talks about the first song he wrote.
During the Beatles’ bloody Let It Be sesions, they were being filmed and there was a soundtrack, so he was caught on audio quitting the band.
When I first met my buddy Mike Hennessy, it was in a bar, and one of the songs on the jukebox he was playing was Blue Jay Way.
I thought that was very cool, not your casual Beatle song nor fan, and we are still pals to this day!
I have a different version of Blue Jay Way, Take 3- significantly different.
You’ll hear George’s appearance on Rutland Weekend Television…as a pirate!
And about his involvement with those Monty Pythoners.
Incidentally, that Rutland was the inspiration for the Rutles- that wonderfully funny parody of the Beatles.
Lots of rough mixes of George’s songs, and there was his love for the ukelele.
We will have Mr. Lennon up next!

Mike

Tags: Beatles, Blue Jay Way, George Harrison, John Lennon, Let It Be, Mike Hennessy, Monty Python, Rutland Weekly Televison, The Rutles