The Summer That Was
Last night’s summer-themed Roundtrip (WNRB-LP, 93.3 FM) was a real pleasure to present. In the steamy little studio, I was chair dancing, singing along and kind of wishing I was outside listening instead of programming. I’m sure that, as the Beach Boys said, I’ll “Do It Again.” So, here’s what was heard on el veinte dos de Mayo:
Beatles, Here Comes the Sun
Stranglers, Peaches … “Walking on the beaches, looking at the peaches”
Violent Femmes, Blister in the Sun
Beach Boys, Little Deuce Coupe
Alice Cooper, School’s Out
Martha & the Vandellas, Dancing in the Street … “Summer’s here and the time is right for dancing in the street”
B-52s, Rock Lobster
Chuck Berry, No Particular Place to Go … “Cruisin’ and playin’ the radio …”
Police, Invisible Sun
Traffic, Paper Sun
Rascals, Groovin’
Sly & the Family Stone, Hot Fun in the Summertime
Kinks, Sunny Afternoon
Lovin’ Spoonful, Summer in the City
Beach Boys, Do It Again
….whew, end of hour #1 … wipe sweat from brow … continue on with hour #2
Eddie Cochran, Summertime Blues
The Who, Summertime Blues
Rolling Stones, Street Fighting Man … “Summer’s here and the time is right for fighting in the street, boy”
Rod Stewart, Street Fighting Man … Rod and his group nail this hard
Beatles, Good Day Sunshine
Cream, Sunshine of Your Love
Donovan, Sunshine Superman
Elvis Costello, The Other Side of Summer
Cars, Magic
Small Faces, Itchycoo Park … “I feel inclined to blow my mind, get hung up, feed the ducks with a bun”
Eric Burdon & War, Spill the Wine … “I was once out strolling one very hot summer’s day, when I thought I’d lay myself down to rest in a big field of tall grass”
Queen, Bicycle Race
The Baroques, Bicycle … “Now the cops they are a’chasin me, ’cause I ran an old lady over down the street”
Bonzo Dog Band, Postcard
Roxy Music, Sunset … poetic imagery of the first order
Look for plans for a “rock anthem” show coming up soon. Send me your candidates. And tune in next Thursday night (7-9).
zeenawombat said:
Like summer, it was too short
May 23rd, 2008 at 2:02 pm #