Fake THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO Playlist: The Workday Commute, Driven By iPod

This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl is simply too large a concept to be neatly contained within a mere three-hour weekly time slot. Hence these occasional fake TIRnRR playlists, detailing shows we're never really going to do...but could.



Very often on the real-life This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio, I will play a track a declare it was because my iPod said so. The random nature of iPod shuffle play frequently offers me a track I may not have heard or thought of in a bit, and that sometimes inspires me to pull the track for inclusion on the following Sunday night's show.

My friend Dave Murray has suggested doing a whole show (or at least my half of a whole show) like that, letting fate dictate the playlist like a music-player lottery. I don't want to do that, because I'm unwilling to relinquish control to that extent, and because it would compromise my vision of what the show should be. We can appear to be random, sure, but it's not what we really are.

But it's a perfectly fine idea for another fake TIRnRR playlist. This imaginary show presents sets made out of the tracks my iPod gave me for some recent morning and evening commutes. It's actually a little too long to be a real-life TIRnRR, but I nonetheless preserved the complete commute playlists as individual sets. The result's pretty good for random. Awright, then! Time to hit the road with fake TIRnRR, driven by iPod.

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Fake TIRnRR Playlist: The Workday Commute, Driven By iPod

THE OHMS: Chain Letter
PINK FLOYD: Wish You Were Here
THE DEAD KENNEDYS: MTV--Get Off The Air
THE JAM: Saturday's Kids
THE BUZZCOCKS: Fast Cars
THE MOSQUITOS: You Don't Give A Hang About Me
THE GO-GO'S: The Whole World Lost Its Head
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SPARKS: Beat The Clock
THE GRASS ROOTS: Things I Should Have Said
THE GO-GO'S: Surfing And Spying
THE POINTED STICKS: Apologies
THE BAY CITY ROLLERS: God Save Rock And Roll
SAM PHILLIPS: Holding On To The Earth
SLADE: Cum On Feel The Noize
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GREER: All I Need
THE SUPREMES: You Can't Hurry Love
THE KINKS: Juke Box Music
NEIL DIAMOND: You Got To Me
DAVID WERNER: Too Late To Try
THE AD LIBS: The Boy From New York City
HAWAII MUD BOMBERS: One Of The Brave
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RICKY NELSON: Hello Mary Lou
ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS: (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding
JOHN LENNON: Instant Karma!
N/A: The F-Troop [TV theme song]
1.4.5.: Right Now
THE MONKEES: As We Go Along
CHEAP TRICK: Baby Loves To Rock
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PAUL COLLINS: The Kings Of Power Pop 
THE GRACES: Lay Down Your Arms
THE RUNAWAYS: C'mon
BUCK OWENS & HIS BUCKAROOS: Tall Dark Stranger
COLOR ME GONE: Lose Control
SCRUFFY THE CAT: mybabyshe'sallright
GEORGE HARRISON: Crackerbox Palace
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ELVIS COSTELLO: Alison
TOMMY BOYCE & BOBBY HART: Smilin'
RICK NELSON: Garden Party
THE OXFORDS: Help Me
THE VOGUES: Lovers Of The World Unite
SUZI QUATRO: Tear Me Apart
THE TONY JACKSON GROUP: Fortune Teller
THE JAM: Strange Town
THE CASTAWAYS: Liar, Liar
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SAM & THE TWISTERS: Fooba Wooba John
THE BEACH BOYS: Good Vibrations
THE DEAD BOYS: Sonic Reducer
THE MONKEES: The Girl I Knew Somewhere
THE FORTY NINETEENS: Disguise
TEARS FOR FEARS: Call Me Mellow
THE RAMONES: Blitzkrieg Bop
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BUDDY HOLLY: Well..All Right
JASON & THE SCORCHERS: Absolutely Sweet Marie
FLORAPOP: Who Can Really Know?
ADDISON LOVE: Anything's Right
THE JAM: All Around The World
PERNILLA ANDERSSON: Alright
RADIO BIRDMAN: Aloha Steve & Danno