Fake THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO Playlist: Songs The TV Taught Me

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.

It does not necessarily follow that video must kill the radio star. Over the years, there have been a number of tracks that I heard first when I saw them performed (or lip-synced, or played over unrelated graphics) on TV. Some of the performances were by artists I already knew, while others were my introductions to the artists at hand.

This faux TIRnRR playlist slaps togather a bunch of those cathode-ray pop introductions, from variety shows, rock 'n' roll showcase shows, sitcoms, and what-have-you. It does not include anything I learned from a TV screening of a feature film--nothing from, say, Help!, nor from Bloodstone's cinematic classic Train Ride To Hollywood, nor Cliff Richard in Expresso Bongo--but it does include things like Alice Cooper lip-syncing a snippet of "Sick Things" on an episode of The Snoop Sisters. An introduction's an introduction, no matter how brief it is. And it opens with a spin of "I May Be Too Young," which Suzi Quatro lip-synced on the British TV show Supersonic. It was the first footage of Suzi Q I'd ever seen, and I was smitten. Smitten, I tell ya! Watch. Listen. ROCK!

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Fake TIRnRR Playlist: Songs The TV Taught Me

SUZI QUATRO: I May Be Too Young [Supersonic]
R.E.M.: So. Central Rain [Late Night With David Letterman]
RICK JAMES: Give It To Me Baby [Saturday Night Live]
JOEY WILSON: If You Don't Want My Love [forgotten early '80s syndicated music video show]
THE ISLEY BROTHERS: Summer Breeze [In Concert]
THE PATTI SMITH GROUP: Ask The Angels [The Mike Douglas Show]
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THE MONKEES: The Door Into Summer [The Monkees]
CHERIE & MARIE CURRIE: Messin' With The Boys [Sha Na Na]
TAVARES: Free Ride [American Bandstand]
BLAKE BABIES: Out There [MTV 120 Minutes]
THE BAY CITY ROLLERS: Wouldn't You Like It [Midnight Special]
IGGY POP: I'm Bored [Midnight Special]
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THE CYNICS: Girl, You're On My Mind [MTV 120 Minutes]
ALICE COOPER: Sick Things [The Snoop Sisters]
THE TORIES: Time For You [Jesse]
GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE DESTROYERS: Move It On Over [Midnight Special]
THE CLINGERS: Gonna Have A Good Time [The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour]
ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS: Radio, Radio [Saturday Night Live]
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THE SMITHEREENS: Only A Memory [MTV]
THE GOO GOO DOLLS: There You Are [MTV 120 Minutes]
KISS: The Oath [Fridays]
DAVID BOWIE: "Heroes" [Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas]
GEORGE HARRISON: Crackerbox Palace [Saturday Night Live]
THE RUTLES: Number One [All You Need Is Cash]
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TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS: I Need To Know [Midnight Special]
PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS: Mary Had A Little Lamb [The Flip Wilson Show]
THE BANANA SPLITS: I Enjoy Being A Boy (In Love With You) [The Banana Splits Adventure Hour]
JOHN LENNON: Slippin' And Slidin' [Salute To Sir Lew--The Master Showman]
PETER TOSH [with MICK JAGGER]: Don't Look Back [Saturday Night Live]
THE ROLLING STONES: Angie [In Concert]
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THE REPLACEMENTS: Bastards Of Young [MTV]
THE REMBRANDTS: I'll Be There For You [Friends]
LENE LOVICH: Lucky Number [Midnight Special]
THE RECORDS: Starry Eyes [forgotten syndicated music video show circa 1979]
BLUE ANGEL: I'm Gonna Be Strong [forgotten syndicated music video show]
CYNDI LAUPER: Time After Time [The Tonight Show]
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THE ORIGINAL CASTE: Mr. Monday [forgotten afternoon kids' TV show]
THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY: Somebody Wants To Love You [The Partridge Family]
FANNY: I've Had It [American Bandstand]
THE RAMONES: I Don't Want To Grow Up [MTV 120 Minutes]
THE JAM: Bricks And Mortar [Tomorrow]
THE RUNAWAYS: School Days [Tomorrow]
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THE HIVES: Hate To Say I Told You So [Top Of The Pops]
TOMMY BOYCE & BOBBY HART: Out And About [I Dream Of Jeannie]
SYD STRAW: String Of Pearls (Future 40s) [MTV]
THE HONEYBEES: You Need Us [Gilligan's Island; if it doesn't count, it should!]
BRIAN WILSON: Night Time [Late Night With David Letterman]
OASIS: The Hindu Times [Top Of The Pops]
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PRINCE: Little Red Corvette [MTV]
DEVO: Girl U Want [Fridays]
THE DANDY WARHOLS: We Used To Be Friends [Veronica Mars]
THE GRACES: Lay Down Your Arms [Entertainment Tonight]
THE DRIFTERS: On Broadway [TV commercial]
MARVIN GAYE: I Heard It Through The Grapevine [TV commercial]
NELSON RIDDLE & HIS ORCHESTRA: The Batman Theme [Batman]