Fake THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO Playlist: THE GREATEST RECORD EVER MADE! (A-Z songs, Z-A artists)

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.

Well, this one's purely a lark. I slapped together a phony TIRnRR playlist consisting mostly of songs discussed in my book The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1): 26 tracks sequenced A-Z by song title, then 26 more tracks sequenced Z-A by the artist's name, with two numeric entries (one song, one artist) in between. 

I couldn't quite pull it off with just chapters from my book, so I allowed myself to choose a different track by a GREM! artist wherever it suited me. That meant using "Vacation" by The Go-Go's instead of "We Got The Beat," Blondie's "X-Offender" instead of "(I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear," The Monkees' "Zor And Zam" instead of "Porpoise Song (Theme From Head)," and "Questioningly" instead of the subjects of any of my three Ramones chapters ("Blitzkrieg Bop," "Sheena Is A Punk Rocker," and "Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?").

As for the Z-A artists, my book doesn't currently include chapters for any artists whose name starts with Z, Y, X, or U, so for this playlist I selected other GREM! candidates to fill the bill. An infinite number of songs can each be THE greatest record ever made, as long as they take turns. That means there's always room for one more. Turn it up.

This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl--y'know, the real one--airs Sunday nights from 9 to Midnight Eastern, on the air in Syracuse at SPARK! WSPJ 103.3 and 93.7 FM, and on the web at http://sparksyracuse.org/ You can read all about this show's long and weird history here: Boppin' The Whole Friggin' Planet (The History Of THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO). TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATIONS are always welcome.

The many fine This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio compilation albums are still available, each full of that rockin' pop sound you crave. A portion of all sales benefit our perpetually cash-strapped community radio project:

Volume 1: download
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Volume 3: download
Volume 4: CD or download
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Hey, Carl's writin' a book! The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1) will contain 155 essays about 155 songs, each one of 'em THE greatest record ever made. An infinite number of songs can each be the greatest record ever made, as long as they take turns. Updated initial information can be seen here.

Fake TIRnRR Playlist: The Greatest Record Ever Made! (A-Z songs, Z-A artists)

THE DAVE CLARK FIVE: Any Way You Want It
BADFINGER: Baby Blue
TODD RUNDGREN: Couldn't I Just Tell You
THE CONTOURS: Do You Love Me
SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE: Everybody Is A Star
WHAM!: Freedom
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THE BEACH BOYS: God Only Knows
RAY CHARLES: Hit The Road Jack
STEVIE WONDER: I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever)
PAUL REVERE AND THE RAIDERS: Just Like Me
MATERIAL ISSUE: Kim The Waitress
THE KINGSMEN: Louie, Louie
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THE SPONGETONES: (My Girl) Maryanne
THE FLASHCUBES: No Promise
THE SELECTER: On My Radio
CHUCK BERRY: Promised Land
THE RAMONES: Questioningly
THE BEATLES: Rain
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THE COCKTAIL SLIPPERS: St. Valentine's Day Massacre
EYTAN MIRSKY: This Year's Gonna Be Our Year
THE GRATEFUL DEAD: Uncle John's Band
THE GO-GO'S: Vacation
THE KINKS: Waterloo Sunset
BLONDIE: X-Offender
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THE SUPREMES: You Keep Me Hangin' On
THE MONKEES: Zor And Zam
THE BOB SEGER SYSTEM: 2 + 2 = ?
THE 13th FLOOR ELEVATORS: You're Gonna Miss Me
THE ZOMBIES: This Year Will Be Our Year
THE YARDBIRDS: Heart Full Of Soul
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XTC: Life Begins At The Hop
THE WHO: I Can't Explain
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND: I'll Be Your Mirror
THE UNDERTONES: Teenage Kicks
THE TRAMMPS: Disco Inferno
THE SEX PISTOLS: God Save The Queen
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THE RARE BREED: Beg, Borrow And Steal
SUZI QUATRO:I May Be Too Young
ELVIS PRESLEY: Heartbreak Hotel
THE O'JAYS: Put Your Hands Together
THE NEW YORK DOLLS: Personality Crisis
MANNIX: Highway Lines
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LITTLE RICHARD: The Girl Can't Help It
THE KNICKERBOCKERS: Lies
THE JAYHAWKS: I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
THE ISLEY BROTHERS: Summer Breeze
THE HOLLIES: I Can't Let Go
MARVIN GAYE: I Heard It Through The Grapevine
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THE FOUR TOPS: Reach Out I'll Be There
EDDIE AND THE HOT RODS: Do Anything You Wanna Do
NEIL DIAMOND: Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show
THE COWSILLS: She Said To Me
THE BANGLES: Live
P. P. ARNOLD: The First Cut Is The Deepest