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.
Today's exercise in rock 'n' roll playlist fakery collects a bunch of mostly-familiar songs in less-familiar renditions. Some are covers, some are forgotten originals, but they all have one thing in common: each was the very first version of that song to make its way into my collection. I owned David Bowie's "See Emily Play" before I had anything by Pink Floyd, The Bay City Rollers' "Rebel Rebel" before Bowie's, Otis Redding's original "Respect" before Aretha Franklin's, and (I think) Todd Rundgren's "Rain" before The Beatles'. I am not under oath. It all makes for a decent playlist, so let's have a virtual listen. The definitive versions? Maybe in some cases, certainly not in others. Some were my actual introduction to the song, and some were just the versions I happened to acquire first.
Gotta start somewhere.
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Fake TIRnRR Playlist: The Hit Songs You Know! (maybe not by the artist you expect)
THE RAMONES: Do You Wanna Dance? [Bobby Freeman, The Beach Boys, Bette Midler]
THE BEACH BOYS: Summertime Blues [Eddie Cochran]
THE EVERLY BROTHERS: Lucille [Little Richard]
THE RUNAWAYS: Rock And Roll [The Velvet Underground]
MOTT THE HOOPLE: Sweet Jane [The Velvet Underground]
RACHEL SWEET: New Age [The Velvet Underground]
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THE COWSILLS: Walk Away Renee [The Left Banke]
GLADHANDS: Forget All About It [The Nazz]
THE SEARCHERS: Have You Ever Loved Somebody [The Hollies]
GARY LEWIS & THE PLAYBOYS: Keep Seachin' [Del Shannon]
KISS: Any Way You Want It [The Dave Clark Five]
KISS: Then She Kissed Me [The Crystals]
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THE BAY CITY ROLLERS: Rebel Rebel [David Bowie]
THE RAIDERS: The Shape Of Things To Come [Max Frost & the Troopers]
THE LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH: A Question Of Temperature [The Balloon Farm]
THE SEARCHERS: September Gurls [Big Star]
EDDIE & THE HOT RODS: Get Out Of Denver [The Bob Seger System]
THE RAMONES: Time Has Come Today [The Chambers Brothers]
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HERMAN'S HERMITS: Where Were You When I Needed You [The Grass Roots]
THE EVERLY BROTHERS: Love Hurts [Nazareth]
ERIC BURDON & THE ANIMALS: St. James Infirmary [Cab Calloway]
THE BANGLES: Live [The Merry-Go-Round]
THE BEATLES: Crying, Waiting, Hoping [Buddy Holly]
MARSHALL CRENSHAW: Soldier Of Love [Arthur Alexander]
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DAVID BOWIE: See Emily Play [Pink Floyd]
THE KINKS: Louie Louie [The Kingsmen]
THE BYRDS: Hey Joe [Love, Jimi Hendrix]
PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS: Catch The Wind [Donovan]
THE DAVE CLARK FIVE: On Broadway [The Drifters]
THE RAMONES: California Sun [The Rivieras]
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THE RAMONES: Surfin' Bird [The Trashmen]
THE SKELETONS: Laugh At Me [Sonny]
OTIS REDDING: Respect [Aretha Franklin]
TODD RUNDGREN: Rain [The Beatles]
CAT STEVENS: The First Cut Is The Deepest [P. P. Arnold, Rod Stewart, Sheryl Crow]
THE ANDREW LOOG OLDHAM ORCHESTRA: Da Doo Ron Ron [The Crystals]
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THE SEX PISTOLS: No Fun [The Stooges]
GENE PITNEY: Hello Mary Lou [Rick Nelson]
THE ROYAL GUARDSMEN: Li'l Red Riding Hood [Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs]
BADFINGER: Without You [Harry Nilsson]
THE DICTATORS: Slow Death [The Flamin' Groovies]
THE SOUL CHILDREN: Hold On, I'm Coming [Sam & Dave]
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THE CHESTERFIELD KINGS: I Can Only Give You Everything [Them, The Troggs]
THE RECORDS: See My Friends [The Kinks]
BROWNSVILLE STATION: Let Your Yeah Be Yeah [Jimmy Cliff]
PAUL McCARTNEY: Singin' The Blues [Guy Mitchell]
ARETHA FRANKLIN: The Weight [The Band]
HOLLY & JOEY: I Got You Babe [Sonny & Cher]
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ROBERT GORDON: Fire [The Pointer Sisters]
ARTFUL DODGER: Keep A-Knockin' [Little Richard]
ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS: I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down [Sam & Dave]
THE SAINTS: Lipstick On Your Collar [Connie Francis]
THE FLAMIN' GROOVIES: Tallahassee Lassie [Freddy Cannon]
PHIL SEYMOUR: Let Her Dance [The Bobby Fuller Four]
THE BAT BOYS: The Batman Theme [Nelson Riddle, Neal Hefti, The Marketts]
THE VENTURES: Apache [The Shadows, Jørgen Ingmann]
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