This week's edition of This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl served up a celebration of classic power pop, pure pop, and the power pop periphery from the '60s, '70s, and '80s. As we noted at the beginning of the show, we had nearly seven and a half hours of music pulled for our mere three-hour time slot. The list below offers a look at the tracks we were considering.
And there were certainly more tracks we could have considered. For the sake of logistics--I was on the road this week, when we would normally be settling the playlist--we needed to limit our choices beforehand, and then build the show from what we had. We knew we were going to play all of the Flashcubes' singles, from the '70s to 2022 (including a new one, a cover of Cyrus Erie's "Get The Message," that hasn't been released yet), plus Jesse Bryson's current cover of Fotomaker's "Come Back," for which Jesse enlisted the aid of some members of the Flashcubes and Fotomaker. We also wanted to throw in "No Promise," which should have been the Flashcubes' third single back in 1979.
The rest of the show? Up for grabs! Everything else drew exclusively from the '60s, '70s, and '80s. Dana picked a bunch of songs from the list, I picked another bunch of songs from the list, and we had a show. We favored stuff that fit my idea of power pop, but also deliberately included various pure pop and power pop periphery gems that seemed to fit in the overall mix. Here's what we had to work with in building COME ON LET'S GO! A Celebration Of Classic Power Pop, Pure Pop, And The Power Pop Periphery.
THE STARTING POINTS:
THE FLASHCUBES [featured performer]: Alone In My Room, Baby It's Cold Outside, Boogie City, Christi Girl, Get The Message, Gudbuy T' Jane, Have You Ever Been Torn Apart?, No Promise, Tomorrow Night, Wait Till Next Week
JESSE BRYSON: Come Back
THE REST:
20/20: Nuclear Boy
20/20: Remember The Lightning
APRIL WINE: Tonight Is A Wonderful Time (To Fall In Love)
ARTFUL DODGER: Follow Me
ARTFUL DODGER: Think Think
BADFINGER: Baby Blue
THE BANGLES: Tell Me
THE BARRACUDAS: Surfers Are Back
STIV BATORS: It's Cold Outside
THE BAY CITY ROLLERS: Rock And Roll Love Letter
THE BAY CITY ROLLERS: Who'll Be My Keeper
THE BAY CITY ROLLERS: Wouldn't You Like It
THE BAY CITY ROLLERS: Yesterday's Hero
THE BEAT: You Won't Be Happy
THE BEATLES: Please Please Me
THE BEATLES: She Loves You
THE BEATLES: She Said She Said
THE BEATLES: Thank You, Girl [U.S. mix]
BIG STAR: September Gurls
BLUE ASH: Abracadabra (Have You Seen Her)
THE BONGOS: In The Congo
THE BUZZCOCKS: Ever Fallen In Love
CANDY: Whatever Happened To Fun...
SHAUN CASSIDY: Hey Deanie
CHEAP TRICK: Surrender
CHICORY TIP: Good Grief Christina
CLUB WOW: Norman Green
PAUL COLLINS: Walking Out On Love
COLOR ME GONE: Lose Control
THE CREATION: Making Time
MARSHALL CRENSHAW: Whenever You're On My Mind
THE dB'S: Love Is For Lovers
THE DICKIES: Rosemary
THE DIODES: Tired Of Waking Up Tired
DIRTY LOOKS: Let Go
THE DODGERS: Don't Know What You're Doing
THE DONUTS: All The Innocent Girls
THE EASYBEATS: Sorry
EDDIE & THE HOT RODS: Do Anything You Wanna Do
THE EQUALS: I Can See But You Don't Know
THE FAST: Kids Just Wanna Dance [first version]
THE FLAMIN' GROOVIES: First Plane Home
THE FLAMIN' GROOVIES: I Can't Hide
THE FLAMIN' GROOVIES: Shake Some Action
FOOLS FACE: Even Angels Fall
FOOLS FACE: Nothing To Say
STANLEY FRANK: S'cool Days
GENERATION X: Ready Steady Go
GENERATION X: Your Generation
THE GO-GO'S: Can't Stop The World
THE GO-GO'S: Vacation
THE GO-GO'S: We Got The Beat
GREAT BUILDINGS: Hold On To Something
GREEN: She's Not A Little Girl
THE HOLLIES: Look Through Any Window
HOLLY & THE ITALIANS: Baby Gets It All
HOLLY & THE ITALIANS: Do You Say Love
HOLLY & THE ITALIANS: Youth Coup
PARTHENON HUXLEY: Double Our Numbers
THE ISLEY BROTHERS: Got To Have You Back
THE JAM: In The City
PHIL KEAGGY & SUNDAY'S CHILD: Tell Me How You Feel
THE KEYS: I Don't Wanna Cry
THE KINKS: All Day And All Of The Night
THE KINKS: Till The End Of The Day
THE KINKS: Tired Of Waiting For You
THE KNACK: Good Girls Don't
THE KNACK: I Want Ya
THE KNICKERBOCKERS: Lies
THE LAMBRETTAS: Da-a-a-ance
LET'S ACTIVE: Every Word Means No
THE LETTERS: Don't Want You Back
THE MnM'S: I'm Tired
THE MONKEES: A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You
THE MONKEES: (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone
THE MONKEES: Love Is Only Sleeping
THE NASHVILLE RAMBLERS: The Trains
THE NATIVES: Tell Me A Story
THE NAZZ: Forget All About It
THE NERVES: Hanging On The Telephone
NEW MATH: Die Trying
NIKKI & THE CORVETTES: He's A Mover
THE OHMS: Chain Letter
PAGLIARO: Lovin' You Ain't Easy
THE PALEY BROTHERS & RAMONES: Come On Let's Go
THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY: I Woke Up In Love This Morning
RAY PAUL & RPM: How Do You Know?
PEZBAND: Love Goes Underground
PEZBAND: Stop! Wait A Minute
THE PINKEES: I'll Be There
PIPER: Drop By And Stay
THE PLEASERS: The Kids Are Alright
THE PLEASERS: You Don't Know
THE PLIMSOULS: A Million Miles Away
THE POINTED STICKS: Perfect Youth
THE POP!: Down On The Boulevard
THE PRIMITIVES: Crash
QUINCY: Turn The Other Way Around
THE RAMONES: Babysitter
THE RAMONES: Oh Oh I Love Her So
THE RAMONES: Rockaway Beach
THE RAMONES: Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
THE RASPBERRIES: Go All The Way
THE RASPBERRIES: I Wanna Be With You
THE RASPBERRIES: Tonight
THE RAVES: Every Little Bit Hurts
THE RECORDS: Paint Her Face
THE RECORDS: Starry Eyes
THE RICH KIDS: Rich Kids
ROCKPILE: Teacher Teacher
THE ROMANTICS: National Breakout
THE ROMANTICS: When I Look In Your Eyes
THE RUBINOOS: I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend
TODD RUNDGREN: Couldn't I Just Tell You
THE SCRUFFS: Revenge
SHOES: The Things You Do
THE SEARCHERS: Hearts In Her Eyes
SEGARINI: Gotta Have Pop
PHIL SEYMOUR: Baby It's You
PHIL SEYMOUR: Let Her Dance
THE SHIVVERS: Please Stand By
SLADE: Mama Weer All Crazee Now
THE SMITHEREENS: Behind The Wall Of Sleep
THE SMITHEREENS: Some Other Guy
SORROWS: Teenage Heartbreak
RONNIE SPECTOR: Something's Gonna Happen
THE SPONGETONES: (My Girl) Maryanne
SQUEEZE: Is That Love
TUFF DARTS: Who's Been Sleeping Here
THE TWEEDS: I Need That Record
THE DWIGHT TWILLEY BAND: I'm On Fire
THE UNDERTONES: Get Over You
THE VIPERS: Tears (Only Dry)
THE VERTEBRATS: Left In The Dark
THE WHO: I Can See For Miles
THE WHO: I Can't Explain
JOEY WILSON: If You Don't Want My Love
XTC: Earn Enough For Us
THE ZOMBIES: She Does Everything For Me
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