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.
As music fans, we are often blessed with opportunities to fall in love with some performers the first time we hear them. But sometimes that initial spin doesn't quite do it. We need more evidence. We need to hear another song. Or two. Or....
Today's playlist is built with tracks that were not my first conscious exposure to the artist. But these were the tracks that made me take greater notice. Sometimes the notice lingered; as an adolescent and young teen, I knew the Kinks as the act that did that song "Lola" I'd heard and dug on the radio, but it was a subsequent dive into some of their previous singles--"All Day And All Of The Night," "You Really Got Me," and "Tired Of Waiting For You," in that revelatory order--that made me a fan.
(On the other hand, some notices aren't meant to last. As much as I love "Kiss Your Ass Goodbye" by Styx and "The Boys Of Summer" by Don Henley, those thrills didn't dilute my absolute and continuing disdain for "Mr. Roboto" and "Dirty Laundry." That's illustration of the fact that even an act you despise may be capable of one track you adore. Maybe in spite of yourself.)
Individual revelations aren't always chronological. We discover music when we discover it. REMEMBER! Great records don't care what year it is. And any record you ain't heard (or don't remember hearing before) is a new record.
So here's some tracks I liked better than I liked my introductions to the artists at hand, and even a few tracks that dramatically broadened my appreciation of an artist I was already beginning to dig. Pop music loves a good redemption story. And true love is worth waiting for.
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.
Volume 1: download
Volume 2: CD or download
Volume 3: download
Volume 4: CD or download
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