The Flashcubes' incredible new album Pop Masters is due for release by the mighty Big Stir Records label in less than a month. Its latest digital single, a transcendent cover of the Motors' "Forget About You," is out this Friday, and so "Forget About You" opens this week's exciting edition of The Best Three Hours Of Radio On The Whole Friggin' Planet.
This isn't the first time we've played the Flashcubes' version of "Forget About You"--we've been delightedly fixated on most of the Pop Masters material, including the as-yet-unreleased gems--and it for damned sure won't be the last. This is a terrific, terrific album. "Forget About You" may be its best track.
There are twelve great songs (all covers) on Pop Masters. Prior to this week's show, we'd already played eleven of them. We'd been deliberately holding off on one more, just 'cuz. This week's final set kicks off with the sole Pop Masters track that's been MIA on TIRnRR, a superb rendition of Chris Stamey's "The Summer Sun."
And now, we've played 'em all! If you missed them, don't worry--they will spin again right here on this little mutant program. Radio's job is to sell records. A Cubic world is a better world for everyone. THE FLASHCUBES! And THIS, my friends, is what rock 'n' roll radio sounded like on another Sunday night in Syracuse this week.
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TIRnRR # 1190: 7/16/2023
TIRnRR FRESH SPINS! Tracks we think we ain't played before are listed in bold
THE FLASHCUBES: Forget About You (Big Stir, Pop Masters)
THE HALF CUBES: Love's Melody (unreleased)
sparkle*jets u.k.: Till We Meet Again (Big Stir, Best Of Friends)
HEATWAVES: In My Teens (Rum Bar, Complete Recordings)
THE MIRACLES: Shop Around (Motown, VA: Hitsville USA)
LET'S ACTIVE: Talking To Myself (Collectors/ Choice Music, Big Plans For Everybody)
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THE SUMMERTIMES: My Beautiful Girl Harbour (Rank And File, The Summertimes)
SAM PHILLIPS: Baby, I Can't Please You (Virgin, Martinis & Bikinis)
DERRICK ANDERSON: When I Was Your Man (Omnivore, A World Of My Own)
BIG STAR: My Life Is Right [alternate mix] (Omnivore, Nothing Can Hurt Me)
MEN AT WORK: Be Good Johnny (Columbia, Contraband: The Best Of Men At Work
JEFFERSON AIRPLANE: Somebody To Love [mono single version] (RCA, Surrealistic Pillow)
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GRAHAM PARKER: We Did Nothing (Big Stir, Last Chance To Learn The Twist)
THE GRIP WEEDS: Lady Friend (Jem, Dig)
ALLAN KAPLON: Every Single Day (n/a, Notes On A Napkin)
IAN HUNTER: Cleveland Rocks (Chrysalis, Shades Of Ian Hunter)
RONNIE SPECTOR & THE E STREET BAND: Say Goodbye To Hollywood (Sony, VA: Cleveland International Records 1977-1983)
IGGY POP: Rock And Roll Party (Arista, Party)
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JIM BASNIGHT & THE MOBERLYS: I Want You (Powerpopaholic, Early Years)
THE JAM: Start! (Polydor, Direction Reaction Creation)
SLY & THE FAMILY STONE: Everyday People (Epic, Greatest Hits)
HUEY "PIANO" SMITH & THE CLOWNS: Sea Cruise (History Of RnB, VA: How Britain Got The Blues 1: Skiffle, Folk, R 'n' R & The British Blues Boom)
DIE TOTEN HOSEN [FEATURING JOEY RAMONE]: Blitzkrieg Bop (Virgin, Learning English, Lesson One)
IKE & TINA TURNER: I Can't Believe What You Say (MOJO, VA: The Devil's Music: Keith Richard's Fave Tunes)
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THE MIDNIGHT CALLERS: Girl On The Run (Jem, Rattled Humming Heart)
THE HOT DOGS: I Walk The Line (Big Beat, VA: Thank You, Friends: The Ardent Records Story
PARALLAX PROJECT: Put It Out (Kool Kat Musik, Autologous)
HOLLY GOLIGHTLY: Box Elder (Damaged Goods, Singles Round-Up)
THE RICHARDS: Five Personalities (Futureman, VA: This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio, Volume 3)
HÜSKER DÜ: Eight Miles High (SST, single)
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STEPPENWOLF: Born To Be Wild (MCA, All Time Greatest Hits)
BEN VAUGHN: Doormat (Restless, Mood Swings)
JENSEN BELL: Possible Jane Situation (jensenball.com, Modern Dating Tips)
LOS LOBOS: Don't Worry Baby (Rhino, Just Another Band From East L. A.)
THE VELVELETTES: He Was Really Sayin' Somethin' (Motown, The Very Best Of The Velvelettes)
MARSHALL CRENSHAW: Something's Gonna Happen (Rhino, This Is Easy: The Best Of Marshall Crenshaw)
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The Greatest Record Ever Made!
THE RUNAWAYS: Cherry Bomb (Hip-O, The Mercury Albums Anthology
TODD RUNDGREN: Bang The Drum All Day (Rhino, The Very Best Of Todd Rundgren)
SIR PRIZE & THE TWOMORROW KNIGHTZ: Illuminaughty (n/a, Glitter Gum And Bubble Pop)
MICHAEL CARPENTER: Girlfriend (Futureman, VA: Altered Sweet)
NEIL DIAMOND: Solitary Man (Coilumbia, Classics: The Early Years)
THE CLICK BEETLES: If Not Now, Then When? (Futureman, Pop Fossils)
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SEGARINI: Gotta Have Pop (Bullseye, Gotta Have Pop)
SQUEEZE: Farfisa Beat (A & M, Argybargy)
JUSTINE & THE UNCLEAN: The Signal Light (Red On Red, The Signal Light)
THE SMALL FACES: Sha-La-La-La-Lee (Deram, The Anthology 1965-1967)
TAMMY & THE LORDS OF MISRULE: Angelina (Her Highness Porcupinus, King Maker)
WRECKLESS ERIC: Whole Wide World (Stiff, Wreckless Eric)
DEADLIGHTS: Bad News Day (n/a, Bright Sides)
BADFINGER: Just A Chance (Real Gone Music, Wish You Were Here)
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THE FLASHCUBES: The Summer Sun (Big Stir, Pop Masters)
CHRIS VON SNEIDERN: Annalisa (Heyday, Sight & Sound)
THE 5TH DIMENSION: Carpet Man (Arista, The Ultimate 5th Dimension)
THE ZOMBIES: She Does Everything For Me (Big Beat, Zombie Heaven)
THE SMITHEREENS: Nobody Lives Forever (Entertainment One, Smithereens 2011)
THE MOSQUITOS: Let's Stomp (Kool Kat Musik, This Then Are The Mosquitos)
ROCKAWAY BITCH: Judy Is A Punk (Cretin, Rockaway Bitch)
THE BEATLES: I Feel Fine (Apple, Past Masters)
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THE RAMONES: Commando (Rhino, Leave Home)
QUINT: Ballad Of Sharknado Rhapsody (n/a, Sharknado EP)
THE MONKEES: Zilch (Rhino, Headquarters)
Another fantastic show!
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