I record The GRAMMYS every year, and I watch the show at my leisure after the fact. I'm not in the show's target demo, but I almost always find something that interests me. I fast-forward through the rest. Dig what you dig.
Here's a playlist built out of some stuff we dig, past and present, mainstream and underground alike. Music was created for us to dig. We won't dig everything. Hell, we won't even have an opportunity to hear everything. But there is much to dig. There is always, always so much to dig, from then and now.
That's why God made the radio.
Start diggin'.
This is what rock 'n' roll radio sounded like on another Sunday night in Syracuse this week.
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TIRnRR # 1219: 2/4/2024
TIRnRR FRESH SPINS! Tracks we think we ain't played before are listed in bold
THE WEEKLINGS: All The Cash In The World (Jem, Raspberry Park)
JIM BASNIGHT AND THE MOBERLYS: Leave The Past Behind (Power Popaholic, Early Years)
THE SHANGRI-LAS: Take The Time (Mercury, The Best Of The Shangri-Las)
THE GREG KIHN BAND: Rendezvous (Rhino, KihnSolidation: The Best Of Greg Kihn)
MELANIE: Peace Will Come (According To Plan) (Buddha, Beautiful People: The Greatest Hits Of Melanie)
THE MARSHALLS: She's The One (Cherry Red, VA: Looking For The Magic: American Power Pop In The Seventies)
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HUNGRYTOWN: Another Year (Big Stir, single)
TUFF DARTS: All For The Love Of Rock 'n' Roll (Cherry Red, VA: Looking For The Magic: American Power Pop In The Seventies)
OSCAR TONEY JR.: Turn On Your Lovelight (Westside, Oscar's Winners)
SPARKS: I Like Girls [Bearsville version] (Cherry Red, VA: Looking For The Magic: American Power Pop In The Seventies)
EMPEROR PENGUIN: I Wouldn't Put It Like That (Kool Kat Musik, Gentlemen Thieves)
TIM MOORE: Rock And Roll Love Letter (Cherry Red, VA: Looking For The Magic: American Power Pop In The Seventies)
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THE SATISFACTORS: Arrested (55-5, Dramatis Personae)
MOTT THE HOOPLE: Honaloochie Boogie (Columbia, The Ballad Of Mott)
BO DIDDLEY: Background To A Music (MCA, Bo Diddley)
JUNIOR WALKER AND THE ALL-STARS: Money (That's What I Want) (Motown, 19 Greatest Hits)
MARY WEISS: Stop And Think It Over (Norton, single)
BE-BOP DELUXE: Teenage Archangel (Cherry Red, VA: Oh! You Pretty Things: Glam Queens And Street Urchins 1970-76)
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PAUL COLLINS: I'm The Only One For You (Jem, Stand Back And Take A Good Look)
FUMBLE: Not Fade Away (Cherry Red, VA: Oh! You Pretty Things: Glam Queens And Street Urchins 1970-76)
THE CRICKETS: T-Shirt (Columbia, T-Shirt)
ROBIN LANE AND THE CHARTBUSTERS: Why Do You Tell Me Lies (Blixa Sounds, Many Years Ago: The Complete Robin Lane & the Chartbusters)
THE RAMONES: You Sound Like You're Sick (Rhino, Pleasant Dreams)
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND: I Can't Stand It (Polydor, Peel Slowly And See)
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LEATHER CATSUIT: Can't Get You Off My Mind (Rum Bar, Leather Catsuit)
BADFINGER: Your So Fine (Real Gone Music, Wish You Were Here)
SUZI QUATRO: Paralysed (EMI, The Essential Suzi Quatro)
CARLENE CARTER: I'm So Cool (Demon, Musical Shapes/Blue Nun)
THE SUPREMES: Oh My Poor Baby (Motown, The '70s Anthology)
JOSIE COTTON: Everything Is Oh Yeah (Cleopatra, Everything Is Oh Yeah)
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ROB MOSS AND SKIN-TIGHT SKIN: Hey You (We're Sick Of You) (Rock On, single)
ANY TROUBLE: Yesterday's Love (Cherry Red, VA: Kids On The Street--UK Power Pop And New Wave 1977-1981)
DIVINYLS: I'll Make You Happy (Chrysalis, Essential Divinyls)
THE CHI-LITES: Oh Girl (Rhino, VA: Can You Dig It? The '70s Soul Experience)
SQUEEZE: Vicky Verky (A & M, The Squeeze Story)
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The Greatest Record Ever Made!
TEGAN AND SARA: Walking With A Ghost (Sire, So Jealous)
LOU REED: I Can't Stand It (RCA, Lou Reed)
ARMCHAIR ORACLES: Dreaming Of A Life (Kool Kat Musik, Nothingeveris)
PETER GABRIEL: Solsbury Hill (Geffen, Shaking The Tree: Sixteen Golden Greats)
THE SEARCHERS: Take Me For What I'm Worth (Sequel, 40th Anniversary Collection)
PHIL SEYMOUR: I Found A Love (Ace, Prince Of Power Pop)
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ROXANNE FONTANA: The Singer Not The Song (single)
THE JAM: Start! (Polydor, Direction Reaction Creation)
THE HIT SQUAD: Best Of Me (Kool Kat Musik, VA: This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio, Volume 4)
THE FLASHCUBES: Get Up And Go (Big Stir, Pop Masters)
THE BAY CITY ROLLERS: Saturday Night (Arista, The Definitive Collection)
BEN VAUGHN: Hey Romeo (Enigma, Dressed In Black)
TARTAN HORDE: Bay City Rollers We Love You (RPM, VA: Velvet Tinmine)
THE MUFFS: That Awful Man (Omnivore, Happy Birthday To Me)
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THE GLIMMER STARS: Rollers Show (Rum Bar, The Rise Of The Glimmer Stars)
SHADOWY MEN ON A SHADOWY PLANET: Bennett Cerf (Glass, Savvy Show Stoppers)
THE ISLEY BROTHERS: Shout (Part One) (MOJO, VA: Songs The Beatles Taught Us)
THE BANGLES: Crash And Burn (Columbia, Everything)
BALLZY TOMORROW: I Want To Make It Up To You (single)
RADIO STARS: Nervous Wreck (Cherry Red, VA: Kids On The Street--UK Power Pop And New Wave 1977-1981)
THE BEACH BOYS: That's Why God Made The Radio (Capitol, That's Why God Made The Radio)
THE BEATLES: Think For Yourself (Capitol, Rubber Soul)
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TAYLOR SWIFT: The Last Great American Dynasty [the Long Pond Studios session] (Republic, folklore)
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