To a large degree, our musical tastes (or at least their rough parameters) are defined in youth. That's not an iron-clad rule, and our chosen boundaries are subject to change over time. But passion first emerges when we are young. And there's nothing wrong with keeping that passion, expanding upon it if we can (and want to), but retaining our delighted fascination with the sounds that move us. I've been a Beatles fan since I was four years old. They've never been the only great band. But there's never been a time since 1964 when the Beatles didn't loom large in my legend.
From the Beatles, I went back in time for performers that influenced the Beatles. I went forward through performers influenced by the Beatles, and performers influenced by performers influenced by the Beatles. Six decades after seeing A Hard Day's Night at the drive-in, my ongoing left turn at Greenland continues to lead me to discover great sounds, old and new alike. Any record you ain't heard is a new record. Won't know if you like it until you've listened to it.
The spark of new never grows old. And the warmth of what we already love? Well, that doesn't need to fade away at all, does it?
We won't like everything. I have little interest in hip hop or modern country, a jam band is unlikely to grab me, and I'm not a jazz guy. I still try to keep my ears open, just in case. Could something unfamiliar find purchase in the sovereign land of my music?
One never know, do one?
We dig the old. We dig the new. We try to play both, and we try to keep learning, expanding, and digging for whatever digging time remains. There is so much out there.
And it's worth the dig.
This is what rock 'n' roll radio sounded like on another Sunday night in Syracuse this week.
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TIRnRR # 1254: 10/6/2024
TIRnRR FRESH SPINS! Tracks we think we ain't played before are listed in bold.
FRANZ FERDINAND: Evil And A Heathen (Domino, You Could Have It So Much Better)
DWIGHT TWILLEY: Alone In My Room (Iconoclassic, Twilley)
CUB KODA: King Of The Surf (Blue Wave, Welcome To My Job)
JOEY RAMONE AND GENERAL JOHNSON: Rockaway Beach (Forward, VA: Godchildren Of Soul--Anyone Can Join!)
JOE JACKSON: Get That Girl (Universal, Collected)
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BOB DARIN: Light Blue (Light In The Attic, VA: Country Funk 1969-1975)
THE MONKEES: Nine Times Blue (Rhino, Music Box)
THE DESLONDES: Louise (Oxford American, VA: Country Roots)
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JP, CHRISSIE AND THE FAIRGROUND BOYS: If You Let Me (La Mina, Fidelity!)
KLARK KENT: Office Girls (BMG, Klark Kent [Deluxe Edition])
HONEY CONE: Want Ads (Rhino, VA: Can You Dig It? The '70s Soul Experience)
LAURA NYRO: Wedding Bell Blues (Columbia, The First Songs)
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ROBIN LANE AND THE CHARTBUSTERS: Lost My Mind [live] (Blixa Sounds, Many Years Ago: The Complete Robin Lane & the Chartbusters)
THE RAMONES: Teenage Lobotomy (Rhino, Rocket To Russia)
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THE BAY CITY ROLLERS: Rebel, Rebel (7T's, It's A Game)
THE KINKS: She's Got Everything [stereo mix] (Edsel, VA: British Mod Sounds Of The 1960s)
TRANSLATOR: Everything Is Falling (415/Legacy, Everywhere That We Were: The Best Of Translator)
DAVID BOWIE: I Dig Everything (Castle, I Dig Everything: The 1966 Pye Singles)
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MICHAEL LYNCH: That's Not So (single) THE COASTERS: Charlie Brown (Warner Platinum, Yakety Yak--The Coasters Collection)
RAY CHARLES: Hit The Road Jack (Castle, The Collection)
THE DEAD BOYS: Caught With The Meat In Your Mouth (Sire, Young, Loud And Snotty)
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The Greatest Record Ever Made!
DONNA SUMMER: Hot Stuff (Casablanca, Summer: The Original Hits)
DEBORAH HARRY [WITH JOEY RAMONE]: Standing In My Way (n/a, DEBORAH HARRY: Debravation [producer's cut])
THE ROLLING STONES: Paint It Black (Abkco, Singles Collection: The London Years)
THE YARDBIRDS: Too Much Monkey Business [live] (MOJO, VA: MOJO Working! The UK R & B Explosion!)
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THE FLASHCUBES: Christi Girl (Northside, Bright Lights)
TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS: Anything That's Rock 'n' Roll (MCA, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers)
TOL-PUDDLE MARTYRS: Thinkin' 'Bout You (Secret Deals, Live At Bar Open)
MARY LOU LORD: Aim Low (Kill Rock Stars, MARY LOU LORD/SEAN NA NA: Split)
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THE BEATERSBAND: Baby I Love You (Code 213, single)
SHONEN KNIFE: Beat On The Brat (Good Charamel, Osaka Ramones)
THE BEATLES: I Should Have Known Better (Apple, A Hard Day's Night)
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HERB ALPERT AND THE TIJUANA BRASS: Walk, Don't Run (Shout Factory, !!Going Places!!)
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