This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio 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.
Continuing the theme we started yesterday, here's (fittingly!) the second of two imaginary playlists gathering some familiar songs, but specifically the second versions of those songs to find their way into my music library. As we discussed on Tuesday:
We're looking at how individual songs made their way into my music library. But why settle for programming my first-possessed versions of "Twist And Shout," "September Gurls," "Pressure Drop," and "I Fought The Law," et al.? Nah, it's more fun to slap together a playlist outta my second-possessed versions of "Twist And Shout," "September Gurls," "Pressure Drop," "I Fought The Law," et al. Each may be the first, second, third, or whatever number version that I knew, but each is the second version I owned. Mine, all mine!
So: Taken from LPs, 45s, compilation albums, cassettes, CDs, and mp3s--I couldn't think of a flexi-disc or cereal-box single that qualified--we present a salute to that sweet second kiss with a song I adore. It's a love story! Let's hear Part 2.
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http://sparksyracuse.org/support/ Fake TIRnRR Playlist: The second version of the song to join my music library, Part 2
[brackets note the artist of the first version of the song to join my music library]
THE RAMONES: Little Bit O' Soul [The Music Machine]
JAMES BROWN: Please, Please, Please [The Who]
THE MERRY-GO-ROUND: Live [The Bangles]
ERIC CARMEN: Hey Deanie [Shaun Cassidy]
JOHNNY JOHNSON AND THE BANDWAGON: Let's Hang On [The Four Seasons]
EVIE SANDS: Angel Of The Morning [Merilee Rush]
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THE RONETTES: Is This What I Get For Loving You [David Johansen]
UPS AND DOWNS: Solitary Man [Neil Diamond]
THE NEW MONKEES: Burnin' Desire [The Elvis Brothers]
THE JIVE FIVE: What Time Is It [Marshall Crenshaw]
BRUCE WOOLEY AND THE CAMERA CLUB: Video Killed The Radio Star [The Buggles]
EDDIE COCHRAN: Somethin' Else [The Sex Pistols]
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CAT STEVENS: Here Comes My Baby [The Tremeloes]
BO DIDDLEY: Pills [The New York Dolls]
HELLO: New York Groove [Ace Frehley]
THE B-52'S: Downtown [Petula Clark]
THE PETE BEST COMBO: I'll Try Anyway [Lyres]
THE SEX PISTOLS: I'm Not Your Steppin' Stone [The Monkees]
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RACHEL SWEET: I Go To Pieces [Peter And Gordon]
R.E.M.: There She Goes Again [The Velvet Underground]
IGGY POP: Funtime [Bebe Buell]
HINDU LOVE GODS: Raspberry Beret [Prince and the Revolution]
THE SPINNERS: My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me) [David Ruffin]
DEVO: Workin' In A Coal Mine [Lee Dorsey]
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MÖTORHEAD: Ramones [The Ramones]
SHEBANG: Sheena Is A Punk Rocker [The Ramones]
THE DICTATORS: I Just Want To Have Something To Do [The Ramones]
RITCHIE VALENS: Come On Let's Go [The Paley Brothers and Ramones]
THE TRASHMEN: Surfin' Bird [The Ramones]
THE 1910 FRUITGUM COMPANY: Indian Giver [The Ramones]
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THE HULLABALLOOS: Did You Ever [The Cichlids]
THE PARAGONS: The Tide Is High [Blondie]
GRAHAM PARKER AND THE RUMOUR: I Want You Back [The Jackson Five]
THE BOB SEGER SYSTEM: Get Out Of Denver [Eddie and the Hot Rods]
NANCY SINATRA: These Boots Are Made For Walkin' [The Fast]
THE 13th FLOOR ELEVATORS: You're Gonna Miss Me [Radio Birdman]
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MARIANNE FAITHFULL: Working Class Hero [John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band]
YOKO ONO: Listen, The Snow Is Falling [Librarians With Hickeys]
JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS: Crimson And Clover [Tommy James and the Shondells]
EDDIE HOLLAND: Leaving Here [The Birds]
THEM: Gloria [The Shadows Of Knight]
SONNY: Laugh At Me [The Skeletons]
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THE TREMBLERS: Green Shirt [Elvis Costello and the Attractions]
THE MAGIC CHRISTIAN: Made My Bed (Gonna Lie In It) [The Easybeats]
THE WHO: Pinball Wizard [Elton John]
SAMMY AMBROSE: This Diamond Ring [Gary Lewis and the Playboys]
THE ANDREW LOOG OLDHAM ORCHESTRA: Da Doo Ron Ron [The Stray Cats]
STEVIE WONDER: I Was Made To Love Her [The Beach Boys]
HAROLD MELVIN AND THE BLUE NOTES: Don't Leave Me This Way [Thelma Houston]
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BIG MAMA THORNTON: Hound Dog [Elvis Presley]
THE RUBINOOS: Walk--Don't Run [The Ventures]
BLUE ANGEL: I'm Gonna Be Strong [Gene Pitney]
JOHNNY BURNETTE ROCK AND ROLL TRIO: Train Kept A-Rollin' [The Yardbirds]
IKE AND TINA TURNER: Proud Mary [Creedence Clearwater Revival]
BONEY M: Painter Man [The Creation]
THE KNICKERBOCKERS: Rumors, Gossip, Words Untrue [The Swingin' Blue Jeans]
THE KISSING BANDITS: Shake Some Action [The Flamin’ Groovies]
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WANDA JACKSON: Let's Have A Party [Paul McCartney]
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