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.
This past weekend marked the fifth anniversary of the last live This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio broadcast, as 2020 then went ahead and got all 2020 on us, closing the building that housed our studio. We wound up taking just one week off, returned to the internet for a special live Zoom show with the members of Pop Co-Op, and commenced prerecording shows from our remote locations the following week. Necessity is the mother[REDACTED] of invention.
Still, with the number five in mind, here's an imaginary playlist collecting tracks by groups with precisely five members. The qualifying quintets should all be self-contained, meaning they could have put on a live performance with just the five of them, without additional players or extra backup singers.
FIVE! The number is five. But we'll circle back to some quartets in the very near future. For now: FIVE-FOUR-THREE-TWO-ONE...!
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).
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Fake TIRnRR Playlist: Groups Of Five
MANFRED MANN: 5-4-3-2-1
THE GO-GO'S: We Got The Beat
THE BYRDS: Eight Miles High
THE CHAMBERS BROTHERS: Time Has Come Today
THE FLAMIN' GROOVIES: First Plane Home
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THE NEW YORK DOLLS: Personality Crisis
THE POPTARTS: I Won't Let You Let Me Go
MOTT THE HOOPLE: Roll Away The Stone
THE ANIMALS: It's My Life
ALICE COOPER: Under My Wheels
THE YARDBIRDS: Heart Full Of Soul
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BIG BROTHER AND THE HOLDING COMPANY: Piece Of My Heart
FOOLS FACE: Even Angels Fall
NEW MATH: Die Trying
THE ROLLING STONES: Get Off Of My Cloud
THE 13th FLOOR ELEVATORS: You're Gonna Miss Me
THE CHOCOLATE WATCHBAND: Are You Gonna Be There (At The Love-In)
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THE BEE GEES: I've Gotta Get A Message To You
THE DAVID JOHANSEN GROUP: I'm A Lover
HERMAN'S HERMITS: A Must To Avoid
THE TREMBLERS: I'll Be Taking Her Out Tonight
THE HOLLIES: Look Through Any Window
THE MYNAH BIRDS: I Got You (In My Soul)
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BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD: Mr. Soul
THE RUNAWAYS: American Nights
THE ZOMBIES: She Does Everything For Me
THE POINTED STICKS: Perfect Youth
NAZARETH: Holiday
THE LAST: She Don't Know Why I'm Here
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THE DEAD BOYS: 3rd Generation Nation
FACES: Stay With Me
THE BAY CITY ROLLERS: Wouldn't You Like It
FREDDIE AND THE DREAMERS: I'm Telling You Now
THE DICTATORS: Baby, Let's Twist
MOBY GRAPE: Omaha
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THE COWSILLS: She Said To Me
THE B-52'S: 52 Girls
THE CARS: Just What I Needed
PAUL REVERE AND THE RAIDERS: Kicks
BLOTTO: When The Second Feature Starts
GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS: It's Gonna Be Alright
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MAD MONSTER PARTY: Can't Stop Loving You
THE PLEASURE SEEKERS: What A Way To Die
THE MOVE: Fire Brigade
BLUE ANGEL: I'm Gonna Be Strong
THE CHOIR: It's Cold Outside
BLONDIE: Kung Fu Girls
THE PRETTY THINGS: Midnight To Six Man
THE DICKIES: Rosemary
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THE DAVE CLARK FIVE: Try Too Hard
THE SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET: Mendocino
THE UNDERTONES: Teenage Kicks
TOMMY JAMES AND THE SHONDELLS: Crimson And Clover
THE EQUALS: Baby Come Back
THE UGLY DUCKLINGS: She Ain't No Use To Me
EDDIE AND THE HOT RODS: Do Anything You Wanna Do
THE BEATLES: Get Back
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THE BEATLES: Cry For A Shadow
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