Boppin' (Like The Hip Folks Do): This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio # 1290

My thoughts on pop music and pop culture, plus the weekly playlists from THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO with Dana and Carl (Sunday nights 9 to Midnight Eastern, SPARK! WSPJ 103.3 and 93.7 FM in Syracuse, sparksyracuse.org). You can support this blog on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/user?u=2449453 Twitter @CafarelliCarl All editorial content on this blog Copyright Carl Cafarelli (except where noted). All images copyright the respective owners TIP JAR at https://www.paypal.me/CarlCafarelli

Monday, June 16, 2025

This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio # 1290

Most of us overuse words like icon and legend. But make no mistake: The late Sly Stone was absolutely both icon and legend, without exaggeration. What talent, what impact, and what a legacy of great music that will stand, now and forever. We also tend to overuse the word classic. Doesn't matter. The hits of Sly and the Family Stone are classics, and they will endure.

Standing and enduring. It's not easy. Between the news of the world and the blows to our hearts and to our souls, the terrain beneath us is in neverending shift, a fault not in our stars but in the very ground upon which we attempt to make our stands.

And yet we stand. We stand to the extent we can. They're standing in California. New York stands. America stands. Sly Stone said we should stand. We pray you stand as well.

About twenty minutes after I wrapped up recording my parts of this week's show, we learned that Brian Wilson had passed. We will attempt our tribute to the classic legacy of another iconic legend next week. This is what rock 'n' roll radio sounded like on a Sunday night in Syracuse this week.

As we stand tall.

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TIRnRR # 1290: 6/15/2025

TIRnRR FRESH SPINS! Tracks we think we ain't played before are listed in bold

SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE: Hot Fun In The Summertime (Epic, Greatest Hits)

THE GREAT SOCIETY: Someone To Love (Sundazed, Born To Be Burned)

THE CORNER LAUGHERS: Speak To The Sky (Curry Cuts, VA: Second By Second By Minute By Minute: The Songs Of Rick Springfield)

ELVIS COSTELLO: Mystery Dance (Columbia, My Aim Is True)

THE CHELSEA CURVE: Jamie C'mon [Andy Lewis remix] (Rum Bar, single)

ELVIS COSTELLO AND THE ATTRACTIONS AND NINA DIAZ: No Action (Universal, Spanish Model)

GRAHAM PARKER AND MIKE GENT: Pathetic (Big Stir, VA: Make Something Happen! A Tribute To The Flashcubes)

THE HALF/CUBES: Love's Melody (Big Stir, Pop Treasures)

TOM KENNY AND THE HI-SEAS: Welcome To The Working Class (Big Stir, VA: Make Something Happen! A Tribute To The Flashcubes)

THE HALF/CUBES: The Girl (Big Stir, Pop Treasures)

ROB MOSS AND SKIN-TIGHT SKIN: Bad Dream (Big Stir, VA: Make Something Happen! A Tribute To The Flashcubes)

THE SLAPBACKS: Make Something Happen (Kool Kat Musik, VA: This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio, Volume 4)

SPECTRAFLAME: Queen Of The World (single)

ELENA ROGERS: Queen (Eats Dynamite, Prelude To Whatever)
BARELY PINK: Love Somebody (Curry Cuts, VA: Second By Second By Minute By Minute: The Songs Of Rick Springfield)

HARMONIC DIRT: Tumbleweeds (n/a, Tumbleweeds)

DENNIS DAVISON: Putting Up With People (Pretty Plague Music, Sirens And Hellbenders)

NEW MUSIK: Straight Lines (Cherry Red, VA: Harmony In My Head: UK Power Pop & New Wave 1977-81)

JIM BASNIGHT: Other Woman (single)

FAST CARS: You're So Funny (Cherry Red, VA: Harmony In My Head: UK Power Pop & New Wave 1977-81)

SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE: Trip To Your Heart (Epic, A Whole New Thing)

THE ENGLISH BEAT: Tears Of A Clown (Shout Factory, Keep The Beat: The Very Best Of The English Beat)

THE AIRPORT 77s: Don't Let Go (Jem, Don't Let Go)

DAVE EDMUNDS: Get Out Of Denver (Wounded Bird, Get It)

NEW MATH: Ominous Presence (Propeller Sound Recordings, Gardens)

DWIGHT TWILLEY: Let Her Dance (Big Oak, The Best Of Twilley: The Tulsa Years 1999-2016)

THE SPONGETONES: Lulu's In Love (Big Stir, single)