Fake THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO Playlist: Hey, I Did That Song Too! # 4

One more fake This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio playlist, the final (for now) entry in the Hey, I Did That Song Too! series. These have been fun to do, and I may return to the concept at some point in the future. Hope you've enjoyed 'em, as well.

The biggest ongoing challenge (and reward) in compiling these has been making sure that the resulting playlists would create a compelling listening experience, from start to finish. It's not enough for a track to fit the concept (which calls for a track recorded by an artist who also recorded a version of the song that preceded it); each track's gotta be good, too. Just like on the genuine TIRnRR, if I don't like a track, I ain't a-gonna play it. That doesn't prevent us from using lesser tracks to forge a path to what we want. I mean, The Hollies' cover of "Purple Rain" borders on torture, but the fact that it exists allows us to segue from Prince's fine original version into The Hollies' irresistible "Look Through Any Window." I would listen to this playlist, man, and I would turn it up.

The weekend draws near! That's when we return to real playlists from This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl, so join us Sunday nights from 9 to Midnight Eastern, on the air in Syracuse at 93.7 and 103.3 WSPJ-LP Spark Syracuse, and on the web at www.westcottradio.org.



Fake TIRnRR Playlist: Hey, I Did That Song Too! # 4

THE RAMONES: Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?
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KISS: 2000 Man
THE ROLLING STONES: Wild Horses
GRAM PARSONS & EMMYLOU HARRIS: Love Hurts
JOAN JETT: Be My Lover
ALICE COOPER: Pretty Ballerina
THE LEFT BANKE: Walk Away, Renee
--
THE FOUR TOPS: Eleanor Rigby
THE BEATLES: Rain
TODD RUNDGREN: Couldn't I Just Tell You
GAME THEORY: You Can't Have Me
BIG STAR: In The Street
CHEAP TRICK: California Man
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THE MOVE: I Can Hear The Grass Grow
THE FLASHCUBES: Boogie City
CHRIS SPEDDING: The Crying Game
DAVE BERRY: This Strange Effect
HOLLY GOLIGHTLY: Time Will Tell
THE KINKS: She's Got Everything
--
THE ROMANTICS: Midnight To Six Man
THE PRETTY THINGS: Don't Bring Me Down
DAVID BOWIE: 1984
TINA TURNER: Acid Queen
THE WHO: The Kids Are Alright
THE PLEASERS: My Girlfriend's Back
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MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS: Dancing In The Streets
THE MAMAS & THE PAPAS: California Dreaming
THE BEACH BOYS: Girl Don't Tell Me
THE SMITHEREENS: Slow Down
THE YOUNG RASCALS: Love Is A Beautiful Thing
WILSON PICKETT: Hey Jude
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PAUL McCARTNEY: Don't Get Around Much Anymore
THE STYLISTICS: Cupid
SAM COOKE: Bring It On Home To Me
THE SUPREMES: I Hear A Symphony
THE ISLEY BROTHERS: Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me A Little While)
EDDIE HOLLAND: Leaving Here
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THE RATIONALS: Respect
ARETHA FRANKLIN: Spanish Harlem
BEN E. KING: Stand By Me
JOHN LENNON: Gimme Some Truth
GENERATION X: Dancing With Myself
THE DONNAS: Living After Midnight
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JUDAS PRIEST: Diamonds And Rust
FIRST AID KIT: America
SIMON & GARFUNKEL: A Hazy Shade Of Winter
THE BANGLES: Manic Monday
PRINCE: Purple Rain
THE HOLLIES: Look Through Any Window
--
MICHAEL CARPENTER: She Don't Care About Time
THE BYRDS: My Back Pages
THE RAMONES: Take It As It Comes
THE DOORS: Soul Kitchen
X: Beyond And Back
THE RAMONETURES: Babysitter



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Fake THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO Playlist: Hey, I Did That Song Too! # 3

Another fake This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio playlist in the Hey, I Did That Song Too! series. I still haven't really cheated, but I've stretched the rules here and there to accommodate tracks I wanted to include. For our purposes, Paul Collins' recordings with The Beat, Paul Collins' Beat, and under his own name are all considered one body of work. The first version of "A Certain Girl" I ever recall hearing was a cover by Warren Zevon, so I followed The Yardbirds' version of the song with "Raspberry Beret" by Hindu Love Gods, which is Zevon fronting R.E.M. (and I say it's fair game, because that "Raspberry Beret" is included on the Zevon best-of set Genius. So there!)

This playlist is phony. But This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl is real, and it's spectacular! You can hear us Sunday nights from 9 to Midnight Eastern, on the air in Syracuse at 93.7 and 103.3 WSPJ-LP Spark Syracuse, and on the web at www.westcottradio.org



Fake TIRnRR Playlist: Hey, I Did That Song Too! # 3

THE RAMONES: Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?
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JESSE MALIN: Questioningly
MIRIAM: So Lonely
THE EVERLY BROTHERS: On The Wings Of A Nightingale
THE SPONGETONES: Curiosity
SHOES: Words Of Love
THE BEATLES: Please Mr. Postman
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THE MARVELETTES: I'll Keep Holding On
THE DETROIT COBRAS: He Did It
THE RONETTES: Baby I Love You
THE RAMONES: Indian Giver
JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS: Summertime Blues
THE WHO: The Kids Are Alright
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EDDIE & THE HOT RODS: Do Anything You Wanna Do
THE FLASHCUBES: Hello Susie
THE MOVE: Fire Brigade
LIQUOR GIANTS: Love In The City
THE TURTLES: So Goes Love
THE MONKEES: Last Train To Clarksville
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THE DAVE CLARK FIVE: Glad All Over
SUZI QUATRO: I Wanna Be Your Man
THE ROLLING STONES: Jumpin' Jack Flash
ARETHA FRANKLIN: Chain Of Fools
PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS: Him Or Me--What's It Gonna Be
THE FLAMIN' GROOVIES: I Want You Bad
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NRBQ: Me And The Boys
DAVE EDMUNDS: Something About You
THE FOUR TOPS: Standing In The Shadows Of Love
ROD STEWART: Reason To Believe
THE SMALL FACES: I Feel Much Better
MR. ENCRYPTO: Dreams
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THE KINKS: The Hard Way
THE KNACK: Heartbeat
HERMAN'S HERMITS: No Milk Today
GRAHAM GOULDMAN: For Your Love
THE YARDBIRDS: A Certain Girl
HINDU LOVE GODS: Raspberry Beret [Warren Zevon--close enough!]
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PRINCE: I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man
THE REPLACEMENTS: Bastards Of Young
THE MASTICATORS: I Only Want To Dance With You
THE BAY CITY ROLLERS: Rock And Roll Love Letter
THE RECORDS: Hearts Will Be Broken
RACHAEL GORDON: Drop By And Stay
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THE SICK ROSE: Shaking Street
THE MC5: Back In The U.S.A.
CHUCK BERRY: Roll Over Beethoven
THE SMITHEREENS: Thank You, Girl
SCREEN TEST: Hurt So Bad
THE GREG KIHN BAND: For You
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MANFRED MANN: If You Gotta Go, Go Now
THE FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS: Tried So Hard
YO LA TENGO: You Tore Me Down
PAUL COLLINS' BEAT: Rock And Roll Girl
THE MUFFS: Kids In America
SHEBANG: Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
THE NUTLEY BRASS: I Wanna Be Sedated



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Fake THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO Playlist: Hey, I Did That Song Too! # 2

Hey, I Did That Song Too! I enjoyed doing yesterday's previous fake playlist with this theme, so we're back with another round today. The concept is simple, no matter how complicated it seems when I try to explain it. It begins with This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio's theme song, "Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?" by The Ramones. We follow that with a different song by KISS, an act that also recorded "Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?" The KISS version of The Dave Clark Five's "Any Way You Want It" leads into The DC5's "Do You Love Me," which The Heartbreakers also recorded. The Heartbreakers' "I Love You" was covered by The Ramones, who also covered The Beach Boys' "Surfun' USA," and so on. It ends with a closing instrumental of The Marketts playing "California Sun," a song which The Ramones also recorded, and which loops us back to "Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?"

Yeah. The explanation's way more complicated than the idea itself. Let's just roll with it.

This is a fake playlist, and we have no intention of ever carrying it out on the show. But you can hear real playlists in action every Sunday night from 9 to Midnight Eastern, on the air in Syracuse at 93.7 and 103.3 Spark Syracuse WSPJ-LP, and on the web at www.westcottradio.org The weekend stops HERE!



Fake TIRnRR Playlist: Hey I Did That Song Too! # 2

THE RAMONES: Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?
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KISS: Any Way You Want It
THE DAVE CLARK FIVE: Do You Love Me
THE HEARTBREAKERS: I Love You
THE RAMONES: Surfin' USA
THE BEACH BOYS: God Only Knows
P.P. ARNOLD: The First Cut Is The Deepest
--
CAT STEVENS: Here Comes My Baby
THE TREMELOES: Silence Is Golden
THE FOUR SEASONS: Working My Way Back To You
THE SPINNERS: My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me)
DAVID RUFFIN: I Want You Back
GRAHAM PARKER: Back To Schooldays
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RICK NELSON: Almost Saturday Night
THE SEARCHERS: Since You Broke My Heart
THE EVERLY BROTHERS: Let It Be Me
ELVIS PRESLEY: Little Sister
ROCKPILE: Teacher Teacher
THE KNACK: Oh Tara
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IRENE PEÑA: She's Putting Me Through Changes
THE ARCHIES: Sugar Sugar
WILSON PICKETT: In The Midnight Hour
THE JAM: David Watts
THE KINKS: Where Have All The Good Times Gone
DAVID BOWIE: The Man Who Sold The World
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LULU: Shout
THE BEATLES: Every Little Thing
LOU ANN BARTON: Brand New Lover
MARSHALL CRENSHAW: Someday, Someway
ROBERT GORDON: Red Hot
BILLY RILEY & HIS LITTLE GREEN MEN: Flying Saucer Rock 'n' Roll
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THE FLAMIN' GROOVIES: Shake Some Action
THE FLASHCUBES: All Over The World
THE BEAT: Workin' Too Hard
THE NERVES: Hanging On The Telephone
BLONDIE: I'm Gonna Love You Too
THE HULLABALLOOS: Did You Ever
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THE CICHLIDS: Ups And Downs
PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS: Kicks
THE MONKEES: Porpoise Song (Theme From "Head")
WONDERMINTS: You Need Love
THE HOLLIES: I Can't Let Go
THE DICKIES: Nobody But Me
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THE ISLEY BROTHERS: Baby Don't You Do It
THE WHO: The Last Time
THE ROLLING STONES: Twenty Flight Rock
EDDIE COCHRAN: Somethin' Else
THE SEX PISTOLS: Pretty Vacant
JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS: Light Of Day
--
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND: Night Train
JAMES BROWN & THE FAMOUS FLAMES: I'll Go Crazy
THE MOODY BLUES: Go Now!
WINGS: With A Little Luck
THE MASICATORS: Uncontrollable Urge
DEVO: Secret Agent Man
THE MARKETTS: California Sun



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Fake THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO Playlist: A Mystery Thread

Today's fake This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio playlist is a Mystery Thread I've kicked around for years, but never completed until now. This is a show we're never going to really do, but it was fun to compile, and I already have a follow-up written with the same thread.

What is the mystery thread here? I think it's pretty obvious, starting with our usual opening theme, continuing through the body of the playlist to the closing instrumental, and looping back from the instrumental to "Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?," all the while maintaining the thread. I cheated precisely once, and it wasn't even much of a cheat (a track by Emitt Rhodes' former group The Merry-Go-Round instead of  a Rhodes solo track).

Are you up for the challenge of The Mystery Thread? Have at it! And be sure to tune in for actual editions of This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl on Sunday nights from 9 to Midnight Eastern, on the air at 93.7 and 103.3 WSPJ-LP Spark Syracuse, and on the web at www.westcottradio.org. The weekend stops HERE!



Fake TIRnRR Playlist: A Mystery Thread

THE RAMONES: Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?
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KISS: Then She Kissed Me
THE CRYSTALS: Da Doo Ron Ron
SHAUN CASSIDY: Hey Deanie
ERIC CARMEN: On Broadway
THE DRIFTERS: Sweets For My Sweet
THE SEARCHERS: Hearts In Her Eyes
--
THE RECORDS: Darlin'
THE BEACH BOYS: Good Vibrations
THE TROGGS: I Can Only Give You Everything
THEM: Gloria
THE PATTI SMITH GROUP: So You Want To Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star
THE BYRDS: Mr. Tambourine Man
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JOHNNY JOHNSON & THE BANDWAGON: Blame It On The Pony Express
THE RUBINOOS: Cruisin' Music
THE RASPBERRIES: Let's Pretend
THE BAY CITY ROLLERS: Wouldn't You Like It
THE FLASHCUBES: She
THE MONKEES: (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone
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PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS: Sometimes
THE FLAMIN' GROOVIES: Get A Shot Of Rhythm & Blues
ARTHUR ALEXANDER: Soldier Of Love
THE BEATLES: Day Tripper
OTIS REDDING: Shake
THE SMALL FACES: All Or Nothing
--
X: Wild Thing
THE RUNAWAYS: Rock And Roll
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND: I'll Be Your Mirror
LISA MYCHOLS: The Man With The Golden Gun
LULU: The Boat That I Row
NEIL DIAMOND: Solitary Man
--
CLIFF RICHARD: Blue Turns To Grey
THE ROLLING STONES: Fortune Teller
BENNY SPELLMAN: Lipstick Traces (On A Cigarette)
THE O'JAYS: Love Train
THE SUPREMES: Stop! In The Name Of Love
THE HOLLIES: Have You Ever Loved Somebody
--
THE EVERLY BROTHERS: Man With Money
THE WHO: Substitute
THE RAMONES: Do You Wanna Dance
DAVE EDMUNDS: Girls Talk
THE KNACK: That's What The Little Girls Do
THE SLAPBACKS: Make Something Happen
--
SCREEN TEST: Fresh As A Daisy
THE MERRY-GO-ROUND: Live [cheating, but close enough]
THE BANGLES: Tear Off Your Own Head
ELVIS COSTELLO: Days
THE KINKS: Waterloo Sunset
DEF LEPPARD: American Girl
--
ROGER McGUINN: If I Needed Someone
THE KINGSMEN: Louie Louie
TOOTS & THE MAYTALS: Pressure Drop
THE CLASH: I Fought The Law
SONNY CURTIS: Love Is All Around
HUSKER DU: Eight Miles High
THE VENTURES: Needles And Pins
(And, as the playlist repeats, it's full circle back to "Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?")



Need another clue for you all? Let's tip the playlist over to illustrate how we got to this Mystery Thread:

THE RAMONES: Needles And Pins
--
KISS: Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?
THE CRYSTALS: Then He Kissed Me
SHAUN CASSIDY: Da Doo Ron Ron
ERIC CARMEN: Hey Deanie
THE DRIFTERS: On Broadway
THE SEARCHERS: Sweets For My Sweet
--
THE RECORDS: Hearts In Her Eyes
THE BEACH BOYS: Darlin'
THE TROGGS: Good Vibrations
THEM: I Can Only Give You Everything
THE PATTI SMITH GROUP: Gloria
THE BYRDS: So You Want To Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star
--
JOHNNY JOHNSON & THE BANDWAGON: Mr. Tambourine Man
THE RUBINOOS: Blame It On the Pony Express
THE RASPBERRIES: Cruisin' Music
THE BAY CITY ROLLERS: Let's Pretend
THE FLASHCUBES: Wouldn't You Like It
THE MONKEES: She
--
PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS: I'm Not Your Stepping Stone
THE FLAMIN' GROOVIES: Sometimes
ARTHUR ALEXANDER: A Shot Of R & B
THE BEATLES: Soldier Of Love
OTIS REDDING: Day Tripper
THE SMALL FACES: Shake
--
X: All Or Nothing
THE RUNAWAYS: Wild Thing
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND: Rock And Roll
LISA MYHOLS: I'll Be Your Mirror
LULU: The Man With The Golden Gun
NEIL DIAMOND: The Boat That I Row
--
CLIFF RICHARD: Solitary Man
THE ROLLING STONES: Blue Turns To Grey
BENNY SPELLMAN: Fortune Teller
THE O'JAYS: Lipstick Traces
THE SUPREMES: Love Train
THE HOLLIES: Stop! In The Name Of Love
--
THE EVERLY BROTHERS: Have You Ever Loved Somebody
THE WHO: Man With Money
THE RAMONES: Substitute
DAVE EDMUNDS: Do You Wanna Dance
THE KNACK: Girls Talk
THE SLAPBACKS: That's What The Little Girls Do
--
SCREEN TEST: Make Something Happen
EMITT RHODES: Fresh As A Daisy
THE BANGLES: Live
ELVIS COSTELLO: Tear Off Your Own Head (Doll Revolution)
THE KINKS: Days
DEF LEPPARD: Waterloo Sunset
--
ROGER McGUINN: American Girl
THE KINGSMEN: If I Needed Someone
TOOTS & THE MAYTALS: Louie Louie
THE CLASH: Pressure Drop
SONNY CURTIS: I Fought The Law
HUSKER DU: Love Is All Around
THE VENTURES: Eight Miles High

And that's how it was done. (And next time we do this, it'll be under the heading "Hey I Did That Song Too!")

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Our new compilation CD This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio, Volume 4 is now available from Kool Kat Musik! 29 tracks of irresistible rockin' pop, starring Pop Co-Op, Ray Paul, Circe Link & Christian Nesmith, Vegas With Randolph Featuring Lannie Flowers, The Slapbacks, P. Hux, Irene Peña, Michael Oliver & the Sacred Band Featuring Dave Merritt, The Rubinoos, Stepford Knives, The Grip Weeds, Popdudes, Ronnie Dark, The Flashcubes,Chris von Sneidern, The Bottle Kids, 1.4.5., The Smithereens, Paul Collins' Beat, The Hit Squad, The Rulers, The Legal Matters, Maura & the Bright Lights, Lisa Mychols, and Mr. Encrypto & the Cyphers. You gotta have it, so order it here.