Program #679
New music inspires much of what gets heard on each Lucky Dog Radio show, and such was the case with this opener through the tune from Jason & the Scorchers that appeared about three-quarters of the way in. When I first heard it the guitars conjured up Reverend Horton Heat, which was preceded in turn by a trio of rocking car songs that began with Gene Vincent & the Blue Caps. That opened the door for an Ian Dury & the Blockheads tune I've been meaning to play for awhile, which was preceded by John Lennon covering Gene Vincent with an alternate take of a track that originally appeared on Rock ’N’ Roll. After Jason & the Scorchers we heard the Blasters singing about a different kind of guy followed by the Rolling Stones cutting loose at their peak and Little Richard with the title track to an enjoyable movie from the early days of rock and roll.
The next section began with the unrelenting beat of a favorite tune from Spoon's latest, and then the rhythm began to soften as we moved along from Talking Heads to Mans Wieslander. Then it was time for one from Brian Eno off of one of my all-time favorite discs, which came to mind after I took a listen to the Broken Social Scene tune that followed. Brasstronaut was next with one from their recent disc that fit in well with all that preceded it, until the track opened up and took on more of a free-flowing jazzy feel. The horns introduced at that point brought to mind an old Love tune, which was followed by Belle & Sebastian showing us all how much they were Love fans.
Last year's Postmarks disc had quite a few tunes that would have worked well in '60s espionage flicks, including the one that opened this set. A few years back Alex Turner took a break from the Arctic Monkeys to work on a project with Miles Kane of the Rascals; they called it the Last Shadow Puppets, and they also incorporated elements from similar '60s cinema soundtracks. The song we heard ended with strings that segued beautifully into those that open the title tune from the James Bond film You Only Live Twice, with Nancy Sinatra providing vocals (the Postmarks did a nice cover of this tune back in 2008). Jarvis Cocker contributed a couple of songs to Nancy Sinatra's 2004 album; here he offered his own version of one, which was followed by the School hoping for the same outcome but less sure it will happen. That one ends with some Woh-Ohs, which is where the Ronettes tune that followed begins, and then we heard Findlay Brown offering some reassurance and Bruce Springsteen beckoning Mary to join him as he pulls out of town a winner.
This final section began in a moody place with Holly Miranda, continued down that trail past Grizzly Bear and St. Vincent, made a slight detour into a more ambient place with a piece by Knight Berman, Jr., from his soundtrack to the indie film Megahertz, and finished with Charlotte Gainsbourg musing about her recent health difficulties into Public Image Ltd and one of their more nightmarish numbers.
Here's the complete playist.
NELSON RIDDLE ORCHESTRA . . . . . Route 66 Theme (opening theme) . . . . . Route 66 and Other Great TV Themes/More Hit TV Themes
JOHN LENNON . . . . . Be Bop A Lula . . . . . The Beatles Anthology
IAN DURY & THE BLOCKHEADS . . . . . Sweet Gene Vincent . . . . . Reasons to Be Cheerful-the Best of Ian Dury
GENE VINCENT & THE BLUE CAPS . . . . . Pink Thunderbird . . . . . The Screaming End: The Best of Gene Vincent
COMMANDER CODY & HIS LOST PLANET AIRMEN . . . . . Hot Rod Lincoln . . . . . Too Much Fun: Best of Commander Cody
THE CLASH . . . . . Brand New Cadillac . . . . . London Calling
REVEREND HORTON HEAT . . . . . Galaxy 500 . . . . . Lucky 7
JASON & THE SCORCHERS . . . . . Moonshine Guy . . . . . Halcyon Times
THE BLASTERS . . . . . One Bad Stud . . . . . Testament: The Complete Slash Recordings (1981-1985)
THE ROLLING STONES . . . . . Rip This Joint . . . . . Exile on Main Street (Dlx)
LITTLE RICHARD . . . . . The Girl Can’t Help It . . . . . The Greatest Gold Hits
SPOON . . . . . The Mystery Zone . . . . . Transference
TALKING HEADS . . . . . This Must Be The Place (Naïve Melody) . . . . . Speaking in Tongues
MANS WIESLANDER . . . . . Roadkill . . . . . Yet
BRIAN ENO . . . . . St. Elmo’s Fire . . . . . Another Green World
BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE . . . . . Romance To The Grave . . . . . Forgiveness Rock Record
BRASSTRONAUT . . . . . Slow Knots . . . . . Mt. Chimaera
LOVE . . . . . You Set The Scene . . . . . Forever Changes
BELLE & SEBASTIAN . . . . . I’m Waking Up To Us . . . . . I'm Waking Up to Us
THE POSTMARKS . . . . . No One Said This Would Be Easy . . . . . Memoirs at the End of the World (Dig)
THE LAST SHADOW PUPPETS . . . . . Black Plant . . . . . Age of the Understatement
NANCY SINATRA . . . . . You Only Live Twice . . . . . The Hit Years
JARVIS COCKER . . . . . Baby’s Coming Back To Me . . . . . Jarvis
THE SCHOOL . . . . . Is He Really Coming Home? . . . . . Loveless Unbeliever
THE RONETTES . . . . . Baby I Love You . . . . . The Best of the Ronettes
FINDLAY BROWN . . . . . Love Will Find You . . . . . Love Will Find You
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND . . . . . Thunder Road . . . . . Hammersmith Odeon, London '75 (2CD)
HOLLY MIRANDA . . . . . Waves . . . . . Magician's Private Library
GRIZZLY BEAR . . . . . Fine For Now . . . . . Veckatimest
ST. VINCENT . . . . . Black Rainbow . . . . . Actor
KNIGHT BERMAN, JR. . . . . . Wardenclyffe . . . . . A Score For Tesla: Music From The Film Megahertz
CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG . . . . . IRM . . . . . Irm
PUBLIC IMAGE LTD . . . . . Poptones . . . . . Second Edition
Here's another one from Ian Dury & the Blockheads
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