The British rock block on the 30th's show was my favorite set so far - but then I said that already. It was so much fun it led me directly back to Britpop, a genre I haven't listened to much lately. The past couple of years have seen my tastes tend toward the heavier. Turning back to Britpop was a blast. Aside from the heavy weights like Oasis and Blur, it meant digging out the Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, the Charlatans, and many more. Throwing it together somewhat chronologically was cool too. The evolution from Madchester to the Camden Town sound isn't always obvious, but lined up back to back it sounds great. It also meant checking out some stuff I never got to the first time around back in the mid-nineties, like Black Grape and the Divine Comedy. If you don't know the songs I played, do yourself a favor, and when the show's finally posted on Mixler (soon, they tell me), check it out at your leisure and let the sounds of Cool Britannia wash over you.
The rockabilly set is a little cursory compared to the Britpop. Aside from all the songs being a lot shorter, I really only skimmed a little cream off the top from a handful of the top players - Carl Perkins, Wanda Jackson, etc. There's so much more to the genre, but then you can always check out Tom Ferrie's show on the station, Nowhere Fast. Still, it's a pretty boss set and a great introduction to one of the primary root sounds of rock 'n' roll. Also, there damn few folks in rock as cool as Carl Perkins - ever.
The rest of the set, from Queen's declamatory "Let Me Entertain You" to Twisted Sister's "I'll Never Grow Up" are pure examples of the show's title - Music I Like. The finale, 9 plus minutes of raging, raving sounds, Humble Pie's 1971 live version of "I Don't Need No Doctor" is one of my absolute favorites.
Music I Like, vol 1, #6 - That Music's Gone, Gone
| Song | Artist | Source | Year |
| Let Me Entertain You | Queen | Jazz | 1978 |
| (You Really) Rock Me | Nick Gilder | Frequency | 1979 |
| Love Comes in Spurts | Richard Hell & the Voidoids | Blank Generation | 1977 |
| Muscle of Love | Alice Cooper | Muscle of Love | 1973 |
| Future Days | Nebula | Apollo | 2006 |
| Go Go | the Prisoners | TheWiserMiserDemlza | 1983 |
| Hurricane | the Prisoners | TheWiserMiserDemlza | 1983 |
| Waterfall | the Stone Roses | The Stone Roses | 1988 |
| Kinky Afro | Happy Mondays | Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches | 1990 |
| Generations | Inspiral Carpets | Revenge of the Goldfish | 1992 |
| Cigarettes & Alcohol | Oasis | Definitely Maybe | 1994 |
| Trouble in the Message Centre | Blur | Parklife | 1994 |
| Common People | Pulp | Different Class | 1995 |
| Something for the Weekend | The Divine Comedy | Casanova | 1996 |
| Wake Up Boo! | the Boo Radleys | Wake Up! | 1995 |
| How High | the Charlatans | Tellin' Stories | 1996 |
| Kung Fu | Ash | 1977 | 1996 |
| Caught By the Fuzz | Supergrass | I Should Coco | 1995 |
| God! Show Me Magic | Super Furry Animals | Fuzzy Logic | 1996 |
| Lonely | Black Grape | Stupid Stupid Stupid | 1997 |
| Will You, Willyum | Janis Martin | single | 1956 |
| The Train Kept A-rollin' | Johnny Burnette Trio | single | 1956 |
| Thirty Days | Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks | single | 1959 |
| Crazy Man Crazy | Bill Haley & the Comets | single | 1953 |
| Baby Loves Him | Wanda Jackson | single | 1957 |
| Her Love Rubbed Off | Carl Perkins | single | 1957 |
| Crazy Legs | Gene Vincents & the Blue Caps | single | 1957 |
| I'm In Trouble | the Replacements | Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash | 1981 |
| I'll Never Grow Up | Twisted Sister | Club Daze Vol. 1 | 1999 |
| Swallow My Pride | the Ramones | Leave Home | 1977 |
| Faster and Louder | the Dictators | Bloodbrothers | 1978 |
| Tapioca Tundra | the Monkees | The Birds, the Bees & the Monkees | 1968 |
| All Nighter | Elastica | Elastica | 1995 |
| I Don't Need No Doctor | Humble Pie | Performance: Rockin' the Fillmore | 1971 |
The British rock block on the 30th's show was my favorite set so far - but then I said that already. It was so much fun it led me directly back to Britpop, a genre I haven't listened to much lately. The past couple of years have seen my tastes tend toward the heavier. Turning back to Britpop was a blast. Aside from the heavy weights like Oasis and Blur, it meant digging out the Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, the Charlatans, and many more. Throwing it together somewhat chronologically was cool too. The evolution from Madchester to the Camden Town sound isn't always obvious, but lined up back to back it sounds great. It also meant checking out some stuff I never got to the first time around back in the mid-nineties, like Black Grape and the Divine Comedy. If you don't know the songs I played, do yourself a favor, and when the show's finally posted on Mixler (soon, they tell me), check it out at your leisure and let the sounds of Cool Britannia wash over you.
The rockabilly set is a little cursory compared to the Britpop. Aside from all the songs being a lot shorter, I really only skimmed a little cream off the top from a handful of the top players - Carl Perkins, Wanda Jackson, etc. There's so much more to the genre, but then you can always check out Tom Ferrie's show on the station, Nowhere Fast. Still, it's a pretty boss set and a great introduction to one of the primary root sounds of rock 'n' roll. Also, there damn few folks in rock as cool as Carl Perkins - ever.
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