Show #3: Broadcast 19th June 2024
- 5 minutes read - 972 wordsPlaylist
- The Stranglers - 96 Tears
- Johnny Cash - Hurt
- Billy Mackenzie - Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth
- The Damned - Alone Again Or
- Echo And The Bunnymen - People Are Strange
- Voice Of The Beehive - I Think I Love You
- Del Shannon - Handy Man
- ADVERTISING BREAK
- David Latto - Geordie Munro
- Blue On Shock - Love Is A Venture
- Blue On Shock - Brand New Chevy
- Blue On Shock - The Fighting’s Never Won
- ADVERTISING BREAK
- Pete Shelley - Homosapien
- Magazine - The Light Pours Out Of Me
- NEWS
- Simple Minds - Chelsea Girl
- Elvis Costello And The Attractions - (I Don’t Want To Go) To Chelsea
- Skids - TV Stars
- Big Country - You Dreamer
- Kirsten Adamson - My Father’s Songs
- ADVERTISING BREAK
- Aimee Mann - I Should Have Known
- Unbelievable Truth - Building
- Visage - Malpaso Man
- Simple Minds - Love Song
- Sparks - Beat The Clock
- The Filthy Tongues - Nae Tongues
Featured guest: Blue On Shock
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Show discussion points
- Johnny Cash
- Ranked #1 Music Museum in the world by Forbes and National Geographic Traveler.
- Billy Mackenzie
- Live At Ronnie Scotts
- The Taxi trip
- The Associates documentary
- Love
- Anniversary edition breakdown
- The Wrecking Crew
- The Wrecking Crew played for many artists during their active years. They were a prolific group of studio musicians in the 1960s and 1970s. The band were behind The Beach Boys; The Byrds; The Monkees; The Mamas & the Papas; The Association; Sonny & Cher; Simon & Garfunkel; Nancy Sinatra; Herman’s Hermits; The 5th Dimension; The Animals; The Ronettes; Petula Clark; James Brown; Elvis Presley; Frank Sinatra; Bobby Darin; Duke Ellington; Phil Spector; Johnny Cash; Nat King Cole; and many more.
- The Wrecking Crew!
- Official Trailer
- Blue On Shock
- Simple Minds
- Chelsea Girl - The Old Grey Whistle Test
- Unbelievable Truth
Track info
| # | Title | Album | Duration | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  96 Tears The Stranglers | 10 (1990) | 3:13 | Originally by ? & the Mysterians. This version reached #17 in the UK Singles Chart. |
| 2 |  Hurt Johnny Cash | American IV: The Man Comes Around (2002) | 3:36 | Written by Trent Reznor and appeared on Nine Inch Nails second album, The Downward Spiral (1994). Johnny Cash covered to commercial and critical acclaim in 2002. The related music video is considered one of the greatest of all time by publications such as NME. Reznor praised Cash’s interpretation of the song for its “sincerity and meaning”, going so far as to say “that song isn’t mine anymore” |
| 3 |  Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth Billy Mackenzie | Transmission Impossible (2005) | 3:05 | Originally a single from the Sparks fourth album, Propaganda (1974) |
| 4 |  Alone Again Or The Damned | Anything (1986) | 3:38 | Written by Bryan MacLean - originally appeared on the album Forever Changes (1967). The Damned final Top 40 hit to date - released in 1987 it peaked at #27 in the UK |
| 5 |  People Are Strange Echo & the Bunnymen | The Best of Echo & The Bunnymen (2006) | 3:38 | Original written and performed by the The Doors and appeared on their second album, Strange Days (1967). This version featured on the soundtrack of the The Lost Boys (1987) and peaked at #29 in the UK Singles Chart as a double A side (Lips Like Sugar) |
| 6 |  I Think I Love You Voice Of The Beehive | Honey Lingers (1991) | 3:13 | Written as the debut single for Partridge Family (1970) which topped Billboard’s Hot 100 for three weeks. As with all of the Partridge Family’s studio output, the single features musicians associated with iconic Los Angeles–based session players “The Wrecking Crew”. This version was released as the second single from the album “Let It Bee” (1991) and peaked at #25 on the UK Singles Chart |
| 7 |  Handy Man Del Shannon | Handy Man (1964) | 2:14 | Jimmy Jones wrote this in 1960 and it became a million seller, reaching #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1960. Del Shannon took it to #22 in 1964 |
| 8 |  Geordie Munro David Latto | Geordie Munro (2022) | 3:05 | |
| 9 |  Love Is A Venture Blue On Shock | Private Chrome Cassette (for rehearsals) | 3:25 | Lifted from a cassette containing demos I was given during rehearsals so I could learn the tracks |
| 10 | Brand New Chevy Blue On Shock | Private Chrome Cassette (for rehearsals) | 3:37 | As above |
| 11 | The Fightings Never Won Blue On Shock | Private Chrome Cassette (for rehearsals) | 3:47 | As above - I’m trying to source I Just Want To Be Close To You(?) - Contact me if you have more information |
| 12 |  Homosapien Pete Shelley | Homosapien (1982) | 4:34 | |
| 13 |  The Light Pours Out Of Me Magazine | Real Life (1978) | 4:36 | |
| 14 |  Chelsea Girl Simple Minds | Life In A Day (1979) | 4:34 | |
| 15 |  (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea Elvis Costello & The Attractions | This Year’s Model (1978) | 3:10 | |
| 16 |  TV Stars Skids | Scared To Dance (1979) | 1:44 | |
| 17 |  You Dreamer Big Country | Why the Long Face (2018) | 4:50 | |
| 18 |  My Father's Songs Kirsten Adamson | Landing Place (2023) | 3:19 | |
| 19 |  I Should've Known Aimee Mann | Whatever (1993) | 4:53 | |
| 20 |  Building Unbelievable Truth | Almost Here (1998) | 5:03 | Misc. Music released last last Friday (14th June) onto download and streaming services for the first time ever. 18 tracks tracks that couldn’t fit on sorrythankyou. |
| 21 |  Malpaso Man Visage | Visage (1980) | 4:14 | |
| 22 | Love Song Simple Minds | Sons And Fascination/Sister Feelings Call (1981) | 5:04 | |
| 23 |  Beat the Clock Sparks | No. 1 In Heaven (1979) | 4:23 | |
| 24 |  Nae Tongues The Filthy Tongues | Black Valentine (Best of) (2023) | 3:13 |