This Week – Episode #727 (02/06/2016) #727 “Talk About Freaky! Two Members Of An Iconic Band Die At The Same Age On The Same Day! No, That’s Not A Tabloid Newspaper Headline, It’s As Real As The Two Dollar Bill! So, We’re Going To Fly With It And See Where It Takes Us!”
Opening Song
Let’s Get Together – Jefferson Airplane (RCA Victor)
Set #1 Let’s Take A Ride On The Starship And Then Head Beyond Fulton Street To Other Singular Pursuits Beyond Super Bowl City! (We’ll Cover That Last Bit In An Upcoming Set!)
Miracles (Single Version) – Jefferson Starship (Grunt)
What Is Love? (Single Version) – Howard Jones (Elektra)
Whirring (Single Version) – The Joy Formidable (Atlantic)
Set #2 There Was A Time When Playing The Carpenters On A Rock And Roll Radio Show Could Get You Banned From The Air Forever. Of Course, Times Have Changed And Now You Can Play The Carpenters And Simply Have Folks Look At You And Say, “Weren’t You Banned Back In The Day For Doing This?”
Superstar – The Carpenters (A&M)
Burning Love – Elvis Presley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RCA)
Night Fire – Bruce Springsteen (Columbia)
Set #3 In The 70’s Times Square Had A Lot Of People That Were Blotto, And While That’s Not A Time I Ever Want To Go Back To For Any Great Length Of Time, A Few Songs Worth Won’t Hurt Anyone!
I Wanna to Be A Lifeguard – Blotto (Blotto)
Flowers In The City – Robin Johnson & David Johansen (RSO)
Uptown – The Crystals (Philles)
Times Square – Marianne Faithful (Island)
Set #4 Who Would Have Thunk I Would Ever Live In Super Bowl City! That’s Right, The Throngs Are Touching Down Here And My Goal Is To Keep Away Until It’s Downtime! (Proof Of How Much I Know About The Sport Is That Probably Isn’t The Right Expression, Is It?)
Backfield In Motion – Mel & Tim (Ariola)
Teenage Kicks – The Undertones (EMI)
Closing Song
Plastic Fantastic Lover – Jefferson Airplane (RCA Victor)
