Started with some old soul. Then, the death of a former ELO cellist from a freak accident — his van was hit by a runaway 700-pound hay bale — leads to the most tasteless set of songs of the day. Songs that featured Mike Edwards and those featuring the word “hey.”
Lots of new stuff from Superchunk, Of Montreal, Elf Power and such. Some new Dirty Projectors leading to a little Dylan set. Salutes to shows this week in the area by John Fogerty, Vampire Weekend and the Zombies.
Here’s what I played on the radio this morning:
Friday Morning Rock 9-9-2010 9 a.m.- noon WRTC 89.3 FM
“What’s Goin’ On” (instrumental), The Funk Brothers
“No Information,” Shuggie Otis
“Drugs,” Ratatat
“Boy Blue,” Electric Light Orchestra
“Can’t Get It Out of My Head,” Electric Light Orchestra
“Roll Over Bethoven,” Electric Light Orchestra
“Kansas City / Hey, Hey Hey,” The Beatles
“Hey Bulldog,” The Beatles
“Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black),” Neil Young & Crazy Horse
“Blitzkreig Bop,” The Ramones
“Hey Porter,” Johnny Cash
“Hey Ya!” Outkast
“No Intention,” Dirty Projectors
“Bitte Bitte Orca,” Dirty Projectors
“As I Went Out One Morning,” Dirty Projectors
“I Was Young When I Left Home,” Bob Dylan
“Gates of Eden,” Bob Dylan
“The Meanest Man in the World,” John Doe
“If It’s the Beaches,” The Avett Brothers
“Something Good This Way Comes,” Jakob Dylan
“Fire,” Augustana
“The Witching Hour,” Philip Selway
“House Rent Party,” Peter Case
“My Love is Gone,” Josh Rouse
“Aires,” Harvey Sid Fisher
“Travelin’ Band,” John Fogerty (live)
“Haunted House,” John Fogerty
“When Will I Be Loved,” John Fogerty with Bruce Springsteen
“Sea of Heartbreak,” Rosanne Cash with Bruce Springsteen
“Faith,” Alejandro Escovedo with Bruce Springsteen
“Down in the Bowery,” Alejandro Escovedo with Ian Hunter
“Tragedy,” Peter Wolf with Shelby Lynne
“Rosemarie,” Superchunk
:Digging for Something,” Superchunk
“Woe is Me,” The Walkmen
“Stranger in the Window,” Elf Power
“Such a Fool,” The Vaselines
“The Suburbs,” Arcade Fire
“This Will be Our Year,” The Zombies
“Yellow Elevator #2,” The Black Angels
“Couquette Couquette,” Of Montreal
“Cousins,” Vampire Weekend
“Giving Up the Gun,” Vampire Weekend
Listen to Friday Morning Rock weekly at 9 a.m. EDT in Hartford on WRTC 89.3 FM or online at www.wrtcfm.com.
Love the radio show, usually don’t get to hear it. Thanks for putting some intellegence where its rarely heard.