Got there a little late because of The Replacements show, still ringing in my ears, and so ringing in the start of the show.
Then a bunch of songs to mark the date: 50 years since Bob Dylan shot his most famous video, 45 years since the Beatles’ last album and birthdays aplenty: of Robert Johnson, Ricky Nelson and Chris Franz of the Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club.
Recounted highlights from Sufjan Stevens’ show in town this week and closed with some Curtis Mayfield. Things went by quickly.
Here’s what I played on the radio:
Friday Night Rock, 5-8-2015, 11:25 p.m. to 1 a.m., Radio CPR, 101.7 FM, Washington, D.C.
- “Alex Chilton,” The Replacements
- “Left of the Dial,” The Replacements
- “Kiss Me on the Bus,” The Replacements
- “Can’t Hardly Wait,” The Replacements
- “Subterranean Homesick Blues,” Bob Dylan
- “Get Back,” The Beatles (alternate take)
- “I Believe I’ll Dust My Broom,” Robert Johnson
- “Sweet Home Chicago,” Robert Johnson
- “Me and the Devil Blues,” Robert Johnson
- “Stop Breaking Down Blues,” Robert Johnson
- “Love in Vain,” Robert Johnson
- “If You Can’t Rock Me,” Ricky Nelson
- “Be Bop Baby,” Ricky Nelson
- “I’m Walkin,'” Ricky Nelson
- “Poor Little Fool,” Ricky Nelson
- “Lonesome Town,” Ricky Nelson
- “Making Flippy Floppy,” Talking Heads (live)
- “”This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody),” Talking Heads (live)
- “Genius of Love,” Talking Heads (live)
- “You Sext Thing,” Tom Tom Club
- “Should Have Known Better,” Sufjan Stevens
- “Fourth of July,” Sufjan Stevens
- “Blue Bucket of Gold,” Sufjan Stevens
- “Redford,” Sufjan Stevens
- “Notget,” Bjork
- “Freddie’s Dead,” Curtis Mayfield
Friday Night Rock returns May 15, possibly as early as 9 p.m., on Radio CPR, 101.7 FM, Washington, D.C.