Another odd radio show — why did I think things that didn’t work last week would work this week? It did not.
So in the middle of a sampling of what I happened to have on the laptop was the entirety of “Highway 61 Revisited,” which was released half a century ago this week. And it was remarkable how vital it sounded, and how many of its lines memorable.
There was a bit more of Iris DeMent’s new album, and a practical lesson why a newly released alternate take of “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking” was inferior to the finished product.
Here’s what I played on the radio tonight.
Friday Night Rock, 8-28-2015, 9:20 p.m. – 1 a.m., Radio CPR, 101.7 FM, Washington, D.C.
- “Day Tripper,” Otis Redding
- “96 Tears,” Jimmy Ruffin
- “She’s About a Mover,” Otis Clay
- “Kind Woman,” Percy Sledge
- “Slippery People,” The Staple Singers
- ”Summer Breeze (Part 1),” The Isley Brothers
- “Heart of Gold,” Charles Bradley
- “Why Is It So Hard,” Charles Bradley
- “What Becomes of the Brokenhearted,” Baby Washington
- “Hands Off My Baby,” Mary Wells
- “My Way,” Aretha Franklin
- “From the Oriental Notebook,” Iris DeMent
- “Not with Deserters,” Iris DeMent
- “Our Hearts Are Wrong,” Jessica Lea Mayfield
- “Back to Me,” Kathleen Edwards
- “It’s Gonna Rain,” Lucinda Williams
- “Lost on the River #20,” The New Lost Basement Tapes
- “A Fistful of Dollars Theme,” Petra Haden
- “Barbara Alllen,” Billie Joe & Norah
- “Rockin’ Alone (In An Old Rockin’ Chair),” Billie Joe & Norah
- “Who Knows Where the Time Goes,” Cat Power
- “Last Dance,” The Ravonettes
- “You’ve Got Time,” Regina Spektor
- “Modern Blue,” Rosanne Cash
- “Bury Our Friends,” Sleater-Kinney
- “Radio On,” Ex Hex
- “Cheap and Cheerful,” The Kills
- “Closer,” Tegan and Sara
- “Love Letter to Japan,” The Bird and the Bee
- “Like a Rolling Stone,” Bob Dylan
- “Tombstone Blues,” Bob Dylan
- “It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry,” Bob Dylan
- “From a Buick 6,” Bob Dylan
- “Ballad of a Thin Man,” Bob Dylan
- “Queen Jane Approximately,” Bob Dylan
- “Highway 61 Revisited,” Bob Dylan
- “Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues,” Bob Dylan
- “Desolation Row,” Bob Dylan
- “Make You Better,” The Decemberists
- “Outlier,” Spoon
- “In Time,” The Black Keys
- “Boyfriend,” Best Coast
- “Gamble Everything for Love,” Ben Lee
- “You Don’t Know Me At All,” Ben Folds and Regina Spektor
- “Is That Enough,” Yo La Tengo
- “Feeling Pulled Apart by Horses,” Thom Yorke
- “Me and Mia,” Ted Leo and the Phrarmacists
- “Gimme Something Good,” Ryan Adams
- “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking,” The Rolling Stones (alternate version)
- “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking,” The Rolling Stones
Listen to Friday Night Rock again Sept. 4 on Radio CPR 101.7 FM or streaming online.