The start of the season’s last three day weekend inevitably means a collision of both working songs for Labor Day and a batch of anthems celebrating the last moments of summer.
Ah, bittersweet! But there were two hours to tonight’s show, so the first dedicated could be dedicated to the drudgery of work, and right around midnight came the summer songs, not a moment too late.
Accordingly “Working in the Coal Mine” made two appearances as did the Beach Boys, there were live cuts from the Clash and Talking Heads and a lot of summer songs with similar titles.
Here’s what I played on the radio tonight:
Friday Night Rock, 9-4-2015, 11 p.m.- 1 a.m. Radio CPR, 101.7 FM, Washington D.C.
- “Factory,” Bruce Springsteen
- “Five O’Clock World,” The Vogues
- “We Don’t Work for Free,” Grandmaster Mel & the Furious Five
- “Working in the Coal Mine,” Lee Dorsey
- “Sixteen Tons,” Tennessee Ernie Ford
- “Take This Job and Shove It,” Johnny Paycheck
- “Career Opportunities,” The Clash (live)
- “Found a Job,” Talking Heads (live)
- “Welcome to the Working Week,” Elvis Costello“
- Bright Future in Sales,” Fountains of Wayne
- “Working in the Coal Mine,” Devo
- “Get Back in Line,” The Kinks
- “Working on the Chain Gang,” Sam Cooke
- “Factory Girl,” The Rolling Stones
- “Workin’ Man’s Blues,” Merle Haggard
- “Regular Guy,” Steve Earle & the Dukes
- “The Coal Mine Blues,” Marty Stuart
- “Finally Friday,” George Jones
- “Friday I’m in Love,” Yo La Tengo
- “I Know Where the Summer Goes,” Belle & Sebastian
- “It’s Summertime,” The Flaming Lips
- “Girl Don’t Tell Me,” The Beach Boys
- “That Summer Feeling,” Jonathan Richman
- “All Summer Long,” Phoebe Kreutz
- “Summerbaby,” Polaris
- “Summer Baby,” Pavement
- “Summer Moon,” The Ravonettes
- “Summer Mood,” Best Coast
- “Summer Skin,” Death Cab for Cutie
- “Summer Daze,” Luscious Jackson
- “The Summer Song,” Yacht
- “Summer Breeze,” The Isley Brothers
- “Summer Song,” The Decemberists
- “Summer in the City,” The Lovin’ Spoonful
- “Constructive Summer,” The Hold Steady
- “All Summer Long,” The Beach Boys
Friday Night Rock returns Sept. 11 on Radio CPR, 101.7 FM, Washington D.C. or streaming live at www.tinyurl.com/radiocpr