There was as much David Bowie on the show tonight as there was snow on the ground. In the midst of the big D.C. blizzard, the music went on after a two week absence.
So in addition to a survey of Bowie’s first two thirds of his career, there was nearly an hour of music about snow and storms and winter. Capped the nonstop Bowie with a couple of the things he made with Iggy Pop and some covers of Bowie songs by Seu Jorge from the sound track of “the Life Aquatic with Steve Zizzou.”
Here’s what I played on the radio tonight, as the storm built:
Friday Night Rock, 1-22-2016, 9 p.m. – 1 a.m., Radio CPR 101.7 FM, Washington D.C.
- “Station to Station,” David Bowie
- “Listen the Snow is Falling,” Galaxie 500
- “Snowstorm,” Galaxie 500
- “Snow,” Pernice Brothers
- “Fox in the Snow,” Belle & Sebastian
- “First Snow,” Phil Ochs
- “Snow,” Tracey Thorn
- “It Snowed,” Meghan Smith
- “Snowflake in a Hot World,” Mercury Rev
- “White Winter Hymnal,” Fleet Foxes
- “Valley Winter Song,” Fountains of Wayne
- “Cold, Cold, Cold,” Handsome Family
- “Winter in the Hamptons,” Josh Rouse
- “Janine,” David Bowie
- “Space Oddity,” David Bowie
- “Kooks,” David Bowie
- “Changes,” David Bowie
- “Oh, You Pretty Things!” David Bowie
- “Life on Mars?” David Bowie
- “Black Country Rock,” David Bowie
- “The Man Who Sold the World,” David Bowie
- “Hang On to Yourself,” (alternate take) David Bowie
- “Ziggy Stardust,” David Bowie
- “Starman,” David Bowie
- “Panic in Detroit” David Bowie
- “Suffragette City,” David Bowie
- “The Prettiest Star,” David Bowie
- “Sorrow,” David Bowie
- “The Jean Genie,” David Bowie
- “Drive in Saturday,” David Bowie
- “Diamond Dogs,” David Bowie
- “Rebel Rebel,” David Bowie
- “Young Americans,” David Bowie
- “Fascination,” David Bowie
- “Fame,” David Bowie
- “Golden Years,” David Bowie
- “Be My Wife,” David Bowie
- “Sound & Vision,” David Bowie
- “TVC15,” David Bowie
- “Heroes,” David Bowie
- “Ashes to Ashes,” David Bowie
- “Fashion,” David Bowie
- “Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps),” David Bowie
- “Under Pressure,” David Bowie and Queen
- “Cat People (Putting Out Fire),” David Bowie
- “Buddha of Suburbia,” David Bowie
- “This is Not America,” David Bowie / Pat Metheny
- “Let’s Dance,” David Bowie
- “China Girl,” David Bowie
- “Modern Love,” David Bowie
- “Blue Jean,” David Bowie
- “Loving the Alien,” David Bowie
- “Absolute Beginners,” David Bowie
- “Lust for Life,” Iggy Pop
- “The Passenger,” Iggy Pop
- “Rock ’n’ Roll Suicide,” Seu Jorge
- “Five Years,” Seu Jorge
- “Life on Mars?” Seu Jorge
Friday Night Rock returns Jan. 29 on Radio CPR 101.7 FM or online at www.tinyurl.com/radiocpr