Tuesday 29 June 2010

Soft Rock Classics Show 26th June 2010

The summer has finally arrived in the UK
1) Saxon - Denim and leather
2) Anvil - Fuel for the fire
3) Phil Lynott & Gary Moore - Out in the fields
4) Aerosmith - Cryin'
5) Tenacious D - Tribute
6) Nazareth - My white bicycle
7) Nazareth - Love hurts
8) Nazareth - Hair of the dog
9) Nazareth - Free me
10) Linkin Park - Crawling
11) Rainbow - Long live rock 'n' roll
12) Rick Springfield - Jessie's girl
13) Rick Springfield - Don't talk to strangers
14) Rick Springfield - Rock of life
15) Rick Springfield - Human touch
16) Red Hot Chilli Peppers - The zephyr song
17) Rory Gallagher - Tattoo'd lady
18) Bon Jovi - Lay your hands on me
19) David Lee Roth - California girls
20) Sail on sailor
21) Gary US Bonds - This little girl
My head if going all woozy as the third hour consists of nothing but prog rock
1) Rare Bird - Sympathy
2) Rick Wakeman - Catherine Parr
3) Aphrodite's Child - The four horsemen
4) Focus - Elspeth of Nottingham
5) Marillion - Grendel
6) ELP - Karn evil 9
7) The Moody Blues - Question

Tuesday 22 June 2010

Soft Rock Classics Show 19th June

Very exciting times coming up on this show.
1) Jo Jo Gunne - Run run run
2) Faith No More - Epic
3) Billy Idol - Cradle of love
4) Soundgarden - Black hole sun
5) Iron Maiden - El Dorado
6) Heart - Barracuda
7) ELP - Fanfare for the common man
8) Johnny Cash - Personal Jesus
9) Stealers Wheel - Star
10) Skunk Anansie - Brazen (weep)
11) Robin George - Heartline
12) UFO - Lights out
13) Twisted Sister - I wanna rock
14) Loverboy - Working for the weekend
15) Don Henley - Heart of the matter
16) Kenny Loggins - Footloose
17) Motley Crue - Home sweet home
18) Status Quo - Whatever you want
19) The Scorpions - Raised on rock
20) Metallica - For whom the bell tolls
21) Genesis - Mama
22) Atomic Rooster - The devil's answer
23) Dire Straits - Sultans of swing
24) Starship - Jane
In the third hour, I play an hour of the blues.
1) Muddy Waters - Mannish boy
2) Seasick Steve - Dog house boogie
3) Oli Brown - Stone cold (Roxanne)
4) Brian Setzer - Sixty years
5) Gary Moore - Walking by myself
6) Joe Bonamassa - Asking around for you
7) George Thoroughgood & The Destroyers - Bad to the bone
8) Little Milton - Stormy Monday
9) Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack lightnin'
10) Eric Gales - I got me a woman
11) ZZ Top - What's up with that?
12) BB King - Why I sing the blues
13) Murali Coryell - Louise

Monday 14 June 2010

Soft Rock Classics Show 12th June

Just back from Sweden Rock Festival, had a very long drive and met and saw some fabulous bands who you'll hear all about in coming weeks.
1) Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the devil
2) Pink Floyd - Another brick in the wall
3) Them - Baby please don't go
4) Paul McCartney - Live and let die
5) Strange Fruit - All over the world
6) Stealers Wheel - Stuck in the middle
7) ACDC - You shook me all night long
8) ACDC - It's a long way to the top
9) Led Zeppelin - Immigrant song
10) Tia Carrere - Ballroom blitz
11) Aerosmith - Spider man
12) The Who - Tommy's holiday camp
13) The Who - We're not gonna take it
14) Deep Purple - Burn
15) Letters To Cleo - I want you to want me
16) Letters To Cleo - Cruel to be kind
17) Edward & Alex Van Halen - Respect the wind
18) Van Halen - Humans being
19) Bob Seger - Against the wind
20) The Byrds - Turn turn turn
21) The Beatles - I should have known better
22) The Beatles - I'll be back
23) Steppenwolf - Born to be wild
24) The Band - Stage fright
25) Simon & Garfunkel - Sounds of silence
26) Thunderclap Newman - Something in the air
This weeks third hour features music made between 2000 and 2009.
1) Muse - Plug in baby
2) White Stripes - Seven nation army
3) Nickelback - How you remind me
4) Ash - Burn baby burn
5) Linkin Park - Somewhere I belong
6) Black Stone Cherry - Blind man
7) Stereophonics - Dakota
8) Alien Ant Farm - Movies
9) The Darkness - Friday night
10) Marillion - Fantastic place
11) Evanescence - Going under
12) Wheatus - Teenage dirtbag
13) Orson - No tomorrow
14) Glen Campbell - Walls
15) Paul Weller - Written in the stars

Saturday 5 June 2010

Soft Rock Classics Show 5th June

Hello and it's off to the Sweden Rock Festival I go.
1) Talking Heads - Burning down the house
2) Def Leppard - Photograph
3) Iron Maiden - Flight of Icarus
4) Meatloaf - Midnight at the lost and found
5) Journey - Separate ways (worlds apart)
6) Bryan Adams - Cuts like a knife
7) Mark Knopfler - Theme from Local Hero
8) Big Country - Chance
9) U2 - Two hearts beat as one
10) Marillion - Script for a jester's tear
11) Guess Who - American woman
12) Biffy Clyro - Bubbles
13) ACDC - Whole lotta Rosie
14) Rod Stewart - Hot legs
15) Rolling Stones - Paint it black
16) Subway - The journey. For more on this classic German band, go to www.myspace.com/francissotorocks
17) The Scorpions - Send me an angel
18) Bob Seger - Even now
19) Jackson Browne - Somebody's baby
20) Weezer - Buddy Holly
21) Green Day - Holiday
22) Bowling For Soup - 1985
23) ELO - 10538 overture
This weeks third hour features songs all over five minutes, most of them considerably longer
1) Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
2) Pink Floyd - Shine on you crazy diamond
3) Elton John - Funeral for a friend/love lies bleeding
4) Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo chile (slight return)
5) Bob Dylan - Hurricane
6) Derek & The Dominoes - Layla

Tuesday 1 June 2010

Soft Rock Classics Show 29th May

A week to go and I'll be off to cover the Sweden Rock Festival.
1) John Lennon - Stand by me
2) Eric Clapton - Knocking on heaven's door
3) The Eagles - Life in the fast lane
4) Deep Purple - You keep on moving
5) Bad Company - Feel like making love
6) ZZ Top - Tush
7) Heart - Magic man
8) Bruce Springsteen - Born to run
9) Jann Klose - Sacrifice. For more info on a very talented musician, go to www.jannklose.com
10) Marillion - Whatever is wrong with you
11) The Doors - Love me two times
12) Dave Davies - Death of a clown
13) Cream - Strange brew
14) FM - That girl
15) Whitesnake - Still of the night
16) Three Dog Night - Mama told me not to come
17) Billy Idol - White wedding
18) Quireboys - There she goes again
19) Aerosmith - Livin' on the edge
20) Gary Moore - Thunder rising
21) Guns 'N' Roses - Better
22) Pigeon detectives - Take her back
23) Kings Of Leon - Sex on fire
24) Kaiser Chiefs - Everyday I love you less and less
The third hour features nothing but Southern rock. Yee haw.
1) Canned Heat - On the road again
2) Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gimme three steps
3) Allman Brothers - Jessica
4) The Band - Rag mama rag
5) Blackfoot - Highway song
6) Tom Petty - Refugee
7) Black Crowes - Jealous again
8) Poco - Rose of Cimarron
9) REM - Stand
10) Georgia Satellites - Battleship chains
11) Kansas - Dust in the wind
12) Molly Hatchet - Flirtin' with disaster
13) Charlie Daniels Band - The south's gonna do it