Sunday 26 December 2010

Brit Rock 25th December

Boxing day afternoon and I'm filling this in. I hope you appreciate it. Happy Christmas to you all.
1) Stryper - Calling on you
2) Leviticus - Born again
3) Barlowgirl - Never alone
4) Amy Grant - Lead me on
5) Jackson Browne - Somebody’s baby
6) Queen - Spread your wings
7) Marillion - Cover my eyes (pain and heaven)
8) Rolling Stones - Gimme shelter
9) Beatles - Golden slumbers/carry that weight/the end
10) Biffy Clyro - Many of horror
11) Aerosmith - What it takes
12) Blink 182 - What's my age again
13) Oasis - Cigarettes and alcohol
14) Beck - Loser
15) Weezer - Buddy Holly
16) Soundgarden - Black hole sun
17) Cranberries - Zombie
18) REM - What's the frequency Kenneth
19) Jeff Buckley - Grace
20) Nirvana - The man who sold the world
21) Stiltskin - Inside
22) Pink Floyd - Keep talking
23) The Alman Brothers Band - Ramblin' man
24) Nils Lofgren - Back it up
The third hour features nothing but good rock songs
1) The Who - We're not gonna take it
2) Rush - The spirit of radio
3) Van Halen - Hot for teacher
4) Asia - Heat of the moment
5) Motley Crue - Too fast for love
6) ACDC - You shook me all night long
7) Judas Priest - Living after midnight
8) Extreme - Hole hearted
9) Whitesnake - Here I go again
10) Harry Chapin - Cat's in the cradle
11) Foriegner - Juke box hero
12) Journey - Don't stop believing
13) Chicago - Baby what a big surprise

Monday 20 December 2010

Brit Rock 18th December

It's all snowy and white here. The reality is no one can go anywhere or do anything. Ho ho ho.
1) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have you ever seen the rain
2) Blind Melon - No rain
3) The Who - Love reign over me
4) Guns 'N' Roses - November rain
5) Slaughter - Fly to the angels
6) REM - Everybody hurts
7) Nick Cave - Into my arms
8) U2 - Christmas (baby please come home)
9) Coldplay - Christmas lights
10) Tom Petty - Christmas all over again
11) The Darkness - Christmas time (don't let the bells end)
12) Steve Winwood - Roll with it
13) Iron Maiden - Can I play with madness
14) Sinead 'O Connor - Mandinka
15) Cinderella - Gypsy road
16) Bon Jovi - Bad medicine
17) Travelling Wilburys - End of the line
18) Van Halen - When it's love
19) Robert Plant - Heaven knows
20) Waterboys - Fishermans blues
21) Huey Lewis & The News - Perfect world
22) Green Day - Wake me up when September ends
23) Greg Lake - I believe in Father Christmas
Hour three features some of the best live recording ever.
1) Thin Lizzy - Dancing in the moonlight
2) Deep Purple - Highway star
3) Peter Frampton - Show me the way
4) Grateful Dead - All along the watchtower
5) Jimi Hendrix - Little wing
6) Black Sabbath - NIB
7) Rod Stewart - Reason to believe
8) Eric Clapton - Layla
9) Rainbow - Catch the rainbow

Sunday 12 December 2010

Brit Rock 11th December

Christmas is coming but I've very generously laid aside some time to update this blog. Aren't I kind?
1) ACDC - Thunderstruck
2) KISS - God of thunder
3) Bob Dylan - Hurricane
4) Bruce Springsteen - Thunder road
5) Lita Ford - Kiss me deadly
6) Aerosmith - Love in an elevator
7) Night Ranger - Don't tell me you love me
8) Shush - Do what I want
9) Dio - Holy diver
10) Big Country - Chance
11) Reef - Place your hands
12) UFO - Doctor doctor
13) Cozy Powell - Na na na
14) Supertramp - Crime of the century
15) Van Morrison - Domino
16) John Lennon - Whatever gets you through the night
17) Steeley Dan - Ricky don't lose that number
18) Thin Lizzy - Still in love with you
19) Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet home Alabama
20) ELP - Karn evil no. 9
21) Genesis - The carpet crawlers
22) Joe Cocker - You are so beautiful
The third hour features some exceedingly short songs
1) Van Halen - Eruption
2) Beatles - Sgt Peppers (reprise)
3) Blur - Song 2
4) Undertones - Teenage kicks
5) White Stripes - Fell in love with a girl
6) Jerry Lee Lewis - What I'd say
7) Chuck Berry - Come on
8) Elvis Presley - You're so square (baby I don't care)
9) Queen - We will rock you
10) Neil Young - Needle and the damage done
11) JJ Cale - After midnight
12) The Clash - White riot
13) Ramones - Sheena is a punk rocker
14) The Buzzcocks - What do I get
15) Jimi Hendrix - Cross town traffic
16) The Who - I can't explain
17) The Doors - Break on through
18) The Kinks - You really got me
19) Eddie Cochran - Something else
20) Johnny Kidd & The Pirates - Please don't touch
21) Motorhead - Ace of spades
22) The Jam - English rose
23) John Lee Hooker - Boom boom
24) The Smiths - Girlfriend in a coma
25) The Cure - Boys don't cry

Saturday 4 December 2010

Brit Rock 4th December

I'm surrounded by snow. That's it really.
1) Foreigner - Cold as ice
2) Black Sabbath - Snow-blind
3) Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Snow (hey oh)
4) Genesis - Snowbound
5) Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4
6) Fleetwood Mac - The chain
7) Moody Blues - The voice
8) Green Day - Boulevard of broken dreams
9) Motorhead - Ace of spades (slow version)
10) Seasick Steve - That's all
11) Air Supply - Even the nights are better
12) Deep Purple - Hush
13) The Doors - Hello I love you
14) Iron Butterfly - In a gadda da Vida
15) The Marbles - Only one woman
16) Status Quo - Pictures of matchstick men
17) The Band - The weight
18) The Zombies - Time of the season
19) Steppenwolf - Magic carpet ride
20) Canned Heat - Going up the country
21) Jimi Hendrix - All along the watchtower
22) Beatles - While my guitar gently weeps
23) Rolling Stones - Street fighting man
24) Manic Street Preachers - Some kind of nothingness
25) Kings Of Leon - Radioactive
Hour three features reasonably long songs
1) Styx - Come sail away
2) Derek & The Dominoes - Layla
3) Elton John - Funeral for a friend/love lies bleeding
4) The Who - Won't get fooled again
5) Marillion - Neverland
6) Led Zeppelin - Stairway to heaven
7) Mason Williams - Classical gas