Retro Lightning

2010-08-07T06:06:00.000-07:00

RETRO LIGHTNING PLAYLIST - 1980
Show #876 (aired on 08-07-2010)

1980...not a very exciting year musically for me, but there were some shining moments. I've tried to include a few of those on today's program. Thanks for listening!
- Fred

ARTIST / TITLE
The Kings / This Beat Goes On-->Switching to Glide
Grateful Dead / Althea
Fleetwood Mac / Sara
Queen / Play the Game
Jackson Browne / Boulevard
Squeeze / Pulling Mussels (from the Shell)
Ali Thomson / Take a Little Rhythm
Talking Heads / Once in a Lifetime
Ambrosia / You're the Only Woman
Christopher Cross / Ride Like the Wind
The Vapors / Turning Japanese
The Tourists / All Life's Tragedies
Red Rider (f/Tom Cochrane) / White Hot
Heart / Even It Up
Harry Chapin / Sequel
Rush / The Spirit of Radio
Pretenders / Kid
MOVIE - Olivia Newton-John / Xanadu ("Xanadu")
MOVIE - Kenny Loggins / I'm Alright ("Caddyshack")
Van Morrison / Spirit
Bruce Springsteen / Cadillac Ranch
Steely Dan / Hey Nineteen
Scorpions / The Zoo
The Rolling Stones / Emotional Rescue
LOCAL - Thunder / Easy Street
LOCAL - Alabama / Tennessee River
LOCAL - Rodney Crowell / Stars on the Water
Benny Mardones / Into the Night
The English Beat / Tears of a Clown
Yes / Does It Really Happen?
Pete Townshend / Let My Love Open the Door
The Rossington-Collins Band / Don't Misunderstand Me
Dire Straits / Tunnel of Love
Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band / Against the Wind
THEN - Devo / Whip It
NOW - Devo / Fresh (released 6/15/10)
Loverboy / Turn Me Loose
Bruce Cockburn / Fascist Architecture
The Kinks / Celluloid Heroes (live)
BEATLE - John Lennon & Yoko Ono / I'm Losing You

NEXT SATURDAY.....1989

2010-07-31T05:52:00.000-07:00

RETRO LIGHTNING PLAYLIST - 1973
Show #875 (aired on 07-31-2010)

1973. I call it "The Year of the Classic Album". Enjoy!...
- Fred

ARTIST / TITLE
Ozark Mountain Daredevils / If You Wanna Get to Heaven
Led Zeppelin / Dancing Days
Loggins & Messina / Long Tail Cat
Elton John / Bennie and the Jets
Carole King / Believe in Humanity
The Four Tops / Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)
The Raspberries / Tonight
10cc / Rubber Bullets
The Allman Brothers Band / Southbound
Steely Dan / Bodhisattva
Chicago / Feelin' Stronger Every Day
The James Gang / Must Be Love
The Strawbs / Part of the Union
Emerson, Lake & Palmer / Karn Evil 9 (1st Impression, pt.2)
Electric Light Orchestra / Showdown
TV THEME - "My Three Sons"
Billy Joel / Stop in Nevada
The Pointer Sisters / Yes We Can Can (LP cut)
Mott the Hoople / Honaloochie Boogie
Tower of Power / Soul Vaccination
MOVIE - Mike Oldfield / Tubular Bells (pt.1 - edit)
MOVIE - Wings / Live and Let Die
ZZ Top / Move Me On Down the Line
Jackson Browne / Redneck Friend
The Marshall Tucker Band / Can't You See
Stories / Mammy Blue
Pink Floyd / Speak to Me-->Breathe
LOCAL - Andy Fairweather Low / Spider Jivin'
LOCAL - John Prine / Dear Abby (live)
LOCAL - Charlie Rich / Behind Closed Doors
LOCAL - Bernie Leadon (w/Eagles) / Bitter Creek
Procol Harum / Bringing Home the Bacon
The Rolling Stones / Angie
Neil Young / Time Fades Away (live)
Stevie Wonder / Higher Ground
Sweet / Ballroom Blitz
Triumvirat / Dimplicity
Manfred Mann's Earth Band / Get Your Rocks Off
War / The Cisco Kid
THEN - The Doobie Brothers / China Grove
NOW - The Doobie Brothers / Nobody (re-issue 9/28/10)
The Edgar Winter Group / Free Ride
Foghat / Road Fever
Alice Cooper / No More Mr. Nice Guy
Aerosmith / Dream On
BEATLE - Paul McCartney & Wings / 1985

NEXT SATURDAY.....1980

2010-07-24T06:12:00.001-07:00

RETRO LIGHTNING PLAYLIST - 1982
Show #874 (aired on 07-24-2010)

1982. Hope this brings back some good memories as you listen in this morning...
- Fred

ARTIST / TITLE
Todd Rundgren / Bang the Drum All Day
Laurie Anderson / O Superman
Billy Idol / Hot in the City
GRAMMY - John Cougar / Hurts So Good
GRAMMY - Men at Work / Down By the Sea
GRAMMY - Toto / Africa
Scandal /Goodbye to You
America / You Can Do Magic (live)
Dave Edmunds / From Small Things, Big Things Come
Chicago / Hard to Say I'm Sorry-->Get Away
Steve Winwood / Valerie
Flash & the Pan / Walking In the Rain
Roxy Music / Avalon
TV THEME - "St. Elsewhere"
Billy Joel / Scandinavian Skies
Melissa Manchester / You Should Hear How She Talks...
Peter Gabriel / Shock the Monkey
MOVIE - Plimsouls / A Million Miles Away ("Valley Girl")
MOVIE - Jackson Browne / Somebody's Baby ("Fast Times")
Kate Bush / Sat in Your Lap
Crosby, Stills & Nash / Wasted on the Way
Asia / Heat of the Moment
Frida / I Know There's Something Going On
Billy Squier / Emotions in Motion
Journey / Open Arms
LOCAL - Marshall Chapman / Bizzy Bizzy Bizzy
LOCAL - Michael McDonald / I Keep Forgettin'
LOCAL - Tommy (Heath) Tutone / 867-5309 (Jenny)
Aztec Camera / Oblivious
Donnie Iris / Love Is Like a Rock
Marshall Crenshaw / Someday, Someway
Santana / Hold On
Richard & Linda Thompson / Walking on a Wire
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts / I Love Rock 'n' Roll
Duran Duran / Hungry Like the Wolf (12" club mix)
Led Zeppelin / Wearing and Tearing
A Flock of Seagulls / Space Age Love Song
THEN - The Steve Miller Band / Abracadabra
NOW - The Steve Miller Band / Hey Yeah
Missing Persons / Words
Jethro Tull / Beastie
The Clash / Rock the Casbah
Wall of Voodoo / Mexican Radio
BEATLE - Paul McCartney / Ballroom Dancing

NEXT SATURDAY.....1973

2010-07-10T06:08:00.003-07:00

RETRO LIGHTNING PLAYLIST - 1978
Show #872 (aired on 07-10-2010)

1978...I was deeeeeeeeeeeep into college radio by this time. The disco storm had waned some and progressive music was starting to reclaim its territory as a true art form. Check out today's playlist for a good sampling of musical styles from 1978...
- Fred

ARTIST / TITLE
The Police / Roxanne
Jessie Winchester / A Showman's Life
Joe Walsh / Life's Been Good
Little Feat / Spanish Moon (live)
GRAMMY - Billy Joel / Just the Way You Are
GRAMMY - Anne Murray / You Needed Me
Mose Jones / Blackbird
Jimmy Buffett / Son of a Son of a Sailor
Firefall / Strange Way
The Cars / Good Times Roll
Boston / A Man I'll Never Be
The Moody Blues / Steppin' in a Slide Zone
Sniff 'N' the Tears / Driver's Seat
TV THEME - "Dallas"
Jackson Browne / The Load-Out-->Stay
Warren Zevon / Accidentally Like a Martyr
Michael Murphey / Nothing Is Your Own
MOVIE - Yvonne Elliman / If I Can't Have You ("SNF")
MOVIE - Steely Dan / FM ("FM")
Toto / I'll Supply the Love
Cheap Trick / Surrender
Fogelberg-Weisberg / The Power of Gold
Charlie / She Loves to Be in Love
Gerry Rafferty / City to City
Neil Young / Helpless (live)
LOCAL - Walter Egan / Magnet & Steel
** WALTER EGAN INTERVIEW **
LOCAL - Walter Egan / Hot Summer Nights
The Rolling Stones / Respectable
Dire Straits / Sultans of Swing
Sweet / Love Is Like Oxygen (LP cut)
Santana / Dealer-Spanish Rose
10cc / Dreadlock Holiday
THEN - Doobie Brothers / Don't Stop to Watch the Wheels
NOW - Doobie Brothers / Nobody (forthcoming 9/28/10)
Jefferson Starship / Count On Me
Tycoon / Such a Woman
Little River Band / Reminiscing
The Babys / Everytime I Think of You
BEATLE - Wings / With a Little Luck

NEXT SATURDAY.....1988