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Song of the Day
The list for 2012

Atlanta radio has been hit-or-miss for some time now. I remember back in the 80s when 96Rock (96.1) actually ROCKED, Album88 (88.5) from 1988-92 when "college rock" became "alternative", and from 1992-97 when we were exposed to an incredible array of sounds on 99X (99.7) from Smashing Pumpkins and Nirvana to Jewel and Sarah McLachlan and on into the Neo-Swing/Jump Blues sounds of Squirrel Nut Zippers and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy.

Then came a corporate shuffle and a new emphesis on the Angry Fratboy Rap Metal of Lame Bizkit, Korn, and their ilk. I about gave up on new music. Fortunately, DaveFM (92.9) took up the slack and put a boot up the backside of 99X which after some time, a reshuffle, and a move down the dial (97.9) have gotten their act together. Unfortunately, despite having an extensive library, these stations still play a limited playlist - playing one song from a group that had five or six hits.

I want variety. Unless it's new, I don't want to hear the same song twice in a week. The closest I've come to that sort of variety and depth is Radio Caroline and Absolute Radio. I've heard Radio Caroline go from brand new Helloween to Gordon Lightfoot's "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald".

So
If I won the lottery and could program my own radio station it would sound something like this. These are the songs that are stuck in my head at the moment or are never heard on the radio and should be or, in my opinion, just shouldn't be forgotten. Many are critical favorites. Most are personal favorites. Some are just plain obscure. All are good. Be prepared for a list that is ALL OVER THE MAP and updated Monday through Friday.   If you use Firefox then I highly recommend the FoxyTunes extension. sadly that extension is long gone with no replacement.

2011's songs can be found here.

2 JanThe Byrds - Mr Tambourine ManNew songs for a new year
3 JanLove - My Little Red BookJanuary is all about debut tracks off debut albums
4 JanThe Doors - Break on Through (to the Other Side)Some artists had huge careers - others not so much
5 JanLed Zeppelin - Good Times Bad Times
6 JanKing Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man
9 JanThe Eagles - Take It Easy
10 JanSteely Dan - Do It Again
11 JanBoston - More Than a Feeling
12 JanMeat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell
13 JanVan Halen -Runnin' With the Devil
16 JanDire Straits - Down to the Waterline
17 JanAsia - Heat of the Moment
18 JanPat Benatar - Heartbreaker
19 JanNight Ranger - Don't Tell Me You Love Me
20 JanMadness - One Step Beyond
23 JanU2 - I Will Follow
24 JanREM - Radio Free Europe
25 JanIndigo Girls - Closer to Fine
26 JanMassive Attack - Safe From Harm
27 JanDido - Here With Me
30 JanCrosby Stills, and Nash - Suite Judy Blue Eyes
31 JanAir - La Femme d'Argent
1 FebJimi Hendrix - Purple Haze
2 FebMelissa Etheridge - Similar Features
3 FebRainbow - Man on the Silver Mountain
6 FebNew Order - RegretMadchester week
7 FebThe Stone Roses - Waterfall
8 FebThe Happy Mondays - Kinky Afro
9 FebJames - Born of Frustration
10 FebInspiral Carpets - Two Worlds Collide
13 FebAdele - Someone Like YouSix well-deserved Grammys
14 FebLighthouse - One Fine Morning
15 FebThe Ides of March - Vehicle
16 FebSugarloaf - Green-Eyed Lady
17 FebThe Average White Band - Pick Up the Pieces
20 FebVan Morrison - Caravan
21 FebDavid Bowie - Young American
22 FebChicago - Make Me Smile(long edit)
23 FebChuck Mangione - Feels So Good
24 FebMighty Mighty Bosstones - The Impression That I Get
27 FebAha - Take On Me
28 FebModern English - I Melt With You
29 FebUltravox - Reap the Wild Wind
1 MarBerlin - The Metro
2 MarIcicle Works - (Birds Fly) Whisper to a Scream
5 MarBeautiful South - Song For Whoever
6 MarCornershop - Brimful of Asha
7 MarChumbawumba - Tubthumping
8 MarBarenaked Ladies - It's All Been Done
9 MarBlues Traveller - Run Around
12 MarUriah Heep - Easy Livin'Something to kick Monday into gear
13 MarLynyrd Skynyrd - Tuesday's Gone
14 MarChris Issak - Wicked Game
15 MarSublime - Wrong Way
16 MarFoster the People - Pumped Up KicksAnother bouncy, happy song
19 MarIndigo Girls - High HorseExtremely rare track off the pre-CD release of Strange Fire
20 MarMichelle Malone - New Experience
21 MarThe Jody Grind - Hands of June
22 MarDreams So Real - Rough Night in Jericho
23 MarIndigo Girls - Southland in the Springtime (Acoustic-Radio)Live off the radio in 1989 and possibly unique recording
26 MarPat Benatar - Promises in the DarkRocker chicks
27 MarHole - Celebrity Skin
28 MarBreeders - Cannonball
29 MarL7 - Pretend We're Dead
30 MarFlatt & Scruggs - Foggy Mountain BreakdownR.I.P. Earl Scruggs
2 AprChopin - Raindrop PreludeApril showers and all that
3 AprFairport Convention - Eastern Rain
4 AprAtlanta Rhythm Section - All Night Rain
5 AprLed Zeppelin - The Rain Song
6 AprQueensr˙che - Another Rainy Night
9 AprAmy Winehouse - Rehab
10 AprFiona Apple - Fast As You Can
11 AprSuperchick - One Girl Revolution
12 AprGirls Aloud - Theme to St Trinian's
13 AprPink - So What
16 AprShow-Ya - Fairy
17 AprHeart - Crazy on You
18 AprDixie Chicks - Not Ready to Make Nice
19 AprVeruca Salt - Volcano Girls
20 AprLenka - Trouble Is a Friend
23 AprThe Pierces - Secret
24 AprKT Tunstall - Suddenly I See
25 AprThe Veronicas - 4Ever
26 AprLynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird (live)Happy Memorial Day
27 AprThe Donnas - Take It Off
30 AprTraffic - Glad
1 MayELO - Fire On High
2 MayThe Allman Brothers Band - In Memory of Elizabeth Reed (live)
3 MayDixie Dregs - Free Fall
4 MayYes - Excerpts From 'The Six Wives of Henry VIII'
7 MayArlo Guthrie - Coming Into Los Angeles (live)
8 MayVan Morrison - Tupelo Honey
9 MayRoxy Music - My Only Love
10 MaySteely Dan - Aja
11 MayBob Seger - Night Moves
14 MayCracker - Teen Angst
15 MayThe Pogues - Tuesday Morning
16 MayThe Mighty Mighty BossTones - Someday I Suppose
17 MayMichael Franti & Spearhead - Say Hey (I Love You)
18 MayOutkast - Hey Ya
21 MayThe Bee Gees - Night FeverR.I.P Robin Gibb
22 MayThe Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love
23 MayThe Bee Gees - More Than a Woman
24 MayThe Bee Gees - You Should Be Dancing
25 MayThe Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive
29 MaySaint Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart
30 MayLightning Seeds - Life of Riley
31 MayGerry Rafferty - Baker Street
1 JuneKinks - Days
4 JuneBetty Hutton - Blue SkiesGot this stuck in my head Saturday. It was certainly a weekend for it.
5 JuneBig Bad Voodoo Daddy - You & Me & The Bottle Makes 3 Tonight
6 JuneCherry Poppin' Daddies - Zoot Suit Riot
7 JuneSquirrel Nut Zippers - Hell
8 JuneDonkey - Slick Night Out
11 JuneGotye - Somebody That I Used to Know
12 JuneThe Concretes - Good Evening
13 JuneFrou Frou - Let Go
14 JuneZero 7 - In the Waiting Line
15 JuneAir - Sexy BoyMpc format
18 JuneSteely Dan - Only a Fool Would Say ThatIt's Cam Week
19 JuneVan Morrison - EveryoneCam is leaving us and taking her incredible breadth of musical knowledge...
20 JuneFleetwood Mac - You Make Loving Funto Philadelphia.
21 JuneJimi Hendrix - Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland)
22 JuneJoni Mitchell - You Turn Me on I'm a Radio
25 JuneNeon Trees - Animal
26 JuneJem - They
27 JunePink - Stupid Girls
28 JuneNoah and the Whale - L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.
29 JuneFun. - We Are Young
2 JulyJefferson Starship - Miracles
3 JulyXTC - Senses Working Overtime
4 JulyThe Beach Boys- I Get AroundA day late but here it is
5 JulyIggy Pop - Lust for Life
6 JulyCheap Trick - I Want You to Want Me (live)
9 JulyTriumph - Magic Power
10 JulyStyx - Borrowed Time
11 JulyREO Speedwagon - Keep on Loving You
12 JulyThe Alarm - The Stand (radio edit)
13 JulyThe Sisters of Mercy - This Corrosion
16 JulyJoy Division - Transmission
17 JulyThe Clash - London Calling
18 JulyMotörhead - Ace of Spades
19 JulyLove - Seven & Seven Is
20 JulyKansas - Dust in the Wind
23 JulyJoan Jett and the Blackhearts - Bad Reputation
24 JulyRegina Spektor - Fidelity
Off to Baltimore
6 AugRush - Manhattan ProjectBack on the 20th
20 AugELO - I'm Alive
21 AugStereophonics - The Bartender and the Thief
22 Aug
23 AugThe White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
24 AugDaft Punk - Around the World
27 AugStrawberry Alarm Clock - Incense and Peppermints
28 AugCream - Sunshine of Your Love
29 AugBlind Faith - Can't Find My Way Home
30 AugJefferson Airplane - Crown of Creation
31 AugCreedence Clearwater Revival - Run Through the Jungle
4 SepDusty Springfield - Just a Little Lovin'Words of wisdom from Dusty
5 SepSimon & Garfunkel - Scarborough Fair/Canticle
6 SepPeter Gabriel - Biko
7 SepKasabian - Fire
10 SepAnnie Lennox - Walking on Broken Glass
11 Sepkd Lang - Still Thrives This Love
12 SepLoreena McKennit - The Mummers Dance
13 SepEnya - Orinoco Flow
14 SepNatalie Merchant - Wonder
17 SepBoston - Don't Look Back
18 SepAsia - The Heat Goes On
19 SepForeigner - JukeBox Hero
20 SepSweet - Fox on the Run
21 SepJourney - Who's Crying Now
24 SepThe Allman Brothers Band - Jessica
25 SepLynyrd Skynyrd - One More Time
26 SepThe Outlaws - Green Grass and High Tides
27 SepMolly Hatchet - Gator Country
28 SepBlackfoot - Highway Song
1 OctAtlanta Rhythm Section - Georgia Rhythm
2 OctAmerica - Sister Golden Hair
3 OctCrosby, Stills & NashLong Time Gone
4 OctThe Byrds - My Back Pages
5 OctDoc & Merle Watson - Russian GrassAppropriate for this weekend
8 OctTony Rice & Norman Blake (w Doc Watson) - Blackberry Blossom
9 OctPatsy Cline - Blue
10 OctJohn Denver - Back Home Again
11 OctDixie Chicks - Long Time Gone
12 OctJohnny Cash - Ring of Fire
15 OctOf Monsters and Men - Little Talks
16 OctMuse - Madness
17 OctMumford & Sons - I Will Wait
18 OctNoel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - AKA...What a Life!
19 OctAdele - Skyfall
22 OctRush - Fly By NightSaw this in a car commercial recently
23 OctBob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Against the Wind
24 OctWhite Stripes - My Doorbell
25 OctBlack Keys - Gold on the Ceiling
26 OctVelvet Underground - Rock and Roll
29 OctThe Postal Service - Such Great Heights
30 OctThe Divine Comedy - National Express
31 OctBill Cosby - 9th Street BridgeHappy Halloween
1 NovInspiral Carpets - This Is How It Feels
2 NovOasis - Morning Glory
5 NovTalking Heads - Don't Worry About the Government
6 NovMidnight Oil - My CountryElection Day
7 NovJefferson Airplane - VolunteersNo, I did NOT vote for "God's Own Party"
8 NovThe Beach Boys - Don't Worry BabyFor my Republican friends - everything will turn out alright.
9 NovElectric Light Orchestra - All Over the WorldFor my Democrat friends
12 Nov オープニング~風の谷のナウシカ [Nausicaä]Studio Ghibli film fest this week
13 Nov 空から降ってきた少女 [Laputa]  
14 Nov 井上あずみさんぽ [Totoro]
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22 NovArlo Guthrie - Alice's Restaurant Massacree (live)Turkey Day tradition
23 NovRazorlight - America
26 NovSteely Dan - BodhisattvaFive dollar CDs from Fry's!
27 NovRush - Between the Wheels
28 NovSteely Dan - Hey Nineteen
29 NovBetty Hutton - It's Oh So Quiet
30 NovTriumph - Fight the Good Fight
5 DecDave Brubeck Quartet - Blue Rondo a la TurkRIP Dave Brubeck
24 DecYEARS - Fairytale of New YorkMerry Christmas everyone
1 Jan??