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
2011's songs can be found here.
| 2 Jan | The Byrds - Mr Tambourine Man | New songs for a new year |
| 3 Jan | Love - My Little Red Book | January is all about debut tracks off debut albums |
| 4 Jan | The Doors - Break on Through (to the Other Side) | Some artists had huge careers - others not so much |
| 5 Jan | Led Zeppelin - Good Times Bad Times | |
| 6 Jan | King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man | |
| 9 Jan | The Eagles - Take It Easy | |
| 10 Jan | Steely Dan - Do It Again | |
| 11 Jan | Boston - More Than a Feeling | |
| 12 Jan | Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell | |
| 13 Jan | Van Halen -Runnin' With the Devil | |
| 16 Jan | Dire Straits - Down to the Waterline | |
| 17 Jan | Asia - Heat of the Moment | |
| 18 Jan | Pat Benatar - Heartbreaker | |
| 19 Jan | Night Ranger - Don't Tell Me You Love Me | |
| 20 Jan | Madness - One Step Beyond | |
| 23 Jan | U2 - I Will Follow | |
| 24 Jan | REM - Radio Free Europe | |
| 25 Jan | Indigo Girls - Closer to Fine | |
| 26 Jan | Massive Attack - Safe From Harm | |
| 27 Jan | Dido - Here With Me | |
| 30 Jan | Crosby Stills, and Nash - Suite Judy Blue Eyes | |
| 31 Jan | Air - La Femme d'Argent | |
| 1 Feb | Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze | |
| 2 Feb | Melissa Etheridge - Similar Features | |
| 3 Feb | Rainbow - Man on the Silver Mountain | |
| 6 Feb | New Order - Regret | Madchester week |
| 7 Feb | The Stone Roses - Waterfall | |
| 8 Feb | The Happy Mondays - Kinky Afro | |
| 9 Feb | James - Born of Frustration | |
| 10 Feb | Inspiral Carpets - Two Worlds Collide | |
| 13 Feb | Adele - Someone Like You | Six well-deserved Grammys |
| 14 Feb | Lighthouse - One Fine Morning | |
| 15 Feb | The Ides of March - Vehicle | |
| 16 Feb | Sugarloaf - Green-Eyed Lady | |
| 17 Feb | The Average White Band - Pick Up the Pieces | |
| 20 Feb | Van Morrison - Caravan | |
| 21 Feb | David Bowie - Young American | |
| 22 Feb | Chicago - Make Me Smile(long edit) | |
| 23 Feb | Chuck Mangione - Feels So Good | |
| 24 Feb | Mighty Mighty Bosstones - The Impression That I Get | |
| 27 Feb | Aha - Take On Me | |
| 28 Feb | Modern English - I Melt With You | |
| 29 Feb | Ultravox - Reap the Wild Wind | |
| 1 Mar | Berlin - The Metro | |
| 2 Mar | Icicle Works - (Birds Fly) Whisper to a Scream | |
| 5 Mar | Beautiful South - Song For Whoever | |
| 6 Mar | Cornershop - Brimful of Asha | |
| 7 Mar | Chumbawumba - Tubthumping | |
| 8 Mar | Barenaked Ladies - It's All Been Done | |
| 9 Mar | Blues Traveller - Run Around | |
| 12 Mar | Uriah Heep - Easy Livin' | Something to kick Monday into gear |
| 13 Mar | Lynyrd Skynyrd - Tuesday's Gone | |
| 14 Mar | Chris Issak - Wicked Game | |
| 15 Mar | Sublime - Wrong Way | |
| 16 Mar | Foster the People - Pumped Up Kicks | Another bouncy, happy song |
| 19 Mar | Indigo Girls - High Horse | Extremely rare track off the pre-CD release of Strange Fire |
| 20 Mar | Michelle Malone - New Experience | |
| 21 Mar | The Jody Grind - Hands of June | |
| 22 Mar | Dreams So Real - Rough Night in Jericho | |
| 23 Mar | Indigo Girls - Southland in the Springtime (Acoustic-Radio) | Live off the radio in 1989 and possibly unique recording |
| 26 Mar | Pat Benatar - Promises in the Dark | Rocker chicks |
| 27 Mar | Hole - Celebrity Skin | |
| 28 Mar | Breeders - Cannonball | |
| 29 Mar | L7 - Pretend We're Dead | |
| 30 Mar | Flatt & Scruggs - Foggy Mountain Breakdown | R.I.P. Earl Scruggs |
| 2 Apr | Chopin - Raindrop Prelude | April showers and all that |
| 3 Apr | Fairport Convention - Eastern Rain | |
| 4 Apr | Atlanta Rhythm Section - All Night Rain | |
| 5 Apr | Led Zeppelin - The Rain Song | |
| 6 Apr | Queensr˙che - Another Rainy Night | |
| 9 Apr | Amy Winehouse - Rehab | |
| 10 Apr | Fiona Apple - Fast As You Can | |
| 11 Apr | Superchick - One Girl Revolution | |
| 12 Apr | Girls Aloud - Theme to St Trinian's | |
| 13 Apr | Pink - So What | |
| 16 Apr | Show-Ya - Fairy | |
| 17 Apr | Heart - Crazy on You | |
| 18 Apr | Dixie Chicks - Not Ready to Make Nice | |
| 19 Apr | Veruca Salt - Volcano Girls | |
| 20 Apr | Lenka - Trouble Is a Friend | |
| 23 Apr | The Pierces - Secret | |
| 24 Apr | KT Tunstall - Suddenly I See | |
| 25 Apr | The Veronicas - 4Ever | |
| 26 Apr | Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird (live) | Happy Memorial Day |
| 27 Apr | The Donnas - Take It Off | |
| 30 Apr | Traffic - Glad | |
| 1 May | ELO - Fire On High | |
| 2 May | The Allman Brothers Band - In Memory of Elizabeth Reed (live) | |
| 3 May | Dixie Dregs - Free Fall | |
| 4 May | Yes - Excerpts From 'The Six Wives of Henry VIII' | |
| 7 May | Arlo Guthrie - Coming Into Los Angeles (live) | |
| 8 May | Van Morrison - Tupelo Honey | |
| 9 May | Roxy Music - My Only Love | |
| 10 May | Steely Dan - Aja | |
| 11 May | Bob Seger - Night Moves | |
| 14 May | Cracker - Teen Angst | |
| 15 May | The Pogues - Tuesday Morning | |
| 16 May | The Mighty Mighty BossTones - Someday I Suppose | |
| 17 May | Michael Franti & Spearhead - Say Hey (I Love You) | |
| 18 May | Outkast - Hey Ya | |
| 21 May | The Bee Gees - Night Fever | R.I.P Robin Gibb |
| 22 May | The Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love | |
| 23 May | The Bee Gees - More Than a Woman | |
| 24 May | The Bee Gees - You Should Be Dancing | |
| 25 May | The Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive | |
| 29 May | Saint Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart | |
| 30 May | Lightning Seeds - Life of Riley | |
| 31 May | Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street | |
| 1 June | Kinks - Days | |
| 4 June | Betty Hutton - Blue Skies | Got this stuck in my head Saturday. It was certainly a weekend for it. |
| 5 June | Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - You & Me & The Bottle Makes 3 Tonight | |
| 6 June | Cherry Poppin' Daddies - Zoot Suit Riot | |
| 7 June | Squirrel Nut Zippers - Hell | |
| 8 June | Donkey - Slick Night Out | |
| 11 June | Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know | |
| 12 June | The Concretes - Good Evening | |
| 13 June | Frou Frou - Let Go | |
| 14 June | Zero 7 - In the Waiting Line | |
| 15 June | Air - Sexy Boy | Mpc format |
| 18 June | Steely Dan - Only a Fool Would Say That | It's Cam Week |
| 19 June | Van Morrison - Everyone | Cam is leaving us and taking her incredible breadth of musical knowledge... |
| 20 June | Fleetwood Mac - You Make Loving Fun | to Philadelphia. |
| 21 June | Jimi Hendrix - Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland) | |
| 22 June | Joni Mitchell - You Turn Me on I'm a Radio | |
| 25 June | Neon Trees - Animal | |
| 26 June | Jem - They | |
| 27 June | Pink - Stupid Girls | |
| 28 June | Noah and the Whale - L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N. | |
| 29 June | Fun. - We Are Young | |
| 2 July | Jefferson Starship - Miracles | |
| 3 July | XTC - Senses Working Overtime | |
| 4 July | The Beach Boys- I Get Around | A day late but here it is |
| 5 July | Iggy Pop - Lust for Life | |
| 6 July | Cheap Trick - I Want You to Want Me (live) | |
| 9 July | Triumph - Magic Power | |
| 10 July | Styx - Borrowed Time | |
| 11 July | REO Speedwagon - Keep on Loving You | |
| 12 July | The Alarm - The Stand (radio edit) | |
| 13 July | The Sisters of Mercy - This Corrosion | |
| 16 July | Joy Division - Transmission | |
| 17 July | The Clash - London Calling | |
| 18 July | Motörhead - Ace of Spades | |
| 19 July | Love - Seven & Seven Is | |
| 20 July | Kansas - Dust in the Wind | |
| 23 July | Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - Bad Reputation | |
| 24 July | Regina Spektor - Fidelity | |
| Off to Baltimore | ||
| 6 Aug | Rush - Manhattan Project | Back on the 20th |
| 20 Aug | ELO - I'm Alive | |
| 21 Aug | Stereophonics - The Bartender and the Thief | |
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| 23 Aug | The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army | |
| 24 Aug | Daft Punk - Around the World | |
| 27 Aug | Strawberry Alarm Clock - Incense and Peppermints | |
| 28 Aug | Cream - Sunshine of Your Love | |
| 29 Aug | Blind Faith - Can't Find My Way Home | |
| 30 Aug | Jefferson Airplane - Crown of Creation | |
| 31 Aug | Creedence Clearwater Revival - Run Through the Jungle | |
| 4 Sep | Dusty Springfield - Just a Little Lovin' | Words of wisdom from Dusty |
| 5 Sep | Simon & Garfunkel - Scarborough Fair/Canticle | |
| 6 Sep | Peter Gabriel - Biko | |
| 7 Sep | Kasabian - Fire | |
| 10 Sep | Annie Lennox - Walking on Broken Glass | |
| 11 Sep | kd Lang - Still Thrives This Love | |
| 12 Sep | Loreena McKennit - The Mummers Dance | |
| 13 Sep | Enya - Orinoco Flow | |
| 14 Sep | Natalie Merchant - Wonder | |
| 17 Sep | Boston - Don't Look Back | |
| 18 Sep | Asia - The Heat Goes On | |
| 19 Sep | Foreigner - JukeBox Hero | |
| 20 Sep | Sweet - Fox on the Run | |
| 21 Sep | Journey - Who's Crying Now | |
| 24 Sep | The Allman Brothers Band - Jessica | |
| 25 Sep | Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More Time | |
| 26 Sep | The Outlaws - Green Grass and High Tides | |
| 27 Sep | Molly Hatchet - Gator Country | |
| 28 Sep | Blackfoot - Highway Song | |
| 1 Oct | Atlanta Rhythm Section - Georgia Rhythm | |
| 2 Oct | America - Sister Golden Hair | |
| 3 Oct | Crosby, Stills & NashLong Time Gone | |
| 4 Oct | The Byrds - My Back Pages | |
| 5 Oct | Doc & Merle Watson - Russian Grass | Appropriate for this weekend |
| 8 Oct | Tony Rice & Norman Blake (w Doc Watson) - Blackberry Blossom | |
| 9 Oct | Patsy Cline - Blue | |
| 10 Oct | John Denver - Back Home Again | |
| 11 Oct | Dixie Chicks - Long Time Gone | |
| 12 Oct | Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire | |
| 15 Oct | Of Monsters and Men - Little Talks | |
| 16 Oct | Muse - Madness | |
| 17 Oct | Mumford & Sons - I Will Wait | |
| 18 Oct | Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - AKA...What a Life! | |
| 19 Oct | Adele - Skyfall | |
| 22 Oct | Rush - Fly By Night | Saw this in a car commercial recently |
| 23 Oct | Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Against the Wind | |
| 24 Oct | White Stripes - My Doorbell | |
| 25 Oct | Black Keys - Gold on the Ceiling | |
| 26 Oct | Velvet Underground - Rock and Roll | |
| 29 Oct | The Postal Service - Such Great Heights | |
| 30 Oct | The Divine Comedy - National Express | |
| 31 Oct | Bill Cosby - 9th Street Bridge | Happy Halloween |
| 1 Nov | Inspiral Carpets - This Is How It Feels | |
| 2 Nov | Oasis - Morning Glory | |
| 5 Nov | Talking Heads - Don't Worry About the Government | |
| 6 Nov | Midnight Oil - My Country | Election Day |
| 7 Nov | Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers | No, I did NOT vote for "God's Own Party" |
| 8 Nov | The Beach Boys - Don't Worry Baby | For my Republican friends - everything will turn out alright. |
| 9 Nov | Electric Light Orchestra - All Over the World | For 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 Nov | Arlo Guthrie - Alice's Restaurant Massacree (live) | Turkey Day tradition |
| 23 Nov | Razorlight - America | |
| 26 Nov | Steely Dan - Bodhisattva | Five dollar CDs from Fry's! |
| 27 Nov | Rush - Between the Wheels | |
| 28 Nov | Steely Dan - Hey Nineteen | |
| 29 Nov | Betty Hutton - It's Oh So Quiet | |
| 30 Nov | Triumph - Fight the Good Fight | |
| 5 Dec | Dave Brubeck Quartet - Blue Rondo a la Turk | RIP Dave Brubeck |
| 24 Dec | YEARS - Fairytale of New York | Merry Christmas everyone |
| 1 Jan | ? | ? |
