Dr. John's Journal: A Perfect Song

Record Shelf Playlists

Dr. John's Record Shelf is my weekly radio program on KDWG, 90.9 FM broadcast from the University of Montana Western. My goal is to offer an eclectic mix of various styles, genres and eras, focusing primarily (but not exclusively) on music that you won't hear anywhere else on the dial (at least not in SW Montana). My co-host, Art Vandelay and I (with the assistance of station flunky Rico Muckman) also provide some additional bits to liven up the show, including Three People I Know (where I mention three people I know), The Cultural Corner (where we engage in lively banter on art, literature and poetry), Dr. John's Top Five (where we take a shot at ranking almost anything), and Record Shelf Theater (where we re-create a scene from some famous movie, play or TV show). If you find yourself in Dillon, tune us in; otherwise, below are some lists of songs that have been aired on recent shows:

Dr. John's Record Shelf 120422

Jack White, "On and On and On"
Eleanor Friedberger, "Inn of the Seventh Ray"
David Lowery, "Marigold"
Camera Obscura, "Razzle Dazzle Rose"
Sleater-Kinney, "Oh!"
All Girl Summer Fun Band, "Plastic Toy Dream"
Let's Wrestle, "Dear John"
Patti Smith, "Words of Love"
Those Darlins, "Let's Talk Dirty in Hawaiian"
Jolie Holland & the Grand Chandeliers, "All Those Girls"
JOhn Lennon, "Nobody Told Me"
Drive-By Truckers, "Carl Perkins' Cadillac"
Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women, "Marie Marie"
Neil Diamond, "Cherry Cherry"
B.J. Thomas, "No Love At All"

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Teenage Fanclub, "Hang On"
Bruce Springsteen, "O Mary Don't You Weep"
Todd Snider, "Fortunate Son"
Bottle Rockets, "I Don't Want to Go Home"
Imperial Teen, "No Matter What You Say"
Sloan, "Shadow of Love"
Thirteenth Floor Elevators, "Fire Engine"
The Skunks, "Do the Duck"
Neil Young, "After the Gold Rush"
Sarah Vaughn, "Whatever Lola Wants"
Howard Tate, "Kiss"
Blues Image, "Ride Captain Ride"
B.W. Stevenson, "My Maria"
The Animals, "Gonna Send You Back to Walker"
Beatles, "She's a Woman"

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The Setters, "River of Love"
Cowboy Nation, "Shenandoah"
Lindisfarne, "Fog on the Tyne"
Minders, "We Never Shout"
Del Fuegos, "Hold Us Down"
Joe Tex, "The Love You Save"
Linda Lyndell, "What a Man"
Deborah Allen, "Rock Me in the Cradle of Love"
Skip Spence, "Broken Heart"
Shannon McNally, "Pale Moon"
Syl Johnson, "I've Got the Real Thing"
Marie "Queenie" Lyons, "See and Don't See"
Sandy Posey, "I Take It Back"
Karen Dalton, "Katie Cruel"
Mumford & Sons, "The Cave"
Middle Brother, "Middle Brother"

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Silos, "Teenage Prayer"
Terry Allen, "Flatland Boogie"
The Head and the Heart, "Lost in MY Mind"
Kathleen Edwards, "Change the Sheets"
Bright Eyes, "One for You One for Me"
Bangles, "Open Your Eyes"
Long Ryders, "Still Get By"
Steve Almaas, "Kingo a Wild One"
Temptations, "I Wish It Would Rain"
Doris Troy, "Just One Look"
Baseball Project, "Sometimes I Dream of Willie Mays"
Stevie Wonder, "If You Really Love Me"
The Love Society, "You Know How I Feel and Why"
Dick Campbell, "The People Planners"
Veronica Falls, "Bad Feeling"
Bird of Youth, "The Great Defender"
Mark Lindsay, "Silver Bird"
Jim Croce, "I Got a Name"

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Wilco, Spiders (Kidsmoke)"
Alex Chilton, "Sugar Sugar/I Got the Feelin'"
Craig Finn, "Terrified Eyes"
Laura Veirs, "Secret Someones"
Eleventh Dream Day, "It's All a Game"
Peter Stampfel & the Bottlecaps, "Me and Old Dog Tray"
Bob Dylan, "If Dogs Run Free"
The Rainy Daze, "Blood of Oblivian"
Chesterfield Kings, "Trip Through Tomorrow"
Wells and Fargo, "Mother Goose Sonata"
Steve Young, "Montgomery in the Rain"
Iris DeMent, "Childhood Memories"
Sebadoh, "Skull"
Wussy, "This Will Not End Well"
Suzi Quatro, "The Wild One"
T.Rex, "Jeepster"
Buzzcocks, "Ever Fallen in Love"
Undertones, "Get Over You"

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Bruce Springsteen, "Land of Hope and Dreams"
Tom Morello, "Blind Willie McTell"
Mary Gauthier, "The Last of the Hobo Kings"
Blasters, "Hollywood Bed"
Minus Five, "John Barleycorn Must Live"
Skybombers, "It Goes Off"
So So Glos, "Throw Your Hands Up"
Wheels on Fire, "Three Sisters"
Dead Milkmen, "The Thing That Only Eats Hippies"
Camper van Beethoven, "The Day That Lassie Went to the Moon"
Spinners, "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love"
Friends of Distinction, "Love Me or Let Me Be Lonely"
Sally Timms, "Dark Sun"
John Sebastian & the J Band, "Wild About My Lovin'"

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Paul Westerberg, "I'll Do Anything"
Thrills, "One Horse Town"
Sonic Youth, "Pink Steam"
White Stripes, "As Ugly As I Seem"
Texas Tornados, "My Sugar Blue"
Gram Parsons, "Return of theGrievous Angel"
Will Rigby, "Got You Up My Sleeve"
Uncle Tupelo, "Graveyard Shift"
Al Stewart, "Electric Los Angelels Sunset"
Gene Clark, "Los Angeles"
Freakwater, "Rank Strangers"
Cordelia's Dad, "Granite Mills"
Roky Erickson & Okkervill River, "Goodbye Sweet Dreams"
Bevis Frond, "Godsent"
Monkees, "Daydream Believer"
Donovan, "Colours"

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Sam Cooke, "Wonderful World"
Roy Milton and His Solid Senders, "Thrill Me"
Sonny Rollins, "Harlem Boys"
Five Stairsteps, "Oooh Child"
Slim Gaillard, "Laughing in Rhythm"
Junior Wells, "Little by Little"
Sugar Hill Gang, "8th Wonder"
Joe Tex, "I Want To"
Carolina Chocolate Drops, "Cindy Gal"
People's Choice, "Do It Any Way You Wanna"
Max Roach, "I'll Take Romance"
Gangstarr, "Jazz Thing"
John Coltrane Quartet, "All or Nothing At All"
Eric B & Rakim, "Don't Sweat the Technique"
Lisa Lisa with Cult Jam, "I Wonder If I Take You Home"
Ruth Brown, "Oh What a Dream"

Friday, May 1, 2009

A Perfect Song

As long as we're on the topic of talented Canadians (as in the previous post), here's Joni Mitchell doing her song "Urge for Going," which I can listen to over and over again; the imagery of the lyrics is just fantastic. Maybe you'll feel the same way:

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All-Time Favorite Movies (In Progress)

Quiz Show (Robert Redford, 1994)
Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 1942)
National Lampoon's Animal House (John Landis, 1977)
The Mortal Storm (Frank Borzage, 1939)
Simple Men (Hal Hartley, 1992)
The Searchers (John Ford, 1956)
The Big Sleep (Howard Hawks, 1944)
High Fidelity (Stephen Frears, 2000)
Wings of Desire (Wim Wenders, 1987)
Local Hero (Bill Forsyth, 1983)
The Awful Truth (Leo McCarey, 1937)
Bringing Up Baby (Howard Hawks, 1938)
The Maltese Falcon (John Huston, 1941)
Sunrise (F.W. Murnau, 1927)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (John Huston, 1948)
The General (Buster Keaton, 1927)