Month: March 2021

March 27 Playlist: Sir Elton JohnMarch 27 Playlist: Sir Elton John

Happy 74th Birthday Sir Elton John! A show full of gems from the early years, 1968-1975. Listen here.

• I’m Gonna Be a Teenage Idol
• (Gotta Get a) Meal Ticket
• Grimsby
• All The Young Girls Love Alice
• Your Sister Can’t Twist (But She Can Rock and Roll)
• Midnight Creeper
• No Shoestrings on Louise
• Country Comfort
• Amoreena
• Elderberry Wine
• I’ve Been Loving You
• Lady, What’s Tomorrow?
• Holiday Inn
• Madman Across the Water
• Rock and Roll Madonna
• Pinball Wizard
• You’re So Static
• Honey Roll
• Better Off Dead
• Hercules
• Skyline Pigeon
• Pinky
• Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting

March 23 Playlist: International Women’s MonthMarch 23 Playlist: International Women’s Month

In honor of International Women’s Month, we dedicated an entire show to some of our favorite female rockers! (If you want to get a regular dose of female-fronted bands from around the globe, check out The She Pop Show with my colleague Kitty the DJ – only on MPR!) Listen to the show here!

Our playlist:

• THE BANGLES Manic Monday
• THE GO GOs We Got The Beat
• NO DOUBT Just A Girl
• THE INTERRUPTERS Bad Guy
• ROCK GODDESS I Didn’t Know I Loved You
• (‘Til I Saw You Rock N Roll)
• THE RUNAWAYS Queens of Noise
• LITA FORD Kiss Me Deadly
• PAT BENATAR We Live For Love
• GARBAGE When I Grow Up
• BLONDIE Union City Blue
• BREEDERS Divine Hammer
• FANNY Charity Ball
• JANIS JOPLIN Kozmic Blues
• IKE & TINA TURNER Proud Mary
• LIZ PHAIR Extraordinary
• HALESTORM It’s Not You
• EVANESCENCE Bring Me To Life
• PATTI SMITH Because The Night
• THE PRETENDERS Back on the Chain Gang
• PARAMORE Still In To You
• B52s Deadbeat Club
• BISHOP BRIGGS River
• EMMA & THE IDLES Shot By The River
• ANN WILSON Immigrant Song
• LUCINDA WILLIAMS Passionate Kisses
• VERUCA SALT Seether
• CONCRETE BLONDE Heal It Up
• THE PRETTY RECKLESS Death By Rock and Roll

March 13 PlaylistMarch 13 Playlist

I can’t wait to get back to broadcasting from the MPR studios before this wave of ongoing technical plagues escalates in to something biblical. Listen here.

• KRAM Good Love
• DEEP PURPLE Woman from Tokyo
• SHOOTING STAR Are You on My Side
• KISS Let Me Go Rock and Roll
• QUEEN Somebody to Love
• PAUL STANLEY’S SOUL STATION I, Oh I
• ELTON JOHN Teacher I Need You
• TESKEY BROTHERS So Caught Up
• HAWKMEN Soulful Dress
• THIN LIZZY Whiskey in The Jar
• POGUES Rainy Night in Soho
• HOTHOUSE FLOWERS This is It (Your Soul)
• SCHON & HAMMER Wasting Time
• BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN I’m A Rocker
• ALABAMA SHAKES Hold On
• DION Can’t Go Back to Memphis
• T-BONE BURNETT Palestine, Texas
• FOGHAT Drivin’ Wheel
• ALAN MORRISSEY Fresh Kills
• MICHAEL STANLEY BAND He Can’t Love You
• THE MOONDOGZ Lonely Girl
• EMMA & THE IDLES Ride or Die
• PAJAMA SLAVE DANCERS Fast Cars, Girls in Bikinis
• UTOPIA Love is The Answer
• METALLICA Orion