November 20 Playlist: Our Own Yokos

No one I know does the eighties like Violet Sky. The look, the style, the sound – she does it all. That’s remarkable when you consider the fact that she wasn’t even born in the same century as the subject of her fascination. She’s received press coverage on both sides of the Atlantic, and judging by her hundreds of thousands of followers on social media, she’s not alone in her obsession. Click on this link to hear how she took her initial attraction to an obsession and a career, all to tune of an eighties-centric soundtrack.

• BOWLING FOR SOUP 1985
• OZZY OSBOURNE Crazy Train
• OZZY OSBOURNE A Shot in the Dark
• LITA FORD & OZZY OSBOURNE Close My Eyes Forever
• ASIA Only Time Will Tell
• BIG COUNTRY In A Big Country
• MOTLEY CRUE Looks That Kill
• WARRANT Down Boys
• Q-FEEL Dancing in Heaven
• ZZ TOP Sleeping Bag
• KILLING JOKE Eighties
• VIOLET SKY I Found Love
• SHY TALK Excuse Me
• LIFE BY NIGHT Phone to Phone
• PSYCHEDLIC FURS Pretty In Pink
• ANNIE GOLDEN Hang Up the Phone
• E.G. DAILY One Way Love
• DEAD OR ALIVE You Spin Me Round
• VIOLET SKY What’s a Girl To Do
• JULIE BROWN Shut Up and Kiss Me
• MADNESS One Step Beyond
• GENERAL PUBLIC Tenderness
• THE BUGGLES Video Killed the Radio Star
• DEPECHE MODE Just Can’t Get Enough
• ERASURE A Little Respect
• YAZ Only You
• VIOLET SKY A Heartbeat Away
• THE ESCAPE CLUB Wild Wild West
• ABC Poison Arrow
• CULTURE CLUB Time
• ALPHAVILLE Forever Young (Remix)

Whether he’s performing with his band Middle Ages or playing his songs on his acoustic at a coffee shop, Mickey Ehrlich’s music resonates with honesty and sincerity – and zero pretense – that is almost immediately apparent to anyone fortunate enough to be listening. He was my guest on this edition of the program, which you can access by clicking here.

• THE HIVES Legalize Living
• THE STRUTS Rock and Roll Fantasy
• BLINK-182 All the Small Things
• ABSOLUTE LOSERS At the Same Time
• BLACK ROSE BURNING Into the Black
• THE CLASH Should I Stay or Should I Go
• SAVE FERRIS Get Dancing
• THE PLANET SMASHERS Things You Do
• DAVE BARRY Fight the Bumble Bees
• ZZ TOP Legs
• OUR OWN YOKOS Feel Alright Tonight
• RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL Hangover and Out
• MIDDLE AGES Nevermind Blues
• THE WHITE STRIPES Seven Nation Army
• THE YARDBIRDS Heart Full of Soul
• DAN CORIO BAND Hold On
• MIRANDA LAMBERT Gunpowder and Lead
• JON CASPI & THE FIRST GUN Last Ride Home
• WEEZER Pork and Beans
• SAMMY DAVIS JR. Theme from “Baretta”
• WAR Low Rider
• SANTANA with STEVE WINWOOD A Whiter Shade of Pale
• MICKEY EHRLICH Sheepshead Bay (Live in the MPR Studio)
• THE RONNETTES Be My Baby
• BOB DYLAN Mozambique
• DOLLY PARTON Jolene
• MIDDLE AGES Silver Lining (Don’t Count Me Out)
• MANIC HONEY Problems
• CARMEN TOTH Pretty Dresses
• SOUND SIREN Washed Hands
• THE ATLICIC This Year
• MICKEY EHRLICH Down in The Narrows (Live in the MPR Studio)
• MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE I Don’t Love You
• SPUTNIK THE BAND They Don’t Know
• STYX Lady
• MICKEY EHRLICH On the Loose (Live in the MPR Studio)
• HOUNDS OF JUSTICE Wisdom Teeth

The highlight of the latest edition of the program were Rose Couchon and Patrick Wakie of Modern Day Machines. They graced our studio with a dynamic mixture of music and conversation, and showed why they are a band deserving of your attention. The link to the re-stream follows the complete playlist below.

• THE HELLECASTERS Highland Boogie
• ROBERT RANDOLPH & THE FAMILY BAND Ain’t Nuthin’ Wrong with That
• LOS STRAITJACKETS G-Men
• GUNS ‘N ROSES Rocket Queen
• CLONE Queen
• THEORY OF A DEADMAN Wait for Me
• APOLLO 440 Stop the Rock
• TONY CAREY I Won’t Be Home Tonight
• LEE AARON Troublemaker
• LIVING COLOUR Behind the Sun
• FALLOUT BOY Sugar, We’re Going Down
• BORTS Snow in Hell
• LED ZEPPELIN Trampled Under Foot
• WHITESNAKE Here I Go Again
• MODERN DAY MACHINES Make Me Move
• MODERN DAY MACHINES Inside and Out
• PROCESS OF FUSION Lights in the Sky
• KING LIKE MOM Tantrum
• COHEED AND CAMBRIA You Got Spirit Kid
• SYSTEM OF A DOWN Aerials
• MODERN DAY MACHINES Vox Populi
• INXS Never Tear Us Apart
• ERIC CLAPTON Wonderful Tonight
• KISS Love Her All I Can
• BOSTON Rock and Roll Band
• JALEN N’GONDA I Need You
• MAGGIE ROGERS Shatter
• LANA DEL REY Summertime Sadness (Absolute Zero Metal Remix)
• BABY QUEEN Dover Beach
• NICOLE ATKINS The Way It Is
• DISTURBED Sounds of Silence
• BUDOS BAND Frontier’s Edge
• THE BEST PESSIMIST Sweet Loneliness