Hey, it took a while to get this episode rendered and uploaded. The actual class I’m taking that lets me come play in the WIIT studio is eating up a lot of my time and causing frustration.
Musical Cheese Show, Sept. 29, 2012 at 9 pm, WIIT 88.9 FM
Every Woman I Know is Crazy ‘Bout an Automobile — Al Vance (1965)
Whose Cadillac is That — War — Best of War and More (1987)
B-I-Bickey-Bi, Bo-Go-Go — Gene Vincent (1957)
Somehow I just wanted to lead off with some car songs. But in Chicago, having a car has consequences: Lincoln Park Pirates — Steve Goodman — Live at the Earl of Old Town (1978)
Moonlight Feels Right — Starbuck — Super Hits of the 70s v. 18 (1976)
Ritual #1 — The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band — A Child’s Guide to Good and Evil (1968)
Couldn’t get this idea out of my head until I went ahead with it. Many songs involving the great city of Omaha. Des Moines doesn’t get nearly the same love:
Omaha — Counting Crows — August and Everything Afte (1993)
We’re an American Band — Grand Funk — We’re an American Band (1973)
Your Time is Gonna Come — Sandie Shaw — (1969)
While cuing up more Omaha songs, here’s a great female vocal cover of a Led Zeppelin song.
Love American Style — The Cowsills — 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection (1969)
"LAS" was quite probably the best bridge between the 1960’s and 70’s in the TV world. And the Cowsills did the theme song
Uneasy Rider – Uneasy Rider — Charlie Daniels — Uneasy Rider (1973)
Omaha Bar-B-Que — Shuggie Otis, Preston Love — Preston Love’s Omaha Bar-B-Q (Johnny Otis Presents) (2009)
Johnny Otis never stopped bringing out R&B acts!
Convoy – C. W. McCall’s Greatest Hits — C.W. McCall — Black Bear Road (1976)
Omaha – Listen My Friends! The Best of Moby Grape — Moby Grape — Moby Grape (1967)
A great San Francisco psych band that immediately got over-hyped when Columbia released five sngles at once from their debut album.
I’m the Slime — Frank Zappa — Over-Nite Sensation (1974)
I’ve neglected my playing of Zappa on this show until now.
My Crystal Spider — Sweetwater — Cycles: The Reprise Collection (1970)
A "lost" band that played Woodstock, yet is unknown today because their label didn’t let them be on the Woodstock albums or in the film. Sorry for the quality of the CD cut.
Rivers of Babylon – Nightflight to Venus — Boney M. — Nightflight to Venus – Boney M. (1978)
Boney M was managed by German producer Frank Farian, who later orchestra the fake act Milli Vanilli.
I Was Kaiser Bill’s Batman — Whistling Jack Smith — Hard to Find Pop Instrumentals (1967)
Sounds like a nonsense title used to cash in on the "Batman" craze. But a "Batman" is a term for a British miltary adjutant. Either way, following are a few more seasonal songs.
The Homecoming Queen’s Got a Gun — Julie Brown — Trapped In the Body of a White Girl (1984)
Simpsons End Theme: "Talking Softball" — Terry Cashman — Go Simpsonic with the Simpsons
Cashman is parodying himself here. He had a minor hit with "Talkin’ Baseball" in 1981, which he would go on to re-record with versions name-checking all the teams in the MLB. And the "Ozzie" in the episode was Ozzie Smith, not Guillen.
When the Cubs Win the Wold Series — The Cleaning Ladys — 1997
This was a staple of Jonathan Brandmeier’s radio show in the 90’s. Probably not so much now that he’s on WGN,
Spider-Man — Ramones — Saturday Morning Cartoons’ Greatest Hits (1995)
Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals —Raymond Scott — The Music of Raymond Scott – Reckless Nights and Turkish Twilights (1937)
Julie, Do Ya Love Me — Bobby Sherman — (1970)
Do Ya — The Move — Message from the Country (1972)
Hey, two "Do Ya" titles in a row!
Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm — Crash Test Dummies — God Shuffled His Feet (1993)
Thunderball — Tom Jones — Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1965)
Who’s Yehoodi? — Cab Calloway — Are You Hep to the Jive? (1940)
I get another chance to explain some totally obscure cultural reference.
ME-OW — Jockers Brothers (1918)
One of those songs referenced constantly in Carl Stalling’s musical soundtracks to the Warner Bros. cartoons.
Wildwood Flower — The Carter Family — RCA Country Legends (1928)
Pammie’s On a Bummer — Sonny Bono — Inner Views (1967)
Our podcast cuts off in the middle of the LP version. A true example of a Republican hippie freak-out! Sonny is almost as upset about Pammie taking LSD as he was over the fact that "electrically they keep a baseball score"
Musical Cheese Show, Sept. 29, 2012 at 9 pm, WIIT 88.9 FM
Every Woman I Know is Crazy ‘Bout an Automobile — Al Vance (1965)
Whose Cadillac is That — War — Best of War and More (1987)
B-I-Bickey-Bi, Bo-Go-Go — Gene Vincent (1957)
Somehow I just wanted to lead off with some car songs. But in Chicago, having a car has consequences: Lincoln Park Pirates — Steve Goodman — Live at the Earl of Old Town (1978)
Moonlight Feels Right — Starbuck — Super Hits of the 70s v. 18 (1976)
Ritual #1 — The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band — A Child’s Guide to Good and Evil (1968)
Couldn’t get this idea out of my head until I went ahead with it. Many songs involving the great city of Omaha. Des Moines doesn’t get nearly the same love:
Omaha — Counting Crows — August and Everything Afte (1993)
We’re an American Band — Grand Funk — We’re an American Band (1973)
Your Time is Gonna Come — Sandie Shaw — (1969)
While cuing up more Omaha songs, here’s a great female vocal cover of a Led Zeppelin song.
Love American Style — The Cowsills — 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection (1969)
"LAS" was quite probably the best bridge between the 1960’s and 70’s in the TV world. And the Cowsills did the theme song
Uneasy Rider – Uneasy Rider — Charlie Daniels — Uneasy Rider (1973)
Omaha Bar-B-Que — Shuggie Otis, Preston Love — Preston Love’s Omaha Bar-B-Q (Johnny Otis Presents) (2009)
Johnny Otis never stopped bringing out R&B acts!
Convoy – C. W. McCall’s Greatest Hits — C.W. McCall — Black Bear Road (1976)
Omaha – Listen My Friends! The Best of Moby Grape — Moby Grape — Moby Grape (1967)
A great San Francisco psych band that immediately got over-hyped when Columbia released five sngles at once from their debut album.
I’m the Slime — Frank Zappa — Over-Nite Sensation (1974)
I’ve neglected my playing of Zappa on this show until now.
My Crystal Spider — Sweetwater — Cycles: The Reprise Collection (1970)
A "lost" band that played Woodstock, yet is unknown today because their label didn’t let them be on the Woodstock albums or in the film. Sorry for the quality of the CD cut.
Rivers of Babylon – Nightflight to Venus — Boney M. — Nightflight to Venus – Boney M. (1978)
Boney M was managed by German producer Frank Farian, who later orchestra the fake act Milli Vanilli.
I Was Kaiser Bill’s Batman — Whistling Jack Smith — Hard to Find Pop Instrumentals (1967)
Sounds like a nonsense title used to cash in on the "Batman" craze. But a "Batman" is a term for a British miltary adjutant. Either way, following are a few more seasonal songs.
The Homecoming Queen’s Got a Gun — Julie Brown — Trapped In the Body of a White Girl (1984)
Simpsons End Theme: "Talking Softball" — Terry Cashman — Go Simpsonic with the Simpsons
Cashman is parodying himself here. He had a minor hit with "Talkin’ Baseball" in 1981, which he would go on to re-record with versions name-checking all the teams in the MLB. And the "Ozzie" in the episode was Ozzie Smith, not Guillen.
When the Cubs Win the Wold Series — The Cleaning Ladys — 1997
This was a staple of Jonathan Brandmeier’s radio show in the 90’s. Probably not so much now that he’s on WGN,
Spider-Man — Ramones — Saturday Morning Cartoons’ Greatest Hits (1995)
Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals —Raymond Scott — The Music of Raymond Scott – Reckless Nights and Turkish Twilights (1937)
Julie, Do Ya Love Me — Bobby Sherman — (1970)
Do Ya — The Move — Message from the Country (1972)
Hey, two "Do Ya" titles in a row!
Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm — Crash Test Dummies — God Shuffled His Feet (1993)
Thunderball — Tom Jones — Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1965)
Who’s Yehoodi? — Cab Calloway — Are You Hep to the Jive? (1940)
I get another chance to explain some totally obscure cultural reference.
ME-OW — Jockers Brothers (1918)
One of those songs referenced constantly in Carl Stalling’s musical soundtracks to the Warner Bros. cartoons.
Wildwood Flower — The Carter Family — RCA Country Legends (1928)
Pammie’s On a Bummer — Sonny Bono — Inner Views (1967)
Our podcast cuts off in the middle of the LP version. A true example of a Republican hippie freak-out! Sonny is almost as upset about Pammie taking LSD as he was over the fact that "electrically they keep a baseball score"