Show 789 - Motherly Love

(Weekend of May 12-May 14, 2017)

Motherly Love!

Hey baby, Little Steven here.

You know what week this is, don’t you?

That’s right, mama mia, it’s Mother’s Day.

Joining us will be such mother lovers as Elvis Presley, Elvis Costello, Gary Lewis & the Playboys, Moby Grape, and Smokey Robinson & the Miracles.

Come find out what the Runaways, Little Walter, and the Rutles have in common.

We have more records by the Mothers Of Invention than you have heard in the last ten years.

It’s a mother loving good time this weekend in the world’s only Rock n’ Roll dance party on the radio.

I’ll see you this weekend in the Underground Garage.

Set 1

Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby (Rolling Stones)

Mama Said (Shirelles)

Mommy’s Little Monster (Social Distortion)

That’s Alright Mama (Elvis Presley)

Mother One Track Mind (Soundtrack Of Our Lives)

Goose Step Mama (Rutles)

Set 2

Motherly Love (Mothers Of Invention)

Babbling Idiot (Dollyrots)

Hungry Freaks Daddy (Mothers Of Invention)

Tell Mama (Etta James)

My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama (Frank Zappa)

Set 3

Everybody Loves A Clown (Gary Lewis & the Playboys)

(What’s So Funny Bout) Peace, Love, & Understanding (Elvis Costello)

Gravy (For My Mashed Potatoes) (Dee Dee Sharp)

Soulfire (Little Steven)

Tears Of A Clown (Smokey Robinson & the Miracles)

Set 4

Like She Does (Bayonets)

Bad Boy (Beatles)

Tell Me Mama (Little Walter)

My Monster (Blondie)

Hey Grandma (Moby Grape)

Set 5

Chew Chew Fee Fi Fum (Goldie & the Gingerbreads)

Never Thought You’d Leave Me (Pleasure Seekers)

I Love Playin’ With Fire (Runaways)

La La Land (Go-Go’s)

In & Out Of My Life In A Day (Pandoras)

You Give Me (Cocktail Slippers)

Show 788 - Rocket 88

(Weekend of May 5-May 7, 2017)

Rocket 88!

Hey baby, Little Steven here with our weekly Underground Garage pop quiz.

What was the first Rock n’ Roll record?

You think about that, because we are going to talk about it this weekend among other extraordinarily important subjects.

As usual, we are joined by the greatest musicians of all time including the Beatles, Howlin’ Wolf, the Yardbirds, the Ramones, and Ike & Tina Turner, and we have the best new music in the world.

Tune into find out what Robert Johnson, Herman’s Hermits, and Little Eva have in common.

It’s the only Rock n’ Roll dance party on the radio, baby. I’ll see you this weekend in the Underground Garage.

Set 1

Good Times (Easybeats)

Jumpin’ Jack Flash (Rolling Stones)

Keep Your Hands Off My Baby (Little Eva)

My Monster (Blondie)

Psychotic Reaction (Count 5)

Set 2

Rocket 88 (Jackie Brenston & The Delta Cats)

Every Little Thing (Beatles)

Break A Guitar (Ty Segall)

Killing Floor (Howlin’ Wolf)

Pumping (My Heart) (Patti Smith Group)

Set 3

Look Through Any Window (Hollies)

Don’t Go (Ramones)

No Milk Today (Herman’s Hermits)

Forever My Baby (Dahlmanns)

For Your Love (Yardbirds)

Set 4

Babbling Idiot (Dollyrots)

Soulfire (Little Steven & the Disciples of Soul)

It’s Gonna Work Out Fine (Ike & Tina Tuner)

Lies (Knickerbockers)

Set 5

Stop Breaking Down (Rolling Stones)

Dust My Broom (Elmore James)

Traveling Riverside Blues (Led Zeppelin)

Cross Road Blues (Robert Johnson)

Crossroads (Cream)

Show 787 - Suds And Duds

(Weekend of April 28-April 30, 2017)

Suds and Duds!

Are you tired of the filth that permeates our disgusting society? Gossiping reporters dishing the dirt.

Politicians slinging mud.

Buses and factories spewing pollution.

Nothing but Filth! Filth! Filth!

Come celebrate hygiene with us in the Underground Garage. Come and find out why Norway is so clean.

Don’t mind the gas fumes and oil spots. After all, it’s only fossil fuels.

Use ’em before we lose’em.

We will see you this weekend in the Underground Garage.

Set 1

There’s No Surf In Cleveland (Euclid Beach Band)

Dead Man’s Curve (Jan & Dean)

Old Red Wine (Who)

All The Right Friends (REM)

Break A Guitar (Ty Segall)

I Can Only Give You Everything (Them)

Set 2

Cold Metal (Iggy Pop)

Evil Hearted You (Yardbirds)

Forever My Baby (Dahlmanns)

Outsider (Ramones)

Soulfire (Little Steven & the Disciples of Soul)

Set 3

Gomper (Rolling Stones)

Get Away From Me (Dogs)

I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night (Electric Prunes)

Set 4

My Monster (Blondie)

Don’t Look Back (Remains)

Right Now (Jeff Beck)

I Ain’t Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore (Rascals)

Bad Boy (Beatles)

Set 5

Hot Rocks (Launderettes)

Leader Of The Laundromat (the Detergents)

When My Baby’s Beside Me (Big Star)

Never Wanted To Know (Bash & Pop)

Hang On Sloopy (McCoys)

Show 786 - Ramones Forever and Ever

(Weekend of April 21-April 23, 2017)

Ramones Forever and Ever!

Hey baby, Little Steven here with our Underground Garage weekly pop quiz.

What do U2, Green Day, and Pearl Jam have in common?

That’s right the Ramones, and we’re celebrating them this weekend in the Underground Garage.

Joining us will be the Who, the Rolling Stones, and the Amboy Dukes.

It’s an Underground Garage Tribute to the most important Rock ‘n Roll band since the 60s. Come dig the Ramones this weekend in the Underground Garage.

Set 1

Blitzkrieg Bop (Ramones)

Everytime I Eat Vegetables(I Think Of You) (Ramones)

Substitute (Who)

I Believe In Miracles (Eddie Vedder & Zeke)

Palisades Park (Freddy Cannon)

Creeper Is A Low Rider (Manic Hispanic)

Set 2

Looking For A Kiss (New York Dolls)

C’mon Everybody (Eddie Cochran)

Forever My Baby (Dahlmanns)

Suzy Is A Headbanger (Ramones)

Out Of Time (Rolling Stones)

Set 3

Maria Bartiromo (Joey Ramone)

Journey To The Center Of The Mind (Amboy Dukes)

Break A Guitar (Ty Segall)

Needles & Pins (Searchers)

Set 4

Soulfire (Little Steven)

I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend (Ramones)

Baby I Love You (Ronettes)

Never Wanted To Know (Bash & Pop)

I Just Wanna Have Something To Do (Garbage)

Set 5

My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Ramones)

Get Away From Me (Dogs)

7 & 7 (Love)

Beat On The Brat (U2)

Life’s A Gas (Ramones)

Show 785 - Money Honey

(Weekend of April 14-April 16, 2017)

Money Honey!

The darkness has fallen.

The wind is howling.

The shadows are stirring.

It’s tax time!

Join us this week in the Underground Garage, and we will tell you who the creep was who invented taxes.

Joining us will be the Yardbirds, the Hollies, the Ramones, and the Pretty Things.

Don’t think about the money you owe. Just join us in the Underground Garage for our Rock n’ Roll dance party, and we’ll help you forget all about it.

I’ll see you this weekend.

Set 1

Taxman (Beatles)

Tally Man (Jeff Beck)

Dirty Robber (Wailers)

Break A Guitar (Ty Segall)

Money Honey (Ry Cooder)

Givin’ It All Up (J. Geils Band)

Set 2

Gimmie Some Money (Spinal Tap)

Money (Rolling Stones)

Get Away From Me (Dogs)

Lie, Beg, Borrow, & Steal (Mouse and the Traps)

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor (Yardbirds)

Set 3

Do The Clam (Elvis Presley)

Man With Money (Crybabies)

Pay You Back With Interest (Hollies)

Never Wanted To Know (Bash & Pop)

Much Too Much (Who)

Set 4

Forever My Baby (Dahlmanns)

Roadrunner (Junior Walker & His All-stars)

I Can’t Give You Anything (Ramones)

Right Now (Jeff Beck)

Catch Us If You Can (Dave Clark Five)

Set 5

Sunny Afternoon (Kinks)

Money Honey (Drifters)

Here For You (Brian Ray)

Fattening Frogs For Snakes (Sonny Boy Williamson)

Mr. Evasion (Pretty Things)

Show 784 - Smile On Me

(Weekend of April 7-April 9, 2017)

Smile On Me!

Did you ever wake up in the morning thinking I definitely had too much to dream last night?

Well you must have been partying in the Underground Garage baby!

And we continue celebrating life itself this week with the Yardbirds, the Who, the Pretty Things, Love, And Jefferson Airplane.

Find out who quit the Beatles first.

Find out who really invented the sewing machine. Come join us this weekend in the Underground Garage.

Set 1

I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night (Electric Prunes)

Paperback Writer (Beatles)

Beatles Please Come Back (Gigi Parker & the Lonelies)

Let Her Dance (Bobby Fuller Four)

Never Wanted To Know (Bash & Pop)

What She Don’t Know (Guitar Shorty)

Little Red Book (Love)

Set 2

Smile On Me (Yardbirds)

Right Now (Jeff Beck)

My Boyfriend’s Back (Angels)

Get Away From Me (Dogs)

I Wish You Would (Billy Boy Arnold)

Set 3

Pinhead (Ramones)

See (Rascals)

Poetry (Ray Davies)

Funky Street (Arthur Conley)

Set 4

Break A Guitar (Ty Segall)

Bend Me Shape Me (American Breed)

Here For You (Brian Ray)

The Good’s Gone (Who)

Set 5

You And Me And Pooneil (Jefferson Airplane)

Crackin’ Up (Hoodoo Gurus)

Midnight To Six Man (Pretty Things)

Dirt Road (Southern Culture On The Skids)

Restless Nights (Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band)

Show 783 - The Wild One

(Weekend of March 31-April 2, 2017)

The Wild One!

Hey baby, Little Steven here, and this weekend in the Underground Garage we are celebrating a bunch of cool birthdays including Marlon Brando and Eric Clapton.

Our Freak of the Week is one of the freakiest actors ever.

Joining us will be some of the freakiest artists ever, like Iggy Pop, the Saints, the Kinks, the Dead Boys, the Animals, the Yardbirds, and the Strangeloves.

Find out what Kim Fowley, Little Eva, and Frank Sinatra have in common. It’s the only Rock n’ Roll dance party on the radio.

I’ll see you this weekend in the Underground Garage.

Set 1

Much Too Much (Who)

Real Wild Child (Wild One) (Iggy Pop)

I Want Candy (Strangeloves)

Get Away From Me (Dogs)

Sunshine Superman (Donovan)

Everybody’s Everything (Santana)

Set 2

Dollhouse (Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band)

Poetry (Ray Davies)

Can I Get A Witness (Rolling Stones)

Never Wanted To Know (Bash & Pop)

On The Waterfront (Saints)

Set 3

Night Of The Phantom (Fuzztones)

Ring The Bells (Kinks)

Here For You (Brian Ray)

Big City (Dead Boys)

Set 4

Right Now (Jeff Beck)

Everytime I Eat Vegetables (It Makes Me Think Of You) (Ramones)

Keep Your Hands Off My Baby (Little Eva)

We Gotta Get Out Of This Place (Animals)

Set 5

White Room (Cream)

Deserted Cities Of The Heart (Cream)

Anyday (Derek & the Dominos)

Show 782 - Pirate Radio

(Weekend of March 24-March 26, 2017)

Pirate Radio!

Greetings land lovers, Little Steven here with our weekly pop quiz.

What do Captain Hook, Captain Kidd, Johnny Kidd, and Joseph Kennedy have in common?

That’s right, they were all pirates and we are celebrating Pirate Radio this weekend in the Underground Garage.

Our scallywags and roustabouts include the Troggs, the Cream, the Romantics, and the Shangri-Las.

What do Arthur Conley, Ringo Starr, and Sonny Boy Williamson have in common?

It’s a Pirate Radio Rock ‘n Roll dance party this weekend in the Underground Garage.

Set 1

Liar Liar (Castaways)

Little Games (Yardbirds)

Never Wanted To Know (Bash & Pop)

Big Blon’ Baby #2 (Johnny Kidd & the Pirates)

When I Look In Your Eyes (Romantics)

Crackin’ Up (Hoodoo Gurus)

Outside Chance (Turtles)

Set 2

She Said Yeah (Rolling Stones)

Poetry (Ray Davies)

You’ll Be Coming Down (Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band)

With A Girl You (Troggs)

Dirt Road (Southern Culture On The Skids)

Any Time At All (Beatles)

Set 3

I’m Cryin’ (Animals)

How Does It Feel To Feel (Creation)

St Valentine’s Day (Little Steven)

Too Young To Die (Sonny Boy Williamson)

Game Of Love (Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders)

Set 4

Get Away From Me (Dogs)

Give Him A Great Big Kiss (Shangri-Las)

Here For You (Brian Ray)

Sweet Soul Music (Arthur Conley)

Set 5

Rock Billy Boogie (Johnny Burnette Trio)

Yeah Yeah (Ramones)

All Undone (Jake Clemons)

Mona (Bo Diddley)

Dance The Night Away (Cream)

Show 780 - Australia

(Weekend of March 10-March 12, 2017)

Australia!

Is your day not going as planned?

Are people’s faces starting to look uglier as the day goes on?

Is the regular guy look getting on your nerves?

Well come on down under in the Underground Garage as we celebrate Australia and New Zealand.

It’s not just Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, and Mel…what’s his name?

We have Radio Birdman, D4, the Saints, and the Easybeats.

Tune in as we attempt to ask such cosmic questions as what do James Cook and Peter Garrett have in common? Does Crocodile Dundee tie his kangaroo down? Do aborigines surf?

We’ll see you this weekend in the Underground Garage.

Set 1

Good Time (Easybeats)

Ride The Wild Surf (Jan & Dean)

C’mon Everybody (Chevelles)

She’s Fine (Stems)

In My Own Time (Bee Gees)

You’re Gonna Lose That Girl (Beatles)

I’m Stranded (Saints)

Set 2

Golden Age (Midnight Oil)

Jessica (Lime Spiders)

Call Me Lightning (The Who)

Crying Sun (Radio Birdman)

Get Loose (D4)

Set 3

Saturday Date (Toni McCann)

Crackin’ Up (Hoodoo Gurus)

Where Have All The Good Times Gone (Kinks)

Grooviest Girl In The World (Simple Image)

She’s A Sensation (Ramones)

Set 4

Poetry (Ray Davies)

Somebody Else’s Princess (30 Odd Foot of Grunts)

I’m Crying (Animals)

Here For You (Brian Ray)

Held Up Without A Gun (Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band)

Frantic Romantic (Scientist)

Set 5

Just A Little Bit (Purple Hearts)

How Is The Air Up There (La De Das)

All Sold Out (Rolling Stones)

Dirt Road (Southern Culture On the Skids)

Friday On My Mind (Easybeats)

Show 781 - The Week That Was

(Weekend of March 17-March 19, 2017)

The Week That Was!

Hey baby, Little Steven here, and this week in the Underground Garage we are celebrating all kinds of Rock n’ Roll events, including the very first Rock n’ Roll show ever, and the very first Rock n’ Roll hit song as the theme of a movie ever.

How did the kids react to that?

Oh, very calmly. They just ripped the seats out of the theater when they heard it.

That’s right, and joining us for the party will be Chuck Berry, the MC5, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, the Beatles, the Stones, and Smokey Robinson & the Miracles.

Come find out what Riff, Action, A-Rab, Ice, Baby John, and Anybodys have in common.

It’s the teenage rampage and the birth of Rock n’ Roll this weekend in the world’s only Rock n’ Roll dance party on the radio.

I will see you in the blackboard jungle, also known as the Underground Garage.

Set 1

Teenage News (Sylvain Sylvain)

You Can’t Sit Down (Dovells)

It Won’t Be Long (Beatles)

Poetry (Ray Davies)

Denise (Randy & the Rainbows)

Funky Street (Arthur Conley)

Set 2

The Jet Song (West Side Story)

Happening Ten Years Time Ago (Yardbirds)

Here For You (Brian Ray)

I’m A Rocker (Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band)

Dirt Road (Southern Culture On The Skids)

Anthony Boy (Chuck Berry)

Set 3

Rock Around The Clock (Bill Haley & the Comets)

Shakin’ Street (MC5)

Saint Valentine’s Day (Little Steven)

Duke Of Earl (Gene Chandler)

Call Me Lightning (Who)

Set 4

Never Wanted To Know (Bash & Pop)

Heaven Only Knows (Shangri-Las)

Epistle To Dippy (Donovan)

Going To A Go-Go (Miracles)

Set 5

Not Fade Away (Rolling Stones)

See My Friends (Kinks)

Echoes Softly (Urges)

Finger Poppin’ (Ike & Tina Turner)