SUYF! – Playlist 4/4/21

Songs inspired by Easter eggs? Love ya, Eric!

It Never Ends.
  • ARCHIVE
  • Easter – Patti Smith
  • Crazy – Patsy Cline, The Jordanaires
  • The Rubber Room – Porter Wagoner
  • Where is My Mind? – Trampled by Turtles
  • Madness – Madness
  • Crazy Train – Ozzy Osbourne
  • Paranoid – Black Sabbath
  • Destroyer – The Kinks
  • Paranoid Android – Radiohead
  • Manic Depression – Jimi Hendrix
  • Insane in the Brain – Cypress Hill
  • Brain Damage – Pink Floyd
  • Eclipse – Pink Floyd
  • Shine On You Crazy Diamond – Sweet Little Band
  • Nuts – David Bowie
  • Mental Breakdown – John Maus
  • She Lost Control – Joy Division
  • Mental – Eels
  • Ballad of Jim Jones – The Brian Jonestown Massacre
  • Depression – Black Flag
  • Anxiety – IDLES
  • Institutionalized – Suicidal Tendencies
  • Psycho Therapy – Ramones
  • Go Mental – Ramones
  • American Psycho – Misfits
  • Psycho – The Sonics
  • Psychotic Reaction – The Cramps
  • (Let’s Go) Psycho – The 69 Cats
  • Mental Hopscotch – Missing Persons
  • Helter Skelter – Siouxsie and the Banshees
  • Psycho Killer – Talking Heads
  • I Am a Rock – Simon & Garfunkel (Sequel: “Help, I’m a Rock!“)
  • Everybody Hurts – Patti Smith
Don’t crack up!

SUYF! – Playlist 3/28/21

Songs inspired by good times after bad times or bad times after good times? No, I didn’t play Led Zep. You can do that on your own. If it’s no trouble? R.I.P. George. Thank you Alejandro!

  • ARCHIVE
  • Come Sunday – Duke Ellington, Mahalia Jackson
  • Ya Got Trouble – Robert Preston
  • Trouble – Lindsey Buckingham
  • Double Trouble – Otis Rush
  • Triple Trouble – Beastie Boys
  • So Much Trouble in the World – Bob Marley & The Wailers
  • No More Trouble – Bob Marley & The Wailers
  • Trouble Every Day – The Mothers of Invention
  • Troubled Times – Thee Headcoats
  • Times of Trouble – Temple of the Dog
  • Trouble – JAY-Z
  • Bridge over Troubled Water – Aretha Franklin
  • Trouble Man – Marvin Gaye
  • Ole Man Trouble – Otis Redding
  • Little Trouble Girl – Sonic Youth
  • Troubled Girl – Drab City
  • Hello Trouble – Buck Owens
  • Trouble – Bob Dylan
  • When I Got Troubles – Bob Dylan
  • The Troublemaker – Willie Nelson
  • If Trouble Was Money – Albert Collins
  • 99 Problems – JAY-Z
  • Third Degree – Eddie Boyd
  • Yes! I’m in the Barrel – Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five
  • Think About Your Troubles – Harry Nilsson
  • Troubles – The Beta Band
  • Shake Appeal – The Stooges
  • It Ain’t Right (Lovin’ To Be Lovin’) – Ike and Tina Turner, The Ikettes
  • Too Much on My Mind – The Kinks
  • 20th Century Man – The Kinks
  • 20th Century Boy – T. Rex
  • 30 Century Man – Scott Walker

SUYF! – Playlist 3/21/21

Songs inspired by taking a shot.

  • ARCHIVE
  • Vaccine Daddy – Richard Cheese
  • Give Me the Cure – Fugazi
  • Soul Vaccination – Tower of Power
  • A Shot in the Arm – Wilco
  • Shot of Love – Bob Dylan
  • Hit Me With Your Best Shot – Pat Benatar
  • Cold Shot – Stevie Ray Vaughn
  • Inject the Venom – AC/DC
  • Shot in the Dark – Ozzy Osbourne
  • Sure Shot – Beastie Boys
  • My Shot – Lin-Manuel Miranda
  • Shots – LMAO, Lil Jon
  • Love Injection – Jody Watley
  • Big Shot – The English Beat
  • Shot Down – The Sonics
  • Vaccination Scar – The Tragically Hip
  • No Ordinary Injector – Steven Universe
  • Inject Me – Pop Will Eat Itself
  • Live Injection – Lee “Scratch” Perry, The Upsetters
  • Love in Vein – Skinny Puppy
  • To Cure a Weakling Child – Aphex Twin
  • Comfortably Numb – 8-Bit Misfits
  • Vein of Stars – The Flaming Lips
  • The Needle and the Damage Done – Neil Young
  • Needle in the Hay – Elliot Smith
  • Needles and Pins – Ramones
  • Needles in The Camel’s Eye – Brian Eno
  • Take a Chance With Me – Roxy Music
  • Take a Chance on Me – ABBA
  • Tumbling Dice – The Rolling Stones
  • Touch Me I’m Sick – Mudhoney
  • Roll the Bones – Rush
Side effect?

SUYF! – Playlist 3/14/21

Songs inspired by limitations and expectations. Don’t forget the times they are a-changin’ for those who need to spring ahead. R.I.P. Roger and EM (Seattle).

Just puttin’ out dumpster fires . . .
  • ARCHIVE
  • The Times They Are A-Changin’ – Bob Dylan
  • Superman: Prelude and Main Title March – John Williams
  • (Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman – The Kinks
  • Superman – Herbie Mann
  • Superman – Commodores
  • Superman – RuPaul
  • My Superman – Santigold
  • Waitin’ for a Superman – The Flaming Lips
  • Superman (It’s Not Easy) – Five For Fighting
  • Superman’s Song – Crash Test Dummies
  • Superman – Lazlo Bane
  • O Superman – Laurie Anderson
  • Waitin’ for a Superman – Iron & Wine
  • Superman – R.E.M.
  • Sunshine Superman – Dr. Lonnie Smith, Iggy Pop
  • Superman – Snoop Dogg, Willie Nelson
  • Superman Lover – Johnny “Guitar” Watson
  • Superman’s Black in the Building – Public Enemy
  • Superman Es Illegal – Los Hermanos Ortiz
  • Superman – U.S. Drill Sergeant Field Recording
  • Superman – Benny Goodman
  • Supermanic Soul – Ministry
  • Sunshine Superman – Hüsker Dü
  • Official Suburbian Superman – Suzi Quartro
  • Superman – Barbra Streisand
  • Superman – Donna Fargo
  • Honky-Tonk Superman – Aaron Tippin
  • Superman – New Riders of the Purple Sage
Thanks! R.I.P.

SUYF! – Playlist 3/7/21

Songs inspired by Spring! R.I.P Bunny and Tony.

Planting Seeds
  • ARCHIVE
  • Concerto No. 1 in E Major, Op. 8, RV 269, “Spring” I. Allegro – Antonio Vivaldi, The Aardvark
  • springtime in tokyo – sad panda
  • Rain, Rain, Beautiful Rain – Ladysmith Black Mambazo
  • Dry the Rain – The Beta Band
  • The Rain Song – Led Zeppelin
  • Flowers in the Rain – The Move
  • Rain – The Beatles
  • I’d Love Just Once to See You – The Beach Boys
  • Adolescent Wet Dream – Pussy Galore
  • Alright – Pussy Galore
  • Spring Again – Biz Markie
  • Dream Land – Bunny Wailer
  • Mellow Mood – Bunny Wailer
  • Ska Jerk – Bob Marley & The Wailers
  • Swingtime in Springtime – Django Reinhardt
  • Younger Than Springtime – Oscar Peterson
  • Ridin’ for the Roundup in the Springtime – Sons Of San Joaquin
  • When It’s Springtime in the Rockies – Gene Autry
  • When It’s Springtime in Alaska (It’s 40 Below) – Johnny Cash
  • When The Springtime Comes Again – John Fahey
  • Surf’s Up – Brian Wilson
  • Springtime Again – Sun Ra
  • Springtime Can Kill You – Jolie Holland
  • Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24 “Spring”: III Scherzo – Allegro molto – Ludwig Van Beethoven, Yehudi Menuhin, Wilhelm Kempff
  • Springtime – The Head And The Heart
  • Springtime is the Season – of Montreal
  • Springtime for Hitler – John Morris, Mel Brooks
  • Spring Fever – Elvis Presley
  • It Might As Well Be Spring – Frank Sinatra
  • Spring is Here – Frank Sinatra
  • La Joie de Printemps – Philip Hochstrate
  • Music of a Thousand Springs – Terry Riley, David Mingyue Liang, Wang Zhaoxiang, Wang Wongji, Shanghai Film Orchestra
  • Pure Imagination – Gene Wilder

SUYF! – Playlist 2/28/21

Songs inspired by change from coast to coast. R.I.P. Lawrence and Happy Birthday George. Thank you Rachel.

  • ARCHIVE
  • Do You Want to Dance – Johnny Rivers
  • Changes – Langhorne Slim, The Law
  • Perfect Day – Lou Reed
  • Perversion – Stereolab
  • Where I End and You Begin – Radiohead
  • You’re Lost Little Girl – Siouxsie and The Banshees
  • Little Girl Lost – The Icicle Works
  • There She Goes – The La’s
  • There She Goes Again – R.E.M.
  • Venus in Furs – The Velvet Underground, Nico
  • Changes – David Bowie
  • Changes – Black Sabbath
  • Changes – Yes
  • Change – Tears for Fears
  • The Rhythm Changes – Kamasi Washington
  • Changes – Miles Davis and Milt Jackson
  • I Feel a Change – Charles Bradley
  • A Change is Gonna Come – Sam Cooke
  • The Times They Are A-Changin – Ritchie Havens
  • Things Have Changed – Bob Dylan
  • Changes – Jimi Hendrix
  • Change – Tracy Chapman
  • The Changingman – Paul Weller
  • The Coast Is Always Changing – Maximo Park
  • Fresh Start – Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
  • Don’t Change – INXS
  • I Can See Clearly Now – Johnny Nash
  • Why Try To Change Me Now – Fiona Apple

SUYF! – Playlist 2/21/21

Songs inspired by identity and exploration. R.I.P. Johnny and Helen. Happy birthday Alejandro. Much later Rush.

Is there anybody in there?
  • ARCHIVE
  • Cumbayé – Johnny Pacheco
  • Personality Crisis – New York Dolls
  • Identity – X-Ray Specs
  • Identikit – Radiohead
  • idontwannabeyouanymore – Billie Ellish
  • Station Identification – Ani DiFranco
  • Why Can’t I Be You – The Cure
  • Petty Happiness – Red Martian
  • Nihilist Assault Group – Stereolab
  • I Turned Into A Martian – Misfits
  • The Race for Space – Public Service Broadcasting
  • Mars for the Rich – King Gizzard & Lizard Wizard
  • Martian Landscape – UFO
  • Life on Mars? – David Bowie
  • We’ve Got a Bigger Problem Now – Dead Kennedys
  • Let’s Go Crazy – Prince
  • Wasting Away – The Brian Jonestown Massacre
  • Make Up – Lou Reed
  • I Am Woman – Helen Reddy
  • Woman is the Nigger of the World – John Lennon
  • Just Like a Woman – Bob Dylan
  • Personal Jesus – Johnny Cash
  • Persona Non Grata – Bright Eyes
  • More Blues – Pink Floyd
  • Jugband Blues – Pink Floyd
  • Take Pills – Panda Bear
  • Discipline – Throbbing Gristle
  • Discipline – King Crimson
  • Friends – Led Zeppelin

SUYF! – Playlist 2/14/21

ALL REQUEST SHOW! Songs inspired by love and friendship. R.I.P. Mary, Larry, Ghédalia and Chick.

“I’m not a muskrat!”
  • ARCHIVE
  • My One and Only Love – Chick Corea
  • I Feel Love – Donna Summer
  • Let’s Get it On – Marvin Gaye
  • Love Vigilantes – New Order
  • I’m Gonna Love You Too – 13th Floor Elevators
  • Impossible Love – Gordon Gano
  • Back of Love – Echo & the Bunnymen
  • Modern Love – David Bowie
  • Love or Confusion – Jimi Hendrix
  • Hot and Bothered – Combustible Edison
  • If I Was Your Girlfriend – Prince
  • Nothing Compares 2 U – Sinead O’Conner
  • (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman – Aretha Franklin
  • I Fall in Love Too Easily – Chet Baker
  • I Love You Big Dummy – Magazine
  • Love Song – The Damned
  • Feel Your Love Tonight – Van Halen
  • The Love Cats – The Cure
  • So You Think You’re in Love – Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
  • Love Is The Drug – Roxy Music
  • Touched by the Hand of God – New Order
  • Everybody Needs Somebody To Love – The Blues Brothers
  • L-O-V-E – Nat King Cole
  • Love – Paul Simon
  • Monte Castelo – Legião Urbana
  • Bésame Mucho – Paco de Lucia, Ramón de Algeciras
  • Amor Completo – Mon Laferte
  • Sweet Soca Man – Baron
  • A Seed’s A Star / Tree Medley – Stevie Wonder
  • Never Tear Us Apart – INXS
  • Muskrat Love – Captain & Tennille
  • Silly Love Songs – Wings

SUYF! – Playlist 2/7/21

Songs inspired by pointless events and activities. R.I.P. Hilton, Dustin and Christopher.

Livin’ in a Bubble
  • ARCHIVE
  • Lost Weekend Polka – Dean Martin and His Orchestra
  • Lost Weekend – Wall of Voodoo
  • Lost Weekend – Art Brut
  • Lost Weekend – Buffalo Tom
  • Lost Weekend – The Beat Farmers
  • Lost Weekend – Southern Culture on the Skids
  • Lost Weekend – Roy Lanham
  • Another Lost Weekend – Marty Robbins
  • Lost Weekend – Billy Brown
  • Lost Weekend – Ratt
  • Lost Weekend – Brutto Tempo
  • Love Theme from Lost Weekend (1945) – Mikolos Rozsa, John Williams, Itzhak Perlman, Boston Pops Orchestra
  • I Hate the Weekend – Tacocat
  • Almost Had to Start a Fight/In and Out of Patience – Parquet Courts
  • Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now) – Cracker
  • What the World Needs Now is Love – Tiny Tim
  • I Don’t Want to Play Football – Belle & Sebastian
  • Football Game – David Lynch
  • Football Game – Angel South
  • NFL Monday Night Football Theme – Toners
  • Football Fight – Queen
  • Total Football – Parquet Courts
  • Football – Courting
  • Football – Iggy Pop
  • Football – Mickey and the Soul Generation
  • Football – Lance Bangs
  • The Raiders – Sam Spence
  • All My Rowdy Friends are Coming Over for Monday Night Football – Hank Williams, Jr.
  • Fox Football Theme – Road to Glory
  • It’s Time to Party – Andrew W.K.
  • Not as Much as Football – Mojo Nixon
  • Fall of the Star High School Football Running Back – The Mountain Goats
  • All Kinds of Time – Fountains of Wayne
  • Classic Battle – Sam Spence
  • Big Game America – Sam Spence

SUYF! – Playlist 1/31/21

Songs inspired by deception, delusion and double standards. R.I.P. Cicely.

  • ARCHIVE
  • Love Will Tear Us Apart – Suzanna and the Magical Orchestra
  • My Right Versus Yours – The New Pornographers
  • Slave to the Rhythm = Grace Jones
  • Slave Song – Sade
  • Slave Driver – Bob Marley & The Wailers
  • Slave – The Rolling Stones
  • How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us – R.E.M.
  • The Boy in the Bubble – Paul Simon
  • Political World – Bob Dylan
  • Sword of Damocles (Externally) – Lou Reed
  • Language is a Virus – Laurie Anderson
  • Big Science – Laurie Anderson
  • Natural Science – Rush
  • The Sounds of Science – Beastie Boys
  • Science is Real – They Might Be Giants
  • The Sexual Loneliness of Jesus Christ – Jackie Leven
  • Love Minus Zero / No Limit – Bob Dylan
  • There She Goes, My Beautiful World – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
  • Innocent When You Dream (Barroom) – Tom Waits
  • I Often Dream of Trains – Robyn Hitchcock
  • Ship of Fools – John Cale
  • Medicine Show – Big Audio Dynamite
  • Lose This Skin – The Clash
  • When I Get To The Border – Richard & Linda Thompson
  • We Take Care of Our Own – Bruce Springsteen