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RIP Keith Richards (1943-2014)

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Never did I expect this day would come, nor did I anticipate grieving with such sweet sorrow. You can bet that tonight I’m going to dim the lights and play Memory Motel. “She drove a pick-up truck/painted green and blue…” So true…

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Numbers: Song with Numbers in the Titles 28-52

The Count.

The Count.

We keep keeping on with this theme—songs named after numbers in numeric order—which has the two problems of being endless and progressively more difficult. Like life, only endless. Here we climb from 28-52.

Previous shows in this series:

Numbers: Songs Named After Years

The Count.

The Count.

Tonight on Rock Geek F.M., Cristy and I will play a radio show dedicated to songs named after years, with a special emphasis on the 1970s. (Stooges-1970, Genesis, Robyn Hitchcock, Connells-1974, Clash, Kool Keith, Nada Surf-1977, Tar Babies-1979). The show will start in 1914 (Zombies) and continue through 2525 (Zager and Evans) all the way to 3030 (Deltron). Any requests? Tune in take a trip through history.

Other shows that require an abacus:

Numbers: Songs with Numbers in the Title 13-27

The Count.

The Count.

We continue our count-up to one million, 13 numbers at a time, with this second installment of songs named after numbers. Listen, rise. This was the only time we were ever forced to play Steppenwolf.

Other shows that require an abacus:

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Numbers: Songs with Dates, Addresses

The Count.

The Count.

As a corollary to our shows about numbers and years, we had to devote a show to addresses, ages, dates, and times. Are we geeks yet?

Rules? Well, just giving street names is a different mix. On the other hand, knowing that Heartbreak Hotel is on the end on Lonely Street is probably enough information to find it on a map of Miseryville. We’d also include “53rd and 3rd”—enough to let you know which subway stop is closest to the Ramones.

Download and get really specific with your listening.

Other shows that require an abacus:

Numbers: Phone Numbers, Times

Data is elastic.

Data is elastic.

Here’s what we have for phone numbers so far:

  • 867-5309, Jenny (Tommy Tutone)
  • 853-5937 (Squeeze)
  • 834-5789 (Wilson Pickett)
  • 911 Is A Joke (Public Enemy)
  • 777-9311 (The Time)
  • Beechwood 4-5789 (The Marvelettes)
  • Promised Land (Chuck Berry)… unless we find the Meatloaf version
  • …and did you know that AC/DC’s phone number is 362436? Presumably that needs an Australian country code to work. Why not give AC/DC a call? They have a good offer on dirty deeds.

Early results for dates and addresses are less encyclopedic.

Freelance rock scholars, unite in the name of research sharing! Here’s the show on MP3.

Tentative title: Songs with Data.

Other shows include:

Songs with Numbers in the Title 1-13

The Count.

The Count.

Cristy and I are collecting songs with numbers in the title for a sixty-minute radio show from eight to nine (CST) tomorrow morning on WEFT ninety point one FM (streaming on http://weft.org). Our challenge is to have sequential numbers from one to infinity, with the help of School House Rock and Here Come the 123s. We are a long way from our goal, as you can see from our list so far:

17 days, prince
thirteen, big star
1%, janes addiction
splash one, 13th floor elevators
year one, X
five to one, doors
the four horsemen, aphrodite’s child (mind blowing)
25 o’clock, dukes
that Chicago song (25 or …)
16 Military Wives
7 x 7 Is
1 is the Loneliest Number
Two of Us
12XU
From a Buick 6
8 Miles High
1000 Umbrellas

I don’t know whether those arbitrarily-numbered Bob Dylan songs should be allowed to count. Your assistance is needed.

Listen to it loud. This one goes up to 13.

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Saturday morning on Rock Geek F.M., tune in as Cristy and I come to blows about the most important question facing our nation at this critical time: what are the best songs two minutes or less (fewer) in length? In our one-hour show (8-9 a.m. Central Time), we will be able to play only 40 of these songs, so discretion will be fundamental.

You can listen online at http://weft.org. Please note that the show is webcast at an entirely agreeable hour for those living in Sweden and Norway. You can tune in at 90.1 FM only if you are one of our closest friends (literally).

ANY REQUESTS?

The show is now online in one big chunk.

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