RaDIo zAzOo PiRatE BrOAdcAsT #004

Well, it looks like I managed to "jam the Jive" for about an hour with this one....A real mixed bag, but I hope you liked what you heard.

Volia! The playlist:

01. Mystery Jets - Dreaming of Another World (2010) - Another import from Oz, inspired by the 80's.
02. China Crisis - Wishful Thinking (1984)
03. The Mary Onettes - The Night Before The Funeral (2010) - A new single from this Swedish import. They, too, are highly influenced by the 80's. You can hear similarities with China Crisis in this one, whom they followed in the playlist.
04. JP, Chrissie & The Fairground Boys  – If You Let Me (Bob Clearmountain Mix)(2010) - Finally, a new single from Chrissie Hynde (of The Pretenders). her new effort is a collaboration with Welsh musician, JP Jones. A rollicking good time song. Good to have you back, Chrissie.
05. Blossom Dearie - Comment Allez-Vous? (1957) - A renowned American bebop jazz singer, famous for her "girlish" voice, this French lesson is a perfect lead in to the Art vs. Science track.
06. Art vs. Science - Parlez-Vous Francais? (2009) - Voted #2 in Triple J's Hottest 100 for 2009 (Mumford & Sons' "Little Lion Man" took #1), this Aussie band's manic single just has to be heard outside of the island. If I'm not mistaken, the video for the song was voted Best Video of 2009. Stay tuned to Radio Zazoo and radiojive.com for more from this power trio.
07. Bebu Silvetti - Spring Rain (1977) - A slice of Italo Disco, rarely heard outside the discos of 1977, this song evokes memories of friends dancing the merengue on a half-empty dancefloor.
08. Squeeze - Cool For Cats (1979) - A classic in the punk/pop style, this one's an early 7 inch. FYI, these cats just released some new material. Another reason to stay tuned to Radio Zazoo and radiojive.com....you might here it!
09. The Like - He's Not A Boy (2010) - A song that could have been penned by Josie & The Pussycats working together with The GoGo's, this power pop single is totally infectious!
10. The Yardbirds – Lost Woman (1966) - The famed blues/rock band of the 60's who gave the world Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page, gives us this compelling track from 1966. It was covered in the 70's by The James Gang on their "Live In Concert" album.
11. Fantastic Plastic Machine - Steppin' Out (Costes Re-edit) (1998) - Famed Japanese DJ and master remixer, FPM cover Joe Jackson. This particular version was re-edited by Stephane Pompougnac for one of his Hotel Costes cafe chillout CD's.
12. Smashing Pumpkins - French Movie Theme (2005) - A lost track.... a B-side? .....a throwaway? Maybe, but also fun.....and a great segue into.....
13. Claudine Longet - Un Homme et Une Femme (1967) - Upping the "cheese" factor a bit here, and keeping with the French theme, here's the wife of singer Andy Williams and killer of Olympic skier Spider Sabich, with her interpretation of the famous theme from the 1966 Oscar-winning film of the same name.
14. Mary Hopkin - Those Were The Days (1968) - Signed to The Beatles' Apple label, this is Mary's "one hit wonder", a Russian-themed love song that topped the charts back in'68.
15. BB Gabor - Moscow Drug Club (1980) - A Toronto-based musician with a promising career, taken from us far too early, this was chosen simply for it's perfect lead in by the Mary Hopkin's track.
16. Fanny - Hey Bulldog! (1972) - One of the first all-girl rock bands, Fanny's cover of this Beatles track got lots of airplay back on the free-form FM of the early 70's.
17. Paul Anka – Lovecats (2005) - The Cure never sounded so sexy! taken from Paul's album, Rock Swings, of rock covers done with a swing/jazz arrangement and orchestration. Might be considered high on the cheese factor if it wasn't engineered and produced so well and with so much class.
18. King Crimson – Catfood (1970) - With lead vocals from bassist Greg Lake, this doesn't know whether to take itself too seriously or not. Like cats themselves, the song evokes a certain playfulness, not forgetting the underlying mysteriousness of cats. A true classic, standing tall beside their other classics, like "21st Century Schizoid Man" and "The Court of The Crimson King".

RaDIo zAzOo PiRatE BrOAdcAsT #003

Well it seems that the Live Earl Jive is still baffled by my signal. Perhaps he is slowly coming to terms with it. Maybe some kind of arrangement can be made here.....if he wasn't so stubborn and played some of these requests!!!!

Sorry......back to business at hand.....As you may have noticed, I've been a little slow in putting up the playlists lately.

Again, I threw together what could almost be considered a Saturday Night Party Mix. That's the feeling I got after listening to it in it's entirety for the first time. Old habits die hard, as they say, since I wa always the one putting the music together at parties.

Still tiring of the current CFNY playlist, when there is so much more out there. Radiojive.com is doing a great job, but I think even he needs to be enlightened every once in a while...... and that's where Radio Zazoo comes in.

Being a fan of the old CFNY, my current ear for new music is based on the notion of "If the station were still around today with the old incarnation of Marsden, Jive, Pete & Geets, (to name a few) and with Hal Harbour's creative input, (......yes, and Alan Cross) would they look to indie synthpop, folk rock, and real (not corporate) punk?" And Classic Rock to them would be the 70's/80's/90's that is now regularly programmed on AOR Hit stations.

Like radiojive.com, I love mixing up genres, and if Earl won't play some of the lost CFNY sounds, like those off the early New Music Search CD's, then I will.....and hijack his signal to do so! Case in point, I hope you enjoyed hearing The Marvelous Beauhunks again. That song is "classic rock" to me.

And in case you're interested, no Romo's were harmed in the making of this, or any future, broadcast.

01. The Avalanches - Since I Left You - Oz sample artists extraordinaire...a breakup song that feels so good
02. Super Furry Animals - Juxtaposed With You - Good feeling song #2
03. The Blow Monkeys - It Doesn't Have To Be That Way - Good feeling song #3
04. Jane's Addiction - Superhero (Theme from Entourage) - Love the show. Why isn't this them a hit?
05. The Hives - Tick Tick Boom - For no other reason, this rocks AND it seques nicely from Superhero.
06. The Blue Seeds - Lost Highway - Love this....and so would David Lynch, I'm sure...and they're Canadian!
07. Anjulie - Boom (2010) - Some cool T.O. soul, with a teensie hint of psychobilly (!?)
08. Groove Armada (feat. Bryan Ferry) - Shameless - Taken from the new CD. Stroke of genius using El Ferrari.
09. Memory Tapes - Bicycle - Great new band out of Jersey, signed to Rough Trade...one to watch
10. The Marvelous Beauhunks - Fantasy Merry-Go-Round (1991) - Taken right off the CFNY 1991 Modern Rock CD.
11. Nerf Herder - Courtney - A loving tribute to Mrs. Cobain.....you gotta love her
12. Monarchy - The Phoenix Alive - Another one to watch. For fans of New Order, Depeche Mode, etc.
13. Jimmy Smith - The Cat - Great classic Hammond B3 jazz....what groove!
14. Patty Duke - Retirement Benefits Application (Public Service Announcement) - One of Romo's final acts of revolt, no doubt....I can't explain how that made it out there....

Stay tuned to Radiojive.com....more to come.....

Romo Released

He served his purpose. He got my signal up and running. I then blindfolded him, drove around a major city and released him into the wilds of the concrete jungle. I'm sure he will be found and returned to his family, who have also been released. But if that duct tape doesn't hold, I'll know where to find him!

For those listeners, here's the tracklist for the second pirate broadcast:

1. Klaus Nomi - Samson and Delilah, Aria (Saint-Saens) (live) (1981) - A tortured soul...his true calling was opera, but he made his mark in NYC covering Frankie Valli.
2. OMD - Sister Marie Says (demo) (2010) - The first new song in 9 years!!
3. Amy Winehouse - You Know I'm No Good (DJ Zazoo Secret Diary Extended Mix) (2006) - The theme from Secret Diary of A Call Girl, extended just a bit, by me.....
4. Teenage Fanclub - Baby Lee (2010) - TF's latest single.....it HAS to be heard!
5. The Magnetic Fields - Nothing Matters When We're Dancing (1999)
6. May Blitz - Smoking The Day Away (1970) - A lost 70's treasure, rarely heard on air.
7. Miss Li - Bourgeois Shangri-La (2009) - From Apple's iPod nano commercial...truly infectious.

NOTE: No Romos were injured in the construction and execution of this endeavour.