You Know Who... Is Fried (Again)

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Brett's back, and that means
more of this guy...

Oh man, I neither trick or treated on Saturday nor did I run the marathon yesterday. As with most adult LIC dwellers, it was basically a weekend of heavy drinking, so if I sound like I’m dragging, that’s why. Thankfully, Brett was here to rally me and buoy my spirits.
 
The unifying theme for his tunes this week was songs from movies that he loved (it wasn’t a hard theme to guess, once he told me to stop overthinking it). It made for a pretty mellow beginning of the show. There was some folkier, singer/songwriter-ish stuff along with some doo-wop, some neo-renaissance type stuff, and classical jazz/funk.
 
By contrast, my picks this week were almost entirely of a harder variety: Blues rock, punk rock, cock rock, and… well, a little Depeche Mode, too.
 
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LIC Radio 11/2/2026
 
 
Tony Williams Quintet
“Warrior”
(Tony Williams)
Herbst Theater, San Francisco, CA, 11/2/90
Studio version released on Civilization  (Blue Note, 1987)
 
                        
Harry Nilsson
“Garbage Can Ballet”
(Harry Nilsson)
From Skidoo (An Original Sound Track Recording)  (RCA Victor, 1968)
 
 
Gleaming Spires
“Are You Ready for the Sex Girls?”
(Les Bohem and David Kendrick)
From Songs of the Spires  (Posh Boy, 1981)
 
 
Jim Croce
“I Got a Name”
(Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel)
From I Got a Name  (ABC, 1973)
 
 
Terry Tucker
“Overture to the Sun”
(Terry Tucker)
From Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange  (Warner Bros., 1972)
Originally recorded by Sunforest; released on Sound of Sunforest  (Deram Nova, 1970)
 
 
The Cadillacs
“Speedo”
(Esther Navarro)
From The Fabulous Cadillacs  (Jubilee, 1957)
 
 
Deodato
“Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)”
(Richard Strauss)
From Prelude  (CTI, 1973)
 
 
Deodato
“Theme from Star Trek)”
(Alexander Courage, Gene Roddenberry)
From Very Together  (MCA, 1976)
 
 
Cat Stevens
“If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out”
(Cat Stevens)
From the film Harold and Maude  (1971)


Fleetwood Mac
“Oh Well”
(Peter Green)
Cue Club, Gothenburg, SE, 11/2/69
Studio version released as single A-side (Reprise, 1969)
 
 
The Who
“Shakin’ All Over”
(Johnny Kidd)
McDonough Gymnasium, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, 11/2/69
Official recording released on Live at Leeds  (Track, 1970)
Originally recorded by Johnny Kidd (& The Pirates); released as single A-side (His Master’s Voice, 1960)
 
 
Nick Drake
“Hazey Jane II”
(Nick Drake)
From Bryter Layter  (Island, 1971)
 
 
Faces
“Cut Across Shorty”
(Marijohn Wilkin, Wayne P. Walker)
Pirate's World, Dania, FL, 11/2/70
Originally recorded by Eddie Cochran; released on 12 of His Biggest Hits  (Liberty, 1960)
 
 
Dead Boys
“Flame Thrower Love”
(Stiv Bators, Jimmy Zero)
Old Waldorf, San Francisco, CA, 11/2/77
Studio version released on We Have Come for Your Children  (Sire, 1978)
 
 
AC/DC
“Highway to Hell”
(Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Bon Scott)
Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK, 11/2/79
Studio version released on Highway to Hell  (Albert/Atlantic, 1979)
 
 
Tom Waits
“Step Right Up”
(Tom Waits)
The Ritz, Memphis, TN, 11/2/77
Studio version released on Small Change  (Asylum, 1976)
 
 
Birthday boy, Keith Emerson
Photo by Jorgen Angel

Depeche Mode
“People Are People”
(Martin L. Gore)
Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK, 11/2/84
Studio version released on Some Great Reward  (Mute, 1984)


Emerson, Lake & Palmer
“Hoedown”
(Aaron Copland, arr. Emerson, Lake, Carl Palmer)
From Trilogy  (Island/Cotillion, 1972)

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