Our listeners have the best taste! We asked you for your favorite Side A, Track 1 (opening cut) from the era we spin (1976-95) and you gave us an hour’s worth of great songs. You even selected two bands that we’re spinning for the first time on a Little Records podcast and they couldn’t be further apart: King Crimson and Weezer. Plus we’ve got selections from a couple of our favorite music resources: Matt from Slicing Up Eyeballs and Sirius’ Darkwave radio show, and Howard from Indie Pop Saved My Life. Following your requests in Hour 1, Hour 2 features some of my favorite lead cuts, starting with Elliott Smith. Enjoy!
Playlist
- The The — I’ve Been Waitin’ For Tomorrow (All Of My Life)*
- Wire — Reuters*
- Billy Bragg — The Milkman Of Human Kindness*
- Pixies — Debaser*
- Lilys — Ginger*
- Tommy Keene — Places That Are Gone*
- The Jesus And Mary Chain — Darklands†
- Ramones — Blitzkrieg Bop*
- Gang Of Four — Ether*
- King Crimson — Elephant Talk*
- Ministry — Stigmata*
- Agent Orange — Too Young To Die*
- Wipers — Return Of The Rat*
- The Chameleons — Mad Jack*
- The Jazz Butcher — Big Saturday*
- The Housemartins — The People Who Grinned Themselves To Death‡
- Weezer — My Name Is Jonas*
- Elliott Smith — Needle In The Hay
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds — Papa Wont Leave You, Henry
- Archers Of Loaf — Web In Front
- The Pastels — Nothing To Be Done
- The Chills — Heavenly Pop Hit
- The Church — Almost With You
- The Soft Boys — I Wanna Destroy You
- Richard Hell & The Voidoids — Love Comes In Spurts
- Iggy Pop — New Values
- Butthole Surfers — Sweat Loaf
- The Flaming Lips — Turn It On
- Black Flag — Slip It In
- Mudhoney — This Gift
- The Frogs — I’ve Got Drugs (Out Of The Mist)
- Lemonheads — Mallo Cup
- Pavement — Summer Babe (Winter Version)
- Guided By Voices — Over The Neptune
* Listener request
† Selected by Matt from Slicing Up Eyeballs, who also hosts the “Darkwave” radio show on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave station
‡ Selected by Howard from Indie Pop Saved My Life