Since it's pledge drive I'm trying to please the crowd. That means playing the songs they know! Today's songs are all instrumental covers of songs that aren't usually instrumental.
Here's the thing: I've done this a bunch of times and I don't want it to feel like I'm doing the same thing every year. So how about tell me what YOU want to hear.
Every pledge drive we pit listeners against listeners. When people donated to the show, they chose a side. The story so far: Good was defeated by Evil. Evil was defeated by Science. Science was defeated by Nature. Nature was defeated by NITRO. This year NITRO was taken down by INCOGNITO. That meant SPY and PRIVATE EYE music was taken down by DRAG RACING music.
For this show we played bands from every country that had medaled in the 2018 Winter Olypics in order of their medal count. I tried to choose the best representatives of each nation.
Apologies to:
Liechtenstein: couldn't find a band.
Slovakia: I just forgot
Germany and Norway: Y'all should have had more songs, I ran out of time
The Revels - Party Time (45)
The Moongooners - Moongoon Twist (45)
Travis Wammack - I Ain't Lying (45)
The Majestics - The Boss Walk Pt 1 (45)
link wray and the wraymen - Hand Clapper (Link Wray)
The Royal Teens - Royal Blue (45)
Mark & the Escorts - Get Your Baby (Teenage Shutdown)
keetie and the kats - Way Out (45)
Roger & the Gypsies - pass the hatchet part 1 (45)
dave myers & the surf tones - laguna limbo luau (surf's up)
The Runabouts - Pink Socks (45)
Eddie Angel - mumbling beatnik (guitar party)
Hypnotide's debut LP Landlocked was a surprise favorite from 2015. With only 6 tracks, Hypnotide can't possibly show the same flexibility with their sound that they did on the LP, and they don't really attempt to.
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