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What is up, mixtapers? Welcome to my weekly mixtape,

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the show that takes the classic mixtape approach

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to building a modern playlist. I'm your host,

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Brian Colburn. Since the start of season two,

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I've been using an online randomizer that is

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filled with all of your suggestions for episode

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ideas. I've been spinning that and letting that

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answer determine where I will go for the remainder

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of the episode. But for this week, I had a...

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topic earmarked and I need to run with it. It's

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one that's very special and important to me because

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without this topic, there would be no Brian Colburn.

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There would be no my weekly mixtape. My love

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of music wouldn't be there. And this playlist

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is dedicated to the person who truly helped shape

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my love of music. And that is my father. who

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we sadly lost earlier this year to pancreatic

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cancer. But knowing him and knowing the person

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he was, he would not want me to be sitting here

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for an hour recording this episode with a somber

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tone. He would want me to be rocking out and

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celebrating all the great memories and times

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that we had in my first 47 years on this earth.

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So what I want to do for him this week. is put

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together a playlist based on Friday night music

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nights. Now, for those of you that have not heard

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me talk about this on the show before, Friday

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night music nights was the night of the week

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where my dad would get home from work and instead

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of sitting down on the couch and putting on Jeopardy

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and Wheel of Fortune or some war movies, which,

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you know, as a kid, I really wasn't a fan of,

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he would take the dust cover off the turntable.

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open up the record cabinet and start pulling

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out records. And as the night went on, it would

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get louder and louder and louder. And I was allowed

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to stay up much later than any other night of

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the week. It was my favorite night of the week

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because I was allowed to dance around the living

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room like a maniac. As long as I didn't make

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the record skip, you had to be very careful about

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that, but sing. my lungs out and just enjoy every

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moment of it. And some of my favorite childhood

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memories come from those Friday night music nights.

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Now, normally these randomized episodes that

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I've been doing all thanks to you, the fellow

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mixtapers have been 10 songs, but I feel like

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there's no way I could do a 10 song playlist

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for my father and for Friday night music nights,

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any sort of justice, because just looking at

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the playlist here on my phone, there's. well

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over 400 songs. So to whittle that down is just,

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it's an impossible task. And to be frank with

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you guys, not even worth trying to whittle down

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to 10. So in his honor tonight, I will be doing

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20 songs, which I still feel is a major disservice,

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but I don't want this episode to be 16 hours

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long because I could easily do it. That's how

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many songs there are in his playlist. And I can

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talk about each and every one of them at length.

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But I do want to say before I start diving into

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these songs, I thank each and every one of you

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listeners and mixtapers for sending in these

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amazing topics and upcoming show ideas. You've

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heard the last month of shows when I've been

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randomly picking these topics and turning them

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into playlists. Please keep them coming. Send

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me in your playlist ideas, myweeklymixtape at

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And then finally, you can find the entire backlog

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the playlists I've put together, well over 150

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in all, at myweeklymixtape .com. Now, no matter

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in your life. Now, without further ado, let's

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dive into a playlist I'm calling Passing Down

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the Playlist, How My Father Shaped My Love of

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Music Through 20 Songs. I think the first one

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is going to be no shock to anyone who's listened

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to this podcast, so I'm not even going to go

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into some long story to try to build up any suspense

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or anticipation. It's the car's good times roll.

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The opening track on their self -titled album,

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my favorite album of all time. I have spun this

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album more times than any other album in my life.

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And this is the one that kicked it off. This

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song kicked off more Friday night music nights

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for my parents than I can imagine. Maybe in the

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mid 80s, it started to change because when Hello

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Again came out. The opening track on Heartbeat

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City, that started getting a lot of love too.

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And a lot of times when my dad would make mixtapes

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to bring in the car with him or when we'd go

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on road trips, he'd start side A with Good Times

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Roll and side B with Hello Again because it's

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the second side of the tape and he's saying hello

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again. I think that's pretty self -explanatory

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there. The Cars are one of those bands that are

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truly ingrained in my musical DNA. And there's

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no better way to kick things off than with their

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contribution for the night. I am going to tell

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you right now, there will be no doubling up of

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artists tonight. I am going to have a hard time

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whittling these songs down to just 20. So sometimes

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I'm going to have to make tough decisions, meaning

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an artist is going to get represented, but I'm

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going to sit here and mull over which track gets

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represented in the discussion. Now with the cars,

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there are so many amazing songs I could pull

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from, but. Favorite album of all time opening

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track. This one kind of is a no brainer for me.

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Good times roll to kick things off. And I think

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to follow that up, we're going to go with another

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album opening track because believe it or not,

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sometimes, and I think this is where my love

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of album opening tracks comes from. When my dad

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would pull out albums, sometimes he would just

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drop the needle on side a and side a track one

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became like a thing. You got to wait those. However

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many seconds for the song to start, the anticipation

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would build up and the song would kick in depending

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on the album. It really set the stage for what

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to expect. And with vinyl, you couldn't just

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skip to the next one. You had to kind of find

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the groove and the needle if you wanted to start

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a track too. So usually album openers got a lot

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of love on Friday night music nights, including

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this next one. And it's yet another song that

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I don't think really needs an introduction. Because

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as a child, at this point, I was seven, eight

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years old. And if I heard the words, dearly beloved,

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we're gathered here today to get through this

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thing called life. I knew I was about to go frigging

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crazy. And Prince and the Revolution, Let's Go

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Crazy, the Purple Rain soundtrack. This was my

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jam. This was one of my picks of the night. Because

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what my dad basically did is he became the DJ

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of the night. He would pick a song. Then he would

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ask me to pick a song. Then he would ask mom

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to pick a song. Then he would choose a song.

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We kind of round robin it. Sometimes I would

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get a little too into let's play. Let's go crazy

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again and again and again. So he might take the

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liberty of swaying me in different directions.

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And I was only seven at the time. So my wheelhouse

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wasn't as expansive as it was now. But this was

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kind of the way where my love of mixtaping came

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in, where other people would choose songs. And

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we'd kind of feed off of each other. And I did

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this with my parents growing up. And I don't

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think there's really much you need to say about

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Let's Go Crazy. The song is an absolute masterpiece.

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Prince is one of the best to ever do it. The

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guitar solo at the end of this song showed he

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is, apologies if you're not a wrestling fan,

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but if you're a Seth Rollins fan, you'll know

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he is a, and I have to add a ahem here, revolutionary.

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He is a visionary. And he is one of the greatest

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to ever do it. And for seven -year -old Brian,

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jumping up and down on the couch, the song was

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kind of giving me my directions. Let's go crazy.

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Let's get nuts. And that's exactly what I did.

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So following up the Cars, Good Times Roll, Let's

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Go Crazy by Prince. And now at this point of

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the night, my dad would turn it over to my mom.

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And one of my mom's favorites growing up, it's

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still one of my mom's favorites, she still loves

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listening to Pat Benatar, is, I guess it should

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come as no surprise here, it's another album

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opener, this time from her Precious Time album,

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Promises in the Dark. Now, my mom kind of teetered

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because she could have also went with Shadows

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of the Night from Get Nervous, and either one

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I would never argue with because these are my

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two favorite Pat Benatar songs. So this is one

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of those situations where I had to almost flip

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a coin. However, one thing about Friday Night

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Music nights that usually came into play, not

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a lot of ballads got played. And the opening

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to Promises in the Dark is probably the closest

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thing to a ballad you're going to hear on this

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playlist tonight. However, Promises in the Dark

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is anything but a ballad. But the opening...

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just shows the dynamics of the song where it

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opens with this slow, beautiful melody and it

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just turns into an absolute rocker. And coming

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out of the end of Prince's Let's Go Crazy, I

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think you kind of need a slight palate cleanser

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before you keep rocking out again. And I feel

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like the intro to Promises in the Dark does that.

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Because if you jump right into Shadows of the

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Night, I don't know if the mixtape can handle

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that much energy. I don't know. And I like to

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have some frigging dynamics moving through these

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songs here. So we're going to go with Promises

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in the Dark. But make no mistake, Shadows of

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the Night is an absolute banger. And when it

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comes to videos, Shadows of the Night is my favorite

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Pat Benatar video. Yes, I know most people want

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to talk about the dance in Love is a Battlefield.

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But no, no. It's fighter jets all the way. But

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anyway, Promises in the Dark. I had a chance

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to see Pat Benatar with my parents on several

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occasions. And she always puts on an amazing

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show. Her husband, Neil Giraldo, is just a beast

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on guitar. Fun fact about Neil, on top of all

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the endless stuff he's done with Pat Benatar,

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he is also the lead guitarist and bassist on

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Rick Springfield's Jessie's Girl. So fun random

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fact, as I do a little tangent here, as I'm scrolling

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through this list, trying to come up with track

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four of the night. And I really kind of want

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to dive away from... Album openers? Because I

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could pretty much do an album opening 20 -song

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list of Friday Night Music and still make it

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work, but I don't want to be too obvious here.

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So I'm going to move away from the album openers

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in the cleanup spot, although the album opener

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on this album, Eliminator, could be a perfect

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fit here. Give Me All Your Lovin', ZZ Top, absolute

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banger of a tune and perfect way to kick off

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the album. However... As a seven -year -old dancing

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around, when I heard the opening to Sharp Dressed

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Man, I'd walk into my dad's office and grab his

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sunglasses and his jacket and throw it on. And

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I would strut around that living room like I

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was the coolest thing on planet Earth. And they

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sure as hell made me feel that way. So Sharp

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Dressed Man is very much a quote -unquote cliched

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ZZ Top hit. But for me, there's just such a fun

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memory of... feeling like I was on top of the

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world listening to that song. And every time

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it comes on now, I kind of want to lower the

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sunglasses because every girl's crazy about a

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sharp -dressed man. I got to see them with my

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folks, my wife, and my kids when ZZ Top toured

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with John Fogerty. And hearing that song, even

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though we were at the amphitheater, I had my

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sunglasses sitting on top of my forehead, I turned

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and looked at my dad and... Just lowered them

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onto my head for a second and just kind of gave

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a little nod. I mean, yeah, this was the one

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that had to make the playlist tonight. But following

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it up, yeah, we're going back to album opener.

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Sorry, it's going to happen. It's another band

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I got the chance to see live with my father twice.

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We enjoyed seeing the tour so much with my mom

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the first time. It came around a second time

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through the area. And my mom had plans that evening.

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So my father and I decided that we would go by

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ourselves. And we got to see both at the Bergen

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Pack in Englewood, New Jersey, as well as the

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State Theater in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Huey

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Lewis in the news on one of their last tours

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when they were playing sports in its entirety.

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And sports is one of those albums that I felt

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like almost became a cliche when you went record

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hunting. because it sold 30 gazillion copies.

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So anytime you go to a record store or go crate

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digging, you are pretty much guaranteed to find

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a copy of it. And it's, as far as I'm concerned,

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a perfect album. As much as I love Picture This

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and 4, Sports was the album that really sent

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Huey Lewis through the stratosphere and the heart

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of rock and roll. That opening with the heartbeat,

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I used to sit there and pound on my chest when

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the song would kick off. And again, it kind of...

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Gives you that lull at the end of Sharp Dressed

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Man to kind of build up and kick back right into

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the party again. So yeah, Huey Lewis in the news.

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I was blessed and honored in season one to have

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Bill Gibson from Huey Lewis in the news on the

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show to build the ultimate Huey Lewis in the

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news playlist. I highly recommend if you're a

00:14:35.259 --> 00:14:37.139
Huey Lewis fan, go back and check that episode

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out. That was a bucket list show for me because

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I got to talk about. my Friday night music nights,

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and the love I have of these songs with one of

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the gentlemen responsible for them. And chances

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are, it's probably the only time I'm ever going

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to talk about the news on my weekly mixtape.

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And by news, I mean Huey Lewis and the, not the

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stuff that we are bombarded with on social media

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and all of our news apps all day long. But all

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that being said, Bill Gibson was an absolute

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bucket list. pinched myself i must be dreaming

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episode for me one of the highlights of my weekly

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mixtapes run and a no -brainer for one of the

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songs that helped shape my love of music now

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i will say this huey lewis in the news one of

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those bands i could have went with countless

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songs just the memory of seeing them live twice

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on the sports tour i think is what kind of gave

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the nod to heart of rock and roll I could have

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easily gone with an album cut like Tell Me a

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Little Lie or The Only One off of Picture This.

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I could have went with some of their plethora

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of hits. Yeah, I know that's the movie reference

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of Three Amigos. Sorry about that. But you've

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got Do You Believe in Love? You've got The Power

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of Love, another movie reference, Back to the

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Future. You've got Jacob's Ladder and Hip to

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be Square with a third movie reference if you

00:16:02.899 --> 00:16:05.750
want to bring up American Psycho. But rising

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to the top for tonight's specific playlist, it's

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the heart of rock and roll from sports. And with

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that, every now and then my dad would like to

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pivot the songs. Maybe this sounds familiar to

00:16:17.350 --> 00:16:19.090
you if you've listened to an episode before.

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Every now and then I just love to randomly pivot

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in the middle of a mixtape for no reason whatsoever.

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Well, now you know where I get it. But I know

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kind of the stuff you're hearing right now is

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like an early 80s musical smorgasbord. But that

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wasn't where he always lived musically, so he

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did enjoy mixing things up a bit. So it wasn't

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uncommon for him to dip into the 60s and 70s

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as we were listening to these albums. But there

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always had to be a rhyme or reason to it. Even

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if it was a pivot, it had to make some kind of

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musical sense. Because at the end of the day...

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Spoiler alert, a lot of these Friday night music

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nights were basically just him recording mixtapes

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to use on the weekends when we go to car shows

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or go on road trips or go out for vacation or

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different events. So there was a method to this

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musical madness. So let's go down that road for

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a little bit. And one of the songs he liked to

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dip back into a lot is one of those songs that

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I like to call the dashboard keyboard song. It's

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one of those songs that when you're driving,

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your left hand is on the steering wheel and your

00:17:29.289 --> 00:17:32.650
right hand is reaching out and attempting to

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play keyboards on the dashboard, whether you

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are a keyboard player or not. And this one is

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one of those ones that I would consider myself

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a very prolific dashboard keyboard player. I've

00:17:48.089 --> 00:17:51.539
never attempted to. Take those dashboard keyboard

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skills and move them to an actual keyboard. And

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I'm afraid of what that would sound like. But

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in my mind, when Johnny River's Rockin' Pneumonia

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and the Boogie Woogie Flu came on, I was up there

00:18:03.799 --> 00:18:06.460
with Jerry Lee Lewis in terms of piano skills.

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This is from his L .A. reggae album, although

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my parents didn't own that. They owned Johnny

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River's Greatest Hits. I want to say that was

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done through K -Tel. But don't hold me to that.

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I'm 99 .9 % sure. This is one of those albums,

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though, that this was not a full album listen

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in my house. It was Rockin' Ammonia and the Boogie

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Woogie Flu and then moving on to the next album.

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So in time, I actually listened through the album

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all the way through and enjoy a ton of the stuff

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on it. However, the one song that immediately

00:18:40.009 --> 00:18:42.910
brings me to Friday Night Music Nights and one

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of the songs that shaped. Where I Am Musically

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was Rock and the Monia and the Boogie Woogie

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Flu. Now, fast forward to the late 80s, the Less

00:18:53.130 --> 00:18:56.849
Than Zero soundtrack, and Aerosmith doing their

00:18:56.849 --> 00:18:59.930
slowed down version. This was one of those moments

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where I was able to kind of pull my dad aside

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and be like, hey, check this out. Listen to this

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version. And got to bond with a band that, even

00:19:08.170 --> 00:19:11.630
though Aerosmith was a band that my dad was very,

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very, very familiar with. This was Aerosmith

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mid 80s where I felt like I was discovering Aerosmith

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and trying to be hip to what was new in music

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and sharing it with my parents. And this was

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one that I was able to share with my father.

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And anytime I could do that and he dug it was

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a huge W for me. And I always felt like a million

00:19:35.809 --> 00:19:38.970
bucks when I was able to share a song with him

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that he enjoyed because it was like my way of

00:19:41.890 --> 00:19:44.819
saying thank you. for all the songs that he shared

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with me that I still love to this day. Kind of

00:19:47.839 --> 00:19:51.099
like a musical love language, so to speak. But

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enough about Aerosmith for now. We're talking

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about Johnny Rivers, which his version of Rockin'

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Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu is a cover

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in and of itself because Huey Piano Smith did

00:20:01.819 --> 00:20:03.460
the original, but I'm not going to dive down

00:20:03.460 --> 00:20:06.630
that rabbit hole. But yes, Johnny Rivers does

00:20:06.630 --> 00:20:09.589
bring us out of the 80s a little bit and gives

00:20:09.589 --> 00:20:12.329
us a little room to branch out. And that's exactly

00:20:12.329 --> 00:20:16.069
what I'm going to do here with another keyboard

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driven anthem. Now, I'm going to say anthem,

00:20:18.890 --> 00:20:22.450
but I'm not sure this will be an anthem on everyone's

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specific musical playlists. But let me explain.

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While this song was indeed a number one hit.

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I don't know if maybe the sands of time have

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maybe washed it off of people's minds because

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this is one that when I mention it to people,

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it almost is a, oh yeah, that type moment. And

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if anything, it would top a list of underrated

00:20:47.180 --> 00:20:51.000
songs of all time, in my opinion. But this song

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holds a special place in my heart for multiple

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reasons. One is obviously the Friday night music

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night connection. And the second is this is the

00:21:01.309 --> 00:21:06.710
first song that I ever talked up on radio back

00:21:06.710 --> 00:21:09.609
in college when I was interning with another

00:21:09.609 --> 00:21:14.390
DJ at my college radio station. Her show focused

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on garage rock of the 60s and 70s. And I got

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to learn a lot about that era of music through

00:21:21.349 --> 00:21:23.470
her. And I'm extremely appreciative of that.

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But more importantly, the first time that I sat

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down in front of a microphone. Turn my mic on

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and talked up a song live on the air. It was

00:21:33.680 --> 00:21:37.119
96 Tears by Question Mark and the Mysterians.

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It's garage rock at its finest. To me, they were

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a pioneering band in what would become garage

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rock and punk rock. Yes, I know this is the 60s,

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but there are the origins of what you would hear

00:21:52.839 --> 00:21:55.720
in the later 70s sound of punk rock coming out

00:21:55.720 --> 00:21:58.990
in. question mark, and the Mysterians. And there

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was something about this song that was just so

00:22:01.269 --> 00:22:06.109
infectious, so raw, and so real. And it has made

00:22:06.109 --> 00:22:09.890
a lot of greatest songs of all time lists, but

00:22:09.890 --> 00:22:11.849
it's not one of those songs that a lot of people

00:22:11.849 --> 00:22:15.930
really talk about as being influential. And to

00:22:15.930 --> 00:22:19.920
me, it is by a long shot. Now, my parents didn't

00:22:19.920 --> 00:22:22.259
own a question mark in the Mysterians album,

00:22:22.440 --> 00:22:25.299
but they did own another one of those K -Tel

00:22:25.299 --> 00:22:28.180
compilations, although this one was not by K

00:22:28.180 --> 00:22:30.299
-Tel. I want to say it was a Warner release,

00:22:30.420 --> 00:22:33.920
but it was called Wild Thing, and it was chock

00:22:33.920 --> 00:22:37.119
full of songs from that era featuring stuff like,

00:22:37.140 --> 00:22:41.380
obviously, Trog's Wild Thing, Swinging Medallions,

00:22:41.400 --> 00:22:44.339
Double Shot of My Baby's Love, Louie Louie by

00:22:44.339 --> 00:22:47.890
the Kingsmen. I Fought the Law by Bobby Fuller

00:22:47.890 --> 00:22:52.269
IV, Nobody But Me by the Human Beans. There was

00:22:52.269 --> 00:22:55.369
just a lot of that would -become -punk sound

00:22:55.369 --> 00:22:58.349
shining through on this album. My dad played

00:22:58.349 --> 00:23:00.369
this one a lot, and that's why a lot of that

00:23:00.369 --> 00:23:03.190
stuff resonates with me, and I feel like it's

00:23:03.190 --> 00:23:05.789
the reason why I love punk rock so much. Hell,

00:23:05.910 --> 00:23:08.890
one of my first children's albums, while it was

00:23:08.890 --> 00:23:11.930
mostly covers of 80s stuff, was Chipmunk Punk.

00:23:12.490 --> 00:23:15.950
So even as a young child, I was inspired by the

00:23:15.950 --> 00:23:18.150
word punk. There was something about the punk

00:23:18.150 --> 00:23:20.809
rock vibe and the atmosphere and the attitude

00:23:20.809 --> 00:23:24.269
that really resonated with me. And this song

00:23:24.269 --> 00:23:27.769
is one of those ones that is a highlight of that

00:23:27.769 --> 00:23:30.630
sound. So there's no way I can talk about the

00:23:30.630 --> 00:23:33.549
songs that shaped who I am musically without

00:23:33.549 --> 00:23:37.180
including 96 Tears. But now that I've introduced

00:23:37.180 --> 00:23:39.400
some of that proto -punk vibe that I'm excited

00:23:39.400 --> 00:23:41.720
to be able to talk about, I want to bring us

00:23:41.720 --> 00:23:44.299
closer back to the 80s, but stay in the late

00:23:44.299 --> 00:23:48.279
70s with a song that thankfully this band was

00:23:48.279 --> 00:23:51.180
one of the last bands my father got to see inducted

00:23:51.180 --> 00:23:53.519
into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2024,

00:23:53.859 --> 00:23:57.259
that being Farner. And I'm going to go with the

00:23:57.259 --> 00:24:00.680
opening track, big shock there, off their Double

00:24:00.680 --> 00:24:04.829
Vision album, that being Hot -Blooded. One of

00:24:04.829 --> 00:24:07.349
those reasons why for many, many years, people

00:24:07.349 --> 00:24:10.450
were pounding their fists on the table, wondering

00:24:10.450 --> 00:24:13.269
why Farner wasn't in the Rock and Roll Hall of

00:24:13.269 --> 00:24:17.009
Fame. They are an incredible rock band. Lou Graham's

00:24:17.009 --> 00:24:20.710
vocals on this track are just off the charts.

00:24:21.269 --> 00:24:24.589
Obviously, Mick Jones' guitar work is on another

00:24:24.589 --> 00:24:30.190
planet. This is a true classic. rock song. And

00:24:30.190 --> 00:24:32.490
I don't mean classic rock in the term of classic

00:24:32.490 --> 00:24:36.690
rock, the genre. I mean, it is a classic and

00:24:36.690 --> 00:24:41.150
it is a rock song. I hope that makes sense. This

00:24:41.150 --> 00:24:43.349
is one of those ones that as a kid, when that

00:24:43.349 --> 00:24:46.730
guitar riff started, I got up and started stomping

00:24:46.730 --> 00:24:48.490
around the living room. It's one of those ones

00:24:48.490 --> 00:24:53.690
that just, well, apologies for this pun, but

00:24:53.690 --> 00:24:56.509
it gets your blood boiling, gets you up, gets

00:24:56.509 --> 00:25:00.140
you excited. And as a kid, this is one that I

00:25:00.140 --> 00:25:04.519
just loved the riff. I was a huge ACDC fan as

00:25:04.519 --> 00:25:08.460
a kid. I loved hard rock. And from my parents'

00:25:08.599 --> 00:25:11.759
era, Farner was hard rock, at least on this track.

00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:15.099
And this is one that I don't think ever skipped

00:25:15.099 --> 00:25:17.880
a Friday night music night. And to this day,

00:25:17.880 --> 00:25:20.839
every time it comes on, it gets turned on extra

00:25:20.839 --> 00:25:23.720
loud. I know a lot of people resonate with Jukebox

00:25:23.720 --> 00:25:25.480
Hero, and I've got nothing but love for that

00:25:25.480 --> 00:25:27.920
song. Foreigner 4 is an absolute masterpiece,

00:25:27.940 --> 00:25:31.240
but when it comes to all -time Foreigner tracks,

00:25:31.559 --> 00:25:35.019
Hot Blooded is the one for me. Unbelievable track

00:25:35.019 --> 00:25:37.660
that needs to be included in this discussion

00:25:37.660 --> 00:25:41.980
tonight. Now, following that up, though, I think

00:25:41.980 --> 00:25:44.539
I'm going to go a little deeper here. And I'm

00:25:44.539 --> 00:25:47.240
going to go with a song that, if you're listening

00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:51.259
to the music playlist on Spotify, you're not

00:25:51.259 --> 00:25:54.619
going to be able to hear it because... It is

00:25:54.619 --> 00:25:57.000
one of those instances where you need to own

00:25:57.000 --> 00:25:59.559
the physical media. So physical media for the

00:25:59.559 --> 00:26:02.759
win. You can get it on CD. It's an import, but

00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:05.880
you can get it on CD. Vinyl is the version that

00:26:05.880 --> 00:26:09.140
most people have here in the US. No, I'm not

00:26:09.140 --> 00:26:11.460
talking about Buckingham Knicks because that

00:26:11.460 --> 00:26:16.740
finally got its long overdue release in the US

00:26:16.740 --> 00:26:20.440
on vinyl and CD. Thank you for that. puts my

00:26:20.440 --> 00:26:24.039
import version now officially out of commission.

00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:29.200
But using that Buckingham Knicks as a jumping

00:26:29.200 --> 00:26:31.779
off point, it's a band that I feel like is rooted

00:26:31.779 --> 00:26:36.279
in the same musical style as Buckingham Knicks

00:26:36.279 --> 00:26:39.579
and the Fleetwood Mac albums from that era. And

00:26:39.579 --> 00:26:42.099
I'm going to go with the Tarney Spencer band,

00:26:42.440 --> 00:26:46.079
No Time to Lose. While the album came out in

00:26:46.079 --> 00:26:49.220
1979, I don't remember that point because I was

00:26:49.220 --> 00:26:53.880
only a toddler. However, in 1981, when MTV was

00:26:53.880 --> 00:26:56.799
on a heavy rotation in our house, I remember

00:26:56.799 --> 00:27:00.500
this music video playing a lot in my early childhood

00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:04.599
years, which truly speaks to the power and influence

00:27:04.599 --> 00:27:07.279
that MTV had at that time because this was a

00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:10.759
two -year -old song. This song actually hit the

00:27:10.759 --> 00:27:14.809
Billboard Hot 100 back in 1979. And through the

00:27:14.809 --> 00:27:18.869
music video's exposure on MTV, re -entered the

00:27:18.869 --> 00:27:21.849
Billboard Hot 100 charts and charted even higher.

00:27:21.990 --> 00:27:24.970
It wasn't a top 40 hit. It only hit number 74,

00:27:25.130 --> 00:27:27.609
which means this is not one of those songs that

00:27:27.609 --> 00:27:29.930
might even be a household name. You might be

00:27:29.930 --> 00:27:33.269
saying, Tarni Spencer what? Yeah, this is not

00:27:33.269 --> 00:27:36.329
a household band name, but it's one that in my

00:27:36.329 --> 00:27:39.089
house was a household name. The album it came

00:27:39.089 --> 00:27:41.960
from is called Run For Your Life. If you haven't

00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:44.839
heard this album, I highly suggest looking it

00:27:44.839 --> 00:27:47.019
up. You're not going to find it on iTunes. You're

00:27:47.019 --> 00:27:49.259
not going to find it on Spotify, Apple Music.

00:27:49.500 --> 00:27:53.240
It's out there on YouTube, but you can go on

00:27:53.240 --> 00:27:56.200
Discogs and find a vinyl version or a CD version

00:27:56.200 --> 00:27:59.400
from overseas. Highly suggest giving this album

00:27:59.400 --> 00:28:02.700
a listen, especially if you're into that Buckingham

00:28:02.700 --> 00:28:06.460
Nicks Fleetwood Mac sound. This song has such...

00:28:06.920 --> 00:28:10.160
a gallop in the chorus. It just puts a smile

00:28:10.160 --> 00:28:13.339
on my face. Fantastic vocal harmonies, something

00:28:13.339 --> 00:28:16.700
that my father really resonated with, and I think

00:28:16.700 --> 00:28:19.160
that's why I resonate with it as well. He played

00:28:19.160 --> 00:28:22.460
a lot of songs that leaned in on multi -part

00:28:22.460 --> 00:28:24.700
vocal harmonies, and this is definitely one that

00:28:24.700 --> 00:28:28.180
does that. So if you don't know No Time to Lose

00:28:28.180 --> 00:28:30.779
by the Tarni Spencer Band, make it a part of

00:28:30.779 --> 00:28:33.380
your day to head over to the episode page. at

00:28:33.380 --> 00:28:36.319
myweeklymixtape .com. I'll be sure to even embed

00:28:36.319 --> 00:28:39.299
the video version there so you could see the

00:28:39.299 --> 00:28:43.140
video that I saw on Constant Rotation as a youngin'.

00:28:43.140 --> 00:28:47.720
But with that, we are nine songs into side A

00:28:47.720 --> 00:28:52.440
of the songs that shaped my musical world. And

00:28:52.440 --> 00:28:55.140
with that, I'm gonna close up with a cover song.

00:28:55.339 --> 00:28:57.960
You know I love my covers. And that's something

00:28:57.960 --> 00:29:00.819
I got from my father because one of the albums

00:29:00.819 --> 00:29:03.579
he loved to play when I was growing up a lot

00:29:03.579 --> 00:29:07.500
was David Johansson's Live It Up or Live It Up,

00:29:07.539 --> 00:29:10.279
depending on how you want to pronounce it, as

00:29:10.279 --> 00:29:13.539
it was, you know, a live album. And that album,

00:29:13.660 --> 00:29:17.700
another album opener, sorry, was an animals medley.

00:29:17.960 --> 00:29:20.480
And that consisted of we got to get out of this

00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:23.660
place. Don't bring me down. And it's my life.

00:29:24.170 --> 00:29:26.529
Now, I talked about the kind of proto -punk that

00:29:26.529 --> 00:29:28.509
Question Mark and the Mysterians brought with

00:29:28.509 --> 00:29:31.690
96 Tears. This was David Johansson of the New

00:29:31.690 --> 00:29:34.809
York Dolls doing his solo thing before he went

00:29:34.809 --> 00:29:38.069
to Buster Poindexter. This is raw. This is heavy.

00:29:38.250 --> 00:29:42.009
This is that punk rock spirit taking that sound

00:29:42.009 --> 00:29:44.509
of the animals and amping it up a little bit.

00:29:44.809 --> 00:29:48.710
David Johansson's voice is just perfect for what

00:29:48.710 --> 00:29:52.380
Eric Burden did with the animals. It was my introduction

00:29:52.380 --> 00:29:55.359
to the animals. I didn't even realize that these

00:29:55.359 --> 00:29:58.400
three songs weren't one song until much later

00:29:58.400 --> 00:30:01.819
when CDs came into play and my dad went out and

00:30:01.819 --> 00:30:05.079
bought the best of the animals. And I'm like,

00:30:05.140 --> 00:30:08.319
oh, those aren't one song? Like, you know, you

00:30:08.319 --> 00:30:10.140
don't know these things as a kid. There was no

00:30:10.140 --> 00:30:12.559
internet to look it up. You know, I didn't realize.

00:30:12.779 --> 00:30:15.400
I just assumed we got to get out of this place,

00:30:15.599 --> 00:30:18.019
segued right into Don't Bring Me Down and segued

00:30:18.019 --> 00:30:20.099
right into It's My Life. That was just the way

00:30:20.099 --> 00:30:22.839
it was done. So I fell in love with all three

00:30:22.839 --> 00:30:25.640
songs and then The Animals as a band because

00:30:25.640 --> 00:30:29.299
of this. The reason I'm closing out Side A with

00:30:29.299 --> 00:30:33.259
this song is because this one was very important

00:30:33.259 --> 00:30:35.279
to my father and I didn't learn about it until

00:30:35.279 --> 00:30:38.220
much later in life. When I was in college, I

00:30:38.220 --> 00:30:41.019
had a very long commute from New Jersey down

00:30:41.019 --> 00:30:43.000
to North Carolina where I went to school and

00:30:43.000 --> 00:30:45.700
sometimes my father would drive down with me

00:30:45.700 --> 00:30:48.740
and then take a flight home. And we would have

00:30:48.740 --> 00:30:51.160
a lot of conversations, listen to a lot of music

00:30:51.160 --> 00:30:54.720
and just talk for 10 straight hours. And we were

00:30:54.720 --> 00:30:57.900
listening to that animals greatest hits album.

00:30:58.059 --> 00:31:00.140
And we got to get out of this place was playing.

00:31:00.680 --> 00:31:02.400
And he said, you know, we listened to this song

00:31:02.400 --> 00:31:04.420
a lot when you were a kid growing up. I said,

00:31:04.460 --> 00:31:06.920
yeah. I said, he goes, there's a reason I love

00:31:06.920 --> 00:31:09.279
this song. And I'm curious, do you know what

00:31:09.279 --> 00:31:12.460
that is? And I said, because it's awesome. And

00:31:12.460 --> 00:31:16.559
he goes, yeah, of course. But this was. for him

00:31:16.559 --> 00:31:20.119
and the people he served with in Vietnam, one

00:31:20.119 --> 00:31:22.579
of the songs that helped them get through the

00:31:22.579 --> 00:31:26.039
tough days. This was the song that hyped them

00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:30.500
up, that got them hopeful for a future where

00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:34.640
they can return home. And this was their anthem.

00:31:35.319 --> 00:31:38.059
And I didn't know that for the first 17 years

00:31:38.059 --> 00:31:41.000
of my life. And when I look back at it now and

00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:43.740
I listen to this song again, And I scroll through

00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:46.640
old photo albums of my father from Vietnam and

00:31:46.640 --> 00:31:50.599
I hear this song playing. I could just see why

00:31:50.599 --> 00:31:53.220
it meant so much to them and the power and the

00:31:53.220 --> 00:31:58.700
impact that it had on those serving. The song

00:31:58.700 --> 00:32:01.900
is rightfully inducted into the Grammy Hall of

00:32:01.900 --> 00:32:06.460
Fame. And at my father's services, I talked with

00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:08.259
a lot of the people he served with that showed

00:32:08.259 --> 00:32:11.900
up. And I brought this song up and they all said,

00:32:11.980 --> 00:32:14.819
yeah, this is one that really meant a lot to

00:32:14.819 --> 00:32:16.980
all of us. And with that, this song will now

00:32:16.980 --> 00:32:19.940
always hold an even more special place in my

00:32:19.940 --> 00:32:22.579
heart beyond the Friday night music nights. Because

00:32:22.579 --> 00:32:26.500
thinking about my childhood now, when we were

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:31.420
rocking out to that song, not only was he enjoying

00:32:31.420 --> 00:32:35.380
the music, he was expressing his gratefulness.

00:32:36.359 --> 00:32:40.279
That he was able to sing that song outside of

00:32:40.279 --> 00:32:43.900
a war zone and back at home with his family and

00:32:43.900 --> 00:32:48.019
his child. And it weighs so heavily on me now

00:32:48.019 --> 00:32:51.640
when I think about that. And it's profound. And

00:32:51.640 --> 00:32:54.579
it's a perfect way to close out this first side.

00:32:54.880 --> 00:32:59.119
Which kicked off with, no shock to anybody, the

00:32:59.119 --> 00:33:02.839
car's good times roll. Followed up by Prince's

00:33:02.839 --> 00:33:06.279
Let's Go Crazy. Pat Benatar's Promises in the

00:33:06.279 --> 00:33:10.759
Dark, ZZ Top's Sharp Dress Man, Huey Lewis in

00:33:10.759 --> 00:33:13.160
the News, The Heart of Rock and Roll, Johnny

00:33:13.160 --> 00:33:15.400
Rivers' Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie

00:33:15.400 --> 00:33:19.180
Flu, Question Mark and the Mysterians' 96 Tears,

00:33:19.640 --> 00:33:22.420
Foreigners' Hot -Blooded, the Tarney Spencer

00:33:22.420 --> 00:33:26.259
Band's No Time to Lose, and David Johansson's

00:33:26.259 --> 00:33:28.920
Animals Medley, We Gotta Get Out of This Place,

00:33:29.220 --> 00:33:33.480
Don't Bring Me Down, and It's My Life. If you

00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:35.720
want to hear all the songs I've discussed in

00:33:35.720 --> 00:33:38.539
this playlist, head over to the episode page

00:33:38.539 --> 00:33:43.099
where all of these songs are embedded at myweeklymixtape

00:33:43.099 --> 00:33:47.980
.com. And now we're flipping the proverbial mixtape

00:33:47.980 --> 00:33:52.319
over and starting side B of this playlist dedicated

00:33:52.319 --> 00:33:56.920
to songs that shaped my love of music, dedicated

00:33:56.920 --> 00:34:01.299
to my father. We are going to start with a side

00:34:01.299 --> 00:34:05.250
opening track. not an album opening track. However,

00:34:05.509 --> 00:34:08.150
this one comes with a little bit of a funny story,

00:34:08.210 --> 00:34:10.349
at least an embarrassing story on my part, but

00:34:10.349 --> 00:34:13.269
I'm willing to be vulnerable for all the My Weekly

00:34:13.269 --> 00:34:16.389
Mixtape listeners and open up about some of my

00:34:16.389 --> 00:34:20.610
not -finest moments. And I'll start this by saying

00:34:20.610 --> 00:34:25.090
it wasn't until I got my first CD copy of Hart's

00:34:25.090 --> 00:34:28.889
Bebe Le Strange that I realized that Even It

00:34:28.889 --> 00:34:32.619
Up wasn't the album opener. This was the song

00:34:32.619 --> 00:34:37.119
that started Side B on the vinyl record. However,

00:34:37.380 --> 00:34:41.280
it was the song my father always played on Friday

00:34:41.280 --> 00:34:45.360
night music nights. So for the first at least

00:34:45.360 --> 00:34:50.139
decade of my life, I thought Even It Up was the

00:34:50.139 --> 00:34:53.400
Bebe Lestrange album opening track. And when

00:34:53.400 --> 00:34:56.780
I got the CD and I put it in, for the first few

00:34:56.780 --> 00:34:58.940
seconds, I'm like, what the hell is wrong with

00:34:58.940 --> 00:35:01.900
this CD? And then I flipped over that jewel case

00:35:01.900 --> 00:35:07.539
to read through that track listing. Oh. And even

00:35:07.539 --> 00:35:11.559
then, with it right in front of my face, I thought,

00:35:11.659 --> 00:35:14.320
maybe they screwed up the track listing on this

00:35:14.320 --> 00:35:20.019
CD. So yeah, even it up by heart, kicking off

00:35:20.019 --> 00:35:22.599
Side B. A little bit of an embarrassing moment

00:35:22.599 --> 00:35:25.300
on my part, but not one that I'm too ashamed

00:35:25.300 --> 00:35:29.050
about because... Even It Up is such a killer

00:35:29.050 --> 00:35:32.409
song, and synergistically now, I get to start

00:35:32.409 --> 00:35:37.090
side B of this playlist slash mixtape with it,

00:35:37.110 --> 00:35:41.090
where it's in its rightful spot. I could have

00:35:41.090 --> 00:35:44.489
went with any heart song, honestly. One of the

00:35:44.489 --> 00:35:46.849
last concerts my father and I got to go see together

00:35:46.849 --> 00:35:50.130
was Ann Wilson's solo. Unfortunately, she did

00:35:50.130 --> 00:35:53.389
not do Even It Up. She did a lot of cover songs

00:35:53.389 --> 00:35:56.230
and a few heart songs sprinkled in, but... It

00:35:56.230 --> 00:36:00.090
was still Ann Wilson, and she is still one of,

00:36:00.230 --> 00:36:03.590
if not the greatest female rock singer of all

00:36:03.590 --> 00:36:06.730
time, in my humble opinion. She has to be in

00:36:06.730 --> 00:36:10.210
the conversation. She has done so much for women

00:36:10.210 --> 00:36:15.269
in rock music that I think it's hard to not justify

00:36:15.269 --> 00:36:18.090
her to be in a top spot, whether it's not the

00:36:18.090 --> 00:36:21.030
top one, because I've had arguments with people

00:36:21.030 --> 00:36:22.789
where they'll chime in with Aretha Franklin,

00:36:22.909 --> 00:36:25.360
and I know that's soul and R &B, but... Yeah,

00:36:25.400 --> 00:36:27.800
Aretha Franklin rocks as well. And she could

00:36:27.800 --> 00:36:30.480
certainly be in the top of the mountain when

00:36:30.480 --> 00:36:32.719
it comes to rock music and female vocalists.

00:36:32.760 --> 00:36:36.000
But Ann Wilson is right there as well. Her voice

00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:39.460
just does something to this day that, man, I

00:36:39.460 --> 00:36:41.340
don't know. Every time I hear a cover of it,

00:36:41.360 --> 00:36:43.960
I'm like, that's good. That's really good. Because

00:36:43.960 --> 00:36:46.519
I've heard Lizzy Hale, who I think carries a

00:36:46.519 --> 00:36:49.500
torch for modern hard rock female singers. And

00:36:49.500 --> 00:36:52.000
I heard her do a hard cover. And I said, that's

00:36:52.000 --> 00:36:54.969
good. But it's not Ann Wilson good. And I love

00:36:54.969 --> 00:36:58.469
Lizzy. And I'm in zero disrespect. I love her

00:36:58.469 --> 00:37:02.750
voice. But it's not Ann Wilson. When I saw Carrie

00:37:02.750 --> 00:37:06.050
Underwood do Alone on American Idol and everyone

00:37:06.050 --> 00:37:08.030
was losing their mind, I'm like, that's good.

00:37:08.769 --> 00:37:12.650
That's really good. But it's not Ann Wilson.

00:37:13.130 --> 00:37:15.710
And Even It Up is one of those songs that, yes,

00:37:15.710 --> 00:37:18.030
it's not the first song you think of when you

00:37:18.030 --> 00:37:20.449
think about hearts classics. But in my mind.

00:37:20.860 --> 00:37:24.739
It is a classic heart tune. There are some underrated

00:37:24.739 --> 00:37:27.719
heart hits, and Even It Up is at the top of those

00:37:27.719 --> 00:37:30.440
charts for me. A lot of people go to Magic Man,

00:37:30.760 --> 00:37:35.340
Crazy On You, Alone, Barracuda. The list goes

00:37:35.340 --> 00:37:39.719
on and on and on. So I feel like songs such as

00:37:39.719 --> 00:37:42.599
Even It Up, Heartless, even something as big

00:37:42.599 --> 00:37:45.519
as a top 20 hit like Straight On, they just kind

00:37:45.519 --> 00:37:48.829
of get lost in this. immense catalog of fantastic

00:37:48.829 --> 00:37:52.409
music from Heart. So kicking off Side B, even

00:37:52.409 --> 00:37:54.489
it up from Heart. If you haven't heard that album,

00:37:54.590 --> 00:37:56.989
go back and listen to it. If you have the vinyl

00:37:56.989 --> 00:37:59.949
of Baby La Strange, you have to start it on Side

00:37:59.949 --> 00:38:02.650
B to get the full Brian Colburn effect with that

00:38:02.650 --> 00:38:06.289
one. And to follow that up, I think I'm going

00:38:06.289 --> 00:38:11.090
to go with a track two on a Side B of an album

00:38:11.090 --> 00:38:13.409
that we used to listen to all the time. And once

00:38:13.409 --> 00:38:18.559
again, Similar to Heart's Baby Lestrange, I thought

00:38:18.559 --> 00:38:22.820
for the first several years of my life that Beat

00:38:22.820 --> 00:38:25.920
It kicked off Michael Jackson's Thriller. Now,

00:38:25.960 --> 00:38:27.519
that's not the song we're going with, although

00:38:27.519 --> 00:38:30.440
I very easily could. Beat It was a huge part

00:38:30.440 --> 00:38:33.320
of Friday Night Music Nights. But once again,

00:38:33.400 --> 00:38:36.420
I'm going to embarrass myself, my childhood self,

00:38:36.760 --> 00:38:39.760
for your listening pleasure. And you can either

00:38:39.760 --> 00:38:42.599
laugh with me or at me. I'm good either way.

00:38:43.309 --> 00:38:46.570
But the song that followed up, beat it on Thriller,

00:38:46.630 --> 00:38:51.369
was Billie Jean. And I was young when this song

00:38:51.369 --> 00:38:54.929
came out. And my parents never let me forget

00:38:54.929 --> 00:38:57.289
this one. One of the Friday night music nights

00:38:57.289 --> 00:39:00.949
when I got to my music pick, I asked if they

00:39:00.949 --> 00:39:05.449
can put on a pair of jeans is not my lover. My

00:39:05.449 --> 00:39:10.289
father never let me forget that until his last

00:39:10.289 --> 00:39:13.670
day. He always referred to it as a pair of jeans.

00:39:15.150 --> 00:39:19.610
That being said, being a bass player, my love

00:39:19.610 --> 00:39:23.090
of the bass guitar, in some significant way,

00:39:23.170 --> 00:39:26.750
shape, or form, came from this song. That opening

00:39:26.750 --> 00:39:31.590
bass line had such a groove and such a swagger

00:39:31.590 --> 00:39:34.130
that I didn't even know what the definition of

00:39:34.130 --> 00:39:37.050
those words were as a kid, but I knew I was feeling

00:39:37.050 --> 00:39:40.980
it. And it made me realize that a song can revolve

00:39:40.980 --> 00:39:44.099
around the bass guitar, which made me love the

00:39:44.099 --> 00:39:49.440
instrument. And the song just rocks. I know a

00:39:49.440 --> 00:39:51.739
lot of people talk about Beat It being the big

00:39:51.739 --> 00:39:53.820
rock song on the album, Eddie Van Halen with

00:39:53.820 --> 00:39:56.519
the uncredited guitar solo, but everything about

00:39:56.519 --> 00:39:59.480
Thriller rocks as an album, and Billie Jean is

00:39:59.480 --> 00:40:03.480
definitely one of those tracks. And then there's

00:40:03.480 --> 00:40:06.840
that music video. Once again, MTV playing a huge

00:40:06.840 --> 00:40:09.960
role in some of the songs that shaped my love

00:40:09.960 --> 00:40:13.300
of music because that video just blew my mind.

00:40:13.360 --> 00:40:16.800
I mean, everything that was released from the

00:40:16.800 --> 00:40:19.179
Thriller album was incredible. The Beated video,

00:40:19.420 --> 00:40:22.219
Weird Al, Eat It. I mean, you have to acknowledge

00:40:22.219 --> 00:40:25.639
it there. Billie Jean, and then let's not get

00:40:25.639 --> 00:40:27.760
into Thriller because I'll probably have nightmares

00:40:27.760 --> 00:40:30.980
if I bring that video up now. I mean, that, I

00:40:30.980 --> 00:40:34.050
don't know if you, were a child of the 80s and

00:40:34.050 --> 00:40:36.889
you stayed up and watched Thriller the night

00:40:36.889 --> 00:40:39.469
it premiered. I don't know how many children

00:40:39.469 --> 00:40:42.269
slept that night. Like that video is just something

00:40:42.269 --> 00:40:46.510
else. An absolute masterpiece of epic proportions.

00:40:47.190 --> 00:40:50.429
Let's face it. It's a movie quality music video

00:40:50.429 --> 00:40:53.989
that to this day, every Halloween, I make sure

00:40:53.989 --> 00:40:56.449
the kids watch it so I could scar them for life

00:40:56.449 --> 00:40:58.949
the way I was. It's just one of those things.

00:40:58.969 --> 00:41:01.760
The dance routine is so iconic. But we're not

00:41:01.760 --> 00:41:03.820
talking about Thriller. I'm sidetracking here.

00:41:03.880 --> 00:41:06.519
I apologize. Even in Billie Jean, you got the

00:41:06.519 --> 00:41:09.760
moonwalk. And I'll admit, as a kid, I did my

00:41:09.760 --> 00:41:12.139
best attempt at a moonwalk. I wouldn't say it

00:41:12.139 --> 00:41:14.960
was very good, but my parents gave me an A for

00:41:14.960 --> 00:41:17.019
effort. And for now, that's good enough for me.

00:41:17.139 --> 00:41:20.699
So following up Hearts Even It Up, which was

00:41:20.699 --> 00:41:23.260
the first track on side B of Bebe La Strange,

00:41:23.619 --> 00:41:27.099
is the second track on side B of Michael Jackson's

00:41:27.099 --> 00:41:30.139
Thriller, and the second track on side B of this

00:41:30.139 --> 00:41:34.349
mixtape. Billie Jean. Now, I wish I could say

00:41:34.349 --> 00:41:36.630
I was going to be creative enough to continue

00:41:36.630 --> 00:41:40.230
down this side B track number path, but I'm not.

00:41:40.550 --> 00:41:42.570
We're going to pivot a little bit and go to a

00:41:42.570 --> 00:41:45.190
side A song. It's not an album opener, so I'll

00:41:45.190 --> 00:41:47.369
give each of you a moment to collectively get

00:41:47.369 --> 00:41:50.530
over the shock you're feeling right now. And

00:41:50.530 --> 00:41:53.190
we're going to move on to another artist that

00:41:53.190 --> 00:41:56.650
was a big part of Friday Night Music Nights for

00:41:56.650 --> 00:41:59.539
my family. This was definitely one that fell

00:41:59.539 --> 00:42:02.760
under the mom selection category, although there

00:42:02.760 --> 00:42:05.039
was nothing but love for this artist from both

00:42:05.039 --> 00:42:07.980
my father and myself. So anything she chose by

00:42:07.980 --> 00:42:10.539
him would work in this spot. And that would be

00:42:10.539 --> 00:42:13.179
the one and only Billy Joel. Talked about him

00:42:13.179 --> 00:42:16.219
many a times on my weekly mixtape and had the

00:42:16.219 --> 00:42:19.440
honor of having Liberty DeVito, drummer for the

00:42:19.440 --> 00:42:22.619
Billy Joel band, on the show to create the ultimate

00:42:22.619 --> 00:42:25.639
Billy Joel playlist way back early in season

00:42:25.639 --> 00:42:28.960
one. If you haven't heard that episode, I highly

00:42:28.960 --> 00:42:31.840
recommend checking it out because Liberty tells

00:42:31.840 --> 00:42:35.780
some incredible Billy Joel stories and you hear

00:42:35.780 --> 00:42:38.340
some stuff about the hits as well as some of

00:42:38.340 --> 00:42:40.219
the deeper cuts that you might not expect. So

00:42:40.219 --> 00:42:42.500
if you're a big Billy Joel fan, you don't want

00:42:42.500 --> 00:42:44.860
to miss that one. Now, I could have went with

00:42:44.860 --> 00:42:48.340
pretty much anything from The Stranger Through

00:42:48.340 --> 00:42:52.480
the Bridge as my song choice because those were

00:42:52.480 --> 00:42:54.800
the albums that were collectively played in.

00:42:55.179 --> 00:42:58.860
endless rotation in my house however i'm gonna

00:42:58.860 --> 00:43:01.840
go with one because i found a video shortly after

00:43:01.840 --> 00:43:05.139
my father passed and it was him and i at a friend's

00:43:05.139 --> 00:43:08.980
house doing karaoke and it reminded me of friday

00:43:08.980 --> 00:43:11.500
night music nights because we used to sing this

00:43:11.500 --> 00:43:14.619
song together when i was a child and then we

00:43:14.619 --> 00:43:18.320
did it as karaoke as adults and that would be

00:43:18.320 --> 00:43:20.760
the call and answer of it's still rock and roll

00:43:20.760 --> 00:43:24.059
to me from glass houses He would always sing

00:43:24.059 --> 00:43:27.280
the first line and I would reply with the second

00:43:27.280 --> 00:43:30.219
line. And we did that as adults. And it's something

00:43:30.219 --> 00:43:33.280
that because this playlist is dedicated to him,

00:43:33.300 --> 00:43:36.039
I feel like this is the song to use for this

00:43:36.039 --> 00:43:38.880
playlist. But any Billy Joel song could fit in

00:43:38.880 --> 00:43:40.860
this instance. This is definitely another one

00:43:40.860 --> 00:43:43.780
of those Huey Lewis, Pat Benatar moments that

00:43:43.780 --> 00:43:46.659
I could have went with an endless string of songs

00:43:46.659 --> 00:43:50.159
and any one of them would work. So taking up

00:43:50.159 --> 00:43:52.980
the number three slot is Billy Joel's It's Still

00:43:52.980 --> 00:43:56.920
Rock and Roll to me. Next up is a song that I

00:43:56.920 --> 00:43:59.619
would have chosen on a Friday night music night.

00:43:59.679 --> 00:44:02.920
This one we had on 45. I know we've talked about

00:44:02.920 --> 00:44:05.119
nothing but full length albums, but make no mistake,

00:44:05.260 --> 00:44:08.780
there was also a box filled with 45s, and this

00:44:08.780 --> 00:44:11.099
was one of the first ones I always picked out.

00:44:11.239 --> 00:44:14.519
And that would be the J. Giles Band's Centerfold.

00:44:16.039 --> 00:44:20.309
Now... Given my age at the time, thankfully the

00:44:20.309 --> 00:44:23.710
lyrics went right over my head. I just loved

00:44:23.710 --> 00:44:26.269
the song. I loved singing along with it. I loved

00:44:26.269 --> 00:44:29.070
the na -na -na -na -na -na parts. I just loved

00:44:29.070 --> 00:44:33.389
everything about the groove and the vibe and

00:44:33.389 --> 00:44:36.889
energy of the song. So much so that when we were

00:44:36.889 --> 00:44:38.889
in Hershey Park for the first time, they had

00:44:38.889 --> 00:44:42.030
one of those sing -your -own -song karaoke booths.

00:44:42.320 --> 00:44:44.920
And I have a recording of myself in, I want to

00:44:44.920 --> 00:44:48.480
say, second grade, maybe third grade, singing

00:44:48.480 --> 00:44:52.780
Centerfold by the Jay Giles Band. Now, you see,

00:44:52.820 --> 00:44:55.500
I'm throwing all these embarrassing moments about

00:44:55.500 --> 00:44:57.340
myself out at this part of the episode, because

00:44:57.340 --> 00:44:59.760
if you're still listening now, we're friends

00:44:59.760 --> 00:45:01.719
here. And I feel like I could tell you this stuff

00:45:01.719 --> 00:45:04.420
without fear of getting shredded on all the My

00:45:04.420 --> 00:45:06.920
Weekly Mixtape social accounts, which I'm actually

00:45:06.920 --> 00:45:08.679
going to use this time to not give them out,

00:45:08.739 --> 00:45:11.760
just in case you want to shred me. But yes. Second

00:45:11.760 --> 00:45:15.699
or third grade, Brian, belting out J. Giles Band's

00:45:15.699 --> 00:45:18.219
Centerfold. I did a pretty damn good job of it.

00:45:18.260 --> 00:45:20.739
I'm not going to lie. And listening back to it,

00:45:20.800 --> 00:45:27.679
now that the lyrics make sense. And no, I will

00:45:27.679 --> 00:45:29.780
never play it on this show. I don't care how

00:45:29.780 --> 00:45:32.400
much you guys offer. It ain't happening. Although

00:45:32.400 --> 00:45:34.900
I do have a copy of me singing the Ghostbusters

00:45:34.900 --> 00:45:38.019
theme in first grade, I want to say. Or maybe

00:45:38.019 --> 00:45:41.619
it was second grade for Ghostbusters. Third grade

00:45:41.619 --> 00:45:44.900
for Centerfold, regardless, elementary school.

00:45:45.179 --> 00:45:48.980
We'll just leave it at that. And that one still

00:45:48.980 --> 00:45:50.980
puts a smile on my face because I was singing

00:45:50.980 --> 00:45:53.500
Ghostbusters as if I was trying to scare the

00:45:53.500 --> 00:45:56.420
ghosts away. And Ghostbusters is another one

00:45:56.420 --> 00:45:58.300
that easily could have made this playlist, but

00:45:58.300 --> 00:46:01.000
spoiler alert, there's just not enough songs

00:46:01.000 --> 00:46:04.820
to get to it tonight. But Jay Giles' band Centerfold,

00:46:05.059 --> 00:46:08.139
Peter Wolfe, I mean, what an incredible artist.

00:46:08.670 --> 00:46:11.210
Come As You Are is one of my favorite Peter Wolfe

00:46:11.210 --> 00:46:13.449
songs from the 80s. Centerfold has that same

00:46:13.449 --> 00:46:16.489
vibe. The Freeze Frame album is so much fun.

00:46:16.889 --> 00:46:20.469
This was a party song. This was also something

00:46:20.469 --> 00:46:23.750
that MTV subjected me to. And towards the end

00:46:23.750 --> 00:46:26.489
of the video, when he hits that snare roll on

00:46:26.489 --> 00:46:29.090
the snare drum and it's either paint or milk

00:46:29.090 --> 00:46:31.650
or God knows what it is and maybe I don't want

00:46:31.650 --> 00:46:34.489
to know, that image is ingrained in my mind.

00:46:34.730 --> 00:46:38.199
I saw these... videos and heard these songs over

00:46:38.199 --> 00:46:41.420
and over and over again so if they warp my mind

00:46:41.420 --> 00:46:44.860
a little bit so be it but this is a great song

00:46:44.860 --> 00:46:47.420
and i'll stand by it and it definitely shaped

00:46:47.420 --> 00:46:51.000
my love for fun party rock music thank you jay

00:46:51.000 --> 00:46:54.559
guile's band and i wasn't kidding when i said

00:46:54.559 --> 00:46:56.219
at the beginning of this episode that there would

00:46:56.219 --> 00:46:59.599
not be any ballads on this my dad did not go

00:46:59.599 --> 00:47:03.039
for ballads very often. If anything, maybe the

00:47:03.039 --> 00:47:05.480
closest thing to a ballad that he would have

00:47:05.480 --> 00:47:08.760
thrown onto one of these mixtapes or Friday night

00:47:08.760 --> 00:47:11.300
music nights was drive from the cars when heartbeat

00:47:11.300 --> 00:47:13.760
city was in a constant rotation. And there was

00:47:13.760 --> 00:47:16.519
a couple of others, maybe one or two. And there's

00:47:16.519 --> 00:47:18.440
one that I know I'm going to talk about later

00:47:18.440 --> 00:47:20.099
on, even though it's not going to make the mix.

00:47:20.119 --> 00:47:22.980
So I'll put a pin in that for now. However, this

00:47:22.980 --> 00:47:26.300
next one is definitely not a ballad and it's

00:47:26.300 --> 00:47:29.659
definitely a divisive song. And for the first

00:47:29.659 --> 00:47:33.019
time tonight, it was a song that we did not have

00:47:33.019 --> 00:47:36.940
on vinyl LP. My father actually had the cassette

00:47:36.940 --> 00:47:41.420
of this album. So that added a completely different

00:47:41.420 --> 00:47:43.480
layer to Friday Night Music Night because he

00:47:43.480 --> 00:47:46.659
would have to switch inputs on the player just

00:47:46.659 --> 00:47:51.079
to pop his cassette in if Kilroy was here so

00:47:51.079 --> 00:47:55.099
we can hear the opening to Mr. Roboto from Styx.

00:47:55.849 --> 00:47:58.730
And once again, if you see how a lot of these

00:47:58.730 --> 00:48:00.690
interviews I've done on this show kind of play

00:48:00.690 --> 00:48:04.170
into what I'm talking about tonight, I had Lawrence

00:48:04.170 --> 00:48:06.789
Gowan from Styx on the podcast, and we talked

00:48:06.789 --> 00:48:09.989
all things Styx, even though he was not originally

00:48:09.989 --> 00:48:12.929
on the Kilroy Was Here album. That was Dennis

00:48:12.929 --> 00:48:15.889
DeYoung. We talk about how Mr. Roboto made its

00:48:15.889 --> 00:48:19.710
way back into Styx's set list over the years.

00:48:19.829 --> 00:48:22.550
And one of the last concerts my parents got to

00:48:22.550 --> 00:48:26.460
go see together was Styx. When they called me

00:48:26.460 --> 00:48:28.760
on the way home from the show, one of the first

00:48:28.760 --> 00:48:30.579
things he said to me when I answered the phone

00:48:30.579 --> 00:48:33.539
was, hey, Brian, guess what? We got to see Mr.

00:48:33.639 --> 00:48:36.800
Roboto towards the end of the set. So, yes, Mr.

00:48:36.940 --> 00:48:39.219
Roboto is going in this mix. I mean, as a kid

00:48:39.219 --> 00:48:42.559
who grew up with the Transformers, Mr. Roboto,

00:48:42.619 --> 00:48:46.920
I know it's a divisive stick song, but I love

00:48:46.920 --> 00:48:50.619
this song. And as a kid, it was futuristic. I

00:48:50.619 --> 00:48:53.280
watched Star Wars and was into Transformers.

00:48:53.690 --> 00:48:55.849
This felt like a song that was geared towards

00:48:55.849 --> 00:49:00.010
my mind at the time. I love this song. And listening

00:49:00.010 --> 00:49:04.070
back musically, it's such a fun and dynamic listen.

00:49:04.349 --> 00:49:06.829
Put headphones on and listen into the opening

00:49:06.829 --> 00:49:09.989
to this song. Between the way the synthesizers

00:49:09.989 --> 00:49:12.829
are incorporated into the opening and the panning

00:49:12.829 --> 00:49:16.110
of the music back and forth, they really did

00:49:16.110 --> 00:49:21.090
a fantastic job painting a visual picture through

00:49:21.090 --> 00:49:25.329
the music. On Mr. Roboto. And yes, I understand

00:49:25.329 --> 00:49:29.170
this is not the Styx that was in the 70s. And

00:49:29.170 --> 00:49:30.730
there was all the problems that went on with

00:49:30.730 --> 00:49:33.769
this tour and everything else. Hindsight is 20

00:49:33.769 --> 00:49:36.889
-20. There's nothing wrong with Mr. Roboto. And

00:49:36.889 --> 00:49:39.230
it has a place in this playlist tonight. And

00:49:39.230 --> 00:49:43.389
I will defend it until the end of time. But after

00:49:43.389 --> 00:49:46.429
that, we're going to go dig back into that box

00:49:46.429 --> 00:49:49.920
of 45s. And this is one of those instances where

00:49:49.920 --> 00:49:53.179
I knew a song so well by the 45 version, the

00:49:53.179 --> 00:49:55.780
first time I heard the album cut, my mind was

00:49:55.780 --> 00:49:58.519
blown. Because it was several minutes longer.

00:49:59.460 --> 00:50:03.099
And that album was Time Exposure. And that band?

00:50:03.300 --> 00:50:06.860
The Little River Band. And the song? The Night

00:50:06.860 --> 00:50:10.440
Owls. Now, my dad was not a big yacht rock person.

00:50:11.079 --> 00:50:13.059
I don't even know back then if it was referred

00:50:13.059 --> 00:50:15.300
to as yacht rock. He loved the Doobie Brothers,

00:50:15.460 --> 00:50:17.059
but it definitely was not the Michael McDonald

00:50:17.059 --> 00:50:20.940
era. It was the long train running, rocking down

00:50:20.940 --> 00:50:24.019
the highway, China Grove era of the Doobie Brothers.

00:50:24.219 --> 00:50:27.900
However, the Night Owls was a different beast

00:50:27.900 --> 00:50:30.340
for the Little River Band, at least in terms

00:50:30.340 --> 00:50:33.539
of my household. I am not talking about the band

00:50:33.539 --> 00:50:38.380
as a whole here. This song had a swagger to it

00:50:38.380 --> 00:50:42.090
that fit in with Friday Night Music nights. And

00:50:42.090 --> 00:50:44.929
then there's those vocal harmonies. When those

00:50:44.929 --> 00:50:47.989
vocal harmonies come in at the chorus, oh my

00:50:47.989 --> 00:50:50.530
God, how can you not want to sing along with

00:50:50.530 --> 00:50:53.030
it? I know it's not the Little River Band's biggest

00:50:53.030 --> 00:50:55.789
hit. It did make their greatest hits. But as

00:50:55.789 --> 00:50:59.250
far as I'm concerned, this song is the pinnacle

00:50:59.250 --> 00:51:02.309
of the Little River Band. And it's also such

00:51:02.309 --> 00:51:05.469
a huge part of what I love about harmonies in

00:51:05.469 --> 00:51:08.309
music. But going back to that album version.

00:51:09.130 --> 00:51:11.050
The first time I heard the album version, I actually

00:51:11.050 --> 00:51:13.769
thought it skipped because they cut the intro

00:51:13.769 --> 00:51:16.829
almost in half before the vocals start. And when

00:51:16.829 --> 00:51:19.090
it started again, I'm like, what's going on here?

00:51:19.329 --> 00:51:22.150
And I realized, oh, this is an actual thing here.

00:51:22.449 --> 00:51:25.309
There are versions that you get on the 45, the

00:51:25.309 --> 00:51:27.889
radio edits, and then there's the album version.

00:51:28.030 --> 00:51:31.889
And this is the first time I realized that. So

00:51:31.889 --> 00:51:36.289
just in my grand musical education, The Night

00:51:36.289 --> 00:51:40.000
Owls is an important song. In my music knowledge.

00:51:41.059 --> 00:51:43.500
Then I learned other lessons like I talked about

00:51:43.500 --> 00:51:46.579
on the 80s hairband episodes, such as the two

00:51:46.579 --> 00:51:50.519
live crews, Me So Horny, and what a radio version

00:51:50.519 --> 00:51:53.659
and an album version can truly be like. But that's

00:51:53.659 --> 00:51:57.139
certainly a song we did not listen to on Friday

00:51:57.139 --> 00:52:00.460
Night Music Nights. So I digress back to the

00:52:00.460 --> 00:52:03.880
playlist. We talked a lot about vocal harmonies

00:52:03.880 --> 00:52:07.000
tonight. We talked a lot about rock and songs.

00:52:07.960 --> 00:52:10.139
But one thing I haven't really talked about yet

00:52:10.139 --> 00:52:14.739
was my dad's love for guitar. And there were

00:52:14.739 --> 00:52:18.739
certain guitar solos that always got included

00:52:18.739 --> 00:52:22.800
on Friday night music nights. The first one,

00:52:22.820 --> 00:52:27.000
believe it or not, came off of an eight track.

00:52:27.639 --> 00:52:30.559
That was a pain in the ass, let me just say.

00:52:31.179 --> 00:52:33.579
Because to get to this song, sometimes you'd

00:52:33.579 --> 00:52:36.019
have to hear other songs. Because you really

00:52:36.019 --> 00:52:37.780
couldn't forward your way to the next track,

00:52:37.820 --> 00:52:40.719
at least on the 8 -track player we had at the

00:52:40.719 --> 00:52:45.500
time. However, when that artist is Jimi Hendrix,

00:52:45.679 --> 00:52:48.920
if you have to listen to Can You See Me or Foxy

00:52:48.920 --> 00:52:51.739
Lady before you can get to the musical cream

00:52:51.739 --> 00:52:54.960
filling, if you will, the blues goodness of Red

00:52:54.960 --> 00:52:58.360
House, I think we're okay. Yeah, that was track

00:52:58.360 --> 00:53:02.980
4 on the 8 -track tape of Smash Hits. Red House

00:53:02.980 --> 00:53:05.079
is the song that introduced me to the blues.

00:53:05.880 --> 00:53:09.139
And my father always said, the blues doesn't

00:53:09.139 --> 00:53:12.800
get better than this. And I've seen Joe Bonamassa.

00:53:12.960 --> 00:53:16.800
I've seen Buddy Guy. I've seen B .B. King. And

00:53:16.800 --> 00:53:21.659
all three are absolutely undeniable in terms

00:53:21.659 --> 00:53:24.860
of sheer guitar talent. There is no arguing when

00:53:24.860 --> 00:53:28.780
it comes to that. And to this day, when I hear

00:53:28.780 --> 00:53:31.199
the guitar solo by Jimi Hendrix and Red House,

00:53:32.039 --> 00:53:36.880
I still feel like that is the pinnacle of blues

00:53:36.880 --> 00:53:40.440
music. Now, I know there's other blues purists

00:53:40.440 --> 00:53:42.400
listening to this that might be getting angry

00:53:42.400 --> 00:53:45.219
at that. But again, music is all subjective opinion.

00:53:45.320 --> 00:53:48.119
It's how it hits it, how it resonates. And without

00:53:48.119 --> 00:53:51.699
Red House, I would not love the blues. And seeing

00:53:51.699 --> 00:53:54.079
my father playing air guitar to it every single

00:53:54.079 --> 00:53:57.300
time he heard it, we could be in his van driving

00:53:57.300 --> 00:54:00.170
and he would start playing air guitar. And I'm

00:54:00.170 --> 00:54:02.050
still able to sit here and talk to you. Thankfully,

00:54:02.170 --> 00:54:03.650
he was a good enough driver that he was able

00:54:03.650 --> 00:54:07.170
to pull off the Jimi Hendrix air guitar and drive

00:54:07.170 --> 00:54:09.510
and keep us in the lane at the same time. That

00:54:09.510 --> 00:54:13.130
was a skill set. And I'm very proud of him for

00:54:13.130 --> 00:54:14.510
that and grateful because I'm still here to be

00:54:14.510 --> 00:54:17.150
able to talk about it. But when I talk about

00:54:17.150 --> 00:54:20.389
guitar solos blowing my mind, Red House is one

00:54:20.389 --> 00:54:23.389
of the first ones that ever did. And I'm going

00:54:23.389 --> 00:54:27.150
to follow that up with the first guitar solo

00:54:27.150 --> 00:54:29.639
that ever blew my mind. And embarrass myself

00:54:29.639 --> 00:54:35.460
one last time on tonight's episode. I'm grateful

00:54:35.460 --> 00:54:38.239
for this next song because it taught me patience

00:54:38.239 --> 00:54:41.559
in music. Over the years, my father would always

00:54:41.559 --> 00:54:44.239
play songs that were three, four minutes, you

00:54:44.239 --> 00:54:45.780
know, when you're making a mixtape. But he would

00:54:45.780 --> 00:54:49.300
also include the longer songs. Meatloaf's Paradise

00:54:49.300 --> 00:54:52.619
by The Dashboard Light. Iron Butterfly's In a

00:54:52.619 --> 00:54:55.960
Gata De Vida. The Doors, The End, or When the

00:54:55.960 --> 00:55:00.980
Music's Over. Songs that were 8, 10, even 17

00:55:00.980 --> 00:55:04.760
minutes long in terms of En Agata De Vida. But

00:55:04.760 --> 00:55:06.760
one of the first ones that I ever remember falling

00:55:06.760 --> 00:55:11.420
in love with was from Frampton Comes Alive. That

00:55:11.420 --> 00:55:15.519
being, Do You Feel Like I Do? And as a child,

00:55:15.599 --> 00:55:19.019
I'll embarrass myself once again, I honestly

00:55:19.019 --> 00:55:23.500
thought Peter Frampton owned a talking guitar.

00:55:24.539 --> 00:55:27.750
I'll wait for you to finish laughing. But as

00:55:27.750 --> 00:55:31.030
a kid, sitting there in front of the speakers

00:55:31.030 --> 00:55:34.130
listening to this, hearing the crowd cheer when

00:55:34.130 --> 00:55:38.349
the guitar started talking, I would turn to my

00:55:38.349 --> 00:55:42.150
folks and say, he has a talking guitar? My dad

00:55:42.150 --> 00:55:45.969
said, well, it's magic. I didn't see any videos

00:55:45.969 --> 00:55:49.670
of it. So I assumed Peter Frampton kind of waved

00:55:49.670 --> 00:55:52.010
a magic wand and the frigging guitar stood up

00:55:52.010 --> 00:55:54.690
and walked over to the microphone and started

00:55:54.690 --> 00:55:57.619
singing. That was my... five, six, seven -year

00:55:57.619 --> 00:56:00.699
-old imagination at play. And as a side note,

00:56:00.760 --> 00:56:03.099
wouldn't it be great if as adults we can continue

00:56:03.099 --> 00:56:06.039
to have the imagination we had as kids and not

00:56:06.039 --> 00:56:08.440
get blasted for it the way society does now?

00:56:08.559 --> 00:56:11.719
Because every time I hear this song, it always

00:56:11.719 --> 00:56:13.900
makes me smile because in the back of my mind,

00:56:13.920 --> 00:56:16.460
I'm still that five -year -old sitting in front

00:56:16.460 --> 00:56:19.440
of the speaker with his legs crossed, staring

00:56:19.440 --> 00:56:22.239
at the speaker, wondering how that guitar got

00:56:22.239 --> 00:56:25.199
up off the stand and started talking to the audience.

00:56:27.059 --> 00:56:30.860
and this is guitar work that blew my mind, and

00:56:30.860 --> 00:56:33.659
it made me fall in love with the guitar, and

00:56:33.659 --> 00:56:37.300
I'm so grateful for that. But we're coming to

00:56:37.300 --> 00:56:39.760
the end here of Side B, and there's two songs

00:56:39.760 --> 00:56:42.619
left, and I think like the first song on Side

00:56:42.619 --> 00:56:44.840
A, now I'm not going to shock people, at least

00:56:44.840 --> 00:56:47.679
for these last two. The first one I'm going to

00:56:47.679 --> 00:56:50.460
choose is by my favorite artist of all time,

00:56:51.280 --> 00:56:54.679
Tom Petty. Now, I've talked about on this show

00:56:54.679 --> 00:56:58.280
before, that I was introduced to Tom Petty via

00:56:58.280 --> 00:57:01.500
my father through the Chipmunk Punk album, because

00:57:01.500 --> 00:57:05.599
there is a cover of Refugee by Alvin and the

00:57:05.599 --> 00:57:07.699
Chipmunks. And every now and then I would say,

00:57:07.739 --> 00:57:09.800
hey, Dak, we put on Alvin and the Chipmunks on

00:57:09.800 --> 00:57:14.039
Friday Night Music Night. Sure, we'd put on Refugee.

00:57:14.619 --> 00:57:16.780
And I remember one random Friday night, he said,

00:57:16.840 --> 00:57:19.960
hey, Brian, did you know that another band does

00:57:19.960 --> 00:57:23.300
Refugee besides Alvin and the Chipmunks? And

00:57:23.300 --> 00:57:26.239
I said, I do not. And that's when he broke out

00:57:26.239 --> 00:57:28.460
Damn the Torpedoes and played me Tom Petty for

00:57:28.460 --> 00:57:31.380
the first time. Now, while that would normally

00:57:31.380 --> 00:57:35.199
seem like that would be the ideal song to put

00:57:35.199 --> 00:57:38.440
in this place, I actually have another one I'm

00:57:38.440 --> 00:57:41.940
going to use. Because Friday Night Music Night

00:57:41.940 --> 00:57:45.480
stretched well into the 80s. Although over time,

00:57:45.639 --> 00:57:49.659
it became, with dual cassette players and CDs,

00:57:49.820 --> 00:57:53.079
a lot less vinyl heavy. Even though we still

00:57:53.079 --> 00:57:55.780
went to the old vinyl records, more cassettes

00:57:55.780 --> 00:57:57.980
came into play, especially as I became part of

00:57:57.980 --> 00:58:00.599
the cassette culture of the 80s and then CDs.

00:58:01.320 --> 00:58:04.659
But one of the last albums on vinyl I remember

00:58:04.659 --> 00:58:08.000
my father buying, he came home with the big vinyl

00:58:08.000 --> 00:58:11.619
bag. And I'm like, what'd you get? And he goes,

00:58:11.619 --> 00:58:13.400
you know, sometimes there's albums you just need

00:58:13.400 --> 00:58:16.699
to have on vinyl. And I heard this song today

00:58:16.699 --> 00:58:19.320
and I had to stop at the record store on the

00:58:19.320 --> 00:58:21.400
way home and grab it. And this is definitely...

00:58:22.269 --> 00:58:25.730
a must -have on vinyl album. And he pulled out

00:58:25.730 --> 00:58:28.429
his copy of Full Moon Fever, which I still have

00:58:28.429 --> 00:58:33.429
framed on my wall in my family room. And if I

00:58:33.429 --> 00:58:35.389
remember, I will post a picture of that on this

00:58:35.389 --> 00:58:38.449
episode page. And the song that he bought it

00:58:38.449 --> 00:58:41.130
for is the song I'm going to follow up Peter

00:58:41.130 --> 00:58:43.909
Frampton's Do You Feel Like I Do With. And that

00:58:43.909 --> 00:58:47.900
is Tom Petty's Running Down a Dream. Now, I've

00:58:47.900 --> 00:58:49.780
talked about on some of the oldies episodes that

00:58:49.780 --> 00:58:53.980
my father was a huge classic car guy. He rebuilt

00:58:53.980 --> 00:58:58.539
a 66 GTO and a 68 Camaro, both of which were

00:58:58.539 --> 00:59:01.940
convertibles. And when he brought home that Full

00:59:01.940 --> 00:59:04.519
Moon Fever album and played Running Down a Dream,

00:59:04.820 --> 00:59:07.940
he said, is there any song that's more suited

00:59:07.940 --> 00:59:12.360
to put the top down and go for a cruise to? So

00:59:12.360 --> 00:59:15.489
there's your answer. And also the album blew

00:59:15.489 --> 00:59:17.530
my mind because when he dropped the needle and

00:59:17.530 --> 00:59:20.250
I heard Free Fallin' for the first time, I was

00:59:20.250 --> 00:59:24.489
like, wow, this album opens with a ballad. That's

00:59:24.489 --> 00:59:27.269
interesting. And Free Fallin' was one of those

00:59:27.269 --> 00:59:30.510
few ballads that would get into play, just like

00:59:30.510 --> 00:59:32.690
I mentioned earlier with The Car's Drive. There

00:59:32.690 --> 00:59:35.309
weren't many, but when they came out, they were

00:59:35.309 --> 00:59:39.050
impactful. But Tom Petty's Runnin' Down a Dream

00:59:39.050 --> 00:59:41.929
was one of the last vinyl records I ever remember

00:59:41.929 --> 00:59:45.599
my father buying. And then he switched to CDs

00:59:45.599 --> 00:59:49.320
when CDs became all the rage and time moved on

00:59:49.320 --> 00:59:52.519
through the decades. So I felt like that was

00:59:52.519 --> 00:59:54.739
the perfect song to put in the penultimate track

00:59:54.739 --> 00:59:58.960
on this 20 song Friday night music playlist.

00:59:59.219 --> 01:00:02.380
The songs that made me fall in love with music.

01:00:03.599 --> 01:00:08.679
But the last one is very special to me. It's

01:00:08.679 --> 01:00:11.480
one of my favorite bands of all time. It's one

01:00:11.480 --> 01:00:14.920
of my father's favorite bands of all time. It's

01:00:14.920 --> 01:00:17.579
a band that we didn't get to see together until

01:00:17.579 --> 01:00:21.239
2015, which I'm just trying to wrap my mind around

01:00:21.239 --> 01:00:24.539
the fact that that's already a decade ago. And

01:00:24.539 --> 01:00:28.000
I'm so glad we got that chance. And the cover

01:00:28.000 --> 01:00:31.679
of this episode might be the photo from him and

01:00:31.679 --> 01:00:36.309
I at this concert. My cousins were huge into

01:00:36.309 --> 01:00:38.090
music too, and sometimes they would come over

01:00:38.090 --> 01:00:39.909
on Friday night music night and bring some of

01:00:39.909 --> 01:00:43.309
their albums. And when they did, it was usually

01:00:43.309 --> 01:00:48.769
pretty much a stack of Cheap Trick, Def Leppard,

01:00:48.929 --> 01:00:55.929
Journey, and ACDC. And closing out tonight is

01:00:55.929 --> 01:00:58.929
the song that ACDC used to close out the concert

01:00:58.929 --> 01:01:03.429
we saw together in 2015. Because seeing the look

01:01:03.429 --> 01:01:07.369
on my father's face during the 21 -gun salute

01:01:07.369 --> 01:01:11.630
in For Those About to Rock, We Salute You is

01:01:11.630 --> 01:01:16.929
a look I will never, ever forget. This song is

01:01:16.929 --> 01:01:20.949
everything I love about hard rock music. From

01:01:20.949 --> 01:01:23.809
the opening line, stand up and be counted for

01:01:23.809 --> 01:01:27.250
what you are about to receive, to the closing

01:01:27.250 --> 01:01:30.889
guitar solo. Normally you see people trying to

01:01:30.889 --> 01:01:33.429
leave concerts early, get to the car, get out

01:01:33.429 --> 01:01:36.969
as quickly as possible. There was no way on God's

01:01:36.969 --> 01:01:40.289
green earth we were missing the end of For Those

01:01:40.289 --> 01:01:45.730
About to Rock, We Salute You. And as those cannons

01:01:45.730 --> 01:01:49.429
were firing, my father actually made the salute,

01:01:49.690 --> 01:01:54.309
like in the army, and then turned to me and said,

01:01:54.369 --> 01:01:57.110
this is one of the greatest fucking things I've

01:01:57.110 --> 01:02:01.179
ever seen in my life. So there's no better way

01:02:01.179 --> 01:02:05.320
to close out this playlist about the songs that

01:02:05.320 --> 01:02:09.139
made me fall in love with music than ACDC's For

01:02:09.139 --> 01:02:14.119
Those About to Rock, We Salute You. And as this

01:02:14.119 --> 01:02:18.619
episode is dedicated to my father, I salute him

01:02:18.619 --> 01:02:24.980
in gratefulness and thankfulness for sharing

01:02:24.980 --> 01:02:29.699
these 20 songs with me. And shaping my love of

01:02:29.699 --> 01:02:32.079
music that I still have to this day. And will

01:02:32.079 --> 01:02:36.039
carry with me. Every day. Until the day that.

01:02:36.239 --> 01:02:41.340
My time comes. But with that being said. Side

01:02:41.340 --> 01:02:46.300
B. Kicked off with Hearts. Even It Up. Followed

01:02:46.300 --> 01:02:49.360
up by Michael Jackson's Billie Jean. Or a pair

01:02:49.360 --> 01:02:53.099
of jeans. Billie Joel's It's Still Rock and Roll

01:02:53.099 --> 01:02:57.750
To Me. The Jay Giles Band's Centerfold. Stix,

01:02:57.829 --> 01:03:01.030
Mr. Roboto, The Little River Band's The Night

01:03:01.030 --> 01:03:05.869
Owls, Jimi Hendrix's Red House, Peter Frampton's

01:03:05.869 --> 01:03:09.349
Do You Feel Like I Do, Tom Petty's Runnin' Down

01:03:09.349 --> 01:03:13.789
a Dream, and ACDC for those about to rock, we

01:03:13.789 --> 01:03:17.670
salute you. And just as a reminder, you can hear

01:03:17.670 --> 01:03:20.469
all 20 of the songs I've talked about tonight

01:03:20.469 --> 01:03:25.889
over on the episode page at myweeklymixtape .com.

01:03:26.920 --> 01:03:29.219
For those of you who have made it this far into

01:03:29.219 --> 01:03:31.619
the episode, I want to thank you. I know this

01:03:31.619 --> 01:03:35.119
is not a traditional My Weekly Mixtape episode.

01:03:35.739 --> 01:03:37.980
This is a topic that I am sure people are not

01:03:37.980 --> 01:03:40.280
seeking out when they're looking for podcasts,

01:03:40.360 --> 01:03:43.820
but this was a very important episode for me

01:03:43.820 --> 01:03:46.840
to do, and this week was the week that I felt

01:03:46.840 --> 01:03:50.460
like it needed to air. You could say that Thanksgiving

01:03:50.460 --> 01:03:52.119
this year is going to be a little tough for my

01:03:52.119 --> 01:03:55.019
family, and that is true. Because there is going

01:03:55.019 --> 01:03:59.099
to be an empty seat at the table this year. However,

01:03:59.400 --> 01:04:02.780
there's also a reason to give thanks and to be

01:04:02.780 --> 01:04:08.239
grateful. Because for 47 years, my father made

01:04:08.239 --> 01:04:12.920
such a huge impact on my life. Through many other

01:04:12.920 --> 01:04:16.639
ways besides music. But this is a music podcast.

01:04:17.119 --> 01:04:20.480
So I wanted to use this episode to celebrate

01:04:20.480 --> 01:04:24.829
him through the songs. that helped shape who

01:04:24.829 --> 01:04:30.989
I am as a person, as a musician, and as a podcaster.

01:04:31.650 --> 01:04:36.050
So I am grateful and thankful for that. And I

01:04:36.050 --> 01:04:39.250
am also grateful and thankful to each and every

01:04:39.250 --> 01:04:42.610
one of you who listen to this show week in and

01:04:42.610 --> 01:04:47.050
week out, who support the show, who are part

01:04:47.050 --> 01:04:50.449
of the musical conversation on social media with

01:04:50.449 --> 01:04:54.960
me. who send me messages and emails after episodes

01:04:54.960 --> 01:04:57.280
with how you would have done things a little

01:04:57.280 --> 01:05:00.039
differently. I read every one that comes in.

01:05:00.099 --> 01:05:04.400
I try my best to respond. And if I don't, please

01:05:04.400 --> 01:05:07.300
don't ever take offense. At the end of the day,

01:05:07.340 --> 01:05:09.519
I'm still a father. I'm still a husband. I'm

01:05:09.519 --> 01:05:12.820
still a family man. And this is not my full -time

01:05:12.820 --> 01:05:15.159
gig. If it was, I would be responding to every

01:05:15.159 --> 01:05:17.340
single email that came through. But this is a

01:05:17.340 --> 01:05:20.440
labor of love for me and something I am extremely...

01:05:20.670 --> 01:05:23.429
passionate about doing. Hell, I just talked for

01:05:23.429 --> 01:05:27.190
over an hour about 20 songs that shaped my love

01:05:27.190 --> 01:05:30.469
of music. So the fact that you're still listening

01:05:30.469 --> 01:05:34.989
now, I am sincerely grateful. So there's a lot

01:05:34.989 --> 01:05:38.349
of reason to give thanks this week. And if there

01:05:38.349 --> 01:05:41.590
are songs out there that you listen to that your

01:05:41.590 --> 01:05:43.989
parents, doesn't have to just be your father,

01:05:44.050 --> 01:05:46.989
that your parents shared with you and you're

01:05:46.989 --> 01:05:51.230
able to sit down with them at Thanksgiving, Thank

01:05:51.230 --> 01:05:55.269
them for that. Thank them for the music. Thank

01:05:55.269 --> 01:05:59.289
them for everything. I hope you all have a wonderful

01:05:59.289 --> 01:06:03.590
holiday. Enjoy the time with the family. Cherish

01:06:03.590 --> 01:06:06.610
it. Embrace it. And be sure to talk music at

01:06:06.610 --> 01:06:09.570
it. Because it's certainly better than talking

01:06:09.570 --> 01:06:14.469
politics and religion. And I will leave you with

01:06:14.469 --> 01:06:17.960
that. If you have a topic for a future My Weekly

01:06:17.960 --> 01:06:20.179
Mixtape episode that you would like to hear me

01:06:20.179 --> 01:06:24.460
cover, send me an email, myweeklymixtape at gmail

01:06:24.460 --> 01:06:28.059
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01:06:28.059 --> 01:06:32.440
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01:06:32.440 --> 01:06:36.880
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01:06:36.900 --> 01:06:39.380
You could do so for free. And there's also several

01:06:39.380 --> 01:06:41.960
tiers. If you want to contribute to the show,

01:06:42.000 --> 01:06:44.289
it helps me. Keep the cost of running this show

01:06:44.289 --> 01:06:46.789
week in and week out down. I'm extremely grateful

01:06:46.789 --> 01:06:50.010
for that. And finally, you can hear all the songs

01:06:50.010 --> 01:06:52.550
I talked about in tonight's episode, as well

01:06:52.550 --> 01:06:55.690
as check out the full catalog of My Weekly Mixtape

01:06:55.690 --> 01:07:00.289
episodes over at myweeklymixtape .com. My name

01:07:00.289 --> 01:07:03.630
is Brian Colburn. This has been My Weekly Mixtape,

01:07:03.750 --> 01:07:07.070
and I appreciate you taking the time to listen

01:07:07.070 --> 01:07:10.429
to the 20 songs that shaped my love of music

01:07:10.429 --> 01:07:13.619
thanks to my father. Now be sure to go check

01:07:13.619 --> 01:07:16.000
out the tunes because obviously you know how

01:07:16.000 --> 01:07:18.719
I feel about them. I hope you feel the same and

01:07:18.719 --> 01:07:21.840
I will see you next week. Same time, same place.

01:07:21.880 --> 01:07:22.380
Take care.