This week’s “Menace’s Attic” Six Decades of Rock and Roll by Theme” radio thing starts out with a tribute to Valerie Carter and moves on to an XTC-inspired show with acronym-ic and short-worded titles from: ABC, Jackson 5, Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, B S & T, Wings, Stevie Wonder, Elvis P., The Sugarhill Gang, Sex Pistols, The Box Tops, R.B. Greaves, The REcords and Michael Penn! Listen to the insanity here TONIGHT 5:00PM-6:00PM EST bombshellradio.com
This Week – Episode #783
(03/11/2017)
“A Front And Center Tribute To A Back-Up Singer, And A Concept Show That Started With An Upcoming Documentary About One Of My Favorite Four Star, Three-Letter Bands!” |
| Opening Song |
| Ooh Child – Valerie Carter (CBS) |
| Set #1 As I Mentioned In The Opening, I Think Many Of Us Will Be XTC-static When The Documentary On The Band Appears. It May Take Awhile Though For Them To Get To The End – Of The Film Production Not The Alphabet Mr. Producer! |
| Love On A Farm Boys Wages – XTC (Virgin) |
| Tower Of London – ABC (Mercury) |
| ABC – Jackson 5 (Motown) |
| The ABC’s Of Love – Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers (Gee) |
| Set #2 Sometimes It Only Takes Two Letters To Say Hello, Though It Takes A Lot More To Rise Above The Troubles We’ve Seen! |
| Hi De Ho – Blood Sweat & Tears (Columbia) |
| Hi Hi Hi – Paul McCartney & Wings (Apple) |
| Higher Ground – Stevie Wonder (Tamla) |
| Set #3 There’s Nothing More Fun That Passing A Sign With Some Of The Neon Out And Realizing That It Isn’t Until Night Time You Can Tell That Only The Ho Has Come Out! |
| Heartbreak Hotel – Elvis Presley (RCA Victor) |
| Rappers Delight – The Sugarhill Gang (Sugar Hill) |
| Pretty Vacant – The Sex Pistols (Warner Bros.) |
| Set #4 The Next Time You See A Letter Missing Don’t Call The Post Office, Just Call Maria And Tell Her You’re Missing The K – Not In Kelloggs, Silly, In Roc(k) And Roll! |
| The Letter – The Box Tops (Bell) |
| Take A Letter Maria – R.B. Greaves (Atco) |
| Rock and Roll Love Letter – The Records (Virgin) |
| Closing Song |
| No Myth – Michael Penn (RCA) |
