Playlist 02.05.11

I was listening to a Noah And The Whale tune, 'Give It All Back' recently and I realized that it fitted into a great tradition of songs about being in a rock and roll band. I was going to play a smart medley of such tunes until I realized that it would make a full hour of listening joy.

Of course, there was going to be some Mott The Hoople music in there - but would it be 'The Ballad Of Mott', 'All the Way From Memphis' or 'Saturday Gigs'? And of course The Clash, who essentially took on the Mott mantle. Yes, and Kevin Johnson with 'Rock And Roll (I Gave You All The Best Years Of My Life)' for a morose lesson in what it's like to be a bandwagon-chaser and never the originator.

I would have liked some space for Willie Nelson and 'On The Road Again'. And possibly 'Shooting Star' by Bad Company, and really, there should have been a bit of AC/DC in the running. But the omission of 'Champagne Supernova' was entirely deliberate.

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Mondays, ten - midnight

Dr Feelgood - Going Back Home (UA)

Fleet Foxes - Battery Kinzie (Bella Union)

Laura Marling - Blues Run the Game (Third Man)

Emmylou Harris - The Road (Nonesuch)

Dinah Washington - Evil Gal Blues (Signature)

The Salt Flats - Sweet Minerva (white)

Sean Rowe - Surprise (Anti)

Fleet Foxes - Lorelai (Bella Union)

The Triffids - Save What You Can (Domino)

Anna Calvi - First We Kiss (XL)

Steve Earle - Lonely Are The Free (New West)

Fleet Foxes - Montezuma (Bella Union)

Cats Eyes - Face In The Crowd (Polydor)

Elan Tamara - Don't Know Why (Big Dada)

Part 2: Songs about being in a band

The Byrds - So You Want To Be a Rock And Roll Star (Columbia)

Manics - You Love Us (Epic)

Mott The Hoople - Saturday Gigs (Columbia)

Noah And The Whale - Give It All Back (Mercury)

The Clash - Clash City Rockers (CBS)

Kevin Johnson - Rock And Roll I Gave You All The Best Years Of My Life

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Travelling Band / Lodi (Fantasy)

The Who - Success Story (Polydor)

Simon And Garfunkel - Homeward Bound (CBS)

U2 - Gone (Island)

The Beatles - The Ballad Of John And Yoko (Apple)

Rolling Stones -It's Only Rock And Roll (Rolling Stones)

Belle And Sebastian - This Is Just A Modern Rock Song (Rough Trade)