Tunes tonight ...

Pixies: Tony’s Theme

Echo & the Bunnymen: Holy Moses

Tones on Tail: Go!

Adorable: Sistine Chapel Ceiling

INXS: On My Way

Keith Richards: 999

Lift: Better to Be Brave

The Replacements: Talent Show

Lucius: Turn it Around

Wire Train: Should She Cry

The Damned: New Rose

The Ramones: Bonzo Goes to Bitburg

Curtain Society: Beautiful Song

Bananarama: Cruel Summer

Spinal Tap: Cups and Cakes

Three decades of ‘Ocean Rain’

This week on the Taste the Floor Show, I celebrated the 30th anniversary of “Ocean Rain,” by Echo & the Bunnymen, which was released in May 1984. Here are some tracks from the album as well as live versions and other songs recorded during the same time period:

The Killing Moon (All Night version)
My Kingdom
Thorn of Crowns (live)
Crystal Days
Angels & Devils
Seven Seas
Silver (Tidal Wave version)
The Yo-Yo Man (live)
Watch Out Below (John Peel Sessions)
Nocturnal Me
Ocean Rain

Tonight's playlist ...

If you missed the show, you can always hear it at 5 p.m. on Saturdays during the playback hour! 

Pixies: Tony’s Theme

Lucius: Don’t Just Sit There

Blake Babies: Star

My Bloody Valentine: Soon

Sybil Vane: Whips and Lollipops

The Go-Go’s: Turn to You

Elastica: The Connection

Cyndi Lauper: Money Changes Everything

Blondie: Union City Blue

Concrete Blonde: When You Smile

Annette Farrington: Let the World Go Away

Liz Phair: Rock Me

The Velvet Underground: All Tomorrow’s Parties

Ting Tings: Fruit Machine

On-air fundraiser from 4-7 p.m. today!

FYI everyone: I'll be on WNHN 94.7 LP in Concord from 4 to 7 p.m. today helping to raise money for the station. Tune in if you get the chance here: WNHN ... you can also read my story about the fundraiser here: WNHN On-Air Fundraiser Held Friday, Saturday

Pop songs by bands that begin with the letter P ...

Oh yeah, really? Who the heck came up with that one ... That's what I did on the Taste the Floor show tonight. Here's the playlist:

Pixies: Tony’s Theme

The Posies: Flavor of the Month

The Plimsouls: A Million Miles Away

Paul Westerberg: World Class Fad

The Psychedelic Furs: The Ghost in You

Prefab Sprout: Cars and Girls

Pink Floyd: Bike

Prince: Cream

Polara: Avenue E

The Pretenders: Message of Love

Public Image Ltd.: Public Image

The Polyphonic Spree: Have A Day

Pulp: Joyriders

P!nk: I’m Trouble

Pete Townsend: Pure and Easy