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

A tribute to the shoegazers

This week on the Taste the Floor show, we listened to some bands from the shoegazing era, the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. Here are some of my favorite shoegazer tracks: 

Ride: Leave Them All Behind

Polara: Allay

The Curtain Society: All Over You

Catherine Wheel: Black Metallic

Adorable: Sistine Chapel Ceiling

My Bloody Valentine: Only Shallow

Slowdive: Brighter

The Jesus & Mary Chain: Never Understand

Velocity Girl: Forgotten Favorite

Springhouse: All About Me

Lush: Nothing Natural   

Live tunes show ...

This week, we checked out some live stuff on the Taste the Floor show, to ring in spring. 

Pixies: Tony’s Theme

Echo & the Bunnymen: Over the Wall

Echo & the Bunnymen: Thorn of Crowns

The Psychedelic Furs: President Gas

The Psychedelic Furs: Into You Like a Train

Isaac Hayes: Light My Fire

Paul McCartney: Live and Let Die

Ike and Tina Turner: Come Together

Midnight Oil: Only the Strong

Midnight Oil: Kosciusko

Blondie: X-Offender

Blondie: Ring Of Fire

Cheap Trick: Way of the World

The Knack: Havin’ a Rave Up

Romantic songs for spring? When there's snow on the ground?

That's right. Here's what I played tonight on the Taste the Floor show: 

Pixies: Tony’s Theme

Sophie B. Hawkins: Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover

Azure Ray: The Drinks We Drank Last Night

The Velvet Underground: Pale Blue Eyes

The Human League: Mirror Man

Liz Phair: Rock Me

Luicius: Go Home, Wildewoman, Hey Doreen

Chao: Lay Lady Lay

The Cardigans: Happy Meal II

Mazzy Star: Five String Serenade

Richard Butler: Nothing’s Wrong

The Best of The Psychedelic Furs, Part 2

Here's the second show celebrating the Best of The Psychedelic Furs, who played the Tupelo in Londonderry recently. Here are some of my favorite songs from the post-Mirror Moves era:

Heartbreak Beat (remix) partial

Shadow in My Heart

All of the Law

All that Money Wants

Should God Forget You

Entertain Me

House (remix/extended version)

Parade

In My Head

Until She Comes

Don’t Be a Girl (Dancehall on Fire Mix)

All About You

Alive (For Once in My Life)

The Best of The Psychedelic Furs, Part 1

In celebration of The Psychedelic Furs coming to New Hampshire for a sold out show at the Tupelo Music Hall in Londonderry next week, we're taking a look some of the band's best songs. Here are the tracks I played this week:

India

Sister Europe

Mack the Knife

Into You Like a Train

Pretty in Pink

It Goes On

Love My Way

Sleep Comes Down

No Easy Street (live)

Only You and I

The Ghost In You

Highwire Days

Heaven