Listen Up! pays tribute to the late Joe South who passed away last week. He didn’t get much credit outside of the snobbiest rock snob circles, but the man wrote some classic tunes that became huge hits for other artists, like “Hush,” “Rose Garden,” “Down in the Boondocks,” and “Games People Play.” Hey even laid down some tasty guitar work on Aretha Franklin and Bob Dylan albums.

The songs of Joe South are passionate and righteous, empathetic and generous and those are under appreciated qualities these days. All the more reason to pay tribute to the songs and session work of Joe South (from South’s own fantastic recordings as well as a few covers of his songs).

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Playlist (Artist -Title- Album – Year of song)

Opening Theme

Man or Astroman – Maximum Radiation Level – Experiment Zero – 1996

Background Music

King Curtis – Games People Play – Wounded Bird – 1969

Veijo  Airaksinen – Rose Garden – Mr.Frosty – ?

Joe South – Hush – Games People Play – 1969

Joe South – The Purple People Eater Meets The Witch Doctor – The Rockin’ South – 1958

The A-Bones – I’m Snowed – Daddy Wants a Cold Beer and Other Million Sellers – 2004

The Tams – Untie Me – Time For The Tams – 196?

Joe South – Games People Play – Games People Play – 1969

Bryan Ferry – Walk A Mile In My Shoes – Another Place, Another Time – 1974

Joe South – What Makes Lovers Hurt One Another – Don’t It Make You Want to Go Home? – 1970

Kelly Hogan – The Greatest Love – The Joe South Tribute Record – 2005

Joe South – Mirror Of Your Mind – Anthology A Mirror Of His Mind – 1968

Ben Vaughn – Dark Glasses – Mono USA – 1994

Arthur Alexander – Concrete Jungle – The Monument Years – 196?

The Believers – Soul Raga Simmerin’ – Voyages into Psychedelia – 1968

Tommy Roe – Sheila – At The Hop – 1962

Bob Dylan – Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again – Blonde on Blonde – 1966

Aretha Franklin – Chain of Fools – Lady Soul – 1968

Joe South – Million Miles Away – Don’t It Make You Want To Go Home? – 1969

Joe South – Children – Anthology A Mirror of His Mind – 1970

Joe South – Fool Me – Joe South – 1971

Ron Silva & The New Believers – I Knew You When – The Joe South Tribute Record – 2005

Joe South – Rose Garden – Introspect – 1969

Chuck Prophet – Don’t It Make You Want To Go Home? – The Joe South Tribute Record – 2005

Paul Revere & The Raiders – Birds of  a Feather – Indian Reservation – 1971

Joe South & The Believers  – Hearts Desire – 1968

Joe South – Party People – Games People Play – 1969

The Barracudas – Down In The Boondocks – Bucket Full of Brains 45 –  2006

Gene Vincent – Gone Gone Gone – The Crazy Beat of Gene Vincent – 1963

Joe South – Don’t Throw Your Love to The Wind – Introspect – 1969

Joe South – All My Hard Times – Introspect – 1969

Joe South – These Are Not My People – Games People Play – 1969

This Monday’s show (Sept. 3rd): Try To Change the World With a Plastic Platter. It is Labor Day and Listen Up! could celebrate those factory workers, the miners and the people who build our roads and our bridges. But nope, instead we are  going to celebrate the labors of the music star.

The excesses of grueling tours, and the dealing with record labels and industry scum will all be sung. So share the life a rock star this Monday afternoon.

Groupies, French champagne and other perks not included.

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Playlist (Artist -Title- Album – Year of song)

Opening Theme

Man or Astroman – Maximum Radiation Level – Experiment Zero – 1996

Background Music

Various versions of the song “Wheels”

Talk with Chet Atkins “Wheels” in background

The Byrds – So You Want to Be a Rock ‘n’ Roll Star – Younger Than Yesterday – 1967

Art Brut – Formed A Band – Bang Bang Rock and Roll – 2005

Sleater-Kinney – Entertain -The Woods – 2005

Wreckless Eric – A Popsong – Big Smash – 1980

The Clash – Garageland – The Clash – 1977

Talk with Chet Atkins “Wheels” in background

Nick Lowe – I Love My Label – A Bunch of Stiff Records – 1977

Graham Parker – Mercury Poisoning – Squeezing Out Sparks – 1979

The Sex Pistols – EMI – Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols – 1977

Jeffrey Lewis – Don’t Let the Record Label Take You Out to Lunch –  It’s the Ones Who’ve Cracked That the Light Shines Through – 2003

Talk with James Last “Wheels” in background

Yo La Tengo – We’re An American Band – I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One – 1997

Ben Vaughn – Rhythm Guitar – Ben Vaughn Blows Your Mind – 1988

Redd Kross – Play My Song – Neurotica – 1987

The Frampton Brothers – The Beginning Of The End Of The Fun Years – File Under F For Failure – 1999

Talk with The Shaggs  “Wheels” in background

The Smiths – Paint a Vulgar Picture – Strangeways, Here We Come – 1987

Badfinger – Hey, Mr. Manager – Head First – 1974

Warren Zevon – Even A Dog Can Shake Hands – Sentimental Hygiene – 1987

Aimee Mann – Nothing Is Good Enough – Bachelor #2 -2000

French,Frith,Kaiser,Thompson – Now That I Am Dead – Invisible Means – 1990

Talk with Billy Vaughn “Wheels” in background

Mose Allison – The Getting Paid Waltz – My Backyard – 1990

Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper – Where the Hell’s My Money? – 1986

Frank Zappa – Rudy Wants to Buy Yez a Drink – Chunga’s Revenge – 1970

Talk with The Jumping Jewels ‘Wheels” in background

The Rolling Stones – The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man – Out of Our Heads – 1965

Belle and Sebastian – Seymour Stein – The Boy with the Arab Strap – 1998

Gang Of  Four – Producer – Attack Of The Killer B’s – 1983

Dead Kennedys – Pull My Strings – Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death – 1987

Todd Rundgren – An Elpee’s Worth of Toons – Todd – 1974

The Kinks – The Moneygoround – Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One – 1970

Talk with The String-a-longs “Wheels” in background

Mott The Hoople – Saturday Gigs – Shades Of Ian Hunter & Mott The Hoople – 1974

The Frogs – I Only Play 4 Money – Starjob -1997

Talk with NoMan “Wheels” in background

This Monday’s Show (August 20th): Lie down in a field of brightly colored flowers below a bright yellow sun and an endless neon sky…or if you don’t live around any places like that just close your eyes and let your mind interact with the music and make something beautiful and maybe even a little strange.

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Playlist (Artist -Title- Album – Year of song)

Opening Theme

Man or Astroman – Maximum Radiation Level – Experiment Zero – 1996

Background Music

The Sounds of Nature – Birds Chirping

 Opal – My Only Friend – Early Recordings – 1989

The Brian Jonestown Massacre – All Around You (Into) – Their Satanic Majesties Other Request – 1996

The Doors – Indian Summer – Morrison Hotel – 1966

Tim Buckley – Phantasmagoria in Two –Goodbye and Hello – 1967

Faine Jade – People Games Play – Introspection: A Faine Jade Recital -1968

ANNOT RHÜL – Ghost Children (The Haunted Mansion Part II) – Lost In The Wood – 2007

Mud Pie Sun – Worrisummer – Wooden Circle – 2012

The Honey Pot – Sweet Orange Sunshine –  Trip Inside This House Present Summer Solstice Volume V – 2012

Pink Floyd – Grantchester Meadows – Ummagumma – 1969

Asteroid # 4 – My Love – These Flowers of Ours – 2008

Sand Pebbles – Entrance To Stream  (Will Carruthers Remix) – Dark Magic – 2011

Eden Ahbez – Full Moon – Eden’s Garden – 1960

Mercury Rev – Tonite It Shows – Deserter’s  Songs – 1998

The Monkees – Porpoise Song – Head – 1968

The Beatles – Long, Long, Long – The Beatles (White Album) – 1968

The 13^th Floor Elevators – Splash 1 – The Psychedelic Sound Of The 13^th Floor Elevators – 1966

The House of Fire – Crystal Gazing – The Morning Light – 2012

The Church – Locust – Block EP – 2005

The New Mystikal Troubadours – Morning High – The New Mystikal Troubadours III – 2011

Super Furry Animals – Gathering Moss – Fuzzy Logic – 2006

Cardinal – Silver Machines – Cardinal -2005

The Espers – Flaming Telepaths – The Weed Tree – 2005

The Hooterville Trolley – No Silver Bird – Beyond The Calico Wall – 1968

Background Music:  The Brian Jonestown Massacre – All Around You (Outro) – Their Satanic Majesties Other Request – 1996

This Monday’s Show (August 13th) Motor City Is Burnin’ and we are gonna get raw, rough, and messy as we feature the high energy rock sounds of Metro Detroit from the late 60’s and 70’s spitting out a healthy dose of anger, determination and attitude.

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Playlist (Artist -Title- Album – Year of song)

Opening Theme

Man or Astroman – Maximum Radiation Level – Experiment Zero – 1996

Background Music

THAT MOTOWN SOUND – 29 Detroit Instrumentals by Choker Campbell bands Earl Van Dyke

The  MC5 – Ramblin’ Rose – Kick out The Jams -1969

The Amboy Dukes – You Talk Sunshine, I Breathe Fire – Journey To The Center of The Mind -1968

Terry Knight and The Pack  – How Much More?  – The Pack Anthology: The Singles 1965-1968 – 1967

The Rationals – Guitar Army – Think Rational – 1969

Detroit – Rock  ‘n’ Roll – Detroit With Mitch Ryder – 1971

The Up – Together – Killer Up – 1970

Bob Seger and The Last Herd – Heavy Music (part 1) – Lost Jukebox – 1967

Frigid Pink – House of The Rising Sun – Frigid Pink – 1970

A Jack Van Impe Warning

The Stooges – I Wanna Be Your Dog – The Stooges – 1969

Savage Grace – All Along The Watch Tower – Savage Grace -1970

Alice Cooper  – Long Way To Go – Love It To Death – 1971

The Third Power – Persecution – Believe -1970

SRC – Black Sheep – SRC -1968

The Pleasure Seekers – What A Way To Die – What A Way To Die – 1966

Don and The Wanderers – On The Road – 1968

Southbound Freeway – Psychedelic Used Car Lot Blues – Michigan Nuggets – 1967

The Amboy Dukes – Journey To The Center of Your Mind – Journey To The Center of The Mind -1968

Frost – Rock and Roll Music – Rock and Roll Music – 1969

Ormandy – Good Day – Michigan Nuggets – 1970

The Underdogs – Love’s Gone Bad – Michigan Nuggets – 1967

The Woolies – Who Do You Love? – Michigan Nuggets – 1966

The Unrelated Segments – Story Of My Life – Nuggets – 1967

Tidal Waves – Farmer John – Michigan Nuggets – 1966

Flaming Ember – Gotta Get Away – Sunshine – 1967

The MC5 – Looking At You – Borderline – 1970

Sonics Rendezvous Band – Electrophonic Tonic – Motor City Is Burnin’ – 1977

Ascension – Get Ready –  Detroit Michigan 1972 – 1972

Wayne Kramer – Get Some – 1977

The Stooges – Down On The Street – Funhouse – 1970