Daisy Skye's Power Surge - Vol. 1: Seeds & Dirty Deeds!

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"Pushin' Too Hard" aka "You're Pushing Too Hard"

- The Seeds aka The Seeds Featuring Sky Saxon

(Feb. 1967, highest chart pos. #1 WLS Chicago/#36 Hot 100,

#40 Cash Box, scene from Apr. 28, 1968, ep. of The Mothers-In-Law)

And we're off to a rockin' start with The Seeds, the LA-based psychedelic

garage rock band doing their signature song "Pushin' Too Hard." I have

two pieces of trivia to share with you. If you're watching the simulcast

of my show on YouTube, you saw The Seeds in the role of a hippie

band called The Warts and singing their big hit on a 1968 episode

of the TV sitcom The Mothers-In-Law. Lead singer Sky Saxon,

who wrote "Pushin' Too Hard," died June 25, 2009, the same

day the world lost The King of Pop Michael Jackson.

Hi, I'm Daisy Skye from the superhero TV series Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
I'm delighted to be joining forces with the other members of the Shady Bunch
DJ squadron here on S-P-M-M Powersonic Radio. Welcome to my new radio
show Power Surge featuring the electrifying sights & sounds of classic rock.
From this point on, I guarantee more rock with less talk... so let's roll!

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Here's a rowdy relic from the summer of '68 performed by Philadelphia

area rock chick Joan Jett and her badass band The Blackhearts.

Seems Joan needs a check-up from the neck-up as she

declares-- "I Hate Myself For Loving You!"

"I Hate Myself For Loving You" - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts

(Aug./Sept. 1988, highest chart pos. #8 Hot 100/#10 Cash Box,

from May 1988 album Up Your Alley)

That was Philly filly Joan Jett,
hatin' on herself for loving you,
a girl power anthem from the
album Up Your Alley and a
top 10 hit single for Joan
and The Blackhearts in
the summer of 1988.

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That's right - two Jetts for the price of one. Far from one hit wonders,
Joan Jett and The Blackhearts rode high on the chart throughout the 80s.
At the start of 1990, Joan covered a song by the Aussie band AC/DC.
Here's The Original Riot Grrrl doing-- "Dirty Deeds!"

"Dirty Deeds" - Joan Jett

(Feb./Mar. 1990, highest chart pos.

#36 Hot 100/#42 Cash Box)

Retiring the side with a double play,

that was The Queen of Rock'n Roll

Joan Jett covering the AC/DC hit

"Dirty Deeds (Done Dirt Cheap),"

and before that, a song Joan co-

wrote "I Hate Myself For Loving

You." I hate repeating myself, but

I'm Daisy Skye and I love you for

being here for the official debut of

my new radio show Power Surge

on S-P-M-M... where we dig-up

the greatest gems of classic rock.

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Up next a pair of 21st century up-and-comers doing justice to a rock classic of

the 20th century. Canadian YouTube star Jadyn Rylee was born on Valentine's

Day, 2006, and began singing at the age of six. Her performances of covers

and original songs have drawn tens of millions of views on social media.

One week after her 12th birthday, Jayden uploaded the cover you are

about to witness, a collaboration with fellow Canadian singer,

composer, dancer, actress and fellow YouTuber Aviv Cohen.

Together the cute and capable Canucks make magic

doing their version of Aerosmith's best known

power ballad-- "Dream On!"

"Dream On" - Aerosmith cover by

Jadyn Rylee and Aviv Cohen (Feb. 2018)

Canadian YouTube sensations Jadyn Rylee and Aviv Cohen with their
2018 vocal cover of "Dream On," Aerosmith's big hit of the mid 70s.

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If you're just tuning in, I'm Daisy Johnson aka Skye aka Quake, newest member
of The Shady Bunch. I'm jolting you awake and blasting you back to the past
with Power Surge on S-P-M-M Powersonic Radio. Here's a great sound by
Boston rock singer and guitarist Billy Squier, another artist who enjoyed
a string of hits in the 80s. This is the first song on Billy's triple platinum
album Don't Say No. Let's get busy with Billy-- "In The Dark!"

"In The Dark" - Billy Squier

(Oct. 1981, highest chart pos. #7 Hot Mainstream Rock,

#35 Hot 100/#41 Cash Box

You just spent some time "In The Dark"

with rocker Billy Squier, a song he wrote
and a 1981 single that cracked the top 40
on the pop chart and brushed the top 5
on the Mainstream Rock survey.

Daisy Skye with you here on

S-P-M-M Ultrasonic Radio...

where rock rules. 

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Now here's a trippy retro relic

by the San Diego based psych-

rock band Iron Butterfly.

 This, my friend, is--

"Termination!"

"Termination" - Iron Butterfly

(from June 1968 album In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida)

A sonic blast from the past - flower power from Daisy's woofers to your

ears - that was "Termination," a psyched-out song by Iron Butterfly

from their multi-platinum 1968 album In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. 

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Daily Skye Johnson behind the mic sending shockwaves to

knock your socks, only on S-P-M-M... where the rock never

stops. Time for another rough ride with-- Steppenwolf! 

"Hey Lawdy Mama" - Steppenwolf

(Apr./May 1970, highest chart pos. #21 Cash Box/#35 Hot 100)

Making a run at the top 20 on Cash Box in the spring of '70, that 

was lead zinger John Kay and his psych-blues-acid rock band

Steppenwolf doing the biker biggie "Hey Lawdy Mama." 

That wraps up my first complete show on S-P-M-M.

I hope you enjoyed this super set of classic rock nuggets.

Stay tuned. Coming up on the B side of news, it's a

sneak preview of another new series - Shady's Angels -

coming soon to Shady's Place Music & Memories.

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And I'll be back soon to blow you away with another Power Surge earquake.

This I promise - on my watch the sound of pure unadulterated rock will prevail.

 To play us off, here are Ritchie Blackmore and his British band Deep Purple

the week before Halloween 1968 entertaining Hef, Barbi and the pretty people

at the Playboy Manson on the TV show Playboy After Dark. The pioneers of

 hard rock and heavy metal perform their top 5 charting hit cover of "Hush,"

a Joe South song originally waxed by Billy Joe Royal. Now this is

Daisy Skye saying be good, stay vigilant and see you next time!

"Hush" - Deep Purple

(Sept. 1968, highest chart pos. #4 Hot 100 & Cash Box,

perf. on Oct. 23, 1968, ep. of Playboy After Dark)

2021 - Year of the Dell Rat, Part 1: Welcome Joe, Daisy, Jimmy, Patty & Kim... New Members of The Shady Bunch!

 CAN SHADY DEL KNIGHT 

 KEEP YOU ENTERTAINED 

 IN THE COMING YEAR? 

 DOES 

 PETER GRIFFIN 

 GET INTO 

 TURF WARS 

 WITH 

 ALLEY CATS? 

 WELCOME BACK, 

 DEAR FRIEND! 

 AND HAPPY 

 NEW YEAR! 

I'm thrilled to have you along for the ride
as I begin another year of blogging here

at Shady's Place Music & Memories. I am
excited to announce that two familiar faces,
Joe Niagara and Daisy Skye Johnson, have
been elevated to the status of full time DJs
on SPMM radio. Along with Daisy and Joe,
I am delighted to welcome 8 more exciting
personalities to The Shady Bunch this year,
and you will meet them all in this special
two-part blogcast as we kick-off 2021.
S-P-M-M means more music with
less talk, so let's get right to it.

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"Love Touch" - Rod Stewart

(June thru Aug. 1986, highest chart pos. #6 Hot 100,

#7 Cash Box, theme from June 1986 film Legal Eagles)

That was Rod Stewart kicking-off the year

2021 with "Love Touch," the theme song

from the 1986 movie Legal Eagles 

starring Robert Redford, Debra

Winger and Daryl Hannah.

I'm Jimmy Berluti, an associate at the
Boston law firm of Donnell, Young,
Dole & Frutt on the hit TV series
The Practice. They call me Jimmy
the Grunt because I'm strictly a
working-class stiff - no pretense,
just a regular guy practicing law,
and I'm gonna keep practicing
until I get it right.

I'm Patty Solis-Papagian, a DUI lawyer

and real estate agent who works with

Santa Monica attorney Billy McBride

(who bears a striking resemblance

to Billy Bob Thornton) on the hit

TV series Goliath. Billy and I
battle against big law firms
and powerful villains, beating
odds that are a million to one.

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"A Million To One" - Jimmy Charles

(Sept./Oct. 1960, highest chart pos. #5 Hot 100/#6 Cash Box/#8 R&B)

And I'm Kim Wexler, a lawyer who

previously worked at a major law
firm based in Albuquerque.

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Currently I am sharing office space with

"Slippin' Jimmy" McGill also known as

Saul Goodman, a small-time lawyer on

the TV series Better Call Saul, a spin-

off of Breaking Bad. Jimmy's brother

Chuck is a successful attorney who

runs his own law firm. Far from being

supportive, Chuck resents Jimmy and

will stop at nothing to discredit him,

an all-consuming vendetta that is

nothing less than an obsession.

"Obsession" - Animotion

(Mar./Apr./May 1985, highest chart pos.

#6 Hot 100 & Cash Box)

Patty and Kim are good kids, nice girls.
Patty was my mother's name. So was Kim.
The three of us are back today to usher in
2021 as new members of Shady Del Knight's
entertainment company The Shady Bunch.
Our new radio show on S-P-M-M is called
Plan B (Soft). As you might recall, it has
a legal theme. We'll be conducting
our show by trial and error.

As experienced lawyers, Patty, Kim and I
are a formidable dream team. We lay down
the law and mount a rigorous defense.

Remember our slogan: "Your problems

will be little 'cause we always win acquittal."

Now I can hear some of you asking,
"What exactly do you mean by Plan B
(Soft)?" "Plan B" is where we create
reasonable doubt in the minds of the
jurors that our client is guilty. We do
that by pointing the finger at somebody

else and suggesting they did the crime.

Sometimes we go in hard, but more

often than not, to avoid alienating

the jury, we use a subtle approach

that we refer to as Plan B (Soft).

Jimmy, Kim and I will be back with our first

official case later this year. so stick around.

Now it's time for you to meet and greet a

top 40 radio legend and a swell guy, too.

Millions of listeners know and love him

as The Rockin' Bird. It gives me great

pleasure to introduce the one and

only-- Joe Niagara.

Thanks, Patty! Hello - this is
Joe Niagara, and I've got

a stack of Knocked-out

Niagara Nifties of the past.

For years you've listened to

 my broadcasts on Wibbage -

W-I-B-G radio in Philadelphia.

Now I'm moonlighting here

on S-P-M-M... where the

cool oldies live forever.

I'll be bringing you the

great sounds of the 50s

and early 60s - doo-wop,

rhythm and blues, pop

rock & roll and soul.
A sample of what

you'll hear on my

Knocked-Out Nifties

show is on my turntable

now. So if you're ready,

this Rockin Bird will fly!

On Christmas Eve, 1954, a shot rang out. On Christmas Day, up-and-coming

R&B singer Johnny Ace of Memphis, Tennessee, died of the wound to his head.

Reports state that Johnny's life ended tragically at age 25 as a result of his own

recklessness. He had been playing with a gun thinking it wasn't loaded when it

fired the fatal round. Some say Johnny Ace sounded like Johnny Mathis but

with soul. Johnny Ace is best remembered for the song you are about to hear.

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Released after his death, this record rocketed to #1 on the R&B chart and remained

at the top an astounding ten weeks. Listen now to this sad and hauntingly beautiful 

ballad left behind by Johnny Ace. From the late winter of 1955-- "Pledging My Love."

"Pledging My Love" - Johnny Ace

(Feb./March 1955, highest chart pos.

#1 R&B/#11 Cash Box/#17 Hot 100) 

That was Johnny Ace, his story one of the saddest

and most tragic in the

history of popular

music. With the

success of his

song "Pledging

My Love," Ace

became the first

act to to reach the

Billboard pop charts

only after death. His

single reached #17

on Billboard and

brushed the top 10

  on Cash Box.

That's it for now. This is your pal Joe Niagara, The Rockin' Bird,

inviting you to join me later this year for the first edition of

my new show Niagara's Knocked-Out Nifties.

I wanna see your face - in the place - 

Shady's Place!

Now it gives me great pleasure to introduce a young lady whose earth-

shaking super powers earned her the nickname Quake on Marvel's

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Say hello to Miss Daisy "Skye" Johnson!

Thanks, Joe, and hello everyone!

You might remember me from my

past appearances in Shady land.

I'm pleased to join the SPMM

DJ squadron and bring you my

new radio show. It's called

Daisy Skye's Power Surge

featuring the best rock of

the 60s, 70s and 80s plus

new covers of classic rock

nuggets. I've got two samples

of the kind of stuff you can

expect to hear as well as see

if you are watching the

simulcast of my show

on YouTube.

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First check out the guys and girls of this great Kentucky

cover group, Lexington Lab Band, and their version

of the Foreigner hit "Hot Blooded!"

"Hot Blooded" - Foreigner cover by Lexington Lab Band (Mar. 2018) 

You just saw and heard

the exciting Lexington

Lab Band, a colla-

boration of Central

Kentucky musicians

and singers dedicated

to honoring the great

songwriters and

players of the last

50 years with new

interpretations of

their best tunes.

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That does it for Part 1 of our new year spectacular. Stay tuned for Part 2 coming up

five days from now, next Wednesday, when you'll meet five more new members of

The Shady Bunch deejay team, and stay tuned for more great sounds from Jimmy

Berluti, Patty Solis-Papagian, Kim Wexler, Joe Niagara and me, coming your way

throughout 2021 on S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio. Remember - while the others are

talkin'...we're rockin'! Now this is Daisy Skye saying so long and happy new year!

"Brown Sugar" - The Rolling Stones

(May/June 1971, highest chart pos. #1 Hot 100/#2 Cash Box)

Power Surge: Rock Hard with Daisy Skye!

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Jumping off to a rockin' start, that was Van Halen featuring their flamboyant

lead zinger Diamond Dave - David Lee Roth - with the band's biggest hit single,

the rock anthem "Jump," a song from their best selling album 1984.

Image courtesy of by Wanda Maximofff @ DeviantArt

Hi, I'm Daisy Skye Johnson aka "Quake," one of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

You might recall my first appearance on Shady Dell Music & Memories in 2014.

I'm back and proud to announce that, starting next year, I will be joining

the The Shady Bunch DJ squad here on S-P-M-M Ultrasonic Radio.

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Today I'm bringing you a preview of my

new show Power Surge. I'll be playing

great rock sounds of the 60s, 70s and

80s. Every show is a 7-in-a-row non-

stop block party. More music with less

talk means more time to rock, so let's

keep our bods moving while the guys

of Foreigner play-- "Head Games!"

"Head Games" - Foreigner

 (Dec. 1979/Jan. 1980, highest chart pos.

#12 Cash Box/#14 Hot 100)

From Christmas 1979 and the early weeks of 1980, that was the British-

American band Foreigner with the title cut from their third studio album

Head Games. The album made the top 5 on the Billboard Top 200

and the single reached the top 15.

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SPMM means more rock with less tock,

and here are those rowdy rockers from

the UK to set 'em up and knock 'em

down. Rolling Stone Magazine called
this hit "supernatural Delta blues by
way of Swinging London." From '68,
The Stones-- "Jumpin' Jack Flash!"

"Jumpin' Jack Flash" - The Rolling Stones

(June/July 1968, highest chart pos. #1 Cash Box/#3 Hot 100)

From the summer of '68 those were The Rolling Stones with "Jumpin' Jack Flash,"

a single that topped the Cash Box chart but peaked at #3 on the Billboard survey,

denied the number one position by much softer sounds entrenched at the top -

"Mrs. Robinson" by Simon And Garfunkel" which spent three weeks

at #1, and "This Guy's In Love With You" by Herb Alpert which

held the top spot four weeks in a row.

If you're just tuning in, I'm Daisy Skye, one of Marvel's
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, producing an earquake with my
lineup of rock songs on this preview of my new show
Power Surge on S-P-M-M Radio, the number one

station for a rock 'n' roll nation.

Up next another iconic rocker and another epic single from that same
year - 1968. It's a song originally recorded by folksinging and
songwriting legend Bob Dylan and released on his
1967 album John Wesley Harding.

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The song became even more famous the following year when it was covered by

another legend, psychedelic blues rocker

Jimi Hendrix and his band, and released

on their double album Electric Ladyland.

Are you experienced enough for this?

Feel the power surge as The Jimi

Hendrix Experience performs--

"All Along The Watchtower!"

"All Along The Watchtower" - Jimi Hendrix Experience

(Oct. 1968, highest chart pos. #18 Cash Box/#20 Hot 100)

You just listened to a killer kover if ever there was one,
The Jimi Hendrix Experience with their psych-rock
interpretation of Dylan's "All Along The Watchtower."

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Here's another relic from that rockin'
year 1968, a song that played on FM
radio and home stereos around the
same time as the Hendrix classic
you just heard. Let the power
surge thru you as Steppenwolf
does-- "Sookie Sookie (Sue)!"

"Sookie Sookie" - Steppenwolf

(Oct. thru Dec. 1968, B side of "Magic Carpet Ride")

That was the LA-based Canadian-American band Steppenwolf with "Sookie Sookie,"

the flip side of their smash hit "Magic Carpet Ride," a single that lasted 16 weeks

on the chart, longer than any of their other records. "Sookie Sookie" was used

in the soundtrack of the chilling movie Bob Fosse's Star 80.

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You're feelin' the Power Surge with
Daisy Skye, and its time for some
classic album rock on S-P-M-M's
FM dial. It's the big bold sound of
The James Gang, a Cleveland rock
trio led by Joe Walsh. The James
Gang Rides Again with a track
from that 1970 album-- Woman!"

"Woman" - James Gang

(from July 1970 album James Gang Rides Again)

From the 1970 album James Gang Rides Again, Joe Walsh and his

James Gang band with "Woman." Five years later Walsh joined

The Eagles and he also had a successful career as a solo artist.

That wraps up this special preview. Thanks for being here.
Please check your local listings and watch me and my team
of super heroes in action on Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

I also invite you to join me in 2021

when I blow you away with another
earquake of classic rock tuneage on
the official debut of my new show
Power Surge. To play us off, here's
Evol Walks, a female-fronted hard
and heavy rock band formed six
years ago on The Gold Coast,
Queensland, Australia, and
now based in L-A.

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Leah Martin-Brown and her band drew
inspiration from AC/DC, Joan Jett and
Led Zeppelin. In late 2016 Evol Walks
released this fuel-injected cover of
"Spirit In The Sky," the 1970 hit
by U.S. singer and songwriter
Norman Greenbaum.

I hope by now this Skye's got you in a rockin' spirit. This is Daisy Skye
saying see you next year right here on S-P-M-M Ultrasonic Radio...
where the bold sound of pure unadulterated rock prevails!

"Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum cover by Evol Walks

(Dec. 2016, orig. single top 3 in April 1970)