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Showing posts with label Daisy Skye's Power Surge. Show all posts
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Saturday, August 7, 2021

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


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...and the cow was returned to its rightful owner.


And that's the latest from S-P-M-M news...
fast, up-to-the-minute, completely fake
and proud of it. Now stand by for

 DAISY SKYE'S 
 POWER SURGE! 

on the station that's #1 for music and fun - S-P-M-M!

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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)

Tuesday, August 18, 2020

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)