Across the Universe with Lucy Carrigan - Vol. 1: It Feels So Right Now Hold Me Tight!

Images of broken light which

dance before me like a million eyes

They call me on and on across the universe

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"Hold Me Tight" - Beatles cover by Evan Rachel Wood

(from Oct. 2007 film Across The Universe)

Kicking off the show, that was me at the school dance singing a cover of

The Beatles' rock & roll ditty "Hold Me Tight." The song was first released

in the U.S. in January, 1964, on the band's second album Meet the Beatles!

Hello again! As you recall from my sneak

preview last year, I'm Lucy Carrigan aka

Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds, the lead

character in the 2007 jukebox musical

romantic drama Across The Universe,

a movie that gets under your skin and

goes straight to your heart, dazzling

you with wall-to-wall Beatles songs

performed by exciting new artists.

Today I am officially joining

The Shady Bunch as a DJ on

S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio.

Quite rightly, my new show

at Shady's Place is called

Across the Universe.

Come with me now on this
musical journey and listen
to the greatest music of the
20th or any other century,
the songs of The Beatles!

Now meet The Reos, four brothers from The Philippines who have been
wowing crowds since 2009 with their covers of The Beatles,
Beach Boys, DC-5, Bee Gees and other artists.

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Listen as the Reo Brothers do my theme song, originally released
by The Beatles on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band--
"Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds!"

"Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" - Beatles cover
by The Reo Brothers (Nov. 2019)

You just heard The fab four Reo Brothers, the Filipino Beatles tribute band,
covering "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" a song originally released
by The Beatles in 1967 on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band,

one of the biggest selling albums in history.

Now here's "Something" I think you'll like.

Penned by Beatle George, the song "Some-

thing" was released on The Beatles 1969

album Abbey Road. Late that year it was

a #2 charting smash hit, held back from

the top of the chart only by another

Beatles song, the flip side of the

band's double A sided single

"Come Together."

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Listen now to the song that established

George Harrison as a composer on par

with Lennon and McCartney--

"Something."

"Something" - The Beatles

(Nov./Dec. 1969, highest chart pos. #2 Cash Box/#3 Hot 100

(#1 Hot 100 revised) from Sept. 1969 album Abbey Road)

You just heard George Harrison singing lead on "Something,"
the exquisite ballad he wrote. "Something" is the second
most covered Beatles song right behind "Yesterday."
Time Magazine called "Something" the best song
on Abbey Road, and Abbey Road is considered
by some critics to be the best Beatles album.

Lucy in the sky Carrigan coming

to you on S-P-M-M... your #1

source for cool Beatle goldens.

My 7-in-a-row commercial free

Beatles block party continues

now with another song from

the early part of the band's

evolution. It's a cover by

Amy Slattery, the English

singer and musician who

became a YouTube star

uploading homemade

Beatles covers. Watch,

listen and enjoy as

Amy sings- "All

I've  Got To Do!"

"All I've Got To Do" - Beatles cover by Amy Slattery

(September 2018)

That was English cover girl Amy Slattery with her version
of "All I've Got To Do," an early Beatles song written by
John Lennon and first introduced in 1963 on the band's
second British album With the Beatles. The song was

first released in the U.S. in 1964 on Meet the Beatles!,
the same album that contains "Hold Me Tight,"

the first song your heard on today's show.

If you're just tuning in, I'm Lucy Carrigan
taking you Across the Universe with the
great sounds of The Beatles and Beatles

cover and tribute artists right here on
S-P-M-M... the station built on
a solid foundation of hits.

Now here's The Classic Rock Show,

described as "The classic rock fan’s

ultimate live Juke box!" For the last

twelve years, this Liverpool based

band has been thrilling audiences

with their stage performances

covering 20th century rock songs.

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Behold The Classic Rock Show as they perform the Beatles' medley from

Abbey Road-- "Golden Slumbers," "Carry That Weight" and "The End."

"Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End" - Beatles cover
by The Classic Rock Show (live performance in Liverpool,
England, on February 23, 2020)

Performing live in Liverpool, that was

The Classic Rock Show with what

might be the definitive cover of

those songs from Abbey Road's

side two medley: "Golden

Slumbers," "Carry That

Weight" and "The End." 

Now here are the MonaLisa Twins,

Mona & Lisa Wagner, musical twin

sisters from Austria who have been

pleasing audiences for years with

their covers of Beatles classics.

Listen as the MonaLisa Twins

do another beautiful song

from the soundtrack of

Across the Universe--

"If I Fell."

"If I Fell" - Beatles cover by MonaLisa Twins

(February 2016)

I hope you enjoyed my first official show here on S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio.
 Stay tuned. Coming up on the flip side of Gary Owens' news, my good

friend Debbie the Dellette will be here to bring you the latest edition

of her show Debbie the Dellette Meets The Rat Pack, featuring

the groovy sounds from The Shady Dell jukebox. 

And I'll be back soon to transport
you Across the Universe with
another super set of Beatles
classics by The Fab Four
and great cover artists
all over the world.

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To play us off, The Beatles with their
hard rock message song "Revolution."
Now this is Lucy in the Sky asking
you to please remember that all you
need is love. Goodbye everybody!

"Revolution" - The Beatles

(Sept./Oct 1968, highest chart pos. #11 Cash Box,

#12 Hot 100, B side of "Hey Jude")

Across the Universe with Lucy Carrigan... With a Little Help From Her Friends!

4 STARS! "An audacious marriage of cutting-edge
visual techniques, heart-warming performances,
1960s history and the Beatles songbook"
- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Best Film of 2007! 

- Carrie Rickey, The Philadelphia Inquirer

Golden Globe Award Nominee

Best Motion Picture -

Musical or Comedy

Shady Del Knight raves, "Gets under your skin

and into your heart. If you only see one

movie this year, make it this one -

Across the Universe!"

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"It Won't Be Long" - Beatles cover by Evan Rachel Wood

(scene from Oct. 2007 film Across The Universe)

You say "goodbye" and I say "hello, hello, hello!"

I'm Lucy (in the sky) Carrigan welcoming you to

a preview of my new series starting next year at

Shady's Place. It's called Across the Universe...

a salute to the songs of the The Beatles and the

groundbreaking jukebox musical fantasy movie

of the same name directed by Julie Taymor.

Across the Universe is a love story about a

romance between an upper-class American

girl played by Evan Rachel Wood, and a

poor shipyard worker from Liverpool

played by Jim Sturgess.

"They lived without rules.

They loved without fear.

But as the world changed

...so did they."

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At times, Across the Universe will make

you smile. At other times you will be

moved to tears by the sheer beauty

of the Beatles' songs, the mind-
boggling special effects and,
 for you boomers, your own
reflections on the turbulent

period that is the film's
setting - the Sixties.

"Because" - Beatles cover by Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess,

Joe Anderson, Dana Fuchs, T.V. Carpio and Martin Luther

(scene from Oct. 2007 film Across The Universe)

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The movie's title, Across the Universe,
was inspired by the song written by
John Lennon and Paul McCartney
and released in the spring of

1970 on the Beatles 12th and

final studio album Let It Be.

"Across The Universe" - The Beatles

(from May 1970 album Let It Be)

The soundtrack of Across the Universe

contains 34 Beatles compositions in all.
Jim Sturgess, an English singer and
songwriter who bears a resemblance
to both Lennon and McCartney, was
a newcomer to acting when he was
cast as the leading man in the movie.
In this scene, Jim sings "I've Just
Seen A Face," a song from the
U.S. version of the Beatles'
Rubber Soul album.

"I've Just Seen A Face" - Beatles cover by Jim Sturgess

(scene from Oct. 2007 film Across The Universe)

In my series, I will bring you the original
recordings of The Beatles plus great covers
by up-and-coming artists found on YouTube.
One of the most beautiful Beatles songs
from Across the Universe is "If I Fell,"
and here with a wonderful cover is a
talented young woman who first
entertained you on Shady's blog
Shady Dell Music & Memories.

Watch and listen as English singer
and guitarist Amy Slattery along
with her singing musician dad,
do their version of "If I Fell."

"If I Fell" - Beatles acoustic cover by
Amy Slattery and her dad (Oct. 2018)

Bluesy, gritty-voiced British rocker Joe Cocker

hit the top of the UK chart in 1968 with a cover

of The Beatles song "With a Little Help From

My Friends." Cocker's cover became famous

in the U.S. as the opening theme song of the

hit TV series The Wonder Years. Joe passed

away in 2014, but is immortalized on film

in this scene from Across the Universe. 

Behold the excitement of this flashy

production number as Joe Cocker

and San Francisco based rock

musician Martin Luther cover

John Lennon's "Come Together."

"Come Together" - Beatles cover by Joe Cocker and Martin Luther

(scene from Oct. 2007 film Across The Universe)

I hope you liked this sneak preview of
my new series. If you haven't already
seen it, I urge you to catch our movie
Across the Universe, first released in
theaters in 2007 and now available
on Ultra HD Blu-ray. Join me in
2022 when, with a little help from
my friends, I'll take you back to the
60s and Across the Universe with

the fabulous songs of The Beatles.

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To play us off, MonaLisa Twins, an actual

set of twins from Austria, Mona and Lisa

Wagner. In this video, the siblings cover

The Beatles in style singing "When I'm

Sixty-Four." Now this is Lucy Carrigan

saying so long and see you next year!

"When I'm Sixty-Four" - Beatles cover

by MonaLisa Twins (Jan. 2014)

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"Never Been To Spain" - Three Dog Night

(Jan./Feb. 1972, highest chart pos.
#5 Hot 100 & Cash Box)

Kicking-off the show,

"Never Been To Spain,"

one of the many hits by

the versatile and very

soulful LA-based rock

band Three Dog Night.

The single reached the

top 5 in the early

weeks of 1972.

Hello again, everyone! I'm Erica Strange. As you might recall

from last year's preview, I'm the time traveling main

character on the Canadian television dramedy

Being Erica.

Welcome to the official debut of
Strange Magic Being Erica

exclusively here on S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio.

I'm excited to be moonlighting as the newest

member of The Shady Bunch DJ staff.

On Strange Magic Being Erica
I'll be bringing you the greatest
soft rock, new wave and pop

love songs of the 70s and 80s.
Sometimes I'll even take you
all the way back to the 60s.
In fact that's exactly what
I'll do later in today's show.

On Being Erica I change clothes a lot,
and I'll be doing the same here on
S-P-M-M, even though I'm doing
a radio show. Go figure!

Okay, let's get back to the music and
the magic. In the summer of 1980,
Olivia Newton-John's musical
fantasy film Xanadu bombed
at the box office... but the

soundtrack album went
double platinum in the
U.S. and was a hit
all over the world.

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Here now is one of the songs from Xanadu. Released as a single
just before the movie hit theaters, it shot up the chart and spent
four weeks at number one. Olivia Newton-John sings-- "Magic."

"Magic" - Olivia Newton-John

(July/Aug. 1980, highest chart pos. #1 Hot 100 & Cash Box),

from OST of the Aug. 1980 film Xanadu)

That was Olivia Newton-John with her

smash hit from the flop film Xanadu,

a picture that also featured dance star

Gene Kelly in his final movie role.

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Olivia and this popular English rock band,

Electric Light Orchestra, collaborated on

the hit theme from Xanadu. The previous

year, ELO racked-up their biggest U.S.

hit with a single that peaked in the top 5

and you're listening to it now. It's called

"Don't Bring Me Down."

"Don't Bring Me Down" - Electric Light Orchestra

Aug./Sept. 1979, highest chart pos. #4 Hot 100 & Cash Box)

From the late summer of '79, a year before Xanadu, that was ELO -

Electric Light Orchestra - with their highest-charting hit in the U.S.

and second highest charting UK hit-- "Don't Bring Me Down."

By the way, the lyrics of that song are often misheard as

"Don't Bring Me Down, Bruce." ELO co-founder Jeff

Lynne insists he is actually shouting "grooss"...

a word he simply made up!

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I'm double dippin' into the Electric Light Orchestra catalog

to bring you this groovy drum cover by German multi-

instrumentalist Sina Doering. Listen as Sina beats

the skins into submission on ELO's "Mr. Blue Sky!"

"Mr. Blue Sky" - ELO drum cover by Sina 

(June 2019, orig. single Aug. 1978, highest

chart pos. #27 Cash Box/#35 Hot 100)

That was The Princess of Percussion, drum sensation Sina Doering,

with a great drum cover of my second featured ELO song

"Mr. Blue Sky," a top 30 hit in the summer of 1978.

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If you're just tuning in, I'm Erica Strange

and this is Strange Magic Being Erica,

and we're in the middle of a 7-in-a-row

block party on S-P-M-M. I'm your vehicle,

babe, I'll take you anywhere you wanna go.

Why don't we let The Cars take us back

to '78 with-- "My Best Friend's Girl"?

"My Best Friend's Girl" - The Cars

(Nov./Dec. 1978, highest chart pos.
#35 Hot 100/#44 Cash Box)

Getting your motor running, those were The Cars with Ric Ocasek

on lead vocals doing "My Best Friend's Girl," the second single

from the Beantown band's self-titled debut album, and a song

from the soundtrack of the 1979 coming-of-age crime movie

Over the Edge. In the U.S. "Best Friend's Girl" peaked at the

low end of the top 40, but it was a much bigger hit in the
UK where it finished in the top 3 on the chart.

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Erica Strange keeping you company on

S-P-M-M. Know what, I really like these

guys - The Doobie Brothers - a group

that's been an important part of the

soundtrack of America for more

than 50 years. Formed in 1970

as a mainstream rock band

behind lead singer Tom Johnston,

the Doobies changed direction in

1975 when Johnston left and was
replaced by blue-eyed soul man
Michael McDonald. Here's the
updated sound of the McDonald
era, The Doobie Brothers with--

"It Keeps You Runnin'."

"It Keeps You Runnin'" - The Doobie Brothers

(Jan./Feb. 1977, highest chart pos. #37 Hot 100/#50 Cash Box)

From the early weeks of 1977, those were The Doobie Brothers with their

top 40 hit "It Keeps You Runnin'"... a single from their 1976 album

Takin' It to the Streets... the first to feature Michael McDonald

as lead singer. The song was used in the 1978 classic rock

movie FM and is also found in the soundtrack of the

Academy Award-winning 1994 film Forrest Gump.

Strange days have found us and, as promised, here I am all the way back in 1969

to introduce the classic folk-rock sound of Crosby, Stills & Nash - a supergroup
that put an indelible stamp on American music and culture. Also known as CSN,
the group was made up of American singer-songwriters David Crosby and
Stephen Stills plus Graham Nash from the UK. Canadian singer and
songwriter Neil Young also joined the act from time to time.  

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Here's one of the group's best known compositions. Written by Stephen Stills,

the song refers to his former girlfriend, singer/songwriter Judy Collins.

Crosby, Stills & Nash sing-- "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes."

"Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" - Crosby, Stills & Nash

(Nov./Dec. 1969, highest chart pos. #15 Cash Box/#21 Hot 100)

You just heard the tight intricate

harmonies of CSN - Crosby, Stills

& Nash, one of the leading groups

of the late 1960s counterculture -

and "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes," a song

that made the top 20 in the U.S. and

brushed the top 10 in Canada during

the Thanksgiving and Christmas

holiday season in 1969.

Gosh, Shady just drew his finger

across his throat, the signal for me

to "cut," and that means I need to

wrap up my first official show on

S-P-M-M. Before I forget, I want

to invite you to watch my series

Being Erica, streaming on Hulu

and on Amazon Prime Video.

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To play us off, here's a different version of my theme song "Strange Magic,"

this one from the 2015 animated jukebox musical fantasy movie of the

same name. Stay tuned. Coming up on the B side of news, my friend

Jerry Blavat, The Geator with the Heater, drops by to spin stacks

of wax on Geator Gold... and I'll be back soon with more great

songs from your youth on Strange Magic Being Erica. Now

watch and listen as stars Evan Rachel Wood and Alan

Cumming as characters Marianne and Bog King,

sing the title song "Strange Magic." This is

Erica Strange saying so long and take care!

"Strange Magic" - Evan Rachel Wood & Alan Cumming

(from OST of Jan. 2015 animated film Strange Magic)