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Tuesday, June 8, 2021

Beth Boland's ADRENALINE RUSH.....
Vol. 1: Cold as Ice is More Than a Feeling!



BOOTH ANNOUNCER GARY OWENS:
...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

 BETH BOLAND'S 
 ADRENALINE RUSH 

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

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"Some Guys Have All The Luck" - Rod Stewart
(Sept./Oct. 1984, highest chart pos.
#10 Hot 100/#16 Cash Box)

You know what they say. Spare the rod, spoil the show.
I say... let there be Rod!
That was British lightning rod Rod Stewart feeling his
oats and knocking me out with one of his top 10 hits
of the 80s, "Some Guys Have All The Luck." 

CLICK TO START VIDEO!
Hi, I'm Beth Boland from the
NBC TV series Good Girls.
Think I look like Joan from
Mad Men? I get that a lot.
I'm an average suburban
housewife and mother who
leads a secret life. In fact,
my girl pals and I have a
lot of secrets. Is our show
comedrama or is it a
dramedy? Who's to say?
This I can tell you. It's a
hoot, a guilty pleasure.
You need to watch, and
girlfriend, here's a hint...
wait till you lay eyes
on my "Loverboy."
Here's Billy Ocean!


"Loverboy" - Billy Ocean
(Jan./Feb. 1985, highest chart pos. #2 Hot 100,
#4 Cash Box/#20 R&B, perf. on American Bandstand)

That was loverboy Billy Ocean, the Trinidad born,
England raised singer/songwriter, appearing on
American Bandstand and doing his top 3 hit.



Speaking of secrets... one of my
best kept is that I am moonlighting
as a Shady Bunch deejay here on
S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio, and
and you're tuned to my very first
show! Here's the thing to remember:
Beth's bigger on beats than ballads.
The songs I will play are intended
to give you an Adrenaline Rush
that'll get you up on your feet,
out of your seat and rockin'
till you drop. Got it?



A little more about me.

CLICK TO
START VIDEO!

To make a long story short,
on Good Girls I went from
being an average play-by-
the-rules soccer mom to
gun toting gangster moll
in two shakes of a jiffy.
Don't ask 'cause I'm not
gonna tell! Let's just say
bad boy Rio gives this
  Good Girl everything 
she needs, honey... and
"Everything She Wants!" 


"Everything She Wants" - Wham!
(May/June 1985, highest chart pos.
#1 Hot 100 & Cash Box/#1 Canada) 

Topping the pop charts in the U.S. and Canada in the spring
of 1985, that was WHAM!... the English pop duo cosisting
of George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley. Meanwhile, that
smooth criminal Rio and that redheaded bombshell Beth
(that's me) make a dynamite duo every week on NBC's
Good Girls, so be sure to watch! 




BB - Beth Boland - keeping
you company and pumping
you full of adrenaline here
on S-P-M-M... where the
 classic rock hits just
keep on comin'!

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Ever since I started breaking
bad on Good Girls, people say
I'm cold as ice. Maybe so...
but it gets the job done.
Foreigner recorded a
song about it!


"Cold As Ice" - Foreigner
(Sept/Oct. 1977, highest chart pos.
#6 Hot 100/#10 Cash Box)

From 1977 that was "Cold As Ice," a hot one by Foreigner,
the part-English, part-American band that achieved most
of their hits on this side of the pond. That single brushed
the top 5 in the U.S. and made the top 10 in Canada.




CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW!

If you're just tuning in I'm Beth,
Good Girl turned naughty and
lovin' it, and I'm playing the
classics of the 70s and 80s.
We're in the middle of a
7-in-a-row commercial-
free Adrenaline Rush
and to keep the juices
flowing here are--
Hall and Oates!


"Did It In A Minute"
- Daryl Hall And John Oates
(Apr./May 1982, highest chart pos.
#9 Hot 100/#10 Cash Box)



CLICK TO START VIDEO!

You just heard Daryl Hall
and John Oates doing it
right with "Did It In A
Minute," a top 10 hit
for the duo in 1982.

We're going for an
Adrenaline Rush
with one classic rock
nugget after another,
the good stuff from
the Good Girl on
S-P-M-M... your
station for pure
rock and roll!


"More Than A Feeling" - Boston
(Oct./Nov. 1976, highest chart pos.
#4 Cash Box/#5 Hot 100)

S-P-M-M... the station that never stops rockin'...
and that was a dose of FM rock nirvana from the
fall of '76-- Boston with "More Than A Feeling."
The song was the first single released from the
band's self-titled debut album. It spent 19 weeks
on the chart and is considered a classic rock staple.
"More Than A Feeling" made the Rock & Roll Hall
of Fame's list of 500 Songs That Shaped Rock & Roll
and Rolling Stone's list of 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.


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I've got more than a feeling I'm out of time and the show's over.
The clock on the wall proves it. I need to fly on outta here and
I'm going to do it on The Steve Miller Band's "Jet Airliner,"
a top five hit in the summer of '77. I give it to you straight,
and this is the real deal, the album version, not the edited,
sanitized single version played on ordinary radio stations.
I hope by now I've got you feeling that Adrenaline Rush.
Stick around. Coming up on the flip side of news, it's
those other Good Girls - Patti, Cindy & Jane - from
Good Girls Revolt. They'll be here with the second
edition of their S-P-M-M show Libbin' It Up with
The Good Girls, and I'll be back soon to give you
another Adrenaline Rush with classic rock of the
70s and 80s. Now this is Beth Boland saying
take care, watch your back, be good... and if
you can't be good... be careful. So long!


"Jet Airliner" - The Steve Miller Band
(May to July 1977, highest chart pos.
#3 Cash Box/#8 Hot 100)

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.


CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW!

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."



CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW!

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)

Friday, March 15, 2019

Best of Bandstands in Foreign Lands - Vol. 10:
Born To Be Alive... Out on Thunder Island!


Welcome to vol. 10 of
my globetrotting series

BANDSTANDS IN
FOREIGN LANDS!





I'm Shady Seaweed, here to bring you more great
music performances that originated from TV studios,
big halls and nightclubs in Europe and other parts
of the world from the 1960s through early 2000s.






Spanning the globe to bring you the constant variety of music,
the thrill of Vic Tory (the little known "Fifth Beatle")... and
the agony of the feet (from so much dancing)... this is:

Bandstands in
Foreign Lands!


 FOREIGNER 

DISCO - ZDF
MAINZ, GERMANY

Our globetrotting tour begins in Germany and the bandstand of the music TV show
DISCO carried on the German public-service television broadcaster ZDF based
in Mainz. That's where we find Foreigner, a rock band containing British and
American members. In this appearance on DISCO, the band performed
one of their hits, the lead single from their chart topping 1981 album
Foreigner 4. Here's Foreigner making it sound-- "Urgent!"

"Urgent" - Foreigner
(Aug/Sept. 1981, highest chart pos. #4 Hot 100,
#1 U.S. Mainstream Rock, perf. on DISCO)




 WINGS 

 (RUBY FLIPPER) 

TOP OF THE POPS
LONDON, ENGLAND

Many times over the years I have used the words "Silly Love Songs" in conversations
about the 60s music revolution from sweet and tender to brash and sassy.  I borrowed
the expression from Paul & Linda McCartney. "Silly Love Songs," a chart-topper in
America, was released from the fifth studio album recorded by McCartney's
post-Beatles band Wings. Our next stop is a bandstand in a foreign land
called England where one of the talented dance companies on the
London based music series Top Of The Pops is set to perform
to the song. Try 'em on for size-- Ruby Flipper!

"Silly Love Songs" - Wings
(May/June 1976, highest chart pos. #1 Hot 100/#2 UK,
dance perf. by Ruby Flipper on Top of the Pops)




 KOOL AND THE GANG 

P.I.T. - ZDF
MAINZ, GERMANY

Our next Biffle stop takes us back to Germany where a wildly popular New Jersey
funk band is set to perform on P.I.T. (Peter-Illmann-Treff), a German music
TV series on ZDF moderated by television and radio actor and pop music
expert Peter Illmann. ("Treff," FYI, translates to "haunt, rendezvous
or meeting place"). Here they are, Kool And The Gang,
with one of their top 10 hits of the 80s-- "Fresh!"

"Fresh" - Kool and the Gang
(May/June 1985, highest chart pos. #9 Hot 100/#1 R&B,
perf. on German TV series P.I.T.)




 PATRICK HERNANDEZ 

ZDF-KULTNACHT
MAINZ, GERMANY

Penned and recorded by French singer Patrick Hernandez, our next featured
recording is one of the greatest hits of the Disco 70s, a single that reached
#1 in France and a dozen other countries including Germany. We now
switch to a club somewhere in Europe - might be France, might be
Italy, might be Belgium - I don't know. What I do know is that
this is a great song and an exciting performance. It aired on
Kultnacht - "cult night," - a music program carried by the
German PBS broadcaster ZDF. Here now is Patrick
Hernandez doing his worldwide hit and signature
song-- "Born To Be Alive!"

"Born To Be Alive" - Patrick Hernandez
 (Aug. 1979, highest chart pos. #16 Hot 100, #1 U.S. Disco,
#1 in 13 other countries, perf. on German TV show ZDF-Kultnacht)




 JAY FERGUSON 

TOPPOP
THE NETHERLANDS

Now let's hear from soft rock maestro Jay Ferguson. Jay was an original member
of the late 60s jazz and Beatles-influenced psych band Spirit known for their hit
single "I Got A Line On You." In the early 70s Jay formed Jo Jo Gunne, an
LA rock band that took their name from a Chuck Berry hit. In the mid 70s
Jay began a solo career, and in early '78 scored a top ten hit with this
one, "Thunder Island," the title song from his second studio album.
"Thunder Island" is a soft rock record that has more meat than
Manilow, a slightly harder rock edge, thanks to the featured
guitar playing of James Gang and Eagles vet Joe Walsh.
Our Biffle tour now takes us to The Netherlands where
Jay performed on the Dutch music show TopPop.

"Thunder Island" - Jay Ferguson
(Feb./Mar. 1978, highest chart pos.
#6 Cash Box,/#9 Hot 100, perf. on TopPop)




 BARBARELLA 

RTL 4 TV CHANNEL
LUXEMBOURG, HOLLAND, THE NETHERLANDS

For the grand finale of our show, I'd like to stay right here in Holland... wooden shoe?
Gotta love 'em (or not)... they're Barbarella, a female Dutch trio that released two
synth-pop, dance-pop, Euro disco style albums in 1990, Sucker For Your Love
and Don't Stop The Dance. I'm a sucker for girl groups and cool covers and
here's one now. From Don't Stop The Dance here's Barbarella on the
Dutch TV channel RTL 4, headquartered in Luxembourg, doing
their version of the Beatles biggie-- "Please, Please Me!"

"Please, Please Me" - Barbarella
(1991 single from 1990 album Don't Stop The Dance,
perf. on Dutch TV channel RTL 4, Luxembourg, Holland)




I hope you enjoyed volume 10 of

BANDSTANDS IN
FOREIGN LANDS!

Stay tuned for the next edition coming soon.

Have a Shady day!