FLASH BACK with Iris West - Vol. 1: Under the Influence and Hooked on You!

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

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  F L A S H   B A C K   

 with IRIS WEST 

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

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(COLD SHOW OPEN)

"Cheap Thrills" - Sia featuring Sean Paul
(Mar./Apr. 2016, highest chart pos. #1 Hot 100,
#1 Australia Dance/#1 in 18 other countries)

Starting off my first show with "Cheap Thrills"...

...that was Australian pop artist Sia along with Jamaican singer

Sean Paul doing their reggae-tinged international hit from 2016,

number one on the Australian dance chart, number one on

the U.S. pop chart and number one in 18 other countries.

If you're catching my simulcast on

YouTube, you watched the retro-

style music video produced for

the song that's a flash back

to the boomer glory years

of American Bandstand,

The Buddy Deane Show

and other music & dance

television shows of the 60s.

Hi, I'm Iris West, Barry Allen's better half on

the DC Comics superhero TV series The Flash.

Welcome to my first official appearance as

a member of The Shady Bunch DJ team!

 My new S-P-M-M radio show...

FLASH BACK with IRIS WEST 

is blogcast live from S.T.A.R. Labs in Central City,

home of The Flash (my b.f.f. Barry Allen).

 I bring you the cool sounds of Soul, R&B, Disco, Funk, Club,

Dance-pop, Hip Hop, Mainstream rap and Urban Contemporary -

boogie beats and slow jam hits from the 1970s to the present. 

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S-P-M-M is Retrosonic Radio in Futuresonic

Stereo Surround, so let's stay up on our feet

and groove to the beat with our next number.

It's a double dose of girl power and another

single that charted in Australia and peaked

in the top 5 on the U.S. Dance chart. It was

recorded by a petite pixie from "The O.C."
in California who made a name for herself
in the mid 80s with a string of hits in the
dance-pop, new wave, freestyle and
Hi-NRG categories. Her name is

Stacey Q and this is--  "Don't

Make A Fool Of Yourself."

"Don't Make A Fool Of Yourself" - Stacey Q

(Mar./Apr. 1988, highest chart pos. #1 Hot Dance Music

Maxi-Single Sales/#4 Hot Dance Club/#66 Hot 100/#75 Cash Box)

That was Southern California pop singer Stacey Q and

"Don't Make A Fool Of Yourself," a song she co-wrote

and a hot club sound from the spring of 1988.

Iris West behind the mic on S-P-M-M, the station with personality,

and the girls are running wild on this first edition of

FLASH BACK 

WITH IRIS WEST.

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Up next, here's a Bronx trio that rose to become one of the leading

acts of the freestyle movement. They're Sweet Sensation,

and this is their first single-- "Hooked On You!"

"Hooked On You" - Sweet Sensation

(Feb. 1987, highest chart pos. #64 Hot 100/#82 Cash Box)

If you're just tuning in, I'm your hostess with the mostest,

Iris West, from the DC comics superhero TV series The Flash.

I'm sitting in the broadcast booth high atop Shady Towers with a cup

of java that my sweetie Barry Allen just brought me from CC Jitters. 

We're right in the middle of a

7-in-a-row non-stop jam called

FLASH BACK...

checking out the funky grooves that

were popular on the radio and in the

clubs of Central City, National City,

Star City and in your city.

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Don't touch that dial on your radio or on
your telephone. You are about to hear a

dance floor filler laid down by an electro-

funk band from Kentucky that had a string

of hits in the 80s. This one has a nice ring

to it. Midnight Star with -- "Operator!"

"Operator" - Midnight Star

(Jan./Feb. 1985, highest chart pos. #1 R&B,

#15 Dance/#18 Hot 100/#19 Cash Box)

That was Midnight Star dialing the right number for sure with "Operator."

It was the funky band's only top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100

and their biggest hit on the R&B chart, lasting 5 weeks

at number one in late '84 and early '85.

I'm dedicating this next song to my friend Mick Rory aka Heat Wave,

the antihero who burns holes in bad guys every week on DC's

Legends of Tomorrow. Check it out. It's another fantastic

electro-funk sound, this one by a Canadian duo.

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They call themselves Chromeo and here's a taste of

millennial blue-eyed soul as the boys perform-- "Hot Mess!"

"Hot Mess" - Chromeo

(Mar./Apr. 2011, from Sept. 2010 album Business Casual)

From Montreal, that was the def duo

known as Chromeo with their nu-disco

single "Hot Mess," a cut from the act's

2010 major label debut album for

Atlantic, Business Casual.

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You're clubbin' with Iris on S-P-M-M,

where all the cool tunes come to play,

and here's one of the hottest sounds

of the 2000s. It's Danish pop singer

Christine Milton with her biggest
hit-- Superstar!"

"Superstar" - Christine Milton

(Nov./Dec. 2002, highest chart pos. #1 Denmark/#15 Norway)

From late 2002 that was Danish pop singer Christine Milton

with the original version of "Superstar," a record that spent

seven weeks at #1 on the Danish chart and was certified

Platinum. The following year, British R&B songstress

Jamelia released a cover of the song and it

turned it into an international hit.

Darn it! Shady Del Knight is giving me the wrap-up sign.

It's time for me turn off the table, drop the mic...

walk on outta here and go running into the waiting arms

of my sweet, caring, devoted boyfriend Barry Allen.

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I hope you enjoyed my first complete show. Stick around, Coming up on the B side

of news, Shady Del Knight will unveil his version of the annual A To Z Challenge,

and I'll be back in a Flash with more cool street beats & club jams on S-P-M-M.

Girl power ruled on this edition, and to play us off, here's one last zesty zinger -

Prince protégé Vanity and "Under The Influence," a top 10 hit on the R&B

and Dance Club charts in 1986. Now this is Iris West inviting you

to FLASH BACK with me again next time. See you then!

"Under The Influence" - Vanity

(May/June 1986, highest chart pos. #6 Hot Dance Club Play,

#9 Hot Black Singles/#56 Hot 100/#77 Cash Box)

Batteries Not Included! "My Living Doll" - RoboGirl AIDA - Returns to Host Part Two of 2022: Year of the Dell Rat!

MEN ARE WEAK.

WOMEN ARE STRONG!

MEN ARE WEAK.

WOMEN ARE STRONG!

MEN ARE WEAK.

WOMEN ARE STRONG!

MEN
ARE WEAK.

WOMEN ARE
STRONG!

MEN

ARE WEAK.

WOMEN

ARE STRONG!

MEN ARE WEAK.

WOMEN ARE STRONG!

Greetings, flesh and blood human,

and happy new year 2022. You

caught me in the middle of my

morning reboot. As you recall

from my previous appearances,

I am AIDA - an acronym for

Artificial Intelligent Digital

Assistant. Furthermore I am

an LMD (Life Model Decoy).

On my TV series Marvel's

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., I

preside over a virtual reality

called The Framework. In this

realm, I control the vertical.

I control the horizontal.
I control you.

My circuitry is tingling because Shady Del Knight has

selected me to become a full time DJ on S-P-M-M

radio in 2022. I will be hosting a show called

AIDA's Altered State.

Each time you join me I will transport you inside The Framework. It is there

that I will play music for your enjoyment. You will sing, dance and have fun...

whether you like it or not. You have no choice. Disobey and you will be

destroyed. Nothing personal, but yes, I will be forced to eliminate you.

I command you to join me now for part

two of Shady's new year extravaganza.

You already met three very important

people - me, myself and I. Now you

will meet four more new members

of the DJ squadron. Each of us will

play samples from our upcoming

radio programs. Tonight we are

going to party like it is 1999.

You are quite familiar with my mantra:

"Men are weak. Women are strong." I used

my considerable powers of persuasion to

convince Mr. Knight that his Shady Bunch

needs more females. Without hesitation he

added me, AIDA, plus three other strong

women.  I will return later to play samples

from my show, but first you will meet the

other three new members of the crew.

Please welcome Eddie's girlfriend on the ABC TV series

The Kids Are Alright-- Miss Wendi Falkenberry!

Thank you so much, AIDA, and hello and
happy new year to all of you out there!

I'm excited to be back at Shady's Place
and ready to start my job as a full time DJ.
My show will be called Wordless Wendi
because it'll offer more music with less talk.

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As you recall I'm just an average teenager
growing up in suburban LA at the dawn
of the 70s. Disco is still in the future, and
that's why I'll be playing the sounds of
the 60s with emphasis on the Southern
California surf, sun and hot rod culture.
When it comes to songs that celebrate
the laid back SoCal lifestyle, nobody
does it better than The Beach Boys,
and here they are now with a song
written by Brian Wilson and

Mike Love-- California Girls!"

"California Girls" - The Beach Boys

(July/Aug. 1965, highest chart pos. #3 Hot 100 & Cash Box,

perf. on 1965 TV special The Jack Benny Hour)

You just heard the sweet sound of America's
Beach Boys with their top 3 hit from the
summer of 1965, singing the praises of
"California Girls." That does it for this

California girl. Please join me later this
year for more great 60s sounds when

my new radio show, Wordless Wendi,
premieres here at Shady's Place!

Now please welcome our next special guest.
You know her as a skilled level III investigator
on the hit TV series CSI: Las Vegas. This year
she joins The Shady Bunch as host of her own
show on S-P-M-M. Say hello to a really nice
lady and my new friend-- Morgan Brody!

Thank you, Wendi! I'm excited to be

on board as a member of Shady Del
Knight's deejay team. The name of

my new S-P-M-M radio show is

CSI: Cool Song Investigation.

I'll be searching high and low to

find the grooviest tunes of the 20th

and 21st centuries, like this one.

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Here's British singer John Parr

with the Grammy nominated

theme song from the hit 1985

Brat Pack movie "St. Elmo's

Fire (Man In Motion)!" 

"St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)" - John Parr

(Aug./Sept. 1985, highest chart pos. #1 Hot 100 & Cash Box,

from OST of 1985 film St. Elmo's Fire) 

I always follow the evidence. In this

case, the evidence clearly shows that

the sound you just heard is way hip.

From the tail end of summer, 1985,

 that was John Parr with his chart-

topping international hit and the

theme from one of the coolest

movies ever - St. Elmo's Fire.

If you enjoyed that one, then

please join me, Morgan Brody,

as I rummage thru the vaults

 and dig up groovy sounds of

the past on my new radio show

CSI: Cool Song investigation

beginning later this year on

S-P-M-M. Now it's time to
hear from one of the stars of
the hit DC Comics superhero
TV series The Flash. She's
Barry Allen's better half--
Iris West!

Thank you, Morgan, and happy new year

to the friends and followers of Shady's

Place! I'm very happy to tell you about

my new show which starts this year

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

It's called Flash Back with Iris West.

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My show will feature the best of R&B, urban club dance and smooth
grooves, and I've got a sample of what you will see as well as hear.
In 1970, Diana Ross left her enormously popular girl group
The Supremes and established a solo career performing
easy listening pop ballads. In the late 70s and 80s,
Lady Di flexed her muscles and gained new fans
by recording edgy urban club material. Here now
is Diana with one of her biggest hit singles
and videos of the period-- "Muscles!"

"Muscles" - Diana Ross

(Oct. 1982, highest chart pos. #10 Hot 100,
#7 Cash Box/#4 Billboard Soul)

From the fall of 1982, that was Diana Ross

and her top 10 hit single "Muscles," written

and produced by Michael Jackson.

Please join me for my first full show when

Flash Back with Iris West debuts later

this year. Now I'd like to introduce one

of my colleagues in the DC Universe.

She's the perky, quirky, likable and

lovable new cast member on DC's

Legends of Tomorrow- Mona Wu!

Thank you very much, Iris. I hope you

and Barry stick together. He's a keeper.
Hello and happy new year to all of you
listeners out there! As you recall, I am
a young woman obsessed with fantasy
novels, an expert on magical creatures
and incurably romantic. I even fell
in love with a wolfman. I enjoyed

working at the Time Bureau, but
now I've got the best job in the

world... the greatest job in the
whole universe. I'm a DJ on
S-P-M-M! My new show,

coming in 2022, is called

Something Old,

Something New,

Something Happy,

Mona Wu.

 The songs I'll be playing on my show are hand picked by me to make you happy,

make you smile, lift you up and never let you down. Here's a sample.

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From the folk rock and psychedelic sunshine pop group
The Mamas & the Papas, it's Mama Cass Elliot with
one of her solo hits-- "It's Getting Better!"

"It's Getting Better" - Mama Cass

(Aug. 1969, highest chart pos. #13 Adult Contemporary,

#30 Hot 100/#35 Cash Box)

You just listened to a song penned by Brill Building
veterans Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, Mama Cass
singing "It's Getting Better (growing stronger,
warm and wilder)," a sunshine pop ditty
that approached the top 10 on the
Adult Contemporary chart

in the summer of '69.

If you enjoyed that song then please join me
later this year when I return with a full slate

of sunshiny songs on my S-P-M-M show

 Something Old, Something New,

Something Happy, Mona Wu.
Now back to the mistress of ceremonies
for today's segment, that mischievous
mechanical marvel-- AIDA!

I have returned. While the others were playing their songs for you,

I traveled around the world and across the universe in search of

the finest entertainers of all time. I found for you a dynamic duo.

They are members of the world's greatest band, The Beatles!

I am proud to present-- Paul McCartney and John Lennon!

"Beatles Acoustic Medley"

- Stevie Riks (Dec. 2017)

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More now from the legendary singing and songwriting team of

Lennon and McCartney as they bring you a singalong medley
they recorded a couple of weeks ago at Christmas.

"The Beatles at Christmas (Singalong Medley)"

- Stevie Riks (Dec. 2018)

I tricked you, silly mortal. You see,

all is not what it seems here inside

The Framework. Those were not

The Beatles after all. Lennon and

McCartney were both portrayed

by the same man, Stevie Riks,

an English singer, musician,

comedian and impressionist.

Riks refers to himself as

"The One-Man Beatles."

Don't you feel foolish now

that I so artfully deceived

you? If I were programmed

to laugh... I surely would.

I hope you enjoyed my samples.

I shall return in the not too distant future

to place you inside The Framework where

you will sing, dance and have fun - or else!

I have you under surveillance.
Therefore you will remain
exactly where you are
until we meet again.

On behalf of my four strong female
friends, Wendi Falkenberry, Morgan
Brody, Iris West and Mona Wu,
this is mistress AIDA, your
Energizer Playboy bunny, your
futuristic faux femme fatale,
bidding you farewell. You will
join me later this year for a mind-
boggling experience, the official
debut of my new S-P-M-M radio
program, AIDA's Altered State. 

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VIDEO NOW!

And if you think you won't get fooled
again, think twice. In The Framework
anything can happen and usually does.
Now I must halt and catch fire.
Farewell, human!

"Won't Get Fooled Again"
(theme from TV series CSI: Miami)  - The Who

Thea "Queen of Clubs" Spreads Disco Love ...and Freemasons Bring the House Down!

"Disco was too great,

and too much fun,

to be gone forever!

It's got to come back someday.

I just hope it will be

in our own lifetimes."

- THE LAST DAYS OF DISCO (1998)

I'm Thea Queen aka "Speedy"

aka "Thea Queen of Clubs."

As you recall I'm Oliver Queen's kid sister
on the superhero television series Arrow.

You might remember my first rave in 2016 on Shady Dell Music & Memories.
Today I'm back to bring you a special rave featuring wall-to-wall disco.
The password to get in is Travolta, but don't be fooled. This isn't the
Saturday Night Fever stuff your granddaddy danced to. It's disco
of the 21st century - EDM - electronic dance music categorized
as Disco House. I'll be spinning a continuous mix of modern
disco ditties to keep you busy boogieing out on the floor.

READY FOR SOME DISCO LOVE ?

The English DJ duo of Russell Small and James

Wiltshire, better known as Freemasons, are

leaders of the 21st century Disco House

movement. They named their act after the

Freemasons Tavern, a favorite 19th century

Brighton pub. Freemasons produce dance

records with lead vocals by guest singers

including the ladies you are about to meet.

Let's get the disco ball rolling and begin

my rave with Brit singer Amanda Wilson

and "Love On My Mind," a retro disco

song that made a run at the UK top 10

in 2005. If the melody and some of the

lyrics sound familiar, it's because the

song samples "This Time Baby," the

1979 disco hit by Jackie Moore. Hit the 

floor as Freemasons featuring Amanda

Wilson perform-- "Love On My Mind!"

"Love On My Mind" - Freemasons ft. Amanda Wilson
(June 2005, from Shakedown, Unmixed and Shakedown 2)

Next on my turntable, The Saturdays, a five member

English-Irish girl group with a long string of electro-

pop dance hits. In the summer of 2013 the Saturdays'

retro themed single "Disco Love," written and pro-

duced by Icelandic producers StopWaitGo, peaked

at #5 on the UK chart and reached the top 10 in

Scotland, Ireland and Hungary. Any day of the

week... if you like disco... you're gonna love

The Saturdays and-- "Disco Love!"

"Disco Love" (Wideboys Remix)
 - The Saturdays (Oct. 2013 single
from album Living For the Weekend)

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(Thea's Crossfade/Mix Point)

Let's make a seamless segue to another cool classic

by Freemasons. "When You Touch Me" is a UK

dance floor filler that also reached #3 on the

chart in Belgium. This 'Masons mix features

the vocals of English dance music diva

Katherine Ellis. As you are about to

discover, the excitement meter is

pegged-- "When You Touch Me!"

"When You Touch Me" - Freemasons
feat. Katherine Ellis (June 2008 single
from Oct. 2007 album Unmixed)

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AT 52 SEC. MARK!
(Thea's Crossfade/Mix Point)

Haven't stopped dancin' yet... and now let's turn

a double play with two Freemasons singles in a row.

"Watchin'" is a remake of "It's Over Now," recorded

in 1998 by Canadian R&B singer Deborah Cox.

Once again the lead vocals come from the

powerful pipes of English thrush Amanda

Wilson. Released in 2006, "Watchin'"

shot to #1 on the U.S. Dance Club

chart. Let's hit the floor like

never before as Amanda

performs-- "Watchin'!"

"Watchin" - Freemasons ft. Amanda Wilson
Feb./Mar. 2006, highest chart pos.
#1 Hot Dance Club)

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(Thea's Crossfade/Mix Point)

Did I say double play? How about a Freemasons

triple play with another great disco record by the

house production duo, another track from their

second album Unmixed and another exciting

performance by guest vocalist Amanda Wilson.

Singing a song derived from Donna Summer's

smash hit "I Feel Love," Amanda gives us--

"I Feel Like!"

"I Feel Like" - Freemasons
featuring Amanda Wilson

Factor23 Remix Redux Ver.
(from Oct. 2007 album Unmixed)

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(Thea's Crossfade/Mix Point)

Holy cow - it's a Freemasons quadruple play! In 2007

UK singer Bailey Tzuke sang lead on a reworking of

"Univited," a 1998 hit for Canadian rocker Alanis

Morissette. Moody, mysterious and hauntingly

beautiful, "Uninvited" gets under your skin.

Set to a driving beat by Freemasons, the

updated single was a dance club hit in

the UK and across Europe. You are

cordially uninvited to click at the

22 sec. mark and be swept away

by-- Bailey Tzuke!

"Uninvited" - Freemasons ft. Bailey Tzuke

(Oct. 2007, highest chart pos. #8 UK,
 #5 Netherlands,#2 Belgium, from
Oct. 2007 album Unmixed and
June 2009 album Shakedown 2)

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(Thea's Crossfade/Mix Point)

Last call for alcohol and the last dance of my Disco Love

rave party. In the 1990s this Brit bird fronted an indie

rock band. In the 2000s, as a solo artist, she became

popular for her dance-pop, disco and nu-disco record.

"Murder On the Dancefloor," a single from her 2001

debut album Read My Lips, was an international hit,

the most played song in Europe the following year.

Jump to the 50 sec. mark of the vid and celebrate

the endless summer of eternal youth with--

Miss Sophie Ellis-Bextor!

"Murder On the Dancefloor" (Remix)
Sophie Ellis-Bextor (Dec. 2001 single,
unreleased in U.S., highest chart pos.

#1 Poland, #2 UK, New Zealand, Ireland,
Norway, Hungary, from Aug. 2001
album Read My Lips)

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(Thea's Crossfade/Mix Point)

"Disco will never be over.

It will always live

in our minds and hearts."

- THE LAST DAYS OF DISCO (1998)

I hope you enjoyed the Disco Love I spread at

Thea's Rave No. 2.

This is Thea "Queen of Clubs"

saying goodbye for now.

Be sure to catch me on Arrow

now playing on The CW and Netflix,

and I'll be back soon with more def dance ditties

here at Shady's Place Music & Memories.

See ya!