This Week’s Theme: Better Late Than Never

As I mentioned last week, the next few Faux Shows are going to have a lot less content due to constraints on my time. The themes of the shows are going to be less complex for a while and require a lot less research. The shows are also going to be bi-weekly for a while, so the next show will drop on May 22. This week’s show is a collection of songs by artists who have not yet appeared on a Faux Show. This week seems like a good time to present a theme like this as it marks song number 2,000 to be included in a show. That’s right, 2,000 songs and counting. Since there is no overall theme this week, the songs are simply arranged as some mini-themes. No birthdays, no In Memoriam, no Artist of the Week – just a bunch of songs I’ve been saving for a while to use in a show. In some ways, the next few shows are all about the music, and that is really the reason I make these shows.

’90s Hits

Marcy Playground “Sex and Candy,” Semisonic “Closing Time,” and Tonic “If You Could Only See”

New Wave

Ian Dury & the Blockheads “Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick,” Madness “House of Fun,” and XTC “Senses Working Overtime”

Let’s Dance

Shannon “Give Me Tonight,” Martin Solveig “Hello,” and Sofi Tukker “Purple Hat”

The Get Down

The Fatback Band “King Tim III (Personality Jock),” Funky 4+1 “That’s The Joint,” Paulette and Tonya Winley “Rhymin’ and Rappin'”

Around The World

The Clean (New Zealand) “Anything Could Happen,” Dry Bread (The Bahamas) “Words To My Song,” Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens (South Africa) “Gazette (Kazet),” and Yat-Kha (Tuva) “Karangailyg Kara Hovaa (Dyngyldai)”

Unsung Heroes of Rock and Roll

Roy Brown “Mighty Mighty Man,” Hawkshaw Hawkins “Doghouse Boogie,” and Chuck Willis “Let’s Jump Tonight”

Born to Sing Soul

Anita Baker “Giving You The Best That I’ve Got,” Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes featuring Teddy Pendergrass “If You Don’t Know Me By Now,” Smokey Robinson & The Miracles “Tracks Of My Tears”

I Write The Songs (Female Edition)

Bobbie Gentry “Lookin’ In,” Ellie Greenwich “The Sunshine After The Rain,” and Judee Sill “Jesus Was A Crossmaker”

Alternative Times

Lloyd Cole & The Commotions “Perfect Skin,” Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians “Balloon Man,” and That Petrol Emotion “Big Decision”

Classic Rock Radio

Bachman-Turner Overdrive “You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet,” REO Speedwagon “Time For Me To Fly,” and Thin Lizzy “The Boys Are Back In Town”

Thanks for listening (and reading)!

Track	Artist	Song Title
1	Tonic	If You Could Only See
2	Semisonic	Closing Time
3	Marcy Playground	Sex and Candy
4	XTC	Senses Working Overtime
5	Madness	House of Fun
6	Ian Dury & The Blockheads	Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
7	Sofi Tukker	Purple Hat
8	Martin Solveig	Hello
9	Shannon	Give Me Tonight
10	Fatback Band	King Tim III (Personality Jock)
11	Paulette & Tanya Winley	Rhymin’ & Rappin’
12	Funky 4+1	That’s The Joint
13	Dry Bread	Words To My Song
14	Yat-Kha	Karangailyg Kara Hovaa (Dyngyldai)
15	Mahlathini & The Mahotella Queens	Gazette (Kazet)
16	The Clean	Anything Could Happen
17	Hawkshaw Hawkins	Doghouse Boogie
18	Roy Brown	Mighty Mighty Man
19	Chuck Willis	Let’s Jump Tonight
20	Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes featuring Teddy Pendergrass	If You Don’t Know Me By Now
21	Anita Baker	Giving You The Best That I Got
22	Smokey Robinson & The Miracles	The Tracks Of My Tears
23	Bobbie Gentry	Lookin’ In
24	Ellie Greenwich	The Sunshine After The Rain
25	Judee Sill	Jesus Was A Crossmaker
26	Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians	Balloon Man
27	Lloyd Cole & The Commotions	Perfect Skin
28	That Petrol Emotion	Big Decision
29	Bachman-Turner Overdrive	You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet
30	Thin Lizzy	Boys Are Back In Town
31	REO Speedwagon	Time For Me To Fly

• Uncategorized