Track Listing, 9/6/11

Thanks for all your emails and texts as I celebrated my 50th show on Lionheart. Hear's how I celebrated:

1. 'Happy Hour' by Palladium (The Way It's Not, 2007)
2. 'Driving In My Car' by Madness (Single, 1982 - available on The Business, 1993)
3. 'Greyhound Girl (Live)' by The Who (Live At Lyon, 2006 - available on Endless Wire (2-Disc Edition), 2006)
4. 'Bring Back The Spark' by Be Bop Deluxe (Modern Music, 1976)
5. 'You Got Me Rocking' by The Rolling Stones (Voodoo Lounge, 1994)
6. 'My Rival' by Steely Dan (Gaucho, 1980)
7. 'Waltzin' Black' by The Stranglers (The Gospel According To The Meninblack, 1981)
8. 'Sense of Doubt' by David Bowie ("Heroes", 1977)
9. 'Stay (Faraway, So Close!)' by U2 (Zooropa, 1993)
10. 'Synchronicity II' by The Police (Synchronicity, 1983)
11. 'Roll It On Up' by The Deadly Pineapples (Bad News For The Optimists, 2011)
12. 'Dancing In The Devil's Shoes' by Guillemots (Walk The River, 2011)
13. 'Happiness' by The Blue Nile (Peace At Last, 1996)
14. 'The Grand Parade Of Lifeless Packaging' by Genesis (The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway, 1974)
15. 'Mountain Song' by Joe Satriani (Strange Beautiful Music, 2002)
16. 'The Boy With The Gun' by David Sylvian (Secrets Of The Beehive, 1987)
17. 'Stream Running Over' by The Apples In Stereo (The Discovery Of A World Inside The Moone, 2000)
18. 'Titles' by Vangelis (Chariots Of Fire OST, 1981)
19. 'Alright' by Electric Light Orchestra (Zoom, 2001)
20. 'Autumnsong' by Manic Street Preachers (Send Away The Tigers, 2007)
21. 'Rococo' by Arcade Fire (The Suburbs, 2010)
22. 'White Clouds' by Tangerine Dream (Green Desert, 1986)

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SEE IT, RENT IT, SKIP IT:
- See It: Point Blank (dir. Fred Cavaye, starring Gilles Lellouche, Gerard Lanvin)
- Rent It: The Orphanage (dir. Juan Antonio Bayona, starring Belen Rueda, Fernando Cayo)
- Skip It: Kaboom (dir. Gregg Araki, starring Thomas Dekker, Chris Zylka)

SOUNDTRACK STORIES
Chariots of Fire - how Vangelis' iconic theme was a last-minute addition, composed just before the film was cut in 1981

THE NEVER-ENDING PLAYLIST:
1. 'Extreme Ways' by Moby
2. 'The Youth' by MGMT
3. 'Nothing Man' by Bruce Springsteen
4. 'No More Heroes' by The Stranglers
5. 'Ashes To Ashes' by David Bowie
6. 'Tea In The Sahara' by The Police
7. 'Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)' by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
8. 'Gone' by U2 (Pop, 1997)
9. 'Mary' by Scissor Sisters (Scissor Sisters, 2004)
10. 'The Fez' by Steely Dan (The Royal Scam, 1976)
11. 'Seven A.M.' by The Blue Nile (Hats, 1989)
12. 'Take Me To The River' by Talking Heads (More Songs Around Buildings And Food, 1978)
13. 'You Haven't Told Me Anything' by Keane (Perfect Symmetry, 2008)
14. 'I Am In Love With You' by Imogen Heap (Speak For Yourself, 2005)
15. 'Don't Speak' by No Doubt (Tragic Kingdom, 1995)
16. 'Sense Of Doubt' by David Bowie ("Heroes", 1977)
17. 'Stay (Faraway, So Close!)' by U2 (Zooropa, 1993)

Connection: Berlin. David Bowie's album was recorded in Berlin as part of his Berlin Trilogy, and U2's song is from the soundtrack to Faraway, So Close!, a film by Wim Wenders filmed and set in Berlin. No correct guesses :)

See you next week :)

Daniel