Here’s the playlist for 12-2-2025, a show in which I discussed the release of the Commodore 64 Ultimate – and what it’s good for, in which I counted down the Top 25 songs of 2025, and in which I had Procol Harum as the featured artist:
Hour 1
- Led Zeppelin, “Trampled Under Foot (Live From Earl’s Court, 1975)” [Live EP (2025)]
- Flamin’ Groovies, “City Lights” [Teenage Head (1971)]
- Metallica, “Hit The Lights” [Kill ‘Em All (1983)]
- Cosmo Topper, “Hippy Christmas” [International Pop Overthrow Vol. 13 (2010)]
This Day in Music a.k.a. Number Six’s Unimpressive Time Machine
- McGuiness Flint, “When I’m Dead And Gone” [McGuiness Flint (1970)]
- David Johansen, Tracii Guns, Rudy Sarzo & Simon Wright, “Do Wah Diddy Diddy” [Harder & Heavier – ’60s British Invasion Goes Metal (2023)]
- David Bowie, “Rubber Band” [The Deram Anthology 1966-1968 (1966/2004)]
- Revolting Cocks, “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?” [Linger Ficken’ Good…(1993)]
- The Monkees, “Pleasant Valley Sunday” [Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones LTD (1967)]
- Bowling For Soup, “…Baby One More Time” [Goes To The Movies (2003)]
Hour 2
- Dave Edmunds Band, “Run Rudolph Run” [The Ultimate Christmas Album (1983/2008)]
Theme Time: Songs about San Diego
- Rockapella, “Where In The World Is Carmen SanDiego” [Primer (1996)]
- Blink-182, “San Diego” [California (2016)]
- Nanci Griffith, “San Diego Serenade” [Late Night Grande Hotel (1991)]
- Los Straitjackets, “San Diego Shutdown” [Supersonic Guitars In 3-D (2003)]
- Street Cleaner, “San Diego Nights” [Street Cleaner (2013)]
New Music Express
- The Saints, “Break Away” [Long March Through The Jazz Age (2025)]
- Jimi Tenor, “Some Kind Of Good Thing” [Selenites, Selenites! (2025)]
- The Jack Rubies, “Greedy” [Greedy single (2025)]
Hour 3
- The Brian Setzer Orchestra, “Jingle Bells” [Christmas Rocks: The Best Of Collection (2008)]
- Cheap Trick, “Father Christmas” [Christmas Christmas (2017)]
Phun With Phish
- Phish, “Tweezer (12-30-94 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY)” [Live Bait Vol. 13 (2017)]
Featured artist: Procol Harum (part six)
- Procol Harum, “The Truth Won’t Fade Away” [The Prodigal Stranger (1991)]
- Procol Harum, “Man With A Mission” [The Prodigal Stranger (1991)]
- Procol Harum, “(You Can’t) Turn Back The Page” [The Prodigal Stranger (1991)]
- Procol Harum, “Shadow Boxed” [The Well’s On Fire (2002)]
Hour 4
- The Darkness, “Christmas Time (Don’t Let The Bells End)” [CD single (2003)]
- Porky Pig(?!), “Blue Christmas” [98 Rock (1998)]
Top 10 Obscure Prog Rock LPs (part four)
- Comus, “Diana” [First Utterance (1971)]
- Comus, “Song To Comus” [First Utterance (1971)]
- Happy The Man, “Starborne” [Happy The Man (1977)]
- Happy The Man, “Knee Bitten Nymphs In Limbo” [Happy The Man (1977)]
Top 25 of 2025 (part one)
- Buckcherry, “Roar Like Thunder” [Roar Like Thunder (2025)] #25
- The Lumineers, “Same Old Song” [Automatic (2025)] #24
- Ron Sexsmith, “Damn Well Please” [Hangover Terrace (2025)] #23
- The Wombats, “Kate Moss” [Oh! The Ocean (2025)] #22
- Chris Church, “Sit Down” [Obsolete Path (2025)] #21
