Here’s the playlist for 5-5-2026, a show in which I talked about the Suez Crisis, played 2 new songs by The Rolling Stones, and counted down the worst rock songs of all time:
Hour 1
- The Darkness, “I Believe in a Thing Called Love (Live at the Birmingham NEC, February 19, 2006)” [One Way Ticket to Hell …And Back (20th Anniversary Edition) (2005/2025)]
- Radiohead, “Prove Yourself” [Drill EP (1992)]
- The Jesus And Mary Chain, “Some Candy Talking (John Peel Session 29Th October 1985)” [Some Candy Talkin EP (1986)]
- Peter Gabriel, “Sledgehammer” [So (1986)]
- Power Station, “White Light White Heat (Live At The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, 21/8/85)” [Power Station 40th Anniversary Edition (1986/2026)]
This Day In Music
- Black Sabbath, “Paranoid” [Paranoid (1970)]
- The Specials, “Little Bitch” [The Specials (1979)]
- Family, “In My Own Time” [As & Bs (1971/1992)]
- Joboxers, “Just Got Lucky” [Essential Boxerbeat (1983/2000)]
- Television, “See No Evil” [Marquee Moon (1977)]
- Rainbow, “If You Don’t Like Rock ‘N’ Roll” [Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow (1975)]
- Wilco, “Waterloo Sunset” [Roadcase 018 (2013)]
Hour 2
- The Rolling Stones, “In The Stars” [Foreign Tongues (2026)]
Theme Time: Songs About Toronto
- Stompin’ Tom Connors, “To It And At It” [A Proud Canadian (2009)]
- Stompin’ Tom Connors, “T.T.C. Skidaddler” [Bud The Spud (1998)]
- Martha And The Muffins, “Echo Beach” [Single A-Side (1980)]
- Barenaked Ladies, “This Old Apartment” [Born On A Pirate Ship (1996)]
- Gordon Lightfoot, “On Yonge Street” [A Painter Passing Through (1998)]
- Rush, “XYZ” [Moving Pictures (1981)]
New Music Express
- Tori Amos, “Shush” [In Times Of Dragons (Embers Edition) (2026)]
- American Football, “Blood On My Blood (With Caithlin De Marrais)” [American Football (LP4) (2026)]
- Metric, “Victim of Luck” [Romanticize The Dive (2026)]
- The Greenberry Woods, “The One That Makes You Happy” [It’s All Good, Sugar (2026)]
Hour 3
- The Rolling Stones, “Rough And Twisted” [Foreign Tongues (2026)]
Phun With Phish
- Phish, “Gumbo (1998-08-03 Deer Creek Music Center – Noblesville, In)” [Live Bait Vol. 07 – 2012 Leg 1 Past Summer Compilation (2012)]
- Phish, “Purple Rain (Live)” [Chicago ’94 (1994-11-25 Set II) (1994)]
Featured artist: Chris Richards And The Subtractions
- Chris Richards And The Subtractions, “I Can’t Quit Her” [Sad Sounds Of The Summer (2009)]
- Chris Richards And The Subtractions, “Sunny Day” [Sad Sounds Of The Summer (2009)]
- Chris Richards And The Subtractions, “You Like Me Too Much (The Beatles)” [That Covers That Vol. 1 (2009)]
- Chris Richards And The Subtractions, “Maryann With The Shaky Hands (The Who)” [That Covers That Vol. 1 (2009)]
- Chris Richards And The Subtractions, “Thirteen (Big Star)” [That Covers That Vol. 1 (2009)]
Hour 4: Ten Worst Rock Songs Of All Time (part one)
- Rick Dees, “Disco Duck (Pt. 1)” [Disco Duck (1976)]
- Rod Stewart, “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?” [Blondes Have More Fun (1978)] #10
- Pat Benetar, “Love Is A Battlefield” [Best Shots (1983/1989)] #9
- Red Hot Chili Peppers, “Under The Bridge” [Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991)] #8
- Paul McCartney, “Ebony And Ivory” [The 7″ Singles (1982/2022)]
- John Lennon, “Imagine” [Imagine (1970)]
- Marillion, “No One Can” [Holidays In Eden (1991)] #7
- Emerson Lake And Palmer, “Taste Of My Love” [Love Beach (1978)] #6
- Three Dog Night, “Joy To The World” [Joy To The World: Their Greatest Hits (1971/1975)]
- The New Seekers, “I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing” [You Raise Me Up (1971/2020)]
- Huey Lewis And The News, “Hip To Be Square” [Fore! (1986)]
And here’s the show:
