2009-02-08

Live-logging…Rory’s on vacation and a little mixed up about Yoko’s birthday. It’s a four-hour trip on the Rory Railroad featuring two Sammys, two T.J.s, two Golden & Marlowes (well, Goldens anyway), two Marshes, two Lennons, two Robins and two glorious Jim Staffords.

Deedle deedle deedle.

Preshow: Yoko preprebirthday-fest
Opening Theme
The Warrior – Patti Smyth and Scandal
Dumb Head – Ginny Arnell (for Dante)
Love Is All Around (Mary Tyler Moore Theme) – Sammy Davis Jr. (for Teddy)
Whodaid: Tom Brumley (buckaroo)
Anywhere U.S.A. – Buckaroos (Don Rich vocal)
Kansas plays 35th anniversay concert at White Concert Hall…Rory has a great time at the after party.
The Kansas City Song – Buck Owens
Maxwell’s Silver Hammer – The Bells
Serenade To A Wildcat – Eddie Delange & his Orchestra
Stumblin’ In – Suzy Quatro & Chris Norman
The Train – Burt Lancaster
All’s Quiet On West 23rd – The Jet Stream
The Bed – Tom Jones
TNT Jackson ad
Super Freak Pt. 1 – Rick James (bitch)
A Love Sick Darky – Golden & Marlowe
Nobody Told Me – John Lennon
Shapin’ Things Up – The T-Bones
It’s No Sin – Donald Marsh
Sister, Oh Sister – Yoko
Walk Like A Man – Grand Funk Railroad
I Never Dreamed You’d Leave In Summer (the horror…scratch abort) – Joan Baez
Let’s Go Bowling Today
Chico And The Man – Sammy Davis Jr.
Human Fly – The Crammps
Godzilla – Jimmy Castor Bunch
Roxanne – The Police
All Shook Up – (Rory doesn’t know who this is)
Wedding Bell Blues – Laura Nyro (for MP from Teddy)
Posession – Robin Gibb
Got Down – Jim Stafford
Everybody Be Dancin’ – Starbuck
Don’t Bring Me Down – Electric Light Orchestra
The Sheik Of Chicago – The Four Lads
10-Day Vacation/Beanie Weenie Warning
I’m Forgettable – Brak
Took The Last Train – David Gates
Whodaid: Blossom Dearie
Blossom’s Blues – Blossom Dearie
Busy Line – Rose Murphy
The Servant Girl – Golden Hughes
Rose Darling – Steely Dan
Whodaid: Dewey Martin (Buffalo Springfield drummer)
Special Care – Buffalo Springfield
They Don’t Know – Tracey Ullman
Boys Do Fall In Love – Robin Gibb (eight-minute PB&J break)
What Have I Done To Deserve This – Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
Hikky Burr – Quincy Jones with Bill Cosby
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman – Sammy Davis Jr.
Free To Carry On – The Sandpipers
I Love The College Girls – Fred Waring & his Pennsylvanians
Green, Green PSA – New Christy Minstrels
No Me Moleste Mosquito – The Doors
I Gotta Know – Rocky Teoh
Respect – Rory Borealus & the Filets of Soul
The Dis-advantages Of You – The Brass Ring
Just A Closer Walk With Thee – The Marsh Brothers
The White-Coated Men – Linda McCartney
Reelin’ – Garland Jeffrreys with Phoebe Snow
Christine – Morris Albert
Wave The Flag And Stop The Train – The Move
Coffee Time – Kay Kyser featuring Mike Douglas & Lucy Ann Polk
Rory threatens to break the six-hour record next week
Bad Boy – Jive Bombers
Too Late For Goodbyes – Julian Lennon
Tight A$ – John Lennon
New York Groove – Ace Frehley
Rory takes real good care of MP
Sky Pilot (havin’ fits version…massive FAIL) – Eric Burdon
In Style And Rhythm – Tom Jones
Merle sticks it to MP
Your Bulldog Drinks Champagne – Jim Stafford
Bufffalo (false start) – Winchester ’76 (not the New Vaudeville Band…and yeah, it’s a lot like ‘Popsicles’)
Less Of Me – Glen Campbell & Bobby Gentry
Whatya Say, Let’s Get Together- Billy Jones & Ernest Hare (keep it gay)
Who Does He Think He Is? – Dave Clark Five
I’ve Had It – The Bell Notes
Passings: Phillip Carey (One Life To Live), James Whitmore (the next voice he hears…)
If You Remember Me – Chris Thompson
Written Consent – Rory Radio & Martin Bangman?
Closing Theme
New phone book threatened for Valentines Day thanks to Rory’s ‘stimulus package’