Like a bat out of hell . . . Meat Loaf

In memory of Meat Loaf. I managed to see him live once, when he was 64. It was a great show.

This song is never played in my car below a VERY LOUD volume:

In memory of Mike Nesmith - The Monkees, "You Just May Be the One"

Here is a lovely song written and sung by Mike Nesmith, with The Monkees. This is from the later period where he'd exercised a lot more control over the band's material.




Here it is on the TV show, if you prefer:



Enjoy. Thanks for the music, Nez.

Wet Leg - Live - Tiny Desk Concert

Here is Wet Leg doing an NPR Tiny Desk Concert:

The Ramones - I Don't Wanna Grow Up

The Ramones covering Tom Waits.

And here is the original:

Shonen Knife - Pop Tune

Shonen Knife = happiness, so enjoy some happiness.

Wet Leg - Chaise Longue

Thanks to WFMU for playing this and Ed for sending it to me independently. Great stuff.

"Would you like us to assign someone to worry your mother?"

Rancid - If the Kids are United (Sham 69 cover)

Thanks to Dylan for reminding me about this cover by Rancid:



I'd forgotten about this, because someone had borrowed all of my Give 'Em The Boot CDs a long time back and never gave them back. So I need to track them down again.

And of course, because Matt Freeman, they kicked up the bass line a lot on this one.