The Drive's "A to Z" November 9th-- Part 6

Into the final hours of this fine list of songs the Drive brings us semiannually.

WHITE RABBIT--  Jefferson Starship
WHITE ROOM--  Cream
WHITE WEDDING--  Billy Idol--  Played this many times at weddings.
WHITER SHADE OF PALE--  Procul Harum--  Three of the last four songs are essential hits from the 60s.
WHO ARE YOU--  Who--  For some reason always reminds me of a TV show.

WHO CAN IT BE NOW--  Men At Work
WHO DO YOU LOVE--  George Thorogood
WHO'LL STOP THE RAIN--  CCR
WHO'S CRYING NOW--  Journey  (And not in the RnR HoF!!)
WHOLE LOTTA LOVE--  Led Zeppelin--  Always reminds me of NIU's Tune Room at the University Center in 1969.

WHOLE LOTTA ROSIE--  AC/DC
WHY CAN'T THIS BE LOVE--  Van Halen
WHY CAN'T WE BE FRIENDS--  War
WILD HORSES--  Rolling Stones

WILD NIGHTS--  Van Morrison
WILD THING--  Troggs
WILD WILD LIFE--  Talking Heads
WILD WORLD--  Cat Stevens



HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW YOUR "WHAT" CLASSIC ROCK?  Answers below.  Name that performer.

1.  What a Fool Believes
2.  What About Love
3.  What I Like About You
4.  What Is and Never Should Be
5.  What Is Life
6.  What It Takes
7.  What You Need
8.  What You're Doing
9.  What's Your Name
10. Whatever Gets You Through the Night



1.  Doobie Brothers
2.  Heart
3.  Romantics
4.  Led Zeppelin
5.  George Harrison
6.  Aerosmith
7.  Inxs
8.  Beatles
9.  Lynyrd Skynyrd
10. John Lennon

Loved That Romantics Song.  --RoadDog


MAXINE WONDERS:  Why do croutons come in air-tight packages.  Aren't they just stale bread anyway?

The Drive's "A to Z": November 8th-- Part 5

Now to the letter "S."  They sure have been digging down deep tracks this go around.  I started listening just before 6 AM.

STAY WITH ME--  Rod Stweart
STEALIN'--  Uriah Heep
STEAM--  Peter Gabriel
STEAMROLLER--  James Taylor

STILL GOT THE BLUES--  Gary Moore
STILL THE ONE--  Orleans
STILL THE SAME--  Bob Seger
STILL THEY RIDE--  Journey
STILL YOU TURN ME ON--  ELP

STIR IT UP--  Johnny Nash
STONE FREE-  Jimi Hendrix
STOP DRAGGING MY HEART AROUND--  Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty
STOP THIS GAME--  Cheap Trick
THE STORY IN YOUR EYES--  Moody Blues

STRAIGHT ON--  Heart
STRANGE BREW--  Cream
STRANGE MAGIC--  ELO
STRANGE WAY--  Fire Fall
THE STRANGER--  Billy Joel

STRANGLEHOLD--  Ted Nugent
STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER--  Beatles
STRAY CAT STRUT--  Stray Cats
STREET FIGHTING MAN--  Rolling Stones
STREET OF DREAMS--

STREETS OF PHILADELPHIA--
STROKE--  Billy Squier
STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU-- STEALER'S WHEEL
STUCK INSIDE OF MOBILE WITH THE MEMPHIS BLUES AGAIN--  Bob Dylan



QUIZ TIME.  NAME THE PERFORMERS FOR THESE "SPACE" AND "SOMEBODY" SONGS.  Answers below.

1.  Space Cowboy
2.  Space Oddity
3.  Space Truckin'

4.  Somebody
5.  Somebody Get Me a Doctor
6.  Somebody to Love
7.  Somebody's Baby




1.  Steve Miller Band
2.  David Bowie
3.  Deep Purple

4.  Bryan Adams
5.  Van Halen
6.  Jefferson Airplane
7.  Queen
8.  Jackson Browne

Pretty Addicting Stuff.  --RoadDog

The Drive's "A to Z": November 7th-- Part 4

I started listening at 5:30 AM and with the end of the letter "P", through the short letter "Q" and now in the "Rs".

PSYCHO KILLER--  Talking Heads
PUMP IT UP--  Elvis Costello
PURE AND EASY--  Who
PURPLE HAZE--  Jimi Hendrix

QUADROPHENIA--  Who
QUEEN OF SPADES--  Styx
QUESTION--  Moody Blues
QUESTIONS 67 AND 68--  Chicago

RADAR LOVE--  Golden Earring
RADIO FREE EUROPE-- REM
RADIACTIVE--  Firm
RAG DOLL--  Aerosmith
RAIN--  Beatles

RAIN ON THE SCARECROW--  John Mellancamp
THE RAIN SONG--  Led Zeppelin
RAINY DAY WOMEN 12 & 35--  Bob Dylan
RAMBLE ON--  Led Zeppelin
RAMBLIN' GAMBLIN' MAN--  Bob Seger System

RAMBLIN' MAN--  Allman Brothers Band
READY FOR LOVE--  Bad Company
THE REAL ME--  Who
REASON TO BELIEVE--  Rod Stewart
REBEL GIRL--  Survivor

REBEL REBEL--  David Bowie
REBEL YELL--  Billy Idol
RED BARCHETTA--  Rush


WHO "ONLY" SANG IT.  Answers below.

1.  Only Love Can Break Your Heart
2.  Only the Good Die Young--
3.  Only the Strong Survive (Not Jerry Butler)
4.  Only Time Will Tell
5.  Only Women Bleed
6.  Only You Can Rock Me
7.  Only You Know and I Know



1.  Neil Young
2.  Billy Joel
3.  REO Speedwagon
4.  Asia
5.  Alice Cooper
6.  Who
7.  Dave Mason

Sing Me a Song.  --RoadDog


MAXINE WONDERS:  Why isn't the number 11 pronounced "onety-one?"

The Drive's "A to Z": Nov. 6, 2012-- Part 3

Tuned in after watching one of the funniest videos ever of Da Yoopers doing "Rusty Chevrolet."  I imagine it is also on You Tube, but thankfully, I didn't go to that site as I'd still be watching it.

Tuned into WDRV in Chicago at 7:05 AM

LUCKY MAN--  ELP--  One of my all-time favorites.  Love the Moog.
LUCKY ONES--  Loverboy
LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS--  Beatles
LUNATIC FRINGE--  Red Ryder
LYIN' EYES--  Eagles

MAD MAN ACROSS THE WATER--  Elton John
MAGGIE MAY--  Rod Stewart--  Always reminds me of the Sig Ep house at Univ. of Georgia in the fall of '71.
MAGIC--  Cars
MAGIC BUS--  Who
MAGIC CARPET RIDE--  Steppenwolf--  Always reminds me of Senior Lounge at Palatine High School '68-'69.  On the jukebox and played a lot.

MAGIC MAN--  Heart
MAGIC POWER--  Triumph
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR--  Beatles
MAGNETO AND TITANIUM MAN--  Paul McCartney
MAINLINE FLORIDA--  Eric Clapton


MAINSTREET--  Bob Seger
MAJOR TOM (COMING HOME)--  Peter Schilling
MAKE ME SMILE--  BS&T
MAMA I'M COMING HOME--  Ozzy Osbourne
MAMA KIN--  Aerosmith
MAMA TOLD ME NOT TO COME--  Three Dog Night


HOW "LONELY" ARE YOU?

See if you can guess who did them?  Answers below songs.

1.  Lonely Boy
2.  Lonely Is the Night
3.  Lonely nights
4.  Lonely Ol' Night
5.  Lonely People
6.  The Loner
7.  Lonesome Loser--  One of my favorites.





1.  Andrew Gold
2.  Billy Squier
3.  Bryan Adams
4.  John Mellancamp
5.  America
6.  Neil Young
7.  Little River Band

The Chicago Drive's "A to Z": Nov. 5th-- Part 2

Still chugging along to the letter "Z" after starting Friday.  Up to the letter"K" now.

"Just" songs

JUST A GIGOLO--  David Lee Roth
JUST A JOB TO DO--  Genesis
JUST A SONG BEFORE I GO--  CSN
JUST BETWEEN YOU AND ME--  April Wine
JUST GOT PAID--  ZZ Top

JUST LIKE A WOMAN--  Bob Dylan
JUST LIKE PARADISE--  David Lee Roth
JUST LIKE STARTING OVER--  John Lennon
JUST MY IMAGINATION--  Rolling Stones
JUST ONE VICTORY--  Todd Rundgren

JUST THE SAME WAY--  Journey
JUST THE WAY YOU ARE--  Billy Joel
JUST WHAT I NEEDED--  Cars
JUST YOU AND ME--  Chicago

Just Your Old RoadDog.  --RoadDog

The Drive's "A to Z"-- November 3, 2012-- Part 1

Listening to Chcago's WDRV, 97.1 and 96.9 FM as they do their semiannual "A to Z" trip through some 2000 mighty find classic rock songs.  They're always adding and dropping songs and I must admit, occasionally they are not ones I've ever heard.

They started yesterday with Genesis' "Abacab" and will play on for the next seven days.  Right now, they are in letter "C".  See my lists from yesterday on my RoadDog's RoadLog Blog.

You can listen and check out the massive lists at www.wdrv.com.

Since I've been up:

COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN--  Led Zeppelin
CONQUISTADOR--  Procol Harum
THE CONTINUING STORY OF BUNGALOW BILL--  Beatles
COOL THE ENGINES--  Boston
THE CORE--  Eric Clapton
COULDN'T GET IT RIGHT--  Climax Blues Band

COULDN'T STAND THE WEATHER--  Stevie Ray Vaughan
COUNTRY ROAD--  James Taylor
COVER ME--  Bruce Springsteen
COVER OF THE ROLLING STONE--  Dr. Hook
COWGIRL IN THE SAND--  Neil Young
CRAZY--  Aerosmith

CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE--  Queen
CRAZY ON YOU--  Heart
CRAZY TRAIN--  Ozzy Osbourne
CROCODILE ROCK-- Elton John
CROSS EYED MARY--  Jethro Tull
CROSSFIRE--  Stevie Ray Vaughan

CROSSROADS--  Cream
CROSSTOWN TRAFFIC--  Jimi Hendrix
CRUEL TO BE KIND--  Nick Lowe
CRUMBLIN' DOWN--  John Mellancamp
CRUSH OF LOVE--  Joe Satriani
CRYIN'--  Aerosmith
CRYSTAL--  Fleetwood Mac
CRYSTAL BALL--  Styx


And, in case you're wondering about the CAN'T songs, see if you can guess the groups who sand them.  Answers below.

1.  CAN'T BUY ME LOVE--
2.  CAN'T FIGHT THIS FEELING--
3.  CAN'T FIND MY WAY BACK HOME--
4.  CAN'T GET ENOUGH--
5.  CAN'T GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD--
6.  CAN'T STAND LOSING YOU--
7.  CAN'T YOU HEAR ME KNOCKIN'--
8.  CAN'T YOU SEE--
9.  CANT'CHA SAY--



1.  Beatles
2.  REO Speedwagon
3.  Blind Faith
4.  Bad Company
5.  ELO
6.  Police
7.  Rolling Stones
8.  Marshall Tucker Band
9.  Boston

Listenin' and Lovin' It.  --RoadDog