# Let's construct an oldies playlist with songs that never show up on oldie stations **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 29, 2006, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-construct-an-oldies-playlist-with-songs-that-never-show-up-on-oldie-stations/370611 "2006-08-29T02:05:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2006, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-construct-an-oldies-playlist-with-songs-that-never-show-up-on-oldie-stations/370611/41 "2006-08-30T16:53:30Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] “Prelude” - Renaissance [/QUOTE] Ah. A fellow Renaissance fan. Let’s not omit “Ashes are Burning”, “Carpet of the Sun”, and “Ocean Gypsy”. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2006, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-construct-an-oldies-playlist-with-songs-that-never-show-up-on-oldie-stations/370611/42 "2006-08-30T17:18:04Z")
There should be a mandatory playing of “Live At Carnegie Hall” at least once a month on our oldies station. It being my conference period, I have “Day of the Dreamer” blaring on my stereo right now. The restrictions placed by the OP mean we can’t suggest Zappa in wholesale lots, but “Valley Girl” needs to be on the list. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2006, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-construct-an-oldies-playlist-with-songs-that-never-show-up-on-oldie-stations/370611/43 "2006-08-30T17:19:28Z")
XM channels 6 & 7 are a terrific resource for those very seldom played oldies. Some of my picks: “Darling be Home Soon”–The Lovin’ Spoonful “Dandelion”–The Rolling Stones “You Know My Name”–The Beatles “Hey Baby”–Ringo Starr “Jennifer Juniper”–Donovan “D.W. Washburn”–The Monkees “Suavecito”–Malo "Je T’aime (Moi Non Plus)–Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin “Love Can Make You Happy”–Mercy “This Song”–George Harrison ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2006, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-construct-an-oldies-playlist-with-songs-that-never-show-up-on-oldie-stations/370611/44 "2006-08-30T17:54:37Z")
Shapes of Things - The Yardbirds With a Girl Like You - The Troggs Pretty Flamingo - Manfred Mann Just One Smile - Dusty Springfield The Look of Love - Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2006, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-construct-an-oldies-playlist-with-songs-that-never-show-up-on-oldie-stations/370611/45 "2006-08-30T23:54:21Z")
“R-E-S-P-E-C-T” - Aretha Franklin “You Don’t Own Me” - Lesley Gore “Cook With Honey” - Judy Collins “Sweet Woman” - Cris Williamson “Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves” - Chèr (remember when she used to sing?) “Woodstock” - Joni Mitchell “Tomorrow Never Knows” - Beatles “21st Century Schizoid Man” - King Crimson “Guajira” - Santana “Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)” - Funkadelic “Voodoo Chile” - Jimi Hendrix “Rolling Stone” - Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show “Give Me Love (Give me Peace on Earth)” - George Harrison “Gimme Some Truth” - John Lennon “It’s All Right, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)” - Bob Dylan “The Fountain of Salmacis” - Genesis “Caravan” - Van Morrison “Give Ireland Back to the Irish” - Paul McCartney “Substitute” - The Who “Heart of the Sunrise” - Yes ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2006, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-construct-an-oldies-playlist-with-songs-that-never-show-up-on-oldie-stations/370611/46 "2006-08-30T23:57:08Z")
“Fingertips Part 2” - Stevie Wonder ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-construct-an-oldies-playlist-with-songs-that-never-show-up-on-oldie-stations/370611/47 "2006-08-31T00:29:33Z")
[QUOTE=fishbicycle] …Just about everything by Little Richard… [/QUOTE] I see your Penniman and raise you an Eskwer Reeder. Let’s talk about _FM turntable hits_ that haven’t gotten airplay in years. Wind - Circus Maximus The City - Mark-Almond Band Gilbert Street - Sweet Thursday Rapid Transit/Turn Me On - Rotary Connection Trouble Every Day - Zappa & The Mothers of Invention Conditional Discharge / Don’t Try to Lay No Boogie-Woogie on the King of Rock-n-Roll - Long John Baldry ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-construct-an-oldies-playlist-with-songs-that-never-show-up-on-oldie-stations/370611/48 "2006-08-31T02:11:13Z")
Call Me Lightning - The Who You Can’t Sit Down - The Dovells Knock On Wood - Eddie Floyd ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-construct-an-oldies-playlist-with-songs-that-never-show-up-on-oldie-stations/370611/49 "2006-08-31T02:18:00Z")
[QUOTE=Johanna"Give Ireland Back to the Irish" - Paul McCartney [/QUOTE] And pair it with National Lampoons version, off of _Radio Dinner_: _Give Ireland back to the Irish Give Lapland back to the Lapps Give China back to the Chinese And Yoko back to the Japs._ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilvert_s_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-construct-an-oldies-playlist-with-songs-that-never-show-up-on-oldie-stations/370611/50 "2006-08-31T02:48:49Z")
“Reflections of My Life” - The Marmalade “Wind Him Up” - Saga “Voices” - Russ Ballard ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-construct-an-oldies-playlist-with-songs-that-never-show-up-on-oldie-stations/370611/51 "2006-08-31T04:02:04Z")
**Sweet Lorraine** - Country Joe and the Fish **When Morning Comes To Morgantown** – Joni Mitchell **Night In the City** – Joni Mitchell ---
**Author:** ![Caridwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c89c15/32.png) [@Caridwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caridwen)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-construct-an-oldies-playlist-with-songs-that-never-show-up-on-oldie-stations/370611/52 "2006-08-31T04:45:39Z")
> [@](#): > > White Bird – It’s A Beautiful Day (alt) Wow! Blast from the past!! I haven’t heard that song mentioned in ages. ---
**Author:** ![Caridwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c89c15/32.png) [@Caridwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caridwen)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-construct-an-oldies-playlist-with-songs-that-never-show-up-on-oldie-stations/370611/53 "2006-08-31T05:05:44Z")
**Slow Ride** by Foghat **I Want You to Want Me** by Cheap Trick **You Sexy Thing** by Hot Chocolate \*\* Superfly \*\* by Curtis Mayfield **You Really Got Me** by Kinks **Born to be Alive** by Patrick Hernandez ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-construct-an-oldies-playlist-with-songs-that-never-show-up-on-oldie-stations/370611/54 "2006-08-31T10:16:27Z")
[QUOTE=Evil Captor] **Sweet Lorraine** - Country Joe and the Fish **When Morning Comes To Morgantown** – Joni Mitchell **Night In the City** – Joni Mitchell [/QUOTE] make that [Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine](http://www.martylloyd.com/artist_c/country_joe_and_the_fish_lyrics/not_so_sweet_martha_lorraine_lyrics.html)😃 (I made the same mistake when I tried to buy it in iTunes) Add to the list Season of the Witch by Donovan The Crystal Ship, and Spanish Caravan by the Doors Heart of Stone and As Tears go By by the Rolling Stones. Gloria by Van Morrison ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-construct-an-oldies-playlist-with-songs-that-never-show-up-on-oldie-stations/370611/55 "2006-08-31T14:36:05Z")
[QUOTE=Caridwen] Wow! Blast from the past!! I haven’t heard that song mentioned in ages. [/QUOTE] Well, that’s kinda the idea. Glad you liked it! ---
**Author:** ![Caridwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c89c15/32.png) [@Caridwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caridwen)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-construct-an-oldies-playlist-with-songs-that-never-show-up-on-oldie-stations/370611/56 "2006-08-31T16:57:31Z")
OMG, I loved It’s a Beautiful Day. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-construct-an-oldies-playlist-with-songs-that-never-show-up-on-oldie-stations/370611/57 "2006-08-31T17:09:41Z")
Somebody upthread was mentioning instrumentals…I’ve got the following on my playlist: Cast Your Fate to the Wind - Vince Guaraldi The In Crowd - Ramsey Lewis Zorba the Greek - Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Rise - Herb Alpert Slave - Rolling Stones (almost an instrumental) And I was stunned to see a Paul Revere fan, although Indian Reservation makes me gag. I vote for: (Him or Me) What’s it Gonna Be - Paul Revere & the Raiders ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-construct-an-oldies-playlist-with-songs-that-never-show-up-on-oldie-stations/370611/58 "2006-08-31T17:10:01Z")
I have to throw in a hearty HiDeHo to: Ariel by [Dean Friedman](http://www.deanfriedman.com). Rock Me Gently by Andy Kim and add: Beach Baby by First Class Just about any hit from Blood Sweat and Tears (Hi De Ho, Spinning Wheel, God Bless The Child, etc.) 20th Century Boy by T-Rex Out In The Country by Three Dog Night ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-construct-an-oldies-playlist-with-songs-that-never-show-up-on-oldie-stations/370611/59 "2006-08-31T17:10:38Z")
_Skateaway_ - Dire Straits _Angel of Mercy_ - ditto _The Girl With Far Away Eyes_ - The Rolling Stones _Apeman_ and _Come Dancing_ - The Kinks _Lazy_ - Deep Purple _Uncle John’s Band_ - The Grateful Dead _Lawyers in Love_ - Jackson Browne _Ghost Riders in The Sky_ - The Outlaws _Slit Skirts_ - Pete Townsend _Ol’ 55_ - The Eagles _Hit Somebody_ and _Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner_ - Warren Zevon _Stealin’_ - Uriah Heep ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-construct-an-oldies-playlist-with-songs-that-never-show-up-on-oldie-stations/370611/60 "2006-08-31T17:11:12Z")
Wouldn’t you know, I’d forget my favorite instrumental: Time is Tight by Booker T and the MGs [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-construct-an-oldies-playlist-with-songs-that-never-show-up-on-oldie-stations/370611.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-construct-an-oldies-playlist-with-songs-that-never-show-up-on-oldie-stations/370611.md?page=4)