Tonight's show celebrates Fan Expo (Toronto Aug.23-26)with themed sets on superheroes and related subjects and a John Prine profile.
First set involves superheroes Batman and Superman and a real hero,a man who took a stand and gambled his career in order to do the right thing. |
Batman Poem The Liverpool Scene - Amazing Adventures of the Liverpool Scene(1968) |
Batman Theme Tee Vee Tunes - Television's greatest Hits(1985) |
Biff,Bang,Pow! The Creation - How Does It Feel To Feel(1967) |
Superman Theme Tee Vee Tunes - Television's Greatest Hits(1985) |
Ain't No Such Thing As Superman Gil Scott Heron - The Best of Gil Scott Heron(1984) |
Black Superman-'Muhammad Ali' Johnny Wakelin & The Kinshasa Band - Super Hits of the 70's(1990) |
Muhammad Ali-America the Beautiful George Carlin - Class Clown(1972) |
The next 55 minutes will feature the music and career of John Prine up to 1980. |
Pretty Good John Prine - John Prine(1971) |
Grandpa Was a Carpenter John Prine - Sweet Revenge(1973) |
Sam Stone John Prine - John Prine (1971) |
Nine Pound Hammer John Prine - Sweet Revenge(1973) |
Angel From Montgomery John Prine - John Prine(1971) |
Onomatopoeia John Prine - Sweet Revenge(1973) |
You Never Can Tell John Prine - Common Sense(1975) |
Iron Ore Betty John Prine - Bruised Orange(1977) |
The Hobo Song John Prine - Bruised Orange(1977) |
Middle Man John Prine - Common Sense(1975) |
Baby Let's Play House John Prine - Pink Cadillac(1979) |
Baby Ruth John Prine - Storm Windows(1980) |
Ubangi Stomp John Prine - Pink Cadillac(1979) |
Living In The Future John Prine - Storm Windows(1980) |
Next set involves the upside and downside of being a hero. |
Hero and Heroine The Strawbs - Hero and Heroine(1974) |
True Life Hero Klaatu - 3:47 EST(1976) |
Our Heroes Robert Klein - Mind Over Matter(1974) |
Working Class Hero John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band(1970) |
No More Heroes The Stranglers - No More Heroes(1978) |
Last set informs us of different super-beings and an interesting take on an old chestnut by the king of science fiction conventions-"The Shat". |
Superlungs(My Supergirl) Terry Reid - Move Over For Terry Reid(1969) |
Bionic Man The Fabulous Poodles - Think Pink(1979) |
Super Stupid Funkadelic - The Best of The Early Years Volume One(1977) |
Star Trek Theme Tee Vee Tunes - Television's Greatest Hits(1985) |
It Was A Very Good Year William Shatner - Golden Throats 2(1991) |
Thanks for listening and hope you enjoyed the show. |