Episode 405 / Slippery When Wet

Seas the Day! It’s Monster Surfing Time! A few months have passed since our last all-surf music show, so for the first time in 2022, here’s “Slippery When Wet”, an assortment of more tunes of a wet & wild persuasion. We start off with Vancouver guitarist, Wailin’ Al Walker, who delves into the surfin’ vocabulary with his recent single, “Freedom Rock”.

As is our usual custom, we continue to present surf music old and new, from vintage tunes courtesy of the Lively Ones, the Astronauts and The Hondells, to modern interpretations from the Bambi Molesters, Los Straitjackets and Satan’s Pilgrims to name but a few.

Better Surf Than Sorry with the Captain Maniac Show!

1 Wailin’ Walker – Freedom Rock
2 Lively Ones – Walkin’ the Board
3 Dick Dale – Nitro
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4 Guess Who – Made In England
5 Galaxy Trio – Log Jam
6 Don And The Galaxies – Avalanche
7 Death Dealers – Kanpai Osaka
8 Kenny And The Fiends – House On Haunted Hill
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9 Martin Cilia – Return of the Surf Guitar
10 Atlantics – Thunder Down Under
11 Astronauts – Movin’
12 Halibuts – The Natives Are Restless
13 Avengers VI – The Avengers Stomp
14 Slacktone – Coffin Closer
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15 St. John’s Cardinals – The Rise
16 Wave Chargers – Attack Of The Mexican Foot
17 Surf Family – All Night Long
18 Los Surfer Compadres – Quarantine Surf
19 Hondells – Little Sidewalk Surfer Girl
20 City Surfers – Beach Ball
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21 Secret Agent – Man In The Middle
22 Los Straitjackets – Calhoun Surf (Live)
23 Bambi Molesters – Bikini Machines
24 Satan’s Pilgrims – The Dredger
25 Belair Bandits – Everybody’s Down at the Beach
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26 Messer Chups – Padre Pizzicato
27 Blackball Bandits – The Cursed Island
28 Black Flamingos – Devil’s Punch Bowl
29 El Ray – Better Surf Than Sorry
30 Los Straitjackets – New Siberia
31 Los Frenticos – Rosa Rosa
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32 Bradipos IV – Night Creeper
33 Retrofoguetes Fuzz Manchu
34 Laika & The Cosmonauts – Skater Dater
35 Los Tiki Phantoms – Kalifornia
36 Volcanos – Doheny Dawn
37 Concussions – Surf Texas
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38 Amphibian Man – Surfing The Law
39 Ben Rogers Instrumental Asylum – Wet Suit Dream
40 Susan and the Surftones – Spaghetti Beach
41 Man Or Astroman – Man Made Of CO2
42 Chairmen of the Boards – Board Whacks
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43 Mermen – The Goodbye
44 Mermen – Soul Surfin’EDIT
STAN FREBERG OUTRO

Episode 404 / The Who Covered

Maximum R&B on this week’s Captain Maniac Show! Although Episode 404 can be considered one of our popular “theme” shows, the premise this time out is cover songs of one particular band — namely, The Who. Multitudes of various artists have performed songs by The Who, from Rush to Taj Mahal, from The Ramones to Van Halen, from Bun E. Carlos to David Bowie — and even Ted Nugent and the Amboy Dukes. Also included in tonight’s program are selections from The Smithereens’ tribute to the Who album “Tommy”, as well as Green Day’s version of A Quick One While He’s Away. We have chosen not to repeat songs in this episode, which means that rather than have the Breeders’ version of “So Sad About Us”, we instead bring you the Jam playing their rendition of that particular song. Let’s go on an Amazing Journey!

1 Rush – The Seeker
2 Petra Haden – Heinz Baked Beans
3 Scorpions – I Can’t Explain
4 Sweet – My Generation
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5 The Jam – So Sad About Us
6 The Jam – Disguises
7 David Bowie – Anyway Anyhow Anywhere
8 David Bowie – Pictures Of Lily
9 The Smithereens – Go To The Mirror
10 The Smithereens – I’m Free
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11 Acme Rock Group – Odorono
12 Cordalene – I’m A Boy
13 The Stereophonics – Who Are You
14 Bethnal – Baba O’Reilly
15 The Ramones – Substitute
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15 The Amboy Dukes – It’s Not True
16 The Litter – A Legal Matter
17 The Birds – Run Run Run
18 The Fleur De Lys – Circles/Instant Party
19 Count Five – Out In The Street
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20 Van Halen – Won’t Get Fooled Again (Live)
21 Dipsomaniacs – Bargain
22 Wasp – The Real Me
23 Billy Fury – Long Live Rock
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24 Styx – I Can See For Miles
25 Chris Richards – Maryanne With the Shaky Hands
26 Matthew Sweet – The Kids Are Alright
27 Green Day – A Quick One While He’s Away
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28 Taj Mahal & Keb Mo – Squeeze Box
29 Spitballs – Boris The Spider
30 Bun E. Carlos – Armenia City In the Skies
31 The Smithereens – Amazing Journey
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32 Rush – Summertime Blues EDIT
STAN FREBERG OUTRO

Episode 403 / The Good The Bad and the Ugly

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly on the Captain Maniac Show! This week we present an accumulation of songs with either of the words good, bad or ugly in the title, so we start off suitably with Good Thing by Paul Revere & The Raiders. Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty later do a duet on You’re the Reason Our Kids Are Ugly, a song which definitely belongs in our upcoming “Get Off the Stove You’re Too Old To Ride the Range” show (comprised of mostly country songs with hilarious titles), but we included it in this episode because it had the word “ugly” as the subject matter.

One of the highlights of this week’s show is the original version of You’re No Good by Dee Dee Warwick (sister of Dionne Warwick), a song that was covered by both The Swinging Blue Jeans and Van Halen! I May Be Ugly But I Sure Know How to Cook…

1 Paul Revere & The Raiders – Good Thing
2 Bad Company – Good Lovin’ Gone Bad
3 Duke Robillard – I May Be Ugly But I Sure Know How to Cook
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4 Link Wray – Good Good Lovin’
5 AC/DC – Bad Boy Boogie
6 Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty – You’re the Reason Our Kids Are Ugly
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7 Betty White – It’s A Good Day
8 Elvis Presley – I Feel So Bad
9 Jerry Reed – Ugly Woman
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10 The Beach Boys – You’re So Good To Me
11 Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas – Bad To Me
12 The Nick Moss Band – Ugly Woman
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13 The Who – The Good’s Gone
14 Dee Dee Warwick – You’re No Good (the original version)
15 The Knack – Good Girls Don’t
16 Brook Benton & Dinah Washington – A Rockin’ Good Way
17 The Allman Brothers Band – Good Clean Fun
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18 The Beatles – Bad Boy
19 The Jive Bombers – Bad Boy
20 Cactus – Bad Stuff
21 George Thorogood – Born To Be Bad
22 Van Halen – Girl Gone Bad
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23 Jimmy Witherspoon – Real Ugly Woman
24 The Black Keys – Grown So Ugly
25 Age of Electric – Ugly
26 Jon Bon Jovi – Ugly
27 Weird Al Yankovic – Young Dumb & Ugly
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28 Joan Jett – Good Music
29 Nazareth – Bad Bad Boy (BBC live)
30 Flotsam and Jetsam – Ugly Noise
31 Joe Walsh – Life’s Been Good (Single Edit)
32 The Tremeloes – Even The Bad Times Are Good
33 The Violent Femmes – Ugly
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34 Brian Setzer – Good Rockin’ Daddy
35 The Treble Spankers – The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
STAN FREBERG OUTRO

Episode 402 / Live From The Moon

Several episodes ago, we presented in-person songs by our fave artists performing before a live real-time audience (“Rock & Roll At the Beeb” notwithstanding, our previous all-live show was Episode 290 / Larger Than Life). We therefore bring you a further chapter in our “Recorded Live” series, and as is our standard operating procedure, the emphasis is on noisy & tumultuous tunes of my youth. For those of us enduring these crazy COVID times, here’s a sample of what live music actually sounded like. Keep Yourself Alive!

1 Ramones – Blitzkrieg Bop (Live)
2 Thin Lizzy – The Rocker (Live and Dangerous)
3 Humble Pie – Four Day Creep (Live At Fillmore East 5/28/71 1st Show)
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4 Status Quo – Roll Over Lay Down (Live EP 1975)
5 Queen – Keep Yourself Alive (Live Killers LP)
6 Jerry Lee Lewis – High School Confidential (Live At The Star Club Hamburg Germany 1964)
7 Jerry Lee Lewis – Good Golly Miss Molly (Live At The Star Club Hamburg Germany 1964)
8 Beatles – Roll Over Beethoven (Hollywood Bowl 1964)
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9 Beach Boys – Surfin’ USA (Live)
10 Sparkling Apple – Choo Choo Mama (Tally Ho Nanaimo 1975)
11 April Wine – Roller (Live)
11 AC/DC – Sin City (Live in Dublin)
12 UFO – Natural Thing (Strangers in the Night LP)
13 ZZ Top – Nasty Dogs & Funky Kings (Live 1980)
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14 Angels – Fashion & Fame (Live in Australia)
15 Taste – Same Old Story (Live Taste LP, at Montreux Casino 1971)
16 Uriah Heep – Look At Yourself (live in Birmingham)
17 Black Sabbath – Killing Yourself To Live (Past Lives)
18 Iron Maiden – Aces High (Live After Death)
19 Rush – Red Barchetta (Exit Stage Left)
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20 Bob Dylan – All Along the Watchtower (Live)
21 Al Kooper & Mike Bloomfield – Mary Ann (Live Adventures)
22 Big Brother & the Holding Company – Combination Of The Two (“live” at the Fillmore)
23 Quicksilver Messenger Service – Mona/Maiden Of The Cancer Moon (LIVE at the Fillmore, SF)
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24 Cheap Trick – He’s A Whore (Live at the Whisky A Go Go, Hollywood, 1977)
25 Beck Bogert Appice – Goin’ Down (Live In Japan LP, 1973 in Osaka)
26 Ted Nugent – Yank Me Crank Me (Double Live Gonzo!)
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27 Shadows – Shazam (Live in South Africa)
STAN FREBERG OUTRO