Miche's Indie 103 Top 103 (Week of March 3-10, 2006)
4711 Mich und Dich/"This is a jetsetter music letter from me to you"
1. CHEAP TRICK Oh, Caroline/"Come play my game. I’ll test ya."
2. RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS Suck My Kiss/HOODOO GURUS Bittersweet
3. "What have I seen? Only your smile, While thinking of me and you."
4. U2 Discotheque/MUSE Hysteria (I Want It Now)
5. DAVID BOWIE Let's Spend the Night Together
6. BUZZCOCKS Ever Fallen In Love?
7. JOY DIVISION Transmission
8. THE RAMONES She's a Sensation
9. "You said, "It feels good." I said, "I'll give it a try." "
10. "...To make me dream of you"
11. FREE I'll Be Creepin
12. "When you're talking to me, you see right through me. I've got a feeling of love..."
13. THIN LIZZY Little Darling
14. IGGY AND THE STOOGES Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell
15. STATUS QUO Paper Plane
16. THE STROKES Razorblade
17. "The impossible is possible tonight. Believe in me as I believe in you, tonight"
18. RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS Higher Ground
19. THE KILLERS Jenny Was a Friend of Mine
20. RANCID Red Hot Moon
21. IGGY POP Funtime
22. THE NEW YORK DOLLS Looking for a Kiss
23. "I’m a speed king. You go to hear me sing."
24. B-MOVIE Nowhere Girl/HOLE Malibu
25. THE ICICLE WORKS Birds Fly (Whisper To a Scream)
26. ARCTIC MONKEYS I Bet That You Look Good on the Dance Floor
27. "You make me hard"
28. "You pour yourself over me like the sun through the blinds."
29. "Pleased to meet you, take my hand"
30. "You are someone else, I am still right here"
31. "You adore me"/"A crack in the sky and a hand reaching down to me"
32. "When you think I've had enough From your sea of love, I'll take more than another riverfull"
33. SOUNDGARDEN Outshined
34. U2 Pride (In the Name of Love)
35. "You’ll be perfect just like me."
36. "You're bad news. But I like you."
37. "You make me want to pick up a guitar..."
38. "I can't believe what's on your mind"
39. "Just remember me when you're good to go"
40. "Give me all your love tonight"
41. "You and me have a disease...you and me..."
42. ATMOSPHERE Trying to Find a Balance
43. "Are you feeling just like me?"
44. "Every time I think of you, I feel a shock right through with a bolt of blue"
45. "We'll build a fire in your eyes"
46. "A prayer for something better. Please love me."
47. "Gimme gimme your hand, gimme gimme your mind"
48. "What are we gonna do now?"
49. "Aw baby, do me now"
50. "In me you’re better than I wanna be"
51. "It’s all wrong, but it’s all right. The way that you treat me baby."
52. "You gave me new ideas"
53. "Seems I couldn't save you from me."
54. "If I have a chance, would you let me know?"
55. "I said everybody's down on their knees"
56. "She said maybe there’s a bit of me Waiting for a bit of you, baby"
57. "Break it down to automatic/In the streets of your mind"
58. IGGY POP Lust for Life
59. "Guess I got too excited when I thought you were around..."
60. "We know what we feel."
61. "You gave me things I can’t forget"
62. "But something won’t let me make love to you"
63. "I just wanna watch you dance...make all the lesbians scream"
64. "Are you gonna be my girl?"
65. PSYCHEDELIC FURS Pretty in Pink
66. "I'll never find my way home, so baby, cry cry cry."
67. "Is it a dream? Is it a lie? I think I'll let you decide."
68. "Do you want to see me crawl across the floor to you?"
69. "No room for me, no fun for you"
70. ELEFANT Uh Oh Hello
71. "Whenever I’m alone with you, you make me feel like I am young again"
72. "You'll take me home"
73. "The one that you are looking for, you're not going to find with me."
74. "I was feeling insecure, you might not want me anymore."
75. "I nearly lost you there"
76. "Get on the bus and bring it on home to me"
77. "How can I get you closer again? My love, I'm lost, so set me free."
78. "I always will love you"
79. INXS Don't Change
80. JONATHAN RICHMAN Road Runner (Radio on, babies!!!)
81. "You might not need me anymore."
82. "You make me feel like dirt"
83. "...when the flowers grow, just know you're still in my heart."
84. "You and me. In Hollywood Forever."
85. "Won't you let me see you smile?"
86. "Why do you come here, when you know it makes things hard for me?"
87. "I miss you, yes I do"/ "Can we all hold hands When we make new plans?"
88. "when I'm in your arms, it turns me on"
89. "Call my name through the cream, And I'll hear you scream again."
90. "It makes me nervous When you look at me that way."
91. "It's only me who wants to wrap around your dreams"
92. CORNERSHOP Brimful of Asha
("and dancing and dancing")
93. "Wish I could get this message over to you now."
94. "Hang up and run to me! Oh!"
95. "Well it's plain to see you were meant for me, yeah"
96. "Happiness is guaranteed, it was made for you and me."
97. "You can have it all, but how much do you want it?"
98. "the mouth that knows... the secret you... always you"
99. "Feed your Head!"/"To murder my love is a crime"
100. "Do you love me babe? What do you say? Do you love me babe?"
101. "You are all I long for, worship and adore."
102. HERMAN'S HERMITS I'm Into Something Good
103. "All of it was made for you and me."
Rising with a Bullet: "Can you feel the magic floatin' in the air?"; "Be my friend. Hold me. Wrap me up."; "with the cantelopes of love, we'll go everywhere"; "Don't you wanna ride it?"; "Strange what desire makes foolish people do"; "If I had the chance, I'd ask the world to dance"; "I'd be happy just to get your attention"; [I'm your] "dirty mirror"; "Counting down the days 'til you're home, hoping then we'll share a bed"; "I need it all, baby, that's no lie"; "I can't stand to be so jealous"; "Touch the fullness of her breast. Feel the love of her caress."; "She hides the stars under her hair"; "So where do we go from here?, I'll say..."; "My heart always speaks, Before I know what it will say"; "In this great future, you can't forget your past."; "These songs of freedom"; "With a prayer in the air, I will leave it there"; "Yes, the heart beats in its cage"; "The sun is gone Before it shines"; FRANK SINATRA Under My Skin; "Talk about the dreams we had while we were growing old"; "I can't see the sunshine, I'll be waiting for you, baby"; "Can't set the rainbows free..."
Jonesy Moments: Rosanna Arquette talks about going out with Peter Gabriel; she's doing a music documentary that premieres on Showtime on Wednesday, Mar. 8 (I adore her!); FACES Miss Judy's Farm; Rosanna talks about Yoko Ono; PETE TOWNSEND Slit Skirts; BUZZCOCKS Wish I Never Loved You; Rosanna talks to Jonesy about doing therapy (thank GOD!); so love it when Mr. Shovel joins in on melodica, when Jonesy plays the guitar whistle--the Herman's Hermits song was AWESOME!; the Mengele of MySpace lives on; RUTS Babylon's Burning; some Jukebox favorites: SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES Happy House; BIG BANG Saturn Freeway; OK GO Lately It's So Quiet; Jonesy does a techno Thursday; wow. the Jonesy (guitar/singing)/Shovel (melodica) duets are becoming true Jukebox magic. That Parisian-inspired version leading into Anarchy (French version) was something to hear, indeed.; ROCK KILLS KID Midnight; SECRET MACHINES Painted Lines
Jukebox Quotes of the Week: JONESY: "Inspire me, Shovel."/"Blow, baby, blow on it."
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Jonesy calls out current bands "with names like Jimmy Eats Poop"
BOX Exchange of the Week: Jonesy describes those he's bumping from his MySpace Friends' List (ruthlessly) JONESY: "Lower people. Peons."
SHOVEL: "Listeners."
TK Moments: TK is a breakin' machine. He breaks new Matisyahu. He breaks new Pearl Jam. Shovel tests TK's reflexes with a potential Hoobastank world premiere. Thankfully, he passes. (For him AND us. It was, of course, a joke.) The Cult sends INDIE a tape of their show two nights ago in the Inland Empire. TK plays it. (I frikkin love Indie!) This is radio!!!! FRANK SINATRA Too Close for Comfort
TK Quotes of the Week: "What the F-- is playing on the radio? Well, keep listening. I work here, and it still freaks me out."
Note to TK: EVERY day is Indie Appreciation Day, babe.
Every day, every hour, every song...well, except... you know...
Honorable Music Mentions: INXS Listen Like Thieves; THE WHITE STRIPES The Denial Twist; X Hungry Wolf
Passport Approved Moment: 4711 Mich und Dich (Yes, we do love those German girl punk bands! play more!)
Can't Resist Quote of the Week: DICKY BARRETT: I feel like a rectal thermometer.
Harmony In My Head Moments: That opening prayer is so fitting! My "musical haj" indeed! JAMES WHITE Contort Yourself. THOR Thunder Hop demo version. BUTCH WILLIS Drugs. DEAD BOY AND THE ELEPHANT MAN one new song, one song that premiered on Dead Air. Drip Drop. Thank god Big C**Ks trump Big Balls.
The Red Zone Moments: Go Betty Go in studio, pleading for a new girl singer to audition (should know Spanish!); the "chick block" (love it!)
Dead Air Moments: Congrats on 100 shows, Chuck! Every one was amazing! Looking forward to the next 100. THE FLAMING LIPS The W.A.N.D.; THE DUKE SPIRIT Stubborn Stitches; GOBLIN COCK Stumped; YOUNG & SEXY The Curious Organ; VOXTROT The Start of Something; MUDHONEY Hard-On for War; CIBELLE About a Girl; GUILLEMOTS Made-Up Lovesong 43; STEREOLAB Interlock; BE YOUR OWN PET Let's Get Sandy; LE VOLUME COURBE Ain't Go No...I Got Life; CAROLINE Where's My Love?
Check One Two Moments: Check One Two Goes to Hollywood! Great extended LA set for the Oscars. Love that "band with no vowels" too. TOYS THAT KILL Sound Check World; Love the DIRTY CHILDREN's version of Glamourous Life; THE PRIX (don't remember the song name, and it's not listed)
Word/Phrase of the Week: One-night stand
New song that I'm not sure about yet: THE RACONTEURS Steady, As She Goes
Hot Bands: UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF GIANTS!!!; YEAH YEAH YEAHS
Segue of the Week: The guitar and melodica-into-the French version of Anarchy in the U.K.
Great, great, great new songs--Please PLAY MORE!: ROCCO DeLUCA AND THE BURDENS The Gift; EDITORS Munich
I STILL can't get enough of: Triumph's tear on his leg...; TONES ON TAIL Go!
Favorite Indie Bumpers: "If it's cool with you, let's get back to your music now." (still my favorite)
Question? So how come when you hear the "Hey, what's up, City X, thanks for listening!", you hardly ever hear Los Angeles? What are we, chopped liver?
Best Indie ID: Eddie Vedder, saying: "INDIEEEEEEEE!" after TK plays the premiere of Worldwide Suicide. (I love Indie so much! Just too, too cool!)
Song I just can't get out of my head lately: PEOPLE IN PLANES If You Talk Too Much, My Head Will Explode
Mashup of the Week: Triple Rhythm Stick by Go Home Productions (Hit me with that rhythm stick, baby!)
Glorious Indie Moments: One of those weeks where I'm just turning around at every moment, going: CAN YOU BELIEVE HOW FRIKKIN GREAT INDIE IS? Between the world premiere music, and the awesome interviews (I bow to the wondrous Rosanna Arquette), and just the everyday kickass rockin music, Indie just rules my world this week. And every week. What the heck did we do before Indie? I can't even remember.
AND TODAY? John Lydon on Jonesy! Listen!!!