Song 183: “Pinball Wizard” by the Who, part 1: Always Playing Clean
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A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
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Song 182: “Many Rivers to Cross” by Jimmy Cliff
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1:50:15Dec 18, 2025
Song 181: “Proud Mary” by Creedence Clearwater Revival
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Song 180: “Dazed and Confused” by Led Zeppelin, Part Two — “Inspiration is What You Are to Me”
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Song 180: “Dazed and Confused” by Led Zeppelin, Part One, The Song Remains the Same
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PLEDGE WEEK: “Light Flight” by Pentangle
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PLEDGE WEEK: “Fruit Tree” by Nick Drake
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PLEDGE WEEK: “Living in the Past” by Jethro Tull
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PLEDGE WEEK: “Pictures of Matchstick Men” by The Status Quo
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PLEDGE WEEK: “La conferencia secreta del Toto’s Bar” by Los Shakers
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0:00Jul 22, 2025
Announcing Pledge Week 2025
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0:00Jul 22, 2025
Song 179: “Kick Out the Jams” by the MC5 (Public Clean Version)
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0:00Jul 18, 2025
Song 178: “Who Knows Where the Time Goes?” by Fairport Convention, Part Two: “I Have no Thought of Time”
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0:00Jun 23, 2025
Song 178: “Who Knows Where The Time Goes?” by Fairport Convention, Part One, Going Electric
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Song 177: “Never Learn Not to Love” by the Beach Boys, Part 4: “Sometimes I Have A Great Notion”
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0:00Mar 22, 2025
Song 177: “Never Learn Not to Love” by the Beach Boys, Part 3: “Mister, Can You Give Me Some Direction?”
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0:00Jan 31, 2025
Song 177: “Never Learn Not to Love” by the Beach Boys, Part Two — “Is it True What They Say About Dixie?”
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0:00Dec 16, 2024
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Song 177: “Never Learn Not to Love” by the Beach Boys, Part One, Old Folks at Home
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0:00Nov 19, 2024
Song 176, “Sympathy for the Devil” by the Rolling Stones, part 4: “Who Breaks a Butterfly?””
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0:00Oct 17, 2024
Song 176, “Sympathy for the Devil” by the Rolling Stones, part 3: “Every Cop is a Criminal and All the Sinners Saints”
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0:00Sep 22, 2024
Song 176: “Sympathy for the Devil” by the Rolling Stones, part 2: Traps for Troubadours
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0:00Aug 19, 2024
Song 176: “Sympathy for the Devil” by the Rolling Stones, Part One: A Man of Wealth and Taste
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0:00Aug 1, 2024
PLEDGE WEEK: “Dark End of the Street” by James Carr
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0:00Jul 13, 2024
PLEDGE WEEK: “I Love You” by People
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0:00Jul 12, 2024
PLEDGE WEEK: “Son of a Preacher Man” by Dusty Springfield
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0:00Jul 11, 2024
PLEDGE WEEK: “My World Fell Down” by Sagittarius
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0:00Jul 10, 2024
PLEDGE WEEK: “A Whiter Shade of Pale” by Procol Harum
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ANNOUNCEMENT: Pledge Week 2024
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0:00Jul 8, 2024
Song 175: “Everyday People” by Sly and the Family Stone Part 2, “My Own Beliefs Are In My Song”
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Song 175: “Everyday People” by Sly and the Family Stone Part 1 Different Strokes For Different Folks
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0:00Jun 13, 2024
Song 174B: “I Heard it Through the Grapevine” Part Two, “It Takes Two”
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Song 174A: “I Heard it Through the Grapevine” Part One, “If At First You Don’t Succeed…”
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0:00May 7, 2024
An Alert: Someone Plagiarising Me
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0:00May 3, 2024
Song 173: “All Along the Watchtower” Part Two, The Hour is Getting Late
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0:00Apr 14, 2024
Song 173: “All Along the Watchtower”, Part One: “He’s Not the Messiah”
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0:00Mar 25, 2024
Song 172, Hickory Wind by the Byrds: Part 4, Hour of Darkness
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0:00Mar 1, 2024
Song 172, Hickory Wind by the Byrds: Part 3, The Parsons Tale
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0:00Feb 16, 2024
Song 172, “Hickory Wind” by the Byrds: Part Two, Of Submarines and Second Generations
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0:00Feb 1, 2024
Song 172, “Hickory Wind” by the Byrds: Part One, Ushering in a New Dimension
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0:00Jan 17, 2024
Announcement Regarding Schedule
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0:00Jan 17, 2024
Episode 171: “Hey Jude” by the Beatles
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0:00Dec 17, 2023
Episode 170: “Astral Weeks” by Van Morrison
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0:00Nov 21, 2023
Episode 169: “Piece of My Heart” by Big Brother and the Holding Company
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0:00Oct 30, 2023
Episode 168: “I Say a Little Prayer” by Aretha Franklin
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Episode 167: “The Weight” by The Band
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Episode 166: “Crossroads” by Cream
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Episode 165: “Dark Star” by the Grateful Dead
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Episode 164: “White Light/White Heat” by the Velvet Underground
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0:00Apr 3, 2023
Episode 163: “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay” by Otis Redding
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0:00Feb 27, 2023