Memphis Mystery Train Set List: May 3, 2012

Memphis Mystery Train Set List: May 3, 2012

Don't forget that next week is the special Mother's Day edition of the Mystery Train, complete with a live, in-studio interview with my mom, the one and only Kim Crawford. If you've got any questions for her, leave them in the comments and I'll ask them on air.

Barefoot in the Studio, WEVL, Memphis, Tenn.

Here's what I played on this week's Mystery Train, with the local tracks marked with an asterisk and my notes in italics:

Billy Bragg - Power in a Union
Egyptians - The Party Stomp
Arcade Fire - We Used to Wait
The Ettes - Ghosts
Lou Reed - This Magic Moment
*Mouserocket - Hello, Talk to Me
Rosemary Clooney - It Had Better Be Tonight
Detroit Cobras - Hot Dog (Watch Me Eat)
Mikal Cronin - Am I Wrong
Jay and the Americans - Come a Little Bit Closer (ed. - So cheesy, so much fun.)
Yo La Tengo - Emulsified
Elvis Costello - Mystery Dance
Fountains of Wayne - Hey Julie
Tennis - Take Me Somewhere
*Big Star - September Gurls
Black Joe Lewis - Booty City
What Four - I'm Gonna Destroy That Boy
Langley Schools Music Project - Space Oddity (ed. - More 1970s kids singing a creepy - and oddly gleeful - version of a Bowie classic.)
Those Darlins - Wild One

Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime (ed. - Same as it ever was.)
Bobby Fuller Four - Never to Be Forgotten
Dolly Parton - Daddy Come and Get Me
Thao - Swimming Pools
Belle and Sebastian - Mayfly
Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Frenzy (ed. - Screamin' Jay is Tony Allen's spirit animal.)
Allo Darlin - Capricornia
Dead Man's Bones - In the Room Where You Sleep
Modest Mouse - Tiny Cities Made of Ashes
Stereolab - Peng! 33
*Otis Redding - Don't Be Afraid of Love
Old 97s - Sweet Blue Eyed Darlin'
The Girlfriends - One and Only Jimmy Boy
No Doubt - Just a Girl (ed. - I'm pretending like I'm 13 again.)
Diamond Rings - All Yr Songs
*Reigning Sound - I'm Holding Out
The Shins - Girl, Inform Me
The Hold Steady - American Music
Bruce Springsteen - Dancing in the Dark

 

You can catch the Memphis Mystery Train live every Thursday morning from 8 a.m. until 10 a.m. on 89.9 FM in Memphis or online at wevl.org.

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Henry Greganti
Maybe you can answer a question for me, or direct me to the D.J. that played this song a few weeks back. I would like to know the name of this song and the artist. I have no idea what the name of the song is, but it was a eerie song was about a man that walked into a pawn shop, and asked how much a certain guitar was, the pawn broker took the guitar down, handed it to him and said you play it and tell me what its worth.(or something like that)    Thanks, Henry  
May 4, 2012 10:44am
John L
check out Five for Fighting. song is Freedom Never Cries
May 7, 2012 1:08pm