Memphis Mystery Train Set List: June 14, 2012

If you were wondering what that screeching noise coming out of your radio this morning was, it was this – the Eloise Trio. It's one of the best record store finds ever.

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

Eloise Trio – Chi Chi Merengue
The Egyptians – Party Stomp
Bobby Fuller Four – Saturday Night
The Love Language – Lalita
Girls – Magic
Barry Louis Polisar – All I Want Is You
Vampire Weekend – Horchata (ed. – You are now craving cinnamon rice drink.)
*Otis Redding – Don't Be Afraid of Love
Jens Lekman – Your Arms Around Me
Ray Charles – Mess Around
Nick Waterhouse – (If) You Want Trouble
The Ettes – No More Surprises
The dBs – Ask for Jill
Ok Go – It's Tough to Have a Crush
Allo Darlin – Polaroid Song (ed. – for Rob and the guy at the Allo Darlin show who was air punching. The near-concussion will fade, but the memories are forever.)
The Hold Steady – Adderall
*Jack O. and the Tennessee Tearjerkers – Chills and Fever
*Roy Orbison – I Give Up

Run DMC – It's Tricky
The Jewels – Opportunity
Pistol Annies – Bad Example
Ramones – California Sun
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros – Home (RAC Remix)
The Specials – A Message to You, Rudy
Silver Jews – Let's Not and Say We Did
Dolly Parton – Just Because I'm a Woman (ed. – Feminist Dolly at her best.)
Velvet Underground – Who Loves the Sun
*Cory Branan – Girl Named Go (ed. – I like to imagine that he's singing about driving on 240.)
Magnetic Fields – California Girls
The Smiths – Ask (ed. – Shyness is nice, but shyness can stop you.)
They Might Be Giants – Meet James Ensor
Peter, Bjorn and John – Amsterdam
Belle and Sebastian – She's Losing It
Those Darlins – Keep my Skillet (ed. – There's a cast iron skillet in my car. Yep, I'm Southern.)
White Stripes – Hotel Yorba
Arrah and the Ferns – Soldier Ghost
The Replacements – Alex Chilton
Beach Boys – Sloop John B (ed. – For my dad, since Father's Day is this Sunday.)

You can catch the Memphis Mystery Train live every Thursday morning from 8 a.m. until 10 a.m. and on Monday from 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. on 89.9 FM in Memphis or online at wevl.org.