Memphis Mystery Train Playlist - May 5th
Memphis Mystery Train Playlist - May 5th
Today was the special Cinco de Mother's Day edition of the Memphis Mystery Train. Here's what I played, with the local tracks marked with an asterisk:
Architecture in Helsinki - Like it or Not
The Pipettes - Your Kisses are Wasted on Me
Velvet Underground - Who Loves the Sun
Beck - Sissyneck
The Crookes - Backstreet Lovers
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings - Mama Don't Like My Man
Arrah and the Ferns - Life Lessons
The Raveonettes - My Boyfriend's Back
Herman's Hermits - Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
Andrew Bird - Imitosis
Plastic Bertrand - Ca Plane Pour Moi
Those Darlins - Don't Break My Mama's Heart
Old 97's - Mama Tried
The Beta Band - Dry the Rain
Elvis Perkins - Hey
*John Paul Keith and the 1,4,5's - Memphis Girls
Paul Simon - Mother and Child Reunion
Sufjan Stevens - Decatur, or Round of Applause for Your Stepmother
Davila 666 - Dimelo Ya
Wanda Jackson - My Big Iron Skillet
Esquerita - You Better Believe Me
*Jack Oblivian - Ain't Got No Money
Silver Jews - Tennessee
Lovelites - How Can I Tell My Mom and Dad (ed. note: possibly the only teenage pregnancy slow jam)
*River City Tanlines - Gimme Whatever
Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks
They Might Be Giants - Minimum Wage
New Pornographers - Jackie Dressed in Cobras
Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out of this Country
The Hold Steady - Stuck Between Stations
The Egyptians - The Party Stomp
Ramones - Rockaway Beach
The Girls - Chico's Girl
The Mynabirds - Let the Record Go
Thao - Beat (Health, Life, Fire)
Frightened Rabbit - Old, Old Fashioned
The Love Language - Heart to Tell
If you'd like to get on the train, listen to WEVL every Thursday morning from 8 a.m. - 10 p.m. on 89.9 FM or online at wevl.org.
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