Sunday, 9th July 2017
Pic by Chele Drappel
Def Leppard singer Joe Elliott hosted another edition of his weekly radio show last night on Planet Rock.
This week's show included songs by XTC, Ricky Warwick and Whitesnake.
The full playlist is shown below and a full transcript.
The show is available until next Saturday using the On Demand feature. It is also repeated on Tuesdays at 9pm.
The Joe Elliott Show - 8th July 2017 Playlist (#360)
- 01 - The Ramones - Chinese Rock
- 02 - XTC - Ball And Chain
- 03 - PiL - Rise
- 04 - Wilko Johnson/Roger Daltrey - Going Back Home
- 05 - Velvet Revolver - Can't Get It Out Of My Head
- 06 - Wishbone Ash - Blowin' Free
- 07 - Uriah Heep - Sweet Lorraine
- 08 - Ricky Warwick - Said Samson To Goliath
- 09 - Neil Young - Heart Of Gold
- 10 - Whitesnake - Best Years
- 11 - Be-Bop Deluxe - Maid In Heaven
- 12 - The Beatles - Ticket To Ride
Show Intro
"Good evening all, welcome. It's the Joe Elliott show right here on the very wonderful Planet Rock. Great to be with you once again. It's Wimbledon isn't it?. Time to take those Tennis rackets, turn 'em round, pretend they're guitars and rock out to the Ramones."
The Ramones
"From their Best Of collection Mania. That is The Ramones with a song called Chinese Rock. Written by Johnny Ramone and Richard Hell of the Voidoids fame. Once covered actually by Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers."
XTC
"OK staying somewhat new wavey but coming back to the UK. This is XTC."
"And before that XTC from their excellent double album English Settlement, we heard Ball And Chain."
PiL (Public Image Ltd)
"That is PiL featuring the likes of of course John Lydon on lead vocals. Ex-Sex Pistols. And Ginger Baker on drums and Steve Vai on guitar. From the album, well it was called cassette, album, compact disc, depending on which format you bought it in. I suppose it's now just called download. But that is Public Image Limited with Rise."
Wilko Johnson/Roger Daltrey
"So what normally happens when two elder statesmen get together to make an album?. Well, sometimes they work, sometimes well, they don't In this particular instance it absolutely does work fantastically. This is Wilko Johnson and Roger Daltrey."
"And before that Wilko Johnson and The Who's Roger Daltrey working really well with their classic rework of the old Dr. Feelgood song, and title track of the album, Going Back Home."
Velvet Revolver
"It's really hard to believe that that's actually ten years old this year. What a fantastic version of a classic E.L.O. song. That is Velvet Revolver from the album Libertad with Can't Get It Out Of My Head."
"You are listening to the Joe Elliott show on Planet Rock. It's time for a little break and when we come back, we're blowing free with Wishbone Ash."
Wishbone Ash
"And before that a song that in fairness back in the day stood nose to nose and toe to toe with the likes of Stairway To Heaven and Freebird but seems to have kind of fallen off a little bit these days but what a great song. It is Wishbone Ash from the album Argus. the song Blowin' Free."
Uriah Heep
"Two great examples there of classic British 70s rock. That is Uriah Heep from the album Magician's Birthday with Sweet Lorraine."
Ricky Warwick
"OK we're gonna chill out a little bit right now and we're gonna listen to a fantastic story about the two cranes that are based in Belfast Docks. One of 'em is known as Samson, the other one as Goliath. And there's only one guy that could turn this into such poetry. It is Ricky Warwick."
"And before that Ricky Warwick from the album Hearts On Trees telling a beautiful story about two cranes in Belfast Docks. The song is called Said Samson To Goliath."
Neil Young
"Classic Neil Young there from the album Harvest. The song is Heart Of Gold."
Whitesnake
"OK time to rock out. Here's David and company."
"And before that Whitesnake from the album Good To Be Bad with Best Years."
Be-Bop Deluxe
"Two Yorkshire leading two completely different kind of outfits but both fantastic. That is Be-Bop Deluxe from their 1975 album Futurama and their almost hit single Maid In Heaven."
Show Outro
"And that my friends is about it for this week. It's been a real pleasure as always. I shall be back with you next week at the same time from Dublin. I'm going home. I've had a bit of a, bit of break on the West Coast of America, let's just call it that."
"I am going home and I do have indeed have one of these that we're about to hear. The Beatles from the album Help! and Ticket To Ride. Until next week see ya!."
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- Previous Show - 2nd July 2017