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Joe Elliott Show 24th March 2018 Playlist/Transcript (#397)

Joe Elliott 2018. By Chele Drappel

Def Leppard singer Joe Elliott hosted another edition of his weekly radio show on 24th March on Planet Rock.

This week's show included songs by Down 'n' Outz, Mott The Hoople and Brian May.

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 - 24th March 2018 Playlist (#397)

  • 01 - Down 'n' Outz - Rock 'n' Roll Queen (Live)
  • 02 - Mott The Hoople - Thunderbuck Ram
  • 03 - Brian May - All The Way From Memphis
  • 04 - The Beatles - A Day In The Life
  • 05 - Eric Clapton - While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Live)
  • 06 - Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Child (Live)
  • 07 - Cream - Badge (Live)
  • 08 - David Gilmour/David Bowie - Arnold Layne (Live)
  • 09 - The Killers - When You Were Young (Live)
  • 10 - The Who - Pinball Wizard (Live)

Show Intro

"Evening all and welcome once again to the Joe Elliott show right here where else? on Planet Rock. And where am I this week?. I am in the home of Planet Rock. Yes I am in London for tomorrow night Def Leppard play the Royal Albert Hall as part of the Teenage Cancer Trust shows. It's the final show. The Sunday night performance. Looking forward to that immensely. We have sixty minutes of fantastic music tonight all tied in with the Albert Hall. Starting off with this beauty."

Down 'n' Outz

"Now when the Down 'n' Outz opened for Paul Rodgers at the Royal Albert Hall back in 2011 Mick Ralphs was a guest of Paul Rodgers. In fact he was gonna get up and play with him for the encore on that particular show. And I was talking to him backstage and suggested he may wanna stand side stage for our set. There was something he may enjoy, and we burst into Rock 'n' Roll Queen. Written of course by Mick Ralphs for the first ever Mott The Hoople album back in 1969. One of my enduring moments of that particular tour was seeing Mick Ralphs leaping up and down at the side of the stage to one of his own songs. As you do. The album is The Further Adventures Of. The band the Down 'n' Outz of course. The song Rock And Roll Queen."

Mott The Hoople

"And talking of Mick Ralphs whose still recovering from a stroke he had over a year ago now. So much love going out to Mick Ralphs. Let's gp back to 1971. Mott The Hoople, the band he was in at the time, played the Royal Albert Hall and effectively got rock music banned there for many many years. They'd gone over the curfew. Their fans wanted more. The building wouldn't let them. Hence massive riots. Seats torn out, thrown at the stage and rock music banned from the Albert Hall. Ah those were the days. So let's play something sang actually by Mick Ralphs on this particular number. It's from an album called Mad Shadows. This is Mott The Hoople and Thunderbuck Ram."

"And the song we heard before that Mott The Hoople from the album Mad Shadows back in 1970. The Mick Ralphs sang Thunderbuck Ram."

Brian May

"Well that tied in very nicely to the previous song didn't it?. That is Brian May from his 1998 debut album Another World with his pseudo live version if you like of the Mott The Hoople hit single All The Way From Memphis. I play that because a) it ties in nicely with Mott The Hoople but b) I saw Brian May at the Albert Hall on that tour and what a fantastic show it was seeing him out there on his own fronting a band. It was amazing."

The Beatles

"Right, good enough for John Lennon, good enough for me. Let's count 'em shall we. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten."

"And before that we heard The Beatles themselves from the album Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. Where we finally found out that there are actually 4,000 poles in the Albert Hall and apparently in Blackburn, Lancashire too. The song A Day In The Life."

Eric Clapton

"Wow. I mean just wow. I'd forgotten how fantastic that is having watched it back in the noughties on a long overnighter with Sav somewhere in the States. It was recorded 29th November 2002 at the Albert Hall. Listen to the band that played on this particular song. We've got the band led by Eric Clapton on lead vocal and lead guitar. There's Paul McCartney on piano and backing up vocals. Ringo Starr and Jim Capaldi from Traffic on drums. The guitars are Albert Lee, Jeff Lynne, Andy Fairweather-Low and Dahni, who is George Harrison's son. There's Ray Cooper from the Elton John band on percussion. Gary Brooker from Procul Harem on organ. It's just goes on. Absolutely stunning version of While My Guitar Gently Weeps from the Concert For George performance back in 2002 at the Albert Hall."

"You are listening to the Joe Elliott show on Planet Rock. It's time for a little break and when we come back, the Daddy of 'em all goes live at the Albert Hall."

Jimi Hendrix

"And before that Jimi Hendrix, who else, fantastic version live from the Albert Hall back in 1969 of the song Voodoo Child."

Cream

"I'll be honest I was never the biggest Cream fan because they were a little bit before my time and I liked pop music when I was six and seven years old. They were a little too heavy for my liking. There was the odd song I liked. But I must say I changed my opinion when I went to see them live. Guess where?. At the Albert Hall back in 2005 when they reformed for a bunch of shows. They were absolutely amazing. And there from said gig and said CD is Badge which actually featured on the original version a George Harrison jangle."

David Gilmour/David Bowie/Rick Wright

"Now when two artists get up on stage to perform a song for the first time, and probably only time in their careers, sometimes it can work. Sometimes it can't. On certain occasions though boy does it work. And if you were there you would remember that night."

"And before that from 2006 the evening was called Remember The Night. It was Dave Gilmour and Rick Wright paying tribute to Syd Barrett and bringing up a friend of theirs. Probably the biggest Syd Barrett fan on the Planet Mr. David Bowie to do their version of the old classic song Arnold Layne."

The Killers

"An absolutely fantastic live version of the song When You Were Young there by The Killers. Live from the Albert Hall back in 2009."

Show Outro

"And that my friends is about it for this week. It's been a real pleasure as always. I'm off to go and get ready to go and see the Doctors Of Madness' last ever London performance at the 100 Club. In fact it's a couple of hours, better get me skates on."

"Until next week I'm gonna leave you with this. Very appropriately. Roger Daltrey puts the Teenage Cancer Trust shows together every year and has done for many many years. It's a fantastic cause and last year they headlined. Tommy live at the Albert Hall. So to finish the night off tonight. Who better than The Who. Until next week see ya!."

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