Friday Rock Show

[billfromnorthwales]

OK I give up!

What's the connection??


Did you ever do Alan Freeman's original "Get on the right track?"

--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <so_it_goes_2512@...> wrote:
>
> Fellow Peelites
> 
> Yes, I listened to the Friday Rock Show ('and now, here's a REAL
> classic' etc) in tandem with Peel, in the dark, around 1978/9. I
> regularly participated in the Friday Night Connection (never won
> though), where Vance played three tracks and you had to guess the
> connection between them. One such was:
> * Clash, 'White Man In Hammersmith Palais'
> * Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, 'Big Shot'
> * Tubes, 'White Punks On Dope'
> Anybody care to guess the answer? It took me too long to get it!
> He also ran a chart which I had on chrome tape for many years (maybe
> my mum still has it) similar to the Festive Fifty. Tracks I remember
> from this:
> * Yes, 'Starship Trooper'
> * Genesis, 'Supper's Ready'
> * Derek And The Dominoes, 'Layla'
> * Rush, 'Xanadu'
> He also played more than once a Peel session by Queen with a version
> of 'We Will Rock You' that I've never heard anywhere else. (This 
will
> feature on Teenage Kicks very shortly.)
> Stirred up some memories there, you have!
> 
> Best wishes
> Steve [Tenage Kicks]
>