Show Seven - 6/11/09

Greetings space travellers! I had so much fun doing this week's show. Loved all the messages, particularly the Thomas the Tank Engine information from Guy and Mike. There was a lot to do with the Yardbirds today, a very important band in terms of the musicians they churned out (Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck & Led Zeppelin). There was a lot of brilliant musicianship on display too, notably Jimi's 'Wind Cries Mary', Cream's 'Crossroads' and Billy Joel's 'Piano Man', as well as some great lyrics. I've posted the lyrics to 'Sympathy For The Devil' underneath the playlist.

(For any of you that are worried, you should know I was just kidding about the cupboard.)


1.  Billy Joel – Piano Man (1973)
2.  Billy Joel – Say Goodbye to Hollywood
3.  The Birds – Say Those Magic Words (1965)
4.  The Beatles – Strawberry Fields Forever (1967, John Lennon)
5.  The Beatles – Penny Lane (1967, Paul McCartney)
6.  The Beatles – While My Guitar Gently Weeps (1968, George Harrison)
7.  The Beatles – Octopus's Garden (1969, Richard Starkey)
8.  Mike Strizic & Dave Jacobson – Franklin’s Tower (1975, The Grateful Dead)
9.  Jethro Tull – This As a Brick (1972)
10. Jethro Tull – Bungle in the Jungle (1974)
11. The Yardbirds – Shape of Things (1965)
12. The Yardbirds – A Certain Girl (1965)
13. Eric Clapton – Lay Down Sally (1977)
14. Led Zeppelin – The Lemon Song (1969)
15. Cream – Crossroads (1968)
16. The Rolling Stones – Sympathy for the Devil (1968)
17. Jimi Hendrix – Little Wing (1967)
18. Bob Dylan – Ballad of a Thin Man (1966)
19. Jimi Hendrix – The Wind Cries Mary (1967)


Sympathy For The Devil (The Rolling Stones)
Please allow me to introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
I've been around for a long, long year
Stole many a man's soul and faith
And I was 'round when Jesus Christ
Had his moment of doubt and pain
Made damn sure that Pilate
Washed his hands and sealed his fate
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game
I stuck around St. Petersburg
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the Czar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain
I rode a tank
in the general's rank
When the Blitzkrieg raged
And the bodies stank
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
Ah, what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah
(woo woo, woo woo)
I watched with glee
While your kings and queens
Fought for ten decades
For the gods they made
(woo woo, woo woo)
I shouted out,
"Who killed the Kennedys?"
When after all
It was you and me
(who who, who who)
Let me please introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
And I laid traps for troubadours
Who get killed before they reached Bombay
(woo woo, who who)
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
(who who)
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah, get down, baby
(who who, who who)

Just as every cop is a criminal
And all the sinners saints
As heads is tails
Just call me Lucifer
'Cause I'm in need of some restraint
(who who, who who)
So if you meet me
Have some courtesy
Have some sympathy, have some taste
(woo woo)
Use all your well-learned politesse
Or I'll lay your soul to waste, mmm yeah
(woo woo, woo woo)
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, mmm yeah
(who who)
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, mmm mean it, get down
(woo woo, woo woo) 
Woo, who
Oh yeah, get on down
Oh yeah
Oh yeah!
(woo woo)
Tell me baby, what's my name
Tell me honey, can ya guess my name
Tell me baby, what's my name
I tell you one time, you're to blame
Oh, who
woo, woo
Woo, who
Woo, woo
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Oh, yeah
What's my name
Tell me, baby, what's my name
Tell me, sweetie, what's my name
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Oh, yeah
Woo woo
Woo woo