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Could have been a much different show; you should see what got cut.
01-01 Betty Wand & Marni Nixon & Jim Bryant – CBS’s West Side Story 12 – Quintet (1960)
— there’s a rumble tonight.
01-02 Al Jolson & Walter B. Rogers Orchestra – Victor 17318 – The Spaniard That Blighted My Life (1913)
— normally trot out the old-old tune first, but the WSS tune is a great opener, and with Hispanics as protagonists, this one follows well.
01-03 Kip Tyler – Ebb 154 – Rumble Rock (1958)
— told ya there was a rumble.
01-04 Alvin Robinson – Blue Cat 108 – I’m Gonna Put Some Hurt On You (1965)
— don’t fight in New Orleans, lest here comes Rosie to see the Governor about her man.
01-05 King Princess – Girl Violence 01 – Girl Violence (2025)
— not just merely fresh, released on 2025-09-12!
01-06 Pat Benatar – Crimes Of Passion 104 – Hit Me With Your Best Shot (1980)
— second-sultriest album cover ever.
01-07 Mary Wells – Motown 1032 – You Beat Me To The Punch (1962)
— fighting back.
02-01 Catatonia – International Velvet 04 – Road Rage (1998)
— the Welsh Catatonia, not the screamy thrashy band. Cerys Matthews on vocals.
02-02 Chuck Brodsky – A Fingerpainter’s Murals 08 – Blow ‘Em Away (1995)
— impatient okay, interrment not so.
02-03 LOLO – Hit And Run (2014)
— first crime spree we rooted for since Steve Miller.
02-04 The Cash Cows – Never Hit Your Grandma With A Shovel
— nasty Spike Jones says use an axe, but this is a less-sharp alternative.
02-05 Laurie Anderson -Big Science 201 – O Superman (1982) [excerpt]
— to bridge the matrilineal subtheme.
02-06 Peter Gabriel – Peter Gabriel (scratch) 103 – Mother Of Violence (1978)
— having lots of babies lately.
03-01 Mark Arm – Sub Pop 87 – My Life With Rickets (1990)
— good he got his comeuppance, calcium deficiency doesn’t work as a plea in court.
03-02 The Sundays – Reading, Writing And Arithmetic 08 – I Kicked A Boy (1990)
— the one-hit they’re wondered at is all cute and sweet, here’s the other side of the band.
03-03 Olivia Rodrigo – Sour 01 – Brutal (2021)
— travails of a wealthy Disney princess, oh the white girl’s burden.
03-04 Confidence Man & CHAI – RE-TILT 04 – Angry Girl (CHAI Version) (2022)
— still don’t know why she’s angry, but go girl.
03-05 Rev. Gary Davis – Live At Newport 101 – Samson and Delilah (1968)
— what it means to “go old testament” on your ass.
03-06 Mott The Hoople – Mott 105 – Violence (1973)
— post-hippie angst in full strut.
04-01 Louis Jordan – Decca 24527 – Pettin’ An’ Pokin’ (1948)
— because makeup sex, that’s why.
04-02 Florence + The Machine – Lungs 05 – Kiss With A Fist (2009)
— geez, gues “broken plate” isn’t her safe word.
04-03 Loretta Lynn – Fist City 101 – Fist City (1968)
— he probably would cat around with a kitty, given the chance.
04-04 Ronnie Dawson – Swan 4047 – Ain’t That A Kick In The Head? (1960)
— one step ahead of Loretta?
04-05 Rubber City Rebels – Stork Club, Oakland, CA 2007-10-25 08 – Somebody’s Going To Get Their Head Kicked In Tonight (2007)
— just as advertised.
04-06 Hal Rugg – Steels The Hits Of Loretta Lynn 205 – Fist City (1976)
— the only tune off this album recognized without looking at the tracklist.
04-07 Ike Reilly – Because The Angels 01 – Little Messiahs (2021)
— only four years old? Sounds like it could be from 1968.
05-01 APB – Something To Believe In 101 – Shoot You Down (1985)
— wow, what a bassline!
05-02 Steve Lee – Everybody Likes Guns 04 – I’ve Shot Every Gun (2011)
— tales of Old Australia.
05-03 The Singing Loins – Stuff 02 – Where’s My Machine Gun? (2011)
— conflicted fellow.
05-04 Mission Of Burma – Mission Of Burma 102 – That’s When I Reach For My Revolver (1988)
— not so conflicted.
05-05 Cat Stevens – The World Of Cat Stevens 102 – I’m Gonna Get Me A Gun (1970)
— claws out, Cat.
05-06 Carl Douglas – 20th Century 2140 – Kung Fu Fighting (1974)
— drunken snake style!
06-01 Dude Martin & His Roundup Gang – RCA Victor 20-2699 – Murder On The Radio (1948)
— and this is even before TV.
06-02 Peter Stampfel & The Bottlecaps – Peter Stampfel & The Bottlecaps 103 – Random Violence (1986)
— 80s but rooted in the 60s.
06-03 David Sylvian – Manafon 03 – Random Acts of Senseless Violence (2009) [excerpt]
— full one is 7+ minutes, but a cutout works too.
06-04 Dead Milkmen – Big Lizard In My Backyard 204 – Violent School (1985)
— note the year, long before any of the other crap happened.
06-05 Red River Dave – California Hippie Murders
— would have cut this one for grisly matter, but for the yodel!
06-06 Hugh Barrett & The Victors – Madison 164 – There Was A Fungus Among Us (1961)
— grows best on a pile of shit in the dark.
06-07 Fatal Microbes – Small Wonder Records ‘small twenty’ – Violence Grows (1979)
— again, look at the date. Nothing is as new and shocking as it appears.
… and a bonus track…
07-01 Robert Earl Keen – A Bigger Piece Of Sky 02 – Whenever Kindness Fails (1993)
— last resort of the weak, but nice tune anyway.