Saturday, September 7, 2019

Live 105 11 O'Clock Rewind playlist December 9, 2002

Now here's a blast from the past (found via Archive.org).

11 O'Clock Rewind was a show that aired directly after Howard Stern from 2002 to 2003. It was hosted by former Music Director Steve Masters, who had just returned to Live 105. It was basically a playlist of classic alternative songs, and at times it could get pretty adventurous. Eventually, 11 O'Clock Rewind gave way to Rewind@Noon-- hosted by Ally and then-program Director Sean Demery-- which then gave way to '90s at Noon and Resurrection Sunday. Nowadays, I don't think the station is doing any kind of classic alternative specialty show, save for an occasional themed weekend.

Anyway, here's the playlist for December 9, 2002. I'll have more of these later.

1. The Clash- Clampdown

2. Ministry- NWO

3. Everclear- Heroin Girl

4. No Use for a Name- Soulmate

5. Camper van Beethoven- Pictures of Matchstick Men

6. Pulp- Do You Remember the First Time?

7. Soup Dragons- I'm Free

8. Special AKA- Gangsters

9. Nine Inch Nails- Head Like a Hole

10. R.E.M.- It's the End of the World as We Know it (and I Feel Fine)

11. Burning Sensations- Belly of the Whale

12. U2- Desire

13. Adorable- Sunshine Smile

14. Shaggy- Oh Carolina

15. Dramarama- Anything Anything

16. Siouxsie & the Banshees- This Wheel's on Fire

17. Meat Puppets- Backwater

18. The Cure- Close to Me

Thursday, September 5, 2019

Last day of KFOG September 5, 2019

The final day of KFOG has been an eventful one. They've been broadcasting old shows including rebroadcasts of its famed 10@10 series where they would play 10 songs under a given theme. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to listen to much of it and KFOG's website isn't listing all the songs it played. They're just grouped under the titles 10@10 and "Live from the Archives," which makes it harder to transcribe.

I did, however, manage to catch a 10@10 with songs from 1984, so I can present that in its entirety here:

1. The Cars- Hello Again

2. The Romantics- Talking in Your Sleep

3. Elvis Costello & the Attractions- The Only Flame in Town

4. Pretenders- Back on the Chain Gang

5. INXS- I Send a Message

6. Yes- Leave it

7. Thomas Dolby- Hyperactive!

8. Bananarama- Cruel Summer

9. Kenny Loggins- Footloose

10. Thompson Twins- Doctor! Doctor!

Other highlights from throughout the day:

* The last song before the pre-recorded programs was apparently "Tonight, Tonight" by Smashing Pumpkins at 5:59 a.m., making it the final song from the alternative iteration of KFOG.

* Rebroadcasts of Live @ the Archives with Blues Traveler, Bruce Cockburn, Doobie Brothers, Crowded House, Chris Isaak, Jack Johnson and Boz Scaggs.

* A rebroadcast of Dave Morey's final morning show from 2008 that featured Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" and Robert John's "Sad Eyes."

* An instrumental-themed 10@10 that featured the Mar-Keys' "Last Night" and Fleetwood Mac's "Albatross" among other songs.

* The Toyes' "Smoke Two Joints" played at 5 p.m., as had been tradition for years.

* A live performance of "Dark Star" by Crosby, Stills and Nash.

* A "Friday Freakout"-themed 10@10 featuring Amboy Dukes' "Journey to the Center of the Mind" and the Electric Prunes' "I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night," among other songs.

* A live performance of "Rock Me Baby" by B.B. King and Jeff Beck.

* A re-broadcast of an M. Dung show that featured such oldies as Sha Na Na's cover of "Purple People Eater," Elvis Presley's "All Shook Up," Marvin Gaye's "I Heard it Through the Grapevine," and the Beach Boys' "Surfin' USA," among other songs.

* A movie-themed 10@10 featuring Cat Stevens' "If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out," Gary Jules' "Mad World" and Iggy Pop's "Lust for Life," among other songs. (They also played a clip of Lola Beverly interviewing Bugs Bunny from the cartoon "A Hare Grows in Manhattan.")

* A Soul Patrol-themed 10 @ 10, featuring Al Green's "Still in Love with You," The O'Jays' "Love Train," Isaac Hayes' "Theme from Shaft" and Tower of Power's "So Very Hard to Go."

* A "Day of Doom" 10@10 from June 6, 2006 with Leonard Cohen's "Everybody Knows," Grand Buffet's "Cool as Hell," The Crazy World of Arthur Brown's "Fire," Pink Floyd's "Run Like Hell," The Grateful Dead's "Friend of the Devil," Mitch Ryder's "Devil with the Blue Dress On," and more.

* The last song it played was The Grateful Dead's "Brokedown Palace." Peter Gabriel's "Solsbury Hill" was also played pretty late.

Wednesday, September 4, 2019

KFOG playlist September 1, 2019

Day 3 of the Smells Like the '90s Weekend.

1. Smashing Pumpkins- Mayonaise

2. Collective Soul- The World I Know

3. Red Hot Chili Peppers- Otherside

4. Radiohead- Fake Plastic Trees

5. Gin Blossoms- Found Out About You

6. Nirvana- About a Girl (Unplugged)

7. Blind Melon- No Rain

8. Third Eye Blind- Jumper

9. Garbage- Only Happy When it Rains

10. Goo Goo Dolls- Iris

KFOG playlist September 3, 2019

Sorry if this is out of order, but I just figured out I could use TuneGenie to find out what KFOG played on this date.

1. Local Natives- When am I Gonna Lose You?

2. Lovelytheband- Broken

3. Smashing Pumpkins- Disarm

4. Bishop Briggs- Champion

5. The Head and the Heart- Missed Connection

6. Green Day- When I Come Around

7. Absofacto- Dissolve

8. Cage the Elephant- Ready to Let Go

9. Stone Temple Pilots- Plush

10. Cold War Kids- Complainer

KFOG playlist September 4, 2019

Sorry to have missed yesterday. It was kind of a busy day for me, but this is one I can't miss. Today was KFOG's last day with DJs, and they have been commemorating it with a day of the biggest alternative songs ever (with some appropriate surprises) and no repeats. No Name even closed out his set with an hour of his favorite Green Day songs (including their cover of "Tired of Waiting for You" which was a nice touch.) No Name has even frequently referred to the day as "a funeral for KFOG."

In addition to the 10 most recently played songs, as of 7:22 p.m., I'm also going to throw in various surprises heard throughout the day.

1. Third Eye Blind- Never Let You Go

2. Third Eye Blind- How's it Going to Be?

3. Bon Iver- Holocene

4. Nirvana- You Know You're Right

5. Portugal. The Man- Feel it Still

6. Beck- Up All Night

7. Capital Cities- Safe and Sound

8. Gin Blossoms- Hey Jealousy

9. Incubus- Drive

10. Modern English- I Melt with You

Other songs played throughout the day:

Ramones- Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio

The Clash- This is Radio Clash

INXS- Never Tear Us Apart

Sublime f/ Gwen Stefani- Saw Red

Green Day- Kill the DJ

Green Day- Walking Contradiction

Billy Idol- Dancing with Myself

Nathaniel Rateliff and the Nightsweats- S.O.B.

White Stripes- We're Going to Be Friends

Rancid- East Bay Night (Acoustic)

Hot Hot Heat- Bandages

The Church- Under the Milky Way

Pearl Jam- Not for You

Pixies- Wave of Mutilation

The Cure- Boys Don't Cry

The Clash- I Fought the Law

Pixies- Monkey Gone to Heaven

Joy Division- Love Will Tear Us Apart

Hole- Violet

The Smiths- Panic

David Bowie- Changes

Jim Carroll Band- People Who Died

They Might Be Giants- Birdhouse in Your Soul

Jellyfish- The King is Half-Undressed

The Shins- New Slang

Bjork- Human Behaviour

Oingo Boingo- Dead Man's Party

INXS- Don't Change

Talking Heads- Life During Wartime

Radiohead- Idioteque

Sublime- Smoke Two Joints

Monday, September 2, 2019

Live 105 playlist for the week of May 11, 2009

1. Green Day- Know Your Enemy

2. Silversun Pickups- Panic Switch

3. Kings of Leon- Sex on Fire

4. Kings of Leon- Use Somebody

5. Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Zero

6. Apocalyptica- I Don't Care

7. Anberlin- Feel Good Drag

8. Incubus- Black Heart Inertia

9. Depeche Mode- Wrong

10. Rancid- Last One to Die

11. Airborne Toxic Event- Sometime Around Midnight

12. The Bravery- Believe

13. MGMT- Kids

14. The Killers- Human

15. 311- Hey You

16. The Offspring- You're Gonna Go Far, Kid

17. Coldplay- Life in Technicolor

18. Incubus- Love Hurts

19. Paramore- Decode

20. The Offspring- Hammerhead

21. Weezer- Pork and Beans

22. Death Cab for Cutie- Grapevine Fires

23. Coldplay- Viva La Vida

24. Cage the Elephant- Ain't No Rest for the Wicked

25. U2- Magnificent

26. Taking Back Sunday- Sink into Me

27. Mutemath- Spotlight

28. The Limousines- Very Busy People

29. Metric- Help, I'm Alive

30. Glasvegas- Geraldine

KFOG playlist September 2, 2019

Final day of the Smells Like the '90s Weekend. (Unfortunately, I missed a day and the site won't let me go back to see what they played Sunday.)

1. Folk Implosion- Natural One

2. Cardigans- Lovefool

3. Nirvana- Come as You Are

4. Beck- The New Pollution

5. No Doubt- Just a Girl

6. Lit- My Own Worst Enemy

7. Weezer- My Name is Jonas

8. Rage Against the Machine- Killing in the Name

9. Collective Soul- December

10. Red Hot Chili Peppers- Give it Away

Tuesday, August 27, 2019

KFOG playlist August 27, 2019

1. Smashing Pumpkins- Today

2. Lana Del Rey- Doin' Time

3. Red Hot Chili Peppers- Around the World

4. Cage the Elephant- Ready to Let Go

5. Twenty One Pilots- Stressed Out

6. Social Distortion- Story of My Life

7. Of Monsters and Men- Alligator

8. Nirvana- All Apologies

9. Illenium and Jon Bellion- Good Things Fall Apart

10. Jane's Addiction- Jane Says

Live 105 playlist for the week of April 6, 2009

1. MGMT- Kids

2. The Killers- Human

3. Paramore- Decode

4. All American Rejects- Give You Hell

5. Incubus- Love Hurts

6. Coldplay- Life in Technicolor

7. Kings of Leon- Use Somebody

8. Silversun Pickups- Panic Switch

9. Kings of Leon- Sex on Fire

10. The Offspring- You're Gonna Go Far, Kid

11. Depeche Mode- Wrong

12. The Offspring- Hammerhead

13. MGMT- Time to Pretend

14. The Bravery- Believe

15. U2- Magnificent

16. Weezer- Pork and Beans

17. The Killers- Spaceman

18. Coldplay- Viva La Vida

19. Linkin Park- Bleed it Out

20. Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Zero

21. Anberlin- Feel Good Drag

22. Airborne Toxic Event- Sometime Around Midnight

23. Three Days Grace- Never Too Late

24. The Killers- Shadowplay

25. Metallica- Cyanide

26. Blue October- Dirt Room

27. Cage the Elephant- Ain't No Rest for the Wicked

28. Audrye Sessions- Turn Me Off

29. Incubus- Black Heart Inertia*

*New that week





Monday, August 26, 2019

KFOG playlist August 26, 2019

Back in 2016, I began posting KFOG's playlists at the time because the station was heavily promoting an "evolution" after letting go most of its air staff, signaling what seemed like the end of KFOG as listeners knew it. All they ended up doing was dropping most of the '70s and '80s hits from their playlist and adopting a "Music Matters" slogan.

The real "evolution" didn't come until last year when the station dropped its Triple A format in favor of an "alternative" format. Gone were Tom Petty and Ed Sheeran, in were The Offspring and Linkin Park (Hearing bands like these on KFOG always felt so weird.) It was now a full-fledged clone of Live 105 Alt 105.3, complete with several Live 105 alumni serving as DJs, including The Woody Show in the morning.

And now, it was announced that Cumulus would be dropping KFOG for good to simulcast KNBR on its frequency. It's been a long time coming, but KFOG will leave the airwaves on Sept. 6. Until then, I'm going to again try and capture the station in its final weeks.

1. Bastille- Pompeii

2. Bush- Glycerine

3. Matt Maeson- Cringe

4. Red Hot Chili Peppers- Under the Bridge

5. Billie Eilish- Bad Guy

6. Nine Inch Nails- Closer

7. Mumford and Sons- Little Lion Man

8. Sublime- Wrong Way

9. Cake- Never There

10. Imagine Dragons- Radioactive

Tuesday, August 13, 2019

Live 105 playlist for the week ending January 26, 2009

Live 105 stopped doing year-end lists after 2008, so to get a sense of what the station sounded like in those ensuing years, you have to go here.

































31. Far "Pony"

Live 105 top 105.3 artists of all time (May 2007)

1. Nirvana
2. Green Day
3. Red Hot Chili Peppers
4. Beastie Boys
5. Radiohead
6. The Smashing Pumpkins
7. The Ramones
8. Beck
9. The Clash
10. Nine Inch Nails
11. Sublime
12. Pearl Jam
13. Linkin Park
14. The Smiths
15. Foo Fighters
16. Rage Against the Machine
17. Stone Temple Pilots
18. The Cure
19. Weezer
20. U2
21. Depeche Mode
22. Jane's Addiction
23. White Stripes
24. Offspring
25. AFI
26. The Pixies
27. Soundgarden
28. Social Distortion
29. The Killers
30. The Strokes
31. Incubus
32. Alice in Chains
33. New Order
34. Oasis
35. Tool
36. Bad Religion
37. Bob Marley
38. Queens of the Stone Age
39. Coldplay
40. System of a Down
41. Modest Mouse
42. blink-182
43. Morrissey
44. No Doubt
45. Rancid
46. Cake
47. Death Cab For Cutie
48. 311
49. Jimmy Eat World
50. Fall Out Boy
51. The Shins
52. Blur
53. Garbage
54. Bush
55. My Chemical Romance
56. Korn
57. The Police 
58. Arcade Fire
59. Papa Roach
60. Gorillaz
61. Live
62. Sonic Youth
63. Cypress Hill
64. Yeah Yeah Yeahs
65. The Sex Pistols
66. Violent Femmes
67. R.E.M
68. Staind
69. Postal Service
70. Evanesence 
71. Hole
72. Iggy Pop
73. Chemical Brothers
74. Muse
75. Bloc Party
76. David Bowie
77. Interpol
78. Prodigy
79. The Breeders
80. Fatboy Slim
81. Panic! at the Disco
82. Metallica
83. Franz Ferdinand
84. INXS
85. Audioslave
86. Bjork
87. Everclear
88. Talking Heads
89. A Perfect Circle
90. Moby
91. Elvis Costello
92. Pennywise
93. PJ Harvey
94. Lenny Kravitz
95. The Verve
96. Flaming Lips
97. Faith No More
98. Echo and the Bunnymen
99. Daft Punk
100. Wolfmother
101. Stone Roses
102. Velvet Revolver
103. The Cult
104. Filter
105. Deftones
105.3. Silversun Pickups

Live 105 top 105 artists of all time (1991)

1. The Cure
2. Depeche Mode
3. The Smiths
4. New Order
5. R.E.M.
6. Siouxsie and the Banshees
7. The B-52's
8. U2
9. Jane's Addiction
10. Erasure
11. The Sisters of Mercy
12. Morrissey
13. Jesus Jones
14. The Clash
15. Chris Isaak
16. Talking Heads
17. Elvis Costello & the Attractions
18. The Sex Pistols
19. UB40
20. INXS
21. The English Beat
22. The The
23. The Ramones
24. Echo & the Bunnymen
25. David Bowie
26. Pet Shop Boys
27. Midnight Oil
28. OMD
29. The Pretenders
30. Peter Gabriel
31. The Mission U.K.
32. Oingo Boingo
33. Eurythmics
34. Bryan Ferry
35. Devo
36. 10,000 Maniacs
37. The Wonderstuff
38. The Psychedelic Furs
39. Violent Femmes
40. Duran Duran
41. Love and Rockets
42. The Church
43. Joe Jackson
44. Kate Bush
45. EMF
46. Joy Division
47. The Jesus and Mary Chain
48. Simple Minds
49. Cocteau Twins
50. The Alarm
51. Roxy Music
52. Sinead O'Connor
53. Nine Inch Nails
54. Iggy Pop
55. Yaz
56. Squeeze
57. Billy Bragg
58. Billy Idol
59. They Might Be Giants
60. Blondie
61. Peter Murphy
62. Madness
63. X
64. Electronic
65. The Cult
66. Book of Love
67. Talk Talk
68. The Stone Roses
69. Public Image Ltd.
70. Soft Cell
71. Bauhaus
72. The Police
73. Red Hot Chili Peppers
74. Tears for Fears
75. Big Audio Dynamite
76. XTC
77. Bob Marley
78. Crowded House
79. Xymox
80. The Replacements
81. Sparks
82. The Smithereens
83. The Fixx
84. Voice Farm
85. The House of Love
86. Alphaville
87. China Crisis
88. School of Fish
89. Modern English
90. Split Enz
91. The Chameleons UK
92. T. Rex
93. Stray Cats
94. The Pixies
95. The Stranglers
96. Mighty Lemon Drops
97. Hoodoo Gurus
98. The Waterboys
99. Until December
100. Fine Young Cannibals
101. The Boomtown Rats
102. The Charlatans
103. Gene Loves Jezebel
104. Kraftwerk
105. Social Distortion

Thursday, August 8, 2019

Live 105 top 105 artists of all time (1989)

1. The Cure
2. Depeche Mode
3. The Smiths
4. New Order
5. U2
6. R.E.M.
7. Erasure
8. The B-52's
9. Echo & the Bunnymen
10. Love and Rockets
11. Siouxsie and the Banshees
12. Elvis Costello & the Attractions
13. Oingo Boingo
14. Talking Heads
15. Pet Shop Boys
16. The Police
17. Alphaville
18. INXS
19. Yaz
20. The Clash
21. OMD
22. Morrissey
23. David Bowie
24. XTC
25. Devo
26. The Psychedelic Furs
27. The English Beat
28. Bauhaus
29. Roxy Music
30. Simple Minds
31. The Sex Pistols
32. Fine Young Cannibals
33. Joy Division
34. Eurythmics
35. The Ramones
36. Modern English
37. 10,000 Maniacs
38. UB40
39. The Cult
40. Kate Bush
41. Public Image Ltd.
42. Tears for Fears
43. The Jesus and Mary Chain
44. Dead or Alive
45. The Alarm
46. Book of Love
47. The Church
48. Duran Duran
49. Billy Idol
50. Kraftwerk
51. Peter Gabriel
52. Cocteau Twins
53. Shriekback
54. Joe Jackson
55. Ministry
56. The Pretenders
57. Information Society
58. Violent Femmes
59. Howard Jones
60. The Fixx
61. The Sisters of Mercy
62. Soft Cell
63. A Flock of Seagulls
64. Crowded House
65. Secession
66. The Replacements
67. Blondie
68. Big Country
69. Voice Farm
70. Squeeze
71. Xymox
72. Bow Wow Wow
73. Gene Loves Jezebel
74. Sinead O'Connor
75. Ultravox
76. The Art of Noise
77. The Jam
78. Thomas Dolby
79. Mission U.K.
80. Thompson Twins
81. Nina Hagen
82. ABC
83. The Stranglers
84. Camouflage
85. Wall of Voodoo
86. Blancmange
87. Midnight Oil
88. Bronski Beat
89. The Damned
90. CCCP
91. Split Enz
92. Lene Lovich
93. The Specials
94. Adam Ant
95. X
96. Peter Schilling
97. The The
98. The Untouchables
99. The Human League
100. Icehouse
101. Yello
102. Talk Talk
103. Hubert KaH
104. Icicle Works
105. Pop Will Eat Itself