Ten Songs Heard on Steve-FM; Roanoke, Va: Today's Tom Sawyer

Here are ten songs we heard in consecutive order from the 7:00-8:00 p.m. hour on Steve-FM (106.1-Roanoke,Va.); most of the songs were from the 1980s, including "Tom Sawyer" from Rush, which was NOT a top 40 hit and became popular mainly through MTV (back in the day), "If You Leave..." a hip new wave ballad from OMD for the Molly Ringwald film "Pretty in Pink," and "Need You Tonight" from INXS.

Also from the '80s, we heard Talking Heads' "And She Was," which was a cool pleasant surprise.

The image of the yesteryear boxing bout is in reference to Christina Aguilera's "Fighter," a 2003 hit that we were completely oblivious to when it came out!

Here is the list:

1. "Tom Sawyer," Rush. 1981.

2. "If You Leave....," OMD, 1989

3. "Long Run," The Eagles, 1979

4. "Need You Tonight," INXS, 1987

5. "Fighter," Christina Aguilera, 2003.

6. "And She Was," Talking Heads, 1985.

7. "The Joker," Steve Miller Band, 1973.

8. "Honey, I'm Good," Andy Grammer, 2014.

9. "Funky Cold Medina," Tone Loc, 1989.

10. "When I Come Around," Green Day. 1995.

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Things We Learned on Twitter PM- Green Day Song Popular on TV

There were many things we learned this afternoon, including the disturbing news that a 13-year-old kid brought a gun to Blacksburg Middle School today in Blacksburg, Va, where the Virginia Tech shooting tragedy occured in 2007 (I grew up in nearby Roanoke, Va.), the UNC Tarheels' women's lacrosse team is getting ready to face Northwestern in the NCAA semi-finals on Friday and Pakistani officials are considering relaxing the nationwide ban on YouTube.

But, for our story of the day, we are going with this tid-bit we learned from a tweet from the NPR talk show "Fresh Air," which is hosted by Terry Gross:

'Green Day song "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" was used in "Seinfeld" and "ER." '

I knew that it was used in "Seinfeld," but it seems intriguing that it was picked up by the hospital drama which ran on tv for 36 years (that is a joke!).

The NPR radio program features an interview with actor Walter Goggins who is now appearing in the FX series "Justified" this week.

For those in my state of residence North Carolina,"Fresh Air" airs on WUNC-FM (90.7 FM/Chapel Hill) at 7 p.m. Those of you living just up the road in the hamlet of Boones Mill, Va., (near Roanoke) can listen to the broadcast at 6:30 p.m. on WVTF
(89.1 FM/Roanoke).