Karaoke Songs, Opinions on Grandaddy & RIP Dexter Romweber
This week, hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot take the show out of the recording studio and into the karaoke bar as they share some of their favorite karaoke tracks. They’ll also hear selections from production staff and listeners. Plus, the hosts review new music from Grandaddy and bid farewell to the late rockabilly musician Dexter Romweber.
Grandaddy emerged in the late 1990s amongst a crop of high quality rock dealing with technological anxiety. On “Blu Wav,” the group's first new album since 2017, songwriter Jason Lytle takes inspiration from the “Tennessee Waltz,” yet retains his novelistic eye for tiny tragic details of modern life.
Karaoke Songs
This week, hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot take the show out of the recording studio and into the karaoke bar as they share some of their favorite karaoke tracks. They'll also hear selections from production staff and listeners.
Greg
Johnny and June Carter Cash, "Jackson"
Art Brut, "Formed a Band"
Jim
Shania Twain, "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!"
The Rocky Horror Picture Show Original Cast, "Rose Tint My World (feat. Richard O’Brien)"
Production Staff
Sol: *NSYNC, "Makes Me Ill"
Alex: Donny Osmond, "I’ll Make a Man Out of You"
Max: Joey Scarbury, "Believe it or Not (Theme From Greatest American Hero)"
Katie: The 5th Dimension, "Wedding Bell Blues"
Andrew: Carly Rae Jepsen, "Call Me Maybe"
Listeners
Regulo Caro, "En Estos Días"
Beyoncé, "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"
Radiohead, "Creep"
Backstreet Boys, "I Want it That Way"
Prince, "When Doves Cry"
Obit: Dexter Romweber
Dex Romweber was the real deal when it came to “punkabilly” music. His guitar and drums approach in Flat Duo Jets inspired The White Stripes to try a similar approach. Romweber died in February at home in North Carolina.
Featured Songs:
Carly Rae Jepsen, "Call Me Maybe," Kiss, 604, 2012
The Beatles, "With A Little Help From My Friends," Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Parlophone, 1967
Grandaddy, "Blu Wav," Blu Wav, Dangerbird, 2024
Grandaddy, "You're Going to Be Fine and I'm Going to Hell," Blu Wav, Dangerbird, 2024
Grandaddy, "Ducky, Boris and Dart," Blu Wav, Dangerbird, 2024
Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, "Jackson," Carryin' On with Johnny Cash & June Carter, Columbia, 1967
*NSYNC, "It Makes Me Ill," No Strings Attached, Jive, 2000
Shania Twain, "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!," Come On Over, Mercury, 1997
Donny Osmond & Chorus, "I'll Make a Man Out of You," Mulan: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack, Walt Disney, 1998
Art Brut, "Formed a Band," Bang Bang Rock & Roll, Fierce Panda, 2005
Joey Scarbury, "Theme from The Greatest American Hero (Believe It or Not)," America's Greatest Hero, Elektra, 1981
The 5th Dimension, "Wedding Bell Blues," The Age of Aquarius, Soul City, 1969
Kenny Rogers, "Islands In the Stream (duet with Dolly Parton)," Eyes That See in the Dark, RCA Victor, 1983
The Rocky Horror Picture Show Original Cast , "Rose Tint My World (feat. Richard O'Brien)," The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Ode, 1975
Regulo Caro, "En Estos Días," En Estos Días, Del, 2018
Beyoncé, "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)," I Am...Sasha Fierce, Columbia, 2008
Radiohead, "Creep," Pablo Honey, Parlophone, 1992
Backstreet Boys, "I Want it That Way," Millennium, Jive, 1999
Prince, "When Doves Cry," Purple Rain, Warner Bros., 1984
Flat Duo Jets, "Frog Went a Courtin'," Go Go Harlem Baby, Sky, 1991
Flat Duo Jets, "Riot In Cell Block Number Nine," In Stereo, Dolphin, 1985
The Roots, "You Got Me (feat. Erykah Badu & Eve)," Things Fall Apart, MCA, 1999
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