Wednesday, November 05, 2008

Tuesday, November 4, 2008 - Eli Polonsky

A special four-hour show on a very special Election Day!

(R) = by request
01. Cream - Politician (R)
02. Steppenwolf - Monster
03. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Fanfare For The Common Man (R)
04. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - 49 Bye-Byes/America's Children (Stephen Stills live solo) (R)
05. Pete Seeger - The Torn Flag
06. Phil Ochs - I Ain't Marching Anymore (electric)
07. Arlo Guthrie - Presidential Rag
08. Eric Burdon & The Animals - Sky Pilot
09. John Prine - Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore
10. Tom Paxton - Ballad Of Spiro Agnew/Mr. Blue
11. The Kingston Trio - Where Have All The Flowers Gone
12. Richie Havens - Freedom (R)
13. Gil Scott-Heron - Beginnings, The First Moment Of A New Day (R)

Songs for the Massachusetts election ballot questions
Question #1: abolishing State income tax (defeated)
14. Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues
15. George Harrison, Eric Clapton, etc. - Taxman (live 1991)

Question #2: decriminalizing posession of small amounts of marijuana (passed!)
16. Jonathan Edwards - Shanty
17. Commander Cody - Seeds And Stems Again
18. John Mayall's Bluesbreakers - The Laws Must Change (R)
19. New Riders Of The Purple Sage - Panama Red (R)
20. Shel Silverstein - I Got Stoned And I Missed It (R)
Apparently a popular initiative on this program!

Question #3: banning Greyhound dog racing (passed)
21. Bob Dylan - When Dogs Run Free (R)
22. The Who - Dogs Part Two
23. Gentle Giant - Dog's Life (R)
NOTE: The archive file for "Lost & Found" ends here. To hear the rest of this extended edition, go to the archive file for "The New Edge" program for this date.
24. Jackie Wilson - Doggin' Around

25. Jimi Hendrix' Band Of Gypsys - Machine Gun (R)
26. Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter (R)
27. Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers (live)
28. Graham Nash - Military Madness (Jerry Garcia - pedal steel)
29. Bob Dylan - Masters Of War (R)
30. "The Dead" - Throwing Stones (live 10-13-08 Obama benefit)
31. The Byrds - I Want To Grow Up To Be A Politician (R)
32. Graham Nash & Neil Young - The War Song
33. Jefferson Starship - Chimes Of Freedom - (New Release - "Jefferson's Tree Of Liberty" CD)
34. Arlo Guthrie - Alice Remembered (2005 - a silly version)

The final push:
35. Leonard Cohen - Democracy (is coming to the USA) (1992)
36. Pacific Gas & Electric - Are You Ready
37. Lee Dorsey - Yes We Can (Can)
38. The Chi-Lites - (For God's Sake) Give More Power To The People
39. Sly & The Family Stone - You Can Make It If You Try
40. James Brown - Funky President
41. Pete Townshend/John Williams - Won't Get Fooled Again (live acoustic 1979)
42. The Smothers Brothers - Morons (Who's Running the Country?)
43. Simon & Garfunkel - Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream
44. The Impressions w/Curtis Mayfield - We're A Winner
45. Sam Cooke - A Change Is Going To Come

America makes history tonight and elects its first African-American President Barack Obama!!


Please join me and Larry Miller next Tuesday for my annual fundraiser edition of "Lost & Found"!
Thanks for listening,
Eli Polonsky
eli@wmbr.org

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