Grove Show Playlists

Thanks Pat and Gerry. It was a great show to do and delighted ye enjoyed it. Thanks for supporting the show as always. it means alot to Jen and myself to see our listeners listening in and enjoying it. We are just volunteers and trying to give something back from all the joy Cecil gave us all over the years. I hope listeners can appreciate we do our best and we are not professionals or anything. Last night, I had the misfortune to have a disgruntled listener pm me to give very negative feedback. Thankfully that doesn't happen too often  - I don't mind constructive feedback but this was out of order. Its why I said very little last night on air. Unfortunately the world we live in. I am not sure some folks realise the time and effort it takes to plan and deliver shows. Its a labour of love!

I echo everything Gerry has just said.

I'm a huge admirer of your excellent presentation skills, your musical knowledge, your absolute dedication  to the show and all the time and effort you put into keeping the show on the road.

Be assured that the core of listeners (including myself from afar) hold you in very high regard.

I said it before I feel part of a Grove community and when I do tune in to the show I feel I am amongst friends who share a common bond of loving music, enjoy great banter, share opinions and information and have a bit of craic but all in a mutually respectful manner. 

So do not be deterred or disheartened by the odd idiot who doesn't see it that way.

Keep going and like Gerry says us regulars will always be here supporting you and indeed your co-presenters.

So rock on Brian 🤘 🤘✌️✌️❤️❤️🎸🎸🎵🎵

And a great point about the live nature of the show, Sean, that's what makes things interesting - always!

And again, my thanks to Brian, Jen, yourself, and all the radio show volunteers for keeping the Grove alive and kicking ! 

Being unrehearsed adds to the excitement of the show and it's uniqueness.

G

Like the Forest Gump movie. 

The Grove Radio Show is "like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get"

And for the life of me I cannot fathom how anyone could be critical of Brian. He's absolutely brilliant in every aspect of the radio show's stewardship.

1. The Visitors – ABBA (Abba Voyage, London 1 April 2024)

2. Enjoy the Silence – Depeche Mode (Live) (3 Arena, 3 February 2024)

3. Life on Mars – David Bowie (Bowie Festival Finale, Whelan’s 11 February 2024)

4. Rocket Man – Slash ft Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators (3 Arena, 28 March 2024)

5. Last of the Sun – Cry Before Dawn (Whelan’s 3 May 2024)

6. Badge- Cream (Eric Clapton 3 Arena 16 May 2024)

7. Back to You – Bryan Adams (MTV Unplugged) (3 Arena 21 May 2024)

8. Hello (Petrol) – Something Happens (Rewind, St. Annes Park, 2 June 2024)

9. China in Your Hand – T’Pau (Rewind, St. Annes Park, 2 June 2024)

10. The King of Wishful Thinking – Go West (Rewind, St. Annes Park, 2 June 2024)

11. Wide Boy – Nik Kershaw (Rewind, St. Annes Park, 2 June 2024)

12. Read My Mind – The Killers (3 Arena, 15 June 2024)

13. What Difference Does It Makes? – The Smiths (Johnny Marr Interview, NCH 26 June 2024)

14. At Seventeen – Janis Ian (BBC Ulster Interview, Seamus Ennis Arts Centre, Naul, Co. Dublin as part of Trad Fest, 25 January 2024)

15. Nessun Norma – Mario Lanza (unrealised 1st take – for Sandra Reynolds from all The Cullens)

16. Motorcycle Emptiness – Manic Street Preachers (Live) (Trinity College, Dublin 2 July 2024)

17. Animal Nitrate – Suede (Trinity College, Dublin 2 July 2024)

18. Resurrection Joe – The Cult (Forest Fest, Emo Co. Laois 20 July 2024)

19. Everything’s Brilliant – The Membranes (John Robb Lecture, Seamus Ennis Arts Centre, Naul, Co. Dublin 20 September 2024)

20. Fall at Your Feet – Crowded House (3 Arena, 14 October 2024)

21. Opal Mantra- Therapy? (Ulster Hall, Belfast 2 November 2024)

22. Skin Deep – Hugh Cornwell (Whelan’s 9 November 2024)

23. Dead Souls – Peter Hook & the Light (Live) (Olympia Theatre, Dublin 15 November 2024)

24. The Sounds of Silence – Disturbed ft Myles Kennedy (The Academy, Dublin 5 December 2024)

1. Rock & Roll – Led Zeppelin

2. More than a Feeling – Boston

3. I Love Rock & Roll – Joan Jett & the Blackhearts

4. Whole Lotta Rosie- AC/DC

5. Run to the Hills – Iron Maiden

6. Just Live Heaven – The Cure

7. The Jean Genie – David Bowie

8. Jump – Van Halen

9. Lola – The Kinks

10. Stairway to Heaven – Led Zeppelin

11. Stay With Me Til Dawn – Judie Tzuke

12. Vincent – Don McClean

13. Will You – Hazel O’Connor

14. La Grange – ZZ Top

15. LA Woman – The Doors

16. Cocaine – Eric Clapton

17. Welcome to the Jungle – Guns & Roses

18. Paranoid – Black Sabbath

19. Love Will Tear Us Apart -Joy Division

20. I Wanna be Sedated- The Ramones

21. London Calling – The Clash

22. Pretty Vacant – The Sex Pistols

23. Alternative Ulster – SLF

24. She Sells Sanctuary – The Cult

25. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

1. Disturbed – The Sound of Silence (original hit by Simon & Garfunkel 1964)

2. Bette Midler – Beast of Burden (original hit by The Rolling Stones1978)

3. Fiona Apple – Across the Universe (original hit by The Beatles 1970)

4. Pink Floyd –Fearless (original 1971- You’ll Never Walk Alone COVER -see above)

5. Elvis Presley – You’ll Never Walk Alone (original hit by Gerry and the Pacemakers 1963- from the musical Carousel 1945)

6. Billy Swan – Don’t Be Cruel (original hit by Elvis Presley 1956)

7. Miley Cyrus – Heart of Glass (original hit by Blondie 1978)

8. Yo La Tengo – Friday I’m in Love (original hit by The Cure 1992)

9. Bob Dylan – Arthur McBride (original hit by Planxty/Paul Brady 1972-3)

10. Cat Power – Mister Tambourine Man (original hit by Bob Dylan1964)

11. Jerry Garcia & Merle Saunders – Positively 4th Street (original hit by Bob Dylan1965)

12. Neil Young – Four Strong Winds (original hit by Ian and Sylvia 1963)

13. Buckwheat Zydeco – Walking To New Orleans (original hit by Fats Domino1960)

14. Bangkok – Eve of Destruction (original hit by Barry McGuire1965)

15. Joan Baez – Brothers in Arms (original hit by Dire Straits 1985)

16. First Aid Kit– Universal Soldier (written by Buffy Sainte Marie1963 - hit by Donovan 1965)

17. The Paragons 1967 – The Tide is High (original hit 1967 – hit by Blondie 1980)

18. Amy Winehouse – Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow (original hits The Shirelles 1960/Carol King 1971)

19. David Byrne – Don’t Fence Me In (original hit by Roy Rogers 1944)

20. Dan Hicks – The Piano has Been Drinking (Original hit by Tom Waits 1976)

21. John Fogerty – Blue Moon of Kentucky (original hit Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys 1945)

22. Annie Lennox – Whiter Shade of Pale (original hit by Procol Harum 1967)

23. Wilson Pickett – Hey Joe (original hit by Jimi Hendrix 1966)

24. Lake Street Dive – I Want You Back (original hit The Jackson 5 1969)

Like Gerry there's a number of songs on the playlist I never heard before.

And thanks to you and Jen for keeping the show going in 2024.

Here's to a rockin' 2025 🤘🤘🥳🥳🎶🎶