PART 1: American Beat ’84 – The Fleshtones; Kill the Poor – Dead Kennedys; Fight Fire – The Pist; Hush Hush – The Plimsouls; Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood – The Animals; It’s You – Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers; Collector of Things – Even Twice; Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves – Cher; Believe – Cher; A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall – Bob Dylan; So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry) – R.E.M.; Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again – The Fortunes; Here Comes the Rain Again – Eurythmics; Rain Rain Rain – Frankie Laine; Early Morning Rain – The Warlocks (Grateful Dead)
PART 2: Funky Ceili – Black 47; Agony – The Muffs; Some Mother’s Son – The Kinks; Introduction/Land of Hope and Dreams (Live in Manchester 5/14/25) – Bruce Springsteen; Long Walk Home (Live in Manchester 5/14/25) – Bruce Springsteen; Introduction/My City of Ruins (Live in Manchester 5/14/25) – Bruce Springsteen; Chimes of Freedom (Live in Manchester 5/14/25) – Bruce Springsteen
PART 3: Bad Bad Boy – The Coolies; Jamie C’mon (Andy Lewis Remix) – The Chelsea Curve; Hey Sah-Lo-Ney – The Chelsea Curve; One by One (instrumental) – Andy Lewis; You Should Be Hearing Something Now – Andy Lewis; Are You Trying to Be Lonely? – Andy Lewis w/Paul Weller; Get Ready – Lewis, Doyle & Twyman; Walking Down the Street – Andy Lewis; Carry On (Andy Lewis Remix) – Lisa Stansfield; Don’t Talk to Me About Love – Altered Images; Heart’s Desire – Billy Joe Royal; Whispers (Gettin’ Louder) – Jackie Wilson; If You Don’t Want My Love – Jalen Ngonda; There Was a Time – James Brown; Miles and Miles – Shanda & the Howlers; Baby, It Can’t Fall – Iggy Pop
… is the hostess of Franorama 2.0, most Thursdays from 1-5 p.m. Eastern Time on Cygnus Radio. So what’s a genre? I just throw everything against a wall and see what sticks. Rock’n’roll, garage, punk, soul (especially Northern), rockabilly, real country, cheesy goofball stuff – no matter what generation, if it has a heart and soul, it has a home here.