The Retro Mix Playlist For 12/17/11

Show theme: The 70s, 80s, and 90s (along with holiday tunes from the era)

6 pm hour

Freeze Frame- The J. Geils Band
Christmas in Hollis- Run DMC
I’ve Been Thinking About You- Londonbeat
Hong Kong Garden- Siouxsie & the Banshees
Little Green Bag- The George Baker Selection
Silent Night- Boyz II Men
Broken Arrow- Rod Stewart
Kiss Me Deadly- Lita Ford
Dance with Me- Peter Brown w/ Betty Wright
Divine Thing- The Soup Dragons
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas- Johnny Mathis
Too Much Heaven- The Bee Gees
Make a Circuit with Me- The Polecats
Finally- CeCe Peniston
Everybody’s Everything- Santana

7 pm hour

Rubberband Man- The Spinners
Christmas Won’t Be the Same This Year- The Jackson Five
Even Better Than the Real Thing- U2
The Metro- Berlin
Joanne- Michael Nesmith
Personally- Karla Bonoff
We’re An American Band- Grand Funk
Run Rudolph, Run- Bryan Adams
No More Mr. Nice Guy- Alice Cooper
Roller Derby Queen- Jim Croce
Controversy- Prince
Move This- Technotronic feat. Ya Kid K
Sign Your Name- Terence Trent D’Arby
Shine a Little Love- ELO
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus- John Cougar Mellencamp
I Eat Cannibals- Total Coehlo

8 pm hour

The Power- Snap!
Sin- Nine Inch Nails
The Logical Song- Supertramp
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town- The Partridge Family
Dear God- XTC
Kiss the Rain- Billie Myers
This Is How We Do It- Montel Jordan
You Keep Tightening Up on Me- The Box Tops
This Christmas- Donny Hathaway
Rhythm of Love- Yes
Don’t Speak- No Doubt
Everlasting Love- Andy Gibb
Photograph- Def Leppard

Note: This was my last show for 2011. The Retro Mix returns on Saturday, January 14th. On that show, I'll be paying tribute to some of the performers we lost in 2011. The show airs from 6-9 pm EST. If you live outside the Flint area, you can tune in by visiting the following URL and clicking on the "Listen" link at the top of the page:

http://216.66.69.140:6232/

The Retro Mix Video of the Week: Dear God by XTC