WAIM Radio #049: What Song Puts You In A California Mood?
As I finish my preparations for my west coast tour, I find myself California dreamin'. What tunes make you think of the Golden State?
If you have been paying attention much around here you know that I leave for my west coast tour in just a week. The journey will take me all the way to the Pacific and back over the course of nearly six weeks. For roughly fifteen days, I’ll be exploring California from tip to tail. On my lone visit to California, I only spent a long weekend around Palm Desert and Joshua Tree, so this will virtually all be new territory to me.
To celebrate my fortnight in the Golden State I’ve collected an hour of tunes all about California for the next edition of WAIM Radio. This episode spans as many genres as any show we have done so far, and the sonic qualities could have been even wilder if we’d taken that tack.
What songs put you in a California mood? Do you opt for the sun soaked sounds of the surf set, or are we more likely to find you up in the Canyon, or maybe you prefer wandering the streets of Bakersfield? Will you spend your days at the beach or walking in LA?
Be sure to tune in Friday live at Noon Eastern on Suburbs Radio to hear the show live as it airs. New episodes are also archived here at WAIM each Tuesday. Feel free to go back and listen to any of our episodes at any time in the WAIM Radio archive.
Cheers,
Matty C
Obvs, Mamas and the Papas "California Dreamin'" but my song would be Steely Dan's "My Old School" just for a golden lyric like "California...tumbles into the sea. That'll be the day I go back to Annandale." This leg of the tour is gonna be sweet, Matty. Are you feelin' it NOW? :-)
California Uber Alles - Dead Kennedys
Their very first single, the internet tells me!