Last night's show opened with a couple of summer blocks, included a full-block birthday tribute to Mick Jones, and closed with a block of favorites from that wonderful year 1979.
"Summer in the City" [live] - Joe Jackson
"Here Comes the Summer" - The Undertones
"The Summer Sun" - Chris Stamey
"Summertime" - The Sundays (for Harriet Wheeler's birthday)
"The Other Side of Summer" - Elvis Costello
"Summertime" - Me First & the Gimme Gimmes
"Summertime Blues" [live] - The Who
"Sounds of a Summer Night" - Tommy Tutone
"Long Hot Summer" - Tom Robinson Band
"Kool Thing" - Sonic Youth
"Movin' On" - Bad Company
"Fire and Water" - Free
"Ride On, Baby" - The Rolling Stones
"Starbucked" - Bond
"The Two of Us" - The Jesus and Mary Chain
"Velvet Pants" - Propellerheads
"Never Enough" - Patty Smyth (for Patty's birthday)
"I Might Be Wrong" [live] - Radiohead (for bassist Colin Greenwood's birthday)
"Shake Some Action" - Flamin' Groovies
"The Prisoner" - The Clash
"Rush" - Big Audio Dynamite
"The Gangs of England" - Carbon/Silicon
"The Card Cheat" - The Clash
"Some Jingle Jangle Morning" - Mary Lou Lord
"Sweet Lady" - Queen
"Under Pressure" [live] - David Bowie
"Outside the Trains Don't Run on Time" - Gang of Four
"Life During Wartime" - Talking Heads
"Prime Time" - The Tubes
"No Time This Time" - The Police
"Got the Time" - Joe Jackson
