LCTCArtistSong
NEW 1ELTON JOHNFuneral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
NEW 2CHICAGOFeelin' Stronger Everyday
NEW 3ELTON JOHNBlues For Baby And Me
NEW 4ELTON JOHNElderberry Wine
NEW 5ELTON JOHNThe Ballad Of Danny Bailey
NEW 6PARTRIDGE FAMILYFriend And A Lover
NEW 7GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPSI've Got To Use My Imagination
NEW 8PARTRIDGE FAMILYIt Means I'm In Love With You
NEW 9THE DOOBIE BROTHERSChina Grove
NEW 10ELTON JOHNGrey Seal
NEW 11ELTON JOHNMidnight Creeper
NEW 12DOBIE GRAYDrift Away
NEW 13ELTON JOHNHave Mercy On The Criminal
NEW 14PARTRIDGE FAMILYCome On Love
NEW 15DIANA ROSSTouch Me In The Morning
NEW 16ELTON JOHNHarmony
NEW 17MAUREEN McGOVERNThe Morning After
NEW 18ELTON JOHNSkyline Pigeon (Piano Version)
NEW 19EDGAR WINTER GROUPFrankenstein
NEW 20PARTRIDGE FAMILYOne Day At A Time
NEW 21GODSPELLAll Good Gifts
NEW 22PARTRIDGE FAMILYSunshine
NEW 23ROLLING STONESYou Can't Always Get What You Want
NEW 24ELTON JOHNTeacher I Need You
NEW 25PARTRIDGE FAMILYHow Long Is Too Long
Mar 9
Beyond Radio Presents new episodes and chart update

It has been quite some time since I updated anything on the site. The Beyond Radio 250 has been suspended as I just do not have the time to process the information. My focus has gone to other things. The podcast and having fun looking back at past years and re-assessing the music from those years. I've been working on early '74, '84, '94 and so on. I have uploaded my new version of the top 200 of 1973 on the Beyond Radio 250 page. Elton John, The Partridge Family and Godspell dominate the chart. I will periodically upload other charts there as well.

 

I also have posted my current personal chart for the first time since last May! In a nostalgic turn Billy Joel's latest has struck a nerve with me.

In addition, I've posted 2 new episodes of the podcast over the last couple of weeks. The focus of these episodes involves my assessment of music from '73, '83' and '93.

If you know where that lyric is from, I love you!

This episode starts with another artist that we talk about their evolution. This band went on to be one of the premiere alt/dance acts of the last 40 years.

The transition to the next song was a jarring one for Jeff (of course that was on purpose) and he didn't get the connection between the songs :( but that is OK. This song is a very important song in my history and absoutely stunning in its execution. And of course it led to a revelation I wasn't expecting.

Hilarity ensues with the next transition and this song has inadvertently become the pinnacle of my love for pop/rock.

From there 3 songs from 1973 round out the episode bringing joy and a beat.

 

I am dedicating this episode to my high school classmate Thomas Campbell who recently passed away. He was a huge music enthusiast and musician plus an occasional listener to the podcast who has corrected me on occasion (which I appreciated). We were not close in high school though if we had been my music knowledge and diversity would probably have come sooner than it did. I also think he would have appreciated this particular episode as it features artists from the '70s and '80s who were on the cutting edge of music that I imagine he followed at the time.

The conversation in this episode builds off my annual look back at previous years. I had been re-evaluating music from the years 1973, 1983, and 1993 during 2023 and the first 2 episodes of Castlist 12 feature songs from those years. In this episode the songs chosen are the catalyst to a discussion of how artists evolve over time. The 4 primary songs of this episode are "The Paris Match" by The Style Council, "Strange Town" by The Jam, "Rising' by Midge Ure and "Hoover Dam" by Sugar. Maybe all are new to you but they are all important to me.

There's a lot of history in this episode. Influences range from Jazz to Glam Rock, Punk to Soul, 60's Brit Pop to Sythn Pop to Grunge.

Which song sounds like a movie montage to Jeff? What is a Glass Pinecone? How to do ruin a song with an updated version? (IMO). How did we land on The Daily Show at the end of the episode?

The opening song is the latest track from Sheryl Crow, the song "Evolution", a solid offering and preview to her upcoming twelfth studio album, coming out at the end of March.

 

And if you missed Part 3 of the "What I Did Last Summer" trilogy here it is.

Wow this episode has a lot of stuff going on in it. We first explore the world of the song of the summer and an emerging trend associated with it. It is certainly adding an interesting wrinkle to the Pop universe. A viral video becomes part of that conversation, as does a wee bit of political commentary.

Next up, an artist up for Best New Artist at next year's Grammys who has been plugging away for over 2 decades. I then offer up contenders for my song of the summer and Jeff is really digging the winner.

From there it's the "IT" guy of the summer based on my Uber experiences, and one who Jeff's daughter Eva was in on at (or near) the beginning.

The real fun starts with 3 consecutive days and 3 chance meetings in my life as an Uber driver. Meeting 2 was not nearly as impactful as 1 and 3 but fits into an artsy pattern. It all leads to a 70's music scene that started in northern England and an unexpected concert. The Grammys come up again and there is an appearance by Santa (well not really) and a tornado (really).

 
Nov 6
Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 11 - Ep 2 -What I Did Last Summer, The Morning After

This episode is nostalgia-centric though it does stem from a fun summer story. There are lots of movie and television references in the episode as well.

From the title, the Maureen McGovern song The Morning After leads us down a movie path and towards one of my favorite shows of all-time. Plus a group with a cheesy '70s instrumental has ties to the early days of hip hop.

We move to the Carpenters where more TV is discussed and we end with my sister on stage at the Garden State Arts Center.

After that, we return to a major fav artist of mine and re-visit the idea of song bridges where connections between The Knack, The Flaming Lips, The The, and Prince are made.

You can find the corresponding playlist on Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube.

Email me at tim@beyondradio.com with comments

Oct 23
Beyond Radio Presents: What I Did Last Summer-The 40th Annual Music Party

This is the first of 3 episodes focusing on a few music-oriented stories from this past summer. The first episode talks about things from my 40th annual music party (the Castlist 002 episodes from the fall of 2018 talk about the #1's at the parties). It was a great party, the weather cooperated and there were a few key moments that I talked about in the episode. Here I am posting the top 50 songs from the party game and the top 50 artists of the last 40 years.

We mentioned and/or used 43 songs in this episode. And I brought up the Peanuts cartoon and the TV Kids Incorporated.

The top 50 for the party game.

1 PINK Never Gonna Not Dance Again 2 KELLY CLARKSON Happier Than Ever 3 HARRY STYLES Music For A Sushi Restaurant 4 SAM SMITH & KIM PETRAS Unholy 5 PINK Trustfall 6 LIZZO About Damn Time 7 MILEY CYRUS Flowers 8 MANESKIN The Loneliest 9 HARRY STYLES As It Was 10 HARRY STYLES Late Night Talking 11 GHOST Jesus He Knows Me 11 THE WOMBATS This Car Drives All By Itself 13 MAMMOTH WVH Mr. Ed 14 JVKE Golden Hour 15 TAYLOR SWIFT Anti-Hero 16 SHINEDOWN A Symptom Of Being Human 17 GUSTER Emily Ivory 18 LEWIS CAPALDI Forget Me 19 PALAYE ROYALE f/ LP Line It Up 20 CARLY RAE JEPSEN Beach House 21 KEITH URBAN Brown Eyes Baby 22 PANIC! AT THE DISCO Don't Let The Light Go Out 23 GHOST Spillways 24 KELLY CLARKSON Mine 25 DOLLY PARTON World On Fire 26 LUKE COMBS The Kind Of Love We Make 27 KATE BUSH Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) 28 ELTON JOHN & BRITNEY SPEARS Hold Me Closer 29 ED SHEERAN Eyes Closed 30 SZA Kill Bill 31 LIZZO f/ SZA Special 32 WE ARE SCIENTISTS Handshake Agreement 33 JESSIE WARE Free Yourself 34 MAMMOTH WVH Epiphany 35 SON MIEUX Multicolor 36 WE ARE SCIENTISTS Turn It Up 37 DOJA CAT Vegas 38 DNCE Move 39 BEYONCE Summer Renaissance 40 IMAGINE DRAGONS Bones 41 FALL OUT BOY Love From The Other Side 42 BEYONCE Break My Soul 43 LIVE Operation Spirit 44 MANESKIN Gossip 45 BEYONCE Cuff It 46 RUFUS DU SOL On My Knees 47 TEGAN & SARA Smoking Weed Alone 48 ARCADE FIRE Unconditional (Lookout Kid) 49 COIN Brad Pitt 50 CARLY RAE JEPSEN Talking To Yourself

Top Music Party Artists 1983-2023

pos/# of songs/Points 1. 27 1421.4 MADONNA 2. 25 1342.4 U2 3. 26 1292.5 PINK 4. 16 958.5 LADY GAGA 5. 19 830 KELLY CLARKSON 6. 19 818.9 BRUNO MARS 7. 14 738.2 DUA LIPA 8. 13 716.9 ELTON JOHN 9. 11 690.4 ADELE 10. 13 619.8 R.E.M./MICHAEL STIPE 11. 18 617.6 EURYTHMICS/ANNIE LENNOX 12. 11 576.6 INXS 13. 12 546.4 MATCHBOX 20/ROB THOMAS 14. 10 544 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE/N-SYNC 15. 8 542.5 ED SHEERAN 16. 11 540.6 CHRISTINA AGUILERA 17. 12 525.2 KYLIE MINOGUE 18. 8 524.3 ALANIS MORRISSETTE 19. 15 523.9 BEYONCE/DESTINY'S CHILD 20. 13 522.9 BRITNEY SPEARS 21. 9 502.4 HARRY STYLES/ONE DIRECTION 22. 10 492.4 THE KILLERS 23. 11 474.5 MAROON 5/ADAM LEVINE 24. 9 459.9 CELINE DION 25. 10 454.2 BACKSTREET BOYS 26. 11 451.2 GEORGE MICHAEL 27. 9 439.8 BLACK EYED PEAS/FERGIE 28. 9 422.4 IMAGINE DRAGONS 29. 10 419.1 SHINEDOWN 30. 11 415.9 FOO FIGHTERS 31. 8 413.3 SAM SMITH 32. 9 411.2 ARIANA GRANDE 33. 8 407.7 KEANE 34. 11 404.8 RIHANNA 35. 11 398.3 JANET JACKSON 36. 9 375.2 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN 37. 9 368.3 PRINCE 38. 9 361.7 TAYLOR SWIFT 39. 10 361.6 MARIAH CAREY 40. 6 358 LINKIN PARK 41. 10 356.7 KATY PERRY 42. 9 353.5 STING/THE POLICE 43. 8 352 COLDPLAY 44. 8 350.9 THE WEEKND 45. 7 345.8 DAVID BOWIE 46. 6 344.4 LIZZO 47. 8 342.6 JONAS BROTHERS/DNCE/NICK JONAS 48. 5 336.3 MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE 49. 7 336.2 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS 50. 5 330.3 TRAIN

Sep 26
Beyond Radio Presents: 8Trax with Manic Bloom

The Beyond Radio Presents universe has a new podcast. It is something I am very proud of and excited about. A special and unique way to interview musicians coming from a fan's POV and musicians promoting other musicians. Let the lovefest begin.

This is the inaugural episode of our artist interview podcast (a two-parter). The title, 8Trax, harkens back to the era of the 8 Track tapes and indicates that 8 main songs will be discussed. The interview style is set up as follows. The artist brings 3 of their lesser-known songs that they love to the table and I do the same. The conversation moves through the stories of these songs and of course, leads down many roads. I felt that proceeding in this manner gets people deeper into an artist while my approach is that of a fan. The remaining 2 tracks are from different artists we wanted the other to hear. I love the idea of artists promoting other artists.

With my weekly personal chart background I have delved deep into many artist's catalogues. For these indie rockers from Nashville, I charted 20 songs from their 3 records with all but one making my weekly top 20 and 12 of them going to #1. Yes, I am an absolute fan.

Even though they haven't put out new music since 2015 this year they have been featured on 6 episodes of Beyond Radio Presents so far. A 2-part episode comparing them to major bands of the last 50 years (Queen, Live, Muse, etc.), a most beautiful interview, and snippets from the interviews that became their own mini-episodes.

I explained the premise of 8trax to them and they wanted to be guinea pigs for the pilot episode. Clearly, there was still much to discuss as it is another 2-parter. David, Hildee (Jeff), and Andy are fun, cerebral, spiritual, introspective, and serious (I'm sure the same can be said for the missing members, Jeff and Matt). I consider them a gift unto my life. Most importantly, their music deserves to be heard.

In all over 30 songs were discussed or mentioned and all but one of those can be found on the companion playlist on Spotify and Apple Music.

Jun 16
The Music Party #5's

The #5’s include 3 songs that were my #1 of the year, “Life Is A Highway” in ‘92, “Pink Motel” by the Glorious Sons in 2021, and “Sing” by My Chemical Romance in 2012. One of the most powerful remakes of all-time is also included, “The Sound Of Silence” by Disturbed. Nickelback and Christina Aguilera show up twice and Jewel sort of does back-to-back. “Foolish Games” was #5 in 1997 and in 1998 it was Fastball’s “The Way”. The beginning of that song is the sound of someone flipping through the radio dial and Jewel’s voice is heard for about a second. Another interesting Jewel anecdote is that she showed up at #4 (“You Were Meant For Me”), #5 with the aforementioned “Foolish Games” (both in the same year), and in 2002 #6 with “Standing Still”.

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Beyond Radio Tim’s Top 200, March 3, 2024
LW/TW/ARTIST/SONG
1
1
BILLY JOEL
Turn The Lights Back On
2
2
NOTHING BUT THIEVES
Oh No::He Said What
3
3
SON MIUEX
Tonight
4
4
KEITH URBAN
Straight Line
7
5
THE STRUTS
Do What You Want
5
6
SHERYL CROW
Evolution
8
7
THE CAT EMPIRE
Coming Back Again
10
8
KIKI DEE
Amoureuse
6
9
BONNIE McKEE
Hot City
18
10
NOTHING BUT THIEVES
City Haunts
11
11
THE ROLLING STONES
Mess It Up
16
12
THE CAT EMPIRE
So Many Nights
9
13
THE CAT EMPIRE
Owl
17
14
STEPHEN SANCHEZ
High
15
15
BLUE RODEO
Flying
20
16
ROBIN SCHULZ, RITA ORA & TIAGO PSK
I'll Be There
13
17
THE CAT EMPIRE
Dance The Night Away
24
18
BIRDS OF TOKYO
Lion
21
19
THE SCARLET OPERA
The Place To Be
12
20
THE STRUTS
Gimme Some Blood
14
21
LUKE COMBS
Where The Wild Things Are
25
22
MAX FROST
Creep Back
27
23
THE LIBERTINES
Run Run Run
31
24
SUM 41
Landmines
30
25
DISTURBED f/ ANN WILSON
Don't Tell Me
19
26
FOO FIGHTERS
The Glass
44
27
FALL OUT BOY
So Much (For) Stardust
70
28
DUA LIPA
Training Season
36
29
JOE FIRSTMAN
Breaking All The Ground
43
30
CAGE THE ELEPHANT
Neon Pill
29
31
THE PALE WHITE
Taste The Sun
35
32
THE EFFECT
Unwanted
41
33
PICTURE THIS
Leftover Love
40
34
KAISER CHIEFS
Feeling Alright
22
35
COLLECTIVE SOUL
Undone
38
36
PHIL JUDD
Worlds Away
32
37
THE VERONICAS
Perfect
39
38
JUNG KOOK
Standing Next To You
53
39
GREEN DAY
Dilemma
26
40
SAINT MOTEL
Fine Wine
47
41
SHED SEVEN
Talk Of The Town
42
42
JOE P
Don't Wanna Love U
28
43
BRAD
20th Century
46
44
SMASH INTO PIECES
Six Feet Under
52
45
ONE OK ROCK
Make It Out Alive
23
46
TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB
Sure Enough
34
47
ALBERT HAMMOND JR.
Old Man
50
48
THE STRUTS
Hands On Me
58
49
AUDIO ADRENALINE
Leaving 99
48
50
THE VACCINES
Heartbreak Kid
51
51
KNOX
Not The 1975
60
52
THE STRIKE
Soundtrack
49
53
NATALIE GRANT & CORY ASBURY
You Will Be Found
54
54
O.M.D.
Kleptocracy
33
55
ICEHOUSE
Break These Chains
66
56
DAN & SHAY
Save Me The Trouble
55
57
THE SNUTS
Deep Diving
69
58
THE CAT EMPIRE
Hello
62
59
BLUE RODEO
Restless
37
60
MARIA MCKEE
I Can't Make It Alone
68
61
MATTHEW WEST
Don't Stop Praying
64
62
TARRIC
I Had It Wrong
72
63
THE BLACK KEYS
Beautiful People (Stay High)
65
64
PICTURE THIS
Call It Love
139
65
GODSMACK
Truth
78
66
ASH
Like A God
45
67
THUNDER
Like A Satellite
56
68
THE STRUTS
Pretty Vicious
57
69
DILLON CARMICHAEL
Drinkin' Problems
101
70
COMPACT DISK DUMMIES
Fomo
95
71
KULA SHAKER
Gaslighting
71
72
FEEDER
The Knock
80
73
THE VACCINES
Sometimes, I Swear
77
74
I DON'T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME
Gloomtown Brats
73
75
PAPA ROACH
Leave A Light On
83
76
BIG STAR
September Gurls
79
77
THE BEACHES
Blame Brett
87
78
THE REVIVALISTS
The Long Con
102
79
GWEN STEFANI & BLAKE SHELTON
Purple Irises
84
80
PARACHUTE & SAID THE SKY
Emotion Sickness
85
81
FOR KING & COUNTRY
What Are We Waiting For
91
82
ONE OK ROCK
Renegades
93
83
GOSSIP
Real Power
61
84
THREE DOG NIGHT
Let Me Serenade You
90
85
ALICE MERTON
Run Away Girl
106
86
THOSE DAMN CROWS
Man On Fire
149
87
TEDDY SWIMS
The Door
97
88
SHED SEVEN
Let's Go
82
89
GREEN DAY
Look Ma, No Brains
88
90
X AMBASSADORS
Deep End
99
91
HONEYMOON SUITE
Alive
96
92
WARREN ZEIDERS
Pretty Little Poison
105
93
THE BLACK CROWES
Wanting And Waiting
98
94
ED SHEERAN
Throw Your Arms Around Me
121
95
THE LUKA STATE
Anxious Times
100
96
PLAN B
Grab It!
109
97
ROMY
She's On My Mind
138
98
MAMMOTH WVH
Right?
67
99
THE STRUTS
I Won't Run
74
100
SEA GIRLS
Young Strangers
127
101
HOLDFAST
Time
59
102
PURPLE DISCO MACHINE f/NOTHING BUT THIEVES
Something On My Mind
104
103
ARIANA GRANDE
Yes, And?
134
104
THOSE DAMN CROWS
Sin On Skin
111
105
THE ROYAL FOUNDRY
I Give Up
115
106
FOO FIGHTERS
Hearing Voices
81
107
KYLIE MINOGUE
Things We Do For Love
63
108
NEEDTOBREATHE
The Cave
76
109
BOSTON LEVI
Ghost Of You
103
110
FURY IN THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE
Don't Give Up
75
111
THE MOSS
The Place That Makes Me Happy
172
112
THE STRUTS
Heaven's Got Nothing On You
114
113
REVE
Contemporary Love
108
114
FAKE SHARK
Exactly What I Thought You Were
120
115
SHEPPARD
Dance On The Sun
86
116
KELLY CLARKSON
Lighthouse
110
117
SISTER HAZEL
Love You More
186
118
NATE SMITH
Bulletproof
92
119
BLUE OCTOBER
Down Here Waiting
107
120
KYLIE MINOGUE
Hold On To Now
113
121
LEAP
Exit Signs
89
122
OLD DOMINION
Can't Break Up Now
119
123
SAVING ABEL
Fire
117
124
THE KINGS
Unstoppable
94
125
DALTON DOVER
Giving Up On That
132
126
THE REYTONS
Market Street
129
127
THE K'S
Heart On My Sleeve
118
128
THE KILLERS
Spirit
147
129
THE PAPER KITES
June's Stolen Car
148
130
HUSKER DU
Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely
182
131
THE STRUTS
How Can I Love You (Without Breaking Your Heart)
144
132
SMALLPOOLS
Night Shift
162
133
PORTUGAL, THE MAN
Grim Generation
136
134
TOY MATINEE
There Was A Little Boy
188
135
MUMFORD & SONS f/PHARRELL
Good People
133
136
PORNO FOR PYROS
Agua
142
137
YOUNG RISING SONS
Thank You
177
138
COLD WAR KIDS
Heaven In Your Hands
116
139
SEA GIRLS
Weekends And Workdays
150
140
MIDDLE KIDS
Dramamine
124
141
LENNY KRAVITZ
TK421
126
142
OLIVIA RODRIGO
Ballad Of A Homeschooled Girl
137
143
DUA LIPA
Houdini
128
144
KULA SHAKER
Natural Magick
159
145
THE MAINE & BEACH WEATHER
Thoughts I Have While Lying In Bed
145
146
GREEN DAY
The American Dream Is Killing Me
155
147
JAY PUTTY
The Best Days Are Yet To Come
146
148
THE KNOCKS f/ SOFI TUKKER
One On One
151
149
DEAD POETS SOCIETY
Running In Circles
152
150
GIANT ROOKS
Fight Club
161
151
DIAMANTE
1987
189
152
LITTLE MAN TATE
Undercover Lovers
156
153
TWIN ATLANTIC
Asleep
157
154
RINA SAWAYAMA
Flavour Of The Month
163
155
ASH
Oh Yeah (Teenage Years)
168
156
KIRK COVINGTON
Shake
143
157
JONAS BROTHERS f/ BAILEY ZIMMERMAN
Strong Enough
190
158
THE VACCINES
Lunar Eclipse
140
159
BLEACHERS
Modern Girl
196
160
KNOX
Me, Myself & Your Eyes
153
161
JOSEPH JAMES
One
173
162
LOUD LUXURY, TWO FRIENDS & BEBE REXHA
If Only I
165
163
WINNETKA BOWLING LEAGUE
Breakfast For Dinner
195
164
BEST FRENZ f/ JOYWAVE
Everything's The Best!
141
165
AUTOPILOT
Unwound
176
166
HEAVENWARD
Wish
192
167
STARSAILOR
Dead On The Money
158
168
NEW WEST
IYKYK
154
169
SHERYL CROW
Alarm Clock
179
170
PETER GABRIEL
i/o
199
171
COREY KENT
This Heart
171
172
COLD WAR KIDS
Another Name
169
173
WALK THE MOON
Mono No Aware
170
174
MARSHMELLO, PINK & STING
Dreaming
198
175
RICK SPRINGFIELD
Take A Hand
160
176
O.M.D.
Bauhaus Staircase
175
177
THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS
Seasons
166
178
KON KAN
Sinful Wishes
164
179
ZARA LARSSON & DAVID GUETTA
On My Love
194
180
HEAVENWARD
Tangerine
180
181
BLAME MY YOUTH
Prizefighter
167
182
BAD WOLVES
Legends Never Die
202
183
KANE BROWN
I Can Feel It
178
184
COLD WAR KIDS
Stray
183
185
NEWSBOYS
Upon This Rock
185
186
ZACH BRYAN
Something In The Orange
187
187
THE SHERLOCKS
Going Nowhere
205
188
MOTHER MOTHER
Explode!
197
189
ALEXSUCKS
6 Pack And Cigarettes
200
190
CALUM SCOTT
At Your Worst
205
191
BOYS LIKE GIRLS
Miracle
205
192
BENSON BOONE
Beautiful Things
202
193
SLOTHRUST
Maybe Maybe
205
194
ROYEL OTIS
Murder On The Dancefloor
204
195
SABRINA CARPENTER
Feather
202
196
DEPECHE MODE
My Favourite Stranger
204
197
ROYAL REPUBLIC
My House
203
198
DES ROCS
I Am The Lightning
203
199
WORLD'S FIRST CINEMA
Love You Now
203
200
RHINOCEROS
I Will Serenade You
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