What's some of your favorite music, Uncle Rog? Genres or particular artists?

Just off the top of my head:

Carl Stalling, The Sons of the Pioneers, Hank Williams, Rosemary Clooney, the Andrews Sisters, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Tony Bennett, Sammy David Jr, Harry Belafonte, Bill Haley, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Buddy Holly, the Evereley Brothers, Louis Armstrong, Fats Domino, the Ronettes, Jan & Dean, the Beach Boys, the Righteous Brothers, the Beatles (together and separately), the Stones, the Dave Clark Five, the Who, the Turtles, James Brown and his Fabulous Flames, Sam & Dave, the Mothers, the Hollies, Cream, Paul Simon (with and without Art Garfunkle), Sonny & Cher, B.B. King, Otis Redding, the Doors, Jefferson Airplane, Country Joe & the Fish, the Rascals, Jimi Hendrix, the Temptations, the Four Tops, the Box Tops, Chicago, Blood Sweat & Tears and Al Kooper (together and separately), Janis Joplin (with and without Big Brother), Smokey Robinson, the Sons of Champlin, Linda Ronstadt, Mike Nesmith (with and without the Monkees), Tina Turner, the Doobie Brothers, the Eagles, Flash Cadillac and the Continental Kids, the Oakridge Boys, David Bowie, T Rex, Todd Rundgren, Jimmy Buffett, Elton John, Billy Joel, Grace Jones, Carole King, Patti LaBelle, Nick Lowe, Elvis Costello, Bruce Springstein (with and without the E Street Band), U2, Bare Naked Ladies, Big Daddy, the Dixie Chicks, Smash Mouth, the Dickies, Bowling for Soup, and of course, Weird Al Yankovic.

My tastes are eclectic.

-- Uncle Rog

That's a lot of music just of the top of your head! Excellent tastes, sir! Dig quite a few of those artists, myself.

It's like I have a twin!!!!

With the exception of Flash Cadillac and the Continental Kids, Jimmy Buffett, and the Oakridge Boys, I have every one of those artists in my collection.

It's like Chris has a twin!!!!

Dixie Chicks???

Dixie Chicks are awesome.

There's a great documentary called "Shut up andsing", about all the hoopla that surrounded the band after the comments made about President Bush a few years back.

Comments by the way, that if they were made today, wouldn't even cause a fuss.

It's much better than their original name: "Chicks With Dixie"

Ah, yes, the "FUTK" tees were a nice touch, as well.

You must have a big head, Mr. Stern

Favorite U2 album? I'm guessing it's The Joshua Tree

I like Joshua Tree a lot, but Zooropa and How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb are also faves.

-- Uncle Rog

I love Zooropa! Achtung Baby is my personal favorite. Something about the Zoo TV era was really magical to me at that time. It seemed to go on forever and never got old. I was sad to see it finally join the other satellites in the sky when the Yellow Brick Road ended in Sydney.

Rog,

Which Elvis Costello album is your favorite? I lean towards Trust myself.

Truth to tell, I think the only Costello CD is own is a compilation disc. I mainly used to catch his songs on WNEW-FM in the ol' days (when they were new).

-- Uncle Rog

Carl Stalling was the first off the top of your head?
That's pretty cool.

Ah, well, many of the original albums are must-owns. This Year's Model, Trust, Imperial Bedroom, and King of America in particular. Just one guy's opinion.

Carl's orchestrations comprise some of the earliest music I heard, along with TV and radio theme songs.

"First call to breakfast
For all of you out there!
Awake, A-mer-i-ca!
The Breakfast Club is on the air!"

And if anyone remembers that, you must be as old as...

-- Uncle Rog

Wasn't that the theme to that Judd Nelson/Molly Ringwald flick?

I'm sorry, but that's incorrect, and we go on to Arlene Francis.