Brainwaves – May 24, 2022 – Reptile-a-go-go
Written by Brian Blum on 23/05/2022
Crocodiles and alligators featured on this week’s Brainwaves. From Elton John, the Beach Boys, Echo and the Bunnymen, R.E.M., Tilly and the Wall and Neil Cicierega. Plus songs for each day of the week. Chicago has Saturday, The Small Hours go for Sunday, the Happy Mondays do Mondays, Counting Crowes own Tuesdays, The Guess Who has Wednesdays, and the Cure grabs Fridays. But who’s in charge of Thursday? Ask Aqua – it might have something to do with a certain Barbie Girl.
| Band | Song |
| Neil Cicierega | Crocodile Chop |
| The Beach Boys | Crocodile Rock (cover: Elton John) |
| Echo and the Bunnymen | Crocodiles |
| R.E.M. | Alligator Aviator Autopilot Antimatter |
| Tilly and the Wall | Alligator Skin |
| Red Letter Agent | Burn the Good Ones Down |
| Roco DeLuca and the Burden | Colorful |
| Pop is Art | Let Me Be the One |
| Josh Ritter | Change of Time |
| Tangerine Dream | Precious (cover: Depeche Mode) |
| Depeche Mode | Everything Counts |
| U2 | Stories for Boys |
| The Cure | Jumping Someone Else’s Train |
| Bloc Party | This Modern Love |
| World Party | Making Love (to the World) |
| Regina Spektor | The Party |
| Matt Pond PA | The Party |
| Jonathan Coulton | I’m Having a Party |
| The Bay City Rollers | Saturday Night |
| Chicago | Saturday in the Park |
| The Small Hours | Sunday |
| Happy Mondays | Step On |
| Counting Crows | On a Tuesday in Amsterdam Long Ago |
| The Guess Who | A Wednesday in Your Garden |
| The Cure | Friday I’m in Love |
| Rebecca Black | Friday |
| Aqua | Barbie Girl |
| Rilo Kiley | The Frug |
| Savanna Roots | Baby Gone |
| Suzanne Vega | In Liverpool |
| The Bangles | Going Down to Liverpool |
| The Boo Radleys | Lazarus |
| The Beatles | Glass Onion |
| Deaf School | What a Way to End it All |
