LCTCArtistSong
NEW 1THE REVIVALISTSDon't Look Back
NEW 2THE STRUTSDo What You Want
NEW 3MAMMOTH WVHI'm Alright
NEW 4THE STRUTSPretty Vicious
NEW 5BROTHERS OSBORNENobody's Nobody
NEW 6SON MIEUXTonight
NEW 7COLLECTIVE SOULRule No. 1
NEW 8HOLDFASTBreak Outta The Mold
NEW 9THE CAT EMPIREDance The Night Away
NEW 10THE STRUTSToo Good At Raising Hell
NEW 11NOTHING BUT THIEVESOh No::He Said What
NEW 12THE REVIVALISTSKid
NEW 13MANESKINHoney (Are U Coming)
NEW 14THE STRUTSRockstar
NEW 15COLLECTIVE SOULA Conversation With
NEW 16NOTHING BUT THIEVESOvercome
NEW 17GHOSTJesus He Knows Me
NEW 18NOTHING BUT THIEVESTomorrow Is Closed
NEW 19THE STRUTSI Won't Run
NEW 20THE STRUTSRemember The Name
NEW 21THE CAT EMPIREThunder Rumbles
NEW 22DEF LEPPARDUnbreakable
NEW 23THE SCARLET OPERAThe Place To Be
NEW 24STAINDHere And Now
NEW 25GODSMACKTruth
Oct 16

Summer stories will be the bulk of Castlist 014. First off a tie back to an artist from a recent episode. Then I'm in concert mode with 2 great shows. The second concert artist ends up tying into the discussion of the next song, just another universe connection that always seems to be part of the process. The annual music party comes into the picture and we end on an obscure song from the mid-'90s that impacted both of us at the time.

Focus Songs

The Struts/Somebody Someday

Ian Hunter/Irene Wilde

Ian Hunter/All American Alien Boy

The Struts/Bad Decisions

The Struts/Do What You Want

Keane/Bedshaped

Keane/Somewhere Only We Know

Space/Female Of The Species

The Walker Brothers-Keane/The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore

Pizzicato Five/Twiggy Twiggy 

Aug 6
Beyond Radio Presents podcast updates

Clearly it has been a while since I posted updates here. 4 new episodes have been uploaded over the last few months.

This episode focuses on early '70's glam, a few well-known artists, and an obscure one who has an amazing and crazy story behind him. The lead singer of one of the bands featured gets a lot more time on the clock than I expected but it is well deserved. There is a saxophone having an aneurism, a woman on a rant, and a Broadway show run amok.

Primary songs discussed

Suffragette City/David Bowie

All The Way From Memphis/Mott The Hoople

Cleveland Rocks/Ian Hunter

We Gotta Get Out Of Here/Ian Hunter

Rock Of Ages/Jobriath

I'm A Man/Jobriath

A continuation of our discussion about Jobriath's music, this episode features a trio of his songs that other major artists have recorded. Two artists are prominent in this episode, Def Leppard and Kylie Minogue. Joe Elliot from Def Leppard was very connected to 70's glam as a youth and fascinated by Jobriath. While Kylie Minogue has no connection to Jobriath, she does have a connection to the over-arching conversation. Hilarity ensues as we have differing opinions on a certain song, and a tragique duet is discussed

The second half of the episode features a conversation about 2 gifts, one given to me from Jeff, and the other from my mother on her birthday. His is music-oriented while her's is just another of the myriad stories of my connection to the energy of the universe. It's actually an uplifting end to a tragique story. 

Primary Songs discussed

Heartbeat/Def Leppard

Unbreakable/Def Leppard

I'm A Man/ Adam Lambert or Jobriath

Morning Starship/Morrissey of Jobriath

Padam Padam/Kylie Minogue

Aphrodite/Kylie Minogue

Where The Wild Roses Grow/Kylie Minogue & Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

Take Me I'm Yours/Jobriath

This playlist starts with one of my favorite songs from 1974 that came to me while I was sleeping. The episode has a lot of energy, music spanning from the 60's through today, a couple of fun Uber stories, a French songstress, hardcore punk, and 3 versions of the same song (twice!). You'll also find out who wasn't a big fan of Cher, how the mother of one of the biggest voices of our lifetime factors into the discussion, and the most awesome way a Reddit contributor connects 2 British bands. Oh how I love how the narrative plays out in the editing process.

Primary songs discussed

I've Got The Music In Me/Kiki Dee

Queen Of The Night/Kelly Clarkson

Oh No: He Said What!/Nothing But Thieves

Explode!/Mother Mother

This episode continues the discussion of the Canadian band Mother Mother with the fun and playful side of the artist. I felt the song "The Stand" was a no-brainer for Jeff to enjoy and I was right. We also explore how their most streamed song came about 12 years after its release.

We up the flamboyance factor with the next song by the Scarlet Opera. The band is full of glam and disco which leads into a story about my coming out experience. From there I throw a little cheese into the mix from the late '70's. Sexual innuendo, a hippie 7th grade teacher, and bad music movies enter the conversation.

Finally we get all theatrical with a perfect song for the end of Act One of a ficticious Broadway musical. The unavoidable comparison to Queen happens and another Billie Eilish cover versions is discovered.

Focus Songs

The Stand/Mother Mother

Problems/Mother Mother

Hayloft I and II/Mother Mother

The Place To Be/The Scarlet Opera

Big City Thing/The Scarlet Opera

Heaven on the 7th Floor/Paul Nicholas

Cousin Kevin/Tommy the Movie

Alive/The Scarlet Opera

In My Defence/Freddie Mercury

Catch Me If You Can/The Scarlet Opera

What Was I Made For?/The Scarlet Opera

Mar 25
Latest Podcast featuring songs from The Cat Empire and Toy Matinee plus my favs of 1983

Check out my updated top 250 of 1983 on the Beyond Radio 250 page. The Struts are dominating the top of my current chart.

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

Email Me your feedback, chart, link, etc.
Beyond Radio Tim’s Top 200, July 28, 2024
LW
TW
ARTIST
Song
HP
weeks in 150
2
1
FALLING IN REVERSE f/ JELLY ROLL
All My Life
1
5
1
2
ROYAL REPUBLIC
Wow! Wow! Wow!
1
4
4
3
FRIDAY PILOTS CLUB
We Don't Wanna Talk
3(2)
11
7
4
JUSTICE
Generator
4
7
3
5
ATLAS GENIUS
On A Wave
1
11
5
6
ROOSEVELT
Automatic
5
9
9
7
DEF LEPPARD
U Rok Mi
7
10
8
8
FRIDAY PILOTS CLUB
Spectator
8
10
12
9
GINTRONIX
Alchemy
9
6
10
10
ATLAS GENIUS
Don't Let Love Be A Stranger
10(2)
7
6
11
FRIDAY PILOTS CLUB
Vampire Disco
1(3)
12
17
12
KEITH URBAN
Wildside
12
5
18
13
THE CAT EMPIRE
Hello
13
22
16
14
TEDDY SWIMS
Hammer To The Heart
14(2)
11
20
15
PEARL JAM
Won't Tell
15
5
13
16
TRAIN
Long Yellow Dress
4
11
23
17
THE STRUTS
Better Love
17
7
14
18
THE BLACK KEYS
Don't Let Me Go
8
12
22
19
GALANTIS, DAVID GUETTA
Lighter
19
12
21
20
SHEPPARD
Dance On The Sun
20
24
24
21
MAMMOTH WVH
Miles Above Me
21
8
11
22
THE CAT EMPIRE
Money Coming My Way
4
23
29
23
MAMMOTH WVH
Erase Me
23
6
27
24
BAD LIEUTENANT
This Is Home
24
7
25
25
THE OFFSPRING
Make It All Right
25(2)
7
26
26
PIERCE THE VEIL
Karma Police
26(2)
11
15
27
JAMES
Our World
3(2)
17
32
28
PURPLE DISCO MACHINE
Honey Boy
28
7
33
29
THE STRUTS
Bad Decisions
29
5
31
30
FOSTER THE PEOPLE
Lost In Space
24
8
36
31
KATE HUDSON
Gonna Find Out
31
5
35
32
LAWRENCE
Guy I Used To Be
32
10
39
33
JANE'S PARTY
Common Guys
33
8
44
34
CRASH ADAMS
Give Me A Kiss
34
6
19
35
NOTHING BUT THIEVES
Foreign Language
13(2)
15
40
36
CATFISH AND THE BOTTLEMEN
Showtime
36
19
48
37
MAGDALENA BAY
Death & Romance
37
6
28
38
THE STRUTS
Do What You Want
1(9)
29
42
39
ROYAL REPUBLIC
Ain't Got Time
39
13
43
40
KEITH URBAN & LAINEY WILSON
Go Home W U
40
9
53
41
CHRIS STAPLETON & DUA LIPA
Think I'm In Love
41
5
47
42
BEACH WEATHER
High In Low Places
42
7
30
43
KEITH WALLEN
The Wolf
21
17
50
44
SEA GIRLS
I Want You To Know Me
43
17
51
45
SLASH f/ BRIAN JOHNSON
Killing Floor
33
15
55
46
THE BAND CAMINO
Nostalgia
46
6
49
47
GREEN DAY
Corvette Summer
47
9
58
48
KATE HUDSON
Talk About Love
48
5
62
49
JACKSON DEAN
Big Blue Sky
49
6
34
50
COLLECTIVE SOUL
Mother's Love
20(2)
15
54
51
BENSON BOONE
Slow It Down
51
14
38
52
DUA LIPA
Illusion
16(2)
15
57
53
OLLY ALEXANDER (YEARS & YEARS)
Dizzy
53
10
65
54
SHERYL CROW
Do It Again
54
5
45
55
LETDOWN
Hate Myself
31(2)
15
60
56
MUSE
Verona
53
12
37
57
SEA GIRLS
Midnight Butterflies
2(3)
18
52
58
SIIGHTS
All My Life
48
15
75
59
CHAPPELL ROAN
Red Wine Supernova
59
4
73
60
CAGE THE ELEPHANT
Out Loud
60
5
41
61
NOTHING BUT THIEVES
Time::Fate::Karma::God
1
20
82
62
THE TANO JONES REVELRY
Daisy
62
4
100
63
GHOST
The Future Is A Foreign Land
63
2
46
64
PICTURE THIS
Act Of Innocence
44(3)
17
69
65
STEPHEN SANCHEZ
The Other Side
65
8
86
66
MISTERWIVES
Other Side
66
3
72
67
SNACKTIME
Together
67
5
74
68
STEPHEN STANLEY
The Edge
68
8
81
69
COLLECTIVE SOUL
Bluer Than So Blue
69
9
76
70
MORRISSEY
Morning Starship
70
10
80
71
DEF LEPPARD
From Here To Eternity
71
9
87
72
NEON TREES
Bad Dreams
72
3
61
73
THE VERONICAS
Here To Dance
59
16
95
74
ADAM LAMBERT
I'm A Man
74
8
67
75
PEARL JAM
Wreckage
57
12
79
76
THE SCARLET OPERA
Catch Me If You Can
76
6
85
77
ALBANY DOWN
Always Want What You Can't Have
77
9
59
78
NICKY YOURE
S.A.D.
41
14
64
79
PORTUGAL, THE MAN
Grim Generation
18
22
103
80
HIGHLY SUSPECT
Summertime Voodoo
80
3
84
81
AARON FRAZER
Payback
81
5
89
82
STEPHEN STANLEY
Whatever It Takes
82
6
131
83
THE WARNING
Burnout
83
2
56
84
KANE BROWN
Fiddle In The Band
6(2)
18
93
85
CANAAN COX
When It Comes To You
85
5
112
86
TWIN ATLANTIC
Sorry
86
2
63
87
ST. VINCENT
Broken Man
12(3)
19
66
88
TOAD THE WET SPROCKET
California Wasted
3(2)
17
71
89
DALLAS SMITH
Use Me
69
12
107
90
THE SHERLOCKS
Death Of Me
90
3
92
91
THE STRUMBELLAS
My Home Is You
91
9
105
92
HOLDFAST
Everything Wrong
92
4
68
93
RIDE
Peace Sign
68
13
113
94
LIVINGSTON
Shadow
94
2
91
95
THE SILVER LINES
Bound
90
11
70
96
REVE
Disco At The Strip Club
17
17
102
97
GXTP f/ POO BEAR
Leather & Lace
97
5
96
98
KEANE
Fly To Me
96
9
110
99
HOLDFAST
Find A Way
99
3
126
100
CRASH ADAMS
Hotel Party
100
2
77
101
MOTHER MOTHER
Explode!
1(2)
21
78
102
THE CHEAP THRILLS
Last Orders
63
13
99
103
BLUE OCTOBER
Everything We Lost In The Fire
99
16
114
104
KASABIAN
Coming Back To Me Good
104
3
129
105
ELBOW
Things I've Been Telling Myself For Years
105
2
108
106
THE MARIAS
Run Your Mouth
106
4
88
107
MEGHAN TRAINOR f/ T-PAIN
Been Like This
82
15
109
108
GUS DAPPERTON
Horizons
108
5
111
109
JAKE SHEARS
Do The Television
109
3
122
110
THE BAND CAMINO
Someone Who's Trying
110
3
149
111
MICAH MCLAURIN
Don't Give Up On Love
111
2
138
112
MAXIMO PARK
Your Own Worst Enemy
112
2
143
113
LAWRENCE
Whatcha Want
113
2
121
114
ALMOST MONDAY
Can't Slow Down
114
3
145
115
JEREMY CAMP
These Days
115
2
97
116
THOSE DAMN CROWS
Sin On Skin
9(2)
23
119
117
THE CAT EMPIRE
Boom Boom
117
4
90
118
PEARL JAM
Dark Matter
5
20
83
119
ALFIE TEMPLEMAN
Eyes Wide Shut
57
12
98
120
THE STRUTS
Remember The Name
1(2)
21
133
121
LUKE COMBS
Ain't No Love In Oklahoma
121
3
94
122
BROTHERS OSBORNE
Break Mine
26
17
106
123
TWENTY ONE PILOTS
Next Semester
98
6
128
124
GRACE POTTER
Ready Set Go
124
5
137
125
MIDGE URE
Become
125
3
104
126
KENNY CHESNEY
Born
85
13
141
127
POST MALONE & MORGAN WALLEN
I Had Some Help
127
2
199
128
PALAYE ROYALE
Showbiz
128
1
117
129
TWIN ATLANTIC
World Class Entertainment
117
10
158
130
DUA LIPA
These Walls
130
1
151
131
ROYALE LYNN
Six Feet Deep
131
1
147
132
SNOW PATROL
The Beginning
132
2
157
133
BRIGHT LIGHT BRIGHT LIGHT
Heartslap
133
1
161
134
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
Sanctified
134
1
118
135
THE WILDERNESS
Strangers I Used To Love
62
11
124
136
JXDN
What The Hell
124
12
127
137
PARAMORE
Burning Down The House
48
15
123
138
RANDALL KING
I Could Be That Rain
121
10
120
139
MOTHER MOTHER
Baby Don't Dance
119
11
125
140
HOZIER
Too Sweet
29
16
134
141
THE MAVERICKS & NICOLE ATKINS
Live Close By (Visit Often)
130
10
150
142
ELBOW
Lover's Leap
142
3
152
143
JOYWAVE
Brain Damage
143
1
167
144
RE6CE
Brown Eyes
144
1
163
145
THE EFFECT f/ STEVE PERRY
It Could Have Been You
145
1
188
146
BRIGITTE CALLS ME BABY
We Were Never Alive
146
1
116
147
THE STRUMBELLAS
Holster
89
13
130
148
CHRIS HOUSMAN
Guilty As Sin
34
14
190
149
GUSTER
The Elevator
149
1
156
150
BIG HEAD TODD & THE MONSTERS
Thunderbird
150
1
153
151
JELLY ROLL
Halfway To Hell
141
2
168
152
CHAPPELL ROAN
Good Luck, Babe!
200
153
BUFFALO TOM
Helmet
132
154
GIRL IN RED
Too Much
72
12
159
155
KINGFISHR
Shadow
193
156
ROBERT DELONG
Soft Boy
135
157
JUSTICE & TAME IMPALA
Neverender
80
10
142
158
RED RUM CLUB
Afternoon
118
6
198
159
BEYONCE
Bodyguard
139
160
TALK
History
76
9
144
161
ELBOW
Balu
36
13
170
162
THE LEMON TWIGS
They Don't Know How To
148
163
TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB
Happy Customers
131
5
146
164
BEARTOOTH
I Was Alive
135
3
191
165
THE CAT EMPIRE
Rock 'n Roll
178
166
SABRINA CARPENTER
Espresso
120
6
154
167
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
No Angels
137
7
160
168
DAUGHTRY
Pieces
149
4
187
169
SUM41
Dopamine
166
170
STAIND
Better Days
162
171
SHERYL CROW f/ PETER GABRIEL
Digging In The Dirt
82
12
173
172
ARTEMAS
I Like The Way You Kiss Me
164
173
BLAME MY MOUTH
The Break
149
2
155
174
THE VERONICAS
Detox
142
2
202
175
SEA GIRLS
Come Back To Me
171
176
LINKIN PARK
Friendly Fire
176
177
CANAAN COX
Let It Run
84
8
169
178
SHEPPARD
Edge Of The Earth
38(2)
16
174
179
DELTA GOODREM
Hearts On The Run
85
14
165
180
HONEYMOON SUITE
Done Doin Me
43
15
181
181
TONY HADLEY
Walk Of Shame
81
12
172
182
KEITH WALLEN
Strings
54
11
183
183
ST. VINCENT
Big Time Nothing
141
2
201
184
MARK AMBOR
Belong Together
202
185
WEBBED WING
My Front Door
177
186
THE STRUTS
Heaven's Got Nothing On You
70
14
201
187
TEDDY SWIMS
Bed On Fire
175
188
THE SNUTS
Circles
39
15
180
189
HARDY
Rockstar
97
13
186
190
FOR KING & COUNTRY
Unsung Hero
83
9
202
191
CHAYCE BECKHAM
23
179
192
ROYAL REPUBLIC
Lazerlove
75
14
182
193
MARC ALMOND
Elusive Butterfly
91
8
203
194
JUSTICE & TAME IMPALA
One Night/All Night
201
195
OLD DOMINION
Coming Home
184
196
LAUFEY
From The Start
90
11
185
197
FEEDER
Hey You
112
6
201
198
THE AVETT BROTHERS
Orion's Belt
203
199
PALE WAVES
Perfume
203
200
INCUBUS
Circles
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