Posted by Graeme Gigante on July 17, 2026 at 21:27:03:
To follow up with Steven Green's suggestions for the 5th hour theme tonight, I have thought of some songs for each theme, both for Obscure Original Versions of popular songs, & the "Light & Dark" theme (presuming that we didn't already go with that theme before when it was proposed a while back).
For the Original Obscure Versions of popular Songs:
- "The Tide Is High" by John Holt & The Paragons
- "Love Potion Number 9" by the Clovers
- "I Love Rock N Roll" by The Arrows
- "Cum On Feel The Noise" by Slade
- "I'm Into Something Good" by Earl Jean & The Cookies
- "Kitty" by Lacey (Original version of Toni Basil's hit song "Hey Mickey")
- All the different versions of the song Hound Dog (Including the version by Big Mama Thornton & Freddie Bell & The Bellboys)
- "Barbara Ann" by the Regents
- "There's A Kind Of Hush" by The New Vaudeville Band
- "I'm Henry The VII, I Am" by Harry Champion
- "The End Of The World" by Skeeter Davis
- "Dandy" by The Kinks
For The "Light & Dark" Theme:
- "Blinded By The Light" (The full-length/LP album version by Manfred Mann & His Earth Band & the original version by Bruce Springsteen).
- "Shot In The Dark" by Ozzy Osbourne/Black Sabbath
- "The House of Blue Lights" by Chuck Miller
- "Harbor Lights" by the Platters
- "By The Light Of The Silvery Moon" by Little Richard
- "Light My Fire" both versions by The Doors (the full LP version) & the cover version by Jose Feliciano
- "Green Light" by American Breed
- " 1,2,3, Red Light" by 1910 Fruitgum Company
- "I See The Light" by the Five Americans
- "You Light Up My Life" by Debbie Boone"
- "Lights" by Journey
- "In The Light" by Led Zeppelin
- "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out" by the Smiths
- "Leave A Light On" by Belinda Carlisle
- "City Of Tiny Lites" by Frank Zappa
- "The Light Pours Out Of Me"
- "Dark Night Blues" by Blind Willie McTell
- "I Wore Dark Glasses" by Anita Carter
- "A Dark Night, A Lonely Street" Arlie Duff
- "The Dark End Of The Street" by James Carr
- "My Dark Hour" by the Steve Miller Band
- "Slippin' Into Darkness" by War
- "Dark Lady" by Cher
- "Footsteps In The Dark" by The Isley Brothers
- "Darkness On The Edge Of Town" by Bruce Springsteen
- "In My Hour Of Darkness" by Gram Parsons
- "Dancing in The Dark" by Bruce Springsteen
- "Rainbow In The Dark" by Die
- "Fishin' In The Dark" by Nitty Gritty Band
- "Dark Entires" by Bauhaus
If anyone here has any more ideas for songs for either theme suggestion, or has a theme suggestion of their own, feel free to post it down below in response.