the boomer show: Recent Episodes
Scott Edward Phelps
...everything oldies is new again...great music from the 50's, 60's, 70's...before and beyond...hosted by top rated, award winning radio personality scott edward phelps...just like that box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get...
not just the same old, same old
the boomer show with scott edward phelps
WE'RE BACK, BABY...WITH A BRAND NEW EPISODE...
...66 years later and it’s still alright, mama, talk about whose mama and why it was pretty alright in the first place…look up in the sky…is it a bird, is it a plane, well, no on both counts, but whatever that is, you totally need to be not naked, tell you why---mick says the stones actually do make it up as they go along, kinda sorta, tell you which kinda and which sorta….BRAND NEW MUSIC and we’re not pretending, but THEY ARE…..AND a once upon a time Byrd tells of all things Byrd…no not that bird, tell you which bird
brand new this week---
….. Mick Jagger is positively prescient, we’ll tell you what and why…so, turns out that Call Before you Dig does NOT mean communicate before you understand something, tell you what and why---the combined age of these birthday celebs is 281…and there’s only four of them ….AND brand new music from a pioneer pop star who has been right on target ever since he wandered onto the music scene …not just the same old same old…
from 2019--
Want to be a well-known face in Russia, there’s an app for that, we’ll face the facts about it---David Gates is kind of a tree hugger, we’ll nail that down---he went from doo wop to a declaration of democracy and now he’s an octogenarian, tell you who---why can’t we all work together like fire ants work together, we’ll give you the antsy answer AND it starts with a goodbye and ends with a goodbye, but not exactly the same goodbye, we’ll tell you why ….. not just the same old, same old…
from 2017--
---forty days and forty nights? Not quite, but almost as bad for Houston and their neighbors---meet the new Taylor, same as the old Katy, Selena, Kelly, Demi, etc, etc---Bill Nye, the screwed over guy---really? No Gone With the Wind? Really?---AND---a 10 year old saves his 2 year old brother by loving him like a Rock --- not just the same old---
from a year ago...
The fans show up as the stars come out and the courtroom fills, give you the latest on Spoiledcollegekidsgate---this stone is already in the pink, give you an update quick on Mick---this pop classic was almost about Eleanor but not Rigby and not that gee I think you’re swell Eleanor, we’ll graduate you into the facts---think Tom Brady having a hit with I’ll Be Doggone and then flip it a little…we’ll flip it for you in a few---AND a brand new reason to rhyme the words ink and stink, we’ll analyze the applicable aromas--- NOT just the same old, same old…
….. Steve Perry tells his secrets to, and from the boudoir, tell you why…Marylanders are remembering the stamp but forgetting the pants, tell you why---one of the Stones’ very earliest influences was a hooker ,tell you what and why AND she probably won’t ever again find the phrase ‘tag it and bag it’ funny …not just the same old same old…
from 2018--
---No NOMINATION for you!...or you or you or you---Imagine Yoko warbling Imagine, you’ll get queasy if you try---two, count em’, two Mary Lous---The Bee Gees will soon be covered in film---San Francisco is the shit, literally---AND---Phil Collins finds the way to get back homeward---not just the same old, same old…
from 2013--
…Paul Anka provides soundtrack to the latest British murder mystery…Mickey, come home, all is forgiven….Jim sends birthday wishes to Bill who is one heck of a girl…Katie insults Kim in kase any of you give a krap…AND…John, Paul, George, Ringo, Amos and Andy …not just the same old, same old…
from 2013--
…Phil and Don pitch in to help Barack and company…the Eagles sing background as the award for the lamest award idea goes to…if this new product doesn’t license this Stones tune for their ads, they’re out of their stinking minds…say Kim and Kanye three times in a row and hope for the best…AND…a sixties pop star who made a pretty good living as a secret agent bids us so long …not just the same old, same old…
from 2013---
…when it comes to American Idol judges, here yesterday, gone today…from what Paul says, John Lennon’s theme song could have very easily been “Go Your Own Way”…The Beach Boys pay musical tribute to 25,000 failures…James Brown gave thanks to God, but wasn’t shy about a little co-writer credit…AND…you put your left foot in, you take your left foot out, and if only Miley had just let it go at that …not just the same old, same old…
...a rare pilot episode of a thirty minute show from 2005.....not just the same old same old...
from the "Very Good Year" series of shows...
the hottest of the hits at WAKY in Louisville, Kentucky this week?...somebody must have told Mitch Ryder to put a sock in it, so he did…Lovin Spoonful showed that home was where the hit was…The Rolling Stones gave up their night when Ed Sullivan demanded it…AND…a guy with a tomahawk ran his cup all the way to the top …not just the same old, same old…
….. The pop song that turned out to tragically prophetic, tell you which and who….America might be on the verge of experiencing a mint in box type presidency, tell you why---there’s good naked, bad naked and frequent flyer naked, tell you how to tell---AND it’s only the seventh most popular, but it’s PRETTY popular, tell you what …not just the same old same old…
from 2019--
One of pop music’s biggest hits was almost that big hit by Nella Dodds… tell you who and the SUPREMELY interesting story---the Bee Gees want to make you a star…well, actually the Bee Gees NEED you to make THEM stars, tell you how you can do that---really? It’s July and really? Already with the pumpkin spice? Really?, we’ll talk a little DEW diligence---BRAND NEW music from that red headed kid who obviously spends all his haircut money on guitar strings ---AND he who laughs last, turns out to be George Harrison….. not just the same old, same old…
from 2018--
so, this guy takes a knee…at the Emmys…and everybody gets all ooogly---the Angels are coming back, baby…and it’s Bosley times two---every Janis song you can think of…and even those you haven’t thought of yet---hot town/summer in the city/well here’s a thing/ it’s a deep fried kitty---a good reason to stink during thunderstorms---AND---this guy’s claim to fame is two hits…and a last name---not just the same old, same old…
from 2018--
---he should just go run the damn PGA and do us all a yuuuge favor---Brian Wilson finally gets that “A” he’s been looking for…for sixty years---Seal with a kiss isn’t really all that funny currently---The Stones get kudos for their blackness---AND---racism…White House…see the fun irony, there? ----NOT just the same old same old
….. The guy named Reebok was quite the inventor and he had nothing to do with the shoes, tell you what he did have to do with …an iconic hit, featuring six harmony vocals and seventy three kabillion different instruments, well, give or take, all arranged by one son of the beach, tell you what and who AND when it comes to saying WHAAT, not so much a tiger by the tail as a tale of the tiger, and a pretty GRRREAt one at that …not just the same old same old…
from 2018--
---half a bun, half a brain, sounds about right---KFC goes all UK---somehow, we think Lindsey will find a way to survive---Yanni, Laurel, let’s call the whole thing off---the only leak actually coming from the White House is fluid from the medulla---NEW music from Roger via Stephen---AND---Ohio, home of the Reds, the Bengals and a chart topping anti-war song ----NOT just the same old same old
from 2018...and the "lost Weekend Shows"---
---bring teacher an apple and the Education Secretary something shiny---a pioneer in star gazing passes and a falling star was the first to be gold---so, now, Tillerson can star in his own doggy snuff film---see through concrete, anyone? Sure, why not---NEW music from he who is not always a Who---AND---wipe, launder, repeat…not so much, thanks ----NOT just the same old same old
from 2014--
…the Captain showed up 59 years ago and set us kids on a straight course in life…calling Kanye a narcissist is like calling Billy Graham a church goin’ fella…ironic, we suppose, that spud rhymes with stud…the Naked Olympics, one of those things that sounds a whole, whole, whole lot better than it looks…Paula Deen needs to publish an entire cookbook of recipes for foot in mouth…AND…if your name was Dole, you were automatically hot stuff in 1800’s London society …not just the same old, same old…
from 2014---
…if you forgot to spring forward, then your boss won’t give you any excuse to fall back on…Henry’s hit is about a dog, but the lady it goes out to today is anything but…if this Michigan high school REALLY wants to piss people off, why not just have Sissy Spacek come and speak at graduation?...the S.A.T’s will be A-OK just soon as they get F.I.X.E.D…AND…Brewer and Shipley are rumored to be poised for a comeback with their new hit song, “One T-Bone Over The Line”…not just the same old, same old…
…..the term reality show has become self-parody, grrrreat big ol self-parody, tell you how you can tell…our favorite potty mouth has to put her party pants on pause, tell you all about it, bitches….a sweet, a bangle and a Ullman, well not exactly, tell you exactly what…fifty four years ago, they were at the top of the charts and just below that and just below that and in the upper middle and in the middle, well, hell, that’s why we called them fab…not just the same old same old…
from 2017---
---Spain, San Diego, six of one---Puerto Rico’s gain is our gain, but only till he comes back and then it’s our loss---Andy hit the big time gently---Indy battles Nazis or maybe incontinence this time around---home movies, Elvis movies, the basic quality was about the same---AND---he made bunnies a whole lot more than cute ---- not just the same old---
from the lost "Very Good Year" shows...
what was toppin’ the charts at WMCA this week in 1965?...for the first time, we discovered that Dylan’s music was for the birds…ten years before George Harrison mocked it, the Four Tops sang it sweetly…Dickey Lee obviously had a unique way with women…AND…to this day, I don’t understand why “have you been bad, Johnny, with..girls??” never became a bumper sticker …not just the same old, same old…
from 2017--
---Yeager’s dead and would still make a better President---Ringo has no prob offering up the best of---Donald is both more and less, more useless, more blameless and more clueless---naked sixty year old women eating pineapple…trust us, it’ll make sense---AND---even Golf Magazine knows the truth about politics --- not just the same old---
...from the lost "Very Good Year" shows, the top of the tops at KDWB Minneapolis in July of 1966...
from 2018---
---Stan Musial would have been laughed out of office…if’n he was elected to office today---could have been worse…could have named her Boise---Eric Clapton was not only “slow hand”, he was apparently a little slow, period---not often we get to admire a guy who shot a guy, but, in this case, we’re good to go---sometimes, all it takes is just one song, Tom Douglas proved it bigly---AND---he gave us booger, flying turkeys along with more news and Les Nessman --- not just the same old, same old…
from 2018--
so, this guy takes a knee…at the Emmys…and everybody gets all ooogly---the Angels are coming back, baby…and it’s Bosley times two---every Janis song you can think of…and even those you haven’t thought of yet---hot town/summer in the city/well here’s a thing/ it’s a deep fried kitty---a good reason to stink during thunderstorms---AND---this guy’s claim to fame is two hits…and a last name---not just the same old, same old…
from 2018--
---the hills are alive…and, come to think of it, so are the Nazis---Dolly writes the music and Rachel Green plays the mama, say what?---new music from Gregg Allman, almost new music from Gaga---Bernie is getting closer to that weekend Bernie---Elton does things backwards and it works just fine, thanks---AND---expectant moms ain’t got nothin’ on Melania --- not just the same old, same old…
THIS WEEK…
we return to our classic 30 minute format…
AND----Sting calls that dock two thousand miles from home, home, tell you why…peter yarrow---one of the great drug enthusiasts in pop music history, but now so much in the way you’re probably thinkin--- AND the next number two will very likely be a she, although we don’t yet know which she, …not just the same old same old…
from 2013---
…Eric Clapton says thanks but no thanks when it comes to saying thanks…luckily, the Sermon on the Mount wasn’t limited to 140 characters…Leah Remini says she ain’t doin’ no dancin’ if Kirstie shows up…Randy Bachman unlocked one chord and the truth…AND…49 years ago today, they officially tried to sell that he did it, but nobody bought it and, to this day, not too many buy it …not just the same old, same old…
from 2018---
...so, this guy takes a knee…at the Emmys…and everybody gets all ooogly---the Angels are coming back, baby…and it’s Bosley times two---every Janis song you can think of…and even those you haven’t thought of yet---hot town/summer in the city/well here’s a thing/ it’s a deep fried kitty---a good reason to stink during thunderstorms---AND---this guy’s claim to fame is two hits…and a last name---not just the same old, same old…
from 2014----
…not ready to say so long to your weekend? The Hollies feel your pain…what God has joined together, let no man or woman laugh too loud when it goes south, or west as the case may be, in a few months, give or take…how cool would it be if whoever buys Willie Nelson’s bus was named Herb?...Elvis coming back on the big screen and no, that’s not a fat joke…Rob Ford keeps cracking everyone up…AND…the perfect Mother’s Day gift, assuming Mom is a delightful combination of fashionista and wino …… not just the same old, same old…
from 2014---
…Little Richard is ready, how about you?...five friends seems to be the safe number…the good news? Miley isn’t twerking, the bad news? Miley kisses her mom with that mouth…Tom Jones should do a jingle for PetSmart…Van Halen-The Next Generation hits the twenties…the very first gold record went to a star who sang about a star but whose light wasn’t exactly blinding…AND…Best Buy says do as we say not as we do … not just the same old, same old…
THIS WEEK…
....And the final score, Led Zeppelin won…..that’s it, they won, tell you what and why and against who---one fourth of the fab four channels Jimmy Stewart to the great white way, tell you how and what and when---fifty years ago this week, this iconic pop duo kept everyone satisfied while being troubled on the other side, tell you why and what AND brand new VERY OLD music from a very laid back guy who has made a very very good living as a Taylor….and it’s not WHAT you think…not just the same old same old…
from 2017--
---Tom and Jerry, Paul and Artie, six of one---Joe Walsh says it ain’t hard to be humble---apparently even Tom Bodette didn’t leave a light on for this strange wayfarer---he’s historic and dead…and a modern day superstar---AND---Linda sings Warren in honor of Donald --- not just the same old---
from 2017--
---George and Jane zoomed their way to us 55 years ago this weekend---Sammy The Bull…actually sounds like a chief of staff, doesn’t it?---no Lemon Lennon but what’s coming instead is pretty cherry---Mike Love wants you to know the truth, whether it’s true or not---AND---it was supremely symphonic or symphonically supreme, tomato, tomahto ---- not just the same old---
from 2017---
---for a guy who’s supposedly not a politician, he sure does mush mouth like a politician---Nicole Spice, James Spice and Milo Spice and it’s all in good fun---very few radio shows talk about pubic hair…we dare to be different---AND---speaking of crotches, hey, what’s new with Black Chyna? --- not just the same old---
from 2019--
---For the hopelessly romantic fab four freak in all of us, the top ten Beatle love songs---Candle go boom big time, probably has something to do with it not being a candle---what do lawn chairs and puppies have in common, well you might say, WELL OF COURSE, when you hear the answer---two phrases we never thought we’d hear, let alone say, together, symphony orchestra---David Crosby---AND---Elvis tribute? Yeah, you know what? it’s time to put an end to all of that…..sort of, so to speak---NOT just the same old same old
THIS WEEK…a whole passel of pop and rock superstars gather together to celebrate a dirty and gritty neck, tell you whose, who and where---a berry berry funny story about breakfast, we’ll be berry glad to share it with you---the filthiest place on an airplane is NOT the toilet seat and you probably touched it a lot the last time you flew, we’ll tell you why you probably don’t want to ever do that ever again---Paul McCartney could have easily sung I’m your vehicle baby, tell you why AND your Easter could very easily get all clogged up and you think I’m gonna say, but that’s a good thing…BUT I’M NOT and IT IS NOT, tell you why not …not just the same old same old…
from September 2017--
---Chip and Robbie and Ernie, where are you now that we need you?---what does Trump’s tax plan and a colonoscopy have in common?...we’ll give you a second….there you go---Jerry Lee is one cranky cuss at 82…just like he was at 22,32,42,52.62 and 72---AND—well, of course, Hefner objectified women…cause he wasn’t classy like Kim and Khloe and Dopey and Sleepy--- not just the same old---
from 2017--
---trapped in the net of paying more for the flix---there’s gold in them thar NY tower, maybe homesickness will finally free us all---Cam Newton is like OJ without the attitude…or the knife---NEW music from Mike Love and you’re responsible for containing your own enthusiasm---AND---another big blow is on the way...and the news aint so great when it comes to Nate --- not just the same old---
from August 2013---
… a Motown salute to the Powerball winners…Anthony Weiner’s sexting sweetie gets the Stevie Nicks treatment…Paul McCartney says it was very cool to be one of the proud, one of the few...Connie Francis spills the beans on your naughty co-worker…AND…Sly Stallone sends one out to Bruce Willis, once a buddy, now totally expendable…not just the same old, same old…
from March 2018---
---Truman added a balcony, Trump adds a revolving door---it’s corny, but fitting, to say that Russ was a towering figure in the record industry---well, THAT’LL keep you quiet in the library, won’t it?---Elvis sings movie music and Tom Sings Elvis and we’re talking three people---Tom Jones, making the scent of Ben Gay sexy---AND---if he gets the job for life, life will no longer be worth living ----NOT just the same old same old
....One of the founders of this pop rock super group says they came THiis close to going disco, but swerved away just in time…young love turns old, but it’s happening on purpose, tell you why---did you want mustard with that dog? Or would you prefer a frankfurter INSTEAD of that dog? AND they’ll be THERE for you, but not exactly the way everybody has been wishing and hoping they would be there …not just the same old same old…
from September 2018---
so, this guy takes a knee…at the Emmys…and everybody gets all ooogly---the Angels are coming back, baby…and it’s Bosley times two---every Janis song you can think of…and even those you haven’t thought of yet---hot town/summer in the city/well here’s a thing/ it’s a deep fried kitty---a good reason to stink during thunderstorms---AND---this guy’s claim to fame is two hits…and a last name---not just the same old, same old…
…Gregg Allman says pull the plug…I used to pick them up from school and now they’ve made a movie about their superstar dad…Jethro Tull does their own little lumberjack song…Jackson Browne admits to being lazy, but not to scarfing the sweetener…just imagine what the Titanic’s dining room had to offer in the way of fortune cookies…AND…Neil Young has it covered or, to be more precise, them …… not just the same old, same old…
from May 2014...
…want to park more and search less? there’s an app for that…Donald Sterling’s future just keeps getting darker which is, of course, wonderfully ironic…turns out the national anthem sounds a lot like Christmas music…Joe and Jennifer’s music probably prevented a lot of second dates…live long and profit, said Mr. N’s record company…AND…you can be merry and cheerful if you play Nintendo, you just can’t be gay …… not just the same old, same old…