Needledrop: Reelin’ in the Years show with host Raina Douris

If you feel like the days have started to blend together over the past couple months, you’re not alone. And today, World Cafe’s just going with it…With a little inspiration from Steely Dan’s “Reelin’ In The Years,” host Raina Douris is untethering from time itself, with a full two hours of songs from all different decades of music, as well as songs about years – From Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture” to Prince’s “1999.”

Cousteau “Last Good Day Of The Year” Cousteau
Steely Dan “Reelin’ In The Years” Can’t Buy A Thrill
Stevie Wonder “Heaven Is 10 Million Light Years Away” Fulfillingness’ First Finale
Al Stewart “Year Of The Cat” Year Of The Cat
Midnight Oil “Forgotten Years” Blue Sky Mining
Rosanne Cash “Seven Year Ache” Seven Year Ache
Paul Simon “Still Crazy After All These Years” Still Crazy After All These Years
John Cale “Paris 1919” Paris 1919
Tchaikovsky “1812 Overture Op. 49 – ” Finale” Classical Moods: 100 Top Classical Favorites of All Time
Phoenix “1901” Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Josh Rouse “1972” 1972
David Bowie “1984” Diamond Dogs
Prince “1999” 1999

Hour Two
*Bruce Springsteen “The River” The River
The Pretenders “Mystery Achievement” Pretenders
The Clash “Lightning Strikes (Not Once But Twice)” Sandinista!
Dexy’s Midnight Runners “Seven Days Too Long” Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
Dire Straits “Tunnel of Love” Making Movies
Sinead O’Connor “Nothing Compares 2 U” I Do Not Want What I Have
World Party “Put The Message In The Box” Goodbye Jumbo
Jane’s Addiction “Been Caught Stealing” Ritual De Lo Habitual
Johnny Cash “I Won’t Back Down” American III: Solitary Man
Radiohead “Everything In Its Right Place” Kid A
Coldplay “Shiver” Parachutes
The Strokes “Last Nite” Is This It

*Optional Song