Weekend America Series
Weekend Soundtrack
We want to know what song just sings weekend to you. Maybe it was the backdrop to your greatest day ever. Maybe it's a song that brings you to tears.
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"Oklahoma!" and Mr. Clean
When Maureen McNulty Saxton of Holt, Mich., hears "Oklahoma!" she knows it's the weekend.
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The Haunted House
Sue Ely listens to "Haunted House" by Natalia Zukerman on the weekends. Host Bill Radke gets inside it.
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Midnight in a Perfect World
Weekend America listener Jesse Lugus loves relaxing to DJ Shadow's "Midnight in A Perfect World."
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"Everything for Everyone," Except on the Weekends
Tamara Neff's weekend soundtrack in Baltimore is "Everything for Everyone," by Johnette Napolitano. Neff says this song reminds her to make the weekends all about herself.
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Cleaning to an "Icy Blue Heart"
Roxanne Cronin listens to "Icy Blue Heart" by John Hiatt while she cleans. And mends a broken heart.
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Radio Twentysomething
Megan Chaney tells Bill Radke
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Weekend Soundtrack: "Leave Them All Behind"
We've been asking listeners about the soundtrack to their weekends. This week, we hear from Tim Scanlin, of Pasadena, Calif. Tim listens to us on KPCC in Los Angeles, and his weekend soundtrack is "Leave Them All Behind," by the British band Ride
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Weekend Soundtrack: Nina Simone
Every weekend, Teri Echtenkamp is out shopping for vintage purses in Omaha. And while she's purse-hunting, Echtenkamp listens to Nina Simone's rendition of "Sinnerman." She says Simone's voice helps energize her search and even helps her find purses of the 1950s and 1960s. Echtenkamp loves finding the story behind each purse: "My favorite thing is when I find something in it. I get a little glimpse of who it was carrying it."
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Weekend Soundtrack: Supertramp
For Andy Maynard of Hazelwood, Mo., it's not the weekend without Supertramp. The music that fills his Saturdays and Sundays often includes "The Logical Song," and we find out why.
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Weekend Soundtrack: "In C"
Weekend America has been asking you for the soundtrack to your weekend. We want to know about the song you listen to and why it matters to you. This week, we meet Patrick Scott of Los Angeles. His weekend soundtrack is the minimalist work "In C" by Terry Riley.
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Weekend Soundtrack
Weekend America has been asking you for the soundtrack to your weekend. We want to know about the song you listen to and why it matters to you. Recently we heard from listener Stephan Frazier who picked Jack Johnson's track, "Better Together." He speaks to us from Boston, where he works as a courier.
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Weekend Soundtrack: "My Favorite Coat"
We've been asking the listeners what songs remind them of the weekend. This week, Beth Weigel from Juneau, Alaska, talks with Weekend America host Bill Radke about how the song "My Favorite Coat" by Deb Talan conjures up thoughts of the weekend.
