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Coffee Break: Radio on the radio

What songs do you want to hear for today's Coffee Break?
What songs do you want to hear for today's Coffee Break?Alan Levine, [Flickr CC BY 2.0]

by Anna Reed

April 17, 2018

Thanks to Loran who wrote in with today's theme idea.

For today's Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that make it sound like there is a radio playing IN the song?

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

Have an idea for a Coffee Break topic? Submit your idea for a future theme and browse past Coffee Breaks in our archive. Or, when you register for a Minnesota Public Radio account, you can send requests via Alexa, too Just say "Alexa, ask The Current to play Song by Artist" e.g. "Alexa, ask The Current to play Left of the Dial by The Replacements."

Songs played

Fastball - The Way
Feist - Any Party
Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star
Ted Leo & The Pharmicists - Bomb. Repeat. Bomb.
Queens Of The Stone Age - No One Knows
Wall of Voodoo - Mexican Radio
Ramones - Do You Remember Rock 'n Roll Radio