What do you love about music?

To begin with,

everything. Everything. Putting on a great show is the most important thing you can do. One great rock show can change the world.

Welcome to Sound Opin opinions from Chicago Public Radio and American Public Media.

I'm Jim De Regattis, the pop music critic at the Chicago Sun Times.

And I'm Greg Scott, I write about Rock and Roll for the Chicago Tribune.

Today in the world's only rock and roll talk show, Jim and I are going to kick off the school year with the best songs to beat the end of summer blues.

And later on, Greg and I will review the new album from The Walkman.

You're listening to sound opinions and now it's time to welcome our newest affiliate

W H Y Y in Philadelphia. Very exciting news Jim. Oh absolutely Greg

Christine Dempsey down there is a visionary hopefully she will convince public radio how great this show is

you know Terry Gross is based there she had me talk about Lester Bangs when that book

came out Philadelphia of course the city that means a lot to us you and I have both

visited many times you know how much

great music whenever we add a new affiliate we like to play a song that

epitomizes the coolness of that city we were fighting for 45 minutes do we

go old school gamble and huff do we do like Illadelf Half Life by the

roots? You know, what do we, Joan Jett, consider herself a Philadelphia native? We wanted to dig deep.

I remember traveling, road tripping to Philly from New Jersey where I grew up to see

R.E. M. and the openers were the dead milkmen. Kind of one of the key bands in that

indie rock scene in the mid-80s that eventually led to alternative. They had a hit, which I think indie Christine Dempsey, Terry Gross, from the punk rock girls in Philadelphia.

Here's the dead milkman.

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