A Song for Pirate Radio
Sound Opinions
Sound Opinions
4.3 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2026
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
This week on the Desert Island Jukebox, Greg cues up a song inspired by outlaw airwaves. It’s a reminder of a time when discovering music still felt like stumbling onto a secret signal.
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| 0:00.0 | I tell you little buddy, this whole island is bewitched. |
| 0:04.0 | Just to cast away, island lost a sea, oh. |
| 0:09.0 | Now I'm stranded on my own. |
| 0:14.0 | Sandy, far from home. |
| 0:19.0 | You remember, we were shipwrecked together. |
| 0:23.5 | Sandy, I'm from home. |
| 0:26.0 | Welcome this bonus episode of Sound Opinions. |
| 0:28.6 | I'm Jim D. Regattis. |
| 0:29.9 | I do this with Greg Cott. |
| 0:31.7 | And if you want to be the first to hear our bonus podcast, become a Sound Opinions member on Patreon, like Al Gabor of Evanston, Illinois. |
| 0:41.3 | Thank you, Al, for your support, and thank you for also supporting Public Radio, WB, B, Z. |
| 0:47.4 | Greg and I have so much music that we love to share with you that one hour a week on a hundred-some-odd public radio stations ain't enough. |
| 0:56.8 | Hence, our trips to the Desert Island to pop a quarter in the jukebox on these bonus podcasts. |
| 1:03.4 | Greg, give us a little hint of a song you can't live without for today. |
| 1:07.3 | Yeah, Jim, I'm going to go back to one of the most underrated songwriter, singers, |
| 1:12.8 | performers in Midwestern garage rock history. It doesn't get enough love of this guy. |
| 1:20.9 | All right, we'll find out who that is in just a second on sound opinions. |
| 1:25.1 | Sound Opinions is supported by the Goose Island Beer Company. |
| 1:29.0 | For over 20 years, Goose Island has been brewing their iconic 312 beer for the best |
| 1:34.0 | moments in our city. |
| 1:35.7 | It's the Chicago Thing. |
| 1:37.3 | This month, we're asking listeners to go to soundopinions.org and leave us a voice message |
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