Mayor of the Sunset Strip

Mayor of the Sunset Strip Artist: Various Artists
Label: Shout Factory
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 826663409628
EAN: 0826663409628
ASIN: B0001I2CGG


Release Date: 2004-03-16

Mayor of the Sunset Strip


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Tracks:

  1. Let's Find Out About Rodney - Film Dialogue
  2. Rodney On The ROQ- Brian Wilson
  3. Los Angeles - X
  4. My Back Pages - The Byrds
  5. It Was A Real Eye Opener - Pamela Des Barres
  6. Welcome To Hollywood - Leon Russell
  7. All The Madmen (Live In Hollywood/Studio) - David Bowie
  8. Get It On (Band A Gong) - T. Rex
  9. School's Out - Alice Cooper
  10. What Kind Of Music Is This?" - Rodney Bingenheimer
  11. I Wanna Be Sedated - Ramones
  12. London - The Smiths
  13. He Picked This Song- Chris Carter
  14. Anything, Anything (I'll Give You) - Dramarama
  15. Jennifer Love Hewitt - Ronald Vaughan
  16. Parklife - Blur
  17. I Stalked Him- Courtney Love
  18. Malibu - Hole
  19. Good Souls - Starsailor
  20. Yellow (Live In-Studio Performance) - Chris Martin (of Coldplay)
  21. Who Is Rodney Bingenheimer - Anthony Marinelli (and Clint Bennett)
  22. Mayor Of The Sunset Strip - Marizane
  23. I Hate the '90s (Bonus Track) - Rodney & The Tube Tops

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Album Description

Few radio disc jockeys can boast the career highlights that Los Angeles D.J. Rodney Bingenheimer can. One of the original jocks on KROQ-FM, "Rodney on the Roq" helped launch the careers of such household names as the Ramones, Coldplay, Van Halen and the Sex Pistols. His weekly radio show on the high-rated modern rock station continues to push the boundaries and confines of today's radio programming. In 2003, Chris Carter (formerly of Dramarama) and filmmaker George Hickenlooper (Dogtown, The Man from Elysian Fields) created a documentary film revealing this local pop impresario's life, exposing the (sometimes ugly) truth behind celebrity. The soundtrack, which highlights the honorary Mayor's musical triumphs, also includes sound bites by a few of those artists whose careers he touched. <P>Includes rare or previously unavailable tracks by Beach Boy Brian Wilson, X, and Coldplay's Chris Martin!!

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars My Pal Rodney.......2005-03-29

For over 20 years as a D/J at KROQ, I worked with Rodney B. on the ROQ.Rodney is a ICON in L.A. radio.He broke more new music/bands than anyone I can think of.Many,many artists owe there rise to fame to Rodney B..He truly is the Mayor of the Strip.......ALL RIGHT! I would recommend this film for all music geeks. Larry Woodside formaly....... KROQ,KLOS,KMET,KMPC

4 out of 5 stars High Time Rodney Gets Some Due Documentation.......2004-08-04

I'm old enough to remember Rodney's career as a Hollywood scenemaker and trend setter. I actually went to the English Disco and endured Sweet recordings blitzing the ballroom and other glammers, slammers, tranners and teeny groupies. Of course, before he hopped on the glam bandwagon he had already intro'd Bowie to L.A. in a dress(well before his breakthrough and subsequent appearance at the Santa Monica Civic!), could be seen backstage at many early Three Dog Night shows (not kidding folks - Rodney was on that scene too - how's that for cutting edge - a hot new L.A. band circa 68 and '69 with big groupie appeal - Three Dog Night - count Rodney in)and of course Rodney would excercise his very limited writing abilities in the likes of many early publications such as World Countdown and countless others - it's all happening as he becomes a rock 'n' roll Rona Barrett (if you don't know what I am speaking of get an LA education). Oh yeah, and he had a Davy Jones hairdo which earned him a stand-in (the Monkees too - were trendy with a groupie draw). So our hero Rodney, a man with little talent, writing ability, looks, or much else going for him, transcends all and becomes the most impossible DJ ever.

Without the slick vocal chops, to say the least, our wimpy voiced icon gets a Sunday night gig on KROQ. Armed with Melody Makers and New Musical Express he begins breaking the UK punk scene in L.A. = Sex Pistols. At that time, My friend Neil and I, both long haired hippies with beers and bongs in hand cruising in his hopped up Plymouth Duster (not what you would picture as typical Rodney listeners, yet, more typical than most posseurs would know), would listen to his show religiously as New York, UK and local LA bands were exposed via indie, import, demos or acetates. This stuff really turned our heads = Runaways! The f*cking Starwood!! Rodney and Kim Fowley did their best to get the Whisky rockin' again after too much Rocky Horror and Cycle Sluts on the scene. The Golden West Ballroom in Norwalk - which hosted an early L.A. appearance of the Ramones with Van Halen as the opening band!! Rodney broke a great deal of punk / new wave but also did wonders for the career of Van Halen! He created a little scene. It was a small scene (alot smaller than most people would care to admit), mind you, but it got the attention of the media. And caused alot of ripples which are still being felt today. And it beats the hell out of anything Elliot Mintz ever did!!

So, how's the album? Well, there is simply no way to capture the essence of what the Rodney experience is. But as a far too short crack at it, I suppose this will have to do. Four stars just for the fact that this CD and movie even exist. Don't ask me for a play by play. Buy it yourself and write your own review. Why do you care what I think anyway?

As far as his radio show goes, the best thing is to find tapes of original broadcasts with all their obscurities and faults - the warts were what we needed and wanted - radio on the edge. That era is gone (though his show still runs) and no movie or compact disc is gonna capture the new-ness of the original events. But spin it anyway and take some of my memories with you.

fade out with modern folk quartet ....

3 out of 5 stars Good and bad, kinda like real radio.......2004-04-22

The soundtrack for the documentary on L.A. disc jockey Rodney Bingenheimer is a mixed bag, as it tries to recall the now long-gone days of rock radio. Not being from L.A., I don't really know if "Rodney on the Roq" actually played all of this music but I suppose you can make believe that he played most of these songs at one time or another.

I really liked Brian Wilson's "Rodney on the Roq," a radio jingle turned into a full-length song; it sounds like a long-lost Beach Boys gem. The rest is a mixture of L.A. rock (The Byrds), glam (T.Rex, Bowie) and punk (X, Ramones, Hole). Mostly it's well-chosen, with only fleeting spoken-word interruptions that build up the Rodney legend.

The Bowie selection starts out with an unintelligible tape recording of apparently David and Rodney fooling around, with a self-important interjection by some female narrator. Apparently at that time KROQ recorded all its programs on the cheapest battery-powered portable tape deck; I've heard clearer broadcasts from the moon. Anyway, Bowie then starts off an unplugged version of "All the Madmen" that goes a few seconds before it segues into the full-stereo album version.

So, cut to the chase, the best parts: Dramarama, Blur, "Bang A Gong," Bowie, Brian Wilson. The worst: "Jennifer Love Hewitt" -- a spoof done to an old Moody Blues tune -- and all the spoken word crap. The low point is probably the last cut, by Rodney's own band! In all, a decent compilation that starts out strong and sort of just peters out. You can skip the last couple of cuts or so, and still get your money's worth.

5 out of 5 stars Rodney Rocks.......2004-04-14

Rodney on the ROQ (KROQ in So Cal) were instrumental in many people lives at that time - the late great 80's. THAT was the music that molded many of today's bands. However, it stands the test of time and that sound has been distorted with many new bands as well. That music will never die.

5 out of 5 stars

Music Album:

  1. Star Trek: Original Television Soundtrack (The Cage, Where No Man Has Gone Before) ~ Alexander Courage
  2. Hitman Hart: Wrestling With Shadows (1998 TV Movie) ~ Original Soundtack
  3. The Prisoner: File #2 ~ Original Television Soundtrack - Various Artists
  4. Pink Flamingos: Original Soundtrack - Special 25th Anniversary Edition ~ Various Artists
  5. Criminal Law (1988 Film)
  6. Giant ~ Original Soundtrack
  7. Madison ~ Various Artists
  8. A Little Romance: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ~ Georges Delerue
  9. Battlestar Galactica (1978 Television Film) ~ Stu Phillips
  10. A Perfect World ~ Bob Willis and His Texas Playboys , Don Gibson , and Johnny Cash

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Hawk Talk ~ Coleman Hawkins

The Life and Times of a Large Man ~ Mark Poolos

The Long Road ~ Nickelback

Peace Love Death Metal ~ Eagles of Death Metal

111 Ciento Once ~ Tiziano Ferro

Magical Flutes from the Andes ~ Ayopayamanta

Wat Ik Je Zeggen Wil ~ Frans Bauer

Day in the Life of Africa ~ Various Artists

Three ~ East End

Meine Traume ~ Simone Christ