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SPECIAL BEST OF 2011 EPISODE
Intro: Love and Rockets, “Motorcycle”
Wire, “Two Minutes”
Gang of Four, “You’ll Never Pay for the Farm”
The Godfathers, “Back into the Future”
Duran Duran, “All You Need Is Now”
New Order, “Hellbent”
The Japanese Popstars f/ Robert Smith, “Take Forever”
Paul Weller, “Starlite”
The Smithereens, “Sorry”
The Primitives, “Need All The Help I Can Get”
The Great Book of John, “Never Tear Us Apart” (INXS)
Peter Murphy, “I Spit Roses”
J Mascis, “Is It Done”
Tommy Stinson, “One Man Mutiny”
The Feelies, “Should Be Gone”
R.E.M., “We All Go Back To Where We Belong”