{"id":87401,"date":"2024-06-12T09:03:46","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T13:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2024\/06\/12\/howard-stern-does-first-guest-dj-takeover-of-siriusxm-lithium-channel-spins-stp-hendrix-rolling-stones-and-public-enemy\/"},"modified":"2024-06-12T09:03:46","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T13:03:46","slug":"howard-stern-does-first-guest-dj-takeover-of-siriusxm-lithium-channel-spins-stp-hendrix-rolling-stones-and-public-enemy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2024\/06\/12\/howard-stern-does-first-guest-dj-takeover-of-siriusxm-lithium-channel-spins-stp-hendrix-rolling-stones-and-public-enemy\/","title":{"rendered":"Howard Stern Does First Guest DJ Takeover of SiriusXM Lithium Channel, Spins STP, Hendrix, Rolling Stones and Public\u00a0Enemy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tIf you listen to enough Howard Stern<\/a> you know that as much as he loves his SiriusXM channels, more work is the last thing he wants. But the veteran broadcaster has long held a special place in his heart for his sister rock channel, Lithium<\/a>, so on Wednesday morning (June 12) Stern will help kick off SiriusXM\u2019s new Guest DJ campaign by doing a takeover in which he gets to spin some of his favorite songs and tell a few stories about why they are so special to him.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHi everybody, this is Howard Stern and welcome to the Howard Stern Guest DJ<\/a>,\u201d Stern says in his intro to the stunt. \u201cOver the years I feature a lot of music on the show, I interview a lot of musicians, I just love music. And I also talk about music because I used to professional radio DJ.\u201d In his best announcer voice, Stern then jokes that during his DJ stint he learned the delicate art of \u201ctalk-ups,\u201d where a DJ speaks over a song\u2019s instrumental intro until just before the vocals kick in.<\/p>\n

\n\tOr as Stern described it, \u201cwhere you talk over really good songs and ruin them.\u201d He notes that on his three-day-a-week Howard 100 show he often plays his favorite songs and talks about why he loves them, which is why he wanted to share his personal home playlist during his Lithium guest spot.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a perfect example of a song-ruining talk-up, Stern describes how much he thinks about late Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland while playing the band\u2019s 1994 hit \u201cVasoline,\u201d saying, \u201cwhat a charismatic dude. We had him on the show a bunch of times and I used to go to Stone Temple Pilot concerts and see him perform and\u2026 fabulous band. And I would go and I\u2019d think, \u2018geez, he\u2019s got it all. He\u2019s f\u2013kin\u2019 good looking. He can sing like an angel.’\u201d Stern also reveals some background about the lyrics he gleaned from the band\u2019s other members, talking through almost the entire song as longtime co-host Robin Quivers adds some of her patented positive accents to his banter.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn addition to songs by Soundgarden (\u201cBlack Hole Sun\u201d), Jimi Hendrix (\u201cAre You Experienced?\u201d), Aurora (\u201cLife on Mars?\u201d) and Public Enemy (\u201c911 Is a Joke\u201d), Stern will also queue up the Rolling Stones\u2019 1971 Sticky Fingers<\/em> track \u201cMoonlight Mile,\u201d calling it the \u201cepitome of a great song. This is when music was staggeringly good. How did he come up with this? How does that happen?\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tStern says the only thing he knows about the song is that singer Mick Jagger came up with it while sitting on a train and staring at the moon before going home to write the lyrics. He then goes into one of his patented digressions about being raised with a deficit of emotion that he wore like a \u201csuit of armor\u201d his whole life that has started cracking as he\u2019s gotten older. In theory, that sounds to him like a great idea for a song. But, unlike Jagger\u2019s emotional revelation on his train ride, Stern says, \u201cand then I sat and thought about this and nothing happened! There was no song!\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe special will premiere today at 11 a.m. on Lithium and is available anytime on the SiriusXM app. The Guest DJ campaign will feature more than 70 other entertainers doing take-overs, including: James Corden, Kate Hudson, Kevin Hart, Busy Philipps, Rob Lowe, Conan O\u2019Brien,\u00a0Andy Cohen, Gayle King, NFL player Maxx Crosby, NASCAR\u2019s Chase Elliot\u00a0and more. The campaign will be heard on more than 35 SiriusXM channels across a variety of genres.<\/p>\n

\n\tListen to Stern on Lithium below.<\/p>\n

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