他不會特別放正在排行榜上的暢銷曲，如果有的話也會非常慎重的篩選，那段時間我記得只有像ToTo、解散前的The Police、Basia、 Swing Out Sister在他選項的名單中。
而他特別鐘愛的某些團體或個人，每天會反覆聽到，總是那些帶爵士風味的流行曲，例如說Steel Dan的Deacon Blues、Diane Shure的Only You(不是那首老歌Only You而是另一首新曲，旋律極好)、Joni Mitchell的Help Me、Chicago 的No Tell Lover、Phoebe Snow的PoetryMan、Maria Muldaur的Midnight At Oasis、The Crusaders的 Street Life 或Stevie Wonder 的Superwoman。
偶爾心情不是太好時，他的語氣就聽出來沒那麼high，或許前一晚在慶城街喝過頭了，或許情感神傷，這時候他會播放Julie London的 The End of Love Affair，一首弦樂伴奏極美的傷感爵士曲，做自己心情的註解，然而對一個晨間節目而言是有點離題的。
他的節目伴我度過了大學四年，之後連服兵役的一年十個半月間，我也沒有放棄收聽。
雖然說收音機在部隊裡是違禁品，但是我仍然冒著被關禁閉的風險偷偷帶了一台超小型的三進牌高清晰FM接收器，收在寢室抽屜隱密處裡。在屏東的空軍基地每天早上在其他人未起床之前，非得掛著耳機聽完一兩首歌才願騎著腳踏車到單位參加早點名。記憶中那段時間節目的第一首歌常常是El DeBarge的Someone，一首不太被記得的專輯B面曲，它好像不是排行榜曲，但是一首極悅耳動聽的爵士曲風好歌，編曲風格是那種流行於八零年代的洛杉磯的大調七轉小調七合弦的不固定調性進行，演奏技巧性極高。另外就是Rickie Lee Jones的Young Blood或是George Harrison的Here Comes the Sun或是Prince的Pop Life或是Swing Out Sister 的Break Out或Al Jareau 的Mornin'，每一首都是搭配晨間第一杯咖啡的振奮人心的好歌(總會有好事者問到當兵哪來的咖啡可喝，我說，唉，空軍嘛…)
幾乎每一首曲子我都有一段記憶。
當Lan Roberts突然常常放起Dionne Warwick唱的You Will Never Get To Heaven(If You Break My Heart)的那一陣子恰恰是我甫退伍剛創業時的夏天。
每天一大清早從永和騎我的偉士牌90cc跨過福和橋穿過基隆路的擁擠車流到達忠孝東路四段逸仙路口，買杯7/11的熱咖啡走進公司，這時才早上八點不到，打開收音機，聽到Lan Roberts的聲音，這是我一天之中最快樂最有活力的時間，打電話，找資料，想腳本，去提案。
事與願違。
我的廣告導演生涯才剛起步，合夥同伴與我的互信不足，公司經營得很不理想，有一頓沒一頓的苦撐，父親卻開始病重入住台大醫院。
然後隨著病情惡化，由一般病房轉到了加護病房，我必須辭去工作，照顧父親。
連續兩個多月，每一個深夜我睡在走廊的塑膠擔架床，經常會被淒厲的哀號聲嚇醒，因為又有病人在加護病房內往生了，家屬被通知進去料理後事。
每一回我都擔心下一個被護士的手搖醒的人是我。
就這麼維持著一種警戒狀態醒著，然後又會在極度的疲憊下沉沉睡去，直到天明。
陽光從窗戶灑進走廊，摺起塑膠床收在一旁，我先確定父親的情況穩定，然後走下樓梯到一樓買杯二十五元的熱咖啡和一份中國時報，坐在病房大樓中庭裡的花園木椅上，一面看著報紙，一面戴上耳機聽著ICRT，雖然陽光普照，看著滿園盎然綠意，但心情低落極了，對於未來，我完全沒有想法。
就在那天早上的Morning Show第一次聽到多年未發新片的Billy Joel 的新進榜歌曲We Didn't Start the Fire，歌詞與曲風強烈地撼動了我，一時間我無法控制自己掉下眼淚。
Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray
杜魯門總統，桃樂絲•黛，新中國誕生，強尼•雷成為新偶像
South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio
百老匯劇「南太平洋」，扒糞權威華特•溫吉爾，喬伊•狄馬吉歐領軍洋基隊拿到世界大賽冠軍
Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, television
參議員麥卡錫，參議員尼克森，史都貝克汽車，電視開始普及
North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe
北朝鮮南韓，韓戰開打，瑪麗蓮夢露成為性感偶像
Rosenbergs, H-bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom
間諜羅森伯格兄弟，氫彈，「糖」•雷成為中量級拳王，板門店
Brando, "The King and I" and "The Catcher in the Rye"
馬龍白蘭度，「國王與我」，還有「麥田捕手」
Eisenhower, vaccine, England's got a new queen
艾森豪當選總統，小兒麻痺疫苗誕生，英國有了新女皇伊麗莎白二世
Marciano, Liberace, Santayana goodbye
洛基馬其安諾登上世界拳王寶座，藝人黎伯拉契爆紅，哲學大師桑塔亞那，永別了
We didn't start the fire
不是我們燃的火
It was always burning
它原本一直燒著的
Since the world's been turning
在世界轉動的那一刻開始就有了
We didn't start the fire
不是我們燃的火
No we didn't light it
不，我們沒有
But we tried to fight it
我們想撲滅它
Joseph Stalin, Malenkov, Nasser and Prokofiev
史達林過世，馬林可夫接任蘇聯總理，埃及的納瑟掌權，普羅訶菲夫過世
Rockefeller, Campanella, Communist Bloc
財閥洛克菲勒要選州長，洋基隊捕手坎培內拉二度獲得MVP，共產主義國家形成集團
Roy Cohn, Juan Peron, Toscanini, dacron
麥卡席的顧問羅伊•孔宏辭職，阿根廷裴隆總統威望鼎盛，大指揮家托斯卡尼尼魅力征服美國，達克隆塑料問世
Dien Bien Phu falls, "Rock Around the Clock"
北越奠邊府淪陷法軍投降，搖滾經典曲「搖擺時鐘」紅遍全美
Einstein, James Dean, Brooklyn's got a winning team
愛因斯坦過世，詹姆士狄恩車禍過世，布魯克林道奇隊首次贏得世界大賽冠軍
Davy Crockett, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland
「大衛克拉其」電視節目收視率超高，「小飛俠彼得潘」電影賣座，貓王普萊斯利成為新偶像，第一座迪斯奈樂園開幕
Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Krushchev
碧姬芭杜成為世界新的性感偶像，匈牙利布達佩斯爆發革命，阿拉巴馬州爆發流血種族衝突，蘇聯外相赫魯雪夫一鳴驚人
Princess Grace, "Peyton Place", trouble in the Suez
葛瑞絲凱莉成為摩納哥王國公主，「小城風雲」電視影集收視長紅，蘇彝士運河衝突不斷
Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, Kerouac
阿肯色州白人政客動用國家警備軍阻止小岩城九名黑人學生入校，蘇聯作家巴斯特納訶出版「齊瓦哥醫生」，米奇•曼托連續第六次入選大聯盟明星隊，凱魯亞克出版「旅途上」
Sputnik, Chou En-Lai, "Bridge on the River Kwai"
蘇聯人造衛星史波尼克打上太空，周恩來，「桂河大橋」電影獲得七項奧斯卡大獎
Lebanon, Charlse de Gaulle, California baseball
黎巴嫩危機，戴高樂當選法國第五共合總統，道奇隊被賣到加州，天使隊成立，美國西岸開始有大聯盟職棒
Starkweather, homicide, children of thalidomide
史達克威爾犯下連續謀殺案，世界各地發生孕婦服用沙利竇邁產下的畸形兒
Buddy Holly, "Ben Hur", space monkey, Mafia
偶像歌手巴弟哈利墜機身亡，「賓漢」席捲奧斯卡獎，「阿寶」與「貝克」成為第一對上太空的猴兒，黑手黨勢力坐大
Hula hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no-go
呼拉圈大流行，卡斯楚古巴革命成功，艾索汽車賣不動
U-2, Syngman Rhee, payola and Kennedy
U-2高空偵察機，南韓的李承晚下台，政治獻金醜聞，甘迺迪擊敗尼克森當選總統
Chubby Checker, "Psycho", Belgians in the Congo
恰比切克唱的"The Twist"成為最紅的搖滾樂，希區考克的「驚魂記」，剛果的比利時殖民政府垮台
Hemingway, Eichmann, "Stranger in a Strange Land"
海明威舉槍自殺，納粹戰犯艾克曼在阿根廷被以色列特工逮捕，海萊茵的科幻書「異鄉陌生人」暢銷
Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion
鮑伯狄倫成為新偶像，柏林圍牆建造，古巴豬灣事件
"Lawrence of Arabia", British Beatlemania
大衛連的「阿拉伯的勞倫斯」上映，英國來的披頭四狂熱席捲全美
Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson
密西西比大學校園事件，太空英雄格蘭完成「友誼七號」任務，李斯頓擊敗派特生成為世界新拳王
Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British politician sex
教皇保祿六世登基，黑人民運領袖馬爾康X言論煽火，英國政客性醜聞
JFK, blown away, what else do I have to say
甘迺迪總統，腦袋開花，我還能說什麼
Birth control, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon back again
口服避孕藥丸問世，胡志明民族英雄地位鞏固，尼克森捲土重來當選總統
Moonshot, Woodstock, Watergate, punk rock
阿波羅十一號登陸月球，烏斯達克搖滾演唱會，水門事件，龐克搖滾興起
Begin, Reagan, Palestine, terror on the airline
比金當選以色列的總理，雷根總統當選美國38任總統，巴勒斯坦問題，連續劫機事件
Ayatollah's in Iran, Russians in Afghanistan
伊朗的何梅尼(阿亞圖拉)的革命成功建立伊斯蘭極權，蘇聯入侵阿富汗
"Wheel of Fortune", Sally Ride, heavy metal, suicide
全美國狂熱的「命運之輪」綜藝節目，莎莉萊德成為第一個登上太空的女英雄，重金屬搖滾引發青少年自殺潮
Foreign debts, homeless vets, AIDS, crack, Bernie Goetz
國家外債，越戰英雄變街頭遊民，愛滋病，古柯鹼毒品，紐約地鐵槍手伯納蓋茲引發爭議
Hypodermics on the shores, China's under martial law
海灘佈滿醫療廢棄針筒，中國六四天安門事件
Rock and roller cola wars, I can't take it anymore
搖滾樂手可樂代言戰，我實在再也看不下去了
We didn't start the fire
不是我們燃的火
But when we are gone
但如果有天我們也走了
Will it still burn on, and on, and on, and on...
它會一直一直一直燒下去嗎?
一生鼓吹反煙不遺餘力的他晚年居然被驗出肺癌末期，這真是人生最大的反諷。
我看到他的個人網站的標題是這樣的：
Please Boycott All Kraft Food Product.
請大家支持杯葛所有卡夫牌系列食品
Kraft is owned by "Death Factory" Philip Morris.
卡夫的幕後金主乃是「死亡工廠」煙商菲利普•摩里斯
我想將Gilbert O'Sullivan的Alone Again (Naturally)獻給Lan Roberts
Oh in a little while from now
if I'm not feeling any less sour
I promise myself to treat myself
and visit a nearby tower
and climbing to the top
will throw myself off
in an effort to make it clear
to whoever what it's like when you're shattered
left standing in the lurch at a church
where people saying 'my god
that's tough she's stood him up
no point in us remaining
we may as well go home'
as I did on my own
alone again naturally.
To think that only yesterday
I was cheerful
bright and gay
looking forward to well who wouldn't do
the role I was about to play
but as if to knock me down
reality came around
and without so much
as a mere touch
cut me into little pieces
leaving me to doubt talk about
god in his mercy who if
he really does exist
why did he desert me in my hour of need
I truly am indeed
alone again naturally.
It seems to me that there are more hearts
broken in the world that can't be mended
left unattended what do we do what do we do
alone again naturally.
Now looking back over the years
and whatever else that appears
I remember I cried when my father died
never wishing to hide the tears
and at sixty-five years old
my mother
God rest her soul
couldn't understand why
the only man she had ever loved had been taken
so badly broken despite
encouragement from me no words were ever spoken
and when she passed away
I cried and cried all day
alone again naturally.
Mornin'-Al Jareau
Trouble-Lindsey Buckingham
Someone-El DeBarge
Here Comes the Sun-George Harrison
Listen to the Music-Doobie Brothers
What A Fool Believes-Doobie Brothers
I Say A Little Prayer for you-Aretha Franklin
Till You Come Back to Me-Aretha Franklin
Boogie Night-Heat Wave
Till You Come Back to Me-Basia
Break Out-Swing Out Sister
Feel Like Makin' Love-Roberta Flack
Where Is the Love-Roberta Flack
Dog And Butterfly-Heart
People-Barbara Streisand
What A Wonderful World-Louis Armstrong
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother-Hollies
Escape(The Pina Colada Song)-Rupert Holmes
Venus-Frankie Avelon
Midnight At Oasis-Maria Muldaur
Shadows in the Moonlight-Anne Murray
Reminiscing-Little River Band
Every Kinda People-Robert Palmer
Sarah-Fleetwood Mac
Mac the Knife-Bobby Darin
Blue Velvet-Bobby Vinton
Whatcha Gonna Do-Pablo Cruise
Crusin'-Smokey Robinson
Heart of Glass-Blondie
For the Love of You-Isley Brothers
Walking in Rhythm-Blackbyrds
Every Breath You Take-The Police
Sukiyaki(Ue O Mui Te Aru Ku)-本九
Call Me-Chris Montez
Sultans of Swing-Dire Straits
Off the Wall-Michael Jackson
Love Ballad-George Benson
Morning Train-Sheena Easton
Walk On By-Dionne Warwick
Deja vu-Dionne Warwick
You Will Never Get To Heaven(If You Break My Heart)-Dionne Warwick
Chuck E.'s in Love-Rickie Lee Jones
Young Blood-Rickie Lee Jones
End of Love Affair-Julie London
September-Earth, Wind And Fire
Chances Are-Johnny Mathis
Alone Again (Naturally)-Gilbert O'Sullivan
Claire-Gilbert O'Sullivan
Face the Music And Dance-Nat King Cole
Sweet Lorraine-Nat King Cole
Superstition-Stevie Wonder
Send One Your Love-Stevie Wonder
Superwoman-Stevie Wonder
My Cherie Amor-Stevie Wonder
You Are the Sunshine of My Life-Stevie Wonder
That Girl Is Gone-David Pack
Biggest Part of Me-Ambrosia
Sentimental Lady-Bob Welch
No Tell Lover-Chicago
If You Leave Me Now-Chicago
Black Magic Woman-Santana
Love Is Thicker Than Water-Andy Gibb
I Just Want to Be Your Everything-Andy Gibb
An Everlasting Love-Andy Gibb
Georgy Porgy-ToTo
Africa-ToTo
Boy from New York City-Manhattan Transfer
Feel So Good-Chuck Mangione
Poetry Man-Phoebe Snow
Lady Love-Lou Rawls
Fool (If You Think It's Over)-Chris Rea
What's New Pussy Cat-Tom Jones
I Feel Good-James Brown
Baker Street-Gerry Rafferty
At Seventeen-Janis Ian
Rikkie Don't Lose That Number-Steely Dan
Do It Again-Steely Dan
Deacon Blues-Steely Dan
Peg-Steely Dan
Sarah Smile-Hall & Oates
Private Eyes-Hall & Oates
Suspicions-Eddie Rabbit
Suspicion-Elvis Presley
Ruby-Ray Charles
Love's Grown Deep-Kenny Nolan
Only You-Diane Shure And Count Basie Orchestra
Don't Give Up On Us-David Soul
Sister Golden Hair-America
Ventura Highway-America
My Life-Billy Joel
Just the Way You Are-Billy Joel
We Didn't Start the Fire-Billy Joel
How Deep Is Your Love-Bee Gees
The Girl From Ipanema-Astude Gilberto And Stan Getz
Never Be the Same-Christopher Cross
Ride Like the Wind-Christopher Cross
