Sunday 25 February 2018

KSHE Klassics, Feb. 25th, 2018



Quotation du jour ~ Anthony Burgess: Laugh and the world laughs with you. Snore and you sleep alone.


This morning, i was listening from Clifton, New Jersey, ten miles west of New York City. I know my precise location this week because i found this website: https://whatismyipaddress.com/ As you know, KSHE doesn't stream their audio to Canada, so i have to use a VPN to fool them into thinking i'm listening from the States. That website tells me my location. I like it.

All of the music this morning was from the 80s -- it's an All-Eighties Weekend at KSHE. Fair enough: it's not my favourite decade, that would be the 70s, but a lot of wonderful music came out in those ten years. A lot of great music came out in every decade of the twentieth century, really. Pop music went into the toilet in the 21st century. The number one single here in Clifton, N.J. -- and apparently in the rest of the western world -- is by someone called Drake (???). Purely in the interest of research, i looked him up on YouTube ... and managed to survive about fifteen seconds of the song. Oh, ghastly. People buy this shit?

Music is alive and well in 2018 – there's some great schtuff out there, but the music industry lost the plot and you have to look very hard for it. Apart from committee-written and auto-tuned pop rubbish, what are the record companies releasing these days? Forty year-old radio broadcasts by classic rock bands (no studio expenses there); deluxe editions of 40-year old albums with a few bonus tracks that weren't worth releasing at the time; “best-of” collections by performers who already have dozens of “best-of”collections out there (but this new one includes a track that's never been released anywhere else!). Pshaw, i say.

OK, rant over. All-Eighties Weekend, eh? Normally i complain that the four hours seem to just zoom by, but not today, it definitely dragged a bit. Highlights (for me): The Hooters and Rockpile.

And here's my new (temporary) home, Clifton, N.J. Looks nice.














707 -- I Could Be Good For You
Steve Winwood -- Don't You Know What The Night Can Do
Aldo Nova -- Fantasy
Jimmy Barnes -- Working Class Man
Axe -- Rock'N'Roll Party In The Streets
Eric Clapton -- She's Waiting
Chris De Burgh -- Don't Pay The Ferryman
The Who -- Another Tricky Day
Chris Rea -- Working On It
Tony Carey -- The First Day Of Summer
The Fixx -- Red Skies
.38 Special -- Wild-Eyed Southern Boys
Honeymoon Suite -- New Girl Now
Styx -- Snowblind
The Hooters -- All You Zombies
Shooting Star -- Hang On For Your Life
Icehouse -- Electric Blue
Steely Dan -- Time Out Of Mind
John Stewart -- Gold
The Kings -- This Beat Goes On/Switchin' To Glide
Santana -- Winning
Kim Mitchell -- Go For A Soda
Sammy Hagar – The Ice Man
Krokus – Screaming In The Night
Rush – Time Stand Still
John Waite – Change
Robin Trower – Victims Of The Fury
Loverboy – Hot Girls In Love
Rainbow – Street Of Dreams
Martin Briley – Salt In My Tears
Queen – I Want It All
Rockpile – Teacher Teacher
The Police – Invisible Sun
Russ Ballard – Rene Didn't Do It
Journey – Girl Can't Help It
Saga – On The Loose
Eric Clapton – I've Got A Rock 'N' Roll Heart
Greg Kihn Band – Jeopardy
The Tubes – Talk To Ya Later
The Grateful Dead – Touch Of Grey

Incidentally, in John Stewart's song Gold, played today, does he sing "he makes $2.50 for an hour," or "he makes $2.54 an hour"? Thinking about schtuff like this is what keeps me awake at night.

Here's what we've played this week at World Headquarters. It's a longer list than usual because I had an unexpected (and, to be honest, unwanted) 2⅓ day holiday. With pay, fortunately. Long story.

Christine McVie – In The Meantime
Peter Gabriel – Birdy
Kathleen Edwards – Back To Me
Roxy Music – The Best Of Roxy Music
Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
The Beatles – Revolver
Dan Fogelberg – Love In Time
Joni Mitchell – Court And Spark
Ten Years After – Ssssh!
Van der Graaf Generator – Pawn Hearts
Saga – Silent Knight
Martin & Eliza Carthy – The Moral Of The Elephant
Dick Gaughan – Gaughan
Colin James – Fuse
Procol Harum – A Salty Dog
Steeleye Span – Hark! The Village Wait
The Albion DanceBand – The Prospect Before Us
The Kinks – The Collection
Kathy Mattea – Right Out Of Nowhere
Jane Siberry – Angels Bend Closer
Paul Simon – Live In New York City (DVD)
Strawbs – A Choice Collection Of Strawbs
Richard Thompson – Dream Attic
Counting Crows – August And Everything After
Paul McCartney – Choba Ђ CCCP [The Russian Album]
Fairport Convention – The Five Seasons
Steve Earle – El Corazón
Rosanne Cash – The Wheel
John Kirkpatrick – Coat Tails Flying
Musicians Of The Nile – From Luxor To Isna
Various Artists – Beat The Retreat: Songs By Richard Thompson
Marillion – Holidays In Eden
Warren Zevon – Excitable Boy
Cassandra Wilson – New Moon Daughter
June Tabor – Rosa Mundi
The Walker Brothers – Portrait
Various Artists – The Second British Invasion!
Otis Rush – Any Place I'm Going
Caro Emerald – Acoustic Sessions
Runrig – The Story
Dan Fogelberg – Phoenix

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