Quotation
du jour: Joan Osborne ~ There's so many different ways humans have
used music to express the spiritual part of our nature and to connect
us with the divine. So for me the pathway is through music.
[As
you may or may not know, i live in Canada, and for some reason KSHE
doesn't stream their audio to here. I have to connect to a VPN to
spoof a non-Canadian address. This week, according to
https://whatismyipaddress.com/,
i was listening from North Bergen, New Jersey. I've listened from
there before.]
And a happy birthday to one of my favourite singers, Joan Osborne, born this day in 1962, and who, as far as i know, has never been played on KSHE....
This
edition is automatically graded A ++ for the inclusion of Rory
Gallagher and Dan Fogelberg. Without them, however, the program would
have just managed to scrape by with an A, if that.
For
one thing, i positively detest
that song by Harry Chapin. (I survived, i went to the kitchen and
made a sandwich while it was on.) For another, the lyrics to The
Animals' "San Franciscan Nights" are really embarrassing
(written by that wanker Eric Burdon, no doubt). Example: "The
American dream includes Indians, too"? Really? That's nice of
you. Shouldn't it be, The American dream includes white settlers, or
something similar? And why two songs by The Animals? I don't
understand it. Sting's solo live version of "Roxanne" could
be considered a mistake, too.
Beyond
that, there were very few songs i can say that i love – maybe two
dozen in the whole four hours -- although everything was entirely
listenable – even the schtuff by performers i can't recall ever
hearing of before: Orion? Glencoe? The Painter? Hmmm. I know that
John Ulett (a.k.a. Uman), the host, was on holiday last week. I
wonder if his absence had something to do with it? There was no host
at all today. But Uman told me when i met him, that The Klassics Show
was his favourite thing to do (although, as an American, he probably
said "favorite") so he may have pre-programmed it, it's
hard to say.
Anyway,
the show was still the highlight of my week. Rock on!
(Here's the birthday girl.)
The
Romantics – What I Like About You
Bob
Dylan – All Along The Watchtower
The
Painter – West Coast Woman
Novo
Combo – Up Periscope
Steely
Dan – Josie
Traffic
– Dear Mr Fantasy
Within
Temptation -- A Shot In The Dark
Todd
Rundgren – The Want Of A Nail
Poco
– Bad Weather
Rory
Gallagher – Calling Card
Procol
Harum – Simple Sister
Firefall
– Cinderella
The
Grateful Dead – Shakedown Street
The
Animals – Don't Bring Me Down
The
Sweet – (Love Is Like) Oxygen
The
Animals – San Franciscan Nights
Foghat
– My Babe
Point
Blank – Mean To Your Queenie
The
Greg Kihn Band – Jeopardy
John
Parr – Naughty Naughty
Sting
– Roxanne (live)
Dan
Fogelberg & Tim Weisberg – The Power Of Gold
Grand
Funk Railroad – Heartbreaker
Joe
Cocker – The Letter
B.B.
King – The Thrill Is Gone
Genesis
– Follow You, Follow Me
Billy
Joel – The Entertainer
Orion
– So You Ran
The
Climax Blues Band – Using The Power
Glencoe
– Airport
Harry
Chapin – Taxi
Barry
Goudreau – Dreams
Big
Country – In A Big Country
Heartsfield
– As I Look Into The Fire
Thin
Lizzy – Romeo And The Lonely Girl
The
Youngbloods – Get Together
Gerry
Rafferty – Baker Street
Here's
what we used to help wear out the optical drives at Spriggs Towers
this week:
Florence
+ The Machine – High As Hope
Robin
Trower – Day Of The Eagle
The
Beatles – Help!
Capercaillie
– Sidewaulk
Steely
Dan – A Decade Of Steely Dan
Runrig
– Heartland
Bob
Dylan – Bringing It All Back Home
Free
– Tons Of Sobs
Jann
Akkerman – Tabernakel
The
Kinks – Sleepwalker
Loggins
& Messina – Sittin' In Again: The Best Of Loggins & Messina
Steve
Earle – El Corazรณn
Camel
– I Can See Your House From Here
Mary
Chapin Carpenter – A Place In The World
Def
Leppard – Adrenalize
Fairport
Convention – Angel Delight
Genesis
– A Trick Of The Tail
Pink
Floyd – The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
The
Move – Shazam
Mama's
Pride – Uptown And Lowdown
Peter
Hammill – In Camera
Linda
Ronstadt – Heart Like A Wheel
Alanis
Morissette – Havoc And Bright Lights
Nick
Drake – Way To Blue: An Introduction To Nick Drake
Shirley
Collins & The Albion Country Band – No Roses
Big
Wreck – In Loving Memory Of
The
Albion Band – Natural And Wild
Barbra
Streisand – The Broadway Album
Joan
Osborne – Pretty Little Stranger
Nanci
Griffith – Flyer
Paula
Cole – This Bright Red Feeling
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