KSHE Klassics Show, July 8th, 2018

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 Corazón

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