Monday, 18 February 2019

KSHE KLASSICS SHOW, Feb. 17th, 2019


Quotation du jour ~ Richard Thompson: Well, first of all it's entertainment. That stops us becoming too pretentious or thinking we're great artists.

[As you may or may not know, i live in Canada, and for some reason KSHE doesn't stream their audio to here and i have to connect via a VPN, to spoof a non-Canadian address. This week, according to https://whatismyipaddress.com/ i was listening from New York City (Manhattan) again. I once thought of NYC as my spiritual home; then i went to St Louis, and the rest is history.]

Now that's more like it! After last week's rather lacklustre instalment, the Klassics Show was back on form today. The show is automatically graded an A+ because of the inclusion of Dan Fogelberg, but the truth is, it almost deserved it without Dan's contribution.

There was certainly a lot of much-loved music, and nothing awful (although the spoken introduction to the Grand Funk Railroad track was somewhat dubious and The Animals' song, which i actually like, featured some of Eric Burdon's most atrocious lyrics). Some of the songs were “merely” good (i.e., not great) and i really don't think Huey Lewis belongs on this show, although his track was listenable enough.

Highlights for me were ELO, Horslips, ELP (Uman incorrectly introduced “Knife Edge” as an instrumental number) and Rod Stewart – younger readers may not remember a time when Rod Stewart could actually rock.

Th-th-that's all, folks!



Bruce Springsteen – Fourth Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
Huey Lewis And The News – Walking On A Thin Line
Dan Fogelberg & Tim Weisberg – The Power Of Gold
The Electric Light Orchestra – Roll Over Beethoven
Paul McCartney & Wings – Magneto And Titanium Man
Boz Scaggs – Dinah Flo
Robert Palmer – Every Kinda People
Hellfield – Too Long
Horslips – The Man Who Built America
David Bowie – Jean Genie
Hydra – Feel Like Running
Fleetwood Mac – Hypnotized
Utopia – Love In Action
Journey – Be Good To Yourself
Jay Ferguson – Snakes On The Run
Phil Collins – I Don't Wanna Know
Yes – Parallels
Gary Wright – Can't Find The Judge
Stephen Stills – Turn Back The Pages
Rod Stewart – (I Know I'm) Losing You
Loverboy – When It's Over
Foghat – Home In My Hand
Grand Funk Railroad – I Can Feel Him In The Morning
Sherbs – We Ride Tonight
Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Knife Edge
Jethro Tull – Nothing Is Easy
Tom Petty – Restless
Chris Rea – Working On It
Poco – Indian Summer
The Animals – San Franciscan Nights
Wiggy Bits – Oh Captain
Dave Mason – Look At You Look At Me
John Mellencamp – Hot Night In A Cold Town
The Marshall Tucker Band – Fly Like An Eagle
Jesse Colin Young – Ridgetop
Michael Fennelly – Touch My Soul

And these are the albums my veterinarian told me to play this week, to help curb my desire to scratch certain people's eyes out:

George Harrison – Cloud Nine
Judy Dunlop & Ashley Hutchings – Sway With Me
Lisa Gerrard w. Pieter Bourke – Duality
Percy Grainger – Percy Grainger Plays Grainger
Various Artists – Compil Folk 37
Richard Thompson – Rumor And Sigh
Mr Fox – Join Us In Our Game
Dan Fogelberg – River Of Souls
FM – Black Noise
Atlanta Rhythm Section – ARS: The Best Of Atlanta Rhythm Section
Kesha – Rainbow
Genesis – Foxtrot
Marillion – Clutching At Straws
Yes – The Yes Album
George Harrison – All Things Must Pass
Joan Osborne – Pretty Little Stranger
Propaganda – A Secret Wish
Neil Young – After The Gold Rush
Dixie Chicks – Fly
Weezer – Six Hits
Chicago – Chicago VII
Various Artists – Compil Folk 39
The Beatles – Past Masters, Vol. 2
Big Sugar – Revolutions Per Minute
Various Artists – Vision: The Music Of Hildegard Von Bingen
King Crimson – Larks' Tongues In Aspic
Enya – Shepherd Moons
The Move – Message From The Country
Stone The Crows – Teenage Licks
Rory Gallagher – Fresh Evidence
Saga – Silent Knight

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