[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 North Bergen, New Jersey,
just a hop, skip 'n' a jump from NYC, where i spent the last few
Sundays.]
I confess i approached
this week's show with a little trepidation after the last two
relatively uninspiring installments, but i was worried for naught.
Definitely grading the show an A+ -- which is automatic when there's
a Dan Fogelberg track, of course, but the fact is it would have
merited A+ even without Dan.
There was one song
which actively annoyed me, and that was the Blood, Sweat & Tears
number: i think i hated everything they did after Al Kooper left the
group and David Clayton Thomas took over the vocals – i can't stand
the guy. I met him once and he's a complete pillock. (Admittedly, he
made some decent music in Toronto back in the sixties, with his band
The Shays: i had a few of their 45s and they weren't bad at all. But
he himself was always a fuckwit.) And, oh sure, there were a few
songs that were unexceptional (Benny Mardones? Really?), but, wow,
look at that list down there: so many great songs.
The Steve Miller Band –
Your Saving Grace
Jackson Browne – For
Everyman
Randy Meisner –
Hearts On Fire
Jon & Vangelis –
State Of Independence
Genesis – Dance On A
Volcano
Dan Fogelberg –
Promises Made
The Kinks –
Sleepwalker
Blood, Sweat &
Tears – You Made Me So Very Happy
Nazz – Under The Ice
The Electric Light
Orchestra – Poker
The Rolling Stones –
Neighbours
New England – Don't
Ever Want To Lose Ya
Kansas – Reason To Be
Gamma – Voyager
Neil Young – Only
Love Can Break Your Heart
Heartsfield – Racin'
The Sun
Santana – Stand Up
Rod Stewart – Blondes
(Have More Fun)
Eddie Money – Runnin'
Away
707 – I Could Be Good
For You
Manassas – Johnny's
Garden
Pete Townshend – And
I Moved
LeRoux – The Last
Safe Place On Earth
Grinderswitch – Kill
The Pain
Wings – Let Me Roll
It
Shooting Star –
Tonight
Jefferson Starship –
With Your Love
Novo Combo –
Citybound (“E” Train)
The Who – A Legal
Matter
38 Special – Chain
Lightnin'
Survivor – Poor Man's
Son
Journey – La Do Da
Dave Mason –
Headkeeper
Billy Joel – The
Stranger
Spirit – I Got A Line
On You
Robert Palmer – Bad
Case Of Loving You
The Doobie Brothers –
Turn It Loose
Benny Mardones –
Mighta Been Love
Trooper – Raise A
Little Hell
David Gilmour –
There's No Way Out Of Here
The Marshall Tucker
Band – Ramblin'
My psychiatrist
committed suicide last week, and she mentioned me in her note.
R.I.P., Doctor, i shall miss you. Before she shuffled off her mortal
coil, though, she told me to play these albums:
Joan Armatrading –
Show Some Emotion
Led Zeppelin -- Led
Zeppelin
Eliza Gilkyson –
Paradise Hotel
Happy Rhodes –
Warpaint
Frank Zappa –
Strictly Commercial
Rory Gallagher –
Wheels Within Wheels
Survivor – Vital
Signs
Neil Young – Harvest
Talk Talk – Natural
History
Mark Hollis – Mark
Hollis
Gryphon – Red Queen
To Gryphon Three
George Harrison –
Wonderwall Music
Various Artists –
Africa Rising
Afro Celt Sound System
– Volume 2: Release
Roxy Music – The Best
Of Roxy Music
Paul Young – Wherever
I Lay My Hat: The Best Of Paul Young
Max Webster – High
Class In Borrowed Shoes
Nilsson – The Point
Weezer – Six Hits
Ten Years After – A
Space In Time
Kesha – Rainbow
Bob Dylan – Highway
61 Revisited
Fairport Convention –
Jewel In The Crown
The Beatles – Love
Franz Ferdinand –
Franz Ferdinand
Dead Can Dance –
Dionysus
Dixie Chicks – Taking
The Long Way
Rod Stewart – Smiler
Jon Anderson – Olias
Of Sunhillow
Home – Pause For A
Hoarse Horse
No comments:
Post a Comment