Quotation Of The
Week ~ William Congreve: Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast,
to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.
[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, a few minutes before the program began, i checked with
https://whatismyipaddress.com/
, and found that i was in Toronto! Well, that was obviously no good (nothing against Hogtown). I had to disconnect from and re-connect to the VPN et
voilà! i was whisked off to North Bergen, New Jersey, just in time for the show.]
I
really wanted to grade this week's show an A but the best i can do is
B+ and that's being generous. There's no question that there were a
lot of performers that i love, but some of the song choices were
dubious, to say the least. For an example, Chicago's early albums
were brilliant and full of classic songs, yet Uman chose to play a
song from a later album and quite frankly “Alive Again” was
annoying. REO Speedwagon never fails to make me want to stick red-hot
needles into my ears, too. (Ted Nugent – who usually has that
effect on me – was actually quite listenable today.)
Mama's
Pride, now. Anything from their wonderful first album automatically
would have given the show an A (or even an A+). Their second album
was pretty darned good, too. Their third album was, well, just a
little ordinary. So, guess which album today's selection came
from....
For
sure there was a lot today that i loved and, as usual, the show was
over far too soon. But there wasn't a single moment where i wanted to
jump up from my chair and start twerking.
Here's Saigon today:
Billy
Joel – Goodnight Saigon
Kansas
– Icarus (Borne On The Wings Of Steel)
Bob
Dylan – If Not For You
Ted
Nugent & The Amboy Dukes – Migration
Steely
Dan – Josie
Loggins
& Messina – Growin'
Mama's
Pride – Guard Your Heart
Crosby,
Stills, Nash & Young – Woodstock
The
Moody Blues – Go Now!
Rod
Stewart – Mandolin Wind
The
Who – I'm Free
The
Little River Band – Every Day Of My Life
Chicago
– Alive Again
Dickie
Betts – Hand Picked
The
Rolling Stones – Send It To Me
Elton
John – Take Me To The Pilot
Yes
– It Can Happen
Grand
Funk Railroad – Closer To Home / I'm Your Captain
Bob
Seger – Heavy Music
Strawbs
– Autumn
The
Grateful Dead – Truckin'
Prism
– Armaggedon
The
Cars – Hello Again
Def
Leppard – Rock Brigade
Todd
Rundgren – Just One Victory
Jackson
Browne – Redneck Friend
The
Doobie Brothers – Evil Woman
David
Bowie – Heroes
Fleetwood
Mac – Blue Letter
Supertramp
– Oh Darling
Deep
Purple – Strange Kind Of Woman
The
Babys – Love Don't Prove I'm Right
Santana
– Searchin'
Country
Joe McDonald – Hold On It's Coming
Nazareth
– Miss Misery
REO
Speedwagon – Son Of A Poor Man
I
know you'll be disappointed, but i don't have my own personal
playlist for last week. Oh, i made one all right, but somehow managed
to accidentally overwrite the data. Duh....
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