Sunday, 2 June 2019

KSHE KLASSICS SHOW, June 2nd, 2019


Quotation Of The Week ~ Maria Semple: And I'm going to let you in on a little secret about life. You think it's boring now? Well, it only gets more boring. The sooner you learn it's on YOU to make life interesting, the better off you'll be.

[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 back in Santa Clara, California, the birthplace of one of my favourite porn actresses, Bobbi Starr.]

My faithful reader will have noticed that i wasn't here last week. There was no Klassics Show to blat about. It was the Memorial Day Weekend in Trumpistan, er, i mean the U.S.A., and every year KSHE pre-empts their regular programming to do what they call a “Top 500 Countdown” which means they play all the same old crap they play every day. I actually listened for about ten minutes, but when they inflicted Joan Jett on me, i gave up and streamed Radio Hauraki instead.

So i was expecting a rather excellent show this morning, to make up for last week's absence. Alas, it was not to be. Oh, it started off brilliantly, for sure, with magic of The Byrds, followed by ... Jack Green?!? The song was okay, but who the heck is (or was) he? After that, things went okay for a little while, but ... ugh, Ted Nugent and soon after, ugh, REO Speedwagon. The Lucifer's Friend song went on 'way too long, the Eagles' track must be one of the most tedious they've ever recorded and the Robin Trower number, which was great, was actually mis-announced as being Mott The Hoople, which would have been great.

There were a few songs this morning that i can honestly say i love, but not all that many; there were a few performers i can honestly say i love, but the selections were not favourites. I mean, why “Leave It” by Yes, when Yes has so many numbers that soar? “Leave It” drags. So it is with some regret i'm only grading it a “B.”

(Plus there seemed to be even more ads, therefore less music, than usual.)

And here's a (SFW) pic of the wonderful Bobbi Starr:



The Byrds – So You Want To Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star
Jack Green – So Much
Yes – Leave It
The Little River Band – Help Is On Its Way
The Marshall Tucker Band – Fire On The Mountain
String Driven Thing – Josephine
The Michael Stanley Band – He Can't Love You
Ted Nugent – Workin' Hard, Playin' Hard
April Wine – Wings Of Love
Spirit – Fresh Garbage
The Quicksilver Messenger Service – Gypsy Lights
Kansas – Got To Rock On
Bob Dylan – Gotta Serve Somebody
Rush – Here Again
Crosby, Stills & Nash – Fair Game
REO Speedwagon – Take Me
Firefall – Cinderella
Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Hoedown
The Doobie Brothers – Livin' On The Fault Line
UFO – Cherry
Neil Young & The Bluenotes – This Note's For You
The Steve Miller Band – The Stake
John Stewart – Gold
Lucifer's Friend – Sorrow
Supertramp – Poor Boy
Joe Walsh – Welcome To The Club
Eagles – Wasted Time
Robin Trower – Somebody Calling
Off Broadway – Full Moon Turn Your Head Around
Elton John – Grey Seal
Atlanta Rhythm Section – Another Man's Woman
Little Feat – Time Loves A Hero
Peter Frampton – All I Want To Be (Is By Your Side)
Chicago – Color My World
Arlo Guthrie – The Motorcycle Song

Of course i was in a crappy mood all week – i'm old and wretched and probably clinically depressed. And there was no Klassics Show last week! But these albums appeared on the home gramophone and they really did help....

Various Artists – The Second British Invasion!
ABBA – Live
The Beatles – Live At The Hollywood Bowl
James Taylor – Greatest Hits
Peter Hammill – Thin Air
Amazing Blondel – England
Mark Knopfler – Sailing To Philadelphia
A Fine Frenzy – One Cell In The Sea
Eliza Carthy – Restitute
Kim Mitchell – Shakin' Like A Human Being
The Home Service – New Ground
A Fine Frenzy – Pines
John Lennon – Mind Games
Five Hand Reel – For A' That
Five Hand Reel – Earl O' Moray
The Beatles – Past Masters, Vol. 2
Bob Dylan – Greatest Hits Volume 3
Joan Osborne – Songs Of Bob Dylan
Hot Tuna – Burgers
Max Webster – Max Webster
Dead Can Dance – The Serpent's Egg
Jennifer Warnes – Famous Blue Raincoat
Sharon Shannon – Each Little Thing
Rob Thomas – Cradlesong
Eliza Gilkyson – Lost And Found
Dixie Chicks – Home
Kate Bush – 12” Remixes
Alice Cooper – Killer
Yes – Going For The One
Fairport Convention – Rosie
Greg Kihn Band – Best Of Beserkley '75 – '84
Renaissance – Ashes Are Burning
Tim Renwick – Privateer
Dan Fogelberg -- Phoenix



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