Monday, 9 September 2019

KSHE KLASSICS SHOW, Sept. 8th, 2019


Quotation Of The Week ~ Johannes Brahms: It is a real pleasure to see music so bright and spontaneous expressed with corresponding ease and grace.

[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 via a VPN, to spoof a non-Canadian address. This week, according to https://whatismyipaddress.com/ i was in Santa Clara, California.]

I must be in a good mood or something today: i'm grading this week's instalment an A. The first hour was, in fact, almost tedious but things turned around and, although there was an unusual amount of obscure schtuff, it was mostly good obscure schtuff and there were also a lot of songs i can honestly say i love. (In fact, i ordered Cat Stevens' CD “Buddah And The Chocolate Box” after hearing the song Oh Very Young for the first time in a while – i used to have the vinyl and there is some gorgeous music on it, IIRC.)

So, yes, an A, but with reservations. The Animals' song was a good one, but the lyrics are moronic: Eric Burdon wanted so badly to be a flower child / hippie when he was really just a Geordie bruiser; David Surkamp, the singer with Pavlov's Dog, has a voice that's so egregious that their albums were banned in Guantanamo Bay as being cruel and unusual punishment after a multitude of complaints from the ISIS terrorists imprisoned there (although my feelings aren't shared by the majority of KSHE listeners, according to The Klassics Show's Facebook fan group).

Towering above such dross, though, we had the magic of Tales Of Brave Ulysses, Telephone Line, Say Goodbye To Hollywood, Another Girl, Oh Very Young of course, The Last Resort and, what i would consider the highlight of the show, You Wear It Well. I loved Rod Stewart's music once.

As usual, the program ended far too soon. Here's the playlist:



Spys – Don't Run My Life
Peter Frampton – (I'll Give You) Money
Rare Bird – Sympathy
The Allman Brothers Band – Soulshine
The Ozark Mountain Daredevils – Take You Tonight
Mistress – China Lake
Cream – Tales Of Brave Ulysses
Loverboy – Take Me To The Top
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – The Criminal Kind
Elton John – Teacher I Need You
The Electric Light Orchestra – Telephone Line
Peter Gabriel – That Voice Again
Nektar – Show Me The Way
Foreigner – That Was Yesterday
The Beatles – Another Girl
Billy Joel – Say Goodbye To Hollywood
Rod Stewart – You Wear It Well
Pavlov's Dog – Song Dance
Stir – Nothing's Wrong
Eric Burdon & The Animals – Monterey
Mark - Almond – The City
The Souther, Hillman, Furay Band – Fallin' In Love
Eric Clapton – The Core
Foghat – Take It Or Leave It
The Marshall Tucker Band – Never Trust A Stranger
Jackson Browne – The Fuse
Sea Level – That's Your Secret
Mott The Hoople – The Golden Age Of Rock 'N' Roll
Cat Stevens – Oh Very Young
Sammy Hagar – The Ice Man
Dio – The Last In Line
Nazareth – Star
Eagles – The Last Resort
Journey – Kohoutek
The Band – Life Is A Carnival

Adriana, my therapist (a.k.a., bartender at Bentley's) has disappeared again. This playlist – of albums for me to play this week to soothe my savage breast, soften rocks and bend my knotted oak, was provided by my back-up therapist Melissa (a.k.a., bartender at Montana's). Not a bad job, Mel!

Paul McCartney – Ram
Natalie Maines – Mother
Jackson Browne – Lives In The Balance
The Kinks – Soap Opera
Jeff Beck – Loud Hailer
London Grammar – If You Want
Kendírví – Pied-à-Terre
Roxy Music – For Your Pleasure
Jethro Tull – A
George Harrison – Brainwashed
Eliza Gilkyson – Paradise Hotel
Dixie Chicks – Wide Open Spaces
Eagles – Desperado
Mama's Pride – Uptown And Lowdown
Runrig – The Last Dance
David Bowie – The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars
Maddy Prior – Woman In The Wings
Outback – Baka
The Doobie Brothers – Best Of The Doobies
Renaissance – A Song For All Seasons
Kim Mitchell – Shakin' Like A Human Being
Jack Bruce – Silver Rails
The Beat – I Just Can't Stop It
Paula Cole – Ballads
Jane Siberry – Bound By The Beauty
Pete Townshend – Psychoderelict
Florence + The Machine – High As Hope
Sheryl Crow – Threads
The Allman Brothers Band – Brothers And Sisters
The Home Service – A New Ground

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