[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 listening from San Francisco.]
It
was a brilliant show today, brothers and sisters. In fact, i was
thinking that it merited an A+ after the first hour (with the songs
by The Move and Pete Townshend), and the second hour clinched it with
the inclusion of Mama's Pride, the greatest band ever to come out of
St Louis. If Uman had played nothing but annoying songs for the rest
of the program, the grade would have remained, and what in fact
happened was that he didn't play anything that i disliked at all –
and that in itself is exceptional as i often have to suffer some crap
like R.E.O. Speedwagon or Ted Nugent. Not this Sunday, though. Magic.
This
week's image is of The Move's album “Message From The Country”
which is where their song (mentioned above) came from. Their final
three albums (that one, “Shazam!” and “Looking On” are all
wonderful – desert island discs for sure) (if i can take around 500
discs to my desert island), but they split up. Three members of The
Move, Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne and Bev Bevan, went on to form The
Electric Light Orchestra (of whom i know you've heard) and
released an album called “No Answer” in North America and simply
“The Electric Light Orchestra” everywhere else thanks to a
secretarial blunder at the American record company tra la. There is
still debate to this day whether the first ELO album should more
properly have been thought of as the last Move album. After its
release, Roy Wood quit and Jeff Lynne took over and led them to
well-deserved mega-stardom but darn it, i liked them when Roy was
still co-leader of the band. They were very different then. Quirky.
Eccentric. I liked that.
I've
followed Roy Wood's post-ELO solo career pretty closely and he's
released some brilliant schtuff, but, sadly, never attained the
commercial success of his former band. I think he's doing all right,
though: recent photographs show him looking pretty well-fed!
Here's
the pic and the playlist:
Gary
Wright – Love Is A Rose
The
Michael Stanley Band – One Good Reason
Yes
– Love Will Find A Way
Utopia
– Love Is The Answer
The
Move – Feel Too Good
The
Who – Getting In Tune
Eric
Clapton – Mainline Florida
Pete
Townshend – Pure And Easy
Ray
Gomez – Make Your Move
The
Allman Brothers Band – Melissa
George
Harrison – Bangla Desh
Traffic
– The Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys
Mama's
Pride – Merry-Go-Round
Atlanta
Rhythm Section – Crazy
Trapeze
– Midnight Flyer
Steve
Winwood – Don't You Know What The Night Can Do
Bloodrock
– Kool Aid Kids
Stillwater
– Mind Bender
Bruce
Springsteen – Cadillac Ranch
Triumvirat
– March To The Eternal City
The
Rolling Stones – Monkey Man
Detective
– Recognition
The
Doors – Moonlight Drive
Jefferson
Starship – Play On Love
The
Beatles – Within You, Without You
Sammy
Hagar – Love Or Money
The
James Gang – Must Be Love
The
Kinks – Tired Of Waiting For You
Kerry
Livgren – Mask Of The Great Deceiver
Steely
Dan – Any Major Dude Will Tell You
Crosby,
Stills & Nash – Dark Star
Little
Feat – Rocket In My Pocket
The
Moody Blues – New Horizons
Eddie
Money – No Control
Badfinger
– No Matter What
The
Electric Light Orchestra – Ma-Ma-Ma-Belle
As
for my own personal playlist, after firing most of my therapists
a.k.a. bartenders recently – because, primarily, they were lousy at
their jobs -- i think i may have found a new one. Jess (possibly
spelt “Jessyka” but that would be an affectation so maybe not.)
Anyway, she is responsible for my personal stress-relief playlist
this week. I think she did pretty well, in spite of the inclusion of
a couple of Christmassy albums in November. What think you? It's a
long list!
Various
Artists – Songs Of Our Native Daughters
Kate
Rusby – Hourglass
Terje
Rypdal – Crime Scene
Bob
Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited
Maddy
Prior – Woman In The Wings
Court
Yard Hounds – Court Yard Hounds
The
Beatles – With The Beatles
The
Carolina Chocolate Drops – Genuine Negro Jig
Steeleye
Span – Est'd. 1969
Lindisfarne
– The Very Best Of Lindisfarne
Art
Garfunkel – Angel Clare
Max
Webster – Mutiny Up My Sleeve
The
Doobie Brothers – Best Of The Doobies
Pete
Townshend – White City: A Novel
Beth
Gibbons – Symphony Of Sorrowful Songs
The
Keef Hartley Band – The Battle Of North West Six
Peter
Gabriel – Secret World Live
Steeleye
Span – Ten Man Mop, Or, Mr Reservoir Butler Rides Again
A
Fine Frenzy – Oh, Blue Christmas
Jon
& Vangelis – Short Stories
Garfield
– Out There Tonight
Linda
Ronstadt – Greatest Hits
Wizzard
– Wizzard Brew
Saga
– Saga
10
c.c. -- How Dare You!
Van
der Graaf Generator – World Record
James
Taylor – Sweet Baby James
Rhiannon
Giddens – Freedom Highway
June
Tabor w. Martin Simpson – A Cut Above
A
Fine Frenzy – Pines
Neil
Young – After The Gold Rush
Al
Stewart – The Year Of The Cat
The
Trans-Siberian Orchestra – Christmas Eve And Other Stories
Lisa
Gerrard & Patrick Cassidy – Immortal Memory
Garmarna
– Hildegard Von Bingen
Buffalo
Springfield – Last Time Around
Emerson,
Lake & Palmer – Isle Of Wight, 1970
Dixie
Chicks – Wide Open Spaces
Paul
Simon – Graceland
Rick
Wakeman – Christmas Portraits
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