Quotation
Of The Week ~ Dave Edmunds: Rock 'n' roll will never die. There'll
always be some arrogant little brat who wants to make music with a
guitar.
This
week's edition just barely scrapes by with a grade of “A” i'm
afraid, and if not for two songs (the Yes – all 18 minutes of it!
-- and the James Taylor) i think it might only have merited a “B+”.
There was nothing wrong with it, exactly, pretty much
everything was good, but it wasn't as extraordinary as i know it can
be. Didn't we just hear The Tubes' “Sushi Girl” last week? Why
two songs by The Grateful Dead? Wouldn't it have been better to play
Tull's “Ring Out, Solstice Bells” the week before
Christmas? Maybe i'm just quibbling – 'tis the season to be grumpy,
after all, and it was the musical highlight of my week. I have
never understood the appeal of REO Speedwagon – i know that they
are very popular in St Louis but this baffles me. At least this
morning's selection featured a vocalist other than the egregious
Kevin Cronin, but it was still a little annoying. Everything else was
fine, though, and i certainly enjoyed hearing Steely Dan, ELO,
Genesis, ELP, Poco, B.B. King and Billy Joel.
Here's
a pic of the only REO Speed Wagon that even remotely interests me,
followed by the playlist.
Roger
Daltrey – Say It Ain't So Joe
Steely
Dan – Don't Take Me Alive
The
Marshall Tucker Band – Searchin' For A Rainbow
Kansas
– Song For America
Graham
Parker – Don't Ask Me Questions
Iron
Butterfly – Scorching Beauty
The
Electric Light Orchestra – Tightrope
Arc
Angels – Sent By Angels
Jackson
Browne – Fountain Of Sorrow
Fleetwood
Mac – Shake Your Moneymaker
Bruce
Springsteen – Badlands
The
Grateful Dead – Shakedown Street
James
Taylor – Carolina In My Mind
Charlie
– She Loves To Be In Love
The
Climax Blues Band – Using The Power
April
Wine – Sign Of The Gypsy Queen
Genesis
– Your Own Special Way
REO
Speedwagon – Son Of A Poor Man
Jethro
Tull – Ring Out, Solstice Bells
Montrose
– Space Age Sacrifice
Yes
– Close To The Edge
Harry
Nilsson – Spaceman
Todd
Rundgren – The Want Of A Nail
Randy
Pie – Stand Up
Emerson,
Lake & Palmer – Fanfare For The Common Man
Poco
– Crazy Love
Uriah
Heep – Stealin'
The
Groundhogs – Split, Part 2
B.B.
King – The Thrill Is Gone
The
Tubes – Sushi Girl
Barclay
James Harvest – Titles
Billy
Joel – The Entertainer
The
Grateful Dead – U.S. Blues
Well,
look at this! My therapists chose mostly Christmas music for me to
listen to right up until Wednesday, and then it abruptly ended. Odd,
that. Here's the (rather long) list of what i listened to at home
this week:
Kate
& Anna McGarrigle – The McGarrigle Christmas Album
A
Fine Frenzy – Oh Blue Christmas
Dan
Fogelberg – The First Christmas Morning
Kathy
Mattea – Good News
Sneak's
Noyse – Christmas Now Is Drawing Near
The
Baltimore Consort – Bright Day Star
The
Moody Blues – Gold
The
Albion Christmas Band – Snow On Snow
Maddy
Prior & The Carnival Band – Carols And Capers
Phil
Pickett w. Richard Thompson – The Bones Of All Men
The
Beatles – Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
John
Kirkpatrick – Going Spare
Various
Artists – Rockin' Little Christmas
Enya
– The Christmas EP
Loreena
McKennitt – A Winter Garden
The
Chieftains – The Bells Of Dublin
Amy
Grant – A Christmas Album
The
Albion Band – Another Christmas Present From The Albion Band
Steeleye
Span – Wintersmith
Various
Artists – Christmas Classics
Ofra
Harnoy – Silent Woods
Shirley
Collins & The Albion Country Band – No Roses
Dixie
Chicks – Wide Open Spaces
The
John Renbourn Group – Live In America
Eliza
Gilkyson – Land Of Milk And Honey
Marc
Cohn – Burning The Daze
Natalie
Maines – Mother
The
Brothers Johnson – The Best Of The Brothers Johnson
John
Kirkpatrick et al. -- Plain Capers
Kate
& Anna McGarrigle -- Kate & Anna McGarrigle
Cat
Stevens – Tea For The Tillerman
Richard
Thompson – Watching The Dark: The History Of Richard Thompson
Nik
Kershaw – To Be Frank
Annie
Haslam – Annie Haslam
Pete
Townshend – White City: A Novel
This
Mortal Coil – It'll End In Tears
Art
Garfunkel – Angel Clare
James
Taylor – Before This World
Son
Volt – Notes Of Blue
Wendy
Carlos – Clockwork Orange
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