Quotation
Of The Week ~ John Lennon: The more real you get, the more unreal
everything else is.
[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 Santa Clara, California. I've listened
from there a few times before.]
Before
i get on to the music, i have a serious question: where's Bart?
Bart
Inman, that is: owner of https://inmanair.com/
-- heating and cooling specialists serving Missouri and southern
Illinois. He used to advertise regularly on The Klassics Show but i
haven't heard him in weeks. I was listening to KSHE on my iPad at
work on Saturday morning and he had an ad on there, i thought i might
hear him this morning but no dice. Too bad! A lot of people find his
voice annoying but i like listening to his laconic drawl plus i think
he's quite funny. (If you want a really annoying voice, try Tom Shane
of Shane Company [“your friend in the jewelry business”] -- i had
to suffer his boring voice several times today.)
It
was rather a lacklustre beginning to today's show, dear reader. In
fact, in the entire first hour, there was hardly anything i even
liked and one song i positively detested: the Ted Nugent paean to
hunting and to blowing the heads off furry woodland creatures. There
was one song i loved – The Allman Brothers' “Revival” -- but if
the entire show had been like that, it would have just about merited
a grade of “B.”
As
we entered the second hour, though, it all turned around. There was
the brilliant double whammy of Rory Gallagher and Yes (and the
inclusion of Rory automatically means a grade of “A+”) followed
closely by great songs by Billy Joel, Loggins & Messina and
Traffic. After that, there was no looking back, and only one further
annoyance – the egregious Harry Chapin's miserable excuse for
existentialist philosophy (with the added detraction of trite sound
effects) “WOLD.” (The singer is feeling old and is working at a
radio station with the call letters WOLD. Wow, clever....)
There
was nothing by The Beatles this morning, which was unusual, but there
were solo tracks by George Harrison and John Lennon and the inclusion
of the latter's wonderful “Mind Games” was particularly
significant as December 8th is the anniversary of John's
assassination. It was one of those days in history – like the
Kennedy assassination, the first moon landing and the 9/11 attacks –
where we'll never forget where we were and what we were doing when we
heard the news.... Or. At least, i won't. I have the feeling i'll be
playing a lot of Lennon's music at home this week: he was a personal
hero and (IMO) a genius, although at times a misguided one, and i
have quite a few of his solo albums – yes, even a few with Yoko,
although those are virtually unlistenable; i don't know why i keep
them.
Here's
the playlist and R.I.P. John:
Nils
Lofgren – No Mercy
Eric
Clapton – Motherless Children
Neil
Schon & Jan Hammer – No More Lies
Ted
Nugent – Fred Bear
Wet
Willie – No No No
Bruce
Springsteen – No Surrender
The
Allman Brothers Band – Revival
Sherbs
– No Turning Back
Little
Feat – Feets Don't Fail Me Now
Rory
Gallagher – Country Mile
Yes
– Siberian Khatru
Jefferson
Starship – No Way Out
Billy
Joel – Scenes From An Italian Restaurant
Loggins
& Messina – Nobody But You
Traffic
– Freedom Rider
The
Doobie Brothers – Nothin' But A Heartache
Supertramp
– Even In The Quietest Moments
Journey
– On A Saturday Night
The
Butts Band – Be With Me
Eagles
– On The Border
George
Harrison – This Song
Canned
Heat – On The Road Again
Harry
Chapin – WOLD
Lake
– On The Run
John
Lennon – Mind Games
Roger
Daltrey – One Man Band
The
Who – Slip Kid
Joe
Walsh – Indian Summer
The
Grateful Dead – One More Saturday Night
Gary
Wright – Silent Fury
Leon
Russell – Stranger In A Strange Land
Henry
Gross – One More Tomorrow
The
Electric Light Orchestra – Sweet Talkin' Woman
Pink
Floyd – One Of These Days
Rainbow
– Stone Cold
Faces
– Ooh La La
Phantom,
Rocker & Slick – Men Without Shame
Santana
– Open Invitation
The
Blue Öyster Cult – Take Me Away
Brewer
& Shipley – One Toke Over The Line
And
here's my own personal playlist for the week, because i know you're
fascinated:
The
Beatles – Magical Mystery Tour
Simon
& Garfunkel – Old Friends
Dick
Gaughan – Gaughan
The
Kinks – Soap Opera
Runrig
– Amazing Things
James
Taylor – Greatest Hits
Amazing
Blondel – Blondel
Tim
Renwick – Privateer
London
Grammar – Truth Is A Beautiful Thing
Cyndi
Lauper – Twelve Deadly Cyns
Joe
Cocker – Joe Cocker's Greatest Hits
Natalie
Maines – Mother
Rory
Gallagher – Deuce
The
Quintet – Jazz At Massey Hall
Klaatu
– Klaatu
Gordon
Lightfoot – Over Sixty Minutes With Gordon Lightfoot
Stan
Rogers – Fogerty's Cove
David
Lindley – El Rayo-X
Phil
Collins – Dance Into The Light
Joan
Osborne – Bring It On Home
Rhiannon
Giddens – Tomorrow Is My Turn
A
Fine Frenzy – Oh, Blue Christmas
Max
Webster – Max Webster
Curved
Air – Air Conditioning
Bob
Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited
Melissa
Etheridge – Yes I Am
The
Albion Christmas Band – An Albion Christmas
The
Trans-Siberian Orchestra – The Christmas Attic
Afrocelt
Sound System – Anatomic
Buffalo
Springfield – Buffalo Springfield Again
Dan
Fogelberg – High Country Snows
Enya
– Shepherd Moons
The
Lovemongers – Battle Of Evermore
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