[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 once again listening from Cheney, Kansas, home of the
world-famous Capstone Building Supply outlet.]
Quotation
Of The Week ~ William Shakespeare: Most heavenly music! It nips me
unto listening, and thick slumber hangs upon mine eyes.
Up
until maybe fifteen or sixteen years ago, i was a devoted listener to
a radio station from Oshawa, Ontario, called 94.9 The Rock. It was a
fabulous station, they would regularly play really obscure music that
no other rock radio stations that i knew of would even touch. (IIRC,
the first time i ever listened, they were playing a track by Cheech &
Chong.) In fact, one of their tag lines was “wow, i haven't heard
that song since....” I don't know what happened, though: change of
owner, change of management, but they took a nosedive into a puddle
of mud. All of the best on-air personalities were either let go or
quit and one, who had been on maternity leave, came back to work and
lasted less than a week (many of them are still my friends on
Facebook), to be replaced by amateurs and incompetents. Worse, their
playlist shrank dramatically, so that the completion of their tag
line would become “i haven't heard that song since ... an hour
ago.” I stopped listening.
It
took me a few months but, by a very circuitous route, i found KSHE 95
(it was my brother Dave who lives in St Clair, Missouri who told me
about it when i was moaning one day about how awful the radio
stations here had become) and i loved it and the station very
literally changed my life. But nothing ever stays the same – KSHE
has changed, too, to the point where i rarely listen anymore ...
except to the Sunday Klassics Show, and it's the highlight of my week
without a doubt.
Even
when the installment, like this week's, isn't exceptional. I'm only
grading it an “A-minus” -- there was nothing wrong with it at
all, but i know that it can be so much better. I'm curious, too,
about why there were two songs each by Yes and Asia – great as
those songs were. Uman doesn't often play one artist twice per show.
Sadly, i do understand why there were two songs by Rush,
though: the tributes to Neil Peart are pouring in from everywhere,
and i know that Rush was hugely popular in St Louis.
My
favourite song of the morning was unquestionably Yes's “Starship
Trooper,” but to be honest there was little else that i would
include in my top 500 favourite songs list. Steely Dan, Paul
McCartney, The Spencer Davis Group and Wet Willie, maybe. I hasten to
add that there was nothing wrong with anything else played this
morning – everything was fine and there was nothing annoying at
all.
R.I.P., Neil....
Neil
Young – Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black)
Shoes
– She Satisfies
Journey
– Spaceman
Sammy
Hagar – (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay
The
Moody Blues – The Actor
Yes
– Starship Trooper
Steely
Dan – Peg
The
Marshall Tucker Band – Take The Highway
The
Charlie Daniels Band – The South's Gonna Do It Again
Strawbs
– To Be Free
Roger
Daltrey – Under A Raging Moon
Toby
Beau – Westbound Train
The
Steve Miller Band – Your Saving Grace
Lynyrd
Skynyrd – Workin' For MCA
Tony
Carey – A Fine, Fine Day
Sad
Café – Black Rose
City
Boy – Cigarettes
Aphrodite's
Child – Break
Rush
– A Passage To Bangkok
Asia
– Cutting It Fine
Asia
– Time Again
The
Little River Band – Emma
Hawks
– It's All Right, It's OK
Rush
– Vital Signs
Frank
Zappa – Don't Eat The Yellow Snow / Cosmik Debris
Rod
Stewart – Gasoline Alley
The
Guess Who – Hand Me Down World
Rare
Earth – I Know I'm Losing You
The
Spencer Davis Group – I'm A Man
Wet
Willie – Keep On Smilin'
The
Electric Light Orchestra – In The Hall Of The Mountain King
Triumph
– Say Goodbye
Paul
McCartney – Listen To What The Man Said
Little
Feat – Spanish Moon
UFO
– Mystery Train
Yes
– Parallels
Man
– Rainbow Eyes
Jackson
Browne – Hold Out
38
Special – Rock And Roll Strategy
And
here's my own personal playlist for the week, as i know you're
fascinated:
The
Beatles – Live At The Hollywood Bowl
Eagles
– Desperado
Various
Artists – Songs Of Our Native Daughters
Richard
Thompson – 13 Rivers
C.K.
Strong – C.K. Strong
Sandy
Denny – Rendezvous
Alan
Price – The Best Of Alan Price
The
Keef Hartley Band – The Battle Of North West Six
Colin
James – Miles To Go
Sheryl
Crow – Threads
Various
Artists – Hard Cash
Spirit
– Clear
Max
Webster – Max Webster
Roy
Wood / Wizzard – Archive Series
Rory
Gallagher – Blues
Sparks
– Exotic Creatures Of The Deep
Dan
Fogelberg – River Of Souls
Capercaillie
– Sidewaulk
Cat
Stevens – Tea For The Tillerman
Elton
John – Tumbleweed Connection
London
Grammar – If You Want
Marc
Jordan – Mannequin
Ella
Fitzgerald – The Irving Berlin Songbook, Vol. 2
Big
Country – The Best Of Big Country
Kim
Mitchell – Shakin' Like A Human Being
Enya
– Dark Sky Island
The
White Stripes – Icky Thump
Rush
– Retrospective II: 1981-1987
Bonnie
Raitt – Silver Lining
Natalie
Maines – Mother
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