Monday, 6 January 2020

KSHE KLASSICS SHOW, January 5th, 2020


[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. I must really like it there!]

Quotation Of The Week ~ Haruki Murakami: The most important thing we learn in school is the fact that the most important things can't be learned in school.

OMG doesn't Tom Shane of The Shane Company (“your friend in the jewellery business”) have a boring voice. So monotonous. At least this week there were new ads from Frank Leta Automotive and The Goodfeet Store (with branches in St Louis and in Shiloh, Illinois) and they're always entertaining. I don't know who does the ads for Ameren Missouri (https://www.ameren.com/missouri) but she has such a sexy voice, i may be in love.... Still no sign of Bart, though!

(Just an aside, i once went to Shiloh, Illinois – and i love Illinois almost as much as i love Missouri – because i thought it was the site of a famous Civil War battle. Er, wrong again! That was Shiloh, Tennessee. Duh!)

But, enough about the ads and my poor research skills and on to matters of secondary importance: the music. The show definitely merits a grade of “A” this week. There really was only one annoying song – and i find virtually everything by Blood, Sweat & Tears after Al Kooper quit the band to be positively painful – and a very few that were merely ordinary (Henry Lee Summer, anyone?). Otherwise, it was brilliant: the first hour alone included four songs i love (Moody Blues, Genesis, King Crimson and Chicago). After that, oh, too many to mention. Again, it was to some degree like listening to my own record collection. If you shove me up against a wall and say, choose a favourite, i think i'd have to go with the Eagles' song. But that could change in five minutes....

As usual, the program was the highlight of my week and, as usual, it was over far too soon.

Here's a picture of a distressed lion, followed by the playlist(s):





























Painter – West Coast Woman
38 Special – Wide-Eyed Southern Boys
The Moody Blues – Your Wildest Dreams
King Crimson -- 21st Century Schizoid Man
Genesis – Alone Tonight
Chicago – Beginnings
Spider – Change
Wings – Bluebird
The Beatles – Drive My Car
Jefferson Starship – Cruisin'
Heartsfield – As I Look Into The Fire
The Steve Miller Band – Wild Mountain Honey
UFO – Doctor Doctor
The Doobie Brothers – Echoes Of Love
The J. Geils Band – First I Look At The Purse
Elton John – Funeral For A Friend
Slade – Gudbuy T' Jane
Blood, Sweat & Tears – Hi-De-Ho
Jethro Tull – Hunting Girl
Henry Lee Summer – I Wish I Had A Girl
April Wine – Just Between You And Me
U.K. -- In The Dead Of Night
Heart – Little Queen
Jesse Colin Young – Grey Day
Shooting Star – Last Chance
The Who – The Punk Meets The Godfather
The Rolling Stones – Mother's Little Helper
Bruce Springsteen – My Hometown
Steely Dan – My Old School
Fleetwood Mac – Oh Well (live)
Queen – One Vision
Eagles – Outlaw Man
Bad Company – Painted Face
The Doors – Peace Frog / Blue Sunday
John Mellencamp – Rain On The Scarecrow
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band – Roll Me Away
The Charlie Daniels Band – Saddle Tramp

Now that the holidays are over, i go back to listening to all of the usual rubbish. Here's this week's personal playlist:

Various Artists – The Sixties Generation: 1965
Paul Simon – You're The One
Rod Stewart – Every Picture Tells A Story
Aleksandr Borodin – String Quartets No. 1 and No. 2
David Lindley – El-Rayo X
Lindisfarne – The Very Best Of Lindisfarne
Steeleye Span – Tonight's The Night
Jackson Browne – Lives In The Balance
Altan – Island Angel
Talk Talk – Spirit Of Eden
Marillion – Brave
The Who – Tommy
Roxy Music – The Best Of Roxy Music
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble – In Step
Country Joe & The Fish – I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die
George Gershwin – Rhapsody In Blue; An American In Paris
Renaissance – Scheherazade And Other Stories
Small Faces – Ogden's Nut Gone Flake
Court Yard Hounds – Amelita
Max Webster – High Class In Borrowed Shoes
Robin Trower – Day Of The Eagle: The Best Of Robin Trower
The Waterboys – Room To Roam
The Bothy Band – 1975
Billie Holiday – The Definitive Billie Holiday
Peter Gabriel – Birdy
Silly Wizard – A Glint Of Silver
Roy Wood – Mustard
Rhiannon Giddens w. Francesco Turrisi – There Is No Other
Neil Young – Live Rust
Wishbone Ash – Argus
Florence + The Machine – High As Hope
10 c.c. -- How Dare You!
Jon & Vangelis – Short Stories
Dire Straits – Money For Nothing
Talk Talk – Natural History: The Very Best Of Talk Talk

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