[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 somewhere i've never been before,
Montemorelos, Mexico. Huh? KSHE streams to Mexico but not to Canada?
How odd....]
Quotation
Of The Week ~ Dr Seuss: They say i'm old-fashioned, and live in the
past, but sometimes i think progress progresses too fast.
Well,
wow. As my regular reader will know, the inclusion of anything by Dan
Fogelberg automatically means a grade of “A+” and dear Dan was
here this morning, so there ya go. However, this week's edition was
brilliant and an “A+” would have been merited anyway, it was full
of music that i love.
A
special tip of the Hatlo Hat to the host, John Ulett (a.k.a. Uman)
for beginning the show with The Beach Boys (a band i don't ever
recall hearing on The Klassics Show before) and one of the most
beautiful love songs ever written, God Only Knows. (Hard as this may
be to believe, it's even more romantic than that St Valentine's Day
staple, Fuck Me Like You Hate Me by Seether!)
It
wasn't all beauty, light and grace. There were some annoyances.
Donovan is an artist who has written a lot of gorgeous music, but
Atlantis is embarrassing; i could quite happily live the rest of my
life without ever hearing that Molly Hatchet song ever again; i like
a lot of schtuff by The Marshall Tucker Band but today's selection
was one of their worst (Incidentally, did you know that there's no
one named Marshall Tucker in that band? I only learned that about
three years ago, from my friend Tommy T who was, oddly enough, a
deejay at... KSHE.); and, well, i've moaned before about REO
Speedwagon. They're hugely popular in St Louis and i've tried, i
really have, but i just can't seem to like anything of theirs. A
failing on my part, probably....
But,
as for the good bits, they were fantastic. Favourites by Steely Dan
(with Timothy B. Schmidt on backing vocals), Jeff Beck, The Police –
a band i don't really listen to much any more, not sure why, maybe
because Sting became so full of himself – The Who and their
extraordinary power, Rod Stewart when he was still a hero, ELP, The
Allman Brothers, Arlo Guthrie....
Here's
the playlist, and you may recognise these guys:
The
Beach Boys – God Only Knows
The
Grateful Dead – Alabama Getaway
The
Good Rats – Back To My Music
Off
Broadway – Bad Indication
Steely
Dan – Aja
Donovan
– Atlantis
The
Charlie Daniels Band – Passing Lane
Stephen
Stills – Turn Back The Pages
Jeff
Beck – Blue Wind
Spooky
Tooth – Cotton Growing Man
The
Police – Canary In A Coalmine
Bruce
Springsteen – Darlington County
The
Who – Dr Jimmy
Elton
John – Harmony
Dan
Fogelberg – False Faces
Jay
Ferguson – Cinnamon City
Big
Country – In A Big Country
Journey
– La Do Da
Michael
Nesmith – Joanne
Bubble
Puppy – Hot Smoke & Sassafras
Jerry
Garcia – Sugaree
Dave
Edmunds – Slipping Away
Leon
Russell – Tight Rope
Rod
Stewart – True Blue
Molly
Hatchet – Whiskey Man
Emerson,
Lake & Palmer – Knife Edge
The
Allman Brothers Band – Blue Sky
Poco
– Indian Summer
The
Marshall Tucker Band – Can't You See
Arlo
Guthrie – Coming In To Los Angeles
Bobby
& The Midnights – Too Many Losers
Bachman-Turner
Overdrive – Hey You
Steve
Walsh – Every Step Of The Way
Wiggy
Bits – Oh Captain
Commander
Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen – Hot Rod Lincoln
Titus
Groan – Hall Of Bright Carvings
REO
Speedwagon – Keep The Fire Burnin'
John
Mellencamp – Hot Night In A Cold Town
Bad
Company – If You Needed Somebody
Kansas
– On The Other Side
My
own personal musical medicine this week:
Various
Artists – Dylan Covered
Caro
Emerald – The Shocking Miss Emerald
Various
Artists – Hard Cash
Nik
Kershaw – To Be Frank
Various
Artists – Songs Of Our Native Daughters
Dervish
– The Great Irish Songbook
Chelsea
Williams – Boomerang
Fairport
Convention – Shuffle And Go
Susan
Tedeschi – The Best Of Susan Tedeschi
The
Albion Band – The Vice Of The People
Mike
Oldfield – Live At Montreux 1981 (DVD)
French
Frith Kaiser Thompson – Live, Love, Larf & Loaf
Focus
– Hamburger Concerto
Survivor
– Vital Signs
Maddy
Prior w. Hannah James & Giles Lewin – Shortwinger
Amazing
Blondel – Evensong
Enya
– Dark Sky Island
Blues
Traveler – Four
Davy
Spillane – Atlantic Bridge
Renaissance
– A Song For All Seasons
Players
– Players
Tangerine
Dream – Phaedra
Nick
Lowe – Basher: The Best Of Nick Lowe
Faces
– The Best Of Faces: Good Boys ... When They're Asleep ...
Saga
– Saga
Steeleye
Span – Storm Force Ten
Rory
Gallagher – Against The Grain
Various
Artists – Flower Power Hits Of The 1960s
Sandy
Denny – The Best Of Sandy Denny
Peter
Gabriel – Ovo
Dixie
Chicks – Taking The Long Way
Paul
Simon – The Essential Paul Simon
Al
Stewart – The Best Of Al Stewart
Robert
Wyatt – Rock Bottom
Jackson
Browne – The Next Voice You Hear: The Best Of Jackson Browne
Jennifer
Warnes – Famous Blue Raincoat
Eagles
– Their Greatest Hits
Dixie
Chicks – Home
Sandy
Denny – Sandy
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